Charlotte Coleman

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Charlotte Ninon Coleman (born April 3, 1968 in Islington , London , England , † November 14, 2001 in Holloway , London, England) was a British actress .

life and career

Coleman was the daughter of actress Ann Beach (1938–2017) and television producer Francis Coleman (1924–2008), her younger sister Lisa Coleman (* 1970) also works as an actress. Her parents' professions brought her to acting at an early age and had her first paid role in a Noël Coward play when she was seven . Only a few years later, she became known to British television audiences through the role of Sue in the popular children's series The Scarecrow (Worzel Gummidge) , which first aired between 1979 and 1981. In the 1980s, she embodied the character of the rebellious teenage girl Marmalade Atkins , who was created by the author Andrew Davies , in two television series . In his private life, too, Coleman was seen as a rebellious youngster who took James Dean as a role model and was expelled from schools.

In adulthood, Coleman was able to establish herself successfully in the acting business, for example through her leading role as the lesbian daughter of a strictly religious family in the television miniseries Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990), which is based on the novel by Jeanette Winterson . For this performance she received an award from the Royal Television Society as well as a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award . Coleman became internationally known in 1994 as Scarlett , the "somewhat crazy, red-haired roommate" of Hugh Grant's main character, in the hit romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Death . The role earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award as Best Supporting Actress one, but it was defeated by the appearance of Kristin Scott Thomas in the same film. This was followed by other supporting roles in Coleman's films such as The Handbook of Young Poisoners (1995), Lieber Yesterday Than Never… (1998) and Beautiful People (1999); she also starred in the BBC sitcom How Do You Want Me? from 1998 to 1999 . .

In November 2001, Coleman was found dead by her mother in her London apartment, the 33-year-old actress had died of a massive asthma attack the night before . In memory of them, the New London Performing Arts Center awards the since 2003 scholarship Charlotte Coleman Scholarship .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Remembering my friend Charlotte Coleman, the tragic rebel who put the 'F' into Four Weddings . In: The Telegraph . March 11, 2019, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed August 18, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Charlotte Coleman | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved August 18, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ a b Charlotte Coleman died at the age of only 33 - derStandard.at. Retrieved August 18, 2020 (Austrian German).
  4. ↑ DIED: Charlotte Coleman - DER SPIEGEL 48/2001. Retrieved August 18, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Scholarships. June 27, 2017, accessed August 18, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Coleman, Charlotte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coleman, Charlotte Ninon (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd April 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Islington , London , England , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2001
Place of death Holloway , London , England , United Kingdom