# Lachele Carl

Lachele J. Carl is an American actress based in England. She has played Trinity Wells in Doctor Who, and its spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Torchwood.

## Early life

Carl was born in Pittsburgh. She enjoyed performing from a young age, but became especially interested in her senior year of high school. She graduated from Point Park College in 1982. During her studies, Carl trained in classical theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. She moved to England in 1985, wanting to do Shakespeare, and joined a theatre company called TNT.

## Career

Carl played news anchor Trinity Wells, a recurring character in the first four series of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, appearing in the episodes "Aliens of London"/"World War Three", "The Christmas Invasion", "The Sound of Drums", "The Poison Sky", "Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth" and "The End of Time". Wells also appeared in the Doctor Who spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures (in the stories Revenge of the Slitheen and Secrets of the Stars) and Torchwood, during its five-part serial Children of Earth, making her the first character to appear in all three programmes. To this date, Carl is one of just four actors to have appeared in all three shows, the others being Anthony Daebeck (who plays a French newsreader), Julian Bleach and Paul Marc Davis. In 2023, Carl reprised her role in "The Giggle", as part of Doctor Who's 2023 specials.
Carl also narrated the behind-the-scenes special Doctor Who: The Companions for BBC America, released as part of the seventh series DVD box set.
Carl has also appeared in Grange Hill, Batman and Alien Autopsy. She plays one of the voices in The Notekins and was the first voice of Muck and Molly in the American English dub of the children's TV series Bob the Builder. Carl played a minor role as the US Ambassador in the British TV show Ambassadors.

## Personal life

Carl lives in Crouch End, North London with her husband, composer Alejandro Viñao. They have a son.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Midnight | Sandra Carrington | |
| 1987 | The Continental | Monica | Television film |
| 1988 | Maigret | Sergeant Leila Normand | Television film |
| 1989 | Batman | TV Technician | |
| 1991 | A Kiss Before Dying | Reporter | |
| 1991 | Firestar: First Contact | Lucindia Jericho | |
| 1998 | A Guru in Seven | Anthea | |
| 2001 | Wit | Fellow 4 | Television film |
| 2001 | Superstition | News Reporter | |
| 2001 | Strange Relations | Sharna | Television film |
| 2006 | Renaissance | Nora | English dub, voice only |
| 2006 | Alien Autopsy | TV News Anchor | |
| 2006 | Assault on Waco | Sheila Martin | Television film |
| 2016 | Denial | Gloria | |
| 2018 | Show Dogs | FBI Director | |
| 2024 | Tell No Lies | Julia Rose | |

### Television

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Star Cops | Susan Caxton | Episode: "Little Green Men and Other Martians" |
| 1991 | Grange Hill | Cecile | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2001–2009 | Bob the Builder | Muck, Molly, Ella Stevenson, The Librarian | Series regular, US version, Voice only |
| 2002 | Murder in Mind | Dr. Ringfield | Episode: "Victim" |
| 2005–2023 | Doctor Who | Trinity Wells | Recurring role; 10 episodes |
| 2007 | M.I. High | Professor Green | Episode: "Super Blane" |
| 2007–2008 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Trinity Wells | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Torchwood | Trinity Wells | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist | Louise Farabee | Episode: "San Diego" |
| 2011 | Tati's Hotel | | Episode: "Nurse" |
| 2012 | Dark Matters: Twisted But True | Maisy | Episode: "Resurrection Row, Operation Brainwash, Rabid Roulette" |
| 2013 | Ambassadors | Petra | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Holby City | Kim Keeble | Episode: "Cold Heart, Warm Hands" |
| 2014 | The Honourable Woman | US Secretary of State | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2016 | Undercover | Justice Galbraith | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2017 | Modus | Lori Reed | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Deep State | Pundit Woman | Episode: "Stories" |
| 2018 | Holby City | Darsha Kotal | Episode: "One Man and His God" |
| 2018–2019 | Into the Badlands | Vitania | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 2020 | Flesh and Blood | Doctor | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2022 | Avenue 5 | Margaret | Episode: "What An Unseasonal Delight" |
| 2022 | Wednesday | Agnes | Episode: "Quid Pro Woe" |
| 2024 | The Veil | Chief of Staff | Episode: "Grandfather's House" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2003 | Bob the Builder: Bob's Castle Adventure | Muck |
| 2011 | Driver: San Francisco | Additional Voices |
| 2014 | Tropico 5 | Adrianna Diaz |
| 2014 | Alien: Isolation | Lingard |
| 2017 | Horizon Zero Dawn | Additional Voices |
| 2020 | Dreams | Naomi the Trumpeter |
| 2020 | Chicken Police: Paint It Red! | Ursula / Foxy Lady |
| 2021 | Encased | Clara Morgan |
| 2023 | Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened | |
| 2023 | RoboCop: Rogue City | |