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Mary McCartney

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Mary McCartney
Born (1969-08-28) 28 August 1969 (age 54)
London, England
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • documentary filmmaker
  • cookbook author
  • activist
Spouses
Alistair Donald
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(m. 1998; div. 2007)​
Simon Aboud
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(m. 2010)​
Children4
Relatives

Mary Anna McCartney (born 28 August 1969) is an English photographer, documentary filmmaker, plant-based and vegetarian cookbook author, and activist. She is the Global Ambassador for Meat Free Monday.

Early life

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Mary Anna McCartney was born at Avenue Clinic in the St John's Wood area of London on 28 August 1969, the daughter of American photographer Linda Eastman (1941–1998) and English musician Paul McCartney (born 1942). She is the younger maternal half-sister of Heather McCartney (born 1962), the older sister of Stella McCartney (born 1971) and James McCartney (born 1977), and the older paternal half-sister of Beatrice McCartney (born 2003).[1]

All of the children in her family were raised as vegetarians (both of her parents were notable vegetarian activists),[2] and in 2009, McCartney (along with Paul and Stella) launched Meat-free Mondays in the United Kingdom.[3]

Career

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Photography and film

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In 2015, McCartney was chosen to photograph Queen Elizabeth II as part of a campaign to celebrate the "longest-reigning British monarch in more than 1,000 years".[4][5][6][7]

It was announced in January 2021 that McCartney would direct a documentary about Abbey Road Studios.[8] She said, "Some of my earliest memories as a young child come from time spent at Abbey Road [...] I've long wanted to tell the story of this historic place."[9] As well as her father Paul McCartney, the documentary would feature interviews with Jimmy Page, Kate Bush, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Pink Floyd, John Williams, Celeste, Elton John, Giles Martin, and Shirley Bassey.[10] McCartney said, "What I wanted from the interviews was to drill down into how those musicians really feel about Abbey Road. 'Do you really care about Abbey Road? It's a building and you recorded here, but whatever. Do you really care?' And I think from the interviews, you can really see they are thinking fondly about it."[11] The documentary, If These Walls Could Sing, was created as the centrepiece of Abbey Road Studios' 90th anniversary celebrations in November 2022.[12]

Cooking

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Cookbooks

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McCartney has written two vegetarian cookbooks, Food: Vegetarian Home Cooking (2012) and At My Table: Vegetarian Feasts for Family and Friends (2015).[13][14] In 2023, she published the plant-based cookbook Feeding Creativity: A Cookbook for Friends and Family that features 60 recipes created for celebrities.[15]

In 2021, Mary, Paul, and Stella turned 90 of Linda's vegetarian recipes into the plant-based cookbook Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul.[16][17] Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen was nominated for an IVFF award in 2021.[18]

Cooking show

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McCartney launched Season 1 of the Discovery+/Food Network plant-based cooking show, Mary McCartney Serves It Up, in February 2021,[13][19][20][21][22] Season 2 in November 2021,[23][24][25][26] and Season three in November 2022.[27] The show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2022.[28]

Personal life

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McCartney married Alistair Donald on 26 September 1998,[29] and they had two sons together before divorcing in 2007.[30] She married Simon Aboud in 2010.[31] They have two sons together.[30]

Nominations and awards

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Daytime Emmy Awards

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Main article: Daytime Emmy Awards
Year Category Recipient/Nominated work Role(s) Result Ref
2022 (49th) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program Mary McCartney Serves It Up Host Nominated [28]

Publications

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Cookbooks

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  • Feeding Creativity: A Cookbook for Friends and Family. Taschen America, 2023. ISBN 978-3836589420.
  • McCartney, Linda (with Paul, Mary, and Stella McCartney). Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul.. Voracious/Little, Brown, 2021. ISBN 978-0-316-49798-5.[16]
  • At My Table: Vegetarian Feasts for Family and Friends. Chatto & Windus, 2014. ISBN 978-0-70118-937-2.[14][13]
  • Food: Vegetarian Home Cooking. Chatto & Windus, 2012. ISBN 978-0-70118-625-8.[13]
  • The Meat Free Monday Cookbook: A Full Menu for Every Monday of the Year. Kyle, 2011. ISBN 978-0-85783-067-8. Foreword by Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney.[3]

Photography

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Photography exhibitions

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  • Off Pointe: A Photographic Study of the Royal Ballet After Hours, The Royal Opera House, London (2004) and presented by The Royal Photographic Society at Photo London (2019)[38]
  • British Style Observed, National History Museum, London (2008)[39]
  • From Where I Stand, National Portrait Gallery and Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (2010)[32]
  • Linda McCartney and Mary McCartney: Mother, Daughter, Gagosian Gallery, New York (2015); and at Fotografiska, Stockholm (2018)[40][5][41]
  • Undone. (2017, Toronto)[42]

