Cynthia Payne through by standing for Parliament as a candidate for the Payne and Pleasure Party in the Kensington by-election in July 1988, followed by her standing in her own area of Streatham for the Rainbow Dream Ticket in the 1992 UK General Election. She did not gain a parliamentary seat. There are two films that are loosely based on her life, both released in 1987: "Wish You Were Here", about her adolescence, with Emily Lloyd in the lead role, and "Personal Services", about her adult life, starring Julie Walters. Both were written (and "Wish You Were Here" was directed) by David
Cynthia Zukas Cynthia Zukas Cynthia Zukas is a Zambian painter; she received the Order of the British Empire in 2012. Zukas was born in 1931 in Cape Town. She went to school in South Africa where she started her art career, and later went to London where she studied as an art teacher. In London she met Simon Zukas who she later married. After a few years the two came to Zambia and Cynthia became a full-time housewife. The two have two children. During her free time she used to draw, which she still does today. A few years after coming to