Kayleigh Llewellyn

Kayleigh Llewellyn is the creator of the critically acclaimed series IN MY SKIN, a coming-of-age story based on Kayleigh’s own experiences navigating sexuality and familial mental health.

IN MY SKIN ran for two series on BBC Three and Hulu. It garnered BAFTA Awards for Best Drama Writer and Best Drama Series; BAFTA Cymru Awards for Best Writer, Best Television Drama and Best Director in 2020 and 2022; and the RTS Award for Best Drama Series in 2021 and 2022.

Kayleigh is now adapting Rosa Rankin-Gee’s novel, DREAMLAND, as a 6 x 60 minute drama series for BBC One. In the US, she is adapting Jen Beagin’s, BIG SWISS, for HBO, A24 and Adam McKay's HyperObject, starring Jodie Comer in the titular role. She is serving as an executive producer across both projects.

Her previous credits include writing 3 episodes of the final series of KILLING EVE, for which she also served as a Consultant Producer, as well as writing an episode of CHLOE, Alice Seabright’s drama for BBC One and Amazon.

Kayleigh was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit 2019 and is also a Broadcast Hotshot, a BFI Flare Mentee and was the recipient of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Writing Award.