Charlotte Spencer (actress)

Charlotte Spencer
Born Charlotte Spencer
(1991-09-26) 26 September 1991
Harlow, Essex, England
Nationality British
Education Sylvia Young Theatre School
Occupation Actress, singer, dancer
Years active 2004–present

Charlotte Spencer (born 26 September 1991 in Harlow, England) is a British actress, singer and dancer. She is known for her playing the female lead in The Living and the Dead.[1][2] Screen International named her a Star of Tomorrow 2015.[3]

Personal life

She was born in Harlow, Essex,[3][4][5] to Peter and Karen. She has a younger sister and brother.[6] Spencer said of her background "I come from a working class background; my dad’s a builder and my mum works in a school".[7] She started ballet aged 3 and has wanted to perform since then.[7] At the age of 11, her parents sent her to a drama school in London, at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone.[3] Charlotte's parents remortgaged their house to support her acting career.[6] As of 2016 she lives with her parents when not working as an actor,[6] working with her grandmother at a charity shop and helping with the choir at her mother's infants school. She has a dog, Chip.[6][8]

Acting career

Theatre

Spencer in the original London cast of Mary Poppins, Left to right (FRONT): Poppy Lee Friar, Jack Montgomery, Perry Millward, Harry Stott, Ben Watton, Jake Catterall, Nicola Bowman. Left to right (BACK): Charlotte Spencer, Faye Spittlehouse, Carrie Fletcher, with songwriter Robert B. Sherman. (Photo Date: 19 July 2004)

She got her acting break in Mary Poppins aged 12, appearing as Jane Banks in Richard Eyre's 2004 production of the musical.[3] In 2009, she played Bet in Oliver!.[9] In 2013, Eyre again cast Spencer, this time as Christine Keeler in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Stephen Ward, alongside Charlotte Blackledge as Mandy Rice-Davies.[3][10][11]

Television and film

Spencer appeared as Dexter Fletcher's daughter in Hotel Babylon.[6] She was the voice of Angelina Ballerina on Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps when she was 17.[8] Spencer appeared in the films Wild Bill and Les Misérables in 2011[6][12] and then Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp in 2012.[6]

Spencer appeared as jockey Tina Fallon in the 2014 E4 TV series Glue[13] and was nominated for a Supporting Actress BAFTA for this role in 2015.[3][14] Deadline.com reported that she will star in Broad Squad;[15] in 2015 she appeared in a pilot of Broad Squad as a 1970s police officer on ABC,[3] which was not made into a series,[6] and filmed a BFI short, Above.[7] She played the lead role, Lilly, in the film Bypass with George MacKay[7] and appeared as Ellie in the BBC2 TV series Stonemouth.[16] In 2015, she was nominated for best actress awards for Stonemouth at BAFTA Scotland.[17] In the BBC1 horror TV series The Living and the Dead, broadcast in June 2016, she played the role of a photographer turned housewife, Charlotte Appelby, with Colin Morgan.[18] She said of the role "since I was a child, I’ve always wanted to do a period drama".[19]

In May 2016, she began filming for the BBC/NFTS short film Diagnosis in the lead role of Sally, a woman who acts in medical role play.[20]

Filmography

Television

Title Role Notes
2007 Five Days Jaime Episode Day Seventy Nine and Day One
2008 Hotel Babylon Liz Casemore Episode Ke Koa Lokomaika'i
2008 Genie in the House Cara Episode "Look to the Future"
2009 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps Angelina Mouseling Voice role
2014 Line of Duty Carly
2014 Glue Tina
2015 Stonemouth Ellie Murston series review[21]
2016 The Living and the Dead Charlotte Appleby

Film

Title Role Notes
2012 Les Miserables Unnamed

References

  1. ↑ "BBC - Interview with Charlotte Spencer - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  2. ↑ "Colin Morgan and Charlotte Spencer land leads in BBC's 'Living and the Dead' series". United Press International. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Halligan, Fionnuala (October 5, 2015). "Charlotte Spencer, Stars of Tomorrow 2015". Screen Daily. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Charlotte Spencer On Being Ginger, NSFW Scenes + Angelina Ballerina (Yes, Really)". www.instyle.co.uk/. InStyle UK. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Harlow actress Charlotte Spencer to star in The Living and the Dead". 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Christie, Janet (June 25, 2016). "Interview: Actor Charlotte Spencer on new BBC drama, The Living and the Dead". The Scotsman. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Walpole, James (May 13, 2015). "Exclusive Interview: Charlotte Spencer Talks Bypass". Mr Rumsey’s Film Related Musings. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Woodhall, Victoria (June 26, 2016). "Spotlight on The Living And The Dead actress Charlotte Spencer". You Magazine. Daily Mail. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  9. ↑ Marshall, Charlotte (December 4, 2013). "Introducing... Charlotte Spencer". Official London Theatre. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ "From Mary Poppins child star to Profumo femme fatale in Lloyd Webber's latest". Evening Standard. September 6, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  11. ↑ Lewis, Tim (December 1, 2013). "'Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies were misunderstood'". The Observer. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Charlotte Spencer On Being Ginger, NSFW Scenes + Angelina Ballerina (Yes, Really)". InStyle. June 20, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Interview with Charlotte Spencer for Glue". Channel 4. September 3, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  14. ↑ Mendoza, Monica (April 8, 2015). "Benedict Cumberbatch secures sixth BAFTA TV nomination". Screen Daily. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  15. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2015-02-20). "Stacey Farber To Star In 'Take It From Us', Charlotte Spencer In 'Broad Squad'". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  16. ↑ Power, Vicki (May 30, 2015). "Christian Cooke and Charlotte Spencer on new BBC thriller Stonemouth". The Express. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  17. ↑ "British Academy Scotland Awards: Winners in 2015". BAFTA. 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  18. ↑ Debnath, Neela (2016-06-28). "The Living and the Dead: Charlotte Spencer says show harks back to 'traditional horror'". Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  19. ↑ "Actress Charlotte Spencer gives us an insight into her new BBC1 series ‘The Living And The Dead’". FAULT Magazine. June 21, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  20. ↑ Rosser, Michael (May 31, 2016). "First NFTS-BBC Films 'Greenlight' project begins shoot". Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  21. ↑ Wollaston, Sam (2015-06-12). "Stonemouth review: 'visually fabulous, but lacks knuckle-chewing suspense'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

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