Portraits of English actress Sarah Jill “Lalla” Ward in 1970. She is best known for playing the role of Romana II in the BBC television series Doctor Who from 1979 to 1981.
Ward’s stage name, “Lalla,” originates from her attempts as a toddler to pronounce her own name. She left school at age 14 because she “loathed every single minute of it,” and took her O-levels on her own. Ward studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1968 to 1971. After spending a few years painting, she auditioned at London drama schools “as a sort of dare” to herself:
“It was a ‘see if you can do it’ sort of thing, because it was the thing I hated most—just like somebody who’s scared of heights might go rock climbing, or, I don’t know, go potholing if they’re claustrophobic.”
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