Vanessa Alexander

Vanessa Alexander is an award-winning writer and producer known for her work on The Great, Vikings: Valhalla, and Tin Star. Nominated in 2021 for a WGA award for Best Comedy Series and Best New Series, Vanessa is now developing a series based on the life of renaissance artists Artemisia Gentileschi for CBS Viacom. Nominated in 2018 for an Australian Writer's Guild Award for Best Drama Script (The Wrong Gir), Vanessa's work straddles comedy, drama and action as well being spread across historical and contemporary settings. Prior to moving to the UK, she was a contributing writer in the rooms for The End (Seesaw/Foxtel) as well as writing scripts for Love Child and Secret Daughter. Vanessa has also contributed to writers rooms for Gaumont, MGM, Matchbox, Endomol, Jungle and in 2019 Executive Produced the Documentary series Extreme Engagement for Netflix. In her early career in New Zealand, Vanessa was the lead director on Outrageous Fortune as well as directing for Disney's Power Rangers