Sarah Ward (born 28 June 1951), self-described and often known as Lalla Ward, is an English actress, author and illustrator. As an actress, she is best known for playing the part of Romana in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is married to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.
Ward is the daughter of Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor, and his fourth wife Marjorie Alice Banks. Her father was the BBC's war correspondent in ...
more
Sarah Ward (born 28 June 1951), self-described and often known as Lalla Ward, is an English actress, author and illustrator. As an actress, she is best known for playing the part of Romana in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is married to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.
Ward is the daughter of Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor, and his fourth wife Marjorie Alice Banks. Her father was the BBC's war correspondent in Finland at the beginning of World War II, while her mother was a writer and BBC producer specialising in dramatised documentaries. She has a brother Edward, two years her junior; and a half-brother, William, who is the 8th Viscount Bangor, three years her senior.
Ward's stage name, "Lalla", comes from her attempts as a toddler to pronounce her own name. She left school at the age of 14 because she "loathed every single minute of it", and took her O-levels on her own. After spending a few years painting, Ward auditioned at London drama schools ...
less
