21st-century British women writers

Dame Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.

Amal Clooney is a Lebanese and British international human rights lawyer. She has represented several high-profile clients, including former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad, Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa, Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, and Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.

wife of Prince Michael of Kent

British actress and screenwriter

British writer and academic

British actress

essayist, penwoman, conspiracy theorist (1933-)

British-American writer and photographer of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin

British director of MI5 (1935–2025)

translator and whistle-blower

Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author

British historian (1944-2015)

British wine writer and journalist

Libyan-British comic writer and artist

British actress and novelist

British politician (1944–2023)

Iranian-born British architect

Nigerian-British writer, feminist and academic

Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (1923–2024)

British writer

British writer and broadcaster

Nigerian novelist

English historian

British academic

British academic (born 1952)

British theologian

British writer (born 1960)

British historian and television presenter

British journalist and author

Zimbabwean editor and literary critic

British journalist

British-Nigerian speculative fiction writer

biblical scholar

author and secular activist

British writer

American-British journalist

British journalist. broadcaster and non-fiction author

British anthropologist and editor

Zimbabwean film director

Jamaican-born British author, socialite, and radio hostess

Chinese writer

Bangladeshi writer and actress

Jamaican musician (1956-2021)

British food writer, journalist and author (born 1974)

Sudanese-born British writer and activist

British actress and screenwriter

British novelist, spy and former agent

Afghan journalist

British/Nigerian writer and journalist

British lawyer, author and columnist

British television writer, producer and director

British writer and former yachtswoman

British politician (born 1940)

English radio and television broadcaster (1940–2024)

Nigerian-Welsh writer and teacher

Barbadian-British historian and writer

British video game writer

British classicist, professor (b. 1971)

British writer

British journalist and author