Sarah Walker | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59)
[1]
Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation(s) | Writer, script producer |
Sarah Walker (born 1965) is an Australian author, screenwriter and script producer. She has written for several serial dramas, including Home and Away, Neighbours, and All Saints. She co-created the comedy drama Wonderland with Jo Porter in 2013. Walker has also written novels and worked as a journalist and actor, appearing in Man of Flowers (1983). [2]
Walker was born and raised in Sydney. [3] As a teenager she wrote scripts, and she briefly worked as an actress. She studied creative writing while working in the magazine industry, and she has a BA Communication from the University of Technology Sydney. She was the chief subeditor of New Weekly. [1] [3]
Walker is openly lesbian and came out when she was 16. [3]
Walker received a publishing contract for two novels, [3] and she wrote the coming out story The Year of Freaking Out in 1997. [4] She began her screen writing career with the serial drama Breakers. [5] Following its cancellation, she moved onto Home and Away and All Saints. [3] [4] She helped create the character Charlotte Beaumont (played by Tammy MacIntosh), who was initially a lesbian, however, when Walker left the serial, Charlotte became straight. [3] Walker has written for Neighbours, HeadLand, and A Place To Call Home. She helped develop Winners & Losers and co-created Wonderland. [3] Walker has also worked on Wentworth. [5]
In 2016, Walker received an Australian Writers' Guild nomination for "Episode 6381" of Home and Away in the Best Script for a Television Serial category. [6]
Sarah Walker | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59)
[1]
Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation(s) | Writer, script producer |
Sarah Walker (born 1965) is an Australian author, screenwriter and script producer. She has written for several serial dramas, including Home and Away, Neighbours, and All Saints. She co-created the comedy drama Wonderland with Jo Porter in 2013. Walker has also written novels and worked as a journalist and actor, appearing in Man of Flowers (1983). [2]
Walker was born and raised in Sydney. [3] As a teenager she wrote scripts, and she briefly worked as an actress. She studied creative writing while working in the magazine industry, and she has a BA Communication from the University of Technology Sydney. She was the chief subeditor of New Weekly. [1] [3]
Walker is openly lesbian and came out when she was 16. [3]
Walker received a publishing contract for two novels, [3] and she wrote the coming out story The Year of Freaking Out in 1997. [4] She began her screen writing career with the serial drama Breakers. [5] Following its cancellation, she moved onto Home and Away and All Saints. [3] [4] She helped create the character Charlotte Beaumont (played by Tammy MacIntosh), who was initially a lesbian, however, when Walker left the serial, Charlotte became straight. [3] Walker has written for Neighbours, HeadLand, and A Place To Call Home. She helped develop Winners & Losers and co-created Wonderland. [3] Walker has also worked on Wentworth. [5]
In 2016, Walker received an Australian Writers' Guild nomination for "Episode 6381" of Home and Away in the Best Script for a Television Serial category. [6]