Lysette Anthony

Lysette Anne Chodzko (born 26 September 1963), known professionally as Lysette Anthony, is an English actress and model. She is known for her roles in the film ''Husbands and Wives'' (1992), as Princess Lyssa in the 1983 fantasy epic '' Krull'', Christa Norris in the first series of the ITV comedy-drama ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' (1983), Angie Tyler/Trenchard in the BBC1 sitcom '' Three Up, Two Down'' (1985–1989), and her role as Marnie Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (2016–2022).

Early life

Anthony was born on 26 September 1963 in Marylebone, London, the only child of actor Michael Adam Anthony (né Chodzko), an actor from Jersey, and actress Bernadette Milnes. The couple later divorced. Anthony's French-born paternal grandfather, Alexander Victor Chodzko, was a mariner and journalist of Polish descent.

Anthony's childhood was made difficult by her mother's manic depression and schizophrenia and she left home at 19. In 1980, at age 16, Anthony was heralded as the "Face of the Eighties" by photographer David Bailey. She was a successful model before she became known as an actress at the age of 20. During the decade, she appeared in numerous music videos for artists such as Bryan Adams ("Summer of '69", " Somebody", "Heaven" and " Run to You") and Depeche Mode ("I Feel You").

Acting career

Stage

Anthony made her first stage appearance at the Cambridge Theatre at age 10. Four years later, she performed with the National Youth Theatre. She appeared at the Trafalgar Studios in the West End as Arabella Lucretia in the television comedy ''The New Statesman'', with Rik Mayall. She has played the role of Joanna Lyppiatt in Noël Coward's ''Present Laughter'' (with Simon Callow) and the role of Eleanor in Terry Johnson's ''Dead Funny'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Television

Anthony's credits include a non-speaking role in British Telecom adverts, ITV's '' Murder in Suburbia'', ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', a regular role in the soap opera '' Night & Day'' (ITV), ''Hotel!'' for Channel 5, BBC's ''Jonathan Creek'', ''Oliver Twist'', ''Dombey and Son'', ''A Ghost in Monte Carlo'', '' Campion'' episode " Sweet Danger" (as Lady Amanda Fitton), ''Lovejoy'', ''Hollyoaks'' and ITV’s ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet''. She starred for four years in the BBC sitcom '' Three Up, Two Down''. She portrayed Angelique Bouchard for eight episodes of the prime time revival of the gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows''. She played Miss Clarise Mimsers in ''The Dead Man's Gun'' in 1998 as well as Miss Scarlett in the third series of ''Cluedo'' on ITV in 1992.

Her television appearances in 2006 included roles in ''Casualty'' and a new sitcom pilot, ''Baggy Trousers''. She played the roles of Rachel Heath, a semi-regular character in ''The Bill'' and Veronica Cray in ''The Hollow'', a two-part ''Poirot'' film for ITV. She also appeared briefly in ''Coronation Street'' on 13 August 2010 and as an American patient in ''Holby City'' in February 2013. In 2014, she appeared on an episode of '' Pointless Celebrities'' partnered with Christopher Timothy. She portrayed the role as Lady Rowena in Ivanhoe in 1982.

In February 2016, Anthony began appearing in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as Marnie Nightingale. Her character was killed off in January 2022 after collapsing due to a brain injury caused by an explosion, ending Anthony's almost six-year-long run with the soap. In October 2022, she appeared in three episodes of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' as Mary Dougan.

Audio

In 2008, Anthony portrayed Clara Harris in the ''Doctor Who'' audio adventure '' Assassin in the Limelight''. In February 2010, it was announced that she would be returning to the world of ''Dark Shadows'' starring in the audio drama '' Kingdom of the Dead''.

Personal life

Anthony married Dutch artist and entrepreneur Luc Leestemaker in 1990; they divorced in 1995 after Anthony left Leestemaker for married American film director David Price whom she met while filming '' Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde''. She went on to marry Price and they were together for two years until they divorced. Anthony was in a relationship with composer Simon Boswell from 2004 to 2010, with whom she has a son. In 2008, her son was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. She now raises funds for research.

In ''The Sunday Times'' on 15 October 2017, Anthony alleged that Harvey Weinstein raped her in the late 1980s.

In 2022 Anthony disclosed to OK! magazine that she had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease on the day she auditioned for Hollyoaks.

Selected credits

Film

Television

Stage

* ''The Vagina Monologues'' at the Royal Albert Hall
* ''Jackie'' (as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in the play's transfer from Broadway) at the Queen's Theatre
* '' Toys in the Attic'' at Watford with Hayley Mills
* ''Restoration'' at the Bristol Old Vic
* '' The Lady's Not for Burning'' at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter
* ''Ghosts'' (by Ibsen)
* ''The New Statesman'' with Rik Mayall
* ''Hay Fever'' by Noël Coward. Directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
* ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
* '' 84 Charing Cross Road'' at the Salisbury Playhouse

References

External links

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1963 births
Living people
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
English film actresses
English people of French descent
English people of Polish descent
English soap opera actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
National Youth Theatre members
Actresses from London
People from Marylebone
Actors from the City of Westminster