Films

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ "Birth of Mary McCartney". The Paul McCartney project. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Frozen in time: Paul and Linda McCartney and family, 4 April 1976". The Guardian. 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Eat less meat: how Mary McCartney is continuing her family legacy". South China Morning Post. 16 April 2019.
  4. ^ "See a preview of Cartier's new London exhibition celebrating legends". Harper's BAZAAR. 3 August 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "See Intimate Family Photos of the McCartney Family". Time.
  6. ^ "Life behind the lens: Mary McCartney". BBC News. 23 May 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  7. ^ Puente, Maria. "Queen Elizabeth II's historic reign marked by photographer Mary McCartney". USA Today.
  8. ^ "Mary McCartney to direct a documentary about Abbey Road Studios". the-paulmccartney-project.com.
  9. ^ "Mary McCartney to direct Abbey Road Studios documentary If These Walls Could Sing". Hotpress.com.
  10. ^ "Mary McCartney's If These Walls Could Sing coming soon to Disney Plus". Beatlesinlondon.com. 21 September 2022.
  11. ^ "When Paul McCartney Crossed Abbey Road With a Pony". Vanity Fair. 2 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Mercury Studios Announce 'If These Walls Could Sing' – The First Feature Length Documentary on Abbey Road Studios Directed by Mary McCartney". Abbeyroad.com.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Spangler, Todd (18 December 2019). "Food Network Teams With Mary McCartney on Cooking Classes for Subscription App, Live TV Special".
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mary McCartney carries on late mum Linda's passion for meat-free lifestyle with new vegetarian cookbook". HELLO!. 20 May 2015.
  15. ^ Is Mary McCartney's new tome the most star-studded cookbook ever?
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b Rabb, Maxwell (27 March 2021). "Stella, Mary and Paul McCartney Release Linda's Family Cookbook". The Beet.
  17. ^ "Paul McCartney and Family Will Release a Cookbook Filled with His Late Wife Linda's Recipes". Peoplemag.
  18. ^ "International Vegan Film Festival Cookbook Contest". The International Vegan Film Festival. 2021.
  19. ^ "Mary McCartney Dishes on Her New Cooking Show-And Why Dad Paul Was 'So Great to Cook For' in Lockdown". Peoplemag.
  20. ^ "Mary McCartney Serves Up a Big Helping of Food and Famous Friends on All-New discovery+ Series". Food Network.
  21. ^ Leiber, Sarah Jae. "Mary McCartney Serves It Up on New Discovery+ Series As She Prepares Delicious Dishes With Friends". BroadwayWorld.com.
  22. ^ "Mary Mccartney Serves It Up". TVGuide.com.
  23. ^ "Mary McCartney Serves It Up – Apple TV". apple.com. 4 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Mary McCartney cooks vegan specialties with friends and family". Morning Joe. MSNBC. 6 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Mary McCartney Makes a Meat-Free Meal with Dad Paul and Talks Their Family's Holiday Traditions". Peoplemag.
  26. ^ Legaspi, Althea (10 November 2021). "Mary McCartney 'Serves It Up' Holiday Style With Dad Paul, Oprah in Trailer". Rolling Stone.
  27. ^ Hall, Gerrad; October 31, Calie Schepp; EDT, 2022 at 04:12 PM. "What to watch this week: Harry Styles in gay drama 'My Policeman,' Selena Gomez's intimate doc 'My Mind & Me'". EW.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Jump up to: a b June 24, Jessica Wang Updated; EDT, 2022 at 11:08 PM. "Daytime Emmy Awards 2022: See the full list of winners". EW.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ "Paul McCartney's Daughter Marries". Associated Press News.
  30. ^ Jump up to: a b Raiken, Amber (12 August 2021). "See Paul McCartney's Lookalike Grandson, Who Just Graduated From Yale". Best Life.
  31. ^ "McCartney's daughter marries in secret". iol.co.za.
  32. ^ Jump up to: a b "From Where I Stand: Photographs by Mary McCartney – National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk.
  33. ^ "From Kate Moss to Morrissey, See Life Through Mary McCartney's Lens". Time.
  34. ^ Krueger, Alyson (22 November 2014). "Mary McCartney's Candid Camera". The New York Times.
  35. ^ "Out today: 'Twelfth Night' by Mary McCartney, with foreword by Mark Rylance". FMcM.
  36. ^ Myers, Marc (28 August 2018). "Mary McCartney Became an Artist With a Little Help from Linda and Paul". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  37. ^ "Seven Stunning Photography Books to Buy This Month". AnOther. 13 March 2019.
  38. ^ Ananda Pellerin (16 May 2019). "Mary McCartney captures London's Royal Ballet dancers after hours". CNN.
  39. ^ "Mary McCartney's star-studded photographic exhibition". Marie Claire$ UK. 17 September 2008.
  40. ^ "Linda McCartney and Mary McCartney: Mother Daughter, 976 Madison Avenue, New York, November 20, 2015–January 30, 2016". Gagosian. 24 April 2018.
  41. ^ "Family Matters in Linda and Mary McCartney's Photographs at Gagosian". Vogue. 18 November 2015.
  42. ^ Mary McCartney 'slightly voyeuristic, slightly personal' photography
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