Who are some female British icons?

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dbxp@reddit

* Ada Lovelace * Queen Elizabeth * Emmeline Pankhurst * Margret Thatcher * Mary queen of Scotts * Eleanor of Aquitaine * Boudica

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glasgowgeg@reddit

> Mary queen of Scotts What about those not named Scott?

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catsaregreat78@reddit

Queen of Brians, Queen of Garys, Queen of Kevins….

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DJ_Beardsquirt@reddit

If we're listing royals then surely Queen Victoria has to make the list?

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Cheese-n-Opinion@reddit

TIL they're not the same person.

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Mirren and the dench miester Denise welch sorry I'm butchering her name. Beth gibbons Mo Hayder? For starting later and waiting solid books. Olivia. Vicky coren Nigella, Angela Mary, Prue, Lisa, let's be having you lady. I don't know we can claim Monica she lives here but has her heritage shes an icon however. Dame Tami and not seen her in while anywhere a true icon and a light for people who not abled. Liz truss..... :) History woman I don't know her name but makes it accessible and interesting to idiots like .me. Dent Every Jodie wityicker and former etc Billie piper Michelle Gomez. Katie piper to be so brave and open. Radcliffe colgan and many more sorry lionesses but them. Mate is so many and I'll back each answer up if I need too. Emma Thompson Saunders and french. The woman who runs single handedly a food bank near me. Hey is alot I can keep going and whatever but we have some amazing women In the UK we really do.

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

Pat butcher

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Budget_Stomach1633@reddit

Paaaaaat......

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Perrirs@reddit

Miriam Margoyles

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Sea_Kangaroo826@reddit

Or the dog she voices in dog squad (cbeebies) - Sylvie!

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sillydog80@reddit

Spice Girls. 5 looks to choose from there.

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Bethlizardbreath@reddit

Pigtails, pearls, Union Jack dress, animal print socks/gloves, trainers.

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AlGunner@reddit

Helen Mirren Maggie Smith Olivia Coleman Joanna Lumley

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X2seraphim@reddit

Olivia Coleman is the same in everything she’s in , she the female version of Hugh grant.

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NeedleworkerNew2746@reddit

That’s just so far from true - and also, have you seen anything Hugh Grant did after about 2003 because he’s very different in a lot of roles as he’s gotten older as well.

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bahumat42@reddit

She's the same in the bear and peep show? I must be remembering peep show very differently to you.

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TooMuchBrightness@reddit

Joanna Lumley as drunk Patsy 😂

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Faraway-Fire@reddit

Upsy Daisy, freak everyone out

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MelodicAd2213@reddit

The late Princess Diana, Barbara Windsor, Princess Anne, Amy Winehouse, Dusty Springfield

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SGTingles@reddit

Not having a go here, I'm just intrigued – why do you specify "the late" there? I assume you don't mean they should go as her _after_ she... well, you know. But four of the five people in your list are dead, yet you don't preface the other three of them with "the late", so it just jumps out at me a bit.

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Thomasinarina@reddit

That’s why she was speeding.

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SGTingles@reddit

Oh gawd, I feel slightly guilty about laughing at this, but _applause_ 👏👏

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yearsofpractice@reddit

Is becos Prinsis Di is WIV THE ANGLES!

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Party-Werewolf-4888@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/f5rtnyqriigg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fcb80a9e8226532a7082537cd06b2efca774a865 Take this bag

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Affectionate-Owl9594@reddit

There were three of us in this marriage…

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Bubble2905@reddit

Miriam Margolyes

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True-Abalone-3380@reddit

Make sure to eat lots of sprouts & baked beans for the preceding couple of days to get the full experience.

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CakeCatsClay@reddit

She likes raw onions eaten like an apple.

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sheepandlambs@reddit

Verity Lambert, the first producer of Doctor Who, and I believe the first female producer at the BBC at all. Went on to helm a lot of big shows. JK Rowling, creator of Harry Potter? Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein? Mary Berry? Nigella Lawson? Deliah Smith? Honor Blackman? Keira Knightley? Maggie Smith?

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Useful-Risk-4340@reddit

Shirley Bassey

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Fingertoes1905@reddit

Dusty Springfield! You can wear a fabulous 60s dress with an iconic hairpiece

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docju@reddit

Vera Lynn? Dot Cotton? Deirdre Barlow?

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Deirdre Rachid is the best choice on here.

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StarSpotter74@reddit

Traceyluv

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Brief_Reflection_343@reddit

Annie Lennox

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TheFourSevens@reddit

Joanna Lumley.

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DizzyMine4964@reddit

Can't stand that posh fringe woman.

