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Annabelle (given Name)
Annabelle is a feminine given name of French origin, a combination of the Latin name Anna, which comes from the Hebrew word for grace, and the French word ''belle'', meaning beauty. The name means favored grace. Notable people with this given name includes: * Annabel Linquist, American artist, musician, and entrepreneur, known as Bel * Annabelle Apsion, British actress * Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor, English socialite * Annabel Chong, Stage name of Singaporean-born American pornographic film actress called Grace Quek * Annabelle Chvostek, Canadian singer/songwriter * Annabelle Cripps, British swimmer * Annabel Croft, tennis player * Annabel Elliot, English interior designer and antiques dealer, sister of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall * Annabelle Ewing, Scottish politician * Annabel Giles, writer * Annabel Morris Holvey (1855–1910), American newspaper editor, social reformer * Annabel Langbein, New Zealand chef * Annabel Goldie, Scottish politician * Lady Annabel Goldsmit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, Sex-determination system, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced Secondary sex characteristic, secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Croft
Annabel Nicola Croft (born 12 July 1966) is a former professional British female tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup. After retiring from tennis, she turned to television presenting, with such shows as '' Treasure Hunt'' and ''Interceptor''. In 2005, she appeared in the ITV programme ''Celebrity Wrestling'' and went on to win it. Most recently she has been a presenter for Eurosport, Sky Sports and the BBC. Biography Tennis career Croft was born in Farnborough, Kent. After winning the Wimbledon and Australian Open girls' tournaments in 1984, she won the Virginia Slims of San Diego tournament in 1985, beating Wendy Turnbull in the final in straight sets. In December 1985, she achieved a world ranking of 24. She played for Great Britain in the Fed Cup in 1985 and 1986, and in the Wightman Cup from 1983 to 1986. She con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Port
Annabel Port (born 12 March 1975, Southend-on-Sea) is a British radio presenter. She was the co-presenter of Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port on Absolute Radio from 2008 until the show ended on 12 April 2017. Previously, she has worked on The Geoff Show and read travel reports on the Pete and Geoff Breakfast Show which she hosted along with Lloyd and Pete Mitchell before the latter's departure in December 2005. On 9 May 2011 she won a Gold Sony Radio Award for Best On-Air Contributor. Early life and career Annabel Port was educated at Westcliff High School for Girls and Oxford Brookes University. Prior to working in radio, she taught ESL to Poles and Mexicans for three years, spent six months doing data input, one week cleaning an old people's home and to her knowledge holds the national record for the 6 years she held a paper round (until the unusually mature age of 18). Port is a former presenter of Whipps Cross Hospital Radio. Broadcasting career Virgin Radio On 14 Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Mullion
Annabel Mullion (born 1969) is an actress. She was educated at St Mary's School, Ascot and studied English and Drama at the University of East Anglia. She then completed the 3 year acting course at Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1994. She won the Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award in that year as well. Her films include ''Carrington (film), Carrington'' (1995, dir Christopher Hampton), ''Mission: Impossible (film), Mission: Impossible'' (1996, dir Brian De Palma), ''Me Without You (film), Me Without You'' (2001, dir Sandra Goldbacher), ''A Christmas Carol (1999 film), A Christmas Carol'' (dir David Jones (director), David Jones), ''Scooterman'', and ''Mother's Milk (film), Mother's Milk'' (2012, dir Gerald Fox) for which she received Best Supporting Actress at Monaco Film Festival 2013 for her role as Mary Melrose. In 2006 she played Lady Tara Butler in ''Midsomer Murders'' “Vixen’s Run”. She also appeared in ''Emma_(2009_TV_serial), Emma'' a TV Mini-Series in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Miguelena
Annabel Miguelena is a Panamanian writer, actress and lawyer. Early life She was born in Chitré in 1984. Career She published ''Amo tus pies mugrientos'' (Fundación El Hacedor, El Hacedor, 2011), ''Punto final'' (Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, UTP, 2005) and ''Pedacito de luna'' (Fundacion Buenos Vecinos, 2009). She was winner of the 2010 flash fiction, minicuento contest organized by the Spanish Revista Minatura and the First Mention of Premio Nacional de Cuento "José María Sánchez" 2004 organized by the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá. In 2010, she wrote, produced, composed the music and acted in the play Ana Mía, which was nominated for three Premios Escena in Panama. It won Best Original Play and Best Original Song. References External linksAnnabel Miguelena– Information about the author in the database maintained by the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (in Spanish). – Short stories published in this flash fiction on-line magazine (in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabelle Lyon (dancer)
Annabelle Lyon (New York City, January 8, 1916 – November 4, 2011, Mansfield, Massachusetts) was an American ballerina. She was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. She was raised in Memphis, where her father Max ran a chain of grocery stores. She took her first ballet lessons there and, showing talent, received a scholarship to Michel Fokine's school in New York and lived with relatives in Brooklyn. Lyon was a member of George Balanchine’s American Ballet, founded by Lincoln Kirstein in 1936, and danced in the original casts of ''Le baiser de la fée'', '' Jeu de cartes'' and ''Serenade''. Three years later she was one of the original dancers of Ballet Theatre, now known as American Ballet Theatre. On January 12, 1940, she was the company's first ''Giselle'', partnered by Anton Dolin. The next year, on October 31, she danced her former teacher Fokine's '' Le Spectre de la Rose''; she and her partner Ian Gibson were the last dancers taught the rôles by the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Lyon
