# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rosaleen-moriarty-simmonds
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:54:51.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rosaleen-moriarty-simmonds"
name: "Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds"
slug: "rosaleen-moriarty-simmonds"
description: "Rosaleen (Rosie) Moriarty-Simmonds is a British businesswoman, artist, author, and disability rights campaigner. She was born without arms or legs after her mother was prescribed thalidomide in pregnancy. She is known for her advocacy work on behalf of disabled people, her role in establishing the Thalidomide Memorial in Cardiff, and her work in business, media, and the arts. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2015 for services to equality and disability rights."
tagline: "British businesswoman, artist and disability rights campaigner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rosaleen_Moriarty-Simmonds_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1960"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.870806666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rms-consultancy.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosaleen_Moriarty-Simmonds"
    title: "Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Moriarty-Simmonds"
    title: "Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosaleen_Moriarty-Simmonds"
    title: "Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%B9%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%86%DA%88%D8%B2"
    title: "روزالین موریارٹی سیمنڈز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosaleen_Moriarty-Simmonds"
    title: "Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rosaleen_Moriarty-Simmonds"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41494317"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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