The leading ladies of cinema

She’s played Dr Nikki Alexander in BBC drama Silent Witness for the past 21 years, but it’s clear Emilia Fox still loves her “dream role”, which she says fits in comfortably with her role as mother to

Eleven years on from the ‘transgender tipping point’ — a term coined by Time magazine when it featured Laverne Cox on its cover, and a moment of self-visualisation and representation for many a trans

From pop star to Kitchen Disco icon, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has brought joy to lives and homes across the globe. She talks to Rosamund Dean about marriage, menopause and why the music must go on

Book adaptations have never been more in demand, but can they ever really do justice to the original work? With a slew of bestsellers getting the big- or small-screen treatment, Christobel Hastings explores why the trend is good news for women

Ruth has lots of plans for the future ...

Straight-talking, mad about make-up and proud to be an Essex girl, Dame Helen Mirren tells Annie Vischer what it means to be an icon