Karis Kelly

Work for Paines Plough: Consumed

Karis Kelly (she/they) is an award-winning Northern Irish playwright and screenwriter.

In 2022, Karis was selected as the winner of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, for their play, Consumed. They were also the recipient of the Peggy Ramsay Foundation and Film4 Playwright’s Scheme Bursary, joining The Lyric, Belfast as their writer-in-residence. In 2024 Karis was chosen to be a part of the inaugural Women in Theatre Lab UK. They currently have an original drama series in development with World Productions.

For the screen: Hope Street – various episodes, (Longstory TV, BBC Northern Ireland, Britbox) Period Piece (Underwire Film Festival, Vancouver Women In Film Festival, Cineffable – Paris Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival), The Break (BBC Three and BBC Northern Ireland).