# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lynda-la-plante
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:18.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lynda-la-plante"
name: "Lynda La Plante"
slug: "lynda-la-plante"
description: "Lynda Joy La Plante, CBE is an English author, screenwriter and former actress. She created and wrote the police procedural television series Prime Suspect. In 2024 she was honoured with the Crime Writers' Association of Britain's Diamond Dagger award for her outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime and mystery fiction genre."
tagline: "English writer and actress"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dkmwa2wInc4b91JrkylhOa1KAEx.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.93007333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LaPlanteLynda"
    handle:    "LaPlanteLynda"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/lyndalaplantewriter/"
    handle:    "lyndalaplantewriter"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/LyndaLaPlanteCBE"
    handle:    "LyndaLaPlanteCBE"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0478852/"
    handle:    "nm0478852"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lyndalaplante.com"
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    title: "لنڈا لا پلانٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليندا لا بلانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليندا لا بلانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lynda La Plante"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لیندا لا پلانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lynda La Plante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_La_Plante"
    title: "Lynda La Plante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_La_Plante"
    title: "Lynda La Plante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lynda La Plante"
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    title: "Lynda La Plante"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Lynda La Plante"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump