Biography
Dana Fainaru is a television and film writer. She trained at the Drama Centre London and began her career as a theatre director and dramaturg, working in repertory theatre and as staff director at the Royal National Theatre.
After graduating from the BBC Writers’ Academy, she has written extensively for BBC continuing dramas, including as a core writer on Holby City and lead writer on Casualty (2008–2022). Her other credits include episodes of EastEnders, Death in Paradise (2015–2017), The Last Czars (2019), Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), The Buccaneers (2023–2025) and Call the Midwife. She served as executive producer and co-writer on Significant Other (2023).
Fainaru has received the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Episode of Continuing Drama and the MIND Mental Health in the Media Award for her Casualty episode “Place of Safety”. She was part of the Casualty writing team that won a BAFTA in 2021.
