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name: "Laura Poliakoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laura-poliakoff"
fi1m_id: "laura-poliakoff"
tmdb_id: 1819072
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:30:51.097204+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."
---

# Laura Poliakoff

## Identity

Laura Poliakoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laura-poliakoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laura-poliakoff
- **TMDB ID:** 1819072
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1819072

Writer. Born in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1819072

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Laura Poliakoff is a British screenwriter and playwright. She studied screenwriting at the National Film and Television School from 2009 to 2011 and was selected for the BBC Writers Academy and the Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme. In 2017 she was included on the BBC New Talent Hotlist.

Her television writing credits include ten episodes of *EastEnders* (2013–2017), four episodes of *Casualty* (2017–2018), one episode of *Holby City* (2013), two episodes of *Doctors* (2012–2014) and one episode of *The Chelsea Detective* (2023). She has also written short films including *Burn the Clock* (2013) and *Bertie Crisp* (2011).

As a playwright, her debut *Clockwork* opened at the Hightide Festival in 2012 and was published by Methuen Drama. She is developing the comedy-drama series *A Normal Couple* with Strong Film and Television.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *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.

- *Hidden City* (1987), Actor
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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