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

Rumpole of the Bailey

Bob the Builder

Bob the Builder

Not Going Out

Birds of a Feather

Alien: Covenant

Monarch of the Glen

Jonathan Creek

All Movies (31)

• Alien: Covenant2017 · as 'Mother' (voice)
• Bob The Builder Animal Adventures2013 · as Wendy / Mrs. Potts / Mrs. Broadbent
• Bob the Builder: Hammer Time2013 · as Wendy / Mrs. Barbara Bentley / Dot / Vicky / Sophia
• Bob the Builder: Build it Big! Playpack2013
• Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time2012 · as Wendy / Roley / Ella
• Bob the Builder: Build It and They Will Come2012
• Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig2011 · as Dizzy/Roley/Wendy (voice)
• HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends2009 · as Wendy / Mrs. Potts
• Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish2008 · as Wendy / Roley (voice)
• HIT Favorites: Winter Wonderland2007 · as Wendy / Jenny
• Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue2007 · as Wendy / Roley / Dot / Mrs. Bentley / Packer
• Thomas & Friends on the Big Screen2007 · as Wendy (voice) / Roley (voice)
• Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild2006 · as Wendy (voice)
• Stan2006 · as Lucille
• Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder2006 · as Wendy (US) / Mrs. Potts (US) (voice)
• Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Plan2005 · as Wendy (US), Mrs. Potts (US), Bunty Ferguson (US) (voice)
• Bob the Builder: Snowed Under - The Bobblesberg Winter Games2004 · as Wendy
• Bob the Builder: Christmas With Bob and the Crew2003 · as Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts / Jenny (voice)
• Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family2003 · as Wendy / Dorothy / Florence Mountfitchet / Mrs. Percival (voice)
• The Falklands Play2002 · as Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
• Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali2002 · as Caresse
• Bob the Builder: Bob's White Christmas2001 · as Wendy / Jenny / Mrs. Percival / Mrs. Potts
• The House of Mirth2000 · as Mrs. Hatch
• 24 Hours in London2000 · as Lloyd
• Notting Hill1999 · as Anna's Publicist
• The Very Thought of You1998 · as US Ground Stewardess
• The Saint1997 · as TV Reporter
• Intimate with a Stranger1995 · as Ellen
• Thumpkin and the Easter Bunnies1993
• Shining Through1992 · as Leland's New Secretary
• Coping with Cupid1991 · as Captain Trulove

All TV Shows (19)

• Elliott from Earth2021
• Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga2010
• After You've Gone2007 · as Faye Tucker
• Not Going Out2006 · as Therapist
• Broken News2005 · as Loren Peterson
• The Robinsons2005
• Trust2003 · as Samantha Candela
• Jam2000 · as American Porn Actress
• Monarch of the Glen2000 · as Bonnie MacDonald
• Bob the Builder1999 · as Wendy (voice)
• Bob the Builder1999 · as Wendy / Roley (voice)
• Cold Feet1998 · as Natalie
• Jonathan Creek1997 · as Justine Bailey
• Fantomcat1995
• Avenger Penguins1993
• Chef1993 · as Savannah Concord
• Birds of a Feather1989 · as L.A. Jailer
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet1983 · as Lecturer
• Rumpole of the Bailey1975