Rebecca Lenkiewicz is a British playwright, screenwriter, and film director. She is best known for Her Naked Skin (2008), the first original play by a living female writer staged on the Olivier stage of the Royal National Theatre. She is also recognised as co-writer of Ida (2013), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Rebecca Lenkiewicz was born in Plymouth, Devon. Her mother is Celia Mills, and her father is playwright Peter Quint. Her stepfather was the artist Robert Lenkiewicz. Her siblings include artists Alice and Wolfe von Lenkiewicz, as well as guitarist Reuben Lenkiewicz. Rebecca studied at Plymouth High School for Girls before completing a degree in Film and English at the University of Kent in 1989.
From 1996 to 1999, she trained in acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, appearing in Sir Peter Hall’s production of The Bacchae.
Her first play, Soho: A Tale of Table Dancers (2000), was staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company Fringe and won a Fringe First award at the Edinburgh Festival. The production was later revived in London and was the first play to be staged at the Arcola Theatre. Her second play, The Night Season (2004), was performed at the National Theatre. In 2005, her play Shoreditch Madonna was staged at the Soho Theatre.
Lenkiewicz continued to write for the stage and radio across the following decade. Her Naked Skin (2008) was produced on the Olivier stage at the National Theatre, directed by Howard Davies. It followed the story of two suffragettes before the First World War and brought her wide recognition. Later works included The Painter (2011) at the Arcola Theatre, and The Invisible (2015) at the Bush Theatre. Faber and Faber published a collection of her plays in 2013.
Rebecca Lenkiewicz also developed a career as a screenwriter. She co-wrote Ida (2013) with Paweł Pawlikowski. The film, set in 1960s Poland, won the European Film Award for Screenwriting in 2014 and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015.
Her awards include the Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright (2004). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2017.
She later co-wrote Disobedience (2017), Colette (2018), and the investigative drama She Said (2022). In 2025, Rebecca Lenkiewicz directed her first feature, Hot Milk, which premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Rebecca Lenkiewicz was born in Plymouth, Devon. Her mother is Celia Mills, and her father is playwright Peter Quint. Her stepfather was the artist Robert Lenkiewicz. Her siblings include artists Alice and Wolfe von Lenkiewicz, as well as guitarist Reuben Lenkiewicz. Rebecca studied at Plymouth High School for Girls before completing a degree in Film and English at the University of Kent in 1989.
From 1996 to 1999, she trained in acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, appearing in Sir Peter Hall’s production of The Bacchae.
Her first play, Soho: A Tale of Table Dancers (2000), was staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company Fringe and won a Fringe First award at the Edinburgh Festival. The production was later revived in London and was the first play to be staged at the Arcola Theatre. Her second play, The Night Season (2004), was performed at the National Theatre. In 2005, her play Shoreditch Madonna was staged at the Soho Theatre.
Lenkiewicz continued to write for the stage and radio across the following decade. Her Naked Skin (2008) was produced on the Olivier stage at the National Theatre, directed by Howard Davies. It followed the story of two suffragettes before the First World War and brought her wide recognition. Later works included The Painter (2011) at the Arcola Theatre, and The Invisible (2015) at the Bush Theatre. Faber and Faber published a collection of her plays in 2013.
Rebecca Lenkiewicz also developed a career as a screenwriter. She co-wrote Ida (2013) with Paweł Pawlikowski. The film, set in 1960s Poland, won the European Film Award for Screenwriting in 2014 and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015.
Her awards include the Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright (2004). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2017.
She later co-wrote Disobedience (2017), Colette (2018), and the investigative drama She Said (2022). In 2025, Rebecca Lenkiewicz directed her first feature, Hot Milk, which premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
years of life: 1968 – present
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