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Awards

Sally Wainwright

13 wins & 22 nominations

Banff Television Festival

  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2017 Nominee Banff Rockie Award
    • Best Mini-Series
    • Happy Valley
    Shared with: Neasa Hardiman · Nicola Shindler · Juliet Charlesworth

Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming

  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2015 Winner Golden FIPA
    • TV Series and Serials
    • Happy Valley
    Shared with: Euros Lyn · Tim Fywell

BAFTA Awards

  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2024 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Drama Series
    • Happy Valley
    Shared with: Sarah Lancashire · Jessica Taylor · Faith Penhale · Will Johnston · Fergus O'Brien
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2024 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Writer, Drama
    • Happy Valley
  • Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack (2019)
    2020 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Drama Series
    • Gentleman Jack
    Shared with: Faith Penhale · Laura Lankester · Phil Collinson
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2017 Winner BAFTA TV Award
    • Best Drama Series
    • Happy Valley
    Shared with: Juliet Charlesworth · Nicola Shindler · Neasa Hardiman
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2017 Winner BAFTA TV Award
    • Best Writer: Drama
    • Happy Valley

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

  • Lorraine Ashbourne, Tamsin Greig, Joanna Scanlan, and Rosalie Craig in Riot Women (2025)
    2026 Nominee Broadcasting Press Guild Award
    • Best Writer
    • Riot Women
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2024 Winner Broadcasting Press Guild Award
    • Best Writer
    • Happy Valley
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2017 Nominee Broadcasting Press Guild Award
    • Best Writer
    • Happy Valley
    • To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2015 Winner Broadcasting Press Guild Award
    • Best Writer
    • Happy Valley
    • Last Tango in Halifax
  • Derek Jacobi, Sarah Lancashire, Anne Reid, and Nicola Walker in Last Tango in Halifax (2012)
    2014 Nominee Writer's Award
    • Last Tango in Halifax

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2015 Winner Edgar
    • Best Episode in a TV Series
    • Happy Valley
    For episode 1.1

Royal Television Society, UK

  • Lorraine Ashbourne, Tamsin Greig, Joanna Scanlan, and Rosalie Craig in Riot Women (2025)
    2026 Nominee RTS Television Award
    • Best Writer
    • Riot Women
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2024 Nominee RTS Television Award
    • Writer - Drama
    • Happy Valley
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2017 Winner RTS Television Award
    • Writer - Drama
    • Happy Valley
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2015 Nominee RTS Television Award
    • Writer - Drama
    • Happy Valley
  • Lesley Sharp and Suranne Jones in Scott & Bailey (2011)
    2012 Nominee RTS Television Award
    • Drama Series
    • Scott & Bailey
    Shared with: Yvonne Francas · Diane Taylor

Writers' Guild of Great Britain

  • Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack (2019)
    2020 Nominee Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award
    • Best Long Form TV Drama
    • Gentleman Jack
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2015 Winner Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award
    • Best Long Form TV Drama
    • Happy Valley
  • Lesley Sharp and Suranne Jones in Scott & Bailey (2011)
    2012 Nominee Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award
    • Best TV Drama Series
    • Scott & Bailey
    Shared with: Nicole Taylor · Amelia Bullmore

Bafta TV Craft

  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2017 Winner BAFTA Television Craft Award
    • Writer: Drama
    • Happy Valley
  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2015 Winner BAFTA Television Craft Award
    • Writer: Drama
    • Happy Valley

British Screenwriters' Awards

  • Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    2014 Winner British Screenwriters' Award
    • Best British TV Drama Writing
    • Happy Valley

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