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Julia Sawalha (born 9th September 1968) is a British actress best known for her roles of Lynda Day (editor of The Junior Gazette in Press Gang), Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 miniseries of Pride and Prejudice. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Nadim Sawalha (Arabic: Ù†Ø¯ÙŠÙ… ØµÙˆØ§Ù„ØØ©) is a British actor, and father of Julia Sawalha and Nadia Sawalha. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Press Gang was a British childrens television comedy-drama, which ran for forty-three episodes in five series from 1989 to 1993. ... Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha and June Whitfield. ... This article is about the 1995 TV serial. ...

Biography

Early life

Sawalha was born in London to Roberta and Nadim Sawalha. She was named after her grandmother, a Jordanian businesswoman who had received an award from Queen Noor for enterprise. Julia is of Jordanian, British, and French Huguenot ancestry.^[1] This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Nadim Sawalha (Arabic: Ù†Ø¯ÙŠÙ… ØµÙˆØ§Ù„ØØ©) is a British actor, and father of Julia Sawalha and Nadia Sawalha. ... Her Majesty Queen Noor with her late husband, King Hussein. ... From the 16th to the 18th century the name Huguenot was applied to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists. ...

She was born into an acting family: her father Nadim is also an actor who appeared in the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me, while her sister Nadia starred in the soap EastEnders, and is now a chat show host. Nadim Sawalha (Arabic: Ù†Ø¯ÙŠÙ… ØµÙˆØ§Ù„ØØ©) is a British actor, and father of Julia Sawalha and Nadia Sawalha. ... The Spy Who Loved Me is the 10th film in the James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Nadia Sawalha (born November 18, 1964 in Wandsworth, London, England) is an English actress and television presenter of Jordanian descent. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ...

Career

Julia first gained public attention for her starring role in the ITV teenage comedy/drama Press Gang, which ran from 1989 to 1993. The on-screen chemistry between the two leads was reflected off-screen, as she and co-star Dexter Fletcher became an item for several years. Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Press Gang was a British childrens television comedy-drama, which ran for forty-three episodes in five series from 1989 to 1993. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Dexter Fletcher on the set of GamesMaster, of which he hosted only one series. ...

From 1991-94, Julia starred in the ITV family comedy Second Thoughts and continued with her character, Hannah, (Lynda Bellingham's daughter) in the British Comedy Award winning Faith in the Future (1995-98) Second Thoughts was a British comedy television programme running from 1991 onward. ... Lynda Bellingham (born May 31, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is an English actress best known for her appearances on British television. ... Faith in the Future was a British comedy television show running from 1995-1998. ...

Between 1992 and 2004, she played Saffron Monsoon in the television comedy series Absolutely Fabulous alongside Jennifer Saunders. Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha and June Whitfield. ... Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 12 July 1958) is a BAFTA Award-winning English comedienne, actress, and comedy writer. ...

She starred in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as Lydia Bennett, co-staring with Colin Firth. She also voiced "Ginger" in DreamWorks/Aardman's Chicken Run. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the 1995 TV serial. ... Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English film, television and stage actor. ... DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. ... Aardman Animations is a British stop motion animation studio founded by Peter Lord and David Sproxton in 1972. ... This article is about the movie. ...

In 2000 Julia Sawalha appeared as Janet, the Australian Barmaid ("Built for bar work; it's instinct... instinct!!") in the first series of the British sitcom Time Gentlemen Please. She also played the much put-upon PA to "Zak" in Argos TV adverts during 2002-2004, along with Richard E. Grant. She has also joined acclaimed actor Ioan Gruffudd in the internationally successful TV/DVD adaptations of CS Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels, as the captain's first wife Maria. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Time Gentlemen Please is a British sitcom. ... Richard E. Grant depicted as the unofficial Ninth Doctor. ... Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced , yoe-an gri-fidh) (born October 6, 1973) is a British actor from Wales. ... Cecil Scott Forester is the pen name of Cecil Smith (August 27, 1899 - April 2, 1966), an English novelist whose rose to fame with tales of adventure with military themes, notably the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series (being filmed with Ioan Gruffudd as Horatio Hornblower) about naval warfare during the... Horatio Hornblower is a fictional character, an officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, originally the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs. ...

In 2006, Julia Sawalha participated in the third series of the genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?^[2] tracing her family's roots, which are Jordanian Bedouin on her father's side, and French Huguenot on her mother's. She also appeared in the pilot of BBC 1's "A Taste of my Life" presented by Nigel Slater.^[3] Who Do You Think You Are? was a ten part television series shown on the UKs BBC2, in 2004, in which various celebrities go on a journey, in order to try and trace their family tree. ... A Bedouin man on a hillside at Mount Sinai Bedouin, derived from the Arabic ( ), a name for a desert-dweller, is a term generally applied to Arab nomadic pastoralist groups, who are found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the Western... Nigel Slater (born in Wolverhampton, England, in the late 1950s, according to his publisher)[1] is an award-winning British food writer and journalist. ...

