Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress best known for her roles of Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous, Lynda Day, editor of The Junior Gazette in Press Gang, Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford.
Sawalha was born in London, the daughter of Roberta and Nadim Sawalha. She was named after her grandmother, a Jorda...
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Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress best known for her roles of Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous, Lynda Day, editor of The Junior Gazette in Press Gang, Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford.
Sawalha was born in London, the daughter of Roberta and Nadim Sawalha. She was named after her grandmother, a Jordanian businesswoman who had received an award from Queen Noor for enterprise. She is of Jordanian, British, and French Huguenot ancestry. She was born into an acting family: her father Nadim is an actor who appeared in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and The Living Daylights, while her sister Nadia starred in the soap EastEnders and is now a television presenter and chat show host.
Sawalha made her debut in the 1982 BBC mini series Fame is the Spur though she first gained public attention for her starring role in the Bafta award...
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