Dame Penelope Keith DBE DL

Patron

Penelope Keith began her career working in repertory theatre across the UK. Her career spans television dramas and documentaries, theatre and radio and she has appeared in many well-known TV and radio shows. She has been President of the Actors' Benevolent Fund since 1990, and is president of the South West Surrey National Trust. A former High Sheriff of Surrey (2002-3), she became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the arts and to charity in 2014. Penelope has been a Patron of Transform since 1998.