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Olivia Lee

Olivia Lee is an award-winning writer with a proven track record of creating and writing her own television and film projects. She currently has multiple scripted projects in development with leading UK and US production companies and broadcasters.

Her feature screenplay Pardon The Interruption has gained international recognition winning multiple awards. The script is a Winner at the Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards, Prague Screenplay Awards, Berlin International Screenwriting Festival, Barcelona Indie Awards, Rome Prisma Film Awards, and Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards. It has also received an Honourable Mention from the New York Script Awards and been an Official Selection at the International World Film Awards, Stage Script Film Competition, Red Movie Awards, and Budapest Movie Awards.

In television drama, Olivia’s original series Break is currently under option with Chx. She is also developing the drama Hysterical with RangaBee, with Naomi Harris, Jameela Jamil, and Romesh Ranganathan attached to star, and the original drama Grace & Grit with Clelia Mountford at Sunburnt Penguin.

Alongside her writing career, Olivia is an established comedian on the UK comedy circuit and a well-known face of television comedy. She has created and fronted multiple original series for Channel 4 and Comedy Central, including; Balls of Steel, Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits and Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny. She also wrote and performed a recurring comedy slot on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and went on to develop her own US comedy pilot for truTV, The Olivia Lee Show, produced by Ben Stiller through his company Red Hour.

 

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2025
Production (role):
Grace & Grit
Company:
Sunburnt Penguin
Project details:
drama in development with producer Clelia Mountford
Date: 2024 to present
Production (role):
Break
Company:
Chx
Project details:
TV drama currently under option
Date: 2023-present
Production (role):
FAMOUS
Company:
Objective Fiction
Project details:
comedy drama in development. Co-writing with Kerry Howard
Date: 2023 to present
Production (role):
HYSTERICAL
Company:
RANGA BEE PRODUCTIONS
Project details:
Original series idea currently in development
Date: 2023 to present
Production (role):
WASTE
Company:
EXPECTATION FILM & TV
Project details:
Drama pilot currently in development
Date: 2023
Production (role):
The Godmother
Company:
Zeppotron
Project details:
Original pilot in development
Date: 2021-2022
Production (role):
My Ex Pat
Company:
Hat Trick Productions
Project details:
pilot in development which she is co writing with Ed Weeks
Date: 2020-21
Production (role):
MIndful Mum
Company:
RubyRock Pictures
Project details:
comedy drama in development based on her 2019 one woman show
Date: 2020-21
Production (role):
Vanilla
Company:
Chx
Project details:
comedy pilot in development co created and writing with Alistair Griggs
Date: 2020-2022
Production (role):
Scapegoat
Company:
Noho Film & TV
Project details:
comedy drama pilot in development
Date: 2018-19
Production (role):
Make Me A Misogynist
Company:
Rumpus
Project details:
Pilot for Channel 4 produced by Iain Wimbush
Date: 2018-19
Production (role):
Spinners
Company:
Merman
Project details:
creator/writer - treatment commissioned by Merman Film & TV
Date: 2018-19
Production (role):
Life Hacks
Company:
Channel X
Project details:
comedy pilot optioned by Jim Reid and Alan Marke
Date: 2018
Production (role):
Celebrity PA
Company:
Phil McIntyre Productions
Project details:
performer/writer. Reality pilot in development
Date: 2018
Production (role):
Little Bastards
Company:
Golden Path Productions
Project details:
treatment developed for comedy
Date: 2017
Production (role):
The Olivia Lee Show
Company:
Red Hour/Tru TV
Project details:
Pilot developed as writer/performer
Date: 2017
Production (role):
Beattie
Company:
Happy Tramp
Project details:
comedy script in development
Date: 2016
Production (role):
Life School
Company:
Channel X
Project details:
pilot in development
Date: 2015
Production (role):
BAFTA Brittania Awards
Company:
BBC America
Project details:
as writer
Date: 2014
Production (role):
Unconceived
Company:
Brown Eyed Boy/BBC
Project details:
comedy script for BBC 2
Date: 2011-2013
Production (role):
Olivia Lee: Dirty Sexy Funny
Company:
Comedy Central/Tiger
Project details:
original series as performer/writer
Date: 2010
Production (role):
Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits
Company:
Tiger Aspect/C4
Date: 2007-2010
Production (role):
Balls Of Steel
Company:
Objective Productions
Project details:
writer and presenter
produced by Lee Hupfield
FEATURE FILM
Date: 2023
Production (role):
PARDON THE INTERRUPTION
Project details:
Comedy horror feature written on spec
‘Winner’ - Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards, ‘Winner’ - Prague Screenplay Awards, ‘Winner’ - Berlin International Screenwriting Festival, ‘Winner’ - Barcelona Indie Awards, ‘Winner’ - Rome Prisma Film Awards, ‘Winner’ - Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards, ‘Honourable Mention’ - New York Script Awards, ‘Official Selection’ - International World Film Awards, ‘Official Selection’ - Stage Script Film Competition ,‘Official Selection’ - Red Movie Awards, ‘Official Selection’ - Budapest Movie Awards
RADIO
Date: 2019
Production (role):
Mindful Mum (How Not To Lose Your Total S**T)
Company:
Mighty Village Records
Project details:
funny series for Spotify and cd releases

