Chloë Annett

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Chloë Annett
Chloë Annett in October 2009
Born	Chloë Victoria Annett (1971-07-25) 25 July 1971 (age 50) London, England
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Alec McKinlay ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	3

Chloë Victoria Annett (born 25 July 1971) is an English actress. She played Holly Turner in Crime Traveller and Kristine Kochanski in series 7 and 8 of the British sitcom Red Dwarf.

Biography[]

Early life and family[]

Annett was born and brought up in East Finchley in London, where she attended Mountview Theatre School. Originally, she was going to attend an art school but she went along with one of her friends who had an audition and got in. She reports that her parents were supportive of her career change and encouraged her.^{[citation needed]}

Her father was director Paul Annett, who directed a large number of episodes of the British soap opera EastEnders. Annett's father also directed some episodes of children's drama series Byker Grove, in some of which Annett appeared. Her brother, Jamie Annett, has also directed EastEnders. Her mother is actress and voice expert Margo Annett, author of An Actor's Guide to Auditions and Interviews, who works closely with Thelma Holt and the Cameron Mackintosh foundation. She was married to Alec McKinlay, the manager for the rock groups Oasis and Crowded House with whom she has three children.^[1]

Television[]

Annett has spent time in America, where she had a part in the 1992 TV miniseries Jewels. Back in Britain, most of her roles were bit parts, although she played the starring role of Holly Turner in Crime Traveller in 1997 alongside Michael French, who played Jeff Slade. In 1992, she played the part of Gertrude Winkworth in one episode of the Granada's series Jeeves and Wooster, based on the novels of P.G. Wodehouse, in which Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry starred. She also played Angela Mortimer, the great-niece of Mrs Pumphrey and the love interest of Tristan Farnon, in one episode ("Hampered") of All Creatures Great and Small.

Annett played Kristine Kochanski in the seventh and eighth series of the British science fiction comedy television series Red Dwarf, a role which she reprised in the final part of the 2009 special, Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.

She won Best Actress at the April 2011 London Independent Film Festival.^[2][3]

Selected filmography[]

Annett and Craig Charles, who plays Dave Lister in Red Dwarf

References[]

External links[]

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