Charlotte Lewis
Quick Facts
Biography
Charlotte Lewis (born 7 August 1967) is an English actress.
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.
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. 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.
Lewis also appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the July 1993 issue of Playboy magazine.
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, before the two worked together on Pirates. Prosecutors in Los Angeles confirmed that they interviewed Lewis
in connection with the allegations. 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.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Pirates | María-Dolores de la Jenya de la Calde | |
1986 | Golden Child, TheThe Golden Child | Kee Nang | |
1988 | Dial: Help | Jenny Cooper | |
1989 | Tripwire | Trudy | |
1989 | Legend of the Emerald Princess, TheThe Legend of the Emerald Princess | Emerald Princess | Short |
1990 | Stranger in the House | ||
1991 | Healing Hurts | ||
1992 | Storyville | Lee Tran | |
1993 | Excessive Force | Anna Gilmour | |
1994 | Lipstick Camera | Roberta Dailey | |
1994 | Men of War | Loki | |
1995 | Embrace of the Vampire | Sarah | |
1995 | Decoy | Katya | |
1996 | Glass Cage, TheThe Glass Cage | Jacqueline | |
1996 | Navajo Blues | Elizabeth Wyako | |
1997 | Mutual Needs | Louise Collier | |
1999 | Every Dog Has Its Day | Jill | |
2003 | Henry X | Mrs. Morgan | |
2003 | Hey DJ | Tai | |
2017 | Lost Angelas | Angie Malone | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Grange Hill | Samantha | TV series |
1988 | Crime Story | Mai Lan | "Femme Fatale" |
1990-91 | Broken Bridges | Priscilla Mather | Recurring role |
1991 | Bare Essentials | Tarita | TV film |
1992 | Sketch Artist | Leese | TV film |
1993 | Red Shoe Diaries | Claire | "Midnight Bells" |
1995 | Seinfeld | Nina | "The Switch" |
1996 | Viper | Evangeline Raines | "White Fire" |
1996 | Renegade | Kate | "The Pipeline" |
1999 | Highlander: The Raven | Jade | "The Frame" |