13 Facts About Lolita Chakrabarti

Lolita Chakrabarti was born on 1969 and is a British actress and writer.

Lolita Chakrabarti was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, to Bengali Hindu parents from India in 1969.

Lolita Chakrabarti grew up in Birmingham, where her father worked as an orthopaedic surgeon at Selly Oak Hospital.

Lolita Chakrabarti was educated at the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus in Birmingham before moving to London, after being accepted for entry to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

From 1993 to 1996, Chakrabarti presented the BBC children's educational programme Numbertime.

Lolita Chakrabarti won the award for Most Promising Playwright at the Critics' Circle Awards in January 2013 and received the AWA Award for Arts and Culture that same year.

In 2018, Lolita Chakrabarti curated this event for The Old Vic, London.

Lolita Chakrabarti commissioned eight monologues, of which she wrote one in recognition of the 70th birthday of the NHS.

Lolita Chakrabarti adapted Italo Calvino's 1972 novel Invisible Cities, in collaboration with 59 Productions, Rambert Dance Company, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Lolita Chakrabarti was awarded the Olivier Award for Best New Play for her work, and numerous other accolades, including a WhatsOnStage Award, UK Theatre Award and CAMEO Award.

Adrian Lester and Lolita Chakrabarti: A Working Diary was published by Bloomsbury in 2020, charting a year in the working life of Chakrabarti and her ex husband.

In 2020 Lolita Chakrabarti was dramaturg on Message in a Bottle for Sadler's Wells Theatre and ZooNation.

Lolita Chakrabarti was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to drama.