Birthday Honours 2018
Fenella Fielding OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Actress
“For services to Drama and to charity.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Miss Fenella Marion FIELDING
Actress
For services to Drama and to charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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London
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Actress
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- London
“For services to Drama and to charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 249 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Actress.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2018
Abi Morgan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to Theatre and Screenwriting.”
Adam Lawrence
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Gloucestershire
“For public service and services to the community in South Wales.”
Agnes Wylie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Kent
“For services to Art.”
Alexander Nileshwar
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to Military Capability.”
Alice Coote
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Cheshire
“For services to Music.”
Alison Davenport
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to Electrochemistry and Corrosion Science.”
Allison Ramsay
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Learning Disability Nursing.”
Amandeep Madra
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Punjabi and Sikh Heritage and Culture.”
Amarjit Samra
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to Defence Medical Research.”
Andrew Brigden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Cornwall
“For services to the UK Ports and Maritime Industry.”
Andrew Davison
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Northumberland
“For services to the Environment, to Culture and to the community in North East England.”
Andrew Fraser
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Edinburgh
“For services to Healthcare.”
Andrew Gregory
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Hertfordshire
“For services to Transport Resilience.”
Andrew Sharpe
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Surrey
“For voluntary political service.”
Angela Morgan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Clackmannanshire
“For services to Children and Families.”
Angela Williams
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Anne Bamford
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Surrey
“For services to Education.”
Anne Moore
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Devon
“For services to Neurosurgery and Surgical Standards.”
Anne Tiivas
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Leicestershire
“For services to Safeguarding Children and Young People.”
Anne-Maree Keenan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
North Yorkshire
“For services to Podiatry.”
Annette Dryburgh
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Stirling
“For services to Women Offenders.”
Anthony Joshua
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to Sport.”
Arjun Waney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“For services to the Restaurant Industry.”
Ashok Roy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
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.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041649. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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