Biography
Ava Pickett is an English screenwriter and playwright. She holds a BA in theatre from Middlesex University and an MA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, completed in 2018.
She was a staff writer on season three of the Hulu and Channel 4 series The Great (2020), co-writing two episodes with Tony McNamara. Her other television credits include episodes of Brassic (2019–), The Buccaneers (2023–), Ten Pound Poms and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026).
Pickett’s debut play 1536 (2025) won the 2023–24 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She has written stage adaptations of Emma (2025) and The Manningtree Witches (2026), and is co-writing a feature film about Joan of Arc with Baz Luhrmann.
