Lysette Anthony
Lysette Anne Chodzko, known professionally as Lysette Anthony, is an English actress and model. She is known for her roles in the film Husbands and Wives (1992), as Princess Lysssa in the 1983 fantasy epic Krull, the first season of the ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), the BBC1 sitcom Three Up, Two Down (1985-1989) and her role as Marnie Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2016–2022).
Anthony was born on September 26, 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.
Anthony's film debut was in the 1983 fantasy film Krull, in which she played Princess Lyssa. She then went on to appear in a number of other films, including Husbands and Wives (1992), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), and Tale of the Mummy (1998).
On television, Anthony has starred in a number of series, including Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), Three Up, Two Down (1985-1989), and Hollyoaks (2016–2022). She has also guest-starred in a number of other shows, including Doctor Who, The Bill, and Midsomer Murders.
Acting
Movie
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
as Lucy Westenra
1995
Movie
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Samantha
1993
TV
Tales from the Crypt
as Bobbi (segment "Forever Ambergris")
1989
Movie
Krull
as Lyssa
1983
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Veronica Cray
1989
Movie
Husbands and Wives
as Sam
1992
Movie
Without a Clue
as Impostor Leslie Giles
1988
Movie
Switch
as Liz
1991
Movie
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
as Dr. Claire Mulrooney
1998
TV
Jack the Ripper
as Mary Jane Kelly
1988
TV
Casualty
as Rachel Houston
1986
TV
Casualty
as Amanda
1986
Movie
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Lizzie Davis
2014
TV
Jonathan Creek
as Mimi Tranter
1997
Movie
Strippers vs. Werewolves
as Jilly
2012
Movie
Ivanhoe
as Lady Rowena
1982
TV
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Sarah Carver
1995
Movie
Trilogy of Terror II
as Laura, Bobby's Mom / Dr. Simpson
1996
TV
Lovejoy
as Sophy
1986
Movie
The Hour of the Pig
as Filette d'Auferre
1993
TV
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
as Christa
1983
Movie
We Still Steal the Old Way
as Lizzie
2017
TV
Dark Shadows
as Angelíque
1991
