Biography
Kam Odedra is a British screenwriter. Originally from the Midlands, she lives in London and began her career as a script editor at Red Production Company, working on series including Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, Banana and Gangs of London. She also story produced Ackley Bridge series 4.
As a writer her credits include episodes of Ackley Bridge (series 4), McDonald & Dodds, Whitstable Pearl, Dalgliesh, Lupin and Hijack (2023) for Apple TV+. She has developed original series with production companies including Echo Lake, where an India-set project has Academy Award nominee Deepa Mehta attached to direct.
In 2021 Odedra was named a Film London Lodestar. She has participated in the Breaking The Glass Ceiling programme and the Almanack Screenwriters Episodic Lab.
