New Year Honours 2020
Donna Langley-shamshiri DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to Film and Entertainment.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division Diplomatic service and overseas list
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be an Ordinary Dame Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Donna LANGLEY-SHAMSHIRI
Chairperson, Universal Film Entertainment Group, Los Angeles, United States of America
For services to Film and Entertainment.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 16 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2020
Brian Mcleod
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London, Greater London
“For services to Charity.”
Caroline Allen
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Caroline Palmer Yeates
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Surrey
“For services to Cancer Medicine.”
Diana Johnson
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For charitable and political service.”
Gillian Guy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Public and Voluntary Sectors.”
Julia Unwin
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Civil Society.”
Lesley Regan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Women’s Healthcare.”
Olivia Newton-john
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Living Abroad
“For services to Charity, to Cancer Research and to Entertainment.”
Prof Lynn Faith Gladden
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Academic and Industrial Research in Chemical Engineering.”
Prof Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Farnham, Surrey
“For services to Art and to Arts Education.”
Rose Tremain
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Writing.”
Sarah Whatmore
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Oxfordshire
“For services to the Study of Environmental Policy.”
Sharon White
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For public service.”
Susan Campbell
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Leicestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Teresa Colomba Graham
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Small Businesses.”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
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London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
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Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
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Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455451. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
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