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bleach1969@reddit

Tilda Swinton

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aussieflu999@reddit

Edina Monsoon

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Decalvare_Scriptor@reddit

Diana Rigg (as Emma Peel)

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rocketscientology@reddit

Cilla Black - then sit down at somebody else’s table and refuse to move https://preview.redd.it/pdsmn9ww4hgg1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5ca6209ec6896cd657dbb6504583d5a558fda4b

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swapacoinforafish@reddit

Julie Andrews

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Think_Vermicelli_815@reddit

Patsy and Edina AbFab

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Therealladyboneyard@reddit

Dame Judi Dench Dame Joan Plowright

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Neither_March4000@reddit

Ada Lovelace, Marie Stopes, Florence Nightingale, get a mate and go as Eddy and Patsy, QE1, QE2, Boudica, Queen Victoria, Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Helen Mirren, Emmeline Pankhurst, The Dench, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Olivia Coleman, Emma Thompson, Dame Ellen Macarthur, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Sally Gunnell, Mary Peters, Barbara Castle (equal pay for women), Virginia Wade, Nicola Adams, Jane Torvill, Sharron Davis, Dorothy Hodgkin (Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry)

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mhoulden@reddit

Mary Whitehouse.

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Novocaine_Blues@reddit

I don't know necessarily how well-known she is amongst the British public, but Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer (in the 1800's which is insane) and one of the most important people in the history of computing

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Glittering-Laugh9741@reddit

Have you ever left the house before, OP, or can't you ask your parents? Britain has produced some of the most iconic women of all time: Queen Elizabeth II Bonnie Tyler Marianne Faithful Audrey Hepburn Annie Lennox Denise Lewis Florence Nightingale Emily Pankhurst Tracey Beaker Barbara Windsor Sonia for Eastenders Jane Austen Agatha Christie Margaret Thatcher Judie Dench My Nan

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spanakopita555@reddit

I'm enjoying the bathos of QEII to Bonnie Tyler

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SGTingles@reddit

Me too, that was spectacular..! 🤣

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hiddenoutro@reddit

Do you always start replies by insulting people?

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

I would argue that Tracy Beaker was a girl not a woman and it's disgusting that you didn't say Pat Butcher

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Mission-Raccoon979@reddit

Tracey Beaker grew up

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

But most people know tracy beaker from the original

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AnnualLongjumping473@reddit

My nan’s also at the top 👍🏽

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CMDoet@reddit

I always thought Moira Stuart was a peak British female icon but ofc as someone else said, be appropriate.

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fussyfella@reddit

Dame Helen Mirren Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock Queen Camilla Victoria Beckham (or any Spice Girl) Helen Fry Dame Sarah Gilbert Professor Alice Roberts Leah Williamson Not alive: Margaret Thatcher Queen Elizabeth I Queen Victoria Queen Elizabeth II Diana Princess of Wales Jane Austen Rosalind Franklin Ada Lovelace

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Shawn_The_Sheep777@reddit

Kate Bush

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ErrantBrit@reddit

Margaret Thatcher with a black-eye and missing tooth. Yeah, she was divisive and hated by the north and the left. But no-one can deny she wasn't tough as shit, and there must be (albeit begrudgingly) level of respect attached to that. People don't publicly threaten to piss on your grave if you weren't hard a fuck.

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BG3restart@reddit

Mary Whitehouse

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Fun_Gas_7777@reddit

Lol, shes really not an icon. An icon is someone famous around the world, for decades.

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BG3restart@reddit

British icon only needs to be iconic in Britain.

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration. You are wrong

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im_just_called_lucy@reddit

“Icon” doesn’t have to fit that specific definition. So long as the woman in question is *recognisable and has made a positive impact*, it works.

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wurkyticket@reddit

Vivienne Westwood or Zandra Rhodes

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Leotardleotard@reddit

Siouxsie Sioux (even has a song called Icons) PJ Harvey Twiggy Jane Birkin

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palf74@reddit

PJ Harvey Emilia Clarke Kate Bush Helen Mirren

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mrbadger2000@reddit

Paloma Faith

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Resident_Win_1058@reddit

Put a lab coat on and go as Rosalind Franklin

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Nob-Biscuits@reddit

Bush

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MissBliss555@reddit

Naomi Campbell (I don’t need to tell you not to blackface of course !), Kim Woodburn !, Katie Price (maybe not safe for college 😂), Amy Winehouse is a good one, Pat Butcher, any of the Spice Girls, Princess Di

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snowmanseeker@reddit

Queen Victoria

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map01302@reddit

Please dress up as Margaret Thatcher

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posh_chav@reddit

The late Queen Elizabeth II was the first that popped to mind. Doesn’t get much more British (expecting some jokes about the RF being German) or iconic than our longest reigning monarch! Vera lynne (unsure on spelling) also popped to mind

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MysteriousFan7983@reddit

First person who came to mind for me was Adele. Not someone whose music I particularly like, so I have no idea where that came from 😂 If you have 4 friends you could be the Spice Girls. Really depends on if you can be historical figures and fictional characters or not, but considering you don’t have time to get a wig for Claudia Winkleman, it makes me think you probably need this in like the next week, and need the costume to be something you can construct from things you have at home

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