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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-03-08 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Lorelei King

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

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

Acting

2021

2017

Alien: Covenant as Mother (voice)

2013

Bob the Builder: Hammer Time as Wendy / Mrs. Barbara Bentley / Dot / Vicky / Sophia
Bob The Builder Animal Adventures as Wendy / Mrs. Potts / Mrs. Broadbent

2012

2011

2010

2009

HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends as Wendy / Mrs. Potts

2008

Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish as Wendy / Roley (voice)

2007

Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue as Wendy / Roley / Dot / Mrs. Bentley / Packer

2006

Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder as Wendy (US) / Mrs. Potts (US) (voice)
Stan as Lucille
Not Going Out as Therapist

2005

Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Plan as Wendy (US), Mrs. Potts (US), Bunty Ferguson (US) (voice)
Broken News as Loren Peterson

2004

2003

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot as Wendy / Dot / Florence Mountfitchet / The Librarian (voice)
Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family as Wendy / Dorothy / Florence Mountfitchet / Mrs. Percival (voice)
Bob the Builder: Christmas With Bob and the Crew as Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts / Jenny (voice)

2002

The Falklands Play as Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)

2001

Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie as Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts (voice)
Bob the Builder: Bob's White Christmas as Wendy / Jenny / Mrs. Percival / Mrs. Potts

2000

The House of Mirth as Mrs. Hatch
Jam as American Porn Actress

1999

Notting Hill as Anna's Publicist
Bob the Builder as Wendy / Roley / Sumsy / Packer (voice)

1998

The Very Thought of You as US Ground Stewardess

1997

The Saint as TV Reporter
Jonathan Creek as Justine Bailey

1995

1993

1992

Shining Through as Leland's New Secretary

1991

Coping with Cupid as Captain Trulove

1989

Birds of a Feather as L.A. Jailer

1983

1975

Directing

2012

Chuggington: All Buckled Up! as Script Coordinator