Doran was a contemporary of
Robert Webb and
David Mitchell. Her first job as a professional writer was
comedy sketch writing for their
BBC2 show
Bruiser. She worked for several years in London as a comedy writer, writing for shows such as
Smack the Pony and
TV to Go. Doran's work has been developed by the O'Neill Playwriting Center,
Lincoln Center,
Manhattan Theatre Club and Sundance Theatre Lab, among others. She helped Lear deBessonet with her play
transFigures. She has had plays commissioned by the
Atlantic Theater Company and
Playwrights Horizons. Doran's play,
Kin, described as "exquisitely wrought" by the
New York Times, premiered at off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons from 25 February – 3 April 2011, under the direction of
Sam Gold. Her play
The Mystery of Love and Sex, directed by Sam Gold, opened at
Lincoln Center in New York on 2 March 2015. It was described as "perfectly wonderful" by the
New York Times. The play was subsequently produced at the
Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and the
Signature Theater, Arlington VA, among other national and international venues. Doran was nominated for a 2012
Writers Guild Award for her work on the HBO series
Boardwalk Empire. She also wrote episodes for season 2 of the NBC show
Smash. She was a writer and co-producer of season 2 of the Showtime show
Masters of Sex. She was co-executive producer and writer of Hulu's adaptation of
The Looming Tower. She co-wrote the Netflix feature film
Outlaw King, starring
Chris Pine and directed by
David Mackenzie. She created and wrote the
Channel 4 show
Traitors (originally named
Jerusalem). == Personal life ==