Margrét Örnólfsdóttir’s first writing credit was for the musical film »Regína« (2002), for whichshe also composed the music. Since then, she has mostly been writing TV drama series. In the early days she wrote series like »Court«, »Press« and »Black Angels« that were mostly for the local market. Later, as the international market opened up, her series also travelled, e.g. »Fangar (Prisoners)«, »The Flatey Enigma«, »Trapped« (season 2) and »Valhalla Murders«. She has  been nominated twice for the Nordic Film & TV Prize, three times for Prix Europa. Currently she has two series in development, at different stages, and two series that are fully written but not yet in production.

Nationality: Icelandic
Residence: Iceland
Writing Language(s): Icelandic, English
Specialties: Drama, Crime/Thriller, Historic Drama, Musical