Katie Price: The rise and fall of the boundary-pushing glamour model
“Instantly watchable,” “smart,” “underestimated” – all words used to describe the living brand that is Katie Price.
Estimated to be worth around £45m at the peak of her career, Price is at once in-your-face fake, yet utterly authentic.
If verification of her global celebrity status was needed, Kim Kardashian – a woman who has played the fame game to perfection – tweeted in April 2009: “OMG Katie Price aka Jordan and her husband Peter are on my flight home from NYC!”
Maximising her natural assets, and using them to propel and sustain her career, Price has ridden the wave of fame for nearly three decades – an impressive feat in the notoriously fickle world of showbiz.
‘Her body is a business’
Author and Times columnist Sarah Ditum told Sky News Price has always been a step ahead of the crowd.
“She’s fascinating for the way she used her body to become famous and successful. And because it always seems quite cynical and calculating the decisions she’s made, to have the biggest boobs and to make that her job.”
But the writer of Toxic, Women, Fame And The Noughties says there is a glass ceiling concealed within Price’s unconventional career choice.
“Over time you run up to the limits of what’s possible. You can’t get bigger and bigger and bigger indefinitely – eventually someone’s going to come along and be even bigger or have even more recklessly huge implants.”
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Ditum says she’s long been intrigued by Price, who she first saw on a poster on a younger male relative’s bedroom wall.
“It was interesting that someone had worked out how to turn her body into a business and how to get longevity out of being a Page 3 girl, because this was a time when Page 3 was contentious.”
And she says Price was a rare victor in the cut-throat world of glamour modelling.
“Katie Price was almost unique in that she came up through Page 3, and she found longevity in her career. That was what Page 3 was meant to be – the sell was always ‘this is an opportunity for working-class girls to make their way in the world and use their assets’. That was the fig leaf of it. She was the only person who really achieved it and I found that compelling.”
Ditum goes on: “She’s obviously smart. If you look at what Page 3 does to girls, it was a machine for taking teenagers and getting naked pictures of them, and that’s it – then sifting them out when they got too old. The lifespan of a Page 3 girl was tiny, and the number of them who achieved any kind of ongoing success out of that was infinitesimal, and she was one of them.
“That does not happen if you are dumb. She’s very intelligent at seeking publicity, she’s very intelligent at shaping her profile, and she’s very intelligent at using her body and using the extremity of her body to attract attention.
“But the cost of doing that is personally and physically really unimaginably huge. And there’s no long-termism built into it.”
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Katie becomes Jordan
Born Katrina Amy Alexandra Alexis Infield in Brighton in 1978, Price (who took her surname from her stepfather) was a keen swimmer and equestrian.
Riding since the age of seven, she would go on to perform dressage at the Horse of the Year Show in 2008, entering the ring to Peter Andre’s Mysterious Girl. It was certainly not a foreseeable trajectory from Price’s early career choices.
She began modelling as a teen, but it was her appearance on Page 3 of The Sun in 1996, billed as Jordan and aged just 18, that made her a household name.
A savvy marketeer, she chose the name Jordan as she thought it sounded catchier than Katie – and she was right. It was an alter ego which would stay with her until she re-branded as Katie Price eight years later.
Frequently appearing in the popular lads’ mags of the late 90s and early 2000s, she was a staple in the tabloid press and celebrity magazines and featured in both the UK and US editions of Playboy, making the cover in the American edition.
Four years later she would undergo the first of many breast enhancements – going from her natural 32B to a 32C. A year later she’d have two more operations. A professional lifestyle choice, boob jobs would go on to punctuate her career.
Price has gone both up and down in size over the years, her largest being 2120 cubic centimetre implants in 2022 (that’s three times bigger than a standard E cup), before a slight reduction again this year. She says she has had 17 boob jobs to date.
When asked in a 2009 Sunday Times interview if she’d ever consider having a facelift, she was adamant she wouldn’t, saying: “I’ve seen them in LA, they look like freaks.”
She’s softened her attitude since then, undergoing multiple facial procedures, but insisting she held off until she was into her 40s (she’s now 46).
Her sister Sophie has called her love of cosmetic surgery “a form of self-harm,” while her mother Amy has said her oldest daughter suffers from body dysmorphia, a mental health condition the NHS notes can cause a person to spend a lot of time worrying about perceived flaws in their appearance.
