Jennifer Lonsdale

Jennifer Lonsdale (born 17 July 1953 in Gosport, Hampshire) is a retired British television actress and public official. She appeared as a series regular in The Cedar Tree and That's My Boy. Lonsdale played a customer in the series Are You Being Served?. She also featured in the Doctor Who serial Nightmare of Eden.

In 2015 she became High Sheriff of Dorset. In 2016 she was awarded a Doctor of Arts by Bournemouth University and became a Pro-chancellor of the University in 2017. As of 2023 she is a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.