Mary Rose Helen "Coky" Giedroyc is an English director known for her work on Women Talking Dirty, The Virgin Queen, The Nativity, and Penny Dreadful.
11 Facts About Coky Giedroyc
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Coky Giedroyc's father was Michal Giedroyc, a historian of Polish-Lithuanian descent from the aristocratic Giedroyc family, who came to England in 1947.
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Coky Giedroyc's younger sister, Mel Giedroyc, is a television presenter.
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Coky Giedroyc's other sister, Kasia, is a children's writer who later married diplomat Philip Parham.
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Coky Giedroyc attended Bristol University, where she first began to make films.
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Coky Giedroyc directed A Study in Pink, originally filmed as a 60-minute pilot for the television series Sherlock, which was written by Steven Moffat.
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Coky Giedroyc has directed BBC's The Hour and What Remains.
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Coky Giedroyc directed two episodes of the 2014 Showtime horror television series Penny Dreadful.
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On 20 December 2015, Coky Giedroyc directed the live television production of The Sound of Music, starring Kara Tointon as Maria, and her sister Mel Coky Giedroyc as Frau Schmidt.
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In June 2021, Coky Giedroyc won her second BAFTA for Best Series for her work on Channel 4's Save Me Too, written and starring Lennie James.
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Coky Giedroyc married her first husband at 21, and they had a son together before divorcing.