Price herself told the Go Love Yourself! podcast last year: “I’ve never thought I’m good-looking, and I still don’t. Maybe I’ve got body dysmorphia, and [maybe] I have to admit I’ve got body dysmorphia because I’m always changing stuff. And I know sometimes when I’ve gone too far.”
She went on to say she doesn’t know “what goes on in my head with me and my body”, admitting she’s trying to achieve “something that’s probably not possible”.
Last year, Price said she’d been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition which according to the NHS can affect people’s behaviour and can lead sufferers to act on impulse.
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Reality TV re-invention
Back in 2004, Price was already well-known to the public thanks to her regular appearances in the press.
She’d dated a series of low-level stars – Gladiator Ace, Another Level singer Dane Bowers, Pop Idol singer Gareth Gates to name but a few – and was regularly photographed out and about in the fashionable bars and clubs of London.
Ready for the next step in her career, it was her appearance on I’m A Celebrity that would transform her from a tabloid regular into a TV reality star – along with all the attention and fame that would come along with it.
Natalka Znak – a TV executive dubbed the queen of reality TV thanks to her creation of prime-time hits including I’m A Celebrity, Love Island and Hell’s Kitchen – says she jumped at the chance to get Price on I’m A Celeb back in 2004.
Now the CEO of three TV production companies, Znak tells Sky News: “I was always a massive fan of Katie, and I was super keen for her to be on the show.”
She calls Price “a classic good tabloid booking”, explaining: “You hadn’t seen lots of her back then, she was a Page 3 model, so you hadn’t seen her looking down and dirty, so it was interesting.”
A multi-BAFTA winner herself, Znak knows TV magic when she sees it.
“She was good to work with because she worked hard and she was always great on camera. You’d turn a camera on her and she was instantly watchable.
“We’ve dealt with a lot of difficult people, and I don’t think she was particularly difficult.”
A recognisable name, Price wasn’t a cheap booking. Znak can’t remember the exact amount, but admits, “we paid a lot of money for her”, adding that she was the highest-paid contestant to appear on the show at the time.
It was an outlay that was immediately reflected in the viewing figures.
Znak says: “I remember the instant boost in ratings. That series they were through the roof. It just worked. It was worth it…
“A lot of it was to do with having her on it. She was a really important part of it. And she was fantastic.”
The third series of the show was one of the most watched series to date, with viewing figures almost hitting 12 million (for comparison, last year’s viewing average was 7 million).
Znak says: “That show was such a huge hit. And then she went on to build a big career off the back of it.”
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Price and Andre: ‘It was for real’
Kerry Katona won I’m A Celeb that year, with Price coming in fifth place. But a key part of that year’s drama was built around Price’s relationship with Peter Andre.
The high-profile relationship, which flourished in front of millions of viewers, led to a four-year marriage, and two children.
Znak went to the wedding – which was complete with a Cinderella glass carriage, six white horses and puffy pink dress – and describes the 2005 Highclere Castle ceremony as “fantastic”.
Quite the golden couple, the wedding shots were sold to OK! for £2m. A succession of ITV docuseries would go on to chart their family life – up to their divorce in 2009.
But was it all faked for the cameras? Not according to Znak.
She says: “Nobody was expecting it. She had a boyfriend at the time. On the show everyone was like, ‘Is it for real?’ But it was for real.
“I was really sad when they split up, it was a shame. He was really good for her. I think she was totally in love with him.”
Znak says while she’d like to take credit for the TV gold that resulted from the surprise coupling, it was as much a shock to her as everyone else, and “absolutely not planned”.
“They were such an unlikely match… It was just a compelling love story in the jungle.”
Price would go on to appear in I’m A Celeb again in 2009. She was paid £450,000 for her appearance and chose to leave after just nine days, saying she was sick of repeatedly being voted to do the Bushtucker Trials by the public every night.
And while never crowned Queen of the jungle, she did win Celebrity Big Brother in 2015, leaving Katie Hopkins languishing in the runner-up position.
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A Jack of all trades
Never short of an opinion – or shy to share it – Price was part of ITV’s Loose Women presenting line-up between 2015 and 2018, after previously appearing as a guest panellist.
A best-selling author, Price’s name also graces the cover of 11 rom-com novels, eight autobiographies, a fashion guide and two series of children’s books.
