Cherie Lunghi

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Cherie Mary Lunghi (born 4 April 1952) is an English film, television, theatre actress and voice-over artist. She is known for her roles in many British dramas. Her international fame stems from her role as Guenevere in the 1981 film Excalibur. Lunghi's long list of screen, stage and TV credits include football manager Gabriella Benson in the 1990s television series The Manageress and a series of advertisements for Kenco coffee. She also competed in the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing.[1] She is the mother of the actress Nathalie Lunghi.

Early life

Lunghi was born in Nottingham.[2] Her father, Alessandro Lunghi, was Italian.[3] She was raised by her mother, aunt and grandmother, seeing her father only occasionally. Lunghi has described herself as feeling "different" as she did not have a mother and father like other children.Template:R

Career

Educated at London's Arts Educational School,[4] Lunghi played Hedvig in The Wild Duck [5] and Alice in Alice in Wonderland [6] on BBC radio while still at school. After graduating from Homerton College, CambridgeTemplate:Not in citation and London's Central School of Speech and Drama, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1970s, taking leading roles such as Perdita, Celia, and Viola.[4] She had a starring role in the 1979 British short film Diversion (the prototype for the 1987 U.S. film Fatal Attraction). In 1981 she landed the role of Guenevere in the film Excalibur.[4]

She starred in the 1982 television serial Praying Mantis, based on the book (Les Mantes Religieuses) by Hubert Monteilhet. The thriller co-starred Pinkas Braun, Carmen du Sautoy, and Jonathan Pryce. In 1985 Lunghi played Michal in King David alongside Edward Woodward and Richard Gere. She also appeared alongside Robert De Niro in The Mission. Lunghi told author Paul Stenning, "It was wonderful working with him, it was extraordinary actually. He transforms right in front of you. You are aware when watching him on screen that he has transformed – he is not Robert De Niro – he is somebody else. I don't think you can learn how to do that; it's just the power of your imagination."Template:R

In the mid-1980s, she relocated to Los Angeles for eight years, but returned to England to care for her mother. After the birth of her daughter she took various short-term parts, including playing the band members' mutual love interest in the music video for Level 42's song "Something About You". Lunghi has described how she had been working during pregnancy and was working again three months after giving birth, saying, "it was working mother guilt. I was juggling and balancing, trying to be fair to my career and to my child. Nathalie would come everywhere with me."Template:R

Lunghi took on the lead role in football drama The Manageress (1989–90), and participated in the BBC adaptation of Edith Wharton's posthumously published novel, The Buccaneers (1995), as Laura Testvalley. In addition to film and television work, she appeared in a long-running advertising campaign on British television for Kenco coffee from the late 1990s onwards.

In 2006, Lunghi appeared on television in Casualty 1906, playing Matron Eva Luckes, and had a recurring guest role in the regular Casualty series as Professor Camille Windsor. In 2013, she narrated some episodes of the BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?.[7]

Strictly Come Dancing

In 2008, she competed in the sixth series of BBC television's Strictly Come Dancing (14-week run), partnered by James Jordan.[8] After her first dance, the Foxtrot on the Ladies Night in week two, she scored the highest points of the first two weeks (33). She beat this score with another series-best score of 35/40 for the rumba to finish week four atop the remaining 12 contestants with an average score of 34/40. The score for her third dance, the American Smooth, was an impressive 34 to maintain her average, though she slipped to 31/40 for the Paso Doble, and further to 26/40 on her fifth outing, in the Salsa. She returned to form the following week with a Waltz, scoring 36/40, and was joint first on the leaderboard.

She was voted off the competition on 16 November 2008 (week nine), losing by three votes to one in the dance-off against model Lisa Snowdon after performing a Cha-Cha-Cha.[9] In the January/February 2009 Strictly Tour, she danced an American Smooth and a rumba with James Jordan.

Personal life

Lunghi was briefly married to South African student Ralph Lawson after the pair met while studying at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.[3] The 1975 marriage was one of convenience so that Lawson could remain in the UK. The couple never lived together as husband and wife, instead staying in separate homes in Newcastle. Lawson moved back to South Africa two years later to take a new job.[10] She has a daughter, Nathalie Lunghi (b. 1986), with the director Roland Joffé.

