Lisa McGee explained

Lisa McGee
Birth Name:Elizabeth McGee
Birth Place:Derry, Northern Ireland
Education:Thornhill College
Alma Mater:Queen's University Belfast
Occupation:Screenwriter, playwright
Known For:Derry Girls
Children:2

Elizabeth "Lisa" McGee (born August 1980)[1] is an Irish[2] playwright and screenwriter. McGee is the creator and writer of Derry Girls, a comedy series that began airing on Channel 4 in the UK in January 2018.[3] [4] In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.[5]

Early life and education

McGee was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, to Irish Catholic parents,[6] Anne McGee, who worked in a shop, and Chris McGee, a lorry driver.[7] She has a younger sister, Joleen.[8]

McGee attended Thornhill College and studied drama at Queen's University Belfast.[9]

Career

McGee was writer on attachment with the Royal National Theatre in London in 2006. Her plays include Jump, The Heights, Nineteen Ninety Two, and Girls and Dolls, for which she won the Stewart Parker Trust New Playwright Bursary 2007.[10] [11]

McGee's television credits include The Things I Haven't Told You for BBC Three,[12] the Irish television series Raw which she created for RTÉ,[13] time as a writer for three series of the BAFTA-nominated Being Human for the BBC, the Channel 4 sitcom London Irish, which she created, writing for the Golden Globe-nominated drama series The White Queen for BBC 1, Indian Summers for Channel 4, and The Deceived for Channel 5 co-written with her husband Tobias Beer.[14] Her stage play Jump has been adapted into a film.

In Summer 2023, Channel 4 green lit McGee's How to Get to Heaven from Belfast for broadcast in 2024.[15] [16]

Awards and recognition

In December 2022, McGee received the Freedom of the City of Derry.[17]

In 2023, she was the winner of the British Academy Television Craft Awards.[18]

In 2024, she was awarded the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.[19] The prize honours work promoting peace and reconciliation.

Personal life

McGee married actor Tobias Beer in 2015.[20] They live in Belfast with their two sons.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile - Lisa McGee. 2022-05-24 . BBC Sounds.
  2. News: Lisa McGee: I had to defend being Irish. Belfast Telegraph.
  3. Web site: Casting announced for new Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls - . Channel 4 - Info - Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20170701230950/http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/casting-announced-for-new-channel-4-comedy-derry-girls. July 1, 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee breaks down the series 2 finale, James and Erin's budding romance and what might happen next. Allen. Ben. 9 April 2019. Radio Times. 10 April 2019.
  5. News: BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?. 19 November 2018. BBC News. 21 November 2018.
  6. News: O'Dornan . David . December 19, 2021 . Lisa McGee: I had to defend being Irish . Belfast Telegraph.
  7. News: Russell . Anna . 2022-06-02 . How the Creator of “Derry Girls” Found Humor in a Troubled Time . 2024-10-08 . The New Yorker . en-US . 0028-792X.
  8. Web site: @LisaMMcGee . 2020-05-25 . Happy birthday to my wee sister Joleen. . 2024-10-08 . X.com.
  9. News: 20 December 2017 . Derry Girls could become TV hit - if viewers can understand them . 6 April 2018 . Belfast Telegraph.
  10. Web site: Nick Hern Books - Girls and Dolls By Lisa McGee. Nick Hern Books.
  11. Web site: Major Achievements - Tinderbox Theatre. 4 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180338/http://www.tinderbox.org.uk/about-us/major-achievements/. 5 January 2018. dead.
  12. live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/65luFLpUJCg . 2021-12-11. THE THINGS I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU - TX Trailer . YouTube.
  13. Web site: RTÉ Television - RAW . www.rte.ie . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116071432/http://www.rte.ie/tv/raw/ . 16 January 2009 . dead.
  14. Web site: Hardy. Jane. 2020-08-05. Lisa McGee and husband Tobias Beer on their new television drama The Deceived. 2021-01-24. The Irish News. en.
  15. News: 2023-08-22 . Channel 4 green lights Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee's new series . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-10-20.
  16. Web site: Shafer . Ellise . 2023-08-21 . ‘Derry Girls’ Creator Lisa McGee Sets Comedy Thriller Series ‘How to Get to Heaven From Belfast’ at Channel 4 . 2023-10-20 . Variety . en-US.
  17. Web site: 5 December 2022 . Lisa McGee: Derry Girls writer awarded freedom of city . 5 December 2022 . BBC News.
  18. Web site: Mary . 2023-04-24 . Derry Girls’ creator Lisa McGee wins BAFTA for best Writer: Comedy . 2024-03-15 . Northern Ireland Screen . en.
  19. Web site: 2024-02-28 . Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee awarded literary peace prize . 2024-03-15 . BBC News . en-GB.
  20. Web site: Cox . Emma . 2020-08-01 . Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee on making Irish Spice Girls . 2024-10-08 . www.radiotimes.com . en-GB.
  21. Web site: Williams . Zoe . 2022-03-14 . ‘I’ll never grow up!’ Derry Girls’ Lisa McGee on comedy, class and her new show Skint . 2024-10-08 . The Guardian.

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