Twiggy

Biography

Dame Lesley Lawson DBE (born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model and actress. Considered a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model of the '60s, she first came to prominence for her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

The Nanny

Heartbeat

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

America's Next Top Model

The One Show

The One Show

All Movies (48)

• Forever 162026
• Peter Asher: Everywhere Man2026 · as Self
• Twiggy2025 · as Self
• imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter2023 · as Self
• The Evolution of the Supermodel2022 · as Herself
• My Generation2017 · as Self (voice)
• The Summer of Love2017
• Pop Models2014 · as Self
• Twiggy: The Face of '662012 · as Elle-même
• Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil2012 · as Self
• Bert Stern - Original Madman2011 · as Self
• Brunes et Blondes2010 · as Self
• The Powder & the Glory2007 · as Herself
• Best Ever Muppet Moments2006 · as Self
• The Taming of the Shrew2005 · as Mrs. Minola
• Broadway's Lost Treasures2003 · as Edith Herbert (segment "My One and Only")
• Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up2002 · as Self
• Woundings1998 · as Viv
• A Bing Crosby Christmas1998 · as Self (archive footage)
• Something Borrowed, Something Blue1997 · as Eve Hamel (as Twiggy Lawson)
• Body Bags1993 · as Cathy
• Istanbul1989 · as Maud
• The Diamond Trap1988 · as Det. Sgt. Charlie Lawson
• Madame Sousatzka1988 · as Jenny
• Sun Child1988 · as Fen Harris
• The Little Match Girl1986 · as Josie Roberts
• Club Paradise1986 · as Phillipa Lloyd
• An Audience with Billy Connolly1985 · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
• The Doctor and the Devils1985 · as Jennie Bailey
• Pygmalion1981 · as Eliza
• There Goes The Bride1980 · as Polly Perkins
• The Blues Brothers1980 · as Chic Lady
• The Donna Summer Special1980 · as Bad Girl
• Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip1979 · as Self - Hostess
• Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas1977 · as Self
• US Against the World1977 · as Self
• The Butterfly Ball1977 · as Herself
• The Frontiers of Science1976 · as Florence Cook
• W1974 · as Katie Lewis
• The Boy Friend1971 · as Polly
• The Devils1971 · as Pageboy (uncredited)
• Beaton by Bailey1971 · as self
• Popcorn1969 · as Self
• Top Class People1967 · as Self
• Opus1967 · as Herself
• Go Go Go Said the Bird1966 · as Herself
• Lucy in London1966 · as Twiggy (uncredited)
• Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story—

All TV Shows (42)

• RuPaul's Drag Race UK2019 · as Self - Guest Judge
• Harry Hill's Tea Time2016 · as Self
• The Kumars2014 · as Self
• Gottschalk Live2012 · as Self
• Alan Titchmarsh's Walks of Fame2010
• Twiggy's Frock Exchange2008
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• The One Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Germany's Next Topmodel2006 · as Self - Guest Judge
• ShakespeaRe-Told2005
• Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · as Self
• America's Next Top Model2003 · as Self - Judge
• American Idol2002 · as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self
• So Graham Norton1998 · as Self
• Stick with Me, Kid1995 · as Squidge
• The Nanny1993 · as Jocelyn Sheffield
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Absolutely Fabulous1992 · as Self
• Heartbeat1992 · as Lady Janet Whitly
• Princesses1991 · as Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Bonnie
• Young Charlie Chaplin1989 · as Hannah Chaplin
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Die Spielbude1982 · as Self
• Celebrity Playhouse1981 · as Eliza Doolittle
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• The Val Doonican Music Show1977 · as Singer
• Mike Yarwood In Persons1976
• The Muppet Show1976 · as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Thomas
• Victorian Scandals1976 · as Florence Cook
• The Sonny and Cher Show1976
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Am laufenden Band1974 · as Self - Guest
• Musikladen1972 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Treffpunkte1970 · as Self
• Cilla1968 · as Self
• One Pair of Eyes1967
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Hostess