Anya's impressive career in the entertainment industry has spanned multiple mediums and platforms. As a writer, she has made a significant impact with her work on various TV series and films. One of her most notable achievements is the creation of FAKE, a Netflix series that broke all streaming and subscription records for Paramount+ and earned six AACTA award nominations, including best series and screenplay, and won the AWGIE award for best series at the Writers Guild awards.
Anya's writing credits also include several high-profile TV series, such as THE TWELVE S2, which starred Sam Neill, and FIRES, a AACTA and AWGIE Award-winning series for ABC and NBC International. She has also worked on EDEN for Stan and THE BLACK HAND presented by Anthony La Paglia for ABC.
In addition to her television work, Anya has also ventured into filmmaking. Her UK/AUS co-production short film IT'S ME was commissioned by producer Lee Magiday (THE LOBSTER, THE FAVOURITE) and starred Maxine Peake and Russell Tovey. The film premiered at the Manchester Film Festival in 2020.
Anya has received numerous awards and nominations for her work. She won three Australian Writer's Guild (AWGIE) Awards, including best series for her show Fake in 2024, best series for FIRES in 2023, and PARADISE in 2014. She was also one of four inaugural winners of the Lexus Short Film Fellowship at Sydney Film Festival for HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (2017).
Anya's original feature script SERPENTINE was a semi-finalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships (Oscars 2016),was shortlisted for the Sundance Labs and Austin Film Fest, and was featured on the inaugural "Aussie" Black List in 2018.
