Margaret Nagle | |
|---|---|
.jpg) WGA Award Winner, Emmy Award | |
| Occupation | screenwriter, television producer, activist, actress |
| Years active | 2004 |
| Notable awards | Writers Guild of America Award |
Margaret Nagle is a screenwriter, producer, and activist. She has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and won three Writers Guild of America Awards.
Her first script, HBO's Warm Springs received a record-breaking 16 Emmy nominations and won five Emmys in 2005, including the Emmy Award for Best Television Movie. It also won the 2006 Writers Guild of America Award for Long Form Original Screenplay. Her screenplay for the 2014 film "The Good Lie" received The Paul Selvin Award from the Writers Guild of America. Nagle also received a 2011 Writer's Guild Award for her work on Boardwalk Empire. Nagle has been nominated for three Humanitas Awards, an NAACP Award, and the Pen Award.
She received the 2014 Media Access Award from the Writers Guild of America for "doubling the number" of people on network TV with disabilities. Nagle has been raising money for Humanitarian Aid for South Sudan by appearing at screenings of The Good Lie on behalf of Concern, UNICEF, RefugePoint and other organizations.[1]
- ^ "The Good Lie - Ireland AM". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.