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Emma Donoghue

Novelist / Playwright / Screenwriter / Writer | * 10/24/1969 (54) | Dublin (Ireland)
Emma Donoghue (born October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Room was adapted by Donoghue into a film of the same name. For this, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

Haunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate a young girl's supposedly miraculous fast. ...

The Wonder

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2022 | 3.3/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Mystery
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Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time. ...

Room

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2015 | 4.0/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Thriller
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An intimate, eye-opening account of a lesbian baby boom in Canada during a period of rapid legal reform and social change. It is told entirely through the hilarious, rueful, self-reflective words of s ...

Immaculate Conceptions: Inside a Lesbian Baby Boom

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2007 | 40min
 
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Awards & Nominations for Emma Donoghue

Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2x Stonewall Book Award Ferro-Grumley Award Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 3x Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction Otherwise Award Booker Prize European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
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Movies with Emma Donoghue as Actress(2)

as herself2016 Making “Room”
as Pamela Taylor2001 Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders

TV Shows/Series with Emma Donoghue as Actress(1)

as herself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Movies with Emma Donoghue as Crew(7)

Production/Executive Producer2022 The Wonder
Writing/Novel2022 The Wonder
Writing/Writer2022 The Wonder
Production/Executive Producer2015 Room
Writing/Novel2015 Room
Writing/Screenplay2015 Room
Directing/Director2007 Immaculate Conceptions: Inside a Lesbian Baby Boom

Full Name: Emma Donoghue
Citizenships: Canada, Ireland
Born: Friday, 10/24 1969 (October) in Dublin (Ireland) (current age: 54 years + 185 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Cambridge, University College Dublin, Girton College
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Father: Denis Donoghue
Emma Donoghue frequently works together with these people:
Brie Larson (3x, Actress)
Jacob Tremblay (2x, Actor)
Hartley Gorenstein (2x, Crew)
Lenny Abrahamson (2x, Crew)
Ben Baird (2x, Crew)
Nathan Nugent (2x, Crew)
Ed Guiney (2x, Crew)
Steve Fanagan (2x, Crew)
Andrew Lowe (2x, Crew)
Dino Laurenza (2x, Crew)
Emer O'Shea (2x, Cast)
Stephen Galloway (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:590901, Added: 10/16/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024