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The '''London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art''' ('''LAMDA''') is a [[drama school]] located in [[Hammersmith]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Find Your Local Council:search |url=https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council/hammersmith-and-fulham}}</ref> It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the [[Federation of Drama Schools]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Granger |first1=Rachel |title=Rapid Scoping Study on Leicester Drama School |url=https://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2086/17394/Scoping-Curve_FINAL_Dec2018..pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |publisher=De Montfort University Leicester |access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref> The institution is ranked 1st in the [[UK]] in the "[[Drama]] and [[Dance]]" category by [[The Guardian University Guide]] rankings for [[2025]] with a perfect score of 100. It is also ranked 6th in the world by [[The Hollywood Reporter]]'s annual list of the 25 top drama schools and is currently
The academy's graduates work regularly at the [[Royal National Theatre]], the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], [[Shakespeare's Globe]], and the theatres of London's [[West End theatre|West End]] and [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]], as well as on the [[BBC]], [[HBO]], and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. It is registered as a company under the name LAMDA Ltd<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.do-business.net/Indexer/Company/Lamda-Ltd|title=Lamda Ltd|access-date=2018-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055532/http://www.do-business.net/Indexer/Company/Lamda-Ltd|archive-date=2017-11-07|url-status=live}}</ref> and as a charity under its trading name London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.<ref>[http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charities/london-academy-of-music-and-dramatic-art-312821.html London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, charitiesdirect.com] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120722201028/http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charities/london-academy-of-music-and-dramatic-art-312821.html |date=2012-07-22 }}</ref> There is an associate organisation in America under the name of American Friends of LAMDA (AFLAMDA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aflamda.org/|title=LAMDA {{!}} AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LONDON ACADEMY OF MUSIC & DRAMATIC ART|website=aflamda.org|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/america/friends.htm|title=What's On – LAMDA|access-date=2018-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224201546/http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/america/friends.htm|archive-date=2012-02-24|url-status=live}}</ref> A very high proportion of LAMDA's stage management and technical theatre graduates find work in their chosen field within weeks of graduation. LAMDA alumni have received 5 [[Academy Awards]] (out of 13 [[Oscar nominations]]), 10 [[SAG Awards]], 13 [[Tonys]], 15 [[Emmys]], 19 [[Golden Globes]], 21 [[BAFTAs]], and 39 [[Olivier Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood Reporter's list of the top 25 drama schools by Tim Appelo|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-25-drama-schools-319963|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506164225/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-25-drama-schools-319963|archive-date=6 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls008399253/|title = London academy of music and dramatic art|publisher = [[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamda.ac.uk/students-alumni/alumni|title=Alumni | London academy of music & dramatic art}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/|title = Olivier Awards with MasterCard – Previous Winners | #BeInspired}}</ref>
LAMDA is in partnership with the [[Fulbright Program]]. Each year one [[U.S.]] applicant is awarded a Fulbright Scholarship by the US/[[UK Fulbright Commission]] to study for a [[Master of Arts]] in classical acting at the school.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/europe-and-eurasia/united-kingdom/1785|title = United Kingdom: 1 Fulbright/John Wood LAMDA Award in Classical Acting |website=fulbrightonline.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MA Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre {{!}} London academy of music & dramatic art |url=https://www.lamda.ac.uk/all-courses/acting-directing-courses/ma-classical-acting-professional-theatre |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=lamda.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> LAMDA Examinations in the fields of speech, drama, communication, and performance are taken by external students and are recognised by [[Ofqual]], the regulator in England, and its counterparts in [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]]. LAMDA-accredited examinations at Level 3 or above are recognised within the [[UCAS Tariff]] system. LAMDA's Principal is Professor Mark O'Thomas, who succeeded Director [[Sarah Frankcom]] in 2022. [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] succeeded [[Timothy West]] as President of LAMDA's board of trustees in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Benedict Cumberbatch becomes president of Lamda drama school|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42708021|access-date=8 March 2018|publisher=BBC|date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308125227/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42708021|archive-date=2018-03-08|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=LAMDA appoints Professor Mark O'Thomas as principal and chief executive|url=https://www.dramaandtheatre.co.uk/news/article/lamda-appoints-professor-mark-o-thomas-as-principal-and-chief-executive|website=dramaandtheatre.