After a two year break, she was back on screen during May 2007, competing in the BBC dog training celebrity reality show The Underdog Show.^[4] In April 2007 she was announced as part of the cast for the BBC One show The Cranford Chronicles.^[5] Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. ... Underdog was an animated superhero TV show that debuted on October 3, 1964 on the NBC network, and ran until 1973. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Cranford Chronicles is a 2007 British television drama serial, adapted from Elizabeth Gaskells novel Cranford (novel), originally published in 1851. ...

Personal life

She went out with and lived with "Press Gang" co-star Dexter Fletcher, and later went out with comedian Richard Herring: "So taken was he that the Oxford-educated stand-up comedian even set up a shrine to her on Fist of Fun, the television programme he wrote and acted in with Stewart Lee. "My ideal woman has the head of Julia Sawalha attached to the body of Julia Sawalha," went the running gag."^[6] Sawalha then dated Patrick Marber. She has also been intimate with Keith Allen, the actor and father of Lily Allen. Dexter Fletcher on the set of GamesMaster, of which he hosted only one series. ... Richard Herring performing his show Someone Likes Yoghurt at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, during the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Richard Keith Herring (born July 12, 1967) is a British comedian and writer formerly best known as part of Lee and Herring, a double act with Stewart Lee. ... Fist of Fun was a popular British comedy television and radio programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring (the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring). ... Stewart Graham Lee (born April 5, 1968 in Shropshire, raised in Solihull) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director probably best known for being one half of the 1990s comedy duo Lee and Herring, and for co-writing and directing the critically-acclaimed and controversial stage show Jerry... Patrick Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English playwright, director, actor and Academy Award nominated screenwriter. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born May 2, 1985) is a British singer-songwriter best known for songs such as Smile and LDN. She is the daughter of actor/musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. ...

On 1st January 2004 it was alleged in the tabloid newspapers that she had married boyfriend Alan Davies, her co-star in the television series Jonathan Creek. Both she and Davies, who avoided discussing their private lives in public, denied this, and took legal action against the reports.^[7] The couple broke up after Davies reportedly refused to commit - and was branded "a miserable git" by her sister Nadia^[8] (Redirected from 1st January) January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Alan Davies (born 6 March 1966) is an English comedian and actor best known for starring as Jonathan Creek on the popular TV mystery series of the same name. ... Jonathan Creek is a British mystery television series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. ... Nadia Sawalha (born November 18, 1964 in Wandsworth, London, England) is an English actress and television presenter of Jordanian descent. ...

Sawalha currently lives in rural Somerset, grows her own vegetables, attends yoga lessons and is studying for an Open University English degree.^[9]^[10] This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... For other uses, see Yoga (disambiguation). ... Affiliations Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities, Association of Commonwealth Universities, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Website http://www. ...

Filmography

Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha and June Whitfield. ... Adrian Edmondson (left) and Rik Mayall (right) as Eddie and Richie in Bottom Bottom was a British sitcom of the early 1990s (and later a series of stage shows and a film) written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, who were the shows main stars, playing Richard Richard (Richie... Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world[1], first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted in the UK on BBC One (with repeats on UKTV Gold). ... Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor and Julia Sawalha as Emma. ... Faith in the Future was a British comedy television show running from 1995-1998. ... French & Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show starring and written by comedy team Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, and is also the name by which they are known on the rare occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act. ... Hornblower is the umbrella title of an acclaimed series of television drama programmes loosely based on C. S. Foresters novels about the character Horatio Hornblower, a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. ... Morse (left) as played by John Thaw in the television adaption (with Kevin Whately as Lewis (right)). Detective Chief Inspector Morse is a fictional character, who features in a series of thirteen detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, though he is better known for the 33 episode TV series... Jonathan Creek is a British mystery television series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. ... There are other articles with similar names; see Lovejoy (disambiguation). ... Martin Chuzzlewit was a 1994 TV miniseries produced by the BBC. It is based on the novel by Charles Dickens, with a screenplay by David Lodge. ... Press Gang was a British childrens television comedy-drama, which ran for forty-three episodes in five series from 1989 to 1993. ... This article is about the 1995 TV serial. ... Second Thoughts was a British comedy television programme running from 1991 onward. ... Sheeep was a short lived animated television series that aired on ITV, within the United Kingdom, in 1998. ... Tales from the Crypt is an American horror anthology TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. It was based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name and was produced by The Geffen Film Company in association with Warner Bros. ... Tales from the Crypt title screen The following is a list of episodes for the HBO television series, Tales from the Crypt which aired from 1989-1996. ... Time Gentlemen Please is a British sitcom. ... Who Do You Think You Are? was a ten part television series shown on the UKs BBC2, in 2004, in which various celebrities go on a journey, in order to try and trace their family tree. ...

Films

Buddys Song (1991) is a film starring Chesney Hawkes and Roger Daltrey about a young boy, Buddy Clark (Hawkes) who is determined to make it as a pop star, aided by his father Terry (Daltrey). ... This article is about the movie. ... A Midwinters Tale is a 1996 romantic comedy directed by Kenneth Branagh. ... The Wind in the Willows, released on video in the U.S. as Mr. ... The Madness of King George is a 1994 film which tells the story of King George III of the United Kingdoms deteriorating mental health, and the equally declining relationship between him and his son, the Prince of Wales. ...

References

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External links

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