Celeste Dring

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Celeste Dring
Celeste Dring as Princess Eugenie in 2017.png
Celeste Dring as Princess Eugenie in 2017
Born
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Celeste Dring is an English comedy writer and actress, best known for her roles as Lauren Richards in the BBC TV series Wanderlust and as Princess Eugenie in Channel 4's The Windsors .

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Early life

Celeste Dring is from Wolverhampton, England. She attended Hurtwood House, an independent boarding school in Surrey, then studied English at the University of Cambridge and graduated in July 2010. [1] Dring started her career as a dance director at the Central Youth Theatre, Wolverhampton. [2]

Comedy career

Dring started working with Freya Parker and Ed Kiely in the fringe theatre trio Lebensmüde. The trio performed at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival. [3] After Kiely left, Dring and Parker continued as a duo under the name Lazy Susan, [4] earning a nomination for the comedy newcomer award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [5] In 2016, Dring landed a main role as Princess Eugenie in Channel 4's The Windsors alongside actress Ellie White, who plays her royal sister Princess Beatrice. [6] Dring has stated that she based her character on the stars of Made in Chelsea rather than the real-life Princess Eugenie. [7]

Dring appeared as Kayleigh Hudson, a regular character in the BBC3 comedy series This Country in 2018. [8] She also appeared as Laura in BBC's Wanderlust the same year. [9]

As a voice actor Dring had a speaking role in BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama (2015) [10] and Newsjack (2017). [11]

In 2022 she appeared in a reboot of Lazy Susan on BBC Three with her long-term comedy partner Freya Parker for four 14-minute episodes. [12]

In February 2026, Dring was announced as part of the upcoming Saturday Night Live UK cast. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Smell InvestigatorsPete Lazarusshort film
2021Last Night in SohoShop Assistant
2022 Cyrano Theatre ladyUncredited

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Josh Lily1 episode
2015 SunTrap Barmaid Zorro1 episode
2016 Morgana Robinson's The Agency Sauce Scientist2 episodes
2016Year FriendsSuzie the chef1 episode
2018 Wanderlust Laura Richards5 episodes
2019Down from LondonCam1 episode
2019 Ladhood Penelope1 episode
2019Lazy Susanvarious charactersPilot
2019 Absentia Liza Tutee1 episode
2017–2020 This Country Kayleigh Hudson4 episodes
2016–2020 The Windsors Princess Eugenie 20 episodes
2021The Green & Pleasant GuidePresenter4 episodes
2022Lazy Susanvarious characters4 episodes [12]
2022 The Witchfinder Goodwife Griffin1 episode [14]
2026Saturday Night Live UKvarious

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Sketchorama [10] Lazy Susan BBC Radio 4
2017 Newsjack [11] herselfBBC Radio 4

References

  1. ↑ "After Hurtwood - Celeste Dring: writer, comic, actress, and all-round top human bean". musehurtwood.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Andrews, Mark (8 June 2019). "Youth theatre must find new home or face closure". Express & Star . Wolverhampton. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Wiegand, Chris (20 November 2018). "'I check her catsuit for wet patches!' The funny, freaky world of comedy duos". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Introducing two rising comedy stars of Lazy Susan". Made in Atlantis. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Peacock, Robert (28 July 2015). "Interview: Lazy Susan". The Wee Review. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Broadbent, Steven (27 August 2017). "CELESTE DRING INTERVIEW". Telly Binge. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Onion Talking: Ellie White & Celeste Dring on The Windsors". The Velvet Onion. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Doran, Sarah (10 October 2018). "How are the cast of This Country related?". Radio Times . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Franklin, Euan (2 October 2018). "Wanderlust writer Nick Payne: 'Lots of people are quite angry about the dialogue'". Culture Whisper. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Radio 4's Sketchorama returns with a new host". Chortle . 20 May 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Newsjack Series 16 episode 2". BBC Radio 4 Extra . 5 February 2017.
  12. 1 2 Ryan, Anya (10 February 2022). "Lazy Susan: 'We'd love young women to like it and maybe be inspired'". BBC Three . Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  13. ↑ Grobar, Matt (4 February 2026). "'Saturday Night Live UK' Sets Inaugural Cast Of 11". Deadline. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  14. ↑ "The Witchfinder series 1 episode 1". BBC iPlayer . 8 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.


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