Charlotte Lewis

Charlotte Lewis
Born (1967-08-07) 7 August 1967
Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation Actress
Years active 1978–2003

Charlotte Lewis (born 7 August 1967) is an English actress.[1]

Biography

Early life

Lewis attended Bishop Douglass School in Finchley. Her mother is of Irish-English extraction, while her father—a physician whom she never met—is half-Chilean and half-Iraqi.[2]

Career

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 (1995, alongside Dolph Lundgren) and in the 1995 film Decoy. Lewis appeared in the 2003 film Hey DJ.[4]

Lewis also appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the July 1993 issue of Playboy magazine.[5]

Accusations against Polanski

On 14 May 2010, Lewis and her Los Angeles-based attorney Gloria Allred accused Polanski of sexually assaulting the actress when she was 16 years old,[6][7] before the two worked together on Pirates.[8][9] Prosecutors in Los Angeles confirmed that they interviewed Lewis in connection with the allegations.[10] According to Lewis, the alleged incident occurred at Polanski's apartment in Paris. Previously, in a 1999 interview, Lewis stated that she had been his girlfriend for six months after the shooting of Pirates, and that she had been sexually active from age 14 on.[11][12]

Filmography

  • Pirates (1986) - Maria-Dolores de la Jenya de la Calde
  • The Golden Child (1986) - Kee Nang
  • Dial: Help (1988) - Jenny Cooper
  • Tripwire (1989) - Trudy
  • Bare Essentials (1991) - Tarita the Native Girl
  • Sketch Artist (1992) - Leese
  • Storyville (1992) - Lee Tran
  • Excessive Force (1993) - Anna Gilmour
  • Lipstick Camera (1994) - Roberta Dailey
  • Men of War (1994) - Loki
  • Embrace of the Vampire (1995) - Sarah
  • Decoy (1995) - Katya
  • The Glass Cage (1996) - Jacqueline
  • Navajo Blues (1996) - Elizabeth Wyako
  • Mutual Needs (1997) - Louise Collier
  • Every Dog Has Its Day (1999) - Jill
  • Henry X (2003) - Mrs. Morgan
  • Hey DJ (2003) - Tai
  • Lost Angelas (2016) - Angie Malone

References

  1. ↑ "Charlotte Lewis". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Roman Polanski's New Protégée, Charlotte Lewis, Star of Pirates and All of 18". People Magazine Vol. 26 No. 4. July 28, 1986. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  3. ↑ Angeli, Michael. "Brit Force". Playboy. 40 (7) pp. 132–140. July 1993. ISSN 0032-1478.
  4. ↑ "The New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  5. ↑ Playboy cover, July 1993
  6. ↑ Alpert, Lukas I. (2010-05-15). "New York Post". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  7. ↑ "UK News & Business Directory". Printwords.co.uk. 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  8. ↑ Lee, Ken (2010-05-14). "People". People. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  9. ↑ "Popeater". Popeater. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  10. ↑ "The Huffington Post". The Huffington Post. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  11. ↑ "News of the World". Laregledujeu.org. 1999-08-08. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  12. ↑ "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2011-04-14.

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