Lolita Chakrabarti OBE
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Lolita Chakrabarti OBE wears Natalie Dennis at the press night for Hamnett. Styled by Deborah Sheridan-Taylor, @dstdesigns. Lolita Chakrabarti OBE is an award-winning playwright. Her writing credits include Red Velvet, Life of Pi, Hamnet, Invisible Cities, Hymn, Last Seen and The Goddess.
In 2012 Lolita won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. In 2013 Chakrabarti won the AWA Award for Arts and Culture. In 2022 her adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi scooped FIVE Olivier Awards, including Best New Play and THREE Tony Awards.
She grew up in Birmingham, England. She went on to train at RADA. As an actress, she has worked extensively on stage and screen including Criminal (Netflix) Beowulf (ITV), Vera (ITV), The Casual Vacancy (BBC/HBO), Jekyll and Hyde (ITV), My Mad Fat Diary Season 3 (CH4) and Intruders (Canal+). Lolita is also a multi-award-winning writer for stage and screen.
