Sarah Miles was born on 31st December 1941 and is loved as one of Britain’s foremost theatre and film actresses. At the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she was seen by Sir John Gielgud, who put her straight into the play he was directing in the West End, Dazzling Prospect, opposite Margaret Rutherford. Sarah then went on to Worthing Repertory Company, where she was talent-spotted, and appeared opposite her icon, Laurence Olivier, as a precocious schoolgirl in Terms of Trial. For many, Sarah was the icon of the 1960s – beautiful, bold and brilliant.

In the following years, she became a popular actress of ‘New Wave’ with her roles in Joseph Losey's The Servant and in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up. After a stint in the National Theatre, and some more West End plays, Sarah’s outstanding performance in 1970, in the lead role of David Lean’s Ryan’s Daughter, earned her an Academy Award (‘Oscar’) nomination for Best Actress. In 1973, Sarah appeared in The Hireling, with Robert Shaw, which won the Cannes Film Festival award.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Sarah delivered superb performances in Lady Caroline Lamb, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines, Great Expectations, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, White Mischief, Hope and Glory.

Sarah prefers writing to acting and has written a one woman musical, Widow Smiles, and a three-handed play, Charlemagne, both of which have received excellent reviews in the UK and USA. Sarah has also written a trilogy of critically acclaimed memoirs – A Right Royal Bastard; Serves Me Right; and Bolt from the Blue. In 1998, Sarah authored her first book of fiction, Beautiful Mourning, and at the end of 2005, Sarah’s first children’s book, The Tales of Hiawatha will be published.

In 1967, Sarah married Robert Bolt, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter of Lawrence of Arabia, Ryan’s Daughter, The Mission, Lady Caroline Lamb, Dr Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons – the latter two earning Robert Academy Awards. Robert’s plays include A Man for All Seasons, Flowering Cherry, The Tiger and a Horse, and Gentle Jack. Sarah and Robert were married for seven years, divorced for seven years, and remarried again for fourteen. Sadly, Robert died in 1995. They have one son together, Tom, and a grandson Billy.