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

Mary Anna McCartney was born at Avenue Clinic in theSt John's Wood area of London on 28 August 1969, the daughter of American photographerLinda Eastman (1941–1998) and English musicianPaul McCartney (born 1942). She is the younger maternal half-sister ofHeather McCartney (born 1962), the older sister ofStella McCartney (born 1971) andJames McCartney (born 1977), and the older paternal half-sister ofBeatrice 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) launchedMeat-free Mondays in the United Kingdom.^[3]

In 2015, McCartney was chosen to photographQueen 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 aboutAbbey 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 fatherPaul McCartney, the documentary would feature interviews withJimmy Page, Kate Bush, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher,Pink Floyd,John Williams, Celeste, Elton John, Giles Martin, andShirley 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]

McCartney has written twovegetarian cookbooks,Food: Vegetarian Home Cooking (2012) andAt My Table: Vegetarian Feasts for Family and Friends (2015).^[13][14] In 2023, she published theplant-based cookbookFeeding 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 theplant-based cookbookLinda 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]

McCartney launched Season 1 of theDiscovery+/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 aDaytime Emmy Award in 2022.^[28]

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]

• 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]

• Mary McCartney: From Where I Stand. Thames & Hudson, 2010.ISBN 978-0-50054-392-4.^[32]
• Mary McCartney: Monochrome & Colour. GOST, 2014.ISBN 978-1-91040-101-9.^[33][34]
• Mary McCartney: Twelfth Night 15.12.13. HENI, 2016.ISBN 978-0-9933161-1-1.^[35]
• Mary McCartney: The White Horse. Rizzoli, 2018.ISBN 978-0-8478-5849-1.^[36]
• Mary McCartney: Paris Nude. HENI, 2019.ISBN 978-1-912122-23-3.^[37]

• 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]

• If These Walls Could Sing (2022) – director

• Interview, 19 January 2020
• Mary McCartney Became an Artist With a Little Help from Linda and Paul,Wall Street Journal, 28 August 2018

• Official website
• Mary McCartney atIMDb
• Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen – In Conversation with Paul, Mary and Stella (Paul McCartney Official Channel) – Interview, 6 October 2021

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