Acting
Mar 7, 1963
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Lorelei King
Acting
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.
Feature Films (36)
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
Notting Hill
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
The Saint
London gangster Christian has a plan to kill off the opposition, but things get messy when a witness survives.
24 Hours in London
While building a new picnic area at the beach, Bob and the machines tell Benny and Scrambler the story of how he got started as a builder. Bob then recounts he and his dad Robert constructed the building yard in Bobsville, and how the machine crew we all know and love got together. Once the picnic area is finished, Benny and Scrambler agree that it's brilliant to be part of Bob's team!
Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder
Bob s building Fixham Harbour s new dinosaur-themed fun park with a giant roller coaster and fantastic rides. Everything is going to plan until the team begin unearth dinosaur bones on site! The machines can t contain their excitement and are eager to dig in and get mucky, but where are they going to put all the bones and who will be able to move them and will dinosaur hunter Scratch be lucky enough to find his own discovery? Fortunately Bob s got a plan and Rubble the new dumper truck can help!
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
Television & Series (20)
Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?
Cold Feet
Sharp knives and even sharper tongues! Meet Britain's finest, most short-fused chef, Gareth Balckstock.
Chef
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Jonathan Creek
Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.
Monarch of the Glen
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
