---
name: "Catherine Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/catherine-johnson"
fi1m_id: "catherine-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm0424735"
tmdb_id: 71069
wikidata_id: "Q467766"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 October 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:01:56.692735+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."
---

# Catherine Johnson

## Identity

Catherine Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/catherine-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** catherine-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0424735
- **TMDB ID:** 71069
- **Wikidata ID:** Q467766
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Johnson_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467766, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71069

Writer. Born 14 October 1957 in Suffolk, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 October 1957, Suffolk, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Johnson_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467766, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71069

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mamma Mia!*](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Catherine Johnson is a British playwright and screenwriter. Born in Suffolk, she grew up in Gloucestershire and began her career writing stage plays after winning the Bristol Old Vic/HTV Playwriting award in 1987 with *Rag Doll*. Her early work includes productions at the Bristol Old Vic and the Bush Theatre in London, as well as episodes for television series such as *Casualty*.

She is best known for writing the book for the ABBA jukebox musical *Mamma Mia!*, which opened in London in 1999, and the screenplay for its 2008 film adaptation directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Johnson also contributed the story for the 2018 sequel *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again*. Her other credits include creating the series *Love in the 21st Century* and *Dappers*.

Johnson has received awards including the Thames Television Writer-in-Residence and Best Play awards, a UK Film Council script award, and a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mamma Mia!* (2008), Fi1m 72, Screenplay, Musical — [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Mashup* (2021), Original Story
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Story, Book
- *Mamma Mia!* (2008), Screenplay, Musical — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia.md)
- *Love in the 21st Century* (1999), series, Writer
- *Sin Bin* (1994), Writer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Writer
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Writer
- *Mamma Mia! 3*, Book

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical 2002: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominated), for *Mamma Mia!*

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

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