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

America's Next Top Model

Self - Judge

American Idol

Self

Heartbeat

Lady Janet Whitly

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Hostess

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Self - Guest Judge

The One Show

Self - Guest

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Twiggy	Self
2023	imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter	Self
2022	The Evolution of the Supermodel	Herself
2017	My Generation	Self (voice)
2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)
2014	Pop Models	Self
2012	Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil	Self
2011	Bert Stern - Original Madman	Self
2010	Brunes et Blondes	Self
2007	The Powder & the Glory	Herself
2006	Best Ever Muppet Moments	Self
2005	The Taming of the Shrew	Mrs. Minola
2003	Broadway's Lost Treasures	Edith Herbert (segment "My One and Only")
2002	Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up	Self
1998	Woundings	Viv
1998	A Bing Crosby Christmas	Self (archive footage)
1997	Something Borrowed, Something Blue	Eve Hamel (as Twiggy Lawson)
1993	Body Bags	Cathy
1989	Istanbul	Maud
1988	Madame Sousatzka	Jenny
1988	The Diamond Trap	Det. Sgt. Charlie Lawson
1988	Sun Child	Fen Harris
1986	Club Paradise	Phillipa Lloyd
1986	The Little Match Girl	Josie Roberts
1985	An Audience with Billy Connolly	Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985	The Doctor and the Devils	Jennie Bailey
1981	Pygmalion	Eliza
1980	The Donna Summer Special	Bad Girl
1980	There Goes The Bride	Polly Perkins
1980	The Blues Brothers	Chic Lady
1979	Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip	Self - Hostess
1977	US Against the World	Self
1977	The Butterfly Ball	Herself
1977	Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas	Self
1976	The Frontiers of Science	Florence Cook
1974	W	Katie Lewis
1971	The Boy Friend	Polly
1971	The Devils	Pageboy (uncredited)
1969	Popcorn	Self
1967	Opus	Herself
1966	Go Go Go Said the Bird	Herself
1966	Lucy in London	Self (uncredited)
	Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

Year	TV Show	Role
2019	RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Self - Guest Judge
2014	The Kumars	Self
2012	Gottschalk Live	Self
2010	Alan Titchmarsh's Walks of Fame
2008	Twiggy's Frock Exchange
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2006	The One Show	Self
2005	ShakespeaRe-Told
2004	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self
2003	America's Next Top Model	Self - Judge
2002	American Idol	Self
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self
1998	So Graham Norton	Self
1995	Stick with Me, Kid	Squidge
1993	The Nanny	Jocelyn Sheffield
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1992	Heartbeat	Lady Janet Whitly
1992	Absolutely Fabulous	Self
1991	Princesses	Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Bonnie
1989	Young Charlie Chaplin	Hannah Chaplin
1987	Sacrée soirée	Self
1978	An Audience with...	Self
1976	The Sonny and Cher Show
1976	Victorian Scandals
1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Thomas
1976	Mike Yarwood In Persons
1974	Am laufenden Band	Self - Guest
1974	Dinah!	Self
1970	Treffpunkte	Self
1968	Cilla	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Hostess