
Lorelei King
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1963-03-08 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Lorelei King
Biography
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
Acting
(2017)
Alien: Covenant
as Mother (voice)
(2013)
Bob The Builder Animal Adventures
as Wendy / Mrs. Potts / Mrs. Broadbent
(2013)
Bob the Builder: Hammer Time
as Wendy / Mrs. Barbara Bentley / Dot / Vicky / Sophia
(2013)
(2012)
(2012)
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
as Wendy / Roley / Ella
(2011)
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig - The Movie
as Dizzy/Roley/Wendy (voice)
(2010)
Bob the Builder: The Golden Hammer - The Movie
as Wendy / Roley / Packer (voice)
(2009)
HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends
as Wendy / Mrs. Potts
(2008)
Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish
as Wendy / Roley (voice)
(2007)
HIT Favorites: Winter Wonderland
as Wendy / Jenny
(2007)
Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue
as Wendy / Roley / Dot / Mrs. Bentley / Packer
(2006)
Stan
as Lucille
(2006)
Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder
as Wendy (US) / Mrs. Potts (US) (voice)
(2006)
Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild
as Wendy (voice)
(2005)
Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Plan
as Wendy (US), Mrs. Potts (US), Bunty Ferguson (US) (voice)
(2004)
(2003)
Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family
as Wendy / Dorothy / Florence Mountfitchet / Mrs. Percival (voice)
(2003)
Bob the Builder: Christmas With Bob and the Crew
as Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts / Jenny (voice)
(2002)
The Falklands Play
as Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
(2002)
(2001)
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie
as Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts (voice)
(2001)
Bob the Builder: Bob's White Christmas
as Wendy / Jenny / Mrs. Percival / Mrs. Potts
(2000)
The House of Mirth
as Mrs. Hatch
(2000)
24 Hours in London
as Lloyd
(1999)
Notting Hill
as Anna's Publicist
(1998)
The Very Thought of You
as US Ground Stewardess
(1997)
The Saint
as TV Reporter
(1995)
Intimate with a Stranger
as Ellen
(1993)
(1992)
Shining Through
as Leland's New Secretary
(1991)
Coping with Cupid
as Captain Trulove
Crew
(2012)
Chuggington: All Buckled Up!
Script Coordinator
(2008)
(2006)
Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder
Script Editor