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Lois Elaine Winstone (born 1982) is an English actress. She has had parts in both Holby City and The Bill, as well as in several films. Her younger sister Jaime is also an actress Early life Winstone is the eldest daughter of English actor Ray Winstone and his wife, Elaine McCausland. She was born in London, attending Enfield County School. Later, the family moved to Roydon, Essex. She returned to the London Borough of Enfield to attend Southgate College, where she studied art. Career Her first major acting role was an uncredited part in Gary Oldman's 1997 drama Nil by Mouth, alongside her father. Lois would again appear with her father in 2001's Last Orders, this time playing the role of Kath. She appeared in four episodes of The Bill in 2002, playing Chloe Kendrick. Two years later in 2004 she appeared in the "Night Fever" episode of Holby City. In 2004, she appeared alongside her father again, in Everything. 2005 saw Lois appear in the TV film Perfect Day. In 2006, Winstone played the role of Kirsty in the TV mini-series, When Evil Calls. She described her character as "a gothic schoolgirl lesbian". In 2007, she played Lilith in Beyond the Rave. In 2011 she appeared in the British indie film, The Hot Potato, alongside her father. In 2014, she appeared in two episodes of Game of Thrones, season 4, as the "Mole's Town whore." Winstone was the face and body of the Ann Summers Spring Summer 2009 Enchantment lingerie collection. Winstone is currently in Lois & The Love. Winstone is part of electro pop group This Year's Model, brain child of Manchester techno guru DNCN. She also goes by the stage name "Baby Bo" as part of the London-based hip hop trio Crack Village. She describes joining the group as "a fluke". References External links Lois Winstone at IMDb. Discover the Lois Winston popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lois Winston books.

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  • Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide synopsis, comments

    Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide

    Lois Winston

    Two and a half weeks ago magazine crafts editor Anastasia Pollack arrived home to find Ira Pollack, her halfbrotherinlaw, had blinged out her home with enough Christmas lights to r...

  • Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set synopsis, comments

    Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set

    Lois Winston

    The fifth and sixth books in the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries A Stitch to Die For Ever since her husband died and left her in debt equal to the gross n...

  • Top Ten Reasons Your Novel is Rejected synopsis, comments

    Top Ten Reasons Your Novel is Rejected

    Lois Winston

    Over the years Lois Winston has given workshops and talks to several thousand aspiring writers. As a literary agent, she’s listened to hundreds of pitches and read through tens of ...

  • Talk Gertie to Me synopsis, comments

    Talk Gertie to Me

    Lois Winston

    Two years ago Nori Stedworth fled the conservative mentality of both her parents and Ten Commandments, Iowa for Manhattan. She loves her new lifeuntil one devastating afternoon tha...

  • Hooking Mr. Right synopsis, comments

    Hooking Mr. Right

    Emma Carlyle & Lois Winston

    Can a buttugly alley cat named Cupid bring together two people driven apart by secrets and lies? After writing a doctoral thesis that exposed fraud in the poppsychology genre, thi...

  • Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set synopsis, comments

    Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set

    Lois Winston

    The seventh and eighth books in the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series. Drop Dead Ornaments Anastasia Pollack's son Alex is dating Sophie Lambert, the ...

  • Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception synopsis, comments

    Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception

    Lois Winston

    Winner of the 2008 Winter Rose Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction, the 2008 More Than Magic Award, and the 2008 Laurie Award Life has delivered one sucker punch after another...

  • Definitely Dead synopsis, comments

    Definitely Dead

    Lois Winston

    An homage to Dashell Hammet’s Thin Man movies with a modern day spin on Nick and Nora Charles  When her career is outsourced to Asia, fledgling romance author and emptynester ...

  • Drop Dead Ornaments synopsis, comments

    Drop Dead Ornaments

    Lois Winston

    Anastasia Pollack’s son Alex is dating Sophie Lambert, the new kid in town. For their community service project, the high school seniors have chosen to raise money for the county f...

  • A Crafty Collage of Crime synopsis, comments

    A Crafty Collage of Crime

    Lois Winston

    Wherever crafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack goes, murder and mayhem follow. Her honeymoon is no exception. She and new husband, photojournalist (and possi...

  • Mosaic Mayhem synopsis, comments

    Mosaic Mayhem

    Lois Winston

    The second novelette to the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series.  So much for a romantic getaway...When cashstrapped mom and reluctant amateur sleut...

  • Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun synopsis, comments

    Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun

    Lois Winston

    When Anastasia Pollack’s husband permanently cashes in his chips at a roulette table in Vegas, her comfortable middleclass life craps out. She’s left with two teenage sons, a mount...

  • Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set synopsis, comments

    Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set

    Lois Winston

    The third and fourth books in the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series. Revenge of the Crafty Corpse Anastasia Pollack’s dead louse of a spouse has left h...

  • Crewel Intentions synopsis, comments

    Crewel Intentions

    Lois Winston

    In this 10,000 word short story addition to the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series (Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun, Death by Killer Mop Doll, and&#...

