Lysette Anthony
Born: 1963-09-26 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Lysette Anne Chodzko, known professionally as Lysette Anthony, is an English actress and model. She is known for her roles in the film Husbands and Wives (1992), as Princess Lysssa in the 1983 fantasy epic Krull, the first season of the ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), the BBC1 sitcom Three Up, Two Down (1985-1989) and her role as Marnie Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2016–2022). Anthony was born on September 26, 1963 in Marylebone, London, the only child of actor Michael Adam Anthony (né Chodzko), an actor from Jersey, and actress Bernadette Milnes. The couple later divorced. Anthony's French-born paternal grandfather, Alexander Victor Chodzko, was a mariner and journalist of Polish descent. Anthony's childhood was made difficult by her mother's manic depression and schizophrenia and she left home at 19. In 1980, at age 16, Anthony was heralded as the "Face of the Eighties" by photographer David Bailey. She was a successful model before she became known as an actress at the age of 20. Anthony's film debut was in the 1983 fantasy film Krull, in which she played Princess Lyssa. She then went on to appear in a number of other films, including Husbands and Wives (1992), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). On television, Anthony has starred in a number of series, including Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), Three Up, Two Down (1985-1989), and Hollyoaks (2016–2022). She has also guest-starred in a number of other shows, including Doctor Who, The Bill, and Midsomer Murders.
Filmography
2023
- Necronomicon as Martha (archive footage)
2020
- Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Martha (archive footage)
2017
- We Still Steal the Old Way as Lizzie
2016
- Mob Handed as The Solicitor
2014
- We Still Kill the Old Way as Lizzie Davis
2012
- The Telemachy
- Strippers vs. Werewolves as Jilly
2006
2002
- The Paper Round as Judge
- Farewell to Harry
2001
- Hotel! as Amanda Brown
- Night and Day
- Beneath Loch Ness as Elizabeth
1999
- Loose Women as Self
1998
- Highlander: The Raven as Debra Dow
- Tale of the Mummy as Dr. Claire Mulrooney
- Misbegotten as Caitlan Bourke
- Depeche Mode: The Videos 86-98 as Woman (segment "I Feel You")
1997
- Jonathan Creek as Mimi Tranter
- Man of Her Dreams as Faith Moore
1996
- Dead Cold as Alicia
- Trilogy of Terror II as Laura, Bobby's Mom / Dr. Simpson
- Vampires: Thirst for the Truth as Self
1995
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It as Lucy Westenra
- Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde as Sarah Carver
- Affair Play as Lisa
1994
- Save Me as Ellie
- Target of Suspicion as Jennifer
- The Hard Truth as Lisa Kantrell
- A Brilliant Disguise as Michelle
1993
- Look Who's Talking Now! as Samantha
- The Hour of the Pig as Filette d'Auferre
- Face the Music as Julie Sanson
1992
- The Pleasure Principle as Charlotte
- Husbands and Wives as Sam
1991
- Switch as Liz
- Dark Shadows as Angelíque
- P.S. I Luv U
1990
- Cluedo as Miss Scarlett
- A Ghost in Monte Carlo as Mistral
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Veronica Cray
- Tales from the Crypt as Bobbi (segment "Forever Ambergris")
- Campion as Amanda Fitton
1988
- Without a Clue as Impostor Leslie Giles
- Jack the Ripper as Mary Jane Kelly
- The Lady and the Highwayman as Lady Panthea Vyne
1987
- Looking for Eileen as Marian Faber / Eileen W.
- The Emperor's New Clothes as Princess Gilda
1985
- The House on Kirov Street as Irina Nikolayevna
- Home to Roost as Lucy
- Three Up, Two Down as Angie Tyler
- Oliver Twist as Rose Maylie
- Oliver Twist as Rose Maylie
1984
- Night Train to Murder as Kathy Chalmers
- L'étincelle as Patricia
1983
- Krull as Lyssa
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Christa
- Princess Daisy as Lady Sarah
- Dombey and Son as Florence Dombey
1982
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- Ivanhoe as Lady Rowena
- Oliver Twist as Oliver's Mother