Poppy Colette Corby-Tuech (born 18 November 1986) is a British actress. She is known for portraying Prudence in the E!

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'' The Royals'', and for her role as Vinda Rosier in ''

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Early life

Corby-Tuech was born to Michel Corby-Tuech of

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, and Catherine, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Gillachrist Campbell, of

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, late of the

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. Her father was of

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German origin; her mother descends from Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton, the Lords Belhaven and Stenton, and

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. She grew up in

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, but after her father's death when she was nine years old she returned to Norfolk in England with her mother. She however retains a French passport. Corby-Tuech studied journalism at the

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Career

Corby-Tuech was a member of the English

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/ electro band White Rose Movement from 2008 until 2010. In 2017, she acted in the music video of the song " Ready to Go" by the English

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Select filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Corby-Tuech, Poppy 1987 births Living people 21st-century French actresses 21st-century French women musicians Actresses from Norfolk Alumni of the London College of Fashion French film actresses French television actresses French keyboardists French women keyboardists French people of Algerian descent French people of Dutch descent French people of English descent French people of Scottish descent Keppel family People from Fontainebleau Post-punk musicians