---
name: "Twiggy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/twiggy"
fi1m_id: "twiggy"
imdb_id: "nm0493341"
tmdb_id: 40092
wikidata_id: "Q229442"
roles: []
born: "19 September 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:19:40.512522+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Twiggy

## Identity

Twiggy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/twiggy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** twiggy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0493341
- **TMDB ID:** 40092
- **Wikidata ID:** Q229442
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40092

Actor. Born 19 September 1949 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 September 1949, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1980–2005
- **Also known as:** Twiggy Lawson, Lesley Lawson, Lesley Hornby, Twiggy Hornby, Dame Lesley Lawson
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 66 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Crime 1, Drama 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $115m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40092

## Biography

Twiggy, born Lesley Hornby on 19 September 1949 in Neasden, London, is an English model, actress and singer. She rose to fame as a teenage model in the 1960s and later pursued acting.

Her film roles include the lead in *The Boy Friend* (1971). On television she appeared in *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005) as Mrs. Minola. She has also performed on stage and in other series and films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), Fi1m 66, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)
- *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Fi1m 81, as Chic Lady — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/absolutely-fabulous.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Summer of Love* (2017), Actor
- *Twiggy: The Face of '66* (2012), as Elle-même
- *Alan Titchmarsh's Walks of Fame* (2010), series, Actor
- *Twiggy's Frock Exchange* (2008), series, Actor
- *The Taming of the Shrew* (2005), as Mrs. Minola
- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), series, Actor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)
- *Broadway's Lost Treasures* (2003), as Edith Herbert (segment "My One and Only")
- *Woundings* (1998), as Viv
- *Something Borrowed, Something Blue* (1997), as Eve Hamel (as Twiggy Lawson)
- *Stick with Me, Kid* (1995), series, as Squidge
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Jocelyn Sheffield
- *Body Bags* (1993), as Cathy
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Lady Janet Whitly
- *Princesses* (1991), series, as Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
- *Istanbul* (1989), as Maud
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Bonnie
- *Young Charlie Chaplin* (1989), series, as Hannah Chaplin
- *The Diamond Trap* (1988), as Det. Sgt. Charlie Lawson
- *Madame Sousatzka* (1988), as Jenny
- *Sun Child* (1988), as Fen Harris
- *The Little Match Girl* (1986), as Josie Roberts
- *Club Paradise* (1986), as Phillipa Lloyd
- *The Doctor and the Devils* (1985), as Jennie Bailey
- *Pygmalion* (1981), as Eliza
- *Celebrity Playhouse* (1981), series, as Eliza Doolittle
- *There Goes The Bride* (1980), as Polly Perkins
- *The Blues Brothers* (1980), as Chic Lady — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md)
- *The Donna Summer Special* (1980), as Bad Girl
- *The Val Doonican Music Show* (1977), series, as Singer
- *Mike Yarwood In Persons* (1976), series, Actor
- *Victorian Scandals* (1976), series, as Florence Cook
- *The Frontiers of Science* (1976), as Florence Cook
- *The Sonny and Cher Show* (1976), series, Actor
- *W* (1974), as Katie Lewis
- *The Boy Friend* (1971), as Polly
- *The Devils* (1971), as Pageboy (uncredited)
- *One Pair of Eyes* (1967), series, Actor
- *Lucy in London* (1966), as Twiggy (uncredited)
- *Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Gyles Brandreth & Judi Dench & The Dames - London Palladium - Sunday 5th March 2023](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-b88c0ef68328.jpg) Gyles Brandreth & Judi Dench & The Dames - London Palladium - Sunday 5th March 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Twiggy_-_GylesDamesPalladium050323_%2819_of_74%29_%2852728638973%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Twiggy](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-a6d83a3977f9.jpg) Twiggy — KRLA Beat/Beat Publications, Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Twiggy_1967.jpg/1280px-Twiggy_1967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Diego Dalla Palma e Twiggy (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-e82d59662585.jpg) Diego Dalla Palma e Twiggy (2020) — Geo993, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Twiggy_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gyles Brandreth & Judi Dench & The Dames - London Palladium - Sunday 5th March 2023](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-9cf1a39a925f.jpg) Gyles Brandreth & Judi Dench & The Dames - London Palladium - Sunday 5th March 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/GylesDamesPalladium050323_%2832_of_74%29_%2852727635097%29.jpg/1280px-GylesDamesPalladium050323_%2832_of_74%29_%2852727635097%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Twiggy](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-3d8537b91d63.jpg) Twiggy — Image via TMDB
- ![Twiggy](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-67e692ace8ec.jpg) Twiggy — Image via TMDB
- ![Twiggy](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-acce9eee50c9.jpg) Twiggy — Image via TMDB
- ![Model-Actress Twiggy and Justin de Villeneuve in Los Angeles, Calif. (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-1c2c513d975c.jpg) Model-Actress Twiggy and Justin de Villeneuve in Los Angeles, Calif. (1973) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Twiggy_%26_Justin_de_Villeneuve_1973.jpg/1280px-Twiggy_%26_Justin_de_Villeneuve_1973.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ken Russell and Twiggy on the set of The Boy Friend (1971)](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-10a54f9292aa.jpg) Ken Russell and Twiggy on the set of The Boy Friend (1971) — Unknown; photo credited to the U.S. Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Ken_Russell_and_Twiggy_on_set_of_The_Boyfriend.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Twiggy](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-cc634908276e.jpg) Twiggy — Image via TMDB
- ![Twiggy](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-4d17a35b9810.jpg) Twiggy — Image via TMDB
- ![Twiggy](https://film.one/media/person/302738/gallery-09adf5bff99f.jpg) Twiggy — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2018: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1983: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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