- Amy Lamé
Amy Lamé (born
January 21 1971 ) is an American born, British radio and televisionpresenter ,comedian , model,club promoter , andwriter .Lamé was born in 1971 and raised in
New Jersey . She attendedWashington College inChestertown, Maryland and moved toLondon in 1992. Having worked at First Out, a Londonlesbian andgay café, Amy became prominent in London's alternative lesbian and gay scene when she launched a club night calledDuckie withSimon Strange in 1995 at theVauxhall Tavern , a pub inSouth London . Duckie continues to run every Saturday, and under the direction of Strange and Lamé.The Duckie brand has also included larger-scale club night projects and award-winning theatre events.Lamé works as a radio presenter with
Danny Baker onBBC London 94.9 and appeared on hispodcast , the "All Day Breakfast Show ". She also appeared in the second UK series of "Celebrity Fit Club" and has made regular appearances on the programmes "Loose Women " and "Richard & Judy ". Early in her career, she appeared (uncredited) on "TFI Friday " in their Fat Lookalikes feature as a fatPam Ayres , and has appeared in a video for Oasis.In 2006, Lamé developed a semi-fictional stage show, "The Mama Cass Family Singers", which she performed at the
Edinburgh Festival and for a short run at theSoho Theatre in London.Lamé has a distinctive look. She is a large woman with trademark fly-away black-rimmed spectacles and an ironic take on the 1950s American housewife style. She takes occasional modelling work, and her face can be seen on packets of
Hula Hoops .Lamé lives with her British
girlfriend , Jenny, usually referred to as "the Strawberry Blonde", inPimlico .cite web
title =Famous Gay & Lesbian Celebrities
publisher =QueerAttitude.com
url =http://www.queerattitude.com/society/famous.php
accessdate =2008-01-04 ] [cite web
last =Sims
first =Fiona
title =Amy Lamé
publisher =Decanter.com
date =2007-11-14
url =http://www.decanter.com/archive/article.php?id=155660
accessdate =2008-01-04 ] She became a British citizen in early 2007.After receiving a pink knitted breast from
I Knit London on the opening night of her show, "The Mama Cass Family Singers", at the Soho Theatre, she learnt to knit and crochet. She can regularly be seen crocheting on stage at her Saturday night club night, Duckie, at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. In November 2007 Amy appeared at their UK Stitch 'n Bitch Day launching her project Pom-Pom International, described on the website as 'a global phenomenon of yarny art!' She has subsequently held pom-pom making parties at Duckie and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2008 and will return toI Knit London 's I Knit Day in September 2008.References
External links
* [http://www.amylame.com Amy Lamé's website and blog since 2007]
* [http://amylame.blogspot.com/ Amy Lamé's pre-2007 blog]
* [http://www.mamacassfamilysingers.com Mama Cass Family Singers: Official Site]
* [http://www.duckie.co.uk Duckie]
* [http://www.pompominternational.com Pom Pom International]
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