Indeed, her Perfect Pony series has turned her into an unlikely role model for horsey girls.
But books aren’t her only side-hustle.
Short-lived political aspirations saw her stand as an independent candidate in Greater Manchester in the 2001 general election, campaigning on free boob jobs and no parking tickets. She was unsuccessful and secured just 713 votes.
An aspiring singer too, she was runner-up in her quest to be the UK’s 2005 Eurovision act, and released an album the following year, a collaboration with ex-husband Peter Andre.
Indeed, over the years, she’s also tried her hand as a chat show host, columnist and fashion designer, as well as venturing into merchandise including perfume, nutritional supplements, and an equestrian clothing range.
She also fronted her own fitness DVD and had a brief taste of Hollywood stardom with a cameo in Sharknado 5 (where she was inevitably eaten by a shark).
In 2022 Price joined over 18s subscription service OnlyFans, currently charging fans £12 per month for access to her page with additional content available for an extra fee.
Last year, she hit back at claims she wasn’t making much money from her content, telling a podcast she had earned tens of thousands, while American gaming review platform Bonus Insider previously estimated she earned $2.2m a month from the X-rated site.
Other ventures include a make-up line, a soap and scent business (Scented by Katie Price), a private Instagram page selling “official Katie Price memorabilia” and a Depop page selling off her old clothes, club appearances and make-up masterclasses.
Price is nothing if not adaptable. And hardworking. As TV exec Znak summarises: “She was always a grafter in my experience… She realised she had to work hard to succeed.”
Price’s latest venture is into the on-trend world of podcasting, co-presenting a weekly show with her younger sister Sophie.
During one recent edition, Price mentioned that a three-part Netflix series about her life was in the works, however, Netflix told Sky News they had no plans to make such a documentary.
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A wife, a mother and a campaigner
Often in the headlines for her high-profile relationships, Price has been married three times.
After her relationship with Peter Andre came to an end, Price married cage fighter Alex Reid in 2010. It lasted less than two years but still spawned its own reality series.
That was followed by a five-year marriage to former stripper Kieran Hayler in 2013. And she’s currently dating Married At First Sight UK star JJ Slater.
As Ditum explains: “It’s a tough one if you’re in a business where romance is saleable, which certainly she was for a while. Her celebrity, her position on the cover of Heat magazine, would often rely on her having an interesting partner to be linked with.
“Celebrities make decisions on how much of their personal life and your public life are combined, and in her case they’re very closely combined, really intricately entwined.”
Price is also a mother-of-five.
Her first child, Harvey, whose father is ex-footballer Dwight Yorke was born in 2002, and suffers from autism, vision-impairing septo-optic dysplasia and the rare genetic disease Prader-Willi syndrome.
As a parent of a disabled son, Price has frequently used her celebrity to shine a light on the challenges of living with a disabled child and has made several documentaries about Harvey with the BBC.
She’s also campaigned for law change around online abuse after Harvey became the target of online trolls. Sadly, Price has had plenty of practise at fighting back against cruel jibes aimed at her and her son from both the media and fellow celebrities.
In 2007, Heat magazine published a sticker mocking a then five-year-old Harvey, brandishing the message: “Harvey wants to eat me.” The publication later apologised for the stunt.
And in 2010, Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle aimed two off-colour jokes at the then eight-year-old Harvey on Channel 4 show Tramadol Nights.
Price called his jokes “vile”, while Boyle has stood by his work and never apologised.
Ditum says due to Price’s background, her campaigning may not always have been given the recognition it deserves.
“She’s this kind of weird figure where she’s famous for being a sexual celebrity, but she has this second life as a children’s book author and she is also dealing publicly with being the mother of a disabled son.
“At a minimum, she did some valuable work in terms of bringing understanding to families with disabled children… and that’s not nothing.”
Price is also mum to Junior, 19, Princess, 17, Jett, 11 and Bunny, 10.
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‘Slow, sad late-career period’
Legal and financial issues have plagued Price in recent years.
In 2021 Price received a 16-week suspended sentence after flipping her car while under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, during which time she said she was suffering from a breakdown.
In 2022 she was spared a prison sentence after breaching a restraining order forbidding her from contacting her ex-husband, Kieran Hayler’s, fiancée.
This year she was declared bankrupt due to an unpaid tax bill worth more than £750,000.
