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Charlotte Lewis | |
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 Charlotte Lewis | |
| Born | 7 August 1967 Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Charlotte Lewis (born 7 August 1967) is an English actress. [1]
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Charlotte Lewis | |
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| Charlotte Lewis | |
| Born | 7 August 1967 Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Charlotte Lewis (born 7 August 1967) is an English actress. [1]
Lewis attended Bishop Douglass School in Finchley. Her mother is Irish-English, and her father is half-Chilean and half-Iraqi. [2]
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 (1994), alongside Dolph Lundgren, and in the 1995 film Decoy . Lewis appeared in the 2003 film Hey DJ .
Lewis also appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the July 1993 issue of Playboy magazine. [4]
Lewis acted in the 2019 film Lost Angelas playing Angie Malone, one of the title roles. [5]
On 14 May 2010, Lewis and her Los Angeles-based attorney Gloria Allred accused Roman Polanski of having sexually assaulted Lewis when she was 16 years old, [6] while the two were working on Pirates . [7] [8] Prosecutors in Los Angeles confirmed that they interviewed Lewis in connection with the allegations. [9] According to Lewis, the incident occurred at Polanski's Paris apartment in 1983.
On 17 May 2010, an article called into question Lewis' testimony by referencing an account of events she gave in an interview with the UK's News of the World, in which she had spoken of a relationship with Polanski, along with several other actors. [10] Later, in December 2019, French magazine L’Obs came back to the News of the World story, relating a "violent campaign to discredit her" in the media. Charlotte Lewis said: "I was completely alone in 2010. No one believed me. They said I was a prostitute, a liar. I'm a little anxious to talk. The media got me so depressed." [11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1986 | Pirates | María-Dolores de la Jenya de la Calde | |
| 1986 | The Golden Child | Kee Nang | |
| 1988 | Dial: Help | Jenny Cooper | |
| 1989 | Tripwire | Trudy | |
| 1989 | The Legend of the Emerald Princess | Emerald Princess | Short |
| 1990 | Stranger in the House | Unknown | |
| 1991 | Healing Hurts | Unknown | |
| 1992 | Storyville | Lee Tran | |
| 1993 | Excessive Force | Anna Gilmour | |
| 1994 | Lipstick Camera | Roberta Dailey | |
| 1994 | Men of War | Loki | |
| 1995 | Embrace of the Vampire | Sarah | |
| 1995 | Decoy | Katya | |
| 1996 | The Glass Cage | Jacqueline | |
| 1996 | Navajo Blues | Elizabeth Wyako | |
| 1997 | Mutual Needs | Louise Collier | |
| 1999 | Every Dog Has Its Day | Jill | |
| 2003 | Henry X | Mrs. Morgan | |
| 2003 | Hey DJ | Tai | |
| 2019 | Lost Angelas | Angie Malone |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | Crime Story | Mai Lan | "Femme Fatale" |
| 1990–1991 | Broken Bridges | Priscilla Mather | Recurring role |
| 1991 | Bare Essentials | Tarita | TV film |
| 1992 | Sketch Artist | Leese | TV film |
| 1993 | Red Shoe Diaries | Claire | "Midnight Bells" |
| 1995 | Seinfeld | Nina | "The Switch" |
| 1996 | Viper | Evangeline Raines | "White Fire" |
| 1996 | Renegade | Kate | "The Pipeline" |
| 1999 | Highlander: The Raven | Jade | "The Frame" |
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