Filmography

Year Title Role
1980 Diversion Erica
1981 Excalibur Guenevere
1985 King David Michal
Parker Jenny Parker
1986 Harem Usta
1986 Script error: No such module "Sort". Carlotta
Letters to an Unknown Lover Helene
1987 Coast to Coast Susan
1988 Intrigue Adriana
To Kill a Priest Halina
1990 Ransom Claire Stein
1993 Silent Cries Audrey
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Baroness Frankenstein (Victor's Mother)
1995 Jack and Sarah Anna
1997 Script error: No such module "Sort". Myrna Smithee
2001 Back to the Secret Garden Lady Mary Craven
2004 Viper in the Fist Miss Chilton
2011 Love's Kitchen Margaret
2018 Patrick Rosemary

Television

Year Title Role Notes
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Episode: "The Incredible Adventures of James Rupert Varney" [11]
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". The young girl [12]
Template:Dts Sherlock Holmes Emily Episode: "The Second Stain"
Template:Dts Dr. Finlay's Casebook Kirstie (Antonio) Episode: "The Visitation" [13]
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Student Episode: "Home and Abroad" [14]
Template:Dts Peter and the Princess Princess [15]
Template:Dts Bill Brand Alex Ferguson
1978 Edward and Mrs. Simpson Lady Thelma Furness
Script error: No such module "Sort". Ephesus Townsperson
Template:Dts Play of the Month Anna Danby Episode: "Kean" [16]
Template:Dts Prince Regent Princess Charlotte Episode: "Milk and Honey" [17]
Template:Dts Festival: The Misanthrope Celimene [18]
Template:Dts Armchair Thriller Stephanie Episode: "Dead Man's Kit"
Template:Dts 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Annabella [19]
1981 Tales of the Unexpected Karen Masterson Episode: "Death in the Morning"[20]
The Agatha Christie Hour Lady Noreen Elliot "The Manhood of Edward Robinson"
Template:Dts If Winter Comes Csöppi/Ilóna [21]
Template:Dts Playhouse Emily Episode: "Preview" [22]
1982 Oliver Twist Nancy
Praying Mantis Beatrice Manceau
Template:Dts Jackanory Storyteller Episodes: "Puss in Boots",[23] "Jack and the Beanstalk" [24] and "Cinderella" [25]
Template:Dts Play of the Month Celimene Episode: "The Misanthrope" [26]
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Mary Morstan
Template:Dts Play for Today Sue Episode: "Desert of Lies" [27]
1984 Strangers and Brothers Margaret Davidson/Eliot
Master of the Game Margaret Van der Merwe
Ellis Island Una Marbury
Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice
Bones Jenny Parker
1985 Vicious Circle Estelle [28]
"Something About You" by Level 42 Love interest Music video
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Minnie [29]
1986 Harem Usta
Script error: No such module "Sort". Dorothy
Template:Dts Screen Two Susan Episode: "Coast to Coast" [30]
1987 Coast to Coast Susan
Script error: No such module "Sort". Jennet Jourdemayne
1988 Script error: No such module "Sort". Lili
1989 Script error: No such module "Sort". Gabriella Benson
1990 Script error: No such module "Sort". Natalie Arno Episode: "Put on by Cunning"
1991 Script error: No such module "Sort". Jetti
1992 Covington Cross / Charing Cross Lady Elizabeth
1993 Script error: No such module "Sort". Helen West [31]
1995 Script error: No such module "Sort". Laura Testvalley
1996 Strangers Joan Episode 1 of Canadian TV series
Script error: No such module "Sort". Lucille Otis
Moloney Dr. Sarah Bateman
1998 Little White Lies Julia
1999 Hornblower Duchess of Wharfedale/Kitty Cobham Episode: "The Duchess and the Devil"
David Copperfield Mrs Steerforth
2000 Script error: No such module "Sort". Merie Kirschman
2001 EastEnders Jan Sherwood
2002 Script error: No such module "Sort". Sarah Gordon Episode: "For the Sake of Elena"
Waking The Dead Leah Gold Episode: "Thin Air"
The Seasons Alter Titania
2003 Cutting It Zinnia Raggitt
Midsomer Murders Lillian Webster Episode: "The Green Man"
New Tricks Diane Loveless Episode: "Good Work Rewarded"
2004 Script error: No such module "Sort". Cleo Steyn
2005 Agatha Christie's Marple Sadie Swettenham Episode: "A Murder is Announced"
2006 Dalziel & Pascoe Kay Miclean Episode: "Houdini's Ghost"
Casualty 1906 Matron Eva Luckes
2007 Hotel Babylon Mrs. Poldark
2007–2011 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Stephanie Series regular
2007–2008 Casualty Camille Windsor Episodes: "Inheritance", "This Mess We're In – Part One" and "This Mess We're In – Part Two"
2008 Casualty 1907 Matron Eva Luckes
Script error: No such module "Sort". Detective Sergeant Annie Marsh Episode: "Dead End"
Apparitions Woman Episode 6
Strictly Come Dancing Herself
2009 Casualty 1909 Matron Eva Luckes
2011 Lewis Grace Orde Episode: "The Gift of Promise"
2013 Who Do You Think You Are? Narrator
Pat & Cabbage Cabbage (Jean)
Death in Paradise Jayne Smythe Episode: "Death in the Clinic"
Template:Dts Holby City Kathy David Episode: "Self Control"
2014 Wizards vs Aliens Eva Starling Episode: "The Quantum Effect"
2016 Midsomer Murders Alexandra Monkford Episode: "A Dying Art"
2022 Strike Gloria Conti Episode: "Troubled Blood"

