New Year's Eve 2022: Lumley and Redgrave become women list

Joanna Lumley and Vanessa Redgrave were chosen as women on the Queen's New Year's list. Indeed extraordinary star and activist Lumley is recognized for his drama, entertainment, and charity contributions.

A renowned veteran of the stage and screen, Redgrave is recognized for his contributions to drama. Other celebrities include news anchor Moira Stewart, dancer Ashley Banjo, 007 actor Daniel Craig, and soap opera stars June Brown and William Roach.

At first, he thought the official letter was terrible news, but he burst into tears when he realized that he was offering his honor. "It was a shock," he told News. "I put my head in my hands and cried like a baby.

"Then I thought, how did that happen? Was it a mistake? I was overwhelmed by it, so excited and so touched."

The 75-year-old royal friend won two Bafta Awards as fashionista Patsy Stone on the 1990s sitcom Fabulous.

The 84-year-old is considered one of the greatest actresses of her generation, with six Academy Award nominations to her name, added a win for Julia in 1977. Her other films include Mary, Queen of Scots, Howards End, Mrs. Daloway. Wilde, Mission: Impossible and Salvation.

The British actress is one of a group of stars to have earned a triple acting crown - she won an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony and received the Olivier Award, the highest honor in London's West End.

Liberation, Hope and Glory director John Burman was knighted, as was pioneering director Horace Ove, the first black Englishman to direct a feature film.

"This chronicle of the life, battles, arts, and culture of the African and Caribbean diaspora in the UK and around the world is a journey and a passion for life," he said. 

You're also honored to be a polite fantasy writer, co-founder of Games Workshop and video game developer Ian Livingston for services in the online gaming industry, author, television cameraman, and former Labor politician Trevor Phillips on Equality and Human Rights Services.