- She speaks Hindi, having been brought up in India.
- Romantically involved with Tom Stoppard for most of the 1990s. She later re-united with her second husband.
- Her parents, Laura Liddell and Geoffrey Kendal, used to run a touring Shakespeare company in India. The film Shakespeare-Wallah (1965) was based on their experiences.
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1995 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
- She was awarded the 1989 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performances in William Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing" and Anton Chekhov's play, "Ivanov.".
- Although she played Timothy West's elder sister in Edward the King (1975), she is almost twelve years his junior in real life.
- She played Princess Vicky, the eldest child of Queen Victoria and the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II, between the ages of 14 (in 1855) and 60 (in 1901) in Edward the King (1975).
- Her father, a distant relative of Melvyn Bragg took his professional name from his birthplace, Kendal, Westmorland, England.
- Participated in the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing (2004) in 2010, partnered with Vincent Simone, finishing eighth out of fourteen celebrities.
- Although she played Christopher Neame's mother in Edward the King (1975), she is less than a year his senior in real life.
- The role of Dottie in the Theatre Royal Bath's touring production of Michael Frayn's comedy play 'Noises Off', October 2022.
- She was cast along with Joe Melia, Derek Godfrey, Jack Shepperd and Dilys Laye in 'Seven Who Were Hanged' but it was canceled when the finance ran out.
- When she was very young her parents took her and their theatre company to India where she made her stage debut as Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream. At 20 she returned to London to pursue an acting career. Her first job was at London's Savoy Theatre in Minor Murder.
- Made her stage debut as Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream with her parents theatre company in India.
- Sister Jennifer died of cancer in 1984.
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