Margaret Nagle

Margaret Nagle first came to the attention of audiences and critics alike with her HBO film "Warm Springs," which won the Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie and received 16 Emmy nominations. For this film, which starred Kenneth Branagh and Kathy Bates, Nagle also received the Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Original TV Movie, as well as Humanitas and PEN Award nominations. "Warm Springs" has gone on to wide acclaim the world over. Nagle worked as a writer and supervising producer of "Boardwalk Empire" for HBO, earning a WGA Award for Outstanding New Series and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. The show won the Golden Globe for Best Series. Nagle's screenplay for "The Good Lie" was nominated for the 2014 NAACP Image Award as Best Original Screenplay. Nagle also won the Paul Selvin Award from the WGA. The film has garnered the rare distinction of an A+ CinemaScore rating. Only 53 movies have ever received an A+ score, which include the Academy Award-winning Best Pictures "The King's Speech," "Argo," and "The Godfather." Currently, Nagle is executive producing and writing a 6-part miniseries on the life of Clementine Churchill for Masterpiece and Playhouse Ireland. She is currently developing and writing a series for Playhouse Ireland.