Emma Donoghue
Born: 1969-10-01 in Dublin, Ireland
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2025
- H Is for Hawk ... (Writer)
2022
- The Wonder ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- Making “Room” as Self
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Room ... (Novel)
2007
- Immaculate Conceptions: Inside a Lesbian Baby Boom ... (Director)
2001
- Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders as Pamela Taylor