Radio

Date Title Role Director Station
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". [32] Second girl Script error: No such module "Sort". Network Three
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". [33] Marilyn Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Home Service Afternoon Theatre
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". [34] Alison Script error: No such module "Sort". Network Three
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". [5] Hedvig Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Home Service
Template:Dts Quiet Wedding [35] Miranda Bute Script error: No such module "Sort". Light Programme Midweek Theatre
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". [36] Flora Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Home Service
Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". [37] Fanny's children Script error: No such module "Sort". Network Three
Template:Dts International Couriers: The Kidnappers [38] Judith Carroway Script error: No such module "Sort". Light Programme
Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". [39] Mary Durban Script error: No such module "Sort". Light Programme
Template:Dts Ye Daughters of Jerusalem [40] Debbie Hudson Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Home Service
Template:Dts When Sam was King [41] Gail Fleming Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Home Service Saturday-Night Theatre
Template:Dts Kittens Are Brave [42] Barbara Shiplake Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Radio 3
Template:Dts Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [6] Alice Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Radio 4
Template:Dts Golden Ring on my Finger [43] Clara Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Radio 4
Template:Dts Blood Sport [44][45] Lynnie Keeble Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Radio 4 Saturday-Night Theatre
Template:Dts Lost Yer Tongue? [46] Janet Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Radio 3 Drama Now
Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts Joyous Days in the Desert [47] Janet Ross Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Radio 4
Template:Dts Six Characters in Search of an Author [48] the Step-daughter Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Radio 4 & BBC World Service
Template:Dts Peter Ibbetson [49] Mary Duchess of Towers Script error: No such module "Sort". BBC Radio 4 Saturday-Night Theatre

Theatre

Her stage credits include:[50]

Date Title Role Director Company / Theatre
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Alithea Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Central School of Speech and Drama / Embassy Theatre, London [51][52]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Canterbury Tales Nun Script error: No such module "Sort". Nottingham Playhouse Company / Nottingham Playhouse [53]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts She Stoops to Conquer Miss Kate Hardcastle Script error: No such module "Sort". Nottingham Playhouse Company / Nottingham Playhouse [54]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Major Barbara Sarah Script error: No such module "Sort". Nottingham Playhouse Company / Nottingham Playhouse [55]
1975 Teeth 'n' Smiles Laura English Stage Company / Royal Court Theatre, London
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Much Ado About Nothing Hero Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon [56]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Royal Shakespeare Company / Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne [57]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Royal Shakespeare Company / Aldwych Theatre, London [58]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Destiny Liz and Carol Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / The Other Place, Stratford-on-Avon [59]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Royal Shakespeare Company / Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [60]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Royal Shakespeare Company / Aldwych Theatre, London [61]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Maisie Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon [62]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Roberta Script error: No such module "Sort". Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [63]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Perdita Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon [64]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Genevieve Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Aldwych Theatre [65]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts 1977 That Good Between Us Rhoda Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Warehouse Theatre, London [66]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Bandits Madeline and Pat Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Warehouse Theatre [67]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts King Lear Cordelia Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Aldwych Theatre [68]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts 1978 As You Like It Celia Script error: No such module "Sort".
Trevor Nunn		 Royal Shakespeare Company / Aldwych Theatre [69]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Saratoga Lucy Carter Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Aldwych Theatre [70]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Twelfth Night Viola Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Shakespeare Company / Royal Shakespeare Theatre [71]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Royal Shakespeare Company / Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne [72]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Royal Shakespeare Company / Aldwych Theatre [73]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Uncle Vanya Yelena Andreyevna Script error: No such module "Sort". National Theatre Company / Lyttelton Theatre, London [74]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Holiday Julia Seton Script error: No such module "Sort". Old Vic, London [75]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Script error: No such module "Sort". Ruth Script error: No such module "Sort". Comedy Theatre, London [76]
Template:Dts – Template:Dts Passion Play Eleanor Script error: No such module "Sort". Comedy Theatre, London [77]

