Mary Anna McCartney (born 28 August 1969) is a British photographer, documentary filmmaker, cookbook author, and Global Ambassador for Meat Free Monday. She is also the host for the

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vegan cooking show, ''Mary McCartney Serves It Up.'' McCartney is a daughter of musician and singer/songwriter

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, and photographer/vegetarian activist, cookbook author, and entrepreneur Linda McCartney.

Early life

Mary McCartney was born on 28 August 1969 at Avenue Clinic in St John's Wood, London, England. She is the eldest child of

and Linda Eastman, and has four siblings Heather, Stella,

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and Beatrice.

Photography and film

She is a British photographer. In 2015, she was chosen to photograph Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate the fact that she was the "longest-reigning British monarch in more than 1,000 years."

''If These Walls Could Sing'' (2022)

McCartney directed the documentary ''

If These Walls Could Sing ''If These Walls Could Sing'' is a 2022 British documentary film directed by Mary McCartney, in her feature documentary debut, about the history of Abbey Road Studios in London and the experiences and memories of the musicians who have played t ...

''. It is her feature documentary debut, about the history of Abbey Road Studios in London and the experiences and memories of the musicians who have played there. It was created as the Centrepiece of Abbey Road Studios’ 90th anniversary celebrations in November 2022. It was announced in January 2021 that McCartney would direct a documentary about Abbey Road Studios. McCartney said “some of my earliest memories as a young child come from time spent at Abbey Road, I’ve long wanted to tell the story of this historic place.” As well as her father

, contributions are reported to be from Jimmy Page,

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, Pink Floyd, John Williams, Celeste, Elton John,

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, and Shirley Bassey. Production is by Mercury Studios and Ventureland. McCartney said what she “wanted from the interviews was to drill down into those musicians really feel about Abbey Road. "Do you really care about Abbey Road? It's a building and you recorded here, but whatever. Do you really care?" And I think from the interviews, you can really see they are thinking fondly about it.”

Vegetarian and vegan cooking

McCartney grew up, along with the rest of her siblings, as a vegetarian. In 2009, McCartney along with her father Paul and sister Stella, launched

Meatless Monday Meatless Monday is an international campaign that encourages people to not eat meat on Mondays to improve their health and the health of the planet. Meatless Monday is a non-profit initiative of The Monday Campaigns Inc. in association with the ...

s in the United Kingdom.Eat less meat, save the planet: how Mary McCartney is continuing her family legacy
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Cookbooks

McCartney has written two vegetarian cookbooks, ''Food: Vegetarian Home Cooking'' (2012) and ''At My Table: Vegetarian Feasts for Family and Friends'' (2015).Mary McCartney carries on late mum Linda's passion for meat-free lifestyle with new vegetarian cookbook
/ref> McCartney is currently both a vegan and vegetarian chef. In 2021, she, Paul, and Stella McCartney veganized 90 of her mother's recipes, and released them as the vegan cookbook book, ''Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul''.Paul, Stella & Mary McCartney Release Linda’s Plant-Based Family Cookbook
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''Mary McCartney Serves It Up''

McCartney launched Season 1 of the

vegan cooking show, ''Mary McCartney Serves It Up,'' in February 2021,Food Network Teams With Mary McCartney on Cooking Classes for Subscription App, Live TV Special
/ref> Season 2 in November 2021, and Season three in November 2022.The show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2022.2022 Daytime Emmy Awards: See the list of winners so far
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Personal life

McCartney married Alistair Donald on 26 September 1998, and had two sons.
/ref> After McCartney and Donald divorced, she married Simon Aboud in 2010. They have two sons.

Nominations and awards

Daytime Emmy Awards

Bibliography

Cookbooks

Vegetarian *''At My Table: Vegetarian Feasts for Family and Friends'' (Chatto & Windus, 2014) *''Food: Vegetarian Home Cooking'' (Chatto & Windus, 2012) *''The Meat Free Monday Cookbook'' (Kyle Books, 2011) (Foreword by Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney) Vegan *McCartney, Linda (with Paul, Mary, and Stella McCartney). ''Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul.'' (Voracious/Little, Brown, and Co., 2021)

Film

*''

(2022) - Director

Photography

Books *''Mary McCartney: Paris Nude'' (HENI Publishing, 2019) *''Mary McCartney: The White Horse'' (Rizzoli International Publishing, 2018) Paul McCartney celebrates daughter’s book at VIP dinner
/ref> *''Mary McCartney: Twelfth Night 15.12.13'' (HENI Publishing, 2016) *''Mary McCartney: Monochrome & Colour'' (GOST Books, 2014) *''Mary McCartney: From Where I Stand'' (Thames & Hudson, 2010) Selected exhibitions *''Off Pointe: A Photographic Study of the Royal Ballet After Hours'' at The Royal Opera House, London (2004) and presented by The Royal Photographic Society at Photo London (2019) *''Undone.'' (2017, Toronto) *''Linda McCartney and Mary McCartney: Mother, Daughter'': at the Gagosian Gallery, New York (2015); and at Fotografiska, Stockholm (2018)See Intimate Family Photos of the McCartney Family
/ref> *''From Where I Stand'': at the National Portrait Gallery and Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (2010)From Where I Stand: Photographs by Mary McCartney
/ref> *''British Style Observed'': at the National History Museum, London (2008)Mary McCartney’s star-studded photographic exhibition
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References

External links

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Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen - In Conversation with Paul, Mary and Stella (Paul McCartney Official Channel)
- Interview, Oct 6, 2021 Mary McCartney Serves it Up
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Early life

Photography and film

''If These Walls Could Sing'' (2022)

Vegetarian and vegan cooking

Cookbooks

''Mary McCartney Serves It Up''

Personal life

Nominations and awards

Daytime Emmy Awards

See also

Bibliography

Cookbooks

Film

Photography

Further reading

References

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