Charlotte Lewis
| Charlotte Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 August 1967 Kensington, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978–2003 |
Charlotte Lewis (born 7 August 1967) is an English actress.[1]
Biography
Early life
Lewis attended Bishop Douglass School in Finchley. Her mother is of Irish-English extraction, while her father—a physician whom she never met—is half-Chilean and half-Iraqi.[2]
Career
Lewis made her film debut as a teenager in the 1986 Roman Polanski film Pirates. She followed it that same year with the female lead in The Golden Child alongside Eddie Murphy.[3] Later appearances include the film Tripwire (1990) and Storyville (1992, opposite James Spader). She had a co-starring role in Men of War (1995, alongside Dolph Lundgren) and in the 1995 film Decoy. Lewis appeared in the 2003 film Hey DJ.[4]
Lewis also appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the July 1993 issue of Playboy magazine.[5]
Accusations against Polanski
On 14 May 2010, Lewis and her Los Angeles-based attorney Gloria Allred accused Polanski of sexually assaulting the actress when she was 16 years old,[6][7] before the two worked together on Pirates.[8][9] Prosecutors in Los Angeles confirmed that they interviewed Lewis in connection with the allegations.[10] According to Lewis, the alleged incident occurred at Polanski's apartment in Paris. Previously, in a 1999 interview, Lewis stated that she had been his girlfriend for six months after the shooting of Pirates, and that she had been sexually active from age 14 on. [11][12]
Filmography
- Pirates (1986) - Maria-Dolores de la Jenya de la Calde
- The Golden Child (1986) - Kee Nang
- Dial: Help (1988) - Jenny Cooper
- Tripwire (1989) - Trudy
- Bare Essentials (1991) - Tarita the Native Girl
- Sketch Artist (1992) - Leese
- Storyville (1992) - Lee Tran
- Excessive Force (1993) - Anna Gilmour
- Lipstick Camera (1994) - Roberta Dailey
- Men of War (1994) - Loki
- Embrace of the Vampire (1995) - Sarah
- Decoy (1995) - Katya
- The Glass Cage (1996) - Jacqueline
- Navajo Blues (1996) - Elizabeth Wyako
- Mutual Needs (1997) - Louise Collier
- Every Dog Has Its Day (1999) - Jill
- Henry X (2003) - Mrs. Morgan
- Hey DJ (2003) - Tai
References
- ↑ "The New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "Roman Polanski's New Protégée, Charlotte Lewis, Star of Pirates and All of 18". People Magazine Vol. 26 No. 4. July 28, 1986. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
- ↑ Angeli, Michael. "Brit Force". Playboy. 40 (7) pp. 132–140. July 1993. ISSN 0032-1478.
- ↑ "The New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ Playboy cover, July 1993
- ↑ Alpert, Lukas I. (2010-05-15). "New York Post". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "UK News & Business Directory". Printwords.co.uk. 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ Lee, Ken (2010-05-14). "People". People. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "Popeater". Popeater. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "Huffington Post". Huffington Post. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "News of the World". Laregledujeu.org. 1999-08-08. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
External links
- Charlotte Lewis at the Internet Movie Database
- Charlotte Lewis at AllMovie
- Charlotte Lewis on Facebook
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