Lalla Ward is a successful British actress, best known for her role of Romana in the popular English television production, ‘Doctor Who’. That apart, she is equally successful as an author, a textile artist, a ceramist and a narrator. Born as Honorable Sarah Jill Ward to 7th Viscount Bangor and his fourth wife,she developed an early interest in acting, drawing and painting,. At the age of seventeen, she entered Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated from there at twenty. In the same year, she debuted in film, taking up Lalla as her professional name. Thereafter for two decades, she continued to work extensively on stage, films and television productions, making a name for herself. But, she gave up acting soon after her second marriage and began to concentrate on narrating and painting, providing illustrations for books like ‘Climbing Mount Improbable’, ‘Astrology for dogs (and owners)’ etc.
