---
name: "Nikita Lalwani"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nikita-lalwani"
fi1m_id: "nikita-lalwani"
imdb_id: "nm4489192"
tmdb_id: 1726317
wikidata_id: "Q7035076"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:09:56.600907+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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# Nikita Lalwani

## Identity

Nikita Lalwani

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nikita-lalwani
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nikita-lalwani
- **IMDb ID:** nm4489192
- **TMDB ID:** 1726317
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7035076
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Lalwani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7035076, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4489192/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1726317

Writer. Born 1 January 1973 in Kota.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, Kota
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Lalwani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7035076, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4489192/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1726317

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Outlaws*](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md) (67)

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## Biography

Nikita Lalwani is a novelist and screenwriter. Born in Kota, Rajasthan, she was raised in Cardiff and studied English at the University of Bristol. She began her career directing factual television and documentaries at the BBC before turning to fiction.

Her debut novel *Gifted* (2007) was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa Book Award for First Novel and won the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize. Subsequent novels include *The Village* (2012) and *You People* (2020). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.

Lalwani has written episodes of the BBC/Amazon series *The Outlaws* (2021–2024), including co-writing credits with Stephen Merchant, and the screenplay for the film *Picture This* (2025). She also wrote an episode of the forthcoming Sky series *Under Salt Marsh*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nikitalalwani.com, pure.royalholloway.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Outlaws* (2021), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Under Salt Marsh* (2026), series, Writer
- *Picture This* (2025), Writer
- *The Outlaws* (2021), series, Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2018: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)
- Desmond Elliott Prize 2008: Desmond Elliott Prize (won)
- Booker Prize 2007: Booker Prize (nominated), for *Gifted*

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

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