Helen Blakeman, 1971
Writers · December 1, 1971
Helen Blakeman
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Helen Blakeman is 54 years old, born December 1, 1971 in United Kingdom · Sagittarius.
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About
Helen Blakeman is a British playwright and screenwriter who launched her career with award-winning stage work before pivoting to television. Born in Liverpool in 1971, she won the George Devine award for her debut play Caravan while studying at Birmingham University, then earned a BAFTA nomination for the 2003 TV film Pleasureland. Her screenplay for Dustbin Baby (2008) won her a British Academy Children's Award for Best Writer. As a Sagittarius, she channels her fire-sign directness into narratives about youth and vulnerability.
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Biography
Helen Blakeman is a British playwright and screenwriter from Liverpool who built her reputation across stage and screen. Born in 1971, she wrote Caravan while at Birmingham University — her debut play won the George Devine award and established her as a distinctive voice in contemporary drama. She followed with Normal, then transitioned into screenwriting with Pleasureland, a 2003 television film exploring teen sexuality that earned her a BAFTA Television Craft Award nomination for Best New Writer. After that recognition, she returned to playwriting with The Morris before pivoting back to screen with Dustbin Baby in 2008, a critically acclaimed television film for which she won the British Academy Children's Award for Best Writer. Blakeman also co-founded Heroic Books LTD, expanding her creative footprint beyond individual projects. As a screenwriter and playwright, she works across forms that allow extended character development and social commentary — her body of work centres on coming-of-age narratives and the emotional lives of young people. A Sagittarius born in late 1971, she carries life-path 22 energy, the master builder archetype often drawn to projects with lasting cultural weight. Her British background shapes her television work within the BBC and BAFTA ecosystem, where publicly funded drama has historically championed writer-led narratives about class and youth.
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Before Fame
Blakeman studied at Birmingham University, where she wrote her debut play Caravan while a student. This early work won the George Devine award, an honour that typically launches emerging playwrights into the London theatre circuit and led directly to productions of her subsequent plays.
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Trivia
- Caravan, her first play, was written during her time at Birmingham University and won the George Devine award.
- She was nominated for a BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best New Writer in 2003 for the TV film Pleasureland.
- Dustbin Baby, which she wrote in 2008, won her a British Academy Children's Award for Best Writer.
- Blakeman is a co-founder of Heroic Books LTD, expanding her work beyond screenwriting and playwriting.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
Master Number — The Master Builder
22 is 4 amplified. Builders of large, structural things — institutions, festivals, multi-decade catalogs.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
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CHALLENGING
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- Helen Blakeman is a Sagittarius, born December 1, 1971.
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- Helen Blakeman was born in 1971, the year of the Metal Pig.
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