---
name: "Bridget O'Connor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bridget-oconnor"
fi1m_id: "bridget-oconnor"
imdb_id: "nm2091799"
tmdb_id: 227094
wikidata_id: "Q4340905"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 January 1961"
died: "22 September 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:49:35.219858+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bridget O'Connor

## Identity

Bridget O'Connor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bridget-oconnor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bridget-oconnor
- **IMDb ID:** nm2091799
- **TMDB ID:** 227094
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4340905
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_O%27Connor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4340905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/227094

Writer. Born 18 January 1961 in Harrow, Greater London, England, UK. Died 22 September 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 January 1961, Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 September 2010
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_O%27Connor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4340905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/227094

## Biography

Bridget O'Connor was an English playwright and screenwriter. She was born on 18 January 1961 in Harrow, north-west London, and died on 22 September 2010.

O'Connor studied English and creative writing at Lancaster University. She began her career writing short stories and plays for radio and theatre, including the prizewinning stage play *The Flags* (2001). She later collaborated with her husband, the writer Peter Straughan, on several screenplays.

Their joint credits include *Sixty Six* (2006) and *Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution* (2007). They adapted John le Carré's novel for the 2011 film *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*, for which they won the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; the film was nominated for the Academy Award in the same category and was dedicated to O'Connor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.md)
- *Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution* (2007), Writer
- *Sixty Six* (2006), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2012: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2012: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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