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'Lesley Dunlop' (born 10 March 1956 in Newcastle) is a British actress.
Daughter of the television writer Pat Dunlop she began as a child actress in the seventies featuring in a BBC version of the classic ''A Little Princess'' and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of ''South Riding''.
Her transition to adult roles, compared to many, was relatively seamless and she received excellent reviews as Lizzie Hexham in a celebrated BBC version of Dickens' ''Our Mutual Friend'' (1976) and starred in the very first series of the long-running hospital drama ''Angels'' (1975).
She was cast alongside Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor in the film version of Stephen Sondheim's ''A Little Night Music'' (1977) and appeared in Roman Polanski's ''Tess'' (1979). In 1980 she was Clara the nurse who is at first terrified by ''The Elephant Man'' and then befriends John Hurt's character in David Lynch's 1980 Oscar winning film.
Throughout this time and indeed throughout her career she has regularly appeared on British TV including two guest appearances in Doctor Who, ''Frontios'' in 1984 and ''The Happiness Patrol'' in 1988. In the 1990s she starred in the long running BBC sitcom ''May to December'' as Zoe Callender alongside screen husband Anton Rodgers.
In 1995, she starred in the two part Gurinder Chadha directed drama ''Rich Deceiver'' as Ellie Freeman, a Liverpudlian housewife who secretly wins the pools and uses the money to covertly help her husband's career. She also starred in the much underrated ITV series ''Wokenwell'' (1997) and appeared in a long-running series of TV commercials for Kleenex directed by Mike Leigh.
In 2000, Lesley joined the cast of the successful ITV series ''Where the Heart Is'' playing Anna Kirkwall a typical Dunlop character: Northern (though Dunlop herself is a Londoner), working-class and decent. As an actress Dunlop has perfected the not inconsiderable task of playing a certain type of British 'Everywoman' with whom an audience easily identifies.
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Daughter of the television writer Pat Dunlop she began as a child actress in the seventies featuring in a BBC version of the classic ''A Little Princess'' and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of ''South Riding''.
Her transition to adult roles, compared to many, was relatively seamless and she received excellent reviews as Lizzie Hexham in a celebrated BBC version of Dickens' ''Our Mutual Friend'' (1976) and starred in the very first series of the long-running hospital drama ''Angels'' (1975).
She was cast alongside Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor in the film version of Stephen Sondheim's ''A Little Night Music'' (1977) and appeared in Roman Polanski's ''Tess'' (1979). In 1980 she was Clara the nurse who is at first terrified by ''The Elephant Man'' and then befriends John Hurt's character in David Lynch's 1980 Oscar winning film.
Throughout this time and indeed throughout her career she has regularly appeared on British TV including two guest appearances in Doctor Who, ''Frontios'' in 1984 and ''The Happiness Patrol'' in 1988. In the 1990s she starred in the long running BBC sitcom ''May to December'' as Zoe Callender alongside screen husband Anton Rodgers.
In 1995, she starred in the two part Gurinder Chadha directed drama ''Rich Deceiver'' as Ellie Freeman, a Liverpudlian housewife who secretly wins the pools and uses the money to covertly help her husband's career. She also starred in the much underrated ITV series ''Wokenwell'' (1997) and appeared in a long-running series of TV commercials for Kleenex directed by Mike Leigh.
In 2000, Lesley joined the cast of the successful ITV series ''Where the Heart Is'' playing Anna Kirkwall a typical Dunlop character: Northern (though Dunlop herself is a Londoner), working-class and decent. As an actress Dunlop has perfected the not inconsiderable task of playing a certain type of British 'Everywoman' with whom an audience easily identifies.
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