Earlier this month she was arrested in Heathrow after failing to show up at a bankruptcy court hearing last month. She was returning from Turkey where she’d been undergoing cosmetic surgery.
Each of her court dates attracts an inevitable media circus and press coverage of the latest chapter in her life.
Price’s lacklustre financial management and habit of poor choices have led to much negative media coverage in recent years.
It’s a trend Znak says is down to more than just the model’s questionable conduct: “There’s always been a snobbery about her, which was something I never felt because she was just a hard-working woman earning money.
“She’s always been very ambitious and driven, and she carved out an incredible career for herself out of sheer determination.”
Znak says gender bias also plays a role in some of the negativity around the star.
“People are judgmental about women in a way they wouldn’t be about men. Men are allowed to be successful and then not successful and then be successful again and reinvent themselves. But for women, there’s a judgement that’s applied.”
With Price, she says that judgement can be particularly harsh because she doesn’t play by anybody else’s rules.
“She was a role model for women, because even though she was a Page 3 model, she just always did everything her own f****** way.”
From a more practical point of view, Ditum puts Price’s “long, slow, sad, late-career period” down to a clear-cut decline in business.
The author says it’s “not clear where you go and how much you can progress when your business is that kind of extreme treatment of your body”.
And when your body is your business, your figure has more important figures attached to it than most.
Ditum explains: “The economy she comes out of, the soft porn economy, has really collapsed.
“If you’re someone like her, who could make pretty decent money out of selling calendars, and posters, and that kind of stuff that was your ancillary income if you were a model, that doesn’t exist anymore. People do not go out and buy calendars of their favourite models.”
Rising to fame ahead of the explosion of social media, the media landscape has now changed beyond all recognition.
Ditum says whoever the equivalent of her poster-loving younger male relative is now, “he’s certainly not buying a Jordan poster or even buying a magazine – he’s following models on Instagram”.
She goes on: “It’s a really different economy and how you make money in that is pretty sketchy. It’s challenging I think for a lot of people.”
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What Katie does next…
Price’s career may have had meteoric ups and crushing downs, but the mark she’s made on the celebrity world is undeniable.
Whether a comeback is on the cards is hard to say, but as far as Price is concerned, her bucket list is already fully ticked off.
Speaking to the Guardian earlier this year Price said: “I wanted a big house in the countryside, a fairytale wedding, to be a famous pop star or a model, and to work with horses. I’ve achieved it all.”
As for her future, Znak is optimistic: “I would really hope that she could bounce back… She deserves it.
“Never underestimate her, that’s what I would say. People have done that all her life… but I have every faith in her, come on Katie!”
Sky News has contacted Price for comment.
Entertainment
BBC apologises over controversial Gaza documentary, with chairman calling it ‘a dagger to the heart’
The BBC has called the ongoing controversy over a documentary on Gaza a “really, really bad moment”, admitting the film’s failings are “a dagger to the heart” of the corporation’s impartiality.
Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone was pulled from iPlayer and will not be broadcast on channels again after it emerged that the child narrator is the son of Ayman Alyazouri, who has worked as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture.
Last week, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called an “urgent meeting” with the corporation over the film.
BBC director-general Tim Davie and BBC chairman Samir Shah were questioned by MPs during a Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee meeting on Tuesday.
Mr Shah told committee members: “This is a really, really bad moment. It’s is a dagger to the heart of the BBC claim to be impartial and to be trustworthy.”
He said questions over “what went wrong” were asked “on day one” following the programme’s transmission.
He went on: “To my shock, I think that we found that there were serious failings on both sides, on the independent production side as well, as well as on the BBC side.”
Mr Shah said an interim report commissioned by the BBC found “it wasn’t so much the processes were at fault as people weren’t doing their job”.
Mr Shah said he believed the problem was confined to this programme, adding: “On this story we’re examining the how and why, the compliance that determines did not take place.”
However, he also said he thought an independent review into how the BBC covers stories in the Middle East should also be carried out independently.
BBC director general Tim Davie and chairman Samir Shah. Pic: PA
Tim Davie said there was “a lot of frustration and disappointment” over the film, adding: “We’re very sorry to the audience.”
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‘We were not told’
How To Survive A Warzone was made on commission by independent production company Hoyo Films, and features 13-year-old Abdullah al Yazouri, who speaks about life in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas.
