---
name: "Sheila Callaghan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheila-callaghan"
fi1m_id: "sheila-callaghan"
imdb_id: "nm3558363"
tmdb_id: 1413536
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:15:52.785525+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."
---

# Sheila Callaghan

## Identity

Sheila Callaghan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sheila-callaghan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sheila-callaghan
- **IMDb ID:** nm3558363
- **TMDB ID:** 1413536
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3558363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1413536

Writer. Born 24 January 1973 in Queens, New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 January 1973, Queens, New York
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3558363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1413536

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Dying for Sex*](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Sheila Callaghan is an American playwright and screenwriter. She was born on 24 January 1973 in Queens, New York, and holds a B.A. from the College of New Jersey and an M.F.A. from UCLA.

Callaghan has written for several television series, including episodes of *United States of Tara* (2009–2011), *Hemlock Grove* (2013), *Shameless* (2013–2018), *Casual* (2015) and *Dying for Sex* (2025). She has also served as a producer on *Shameless*, *Casual* and *Dying for Sex*. Her stage work includes numerous plays produced across the United States and internationally; she is a founding member of the playwrights' collective 13P and of the feminist advocacy group The Kilroys.

She received a Golden Globe nomination for her work on *Casual* and a Writers Guild of America nomination for an episode of *Shameless*. Earlier awards include the Whiting Award for Drama and the Princess Grace Award.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dying for Sex* (2025), Fi1m 81, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md)
- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Dying for Sex* (2025), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md)
- *Dispatches from Elsewhere* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Casual* (2015), series, Writer
- *Hemlock Grove* (2013), series, Teleplay
- *Over/Under* (2013), Writer
- *Shameless* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Passage* (2009), Screenplay
- *United States of Tara* (2009), series, Writer

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