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Emma Donoghue

Writing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 1310031

IMDb ID: nm1480980

Known for: Writing

Born: October 1, 1969

Age: 56

Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2007 - 2025

Years active: 19

Average TMDB rating: 7.3

Wikidata: Q52255

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Biography

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.

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