Floella Benjamin
Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, DBE, DL is a Trinidadian-British actress, author, television presenter, singer, businesswoman and politician. She is known as presenter of children’s programmes such as Play School, Play Away and Fast Forward. On 28 June 2010, Lady Benjamin was introduced to the House of Lords as a life peer nominated by the Liberal Democrats.
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Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, DBE, DL ) is a Trinidadian-British actress, author, television presenter, singer, businesswoman and politician. She is known as presenter of children’s programmes such as Play School, Play Away and Fast Forward. On 28 June 2010, Lady Benjamin was introduced to the House of Lords as a life peer nominated by the Liberal Democrats. Benjamin has appeared in Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Black Mikado and The Husband-In-Law, as well as several pantomimes. On screen, she appeared in the 1975 horror film I Don’t Want to Be Born and starred in the 1977 film Black Joy.
Her television credits include Angels, Within These Walls, Crown Court, The Gentle Touch and Dixon of Dock Green. She appeared as Juniper in the first episode of Bergerac. Benjamin read two stories for the Story Teller magazine series. She was chief executive of Floella Benjamin Productions Ltd, which had produced television programmes since 1987 and was dissolved in 2014. In 2010, she was appointed chair of the Isle of Sheppey Academy until her term in office expired at the end of 2011. In the 2020 Powerlist, Benjamin was listed in the top 100 most influential people in the UK of African-Caribbean descent.
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