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2025
    Production (role): Grace & Grit
    Company: Sunburnt Penguin
    Project details: drama in development with producer Clelia Mountford
  • Date: 2024 to present
    Production (role): Break
    Company: Chx
    Project details: TV drama currently under option
  • Date: 2023-present
    Production (role): FAMOUS
    Company: Objective Fiction
    Project details: comedy drama in development. Co-writing with Kerry Howard
  • Date: 2023 to present
    Production (role): HYSTERICAL
    Company: RANGA BEE PRODUCTIONS
    Project details: Original series idea currently in development
  • Date: 2023 to present
    Production (role): WASTE
    Company: EXPECTATION FILM & TV
    Project details: Drama pilot currently in development
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): The Godmother
    Company: Zeppotron
    Project details: Original pilot in development
  • Date: 2021-2022
    Production (role): My Ex Pat
    Company: Hat Trick Productions
    Project details: pilot in development which she is co writing with Ed Weeks
  • Date: 2020-21
    Production (role): MIndful Mum
    Company: RubyRock Pictures
    Project details: comedy drama in development based on her 2019 one woman show
  • Date: 2020-21
    Production (role): Vanilla
    Company: Chx
    Project details: comedy pilot in development co created and writing with Alistair Griggs
  • Date: 2020-2022
    Production (role): Scapegoat
    Company: Noho Film & TV
    Project details: comedy drama pilot in development
  • Date: 2018-19
    Production (role): Make Me A Misogynist
    Company: Rumpus
    Project details: Pilot for Channel 4 produced by Iain Wimbush
  • Date: 2018-19
    Production (role): Spinners
    Company: Merman
    Project details: creator/writer - treatment commissioned by Merman Film & TV
  • Date: 2018-19
    Production (role): Life Hacks
    Company: Channel X
    Project details: comedy pilot optioned by Jim Reid and Alan Marke
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): Celebrity PA
    Company: Phil McIntyre Productions
    Project details: performer/writer. Reality pilot in development
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): Little Bastards
    Company: Golden Path Productions
    Project details: treatment developed for comedy
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): The Olivia Lee Show
    Company: Red Hour/Tru TV
    Project details: Pilot developed as writer/performer
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): Beattie
    Company: Happy Tramp
    Project details: comedy script in development
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): Life School
    Company: Channel X
    Project details: pilot in development
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): BAFTA Brittania Awards
    Company: BBC America
    Project details: as writer
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): Unconceived
    Company: Brown Eyed Boy/BBC
    Project details: comedy script for BBC 2
  • Date: 2011-2013
    Production (role): Olivia Lee: Dirty Sexy Funny
    Company: Comedy Central/Tiger
    Project details: original series as performer/writer
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits
    Company: Tiger Aspect/C4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007-2010
    Production (role): Balls Of Steel
    Company: Objective Productions
    Project details: writer and presenter
    produced by Lee Hupfield
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): PARDON THE INTERRUPTION
    Project details: Comedy horror feature written on spec
    ‘Winner’ - Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards, ‘Winner’ - Prague Screenplay Awards, ‘Winner’ - Berlin International Screenwriting Festival, ‘Winner’ - Barcelona Indie Awards, ‘Winner’ - Rome Prisma Film Awards, ‘Winner’ - Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards, ‘Honourable Mention’ - New York Script Awards, ‘Official Selection’ - International World Film Awards, ‘Official Selection’ - Stage Script Film Competition ,‘Official Selection’ - Red Movie Awards, ‘Official Selection’ - Budapest Movie Awards
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): Mindful Mum (How Not To Lose Your Total S**T)
    Company: Mighty Village Records
    Project details: funny series for Spotify and cd releases
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