Mr Davie said there were specific questions asked around Abdullah’s father, and the BBC “found out that we were not told”.
He went on: “At that point, quite quickly, I lost trust in that film. Therefore, I took the decision quite quickly to take it off iPlayer while we do this deep dive.”
Mr Davie said removing the film from iPlayer had been “a very tough decision”.
Discussing whether or not the family involved in the film had been paid for their work, he said: “As I understand it today, the BBC has only made one payment. This was for a licence fee, to the programme maker.”
He said an initial assessment of the economics had showed “that there was a small payment to the sister… It’s totally normal payment because the boy recorded the narration. He went to a studio to do it.”
Describing the fallout as “damaging”, Mr Davie said he believes “overall trust in BBC news remains very high”.
He went on: “We’re not losing all context here. This was a serious failing. But we have trust numbers that we’re very proud of, we’re the most trusted brand in the world. And part of what we do to earn that trust… is actually be highly transparent and go through enormous processes when we fail like this to show how we’re going to fix it.”
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What’s next as the ceasefire deal ends?
Mr Davie says he has “fast-tracked” the review “out of the news department”, where it will be overseen by Peter Johnson, BBC Director, Editorial Complaints and Reviews.
Media watchdog Ofcom sent a letter to the BBC flagging their “ongoing concerns” about the “nature and gravity” of the documentary on Monday, which Mr Shah said he “welcomed”.
The Metropolitan Police said: “Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command are currently assessing whether any police action is required” in relation to the documentary.
Complaints from both sides
Hoyo Films said in a statement: “We are co-operating fully with the BBC and Peter Johnston (director of editorial complaints and reviews) to help understand where mistakes have been made.
“We feel this remains an important story to tell, and that our contributors – who have no say in the war – should have their voices heard.”
Last week, protesters gathered outside Broadcasting House in London claiming the BBC had aired Hamas propaganda.
The BBC also faced criticism in pulling the documentary, with Gary Lineker, Anita Rani, Riz Ahmed and Miriam Margoyles among more than 500 media figures who had condemned the action.
In an open letter addressed to Mr Davie, Dr Shah and outgoing chief content officer Charlotte Moore, hundreds of TV and film professionals and journalists called the decision to remove the documentary “politically motivated censorship”.
Following the committee session, Artists for Palestine UK, the group that published the letter, accused Mr Davie and Mr Shah of “throwing Palestinian children under the bus”, questioning how the corporation would safeguard the young people who appeared in the documentary.
In a statement, the charity Campaign Against Antisemitism accused the BBC of “marking its own homework”, adding: “No other broadcaster would be permitted this latitude, and no other regulated industry would allow this.”
They also called for the licence fee to be suspended pending an independent investigation into the documentary.
Nominations for the Olivier Awards, British theatre’s most prestigious honours, have been announced.
Following his second Oscar win at the weekend, Adrien Brody is nominated for best actor, for his performance in The Fear Of 13 – a play based on the real-life story of a man who spent 22 years on death row for a rape and murder that he did not commit.
Fellow US stars Billy Crudup and John Lithgow are up against him in the category, along with UK stars Paapa Essiedu and Mark Strong.
Brody, Crudup, Essiedu and Lithgow are all first-time nominees.
In the best actress category, The Crown star Lesley Manville is up against Meera Syal, Indira Varma, Heather Agyepong and Rosie Sheehy.
Manville and Varma both nominated for playing the same role in different productions of the Greek mythology classic Oedipus
Fiddler On The Roof is this year’s most nominated production, with 13 nods.
It’s up for best musical revival, with old favourites including Oliver!, Hello Dolly and Starlight Express.
Starlight Express. Pic: SOLT
In the musical theatre performing categories, John Dagleish is up for best actor for his role in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, a decade after his last win.
He’s up against Myles Frost, Simon Lipkin, Jamie Muscato and Adam Dannheisser.
Four-time Olivier winner Imelda Staunton is up for best actress in a musical for her role in Hello Dolly!, her 14th Olivier nomination and her eighth in the category.
She’s competing against Lara Pulver, Chumisa Dornford-May, Lauren Drew and Clare Foster.
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Best new play includes Brody’s The Fear Of 13, along with Kyoto, Shifters, Giant and The Years.
Giant and The Years are tied for most nominated play this year with five apiece.
