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]
Theatre
Dates | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
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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. |
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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] |
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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]
Theatre
Dates | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
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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. |
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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] |
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