Tori Sampson (born 20th century) is an African-American screenwriter and playwright. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Born in Boston, Sampson moved to North Carolina with her family as a child. Her mother, Wanda Louise Thompson, raised Tori and her two sisters with values she learned through exposure to the Black power movement during her own childhood. ^[1]

At age 14, one year after the death of her mother, Sampson and her twin sister were sent to a boarding school in Mississippi. ^[1]

Sampson attended Ball State University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology. She later graduated from the Yale School of Drama, where she studied playwriting. ^[2]

Shortly after graduating from Yale, Sampson was awarded a 2017–2018 Jerome Fellowship from The Playwrights' Center and a 2018–2019 McKnight Fellowship. ^[2]

Sampson's debut play, If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka, premiered in 2019 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. ^[4] That same year, her play Cadillac Crew was performed at the Yale Repertory Theatre. ^[5]

Between 2020 and 2022, Sampson hosted an interview series for Wealthsimple titled "Friends With Money". ^[6]

In 2021, she wrote an episode of the 2021 Amazon Prime Video miniseries Solos. ^[2]

Sampson served as a writer on three series that aired in 2023, the Amazon Prime Video programs Citadel and Hunters as well as the Showtime series Three Women. ^[2] Her play This Land Was Made debuted at the Vineyard Theater in New York City that year. ^[1]

• Tori Sampson at IMDb