Cherie Lunghi
Biography
Cherie Lunghi is an English actress and voice-over artist whose career covers film, television and theater. Born in Nottingham, she studied at London's Arts Educational School, then at Homerton College, Cambridge and the Central School of Speech and Drama. At school she took the part of Hedvig in The Wild Duck and the title role in Alice in Wonderland for BBC radio. In the late 1970s she became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing parts that included Perdita, Celia and Viola. Her early screen work included the 1979 short film Diversion, and she gained international recognition as Guenevere in Excalibur (1981). Later films and television include Praying Mantis (1982), King David (1985), The Mission (1986), the football drama The Manageress from 1989 to 1990, and The Buccaneers (1995). She also appeared in advertisements for Kenco coffee, competed in Strictly Come Dancing in 2008, and narrated episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? in 2013.
74years old
Turns 75 on April 4in 184 days
- Born Nottingham
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Cherie Mary Lunghi (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 37 years1981 to 2018
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First role
While still at school, Lunghi took the part of Hedvig in The Wild Duck and Alice in Alice in Wonderland, both on BBC radio. She was educated at London's Arts Educational School.
Early training
Lunghi studied at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. In the late 1970s she became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, where her leading roles included Perdita, Celia and Viola.
First role
In 1979, Lunghi starred in Diversion, a British short film. That movie served as the prototype for the 1987 U.S. film Fatal Attraction.
A first
On Strictly Come Dancing in 2008, Lunghi scored 33 points for her first dance, the Foxtrot, the highest total of the opening two weeks.
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