---
name: "Jessica Lea"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jessica-lea"
fi1m_id: "jessica-lea"
imdb_id: "nm3018372"
tmdb_id: 1795680
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:30:23.979184+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."
---

# Jessica Lea

## Identity

Jessica Lea

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jessica-lea
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jessica-lea
- **IMDb ID:** nm3018372
- **TMDB ID:** 1795680
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3018372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1795680

Writer. Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3018372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1795680

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Jessica Lea is a British screenwriter from Liverpool. She holds a BA in Drama (First Class Honours) and an MA in Creative Writing from Liverpool John Moores University. She began her screenwriting career in 2000 on the Channel 4 soap *Hollyoaks*, for which she has written over one hundred episodes.

Lea has written for *EastEnders* (2015–2017), *Hope Street* (2021–2024, as one of the original writers), *The Dumping Ground*, *Grange Hill*, *The Story of Tracy Beaker* and *Girls in Love*. She also contributed to *Family Affairs* and *Hollyoaks Later*. Her *Hollyoaks* episode on John Paul's rape ordeal received nominations at the British Soap Awards and Stonewall Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Hope Street* (2021), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Story of Tracy Beaker* (2002), series, Writer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, Writer

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