Born and raised in the North East, Carley attained a First Class Degree in Media Production: Television, Radio and Film and a Creative Writing MA, along with many Drama related credentials. She produced an RTS nominated film and was a network delegate at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, a 4Talent trainee, a HETV chosen 50 and awarde... Read More

Born and raised in the North East, Carley attained a First Class Degree in Media Production: Television, Radio and Film and a Creative Writing MA, along with many Drama related credentials. She produced an RTS nominated film and was a network delegate at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, a 4Talent trainee, a HETV chosen 50 and awarded The University of Sunderland Alumni Achiever of the Year Award. Carley was a child performer, attending the Northern Academy for Dramatic Arts (NADA) from the age of 6, working on stages across the North in a variety of different performances from Catherine Cookson's The Fifteen Streets, Under-milk Wood, Agamemnon, The Crucible and A Midsummer Nights to name a few. Her script experience stemming from childhood. She toured with BGT and Xfactor for four years working as a judge PA and camera operator as well as working in reality television and documentary for a period of her career as well. Carley has worked on a variety of Drama productions, working her way up through the production office from runner to production assistant, where she worked closely with producers and line producers and gained experience working in script editing and script supervising from her time in production. It was here her love for working closely with Directors grew and she pursued a career in freelance script supervising, that grew to become extremely successful. She worked her way up through the TV ranks from over 100 episodes of Emmerdale to High End TV Drama's for Apple TV, Amazon Prime and Netflix to name a few; whilst building on her aspirations in producing alongside her busy career in continuity. Her love for writing and developing scripts and stories has been something that she has worked her whole life to achieving and has recently created and written an original TV series that she is working with her agent Madeleine Cotter at WGM Atlantic to have commissioned. Founder of production company Canny Northern Media Ltd and Canny Northern Casting, she has also been chosen as one of 8 candidates to take part in the BFI Creative Producer Lab 2022 that aims to discover and develop the next generation of producing talent in film. She plans to continue her successful career as a script supervisor whilst building her slate as a producer, producing shorts and features for film festival release. At present Carley is stepping onto bigger film sets with recent credits including Paramount, Paramount+ Sony, Marvel, DC, Warner Bros. Carley is committed to Northern voices and hopes to champion the underrepresented working class background in which she originates, through compelling and emotive storytelling. She has recently had 2 scripts shortlisted for BBC Comedy development funding and is awaiting the outcome as well as being nominated for the Rising Star Award and the Royal Television Society North East and Borders. Read Less