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name: "Ava Pickett"
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born: "1 October 1993"
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# Ava Pickett

Writer. Born 1 October 1993 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 October 1993, Colchester, Essex, England, UK

## Biography

Ava Pickett is an English screenwriter and playwright. She holds a BA in theatre from Middlesex University and an MA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, completed in 2018.

She was a staff writer on season three of the Hulu and Channel 4 series *The Great* (2020), co-writing two episodes with Tony McNamara. Her other television credits include episodes of *Brassic* (2019–), *The Buccaneers* (2023–), *Ten Pound Poms* and *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026).

Pickett’s debut play *1536* (2025) won the 2023–24 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She has written stage adaptations of *Emma* (2025) and *The Manningtree Witches* (2026), and is co-writing a feature film about Joan of Arc with Baz Luhrmann.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Great* (2020), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)

## Also known for

- *Brassic* (2019), Writer
- *The Buccaneers* (2023), Writer

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