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name: "Moira Buffini"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:58:02.592514+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."
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# Moira Buffini

Writer. Born 1 January 1965 in Cheshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Moria Buffini
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira_Buffini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6894703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1620490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121000

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Dig*](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md) (68)

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## Biography

Moira Buffini is an English playwright and screenwriter. She was born in Cheshire and studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College, University of London, before training as an actor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Buffini began her career in theatre with plays including *Gabriel* (1997) and *Dinner* (2002). Her screenwriting credits include the adaptations *Tamara Drewe* (2010), *Jane Eyre* (2011) and *The Dig* (2021), the latter based on John Preston’s novel and nominated for a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay. She created the television series *Harlots* (2017–2019) and wrote the screenplay for *Viceroy’s House* (2017). She has also written for the stage works such as *Handbagged* and *Byzantium*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Dig* (2021), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Dig* (2021), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md)
- *National Theatre Live: wonder.land* (2017), Songs, Book
- *Harlots* (2017), series, Writer, Creator
- *Viceroy's House* (2017), Writer
- *Byzantium* (2013), Screenplay, Theatre Play
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), Screenplay
- *Tamara Drewe* (2010), Screenplay
- *Bad Girl* (1992), as Receptionist
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, as WPC
- *The Night Circus*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Moira Buffini at the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival](https://film.one/media/person/1013252/gallery-7b4dc791a12b.jpg) Moira Buffini at the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival — TimDuncan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/MoiraBuffini_EIBF2025_i473.jpg/1280px-MoiraBuffini_EIBF2025_i473.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Moira Buffini](https://film.one/media/person/1013252/gallery-762ef2001dd8.jpg) Moira Buffini — TimDuncan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/MoiraBuffini_EIBF2025_i472.jpg/1280px-MoiraBuffini_EIBF2025_i472.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- YA Book Prize 2025: YA Book Prize (won)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2014: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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