--- name: "Emma Donoghue" canonical: "https://film.one/person/emma-donoghue" fi1m_id: "emma-donoghue" imdb_id: "nm1480980" tmdb_id: 1310031 wikidata_id: "Q52255" roles: ["Writer","Producer"] born: "1 October 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "writer" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-30T20:56:43.869828+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." --- # Emma Donoghue ## Identity Emma Donoghue - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emma-donoghue - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** emma-donoghue - **IMDb ID:** nm1480980 - **TMDB ID:** 1310031 - **Wikidata ID:** Q52255 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Donoghue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52255, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1480980/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1310031 Writer and producer. Born 1 October 1969 in Dublin, Ireland. ## Details - **Work:** Writer, Producer - **Born:** 1 October 1969, Dublin, Ireland - **Active:** 2015–present - **Frequently works with:** [Ed Guiney](https://film.one/person/ed-guiney.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 64 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 72 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $35m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Donoghue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52255, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1480980/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1310031 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Room*](https://film.one/film/room.md) (84) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*H Is for Hawk*](https://film.one/film/h-is-for-hawk.md) (64) - **Netflix:** [*The Wonder*](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md) (63) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Emma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Born in Dublin in October 1969, she holds a PhD in English from the University of Cambridge and has lived in Canada since the late 1990s. She is best known for her 2010 novel *Room*, which she adapted into the 2015 film of the same name, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her other screenwriting credits include *The Wonder* (2022) and the co-written screenplay for *H Is for Hawk* (2025), based on Helen Macdonald's memoir. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, emmadonoghue.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *H Is for Hawk* (2025), Fi1m 64, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/h-is-for-hawk.md) - *The Wonder* (2022), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer, Writer, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md) - *Room* (2015), Fi1m 84, Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/room.md) ## Complete filmography (5) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *H Is for Hawk* (2025), Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/h-is-for-hawk.md) - *The Wonder* (2022), Executive Producer, Novel, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md) - *Room* (2015), Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/room.md) - *Immaculate Conceptions: Inside a Lesbian Baby Boom* (2007), Director - *Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders* (2001), as Pamela Taylor ## Gallery - ![Emma Donoghue reading in Jenny's Place at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/7301/gallery-02a53ca3e35d.jpg) Emma Donoghue reading in Jenny's Place at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival (2017) — Dan Harasymchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Emma_Donoghue_reading_in_Jenny%27s_Place_-_Eden_Mills_-_2017_%28DanH-9226%29.jpg/1280px-Emma_Donoghue_reading_in_Jenny%27s_Place_-_Eden_Mills_-_2017_%28DanH-9226%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Emma Donoghue](https://film.one/media/person/7301/gallery-1a7bdc47d2a7.jpg) Emma Donoghue — Katrina Afonso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Irish-Canadian_author_Emma_Donoghue.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022](https://film.one/media/person/7301/gallery-10ad64a40491.jpg) The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/TheWondeBFI071022_%282_of_17%29_%2852415773143%29.jpg/1280px-TheWondeBFI071022_%282_of_17%29_%2852415773143%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022](https://film.one/media/person/7301/gallery-9dc7b6c82fee.jpg) The Wonder - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Friday 7th October 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/TheWondeBFI071022_%283_of_17%29_%2852415263301%29.jpg/1280px-TheWondeBFI071022_%283_of_17%29_%2852415263301%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 2016: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Room* ### Other awards — 4 won, 7 nominated - European Film Award for Best Film 2016: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Room* - European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2016: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Room* - Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize 2010: Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (won), for *Room* - Booker Prize 2010: Booker Prize (nominated), for *Room* - Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2009: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (won) - Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2008: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (won) - Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2005: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (nominated) - Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2004: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (nominated) - Ferro-Grumley Award 2002: Ferro-Grumley Award (won) - Otherwise Award 1997: Otherwise Award (nominated) - Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 1994: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (nominated) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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