Biography
Pamela Stephenson is a New Zealand-born actress, comedian, writer and psychologist. Born on 4 December 1949 in Takapuna, Auckland, she moved to Australia with her family in 1953 and trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. After early stage and television work in Australia, she emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1976.
She appeared in British television series including Space: 1999 (1975), The New Avengers (1976) and The Professionals (1977). She gained prominence as a cast member of the satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982). Her film roles include Mademoiselle Rimbaud in History of the World: Part I (1981) and Lorelei Ambrosia in Superman III (1983). She has since retired from acting to practise as a clinical psychologist and is known as Lady Connolly following her marriage to comedian Billy Connolly in 1989.
