---
name: "Chandni Lakhani"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chandni-lakhani"
fi1m_id: "chandni-lakhani"
imdb_id: "nm6802879"
tmdb_id: 2636904
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:19:23.320191+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."
---

# Chandni Lakhani

## Identity

Chandni Lakhani

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chandni-lakhani
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chandni-lakhani
- **IMDb ID:** nm6802879
- **TMDB ID:** 2636904
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6802879/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2636904

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6802879/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2636904

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Dept. Q*](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md) (74)
- **Peacock:** [*Vigil*](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Chandni Lakhani is a television writer and co-creator. She began her career as a script editor on the Netflix series *Black Mirror*.

Lakhani wrote an episode of *Dublin Murders* (2019) and an episode of *Vigil* (2021). She co-created the Netflix series *Dept. Q* (2025) with Scott Frank, writing multiple episodes of the Edinburgh-set adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels. She received two award nominations for her work on the series.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com, thenodmag.com, independenttalent.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dept. Q* (2025), Fi1m 74, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Vigil* (2021), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Dept. Q* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Vigil* (2021), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)
- *Dublin Murders* (2019), series, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/chandni-lakhani