Lorelei King
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 8, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 55
Lorelei King is a United States-born actress who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1981. She is primarily known for her voice acting, narrating audiobooks and appearing in plays on BBC Radio 4.
King spent her childhood moving between Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and California. In 1981, she planned to move to either Paris or Yugoslavia, where her family originated, but after a three-day stopover in London, she decided to stay in Britain
King has made numerous television roles, which include drama, comedy and children's shows. Her first appearance was in the drama Murrow (1983), a biography of the American news reporter and political commentator Edward R. Murrow and since then she has had roles in many British shows, such as Series 2 on the Sky One show, Mile High as Fresh! airlines HR boss, Stella Lightfoot, Chef! (as Savanna), Linda Milson in ‘’Rumpole of the Bailey’’ in 1991 and in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as showgirl Vonda Lockhart. As well as this, she has also had parts in films such as Shining Through (1992), Notting Hill (1999), 24 Hours in London (2000) and The House of Mirth (2000), as well lending her voice to radio shows and video games. This includes Dirk Maggs' adaptations of The Adventures of Superman and Batman: Knightfall. She voiced the character of Mary Osakwe in the UFO: Afterlight computer game. More recently, she provided voices to small parts in the video games Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017), Subnautica (2018) and its sequel Subnautica: Below Zero (2021). In 2006, she appeared in an episode of sitcom Not Going Out as a therapist. She has narrated over 400 audiobooks. King also provided the voice of Samus Aran's Power Suit in a 2005 pinball video game, Metroid Prime Pinball. In 2017 she portrayed the voice of MUTHUR, the eponymous spaceship's computer in Alien: Covenant.
Known for
Alien: Covenant
2017Movie
'Mother' (voice)
Notting Hill
1999Movie
Anna's Publicist
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011TV
Samantha (voice)
The Saint
1997Movie
TV Reporter
Shining Through
1992Movie
Leland's New Secretary
Bob the Builder
1999TV
Wendy (voice), Wendy / Roley (voice)
Filmography
Elliott from Earth
2021TV
Alien: Covenant
2017Movie
'Mother' (voice)
Bob The Builder Animal Adventures
2013Movie
Wendy / Mrs. Potts / Mrs. Broadbent
Bob the Builder: Hammer Time
2013Movie
Wendy / Mrs. Barbara Bentley / Dot / Vicky / Sophia
Bob the Builder: Build it Big! Playpack
2013Movie
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
2012Movie
Wendy / Roley / Ella
Bob the Builder: Build It and They Will Come
2012Movie
HiT Favorites: Friends and Family
2011Movie
Wendy (voice)
HiT Favorites: Preschool Fun
2011Movie
Wendy / Roley (voice)
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
2011Movie
Dizzy/Roley/Wendy (voice)
HiT Favorites: Sweet Dreams
2011Movie
Wendy / Roley (voice)
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011TV
Samantha (voice)
HiT Favorites: Animal Tails
2010Movie
Wendy (voice)
HiT Favorites: Colors Are Fun!
2010Movie
Wendy / Roley (voice)
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010TV
HiT Favorites: Frosty Friends
2009Movie
Wendy / Mrs. Potts (voice)
Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish
2008Movie
Wendy / Roley (voice)
HiT Favorites: Winter Wonderland
2007Movie
Wendy / Jenny (voice)
Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue
2007Movie
Wendy / Roley / Dot / Mrs. Bentley / Packer
Thomas & Friends: Thomas & Friends on the Big Screen
2007Movie
Wendy / Roley (voice)
After You've Gone
2007TV
Faye Tucker
Not Going Out
2006TV
Therapist
Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild
2006Movie
Wendy (voice)
Stan
2006Movie
Lucille
Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder
2006Movie
Wendy (US) / Mrs. Potts (US) (voice)
Broken News
2005TV
Loren Peterson
Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Plan
2005Movie
Wendy (US), Mrs. Potts (US), Bunty Ferguson (US) (voice)
The Robinsons
2005TV
Sex Therapist
Bob the Builder: Snowed Under - The Bobblesberg Winter Games
2004Movie
Wendy
Bob the Builder: Christmas With Bob and the Crew
2003Movie
Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts / Jenny (voice)
Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family
2003Movie
Wendy / Dorothy / Florence Mountfitchet / Mrs. Percival (voice)
Trust
2003TV
Samantha Candela
The Falklands Play
2002Movie
Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002Movie
Caresse
Bob the Builder: Bob's White Christmas
2001Movie
Wendy / Jenny / Mrs. Percival / Mrs. Potts
The House of Mirth
2000Movie
Mrs. Hatch
24 Hours in London
2000Movie
Lloyd
Jam
2000TV
American Porn Actress
Monarch of the Glen
2000TV
Bonnie MacDonald
Notting Hill
1999Movie
Anna's Publicist
Bob the Builder
1999TV
Wendy (voice), Wendy / Roley (voice)
Cold Feet
1998TV
Natalie
The Very Thought of You
1998Movie
US Ground Stewardess
Jonathan Creek
1997TV
Justine Bailey
The Saint
1997Movie
TV Reporter
Fantomcat
1995TV
Intimate with a Stranger
1995Movie
Ellen
Avenger Penguins
1993TV
Thumpkin and the Easter Bunnies
1993Movie
Chef
1993TV
Savannah Concord
Shining Through
1992Movie
Leland's New Secretary
Coping with Cupid
1991Movie
Captain Trulove
Birds of a Feather
1989TV
L.A. Jailer
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983TV
Lecturer
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975TV
Linda Milson