Theresa Ikoko

Theresa Ikoko
OccupationPlaywright, screenwriter
NationalityBritish
EducationRoyal Holloway, University of London; University of Oxford
Notable worksGirls (play)
Notable awardsAlfred Fagon Award

Theresa Ikoko is a British playwright and screenwriter of Nigerian descent. Her play Girls, about three girls abducted by terrorists in northern Nigeria, won the Alfred Fagon Award and other awards.

Ikoko later gained greater nationwide recognition, in 2019, for co-writing the feature-length coming-of-age drama Rocks with Clarie Wilson, which earned Ikoko a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 74th British Academy Film Awards in 2021.

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