Tag: Olivia Colman

Stephen Fry and Olivia Colman join celebrity support for the NHS Big Tea

Stuart Mitchell

Actor, comedian and writer Stephen Fry and actress Olivia Colman have joined a host of familiar faces to support the NHS Big Tea as part of the UK wide celebration of our NHS. The list of famous supporters of the campaign also features the England men’s football team, including NHS Charities Together Charity Champion Jordan Henderson MBE, and Tyrone Mings, as well as Line of Duty actress Vicky McClure, TV presenter and journalist Lorraine Kelly and author Adam Kay. The support also includes well known doctors and TV presenters including…

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Adwoa Aboah, Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Dua Lipa, Gemma Chan and Olivia Colman join thousands in urging the Government to ensure equal protection for all domestic abuse survivors

Stuart Mitchell

More than 40 high profile celebrities, actors, singers, comedians and artists are backing a Step Up Migrant Women campaign to change domestic abuse laws so that they offer safety to all victims, no matter what their immigration status is or where they are from. The celebrities – including  Adwoa Aboah, Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Dua Lipa, Gemma Chan, Olivia Colman, Thandie Newton, Keira Knightley, Gillian Anderson, Noma Dumezweni, Jodie Whittaker, Emilia Fox and Emeli Sandé – join tens of thousands of people urging the Home Secretary Priti Patel to…

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Community cookery school delivers 25,000 plant-powered meals to vulnerable people – with royal help from Olivia Colman!

Stuart Mitchell

Plant-based community cookery school, Made In Hackney, has hit the 25,000 mark with its direct to door free meal delivery for households in need across East London during the COVID-19 crisis – with a target of 34,000 meals by mid-June. Since its launch mid-March, volunteers have clocked up over 1,000 hours to deliver c.500 free home meals everyday, thanks to an £80k Crowdfunder campaign and partnership with Angelina’s restaurant. The Crown actress Olivia Colman even stopped by to lend a hand during the campaign.   Made In Hackney conceived and launched…

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Greenpeace, Aardman and Oscar winning actors collaborate on groundbreaking new animation highlighting global ocean crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Turtle Journey tells the heartbreaking story of a turtle family heading home through an ocean that is under increasing pressure from climate change, plastic pollution, oil drilling and overfishing. Characters in the film are voiced by Oscar winners Olivia Colman and Dame Helen Mirren, along with Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey, Stranger Things’ David Harbour, Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter, and comedian Ahir Shah. Louisa Casson, oceans campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: “Our oceans are in crisis, with six out of seven sea turtle species threatened with extinction. Aardman’s global popularity…

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