Roanna Benn
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Roanna established Drama Republic with her long-term colleagues Greg Brenman and Jude Liknaitzky in 2013. Most recently, Roanna executive-produced Sally Wainwright’s RIOT WOMEN for the BBC. At Drama Republic, Roanna has executive produced: One Day (Netflix, 2024), The Lovers (Sky, 2023), Life (BBC1, 2020), Pure (Channel 4, 2019), Wanderlust (BBC1/Netflix, 2018), two series of Doctor Foster (BBC1, 2015-17), My Mad Fat Diary (E4, 2013-15) and King Charles III (2014).
At Tiger Aspect, Roanna produced/executive produced: Coming Down the Mountain by Mark Haddon, Aftersun by David Nicholls, Royal Wedding by Abi Morgan; four series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl by Lucy Prebble, and two series of Prisoners’ Wives by Julie Gearey. As a script editor, Roanna’s credits include four series of Playing the Field by Kay Mellor, Births, Marriages and Deaths by Tony Grounds, White Girl by Abi Morgan, and the multi-BAFTA winning and Oscar-nominated feature film Billy Elliot.



































