Residence U.S. Role Author | Name Tessa Dahl Nationality British | |
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Full Name Chantal Sophia Dahl Born 11 April 1957 (age 67) ( 1957-04-11 ) Isle of Wight Occupation Novelist and journalist. Children Sophie Dahl, Luke Kelly, Clover Kelly, Ned Donovan Siblings Lucy Dahl, Ophelia Dahl, Theo Matthew Dahl, Olivia Twenty Dahl Movies Happy Mother's Day, Love George, Leopard in the Snow Spouse Patrick Donovan (m. 1992–1992), James Kelly (m. 1980–1988) Similar People | ||
Parents Roald Dahl, Patricia Neal | ||
Chantal Sophia "Tessa" Dahl (born 11 April 1957) is an English author and former actress.
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Life
Dahl was born in Oxford, the daughter of British author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal. She grew up in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, and attended Roedean and Downe House schools, the Elizabeth Russell Cookery School and the Herbert Bergof Acting Studio.
Dahl has worked as an actress, modeled, worked at an antique shop, worked at an employment agency and written articles for Tatler before publishing her first novel, the semi-autobiographical Working For Love, in 1988. Tessa Dahl became a prolific author of children's fiction. Her book Gwenda and the Animals won the Friends of the Earth Best Children's Book of the Year. In addition, she has written extensively for the London Times, Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, "The Sunday Telegraph", the Daily Mail, The Mail On Sunday, Vogue, House and Garden (USA) and YOU Magazine. She is a contributing editor to the women's glossy magazine Tatler.
Dahl's relationship with actor Julian Holloway produced one daughter, model and author Sophie Dahl; the couple separated shortly afterwards. She subsequently married businessman James Kelly and had two children, Clover and Luke. She then married businessman Patrick Donovan, son of Ambassador Francis Patrick Donovan, and had a son, Ned. She has also had relationships with Peter Sellers, David Hemmings, Bryan Ferry, Brian de Palma and Dai Llewellyn.
She revealed in her writings for the Daily Mail that she has Complex PTSD.
Theatre
Apprenticed at the Barter Theatre, Abingdon, Va. (1972). The Deep Man by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1979) Royal Exchange, Manchester.
