Happy 22nd birthday, zoewanamaker.com!

29 July 2024 18:39

It’s almost impossible to believe, but 30 July will mark 22 years since I launched this website for Zoë Wanamaker fans! The site started life on Geocities before moving to zoewanamaker.com a few years later.

Zoë by @karodoodle

One of the most enjoyable aspects of running a website about my favourite actor is having the opportunity to get to know and become friends with other fans of Zoë and her fantastic work. For the site’s 22nd anniversary, I want to highlight a particularly special friend, Karoline (aka @karodoodle). She’s extremely kind, bright and creative with a strong social conscience and sense of justice; in other words, she possesses many of the qualities numerous fans around the world admire in Zoë.

Speaking of fans, I’m a huge fan of Karoline’s striking, stylised portraits. So I was over the moon when she agreed to create the above image of Zoë especially for this anniversary. (You can click on it to see a bigger version; there’s also a big version without the text). Karoline has a gift for capturing a person’s likeness with relatively few lines. I’m reminded of the way Zoë excels at capturing a character - by the time she’s spoken just a few lines, you have an unforgettably strong sense of that individual, from Madam Hooch to Ranyevskaya.

If you’d like to see more of Karoline’s amazing art, including this portrait she created for me last year (I told you she’s kind!) and images of her favourite band, Sparks, check out her Instagram profile @karodoodle.

Sending much love and gratitude to Zoë, her PA Vanessa, and my family and friends for their enthusiasm and support. And thank YOU for visiting this website! I’ll do my best to make the next 12 months of zoewanamaker.com as fun and memorable as possible.

And let’s conclude this celebratory post with a recent, delightful press photo of Zoë and her husband, Gawn Grainger :)

Liz xx

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