Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward is the London Agent for the secret organization International Rescue in the hit television series Thunderbirds. The character was created and voiced by Sylvia Anderson in the original series, and portrayed on film by Sophia Myles. Born on 24 December 2039, Lady Penelope is the twenty-six-year-old daughter of aristocrat Sir Hugh Creighton-Ward and his wife, Amelia. The first years of Lady Penelope’s life were spent at ... more

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward is the London Agent for the secret organization International Rescue in the hit television series Thunderbirds. The character was created and voiced by Sylvia Anderson in the original series, and portrayed on film by Sophia Myles. Born on 24 December 2039, Lady Penelope is the twenty-six-year-old daughter of aristocrat Sir Hugh Creighton-Ward and his wife, Amelia. The first years of Lady Penelope’s life were spent at Creighton-Ward Mansion thereafter her father was requested by the government to go to India to organise a tea-growing community. However, Lady Penelope didn’t agree with the Indian climate and returned without her parents to England, where she was put into the care of a governess, Miss Pemberton, to whom she quickly bonded. At the age of eleven Lady Penelope was sent to Rowden, an exclusive girl’s boarding school where she excelled in many subjects and became very popular among her peers; she was later elected head girl. Upon leaving Rowden... less