Lysette Anthony
Lysette Anne Chodzko (born 26 September 1963), known professionally as Lysette Anthony, is an English actress and model. She is known for her roles in the film "Husbands and Wives" (1992), the first season of the ITV comedy-drama series "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (1983), the BBC1 sitcom "Three Up, Two Down", and her role as Marnie Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera "Hollyoaks" (2016–2022). Early life. Anthony was born on 26 September 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. During the decade, she appeared in numerous music videos for artists such as Bryan Adams ("Summer of '69", "Somebody", "Heaven", and "Run to You") and Depeche Mode  ("I Feel You"). Acting career. Stage. Anthony made her first stage appearance at the Cambridge Theatre at age 10. Four years later, she performed with the National Youth Theatre. She appeared at the Trafalgar Studios in the West End as Arabella Lucretia in the television comedy "The New Statesman", with Rik Mayall. She has played the role of Joanna Lyppiatt in Noël Coward's "Present Laughter" (with Simon Callow) and the role of Eleanor in Terry Johnson's "Dead Funny" at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Television. Anthony's credits include a non-speaking role in British Telecom adverts, ITV's  Murder in Suburbia, "Agatha Christie's Poirot", a regular role in the soap opera "Night & Day" (ITV), "Hotel!" for Channel 5, BBC's "Jonathan Creek", "Oliver Twist", "Dombey and Son", "A Ghost in Monte Carlo", "Campion" episode "Sweet Danger" (as Lady Amanda Fitton), "Lovejoy", "Hollyoaks" and ITV’s "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet". She also starred for four years in the BBC sitcom "Three Up, Two Down". She also portrayed Angelique Bouchard for eight episodes of the prime time revival of the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows". She also played Miss Clarise Mimsers in "The Dead Man's Gun" in 1998 as  well as Miss Scarlett in the third series of "Cluedo" on ITV in 1992. Her television appearances in 2006 included roles in "Casualty" and a new sitcom pilot, "Baggy Trousers". She also played the roles of Rachel Heath, a semi-regular character in "The Bill" and Veronica Cray in "The Hollow", a two-part "Poirot" film for ITV. She also appeared briefly in "Coronation Street" on 13 August 2010 and as an American patient in "Holby City" in February 2013. In 2014, she appeared on an episode of "Pointless Celebrities" partnered with Christopher Timothy. She also played the role as  Lady Rowena in Ivanhoe in 1982. In February 2016, Anthony began appearing in the Channel 4 soap opera "Hollyoaks" as Marnie Nightingale. Her character was killed off in January 2022 after collapsing due to a brain injury caused by an explosion, ending Anthony's almost six-year-long run with the soap. Audio. In 2008, Anthony portrayed Clara Harris in the "Doctor Who" audio adventure "Assassin in the Limelight". In February 2010, it was announced that she would be returning to the world of "Dark Shadows" starring in the audio drama "". Personal life. Anthony married Dutch artist and entrepreneur Luc  Leestemaker in 1990; they divorced in 1995 after Anthony left Leestemaker for married American film director David Price whom she met while filming "Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde". She went on to marry Price and they were together for two years until they divorced. Anthony was in a relationship with composer Simon Boswell from 2004 to 2010, with whom she has a son called Jimi. In 2008, her son was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. She now raises funds for research. In "The Sunday Times" on 15 October 2017, Anthony made public allegations that Harvey Weinstein raped her in the late  1980s.