Nimmy March Biography
Lady Naomi Anna Gordon-Lennox (born March 1962), known as Nimmy March, is an English actress.
Background
March's biological parents were a black South African father from Lesotho and a white English mother. As an illegitimate child, she was abandoned by her birth mother.
She was adopted by the Earl and Countess of March and Kinrara, who later became the Duke and *ss of Richmond. Because of her race, at the time the adoption caused a stir within the peerage and the future Duke and *ss were vilified by some for "sullying the aristocracy", as March herself described it.
She went to Bedales, an exclusive Hampshire school, before going on to drama school.
Career
March's television screen credits include Coronation Street, Albion Market, Common As Muck, Goodnight Sweetheart, Casualty, William and Mary, Doctors, Strictly Confidential, The Bill, London's Burning, Waking the Dead, Death in Paradise, Agatha Raisin, Desmond's and Emmerdale.
She narrated the 2008 TV serial Last Voices of World War 1 on the History Channel, along with the BBC1 do*entary The War On Loan Sharks.
Personal life
Until 2004, children who were adopted by peers had no right to any noble or courtesy *le. However, as a result of a Royal Warrant dated 30 April 2004, all children are now automatically en*led to the same styles and courtesy *les. Therefore, on that date, she became The Lady Naomi Gordon-Lennox.
She married Gavin Burke in 1999, but they subsequently divorced. They have three children: Khaya (born 1999), Malachy (born 2001), and Carlotta (born 2005).
She has four siblings, including a sister who is also mixed-race. She is Buddhist and bisexual.
References
External links
- Nimmy March at IMDb
- About Naomi "Nimmy" March, page re famous adoptions
- "Relative Values: The Duke of Richmond and Nimmy March" - Webpage of Times Online
