Lucy-Anne Holmes

Lucy-Anne Holmes is a British author, actor 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 young son.[3] She grew up a Catholic and is now a Quaker.[4]

Actor

Stage

2006 Cast member for The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic.[5]

2006 Ismene in Frank McGuiness' reworking "after Racine" of Phaedra at the Donmar Warehouse.[6]

2007 Isabel in All About My Mother at the Old Vic.[7]

Television appearances and filmography

2005–2006 Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

Four Funerals and a Wedding (2006) – Polly (as Lucy-Anne Holmes)[8]

Sauce for the Goose (2005) – Factory Worker[9]

2007 Trial & Retribution (TV Series) – Curriculum Vitae: Part 1 (2007) as Leanne Taylor [10]
2012 ROFLMAO (Short) as Susan[11]
2013 Foyle's War (TV Series), The Cage, as Evelyn Greene (younger)[12]

Author

50 Ways to Find a Lover (Pan, 2009)[13]
The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend (Pan, 2010)[14]
Unlike A Virgin (Sphere, 2011)[15]
Just a Girl Standing in Front of a Boy (Sphere, 2014) winner of the Romantic Novelists Association 'Rom Com of the Year 2015'[16][17]
How To Start A Revolution (Transworld Digital, 2015) – a how-to for making change happen, and the history of the No More Page 3 campaign.[18]
Don't Hold My Head Down (Unbound, 2019) – a memoir about sex.[19]

References

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". unbound.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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.
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 9 Episode 8, Four Funerals and a Wedding". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 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.
"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.
"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.
"Unlike A Virgin". littlebrown.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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.
"Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy". littlebrown.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
"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". unbound.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. 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

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[1] 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.

[2] "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[3] "Don't Hold My Head Down". unbound.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[4] 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.

[5] Wolf, Matt (11 May 2005). "The Philadelphia Story". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[6] Benedict, David (25 April 2006). "Phaedra". Variety. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[7] Benedict, David (5 September 2007). "All About My Mother". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[8] "Midsomer Murders Series 9 Episode 8, Four Funerals and a Wedding". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[9] "Midsomer Murders Series 8 Episode 7, Sauce for the Goose". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[10] "Trial and Retribution XIII Curriculum Vitae (2007)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[11] "ROFLMAO". Director Simon O'Neill's site. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[12] "Foyle's War Series 8 Episode 2, The Cage". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[13] "50 Ways to Find a Lover". panmacmillan.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[14] "The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend". panmacmillan.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[15] "Unlike A Virgin". littlebrown.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[16] 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.

[17] "Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy". littlebrown.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[18] "How To Start A Revolution". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[19] "Don't Hold My Head Down". unbound.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.