- Her 2nd husband of 9 years Charles Saatchi filed for divorce from her following the scandal over the publication of pictures showing him clutching her by the throat at a London restaurant on June 9. (July 2013)
- (March 2, 2001) Her husband of 9 years & father of her 2 children, 7-year-old daughter Cosima & 4-year-old son Bruno, John Diamond died from throat cancer at the age of 47.
- She is from a Jewish family (from Latvia, Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria). Her family's original surname was "Leibson".
- It was revealed in December 2003 that she declined the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) honor for "her services to journalism and to cookery" in 2001.
- Her father is former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson and her socialite mother Vanessa Salmon.
- Her mother's family started the Lyons chain of cafés and manufacturers of tea and coffee.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 33, a daughter Cosima Thomasina Diamond (aka Cosima Diamond) in December 1993. Child's father is her now late 1st husband, John Diamond.
- Her older brother, Dominic Lawson, is married to Rosa Monckton, only daughter of the Viscount and Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley, and a good friend of the late Princess Diana.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 36, a son Bruno Paul Diamond (aka Bruno Diamond) in June 1996. Child's father is her now late 1st husband, John Diamond.
- Friend of Art Smith.
- Presenting her own daytime show, for ITV1, called Nigella (2005). Airs at 1:30pm BST weekdays. (July 2005)
- Voted the 90th worst Briton in Channel Four's poll of the 100 Worst Britons. (May 11, 2003)
- Half-sister of TV producer Emily Lawson.
- She had her ears pierced when she was 18, but then stopped wearing earrings and let the holes in her ears close up again when she was in her twenties. She finally had them re-pierced in 2007 when her daughter Cosima had hers pierced. In interviews, she's said that her favorite earrings are big hoops, because of the way wearing them makes her feel.
- Sister of Horatia Lawson.
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