Biography
Sumerah Srivastav is a British screenwriter and playwright. She has written episodes for series including Lupin (2021), on which she was co-writer of one episode, Manifest (2022–2023), Missing You (2025), Curfew (2024), Colosseum (2022), The Good Karma Hospital (2022), Casualty (2019) and EastEnders (2016–2018).
Before turning to writing she won an MBA scholarship at Cass Business School, ran a London radio station and advised government. As a playwright she has participated in programmes at the Royal Court and the Criterion Theatre. She is co-chair of the Equalities and Diversity committee at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and has taught screenwriting at MetFilm School and the National Film and Television School.
