Elizabeth Mickery | |
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| Occupations | Screenwriter, actress |
| Known for | Tenko Messiah The State Within |
Elizabeth Mickery is a British writer and former actress. She was known for her role as Maggie Thorpe in theBBCtelevision drama seriesTenko,[1] roles inEmmerdale Farm,Juliet Bravo,Lovejoy,Heartbeat,Woof!,The Merryhill Millionaires,Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy andHolby City.
Since 2000, Mickery has worked exclusively as a screenwriter, usually credited as Lizzie Mickery, for various British TV series such asByker Grove,The Bill,Heartbeat,Pie in the Sky,Sunburn,Harbour Lights,The Ice House (adapted from the novel byMinette Walters),The Beggar Bride (adapted from the novel byGillian White) andThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries (adapted from theElizabeth George novels).[2]
She also wroteMessiah,Messiah 2 andMessiah 3 for the BBC. One-off dramas includeSinners,Every Time You Look At Me, andDirty War which she co-wrote with writer-director Daniel Percival. They have subsequently written the conspiracy thrillerThe State Within, which was nominated for twoGolden Globes in 2008.[3]Instinct, a two-part thriller that was shown onITV in 2007 was also written by her. In 2008 she wrote the screenplay for the BBC dramaThe 39 Steps, an adaptation of theJohn Buchan novelThe Thirty-Nine Steps.[4][5] In late November 2009 the BBC transmittedParadox, written by Mickery.[6]
Since 2012, she has been combining her career in the UK with one in Los Angeles. She has worked as a consulting producer/writer forRogue, the second season ofThe Following andProof. She was co-executive producer on Netflix's award-winning drama,Bloodline and worked withGuillermo del Toro developing the mini-seriesThe Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths for HBO. Most recently, she wrote onSnowpiercer[7] andThe Right Stuff
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