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]
Sarah Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 (age 60–61)[1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupations | Writer, script producer |
Early and personal life
editWalker was born and raised in Sydney.[3] As a teenager she wrote scripts, and 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]
Career
editWalker received a publishing contract for two novels,[3] and she wrote the coming out story The Year of Freaking Out in 1997.[4][5] She began her screen writing career with the serial drama Breakers.[6] 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] She has also worked on Wentworth.[6]
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.[7]
In 2023, she was announced as part of the writing team for the second series of The Twelve.[8] She also wrote an episode for the SBS series Erotic Stories.[9]
Selected credits
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Old Guard 2 | Writer | Movie |
| 2025 | The Last Anniversary | Writer, script producer | 2 episodes |
| 2022-present | The Twelve | Writer, executive producer | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | Erotic Stories | Writer | 1 episode |
| Mother and Son | Writer | 3 episodes | |
| 2020-22 | The Secrets She Keeps | Writer, developer, executive producer | 7 episodes |
| 2019 | Bad Mothers | Writer | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Wrong Girl | Writer | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye | Writer | TV movie |
| 2014-19 | Neighbours | Writer | 58 episodes |
| 2013-15 | Wentworth | Writer, script consultant | 7 episodes |
| Wonderland | Writer, script producer | 44 episodes | |
| 2013 | A Place to Call Home | Writer | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Winners & Losers | Script producer | 8 episodes |
| 2005 | HeadLand | Writer | 1 episode |
| 2001-05 | All Saints | Editor, writer | 24 episodes |
| 2000-18 | Home and Away | Script consultant, writer | 289 episodes |
| 1998-99 | Breakers | Story editor | 429 episodes |
Books
edit- Simple Things - published by Pan Macmillan, 1996
- The Year of Freaking Out - published by Pan Macmillan, 1997
- Camphor Laurel - published by Pan Macmillan, 1998 (Winner Honour Children's Book of the Year)
- Water Colours - published by Hodder, 2000
- If Only - published by Published by Hodder Headline, 2001
- The Tin Man - published by Allen & Unwin, 2000
- Lucky Three - published by Hodder, 2003
References
edit- 1 2 "Sarah Walker – Biography". AustLit. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ↑ "Sarah Walker". AustLit. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2011.(subscription required)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Molloy, Shannon (2 October 2016). "Where are all the gay characters on Aussie TV? Is it true 'gay doesn't rate'? Four insiders weigh in". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- 1 2 Guertin, Lachlan (20 August 2018). "The difficulties of obtaining on-screen representation". Hatch. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ↑ "The Year of Freaking Out". Lesbians on the Loose. Vol. 8, no. 6. June 1997. p. 31. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- 1 2 Awad, Amal (24 August 2018). "Resilience, Collaboration and Inspiration in the Writers' Room". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ↑ "Full list of nominees for the 2016 AWGIE Awards" (PDF). Australian Writers' Guild. 1 August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ↑ Knox, David (22 June 2023). "Renewed: The Twelve | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ↑ Knox, David (27 April 2023). "Production begins on Erotic Stories for SBS | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
External links
edit- Sarah Walker at IMDb