  • Someone to Watch Over Me synopsis, comments

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    Emma Carlyle

    Dori Johnson is in hiding from the Russian Mafia. Six years ago she committed a series of felonies in order to create new identities for herself and her younger brother and sister....

  • Moms in Black synopsis, comments

    Moms in Black

    Lois Winston

    When Cassandra Davenport applies for a job at www.savingtheworld.us, she expects to find a ‘green’ charity. Instead, she becomes the newest member of a covert organization run by e...

  • Lost in Manhattan synopsis, comments

    Lost in Manhattan

    Emma Carlyle

    One by one members of the Montgomery family have died in tragic accidents. Photographer Sarah Montgomery is the last surviving member of the aeronautics dynasty. After the death of...

  • Patchwork Peril synopsis, comments

    Patchwork Peril

    Lois Winston

    After rescuing her elderly neighbor Rosalie’s quilts from a rainstorm, Anastasia discovers Rosalie unconscious at the bottom of her basement stairs. Rosalie’s estranged niece Jane ...

  • The Magic Paintbrush synopsis, comments

    The Magic Paintbrush

    Lois Winston

    When nineyearold Jack and his sevenyearold sister Zoe are snowed in for days with nothing to do, their complaints land them in every guy’s worst nightmarethe kingdom of Vermilion, ...

  • A Triple Date with Danger synopsis, comments

    A Triple Date with Danger

    Lois Winston

    Three Feisty Heroines, Three Daring Heroes... ​ Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception Life has delivered one sucker punch after another to Emma Wadsworth. As a matter of fact, ...

  • Guilty as Framed synopsis, comments

    Guilty as Framed

    Lois Winston

    When an elderly man shows up at the home of reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack, she’s drawn into the unsolved mystery of the greatest art heist in history.    Bos...

  • Scrapbook of Murder synopsis, comments

    Scrapbook of Murder

    Lois Winston

    Crafts and murder don’t normally go handinhand, but “normal” deserted crafts editor Anastasia Pollack’s world nearly a year ago. Now, tripping over dead bodies seems to be the “new...

  • Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set synopsis, comments

    Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set

    Lois Winston

    The first two books in the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series: Assault with a Deadly Glue GunWhen Anastasia Pollack's husband permanently cashes in his ...

  • Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set synopsis, comments

    Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set

    Lois Winston

    The ninth and tenth books in the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series. The set includes:  A Sew Deadly Cruise – Life is looking up for mag...

  • Elementary, My Dear Gertie synopsis, comments

    Elementary, My Dear Gertie

    Lois Winston

    In this novella sequel to the awardwinning Talk Gertie To Me, two years have passed since the happilyeverafter that isn’t doing so well. Nori Stedworth has moved in with the love o...

  • A Stitch to Die For synopsis, comments

    A Stitch to Die For

    Lois Winston

    The adventures of reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack continue in A Stitch to Die For, the 5th book in the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series by USA Today bestselling...

  • Crafty Crimes synopsis, comments

    Crafty Crimes

    Lois Winston

    An anthology of three Anastasia Pollack minimysteries, companions to the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series. Crewel Intentions Crafts editor and reluct...

  • Finding Hope synopsis, comments

    Finding Hope

    Emma Carlyle & Lois Winston

    Hope Morgan was always the good girl, doing what her conservative parents expected: she gave up her dream of going to college, became a secretary right out of high school, and marr...

  • Four Uncles and a Wedding synopsis, comments

    Four Uncles and a Wedding

    Emma Carlyle

    Polly Faith Harmony is the ultimate ecumenical love child. Born to former hippies turned millionaire entrepreneurs, she’s one part Jewish, one part Catholic, one part Episcopalian,...

  • A Sew Deadly Cruise synopsis, comments

    A Sew Deadly Cruise

    Lois Winston

    Life is looking up for magazine crafts editor Anastasia Pollack. Newly engaged, she and photojournalist fiancé Zack Barnes are on a winter cruise with her family, compliments of a ...

  • Revenge of the Crafty Corpse synopsis, comments

    Revenge of the Crafty Corpse

    Lois Winston

    Anastasia Pollack’s dead louse of a spouse has left her with more bills than you can shake a crochet hook at. Teaching craft classes at her motherinlaw’s assisted living center see...

  • Literally Dead synopsis, comments

    Literally Dead

    Lois Winston

    After her last disastrous episode as an amateur sleuth, Gracie Elliott is back. The budding romance writer has spent the past year crafting her first novel. Her hard work and deter...

  • Death by Killer Mop Doll synopsis, comments

    Death by Killer Mop Doll

    Lois Winston

    Overdue bills and constant mother vs. motherinlaw battles at home are bad enough. But crafts editor Anastasia Pollack's stress level is maxed out when she and her fellow American W...

  • Decoupage Can Be Deadly synopsis, comments

    Decoupage Can Be Deadly

    Lois Winston

    Anastasia and her fellow American Woman editors are steaming mad when minutes before the opening of a consumer show, they discover half their booth usurped by Bling!, their publish...