Sumerah is a British, South Asian screenwriter and playwright with an MBA in Film Business and a background in law.

Most notably, she has written on Golden Globe and Emmy nominated series LUPIN as well as Netflix’s No.1 global smash MANIFEST. Other TV writing credits span: EASTENDERS, CASUALTY, MESSIAH, GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL & COLOSSEUM.

As a playwright, Sumerah came up through the Royal Court’s invited Studio programme and the Criterion playwright programme. Her recent theatre credits include James Graham’s SKETCHING (PW Productions), #846Live (Stratford East), JIGSAW (Migration Museum) and VEILED & VINEGAR (Redbridge Drama). Sumerah contributed material to HEAR ME NOW, a published collection of audition monologues for actors of colour (Oberon).

Sumerah is a keen advocate for inclusion and the importance of representation across all art forms. She is co-chair of the Equality & Diversity Committee at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and Trustee Director for the charity Mercury Musical Developments.

Prior to her writing career, Sumerah launched and ran an award-winning commercial radio station targeting London’s Asian youth audiences (Club Asia) for which she won numerous awards, including a Women in Public Life and an Asian Woman of Achievement award.

She is a member of the WGA, WGGB, RTS and BAFTA.

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