Lachele Carl
Lachele Carl | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1982–present |
Lachele Carl (born 1960) is an American actress based in England. She is best known for playing the recurring character of news anchor Trinity Wells in Doctor Who,[1] appearing in the episodes "Aliens of London"/"World War Three", "The Christmas Invasion", "The Sound of Drums", "The Poison Sky", "Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth" and "The End of Time". Wells also appeared in the Doctor Who spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures (in the stories Revenge of the Slitheen and Secrets of the Stars) and Torchwood, during its five-part serial Children of Earth, making her the first character to appear in all three programmes.[2] To this date, Carl is one of just four actors to have appeared in all three shows, the others being Anthony Daebeck (who plays a French newsreader),[3] Julian Bleach.[4] and Paul Marc Davis.
Carl also narrated the behind-the-scenes special Doctor Who: The Companions for BBC America, released as part of the seventh series DVD box set.
Carl has also appeared in Grange Hill, Batman and Alien Autopsy. She plays one of the voices in The Notekins and was the first voice of Muck in the American English dub of the children's TV series Bob the Builder. Carl played a minor role as the US Ambassador in the British TV show Ambassadors.
Personal life[]
Carl lives in Crouch End, North London with her husband, composer Alejandro Viñao, and their son.[5]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Midnight | Sandra Carrington | |
1989 | Batman | TV Technician | |
1991 | A Kiss Before Dying | Reporter | |
1991 | Firestar: First Contact | Lucindia Jericho | |
1998 | Guru in Seven | Anthea | |
2001 | Superstition | News Reporter | |
2002 | Bob the Builder: The Live Show! | Muck | US, Voice |
2005–2010 | Doctor Who | Trinity Wells | |
2006 | Renaissance | Nora | Voice |
2006 | Alien Autopsy | TV News Anchor | |
2007-2008 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Trinity Wells | |
2009 | Torchwood: Children of Earth | Trinity Wells | |
2014 | National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire | Mexican woman | |
2016 | Denial | Gloria | |
2018 | Show Dogs | FBI Director | |
2020 | Flesh and Blood | Doctor |
References[]
- ^ "Meet The Cast Of PBS' "Modus" Season Two". Org. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Lachele Carl". Aveleyman. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "'Doctor Who': 10 Things You May Not Know About 'World War Three' | Anglophenia". BBC America. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Julian Bleach does it again". Digital Spy. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Brooks, Sarafina M. (28 September 2010). "Actress conquers criticism". The Globe. Point Park University. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
External links[]
- Lachele Carl at IMDb
- Living people
- American television actresses
- American film actresses
- American voice actresses
- American emigrants to England
- American expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom
- American expatriates in England
- 1960 births
- Doctor Who stubs