Niki Aken is an award-winning writer and script producer for television, working across drama and comedy. Most recently, Niki wrote on both seasons of popular and critically-acclaimed ABC series THE NEWSREADER. For her work as the co-writer on the SBS drama THE HUNTING, which follows the fallout of a high school sexting scandal, Niki won the 2019 AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television.

Niki script produced the critically acclaimed comedy-drama series UPRIGHT. Produced by Foxtel and SKY UK, UPRIGHT took home the 2020 AACTA Award for Best Comedy Series. After contributing to its success in this way, Niki served as script producer and writer on the second season. She also script produced the Gen-Z comedy series WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS for ABC and Netflix.

In additional credits, Niki co-wrote the historical WW1 mini-series ANZAC GIRLS, which won the Best Adapted Screenplay AWGIE, and wrote on multiple seasons of acclaimed legal thriller JANET KING for the ABC, as well as script editing the second series. Prior, Niki wrote on the true-crime drama UNDERBELLY: BADNESS which won the Best Original Miniseries AWGIE in 2013.

Niki is currently in development on a number of film and television projects.