Who is Ridley Road writer Sarah Solemani and what other shows has she produced?
WRITER and actress Sarah Solemani's explosive new drama series on BBC One has finally hit our screens.
Fans now want to know more about who the writer is, here’s the latest...
Who is Ridley Road writer Sarah Solemani?
Sarah is a 49-year-old British actress, writer and activist.
Born in Camden, London, she is daughter to a Persian Jewish father and Northern Irish mother.
Sarah went on to study politics at Cambridge University, where she became vice-president of Footlights.
Her first big TV role was alongside Russell Tovey in the BBC Three sitcom Him And Her.
She is well known for her roles in the British comedy TV series Bad Education and The Wrong Mans.
Sarah has also starred in films Mrs Henderson Presents and Bridget Jones's Baby.
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She won the Royal Television Society award for best Comedy Performance for her role in Him And Her in 2011.
In 2002, she became a champion for sex worker rights by protesting against the criminalization of sex work.
She has also spoken about sexual harassment in the film industry saying the problem is "toxic and begins in the audition room".
The actress married Daniel E. Ingram, a financier, strategist, trusted adviser, and product specialist, in 2012
She gave birth to their first child Soraya Rae Ingram on December 18, 2013, when she was 27-years-old.
In 2018, the pair had their second child, a son.
What else has Sarah Solemani produced?
Apart from being the writer and executive producer for the new BBC drama Ridley Road, Sarah has also produced a number of other movies/ TV series.
She wrote and starred in an episode of Aphrodite Fry in the Sky TV series Love Matters, which was aired in 2013.
In 2014, she wrote one episode of TV mini series The Secret.
She worked closely with Bill Hader and Alec Berg to be part of their writing team on Hader's new HBO show Barry in 2018.
Speaking to , Sarah opened up about her experience with sexism in the showbiz industry and how her time in America working with Bill and Alec was different.
She revealed: “It was an eye-opener, not just because the television industry is bigger and more lucrative, but because American producers don’t see female-driven projects as a gamble.
“Women are not just the biggest percentage of overall TV viewers, they are also the primary consumers in the home.
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"They are the target for the advertisers, and they are in charge of the remote. So programming needs to tell the stories that appeal to women.”
Sarah has also co-created and will be co-starring in Chivalry, Channel 4’s forthcoming #MeToo satire, with Steve Coogan.