Lorelei King
37 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 8, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Lorelei King is a United States-born actress who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1981. She is primarily known for her voice acting, narrating audiobooks and appearing in plays on BBC Radio 4.
King spent her childhood moving between Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and California. In 1981, she planned to move to either Paris or Yugoslavia, where her family originated, but after a three-day stopover in London, she decided to stay in Britain
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King has made numerous television roles, which include drama, comedy and children's shows. Her first appearance was in the drama Murrow (1983), a biography of the American news reporter and political commentator Edward R. Murrow and since then she has had roles in many British shows, such as Series 2 on the Sky One show, Mile High as Fresh! airlines HR boss, Stella Lightfoot, Chef! (as Savanna), Linda Milson in ‘’Rumpole of the Bailey’’ in 1991 and in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as showgirl Vonda Lockhart. As well as this, she has also had parts in films such as Shining Through (1992), Notting Hill (1999), 24 Hours in London (2000) and The House of Mirth (2000), as well lending her voice to radio shows and video games. This includes Dirk Maggs' adaptations of The Adventures of Superman and Batman: Knightfall. She voiced the character of Mary Osakwe in the UFO: Afterlight computer game. More recently, she provided voices to small parts in the video games Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017), Subnautica (2018) and its sequel Subnautica: Below Zero (2021). In 2006, she appeared in an episode of sitcom Not Going Out as a therapist. She has narrated over 400 audiobooks. King also provided the voice of Samus Aran's Power Suit in a 2005 pinball video game, Metroid Prime Pinball. In 2017 she portrayed the voice of MUTHUR, the eponymous spaceship's computer in Alien: Covenant.
Known for
Lorelei King: movies and TV shows
Acting (54)
- 2021
- 2017 Alien: Covenant
as 'Mother' (voice)
- 2013 Bob The Builder Animal Adventures
as Wendy / Mrs. Potts / Mrs. Broadbent
- 2013 Bob the Builder: Hammer Time
as Wendy / Mrs. Barbara Bentley / Dot / Vicky / Sophia
- 2013
- 2012 Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
as Wendy / Roley / Ella
- 2012
- 2011 HiT Favorites: Friends and Family
as Wendy (voice)
- 2011 HiT Favorites: Preschool Fun
as Wendy / Roley (voice)
- 2011 Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
as Dizzy/Roley/Wendy (voice)
- 2011 HiT Favorites: Sweet Dreams
as Wendy / Roley (voice)
- 2011
- 2010 HiT Favorites: Animal Tails
as Wendy (voice)
- 2010 HiT Favorites: Colors Are Fun!
as Wendy / Roley (voice)
- 2010
- 2009 HiT Favorites: Frosty Friends
as Wendy / Mrs. Potts (voice)
- 2008 Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish
as Wendy / Roley (voice)
- 2007 HiT Favorites: Winter Wonderland
as Wendy / Jenny (voice)
- 2007 Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue
as Wendy / Roley / Dot / Mrs. Bentley / Packer
- 2007 Thomas & Friends: Thomas & Friends on the Big Screen
as Wendy / Roley (voice)
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006 Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild
as Wendy (voice)
- 2006 Stan
as Lucille
- 2006 Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder
as Wendy (US) / Mrs. Potts (US) (voice)
- 2005 Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Plan
as Wendy (US), Mrs. Potts (US), Bunty Ferguson (US) (voice)
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003 Bob the Builder: Christmas With Bob and the Crew
as Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts / Jenny (voice)
- 2003 Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family
as Wendy / Dorothy / Florence Mountfitchet / Mrs. Percival (voice)
- 2003
- 2002 The Falklands Play
as Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
- 2002 Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
as Caresse
- 2001 Bob the Builder: Bob's White Christmas
as Wendy / Jenny / Mrs. Percival / Mrs. Potts
- 2000 The House of Mirth
as Mrs. Hatch
- 2000 24 Hours in London
as Lloyd
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999 Notting Hill
as Anna's Publicist
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998 The Very Thought of You
as US Ground Stewardess
- 1997
- 1997 The Saint
as TV Reporter
- 1995
- 1995 Intimate with a Stranger
as Ellen
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992 Shining Through
as Leland's New Secretary
- 1991 Coping with Cupid
as Captain Trulove
- 1989
- 1983
- 1975
Behind the camera (5)
- 2012 Chuggington: All Buckled Up!
Script Coordinator
- 2010
- 2008
- 2006 Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder
Script Editor
- 1999
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2005 Broken News
6 episodes