Feminist Icon: 100 Years of Marilyn Monroe

Julie Owen Moylan is the author of three novels: That Green Eyed Girl, 73 Dove Street and Circus of Mirrors. Her debut novel, That Green Eyed Girl, was a Waterstones’ Welsh Book of the Month, official runner up for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize, shortlisted for Best Debut at the Fingerprint Awards and featured at the Hay Festival as one of its ‘Ten at Ten’. 73 Dove Street was a Waterstones’ Books of 2023 and a Daily Mail Historical Fiction Book of the Year. As a filmmaker, Julie won the Celtic Media Award for her graduation film “BabyCakes” and Best Short Film at the Swansea Film Festival. Her writing has appeared in Sunday Express, The Independent, New Welsh Review and Good Housekeeping. Julie has an MA in Filmmaking, a qualification in Creative Writing & English Literature, and is a Faber Academy alumna.

Lemn Sissay OBE is a poet playwright, memoirist performer and broadcaster. Lemn Sissay was named MBE for services to literature by The Queen in 2014. In 2021 he named OBE for services to Literature and Charity. He has honorary doctorates from Universities of Huddersfield, Manchester, Brunel, Kent and Essex. Lemn has been Chancellor of University since 2015. He has judged many literary competitions including 2020 Booker Prize, The Gold Man Booker Awards, The National Poetry Competition, The Forward Prize, The Ted Hughes Prize, Cardiff International poetry competition, The Creative Future Literary Awards, and the Bridport Prize. He lives in London and Manchester.

Saeed Khan is a cultural historian and commentator based at Wayne State University in Detroit, where he teaches in the departments of History and Global Studies. His academic expertise includes Islamic and Middle Eastern history, Islamic political thought, and transnational identities. Alongside his academic work, he is a frequent analyst for international media outlets. Saeed is the founder of the Center for the Study of Trans-Atlantic Diasporas, a policy institute focused on ethnic and immigrant communities in North America and Europe.

Suzie is one of the world’s most famous Marilyn actresses and has been represented for over 25 years. Suzie has played Marilyn in numerous Hollywood films and TV documentaries, including Blade Runner 2049, The Theory of Everything, and opposite Angelina Jolie in the Oscar-nominated Maria.

Suzie has appeared on Britain’s Got Talent and made numerous television appearances, including The Chase, Weakest Link, and Come Dine with Me. She has also appeared in numerous adverts, including the World Cup Pepsi advert and a Super Bowl halftime commercial as the Hollywood superstar.

Suzie has modelled Marilyn’s actual clothing for auction houses and museum exhibits and has kept the company of friends of the real Marilyn Monroe, who have praised Suzie’s representation of the icon over the years.