Annabel Lyon (born 1971) is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer. She has published two collections of short fiction, two young adult novels, and two adult historical novels, ''The Golden Mean'' and its sequel, ''The Sweet Girl''. Life and work Lyon was born in Brampton, Ontario, north-west of Toronto, but moved to Coquitlam, British Columbia, when she was a year old. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Simon Fraser University and an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. In addition, she attended the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law for one year. Lyon published her first book, ''Oxygen'', a collection of stories, in 2000. ''The Best Thing for You'', a collection of three novellas, followed in 2004 and was nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her first novel, ''The Golden Mean'', which imagines the relationship between Alexander the Great and his teacher, Aristotle, was published in 2009. It held the distincti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Lamb
Annabel Lamb (born 1955) is an English singer-songwriter. Career Annabel Lamb has released eight albums to date. She had a British Top 30 hit in 1983 with her cover version of The Doors song, "Riders on the Storm", her only hit record, hit in the UK Singles Chart. She appeared performing the song on ''Top of the Pops'' later that year. Her debut album, ''Once Bitten (Annabel Lamb album), Once Bitten'', included a guest appearance by Marillion vocalist, Steve Hogarth on keyboards. Her second album, ''The Flame (Annabel Lamb album), The Flame'', spent one week at Number 84 in the UK Albums Chart in April 1984. She has been diverse at times, her earlier albums showing New wave music, new wave, synthpop, experimental rock, jazz and ethnic influences. Lamb has been a session musician, session singer and musician for Toni Basil and Tina Charles (singer), Tina Charles. As well as her sound recording and reproduction, recording and touring career, Lamb has co-written songs with many oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Annabel Goldsmith
Lady Annabel Goldsmith (' Vane-Tempest-Stewart, formerly Birley; born 11 June 1934) is an English socialite and the eponym for a London nightclub of the late 20th century, Annabel's. She was first married for two decades to entrepreneur Mark Birley, the creator of Annabel's, her husband's inaugural members-only Mayfair club. A London society hostess, during the 1960s and the 1970s, she gained notoriety in gossip columns for her extramarital affair with Anglo-French financier James Goldsmith, member of the wealthy banking Goldschmidt family of German-Jewish origin, who later became her second husband. A descendant and heiress of the Londonderry family, her primary occupation has been as a mother of six children whose births span 25 years. She is also an author and founder of the Democracy Movement, a Eurosceptic political advocacy group. Among her children are the journalist and film producer Jemima Goldsmith and Zac Goldsmith, the former Conservative MP for Richmond Park. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Goldie
Annabel MacNicoll Goldie, Baroness Goldie (born 27 February 1950) is a Scottish politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011 and has served as Minister of State for Defence since 2019. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), as one of the additional members for the West Scotland region, from 1999 to 2016. Early life and career Annabel MacNicoll Goldie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and raised in Kilmacolm and Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire. Educated at Kilmacolm Primary School and Greenock Academy, she went on to study at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, graduating with an LL.B in 1971. Prior to entering politics, she was a solicitor and partner with Glasgow law firm Donaldson, Alexander, Russell & Haddow from 1978 to 2006. Political career Goldie first stood for election to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election for the Renfrew West and Inverclyde constituency, coming second with 32.9% of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Langbein
Annabel Rose Langbein (born 1958) is a New Zealand celebrity cook, food writer and publisher. She has published 25 cookbooks and fronted three seasons of her TV series, ''Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook'', which launched on the TV One network in New Zealand and has since screened in more than 90 countries. Early life, family and education Langbein was born in Mangakino and grew up in Wellington. She was the youngest of two daughters of Fred and Anne Langbein. Her father worked as an engineer but was a keen vegetable gardener and beekeeper, while her mother was a cook and home science university graduate. She credits her mother as the inspiration for her love of cooking. Langbein has described herself as being a hippie as a teenager. She left home at age 16 to live for several years with her then-boyfriend and their friends in a run-down house by the Whanganui River, without electricity or running water. They were self-reliant and lived off their hunting, fishing and a ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Morris Holvey
Annabel Morris Holvey (, Freeman; October 4, 1855 – February 17, 1910) was an American newspaper editor, publisher, and author of the long nineteenth century, as well as a lecturer and social reformer in the American temperance movement. Her involvement with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) led her to become widely known on behalf of the temperance cause. Early life and education Annabel Freeman was born in Root, New York, October 4, 1855. Her parents were Matthew and Jane Taylor (Seeley) Freeman. Her ancestors dated their history in the United States back into pre-Revolutionary times, and many of them had prominent parts in the history of that era. Holvey's great-great-grandfather was Peter Harkinson, who was sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey during the Revolutionary War. Her great-grandfather was Judge William VanBrunt, of New Jersey. Elisha Taylor, one of her ancestors, was prominent in the temperance movement as far back as Revolutionary days. Holvey was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
