Biography

Bess Wohl (born 7 September 1975, Brooklyn, New York City) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actress. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard (BA in English, 1996) and earned an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama. She is best known for Liberation (2025–2026), which won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, the Drama League Award, and the Hull-Warriner Award, making her only the fourth female playwright to win the Tony for Best Play. Her other plays include Small Mouth Sounds (2015, Drama Desk Sam Norkin Award), Grand Horizons (2020, Tony-nominated), and Make Believe (2019). She directed and wrote her feature film debut Baby Ruby (2022). In acting she has appeared in Flightplan (2005) and The Shaggy Dog (2006), and has guest roles on Law & Order, CSI: NY, Bones, and Cold Case. Small Mouth Sounds is returning to Broadway in spring 2027 directed by Joe Mantello.

Flightplan

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Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's ...

Relase Date : 22 Sep, 2005

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Drama

Mystery

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The Shaggy Dog

(603 Votes)

4.9

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him t...

Relase Date : 9 Mar, 2006

Comedy

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Must Love Dogs

(513 Votes)

5.937

Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiast...

Relase Date : 21 Jul, 2005

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Irreplaceable You

(735 Votes)

6.967

A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childh...

Relase Date : 16 Feb, 2018

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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Baby Ruby

(109 Votes)

5.1

After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer J...

Relase Date : 3 Feb, 2023

Thriller

Horror

Drama

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Heights

(46 Votes)

6.3

Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their de...

Relase Date : 15 Jul, 2005

Drama

Romance

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Coach

(24 Votes)

5.3

After being dumped by his girlfriend, Nick Scanlon, an unemployed Manhattan slacker, reali...

Relase Date : 13 Jun, 2010

Comedy

Romance

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Siren

(19 Votes)

6.1

Leigh has lived a reclusive existence in a secluded old home on the outskirts of town for ...

Relase Date : 26 Oct, 2013

Drama

Fantasy

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