Gina McKee is nominated for best actress in a supporting role, alongside Romola Garai who is double nominated in the same category for her roles in Giant and The Years.
Actress Sharon D Clarke makes up the category.
And in best supporting actor, Ben Whishaw will be battling it out against Jorge Bosch, Tom Edden, and Elliot Levey.
Sunset Boulevard was the big winner at last year’s Olivier Awards, taking home seven gongs and equalling the record for the most prizes for a musical at the ceremony.
The 2025 Olivier Awards will take place on Sunday 6 April at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter.
MJ The Musical. Pic: SOLT
Full list of nominations:
Mastercard Best New Musical
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, music & lyrics by Darren Clark, book & lyrics by Jethro Compton at Ambassadors Theatre
MJ The Musical, book by Lynn Nottage at Prince Edward Theatre
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812, music, lyrics & book by Dave Malloy at Donmar Warehouse
Why Am I So Single?, music, lyrics & book by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss at Garrick Theatre
Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
Jon Bausor for Set Design, Toby Olié & Daisy Beattie for Puppetry Design and Satoshi Kuriyama for Projection Design for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Frankie Bradshaw for Set Design for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier
Es Devlin for Set Design for Coriolanus at National Theatre – Olivier
Tom Scutt for Set Design for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Paule Constable & Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Howard Hudson for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Aideen Malone for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle by English National Opera at London Coliseum
Festen by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
L’Olimpiade by Irish National Opera & The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
The Tales Of Hoffmann by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Aigul Akhmetshina for her performance in Carmen at Royal Opera House
Allan Clayton for his performance in Festen at Royal Opera House
Jung Young-doo for his direction of Lear at Barbican Theatre
Best Family Show
Brainiac Live at Marylebone Theatre
Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas at Apollo Theatre
The Nutcracker at Polka Theatre
Rough Magic at Shakespeare’s Globe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre
Animal Farm at Theatre Royal Stratford East by George Orwell, adapted by Tatty Hennessy
Boys On The Verge Of Tears by Sam Grabiner at Soho Theatre
English by Sanaz Toossi at Kiln Theatre
Now, I See by Lanre Malaolu at Theatre Royal Stratford East
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander at Marylebone Theatre
Best New Dance Production
Assembly Hall by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young at Sadler’s Wells
Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner by The National Ballet Of Canada at Sadler’s Wells
Theatre Of Dreams by Hofesh Shechter Company at Sadler’s Wells
An Untitled Love by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Sarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets at Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre
Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels’ Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler’s Wells
Eva Yerbabuena for her performance in Yerbagüena at Sadler’s Wells
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jorge Bosch for Kyoto at @sohoplace
Tom Edden for Waiting For Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Elliot Levey for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Ben Whishaw for Bluets at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sharon D Clarke for The Importance Of Being Earnest at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Romola Garai for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Romola Garai for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Gina McKee for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
Matthew Bourne for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Julia Cheng for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus at The Old Vic
Christopher Wheeldon for MJ The Musical at Prince Edward Theatre
Best Costume Design
Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood at The London Palladium
Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Tom Scutt for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Gabriella Slade for Starlight Express at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design
Nick Lidster for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Christopher Shutt for Oedipus at The Old Vic
Thijs van Vuure for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Outstanding Musical Contribution
Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision & Additional Orchestrations for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Darren Clark for Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements and Mark Aspinall for Musical Direction, Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Dave Malloy for Orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for Musical Supervision for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Asaf Zohar for Compositions and Gavin Sutherland for Dance Arrangements & Orchestration for Ballet Shoes at National Theatre – Olivier
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Liv Andrusier for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion Theatre
Beverley Klein for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Andy Nyman for Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium
Raphael Papo for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Layton Williams for Titanique at Criterion Theatre
Tom Xander for Mean Girls at Savoy Theatre
Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
Ballet Shoes adapted by Kendall Feaver at National Theatre – Olivier
Inside No 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith at Wyndham’s Theatre
Spirited Away adapted by John Caird & co-adapted by Maoko Imai at London Coliseum
Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle & Constantine Rousouli at Criterion Theatre
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
Eline Arbo for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Jordan Fein for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Nicholas Hytner for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Robert Icke for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Best Actress
Heather Agyepong for Shifters at Duke of York’s Theatre
Lesley Manville for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Rosie Sheehy for Machinal at The Old Vic
Meera Syal for A Tupperware Of Ashes at National Theatre – Dorfman
Indira Varma for Oedipus at The Old Vic
Best Actor
Adrien Brody for The Fear Of 13 at Donmar Warehouse
Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke at Ambassadors Theatre
Paapa Essiedu for Death Of England: Delroy at @sohoplace
John Lithgow for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Mark Strong for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Cunard Best Revival
The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at National Theatre – Lyttelton
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell at The Old Vic
Oedipus by Robert Icke at Wyndham’s Theatre
Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Piper-Heidsieck Award for Best Musical Revival
Fiddler On The Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hello, Dolly!, music & lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart at The London Palladium
Oliver!, book, music & lyrics by Lionel Bart, new material & revisions by Cameron Mackintosh at Gielgud Theatre
Starlight Express, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical
John Dagleish for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Myles Frost for MJ The Musical at Prince Edward Theatre
Simon Lipkin for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Best Actress in a Musical
Chumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Lauren Drew for Titanique at Criterion Theatre
Clare Foster for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Lara Pulver for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Imelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium
The Londoner Award for Best New Play
The Fear Of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino at Donmar Warehouse
Giant by Mark Rosenblatt at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court Theatre
Kyoto by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson at @sohoplace
Shifters by Benedict Lombe at Duke of York’s Theatre
The Years adapted by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
The Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle series premiered this morning – in which she talks about her life in California, her time spent living in Argentina and her love of food.
With Love, Meghan – an eight-part series on Netflix – had been delayed from a January release due to the Los Angeles wildfires.
The episodes, which last about 30 minutes each, feature a host of celebrity friends along with a few cameos from her husband, Prince Harry.
From her first jobs growing up to what she was like on the Suits set, here are some things we learnt about the duchess.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Mindy Kaling.
Pic: Netflix
‘I’m Sussex now’
One of Meghan’s guests is The Office star Mindy Kaling, who she bonds with over their lives as toddlers’ mums while putting together a tea party in the garden.
As they put sandwiches together for the tea, Meghan talks about her love of Jack In The Box – a classic US fast-food chain, to which Kaling responds: “I don’t think anyone in the world knows that Meghan Markle has eaten Jack In The Box and loves it.”
The duchess laughs and says: “It’s funny, you keep saying Meghan Markle, you know, I’m Sussex now.
“You have kids, and you go, ‘now I share my name with my children’… I didn’t know how meaningful it would be to me, but it just means so much to go ‘this is our family name, our little family name’.”
Similarities with Archie
During episode four, the duchess goes on a hike with her friend Delfina Blaquier, who is married to Argentinian polo star Nacho Figueras, and together they have a picnic with homemade focaccia bread.
The duchess reveals how she passed time during her childhood – and the similar traits her son, Archie, has: “As a kid, I was taking a bag of tea from the drawer in my house, putting it in a mason jar or probably an empty jar that once held spaghetti sauce and putting it in the sun, and sitting there… waiting for it to change colour.
“Funny enough, which Archie does now.”
Days before the show aired, in an interview with People magazine, the duchess said Archie had told her: “Mama, don’t work too hard” during filming.
She added the five-year-old helped with the clapperboard while visiting the set with his sister Lilibet and Harry.
Delfina Figueras and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
Pic: Netflix
Life in Argentina
The two friends met through their husbands – “The moment we met, we bonded over our love of the outdoors and being in nature. We always hike together whenever she’s in town. And sometimes we let our husbands join us,” Meghan says.
Reflecting on when they first met, Meghan says: “What’s so funny is, I remember when we first met, and you were like: ‘Wait a minute, you speak Argentinian Spanish?’ But it’s such a pretty language because it sounds so musical.”
Her friend says: “When you started speaking Spanish and I recognised the Argentinian, I was blown away, because I didn’t know that…”
“That I’d lived there,” Meghan responds.
She adds: “When I lived in Argentina, I think the reason I loved it so much is because it reminded me of California in a lot of ways. Where you have the mountains and you have this joy of life and the joy of being outside.
“I was only there for a few months interning at the US Embassy, but I loved it.”
First jobs in doughnut and yoghurt shops – and some more childhood memories
In episode five, as Meghan hosts long-time friends, former Suits co-star Abigail Spencer and Kelly McKee Zajfen, she says that her first job was at Humphrey Yogart, a frozen yoghurt shop in Los Angeles playfully named after actor Humphrey Bogart.
