Sophia Chetin-Leuner

Sophia is a writer from London. Her play THIS MIGHT NOT BE IT was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting (2020). In 2024, it received an extended, sell-out run at the Bush Theatre. It was published by Nick Hern Books. It was first developed when Sophia was on the Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers’ Group (2018-19).

Sophia received the Dalio Foundation Scholarship to study at NYU Tisch’s Dramatic Writing MFA (2016-8). Sophia began writing PORN PLAY while there, which was also shortlisted for the Women’s Prize and was a finalist for the Verity Bargate Award (2022). It will debut at the Royal Court Upstairs in November 2025, directed by Josie Rourke. 

In 2023, Sophia joined BBC's Writer’s Room, where writers were selected from a nationwide open call and Sophia was one of just thirteen chosen from almost 5000 submissions (2022-3). Her pilot FIX was shortlisted for the C21 Drama Script competition (2021). 

In 2024, Sophia was selected for the BBC's Writers Pilot cohort, a year long scheme partnering writers with production companies for the opportunity to write the first episode of a potential BBC-commissioned original drama series or serial. Sophia is writing her pilot for Greenacre Films.