further £3,500 for the charity. In 2009, Lawrence raised £25,000 for Sunfield by appearing on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with Meera Syal. Lawrence and Shane Richie participated in the final leg of the celebrity Around the World in 80 Days challenge to raise money for Children in Need 2009. They travelled from Memphis to Wilmington, North Carolina and then to London over 15 days. Honours and personal life Lawrence is single. In an interview with Jim Sweeney, she said of being asked why she is unmarried, "It's always the same: 'You're 41 and not married and no kids.' God, I'm so bored with it." She resides in Hackney, London. She has two cats, a long-haired ginger (Aynuk) and a black-and-white (Ayli), named after the Black Country characters Aynuk and Ayli, who feature prominently in jokes about Black Country dialect. As a guest on QI she named David Attenborough "her God". In 1994, Lawrence was awarded an honorary doctorate by Dartington College of Arts, and she has since been awarded two more, an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Wolverhampton in 2004 and in 2006 a doctorate by Aston University for "services to the entertainment industry." Sandwell Council named one of their road gritting trucks "Frozie Lawrence" in her honour. Filmography Appearances References External links Josie Lawrence on Stages of Half Moon 1959 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Audiobook narrators English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses English women comedians People from Oldbury, West Midlands Royal Shakespeare Company members