That came after she told chef Roy Choi in episode three, as she presented him with doughnuts she prepared for him, that she once had a job at a doughnut shop.
“Doughnuts in general just remind me of my childhood,” she said.
“I once had a job at a little donut shop called Little Orbit Donuts. They made tiny, tiny, little mini donuts.”
She said she often helped them sell at craft venues, adding that doughnuts generally were a big part of her childhood.
“Growing up, driving down Highland to get to school, there was always a Yum Yum Donuts right there.”
“Highland and Melrose,” Choi clarifies.
“Exactly… is it still there?”
When Choi says it is, she responds: “Oh my god. I should go back in.”
In another episode, Kaling asks whether Meghan began cooking at home or picked it up later. Meghan replies: “I was a latch-key kid so I grew up with a lot of fast food and also a lot of TV tray dinners.
“It feels like such a different time but that was so normal with the microwavable kids meals.”
Life in Montecito house
Branden Aroyan and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
Pic: Netflix
The lifestyle show, which was filmed in a California farmhouse rather than in her Montecito house, features her describing her every day life – including how it is a “daily” task to pick fruit when it’s in season at her home.
Episode one Hello Honey! features Meghan’s friend Daniel Martin as she prepares a “thoughtful guest basket”.
It begins with her harvesting honey from bees, saying: “The biggest thing is keeping a low tone – talk in our bee voice.”
With the help of a beekeeper, she talks about “trying to stay in the calm of it because it’s beautiful to be this connected”.
Harry is the king of eggs
When asked by Kaling about how best to season eggs, the duchess says: “I have a family, a husband, who no matter what meal is put in front of him before he tastes it puts salt on, so I try to under salt.”
Harry himself, it is later revealed, is something of an egg connoisseur.
Speaking to two close friends in a later episode, she says “H” is a “great cook” and makes “the best scrambled eggs”.
She further praises him by saying he generally makes “a really good breakfast”.
Bacon was the subject of discussions on more than one occasion during the series, with Meghan saying that whenever she cooks it the kitchen “becomes full of husband and three dogs”.
“It’s not my perfume that’s bringing them all in,” she jokes.
What the duchess was like during Suits
Meghan’s days of playing paralegal Rachel Zane in popular drama Suits came to an end in 2018, the year she married Harry.
But she has clearly remained close with co-star Abigail Spencer, who played Dana Scott.
In episode five, as the pair sat in Meghan’s garden alongside Kelly McKee Zajfen, Spencer reflected on what Meghan was like during the Suits days.
She said Meghan was “the head of morale on the show,” to which Meghan thanked her and added: “I liked to plan fun for everyone.”
Heart-warming moments of Meghan with beloved beagle
The whole series ends with a tribute to Meghan’s late dog, Guy, who featured prominently in several episodes.
One morning, the duchess is seen making bone-shaped peanut butter biscuits for the rescue beagle, who died shortly after filming wrapped, saying you can make them with leftover bacon from breakfast.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Guy. Pic: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
She admitted there was “never” any leftovers in her house because “we eat a lot of it” – another reference to the Sussexes love of bacon.
“I would do anything for Guy, and he knows it,” she then says. “He can have whatever he wants ’cause he is whatever kind of guy you need him to be depending on the day. My sweet guy, my silly guy, my saucy little guy. Always my spoiled guy.”
Later, as she hands him a peanut butter cookie, she adds: “They provide us with unconditional love, so they get unconditional peanut butter dog biscuits. Why not?”
The Sussexes also have two other dogs – another rescue beagle named Mia and a black Labrador called Pula, who is seen trying to steal some of Meghan and her guests’ food at various points during the series.
Meghan’s ‘next chapter’
In the eighth and final episode, called Feels Like Home, Meghan prepares for Prince Harry to make an appearance.
She is putting together a brunch for family and friends to celebrate the “next chapter” in her life.
Sharing details of how she envisages the so-called “next chapter”, Meghan, wearing a blue maxi dress and putting the finishing touches to a spread of food outdoors, says: “Of course, my husband will be here, my mum will be here, my best friend since college, my community having a brunch in the sunshine with the people that I love, celebrating this next chapter of my life.”
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