Bonnie Greer, OBE FRSL (born 16 November 1948) is an American and British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster, who has lived in the UK since 1986.

She has appeared as a panellist on television programmes such as Newsnight Review and Question Time and has served on the boards of several leading arts organisations, including the British Museum, the Royal Opera House and the London Film School.

At the time, she made the decision to migrate to the UK because of her need to "escape the shadow of death" and the declining theatre scene in New York City.

Her plays include Munda Negra (1993), concerning the mental health problems of black women, Dancing on Blackwater (1994) and Jitterbug (2001),[16] and the musicals Solid and Marilyn and Ella.

Adapted for the stage, Greer's radio play was given a production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006 and was later rewritten and performed at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2008.

Reviewing it in The Independent, Lesley McDowell said: "Greer expertly weaves in memories of her own upbringing in Chicago, with more humour than you might expect, along with a clear, defined passion for the music she grew up listening to.

Greer co-produced a documentary film, Reflecting Skin (directed by Mike Dibb) – on representations of black people in Western art – which was shown by the BBC in 2004.

[32] In April 2005, she was appointed to the British Museum's Board of Trustees and completed two full terms; from late March 2009, she served as Deputy Chairman.

[37] Greer also appears in the Sky Arts TV programme Discovering Film, as one of its leading movie experts celebrating the lives and work of some of the most prolific and iconic Hollywood stars, and comments frequently about members of the British Royal Family on various ITN documentaries[38] such as Channel 4's Charles: Our New King.

When countered with the fact that both football clubs adopted their logos decades after slavery was abolished in the U.K, she claimed that history is changing and that they should investigate with historians.