Daniel Day-Lewis the second child of poet Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972) and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon (1925–2009). His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 1953), is a television chef and food critic. His father, who was born in the Irish town of Ballintubbert, County Laois, was of Protestant Anglo-Irish descent, lived in England from the age of two, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Daniel's mother was Jewish; her ancestors were immigrants to England in the late 19th century, from Latvia and Poland. Day-Lewis' maternal grandfather, Sir Michael Balcon, became the head of Ealing Studios, helping develop the new
Tamasin Day-Lewis at King's College, Cambridge from 1973 until 1976. She writes for "The Daily Telegraph", "Vanity Fair", "Vogue" and "Food Illustrated". She is currently on the Board of Governors at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In October 2012, Day-Lewis and her brother Daniel donated papers belonging to their father to Oxford University, including early drafts of his work and letters from figures such as actor John Gielgud and poets W. H. Auden, Robert Graves and Philip Larkin. In 2011 she collaborated with Hemmerle and created the book "Delicious Jewels" published by Prestel. Tamasin Day-Lewis Lydia Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 17 September