Lucy-Anne Holmes is a British author, actress and campaigner. She is best known for founding the No More Page 3 campaign in 2012 to convince editors to cease publishing images of topless female glamour models on the third page of tabloid newspapers,[1] for which the BBC recognised her as one of its 100 women in 2014.[2] She lives in Hertfordshire with her partner and son.[3] She grew up a Catholic and is now a Quaker.[4]
Holmes has authored several books: 50 Ways to Find a Lover (Pan, 2009);[5] The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend (Pan, 2010);[6] Unlike A Virgin (Sphere, 2011);[7] Just a Girl Standing in Front of a Boy (Sphere, 2014), winner of the Romantic Novelists Association 'Rom Com of the Year 2015';[8][9] How To Start A Revolution (Transworld Digital, 2015) – described a how-to for making change happen, and the history of the No More Page 3 campaign;[10] and Don't Hold My Head Down (Unbound, 2019) – a memoir about sex.[11] In 2021, her Women on Top of the World: What Women Think About When They're Having Sex, written after interviewing 51 women around the world, was published.[12]
Actor
editTheatre
| Dates | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Philadelphia Story | cast member | Old Vic | [13] | |
| 2006 | Phaedra | Ismene | Donmar Warehouse | Frank McGuiness' reworking "after Racine" | [14] |
| 2007 | All About My Mother | Isabel | Old Vic | [15] |
Television and Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) | Factory Worker | Episode "Sauce for the Goose" | [16] |
| 2006 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series)[a] | Polly | Episode "Four Funerals and a Wedding" | [17] |
| 2007 | Trial & Retribution (TV Series) | Leanne Taylor | Episode "Curriculum Vitae: Part 1" | [18] |
| 2012 | ROFLMAO (Short) | Susan | [19] | |
| 2013 | Foyle's War (TV Series) | Evelyn Greene (younger) | Episode "The Cage" | [20] |
Notes
edit- ^ as Lucy-Anne Holmes
References
edit- ^ Parkinson, Justin (20 January 2015). "How Page Three fell out of step with the times". Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Don't Hold My Head Down. ISBN 9781783526222. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Hardy, Rebecca (4 April 2019). "I would like to... make life kinder, freer and more respectful for the women coming after me". The Friend. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "50 Ways to Find a Lover". panmacmillan.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend". panmacmillan.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Holmes, Lucy-Anne (29 January 2019). Unlike A Virgin. ISBN 9780748127702. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Shaffi, Sarah (17 March 2015). "Stirling's Struck is Romantic Novel of the Year". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Holmes, Lucy-Anne (29 January 2019). Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy. ISBN 9780748127917. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "How To Start A Revolution". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Don't Hold My Head Down. ISBN 9781783526222. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Book: Women on Top of the World, edited by Lucy-Anne Holmes". Vanity Fair. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Wolf, Matt (11 May 2005). "The Philadelphia Story". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Benedict, David (25 April 2006). "Phaedra". Variety. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Benedict, David (5 September 2007). "All About My Mother". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Midsomer Murders Series 8 Episode 7, Sauce for the Goose". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Midsomer Murders - what time is it on TV? Episode 8 Series 9 cast list and preview". 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Trial and Retribution XIII Curriculum Vitae (2007)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "ROFLMAO". Director Simon O'Neill's site. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Foyle's War Series 8 Episode 2, The Cage". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
External links
edit- Lucy-Ann Holmes at IMDb
- 2019 interview in The Friend
- 2015 interview in Huffington Post
- 2015 interview on Woman's Hour
- Lucy-Ann Holmes in The Guardian
- Lucy-Ann Holmes at Jo Unwin Literary Agency