Ep 20: Writer & Actor, Zoë Lister

Grit Pod
1 min readMar 24, 2021

Zoe is a writer for drama and comedy and children’s television. She is currently part of the writing team for Netflix’s Zero Chill. She also writes for Netflix teen-drama Free Rein and is a regular writer for Channel 4’s Hollyoaks, having written over 40 episodes as part of the writing team. Zoë also writes for children’s drama such as CBBC and Netflix’s Worst Witch, CBBC’s The Dumping Ground and Disney’s comedy-drama-musical The Lodge.

Zoe’s acting career has seen her star as a series regular Zoe Carpenter in Hollyoaks, web series Staff Room and numerous other roles and voiceover work.

In this episode we discuss the writing process for a series and working in a writing team, with story conferences and pitching your ideas in the room to get episodes commissioned. We also explore acting jobs that required jumping out of planes and being entirely digitised for a smartphone app. Enjoy!

Listen Here: Episode 20

Examples of Zoe’s Work:

Zero Chill Series Writer (Episodes 4 and 7)
Free Rein Season 3 (Ep 3 and 8)
The Lodge Season 2 (Ep 4)
The Worst Witch Season 2 (Ep 5)
Acting Showreel
Fairytale Pilot
Staff Room Web Series
Knock Knock Short Film
The Invisible Man VR Short Film

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