Lucy-Anne Holmes Explained
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
Theatre
Television and Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
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2005 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) | Factory Worker | Episode "Sauce for the Goose" | [16] |
2006 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) | 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] |
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External links
Notes and References
- News: Parkinson . Justin . 20 January 2015 . How Page Three fell out of step with the times . 12 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190713031556/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30899581 . 13 July 2019 .
- News: Who are the 100 Women 2014? . BBC . 12 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190815234600/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-29758792 . 15 August 2019 .
- Book: Don't Hold My Head Down. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712102736/https://unbound.com/books/dont-hold-my-head-down/ . 12 July 2019. unbound.com. 9781783526222. 12 July 2019.
- News: Hardy . Rebecca . 4 April 2019 . I would like to... make life kinder, freer and more respectful for the women coming after me . The Friend . 12 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712123114/https://thefriend.org/article/i-would-like-to-do-what-i-can-to-make-life-kinder-freer-and-more-respectful . 12 July 2019.
- Web site: 50 Ways to Find a Lover. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712121258/https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lucy-anne-holmes/50-ways-to-find-a-lover/9780330458399 . 12 July 2019 . panmacmillan.com. 12 July 2019.
- Web site: The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712121305/https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lucy-anne-holmes/the-im-perfect-girlfriend/9780330534147 . 12 July 2019 . panmacmillan.com. 12 July 2019.
- Book: Unlike A Virgin. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712113645/https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/lucy-anne-holmes/unlike-a-virgin/9780748127702/ . 12 July 2019. littlebrown.co.uk. 29 January 2019. 9780748127702. 12 July 2019. Holmes. Lucy-Anne.
- News: Shaffi . Sarah . 17 March 2015 . Stirling's Struck is Romantic Novel of the Year . The Bookseller . 12 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417224626/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/stirlings-struck-romantic-novel-year . 17 April 2019.
- Book: Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712113642/https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/lucy-anne-holmes/just-a-girl-standing-in-front-of-a-boy/9780748127917/ . 12 July 2019. littlebrown.co.uk. 29 January 2019. 9780748127917. 12 July 2019. Holmes. Lucy-Anne.
- Web site: How To Start A Revolution. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712121301/https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109964/how-to-start-a-revolution/9781473526570.html . 12 July 2019. Penguin Books. 12 July 2019.
- Book: Don't Hold My Head Down. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712102736/https://unbound.com/books/dont-hold-my-head-down/ . 12 July 2019. unbound.com. 9781783526222. 12 July 2019.
- Book: Women on Top of the World, edited by Lucy-Anne Holmes . Vanity Fair . 1 March 2021 . 15 June 2021.
- News: Wolf . Matt . 11 May 2005 . The Philadelphia Story . Variety . 16 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190716214337/https://variety.com/2005/legit/markets-festivals/the-philadelphia-story-3-1200525952/ . 16 July 2019.
- News: Benedict . David . 25 April 2006 . Phaedra . Variety . 12 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712113640/https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/phaedra-3-1200516739/ . 12 July 2019 .
- News: Benedict . David . 5 September 2007 . All About My Mother . Variety . 16 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190716213742/https://variety.com/2007/legit/reviews/all-about-my-mother-2-1200556607/ . 16 July 2019 .
- Web site: Midsomer Murders Series 8 Episode 7, Sauce for the Goose . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712121259/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/cppr/midsomer-murders--series-8---7-sauce-for-the-goose---part-two/ . 12 July 2019. Radio Times. 12 July 2019.
- Web site: 2019-07-12. Midsomer Murders - what time is it on TV? Episode 8 Series 9 cast list and preview.. 2021-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712121301/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/dkj9m/midsomer-murders--s9-e8-four-funerals-and-a-wedding/. 12 July 2019.
- Web site: Trial and Retribution XIII Curriculum Vitae (2007). https://web.archive.org/web/20190712121301/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c27382f . 12 July 2019. bfi.org.uk. 12 July 2019.
- Web site: ROFLMAO. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712113643/https://www.simononeill.org/roflmao. 12 July 2019. Director Simon O'Neill's site. 12 July 2019.
- Web site: Foyle's War Series 8 Episode 2, The Cage. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712121300/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/vx4kz/foyles-war--s8-e2-the-cage/ . 12 July 2019. Radio Times. 12 July 2019.