Lalla Ward

Biography

Sarah Jill "Lalla" Ward is an English actress, voice artist and author. She is best known for playing the role of Romana II in the BBC television series Doctor Who from 1979 to 1981.

Known For

Doctor Who

Princess Astra

Doctor Who

Romana

Doctor Who

Romana II

The Professionals

Jill Haydon

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Ophelia

The Protectors

Eva Anderson

The Duchess of Duke Street

A Ghost Story for Christmas

Lady Augusta

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors	Romana
2023	Talking Doctor Who	Self / Romana II (archive footage)
2021	Return to Skaro
2017	Doctor Who: Shada	Romana
2013	The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot	Self
2013	Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS	Romana II (archive footage)
2010	Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2	Romana II (archive footage)
2008	The Ties That Bind Us	Romana II (archive footage)
2007	A Matter of Time
2007	Defining Shadows
2003	Doctor Who: Shada	Romana (voice)
1993	Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time	Romana
1992	Doctor Who: Shada	Romana
1984	Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks	Romana II (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983	Doctor Who: The Five Doctors	Romana (archive footage)
1982	Schoolgirl Chums	Miss Devine
1981	Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate	Romana
1981	Doctor Who: Logopolis	Romana (II) (archive footage)
1980	Hamlet	Ophelia
1980	Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon	Romana II
1980	Doctor Who: Meglos	Romana II
1980	Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive	Romana II
1980	Doctor Who: Full Circle	Romana
1980	Doctor Who: State of Decay	Romana
1979	Doctor Who: City of Death	Romana
1979	Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit	Romana
1979	Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor	Princess Astra
1979	Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks	Romana
1979	Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden	Romana
1977	The Prince and the Pauper	Princess Elizabeth
1975	Rosebud	Margaret
1975	The Imp of the Perverse	The Daughter
1975	The Ash Tree	Lady Augusta
1974	Got It Made	Tessa Carmichael
1973	England Made Me	Young Kate
1972	Shelley	Harriet Shelley
1972	High Summer	Lady Margaret
1972	Vampire Circus	Helga

Year	TV Show	Role
1978	Hazell
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Ophelia
1977	Who Pays the Ferryman?
1977	The Professionals	Jill Haydon
1976	The Duchess of Duke Street
1975	Quiller	Tracy Fischer
1973	The Upper Crusts
1972	The Protectors	Eva Anderson
1972	Van der Valk	Judith Stolle
1971	A Ghost Story for Christmas	Lady Augusta
1963	Doctor Who	Princess Astra
1963	Doctor Who	Romana
1963	Doctor Who	Romana II