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debbie tucker green
Born	London, UK
Nationality	British
Genre	Playwright
Notable awards	BAFTA, ARIA

Debbie Tucker Green (who writes her name as debbie tucker green) is a talented British writer and director. She creates plays for the stage, scripts for movies, and shows for television. She is known for her unique style and for exploring important topics in her work.

About Debbie Tucker Green

Debbie Tucker Green was born in London, UK. Before she became a writer, she worked as a stage manager for ten years. This experience helped her learn a lot about how plays are put together.

Her Early Plays

In 2003, her play dirty butterfly was shown at the Soho Theatre. Later that year, her play born bad was performed at the Hampstead Theatre. For born bad, she won the Olivier Award in 2004. This award was for the "Most Promising Newcomer," meaning she was a very exciting new talent.

Many of her plays have been shown at famous London theaters. These include the Royal Court Theatre and the Young Vic. Her plays have also been performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Awards for Her Work

Debbie Tucker Green has won several important awards. She received a BAFTA Award for her play random. This play was also shown on Channel 4 television.

In 2016, she won an ARIA (Audio and Radio Industry Award). This award was for her radio play called Lament. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and won the Gold Best Audio Dramatisation prize.

Film and TV Work

Debbie Tucker Green also writes and directs films. She wrote and directed the film Second Coming in 2014. This movie was set in London and starred Nadine Marshall and Idris Elba. It was shown for the first time at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

When Second Coming was released in the UK in 2015, Debbie Tucker Green became one of only a few British Black women to have a movie distributed there. She was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for this film.

In 2018, she directed an episode for Channel 4's short film series, Random Acts.

Selected Works

Here are some of the plays, films, and radio shows Debbie Tucker Green has created:

Plays for the Stage

• two women (2000)
• dirty butterfly (2003)
• born bad (2003)
• trade (2004)
• stoning mary (2005)
• generations (2005)
• random (2008)
• laws of war (2010)
• truth and reconciliation (2011)
• nut (2013)
• hang (2015)
• a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) (2017)
• ear for eye (2018)

Films

• Second Coming (2014)
• ear for eye (2021)

Radio Plays

• Gone (2010)
• Lament (2016)
• Assata Shakur: The FBI's Most Wanted Woman (2017)

Television Shows

• Random Acts (2018)

Awards and Nominations

• 1998: Shortlisted for Alfred Fagon Award for She Three
• 2003: Shortlisted for Susan Smith Blackburn Award for born bad
• 2004: Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for born bad
• 2012: Best Single Drama BAFTA Awards for random
• 2016: Audio and Radio Industry Award (ARIA) for Best Audio Dramatisation for Lament