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Moira Buffini
English dramatist, director, and actor
Moira Buffini (born 29 May 1965)[1] is an English dramatist, director, and actor.
Early life
Buffini was born in Cheshire to Irish parents, and attended St Mary's College at Rhos-on-Sea in Wales as a day girl. She studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College, London University (1983–86).[2] She subsequently trained as an actor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.[2]
Career
For Jordan, co-written with Anna Reynolds in 1992, she won a Time Out Award for her performance and Writers' Guild Award for Best Fringe play.[3] Her 1997 play Gabriel was performed at Soho theatre, winning the LWT Plays on Stage award and the Meyer-Whitworth Award.[3] Her 1999 play Silence earned Buffini the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for best English-language play by a woman.[3]Loveplay followed at the RSC in 2001, then Dinner at the National Theatre