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Brunel Honorary Graduates 2011
Archie Panjabi, 1996,
BSc Management Studies
Emmy Award-winner Archie
(Archana) Panjabi currently
stars as Kalinda Sharma on CBS’s
critically acclaimed hit drama,
The Good Wife. Archie’s portrayal
of the mysterious investigator
captivated both viewers and critics
alike, earning her the Emmy for
Outstanding Supporting Actress in
a Drama Series (2010).
Her big screen credits include
Bend It Like Beckham, East is East,
Yasmin, The Constant Gardener, A
Good Year and A Mighty Heart. Her
international film accolades include
the Best Actress Award at the Reims
Festival (2005), the Shooting Star
Award at the Berlin International
Film Festival (2005), and the
Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Film
Festival (2007).
In addition to her work as an
actress, Archie has dedicated
herself to several philanthropic
endeavours around the world.
Highlights include: Rotary
International in partnership
with UNICEF and The Gates
Foundation, for the We are this
Close international campaign to
eradicate the last 1% of polio left
in the world, and the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
for their national campaign The
Heart Truth®; the goal of which is
to highlight the danger of heart
disease, the number one killer of
women. Archie has also partnered
with Amnesty International to head
their Stop Violence Against Women
campaign.
Honorary Graduates Continued
Camila Batmanghelidjh: Founder
and Executive Director of The Kids’
Company, a London-based organisation
supporting 14,000 children a year with
sever behavioural, emotional and social
difficulties.
David Croisedale-Appleby: A successful
businessman in his own right, David has
also devoted himself to campaigning for
social justice, focusing his efforts in the
fields of health and social care, criminal
and civil justice, education and training,
and understanding how social policy
acts on the lives of the vulnerable and
the disadvantaged.
Franco Nero: Italian actor, Franco Nero
is an internationally renowned and
respected actor, who has appeared in
over 150 films including Die Hard 2.
He is involved in a number of charitable
and humanitarian projects, as well as
being a working professional who has
frequently given generous advice and
support to Brunel University researchers
Archie Panjabi
and students undertaking work in the
fields of film and performance studies.
Jon Lee Anderson: Jon Lee Anderson is
an author and journalist who began his
career in the early 1980s, reporting on
Central America’s civil wars. As a New
Yorker staff writer since 1998, he has
reported from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan
and many others throughout his career.
Kenneth Michael Wallace: Kenneth has
contributed greatly to the engineering
industry in both teaching and research