Chloë Annett

Chloë Annett
Chloë Annett in October 2009
Born	(1968-07-25) 25 July 1968 London, England
Years active	1990–present
Known for	Red Dwarf Crime Traveller
Spouse	Alec McKinlay ​ ​ (m. 2000; div. 2015)​
Children	3

Chloë Victoria Annett (born 25 July 1968) is an English actress. She played Holly Turner in Crime Traveller and Kristine Kochanski in series 7 and 8 of the sitcom Red Dwarf.

Biography

Early life and family

Annett was born and brought up in East Finchley in London, where she attended Mountview Theatre School.

Her father was director Paul Annett, who directed a large number of episodes of the soap opera EastEnders. Annett's father also directed some episodes of children's drama series Byker Grove, in some of which Annett appeared. Her brother, Jamie Annett, has also directed EastEnders. Her mother is actress and voice expert Margo Annett, author of An Actor's Guide to Auditions and Interviews, who works closely with Thelma Holt and the Cameron Mackintosh foundation. She is married to Alec McKinlay, the manager for the rock groups Oasis and Crowded House, with whom she has three children.

Television

Annett has spent time in America, where she had a part in the 1992 TV miniseries Jewels. Back in Britain, most of her roles were bit parts, although she played the starring role of Holly Turner in Crime Traveller in 1997 alongside Michael French, who played Jeff Slade. In 1992, she played the part of Gertrude Winkworth in one episode of the Granada's series Jeeves and Wooster, based on the novels of P.G. Wodehouse, in which Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry starred. She also played Angela Mortimer, the great-niece of Mrs Pumphrey and the love interest of Tristan Farnon, in one episode ("Hampered") of All Creatures Great and Small.

Annett played Kristine Kochanski in the seventh and eighth series of the science fiction comedy television series Red Dwarf, a role which she reprised in the final part of the 2009 special, Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.

She won Best Actress at the April 2011 London Independent Film Festival.

Selected filmography

Annett and Craig Charles, who plays Dave Lister in Red Dwarf

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Families	Mina Sandaval
1990	Inspector Wexford: An Unkindness of Ravens	Jane Gardner
1990	All Creatures Great and Small: Hampered	Angela Mortimer
1991	Doctor at the Top	Rebecca Stuart-Clark
1992	Spatz	Donna Edwards
1992	Jeeves and Wooster: Bertie Takes Gussie's Place at Deverill Hall	Gertrude Winkworth
1992	Covington Cross: The Persecution	Rachel
1992	Double X: The Name of the Game	Sarah Clutten
1992	Jewels (aka Danielle Steel's Jewels)	Isabelle
1993	Yamada ga machi ni yatte kita (aka How to Speak Japanese)	Mary Fitzgibbon
1994	Byker Grove	Janey
1996	Cadfael: The Devil's Novice	Rosanna
1997	Space Cadets: Vulcans vs. Klingons	Herself
1997	Crime Traveller	Holly Turner
1997	Red Dwarf VII	Kristine Kochanski
1998	Can't Smeg Won't Smeg	Kristine Kochanski
1998	Universe Challenge	Herself
1998	Red Dwarf A-Z	Herself
1999	Red Dwarf VIII	Kristine Kochanski
2000	Kiss Me Kate	Sam	Episode: The Party
2000	Pasty Faces	Lena
2000	The Asylum	Rose
2002	Doctors	Joanna Hepworth	Episode: Stealing Booty
2004	Casualty	Lina Roles	Episode: Passions and Convictions
2004	Comedy Connections: Red Dwarf	Herself
2009	Red Dwarf: Back to Earth	Herself/Kristine Kochanski
2010	Leila	Leila
2012	Casualty	April Halliwell	Episode: Hero Syndrome
2014	Holby City	Pat Lang	Episode: No Apologies

External links

• Chloë Annett at IMDb.