Kelly Marcel
| Kelly Marcel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 January 1974 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, television producer, television writer, actress |
| Years active | 1989-present |
Kelly Marcel (born 10 January 1974) is a British writer and actress, best known as the creator and executive producer of the television series Terra Nova[1]
Biography
Marcel is the daughter of director Terry Marcel and the older sister of British actress Rosie Marcel.[2]
Career
Marcel has played minor roles in television series such as The Bill, Holby City, and Casualty.[1] She had a largely non-speaking role as Young Vera in the 1994 television film adaptation of A Dark-Adapted Eye.
Marcel eventually quit acting to pursue writing, while working part-time in a video rental shop. Her first writing job to appear in public was doing uncredited re-rewrites of the 2009 Bronson, she knew Tom Hardy because he was running an acting workshop at a pub around the corner and the two have remained friends (one of his tattoos says "Skribe", a tribute to Marcel).[3] Marcel was writing for five years before Terra Nova was picked up after an extensive bidding war between production companies.[4][5]
Marcel is credited for the screenplay of the 2013 drama film Saving Mr. Banks, "a behind-the-scenes look at how the popular Disney film Mary Poppins came to be," starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers.[3][6][7]
Marcel wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey.[3]
Works
Films
- Saving Mr. Banks (2013; written by)
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2015; screenplay)
Television
- Terra Nova (2011; creator - 13 episodes)
References
- 1 2 Collins, Scott (11 September 2011). "Fall TV: 'Terra Nova'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ↑ Internet Movie Database
- 1 2 3 Leigh, Danny (21 November 2013). "Kelly Marcel: 'Someone from Disney's going to come and kill me'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Kelly's heroics: How the British writer behind TV's most expensive drama cracked LA". The Independent. 28 September 2011.
- ↑ Levin, Angela (18 September 2011). "Holby City to Spielberg: How bit-part actress Kelly Marcel conquered Hollywood". Daily Mail.
- ↑ ""Saving Mr. Banks" Begins Production in Los Angeles". Reuters. September 19, 2012. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ↑ ""Saving Mr. Banks" Begins Production". The Herald (Rock Hill). 2012-09-19.