Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna is a British stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner. Virginia has won numerous awards throughout her career, including a BAFTA for her role in A Town Like Alice (1956), and a nomination for Carve Her Name With Pride (1958). She is possibly most well-known however for playing Joy Adamson in the 1966 movie Born Free. In 1998 Virginia set up the ‘Born Free Foundation’ which focuses on preventing animal abuse, and protecting wildlife.