Lalla Ward born Sarah Ward, daughter of Lord Bangor - Edward Ward - and his writer wife, Marjorie Banks. She always wanted to act, paint and draw, and so joined the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1967. When she left in 1970, it was straight into a part in the Hammer film Circus der Vampire (1972). Following this she worked extensively on stage, in films - including England Made Me (1973), Unternehmen Rosebud (1975) and Der Prinz und der Bettler (1977) (aka The Prince and the Pauper) - and on television - including appearances in Quiller: Thundersky (1975), Hazell: Hazell Meets the First Eleven (1978), Quiller: Thundersky (1975) and several episodes of Das Hotel in der Duke Street (1976). She also appeared in a film called Got It Made (1974), which was later reissued as "Sweet Virgin" with sex scenes added featuring other actors. This led to her winning a libel action against Club International magazine, which ran a selection of nude photographs from the film purporting to be of her. Her guest appearance in the Doctor Who story Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor: Part One (1979) in 1979 led to her being chosen to play Romana when the original actress, Mary Tamm , left after one season. Ward quit Doctor Who in 1980, and in December of that year married Tom Baker . The marriage lasted 16 months. Ward continued to act, with roles in Schoolgirl Chums (1982) and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) for the BBC and "The Jeweller's Shop" and "The Rehearsal" on stage. She also developed her love of painting and wrote and illustrated several books. In 1992 she married eminent biologist Dr. Richard Dawkins , author of such books as "The Selfish Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker", and gave up acting to concentrate on writing and on her family. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

The half-sister of the present Viscount of Bangor, William Ward . At a convention held in Australia in 1996, Lalla Ward was asked about her inherited title. Lalla pointed out that she is an "Honourable" not a "Lady". Is an artist; has illustrated for the evolutionary biology books written by her husband, Richard Dawkins . Was introduced to her husband Richard Dawkins by Douglas Adams at his 40th birthday party. Richard and Lalla were the only ones to turn up on time. Was Douglas Adams 's date to a screening of Das Imperium schlägt zurück (1980) in the early 1980s Wrote the knitting pattern book "Beastly Knits" which was published in December 1985 She provided illustrations for Climbing Mount Improbable. and Astrology for dogs (and owners) by William Fairchild (1980). Her favourite Doctor Who (1963) serial was "State of Decay". The asteroid 8347 Lallaward was named after her. In 2009, at the suggestion of the Gerald Durrell Foundation, she prepared an exhibition of textiles and ceramics on the theme of Galapagos wildlife. The auction raised £24,000 for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust's campaign for the Floreana mockingbird and other wildlife of Galapagos. Ward is a textile artist and ceramicist. Her subjects are rare and endangered animals. She refers to her technique of creating fabric pictures as thread drawing, considering this a more accurate term for her work than the commonly used thread painting. In the 1980s, she wrote two books on knitting and one on embroidery. Ward is a keen chef, and she contributed a recipe to The Doctor Who Cookbook which was edited by Gary Downie. For almost 20 years, Ward has served on the committee of the Actors' Charitable Trust, TACT, and as a trustee for 10 years. Alongside Richard and Sheila Attenborough, she led a successful £7.5 million redevelopment of the actors' care home, Denville Hall. She has shown three exhibitions at the National Theatre, London. Her 2010 textiles exhibition, Stranded, was inspired by the evolution of animals on islands. In 2011, Migration featured works which combined textiles and ceramics, the subjects seeming to move across both media. The theme of Vanishing Act, 2013, was camouflage. As with previous shows, Ward made available detailed instructions explaining her techniques. She also used one glass case to recreate her workspace, including such sources of inspiration as music, quotes, and a photo of her dog. Ward has recorded audio books, including Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct and Shada by Gareth Roberts and Douglas Adams . She co-narrates The Selfish Gene, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, The Blind Watchmaker and The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution with her husband Richard Dawkins . In March 1981, the British "top-shelf" magazine "Club International" published some risque photographs, said to be of Lalla, in a compromising position with another actress. However, they were forced to print an apology when the pictures turned out not to be of Lalla at all.