Is Lenny Henry diabetes?
Sir Lenworth George Henry commonly know as Lenny Henry is a British actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer.
Lenny Henry opened up about his weight loss in the past, he said that he managed to lose an impressive three stone. His “secret” was to make one simple change in his diet. He increased his vegetable intake and also focused on his fitness regime
He revealed how a strict diet and dedicated exercise regime helped him to regain control of his health following a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
Who is Lenny Henry?
Lenny Henry is a British actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer. He gained success as a stand up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in the The Lenny Henry Show in 1984. Lenny was the most prominent black British comedian of the time and much of his material served to celebrate and parody his African-Caribbean roots.
In 1985, he cofounded the charity Comic Relief with the comedy screenwriter Richard Curtis. He has appeared in numerous other TV programmes, including children’s entertainment show Tiswas, sitcom Chef! and The Magicians for BBC One, and in his later years has transitioned toward acting roles in stage and screen.
He will appear in the Amazon Prime series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Henry is the Chancellor of Birmingham City University.
Lenny Henry age and family
Lenny Henry was born at Burton Road Hospital in Dudley, on 29 August 1958, he is currently 63 years old and he will be making 64, in August 29, 2022.
He was born to Winston Jervis Henry (1910–1978) and Winifred Louise Henry (1922–1998), who had immigrated to Britain from Jamaica. The fifth of seven children, Henry was the first child of the family to be born in the United Kingdom.
When Henry was ten years old, he began spending time with the man who was later revealed to be his biological father, Albert Augustus “Bertie” Green (1927–2004), another Jamaican immigrant with whom his mother had a brief relationship when she first arrived in England from their native Jamaica.[9] Henry was named after the doctor who delivered him.
Lenny Henry education
Henry attended St John’s Primary School and later The Blue Coat School in Dudley, before completing his schooling at W.R. Tuson College in Preston, Lancashire.
Henry obtained a BA Hons degree in English Literature from the Open University in 2007 and an MA in Screenwriting for TV and Film from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2010.
He subsequently studied at the latter institution for a doctorate on the role of black people in the media. In July 2018, Henry was awarded a PhD degree in Media Arts for the thesis titled Does the Coach Have to be Black? The Sports Film, Screenwriting and Diversity: A Practice-Based Enquiry.
Henry has been an open critic of British television’s lack of ethnic diversity in its programmes. During a speech at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in March 2014, he called the lack of minorities “appalling” and he has continued to raise the issue publicly.
Lenny Henry relationships, wife and children
Henry met Dawn French on the alternative comedy circuit. They married in 1984 in Covent Garden, London and have one child, a daughter named Billie.
On 6 April 2010, French and Henry announced they were “amicably” separating after 25 years of marriage. Their divorce was finalised in 2010. Since 2012, Henry has been in a relationship with theatre producer and casting director Lisa Makin according to sources.
Lenny Henry net worth 2022
As of 2022, Lenny Henry’s has a net worth of approximately $9 million (£7.3 million), according to net worth sources.
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