---
name: "Dare Aiyegbayo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dare-aiyegbayo"
fi1m_id: "dare-aiyegbayo"
tmdb_id: 1817257
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:19:15.951842+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."
---

# Dare Aiyegbayo

## Identity

Dare Aiyegbayo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dare-aiyegbayo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dare-aiyegbayo
- **TMDB ID:** 1817257
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1817257

Writer. Born in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1985–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1817257

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rivals*](https://film.one/tv/rivals.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Dare Aiyegbayo is a British screenwriter and playwright. She has written multiple episodes of the BBC soap *EastEnders* (2007–2017) and episodes of *Waterloo Road* and *The Dumping Ground*.

Her other credits include an episode of the Disney+ series *Rivals* (2024). She completed a Screenwriting MA at the London College of Printing and has worked in development for Vertigo Films and the BBC. In 2017 she was Papatango Resident Playwright, and her short film *Ruby’s Slippers* (2000) won awards including Best Short Film at the Black Filmmakers Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com, static1.squarespace.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rivals* (2024), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/rivals.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Rivals* (2024), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/rivals.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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