Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
British actress, screenwriter and songwriter
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Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre (also credited as Siân Martin) is a British actress, screenwriter and songwriter.
Life and career
Ejiwunmi-Le Berre was raised in Wales and North London. She is of Kalabari, Yoruba, French and Saint Lucian descent.[1]
As an actress, she has appeared in projects such as EastEnders, Trial & Retribution, About a Boy, Holby City, Doctors and Silent Witness.
In late 2023, Ejiwunmi-Le Berre made her television screenwriting debut with Murder is Easy, a two-part BBC drama adapted from Agatha Christie's 1939 novel.[2] The plot saw some updates, notably emphasising the setting of post-colonial Britain and re-working the protagonist into a Nigerian immigrant partially inspired by Ejiwunmi-Le Berre's own father and grandfather.[1][3][4]
With Paul Logue, Ejiwunmi-Le Berre co-created, writes and executive-produced the Channel 5 crime drama Ellis starring Sharon D. Clarke as a detective chief inspector who tackles investigations in different local areas and deals with the white and male oriented world of British policing.[5][1] The first series premiered in 2024, with a second following in 2026.[6][7][8]
Ejiwunmi-Le Berre has worked in the writers room for series such as Little Disasters and Rivals, and has two projects, Misplaced and Touchline in development.[9]
She has written scripts for BBC Radio 4. These include When Fanny Met Germaine, about the meeting of Germaine de Stael and Fanny Burney, a dramatisation of Dangerous Liaisons starring Nicola Coughlan, and The Medici, regarding the House of Medici.[10][11][12]