Charlotte Lucas

Born: 1979-05-29

Charlotte Lucas (born 29 May 1979) is an English actress and painter. Born into an acting family, Lucas is the granddaughter of Linden Travers, who appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes and Guy Leon. Charlotte is the great niece of Bill Travers who appeared in Born Free. Charlotte's mother is Susan Travers who starred in Peeping Tom. Lucas is the second cousin of actresses Penelope Wilton, Bill Travers' son Will, Richard Morant and Anna Massey. Her first cousin is BBC newsreader, Alice Bhandhukravi. She is best known for her role as Selena Geeson in Bad Girls. She also starred in the 2003 film Oh Marbella!, as well as a number of other TV roles including EastEnders, Midsomer Murders, Doctors, Not Going Out, and an episode of Adventure Inc. when filming transferred to the UK for four episodes. Lucas played the role of Mrs Bassat in BBC One's recent adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's, Jamaica Inn. Lucas attended Drama and Theatre Studies at Birmingham University, before concluding her studies at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. Lucas' theatre credits include Red Velvet (Tricycle), Posh (West End and Royal Court Theatre), The Changeling (Young Vic), Yes, Prime Minister (West End), Fast Labour (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Hampstead), World’s End (Trafalgar Studios), Called to Account, Darfur – How Long is Never? and Fabulation (Tricycle), Habeas Corpus (Royal Theatre Northampton), A Thought in Three Parts (BAC) and Sharp Relief and Fen (Salisbury Playhouse).


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Last Chance Harvey

as Gwen
Released: 2008-12-25

In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane...

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These Foolish Things

as Lily Evans
Released: 2006-03-10

The world's on the brink of World War II, but a young actress is caught in a sentimental contest...

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Oh Marbella!

as Emily
Released: 2003-01-01

Marbella, the original Costa del Sol paradise for the rich and famous and for those wishing they...

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A Thousand Kisses Deep

as Stella
Released: 2012-06-15

The suicide of an old woman from her apartment building sends a nurse on a strange journey back...

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National Theatre Live: Top Girls

as Win
Released: 2019-03-26

Now hiring: top girls wanted for prestige positions. Must be self-motivated go-getters with an...

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Midsomer Murders

as Sophie Hammond
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Call the Midwife

as Miss Williams
First aired: 2012-01-15

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of...

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Father Brown

as Rose Marie Sturgess
First aired: 2013-01-14

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...

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The Queen's Gambit

as Mrs. Dodge
First aired: 2020-10-23

In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an...

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The Lazarus Project

as Bernadette Winters
First aired: 2022-06-16

George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the...

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Bad Girls

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-06-01

Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20...

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Bad Girls

as Selena Geeson
First aired: 1999-06-01

Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20...

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Broadchurch

as Sarah Elsey
First aired: 2013-03-04

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear...

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Not Going Out

as Dr Kingsley
First aired: 2006-10-06

Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through...

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A Very English Scandal

as Janet Lawrence
First aired: 2018-05-20

It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of...

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Judge John Deed

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-11-26

Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association...

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WPC 56

as Charlotte Briggs
First aired: 2013-03-18

Drama following WPC Gina Dawson, the first Woman Police Constable to join Brinford Constabulary,...

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Adventure Inc.

as Lady Faye Sandringham
First aired: 2002-09-30

From his base in the Florida Keys, Judson Cross has assembled a team of young renegades, each...

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Jamaica Inn

as Bassat
First aired: 2014-04-21

Set in 1820 against the forbidding backdrop of windswept Cornish moors, the story follows the...

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