Lucy-Anne Holmes
Lucy-Anne Holmes is a British author, actor and campaigner, known for founding the No More Page 3 campaign in 2012 to oppose The Sun tabloid newspaper's former practice of publishing images of topless female glamour models on its third page.[1] She was named among the BBC's 100 women for 2014.[2] Holmes lives in Hertfordshire with her partner and young son.[3] She was a Catholic growing up and is now a Quaker.[4]
Actor
Stage
In 2006, Holmes played Ismene in Frank McGuiness' reworking "after Racine" of Phaedra at the Donmar Warehouse in 2015.[5]
Television and Film appearances
- 2005-2006 Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
- Four Funerals and a Wedding (2006) - Polly (as Lucy-Anne Holmes)[6]
- Sauce for the Goose (2005) - Factory Worker[7]
- 2007 Trial & Retribution (TV Series) - Curriculum Vitae: Part 1 (2007) as Leanne Taylor [8]
- 2012 ROFLMAO (Short) as Susan[9]
- 2013 Foyle's War (TV Series), The Cage, as Evelyn Greene (younger)[10]
Author
- 50 Ways to Find a Lover (Pan, 2009)[11]
- The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend (Pan, 2010)[12]
- Unlike A Virgin (Sphere, 2011)[13]
- Just a Girl Standing In Front of a Boy (Sphere, 2014) winner of the Romantic Novelists Association 'Rom Com of the Year 2015'[14][15]
- How To Start A Revolution (Transworld Digital, 2015) - a guide to making change happen and the story behind the No More Page 3 campaign.[16]
- Don't Hold My Head Down (Unbound, 2019) - a memoir about sex. [17]
References
- ^ Parkinson, Justin (2015-01-20). "How Page Three fell out of step with the times". Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ Don't Hold My Head Down unbound.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ Hardy, Rebecca (2019-04-04). "I would like to… make life kinder, freer and more respectful for the women coming after me". The Friend. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ Benedict, David (2006-04-25). "Phaedra". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ Midsomer Murders Series 9 Episode 8, Four Funerals and a Wedding Radio Times radiotimes.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ Midsomer Murders Series 8 Episode 7, Sauce for the Goose Radio Times radiotimes.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ Trial and Retribution XIII Curriculum Vitae (2007) bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ ROFLMAO Director Simon O'Neill's site. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Foyle' War Series 8 Episode 2, The Cage Radio Times radiotimes.com Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ 50 Ways to Find a Lover panmacmillan.com, Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend panmacmillan.com, Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ Unlike A Virgin littlebrown.co.uk Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ Shaffi, Sarah (2015-03-17). "Stirling's Struck is Romantic Novel of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy littlebrown.co.uk Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ How To Start A Revolution Penguin Books Retrieved 12 July 2019
- ^ Don't Hold My Head Down unbound.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019
External links
Articles by Lucy-Ann Holmes
- I wanted to explore my own pleasure' – how I rebooted my sex life Article in The Guardian, 18 May 2019.
- If you want to write about feminism online, be ready to take on the haters Article in The Guardian, 1 April 2015.
Other Links
- Lucy-Ann Holmes at Jo Unwin Literary Agency
- No More Page 3's Lucy-Anne Holmes Talks Activist Burnout, Being Skint And (Probably) Winning Her Fight Against The Sun Huffington Post article by Louise Ridley, 8 March 2015
- “I just felt a lot of passion” No More Page Three founder, Lucy-Anne Holmes on how she spread her idea BBC, 28 May 2015.
- Interview by Rebecca Hardy The Friend, 4 April 2019