References

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  5. ↑ a b The Wild Duck – BBC Radio Times
  6. ↑ a b Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – BBC Radio Times
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  11. ↑ The Valiant Varneys – BBC – Radio Times
  12. ↑ A Pretty Row of Pretty Ribbons – BBC Radio Times
  13. ↑ Dr. Finlay's Casebook: The Visitation – BBC Radio Times
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Peter and the Princess – BBC – Radio Times
  16. ↑ Play of the Month: Kean – BBC – Radio Times
  17. ↑ Prince Regent: 7: Milk and Honey – BBC – Radio Times
  18. ↑ Festival: The Misanthrope – BBC – Radio Times
  19. ↑ Template:-'Tis Pity She's a Whore – BBC – Radio Times
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ If Winter Comes – BBC – Radio Times
  22. ↑ Playhouse: Preview – BBC – Radio Times
  23. ↑ Jackanory: Puss in Boots – BBC – Radio Times
  24. ↑ Jackanory: Jack and the Beanstalk – BBC – Radio Times
  25. ↑ Jackanory: Cinderella – BBC – Radio Times
  26. ↑ The Misanthrope – BBC – Radio Times
  27. ↑ Play for Today: Desert of Lies – BBC – Radio Times
  28. ↑ Vicious Circle – BBC – Radio Times
  29. ↑ The Daughter-in-Law – BBC – Radio Times
  30. ↑ Screen Two: Coast to Coast – BBC – Radio Times
  31. ↑ A Question of Guilt – BBC Radio Times
  32. ↑ The Raft of the Medusa – BBC – Radio Times
  33. ↑ Afternoon Theatre: The Long Childhood – BBC – Radio Times
  34. ↑ A Day Like Sunday – BBC – Radio Times
  35. ↑ Midweek Theatre: Quiet Wedding – BBC – Radio Times
  36. ↑ The Turn of the Screw – BBC – Radio Times
  37. ↑ The Monument – BBC – Radio Times
  38. ↑ International Couriers: The Kidnappers – BBC – Radio Times
  39. ↑ The Dark Rising – BBC – Radio Times
  40. ↑ Ye Daughters of Jerusalem – BBC – Radio Times
  41. ↑ Saturday-Night Theatre: When Sam was King – BBC – Radio Times
  42. ↑ Kittens Are Brave – BBC – Radio Times
  43. ↑ Golden Ring on my Finger – BBC – Radio Times
  44. ↑ Saturday-Night Theatre: Blood Sport – BBC – Radio Times
  45. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  46. ↑ Drama Now: Lost Yer Tongue? – BBC – Radio Times
  47. ↑ Joyous Days in the Desert – BBC – Radio Times
  48. ↑ Globe Theatre: Six Characters in Search of an Author – BBC – Radio Times
  49. ↑ Saturday-Night Theatre: Peter Ibbetson – BBC – Radio Times
  50. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  51. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  52. ↑ Reviewed in The Stage, 9 November 1972, page 19.
  53. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  59. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  60. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  61. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  62. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  63. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  64. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  65. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  66. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  67. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  68. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  69. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  70. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  71. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  72. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  73. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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