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Chloë Annett

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Chloë Annett
Chloë Annett in October 2009
Born
London, England
Years active1990–present
Known forRed Dwarf
Crime Traveller
SpouseAlec McKinlay
Children3

Chloë Victoria Annett is an English actress. She played Holly Turner in Crime Traveller and Kristine Kochanski in series 7 and 8 of the sitcom Red Dwarf.

Biography

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Early life and family

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Annett was born and brought up in East Finchley in London, where she attended Mountview Theatre School.

Her father was director Paul Annett, who directed a large number of episodes of the soap opera EastEnders. Annett's father also directed some episodes of children's drama series Byker Grove, in some of which Annett appeared. Her brother, Jamie Annett, has also directed EastEnders. Her mother is actress and voice expert Margo Annett, author of An Actor's Guide to Auditions and Interviews, who works closely with Thelma Holt and the Cameron Mackintosh foundation. She is married to Alec McKinlay, the manager for the rock groups Oasis and Crowded House, with whom she has three children.[1]

Television

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Annett has spent time in America, where she had a part in the 1992 TV miniseries Jewels. Back in Britain, most of her roles were bit parts, although she played the starring role of Holly Turner in Crime Traveller in 1997 alongside Michael French, who played Jeff Slade. In 1992, she played the part of Gertrude Winkworth in one episode of the Granada's series Jeeves and Wooster, based on the novels of P.G. Wodehouse, in which Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry starred. She also played Angela Mortimer, the great-niece of Mrs Pumphrey and the love interest of Tristan Farnon, in one episode ("Hampered") of All Creatures Great and Small.

Annett played Kristine Kochanski in the seventh and eighth series of the science fiction comedy television series Red Dwarf, a role which she reprised in the final part of the 2009 special, Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.

She won Best Actress at the April 2011 London Independent Film Festival.[2][3]

Selected filmography

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Annett and Craig Charles, who plays Dave Lister in Red Dwarf
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Families Mina Sandaval
1990 Inspector Wexford: An Unkindness of Ravens Jane Gardner
1990 All Creatures Great and Small: Hampered Angela Mortimer
1991 Doctor at the Top Rebecca Stuart-Clark
1992 Spatz Donna Edwards
1992 Jeeves and Wooster: Bertie Takes Gussie's Place at Deverill Hall Gertrude Winkworth
1992 Covington Cross: The Persecution Rachel
1992 Double X: The Name of the Game Sarah Clutten
1992 Jewels (aka Danielle Steel's Jewels) Isabelle
1993 Yamada ga machi ni yatte kita (aka How to Speak Japanese) Mary Fitzgibbon
1994 Byker Grove Janey
1996 Cadfael: The Devil's Novice Rosanna
1997 Space Cadets: Vulcans vs. Klingons Herself
1997 Crime Traveller Holly Turner
1997 Red Dwarf VII Kristine Kochanski
1998 Can't Smeg Won't Smeg Kristine Kochanski
1998 Universe Challenge Herself
1998 Red Dwarf A-Z Herself
1999 Red Dwarf VIII Kristine Kochanski
2000 Kiss Me Kate Sam Episode: The Party
2000 Pasty Faces Lena
2000 The Asylum Rose
2002 Doctors Joanna Hepworth Episode: Stealing Booty
2004 Casualty Lina Roles Episode: Passions and Convictions
2004 Comedy Connections: Red Dwarf Herself
2009 Red Dwarf: Back to Earth Herself/Kristine Kochanski
2010 Leila Leila
2012 Casualty April Halliwell Episode: Hero Syndrome
2014 Holby City Pat Lang Episode: No Apologies

References

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  1. ^ Robert Llewellyn (23 October 2009). "Chloe Annett is living happily in London with her hubby and 3 children". Twitter. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ Red Dwarf Series I Just the Show. "Best Actress Award For Leila". Red Dwarf. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Chloë Annett wins LIFF Best Actress for Leila!". Metfilmproduction.co.uk. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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