---
name: "Thara Popoola"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thara-popoola"
fi1m_id: "thara-popoola"
tmdb_id: 3389727
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:17:17.722654+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."
---

# Thara Popoola

## Identity

Thara Popoola

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thara-popoola
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thara-popoola
- **TMDB ID:** 3389727
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3389727

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3389727

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dreaming Whilst Black*](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Thara Popoola is a British screenwriter and writer for television and stage. A graduate of the 2021 4Screenwriting scheme, she has contributed to series including *Sex Education* (Netflix, 2023), *Queenie* (Channel 4, 2024), *Crongton* (BBC, 2025), *Black Ops* (BBC, 2026) and *Dreaming Whilst Black* (BBC Three/A24, 2025).

She has written additional material and episodes for the second series of *Dreaming Whilst Black*, including the episode 'Blackwash'. Popoola was nominated for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative in Television at the 2024 NAACP Image Awards and was named one of Broadcast’s Hot Shots 2025. She also secured a place on the Creative Europe MEDIA European Showrunner Programme.

Before entering screenwriting, Popoola worked in the legal and financial sectors. Her short film *Jobless* (2023) was produced for Zeppotron/BBC, and she has several original projects in development.

*Sources: jtmanagement.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, comedy.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dreaming Whilst Black* (2021), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Queenie* (2024), series, Writer
- *Jobless* (2023), Writer
- *Dreaming Whilst Black* (2021), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dreaming-whilst-black.md)
- *Crown*, Writer

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