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2022-08-16}}</ref><ref name="lamda.ac.uk">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lamda.ac.uk/news/lamda-announces-next-principal-and-chief-executive |title=LAMDA announces next Principal and Chief Executive |date=2022-08-16 |website=lamda.ac.uk|access-date=2022-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/manchester-theatre/news/sarah-frankcom-artistic-director-royal-exchange_48603.html|title=Sarah Frankcom to step down as artistic director of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre {{!}} WhatsOnStage|website=whatsonstage.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/press/releases/LAMDAAppointsANewPrincipal_000.pdf|title=Press Office|access-date=2018-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514193536/http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/press/releases/LAMDAAppointsANewPrincipal_000.pdf|archive-date=2013-05-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== History ==
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*Vice-president: [[Patricia Hodge]]
*Chairman: [[Shaun Woodward]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=LAMDA chairman Luke Rittner steps down after 23 years |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/lamda-chairman-luke-rittner-steps-down-after-23-years |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=The Stage |language=En}}</ref>
*Vice Chair: [[Thomas Lyttelton, 3rd Viscount Chandos|Tom Chandos]],
*Other Board members: Shamez Alibhai, David Roper, Professor [https://www.lamda.ac.uk/professor-naren-barfield Naren Barfield], Georgia Brown, Mohammad Dastbaz, Frances Corner, Nese Guner, Joanne Hirst, Katie Channon, Nathan Richardson, Thomas Laing-Baker, Joanne Hirst, Helen Protheroe, Michelle Daisley, [[Leah Harvey]], [[Rory Kinnear]], [[Dame Shirley Pearce]]
*Staff Trustee: Annabel Mutale Reed
===Honorary Fellows===
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* [[Gabby Beans]] – (''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'')
* [[Haluk Bilginer]] – (''[[Winter Sleep (film)|Winter Sleep]]'', ''[[The International (2009 film)|The International]]'')
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* [[Jenny Boyd (actress)|Jenny Boyd]] – (''[[Legacies (TV series)|Legacies]]'')
* [[Jim Broadbent]] – (''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'', ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'')
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* [[Alexis Denisof]] – (''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* [[Diana Dors]] – (''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]'', ''[[A Kid for Two Farthings (film)|A Kid for Two Farthings]]'', ''[[Yield to the Night]]'')
* [[Matt Doyle (actor)|Matt Doyle]] - ([[Company (musical)|Company]])
* [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]] – (''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'', ''[[Children of Men]]'')
* [[Rosaline Elbay]] – (''[[Kaleidoscope (American TV series)|Kaleidoscope]]'', ''[[Ramy (TV series)|Ramy]]'')
* [[Jason Flemyng]] – (''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', ''[[Snatch (film)|Snatch]]'')
* [[Rebecca Frecknall]] - ([[Cabaret (musical)|''Cabaret''
* [[Sarah Goldberg]] – (''[[Barry (TV series)|Barry]],'' ''[[Clybourne Park]]'')
* [[Tony Goldwyn]] – (''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]'', ''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'', ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'')
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* [[Richard Harris]] – (''[[This Sporting Life]]'', ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'')
* [[Steven Hartley]] – (''[[The Bill]], ''[[EastEnders]])
* [[Leah Harvey]] - ([[Foundation (TV series)|Foundation]])
* [[Anthony Head]] – (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'')
* [[Edward Herrmann]] – (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', ''[[The Lost Boys]]'')
* [[Patricia Hodge]] - ([[Betrayal (1983 film)|Betrayal]], [[Hotel du Lac (film)|Hotel du Lac, Miranda]], [[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]])
* [[William Hootkins]] – (''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'')
* [[Lee Ingleby]] – (''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', ''[[Inspector George Gently]]'')
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* [[Rita Wilson]] – (''[[Sleepless in Seattle (film)|Sleepless in Seattle]]'')
* [[Rosie Holt]] – (''[[The Russell Howard Show]]'')
* [[Ruth Wilson]] – (''[[Luther (TV series)|Luther]]'', ''[[Saving Mr. Banks]], [[His Dark Materials (TV series)|His Dark Materials]]'')
* [[Philip Winchester]] – (''[[Camelot (TV series)|Camelot]]'', ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]'')
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