- Was introduced to her second husband Richard Dawkins by Douglas Adams at his 40th birthday party. Richard and Lalla were the only ones to turn up on time.
- Was Douglas Adams's date to a screening of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) in the early 1980s
- Wrote the knitting pattern book "Beastly Knits" which was published in December 1985 Her second was Fowl Knits (Bird designs) which was published in November 1987.
- For almost 20 years, Ward has served on the committee of the Actors' Charitable Trust, TACT, and as a trustee for 10 years. Alongside Richard and Sheila Attenborough, she led a successful £7.5 million redevelopment of the actors' care home, Denville Hall.
- Is an artist; has illustrated for the evolutionary biology books written by her husband, Richard Dawkins.
- A half-sister of William Ward, the present 8th Viscount Bangor, William Ward.
- In the 1980s, she wrote two books on knitting and one on embroidery.
- Ward is a keen chef, and she contributed a recipe to The Doctor Who Cookbook which was edited by Gary Downie.
- At a convention held in Australia in 1996, Lalla Ward was asked about her inherited title. Lalla pointed out that she is an "Honourable" not a "Lady".
- Ward is a textile artist and ceramicist. Her subjects are rare and endangered animals. She refers to her technique of creating fabric pictures as thread drawing, considering this a more accurate term for her work than the commonly used thread painting.
- The asteroid 8347 Lallaward was named after her.
- In March 1981, the British "top-shelf" magazine "Club International" published some risque photographs, said to be of Lalla, in a compromising position with another actress. However, they were forced to print an apology when the pictures turned out not to be of Lalla at all.
- In 2009, at the suggestion of the Gerald Durrell Foundation, she prepared an exhibition of textiles and ceramics on the theme of Galapagos wildlife. The auction raised £24,000 for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust's campaign for the Floreana mockingbird and other wildlife of Galapagos.
- Her father was the BBC war correspondent Edward Ward before he succeeded his father, the 6th Viscount in 1950.
- Her favourite Doctor Who (1963) serial was "State of Decay".
- She provided illustrations for Climbing Mount Improbable. and Astrology for dogs (and owners) by William Fairchild (1980).
- Auditioned for the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's film Romeo and Juliet (1968).
- She has shown three exhibitions at the National Theatre, London. Her 2010 textiles exhibition, Stranded, was inspired by the evolution of animals on islands. In 2011, Migration featured works which combined textiles and ceramics, the subjects seeming to move across both media. The theme of Vanishing Act, 2013, was camouflage. As with previous shows, Ward made available detailed instructions explaining her techniques. She also used one glass case to recreate her workspace, including such sources of inspiration as music, quotes, and a photo of her dog.
- Ward has recorded audio books, including Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct and Shada by Gareth Roberts and Douglas Adams. She co-narrates The Selfish Gene, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, The Blind Watchmaker and The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution with her husband Richard Dawkins.
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