21st-century British women writers

The list 21st-century British women writers includes Nigella Lawson, Joan Collins, Peaches Geldof, Holly Willoughby and Julie Andrews. The list consists of 963 members and 5 sublists.

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21st-century women writers from Northern Ireland
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21st-century Scottish women writers
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21st-century English women writers
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21st-century Welsh women writers
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1.

Nigella Lawson

English food writer and television cook (born 1960)

Overview: Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is an English food writer and television cook.

Date of birth: 6 January 1960

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Chef

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Jewish British journalists 149T

British gastronomes 15T

Daughters of life peers 67T
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Joan Collins

English actress and writer (born 1933)

Overview: Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, DBE (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author, and columnist. She made her stage debut at the age of nine, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London ...

Date of birth: 23 May 1933

Age: 91

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Percy Gibson (Married)

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British women television producers 159T

20th-century English women writers 731T

21st-century English women writers 453T
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Peaches Geldof

British journalist, television presenter, and model (1989–2014)

Overview: Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof (13 March 1989 – 6 or 7 April 2014) was an English columnist, television personality, and model.

Date of birth: 16 March 1989

Date of death: 7 April 2014

Age: 25 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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British women television writers 159T

21st-century English women writers 453T

Women columnists 765T
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Holly Willoughby

English television presenter, model and author (born 1981)

Overview: Holly Marie Willoughby (born 10 February 1981) is an English television presenter, model and author. She is currently the co-presenter of This Morning (2009–present) and Dancing on Ice (2006–2011, 201 ...

Date of birth: 10 February 1981

Age: 44

Nationality: British

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Daniel Baldwin (Married)

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21st-century English women writers 392T

British Academy Television Awards winners 4T

British women children's writers 168T
5.

Julie Andrews

British actress, singer and author (born 1935)

Overview: Dame Julie Andrews DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, in ...

Date of birth: 1 October 1935

Age: 89

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 95T

21st-century English memoirists 135T

British women memoirists 181T
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Emma Thompson

British, Actress

Overview: Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Greg Wise (Married)

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Kenneth Branagh 1T

British HIV/AIDS activists 35T

Writers from the London Borough of Camden 101T
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Zoe Sugg

English vlogger, businesswoman and author (born 1990)

Overview: Zoe Elizabeth Sugg (born 28 March 1990) is an English YouTuber, vlogger, businesswoman and author. She is also known by her YouTube username, Zoella. Her debut novel, Girl Online, was released in November ...

Date of birth: 28 March 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: British

Occupation: Internet Celebrity

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Alfie Deyes (Engaged)

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21st-century English businesswomen 50T

British women bloggers 82T

21st-century English women writers 564T
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Amal Clooney

Lebanese lawyer

Overview: Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin; Arabic: أمل علم الدين; born 3 February 1978) is a Lebanese and British barrister. Her clients include Filipino and American journalist Maria Ressa; former President of the ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1978

Age: 47

Nationality: Lebanese

Occupation: Barrister

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: George Clooney (Married)

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Writers from Buckinghamshire 1T

21st-century Lebanese lawyers 1T

Writers from Beirut 83T
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Catherine Tate

British, Actress

Overview: Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show ...

Date of birth: 12 May 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jeff Gutheim (Engaged)

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Comedians from the London Borough of Camden 26T

English sketch comedians 48T

Actors from Holborn 6T
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Sophie Dahl

British author

Overview: Sophie Dahl (née Holloway, born 15 September 1977) is an English author and former fashion model. Her first novel was published in 2003, The Man with the Dancing Eyes, and followed by Playing With ...

Date of birth: 15 September 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: British

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Jamie Cullum (Married)

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British women food writers 106T

British cookbook writers 75T

Dahl family 9T
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Dawn French

British comedian

Overview: Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for writing and starring on the BBC sketch comedy series French and Saunders (1987–2007) with her best friend ...

Date of birth: 11 October 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: Mark Bignell (Married)

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British sitcom actresses 10T

21st-century British memoirists 50T

Actors from Anglesey 6T
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Judi Dench

British, Actress

Overview: Dame Judith Olivia Dench CH DBE FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Regarded as one of Britain's best actresses, she is noted for her versatile work in various films and television programmes ...

Date of birth: 9 December 1934

Age: 90

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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Kirk Douglas Award recipients 19T

English monarchists 29T

English comedy actresses 250T
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Suzannah Lipscomb

British historian and television presenter

Overview: Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella Lipscomb FRHistS FHEA (born 7 December 1978) is a British historian, academic, and television presenter who has written and appeared in a number of television and radio pro ...

Date of birth: 7 December 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: British

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Fellows of the Higher Education Academy 53T

British women historians 594T

Academics of the University of Roehampton 33T
14.

Nikki Grahame

English television personality (1982–2021)

Overview: Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame (28 April 1982 – 9 April 2021) was an English television personality, model and author. She was a contestant on the seventh series of Big Brother UK in 2006, in which she f ...

Date of birth: 28 April 1982

Date of death: 9 April 2021

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Reality TV

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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2021 deaths 4,263T

21st-century English women writers 392T

Big Brother Canada 11T
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Miranda Hart

English comedian

Overview: Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke (born 14 December 1972), known professionally as Miranda Hart, is an English actress, comedian, and writer. Following drama training at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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British women television producers 159T

21st-century British screenwriters 145T

21st-century English women writers 447T
16.

Sheila Walsh

British musician

Overview: Sheila Walsh (born 5 July 1956) is a Scottish-born American contemporary Christian vocalist, songwriter, evangelist, author, inspirational speaker, and talk-show host.

Date of birth: 5 July 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Female

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21st-century Scottish women writers 68T

20th-century Scottish women writers 67T

20th-century British women writers 1,321T
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Claudia Winkleman

British television presenter

Overview: Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality, and journalist. Between 2004 and 2010, she presented Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes ...

Date of birth: 15 January 1972

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Kris Thykier (Married)

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21st-century English women writers 392T

English women non-fiction writers 402T

Women radio presenters 622T
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Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990

Overview: Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister ...

Date of birth: 13 October 1925

Date of death: 8 April 2013

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Government

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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20th-century women prime ministers 25T

20th-century English women lawyers 4T

20th-century British women lawyers 86T
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J.K. Rowling

English author of the Harry Potter series

Overview: Joanne Rowling CH, OBE, HonFRSE, FRCPE, FRSL ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist ...

Date of birth: 31 July 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Neil Murray (Married)

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20th-century English women writers 690T

21st-century English women writers 392T

People from Yate 8T
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Jane Fallon

British television producer

Overview: Jane Fallon (born 9 December 1960) is an English author of nine top-ten best-selling novels—Getting Rid of Matthew, Got You Back, Foursome, The Ugly Sister, Skeletons, Strictly Between Us, My Sweet Revenge ...

Date of birth: 9 December 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Ricky Gervais (Long-Term)

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British women television producers 149T

21st-century English women writers 392T

Women television producers 947T