Lorelei King is a United States-born actress who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1981. She is primarily known for her voice acting, narrating audiobooks and appearing in plays on BBC Radio 4.
King spent her childhood moving between Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and California. In 1981, she planned to move to either Paris or Yugoslavia, where her family originated, but after a three-day stopover in London, she decided to stay in Britain
King has made numerous television roles, which include drama, comedy and children's shows. Her first appearance was in the drama Murrow (1983), a biography of the American news reporter and political commentator Edward R. Murrow and since then she has had roles in many British shows, such as Series 2 on the Sky One show, Mile High as Fresh! airlines HR boss, Stella Lightfoot, Chef! (as Savanna), Linda Milson in ‘’Rumpole of the Bailey’’ in 1991 and in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as showgirl Vonda Lockhart. As well as this, she has also had parts in films such as Shining Through (1992), Notting Hill (1999), 24 Hours in London (2000) and The House of Mirth (2000), as well lending her voice to radio shows and video games. This includes Dirk Maggs' adaptations of The Adventures of Superman and Batman: Knightfall. She voiced the character of Mary Osakwe in the UFO: Afterlight computer game. More recently, she provided voices to small parts in the video games Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017), Subnautica (2018) and its sequel Subnautica: Below Zero (2021). In 2006, she appeared in an episode of sitcom Not Going Out as a therapist. She has narrated over 400 audiobooks. King also provided the voice of Samus Aran's Power Suit in a 2005 pinball video game, Metroid Prime Pinball. In 2017 she portrayed the voice of MUTHUR, the eponymous spaceship's computer in Alien: Covenant.
Elliott from Earth
(16 episodes)
2021
Alien: Covenant
Mother (voice)
2017
Bob The Builder Animal Adventures
Wendy / Mrs. Potts / Mrs. Broadbent
2013
Bob the Builder: Hammer Time
Wendy / Mrs. Barbara Bentley / Dot / Vicky / Sophia
2013
Bob the Builder: Build it Big! Playpack
2013
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
Wendy / Roley / Ella
2012
Bob the Builder: Build It and They Will Come
2012
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
Dizzy/Roley/Wendy (voice)
2011
Bob the Builder: The Golden Hammer
Wendy / Roley / Packer (voice)
2010
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
(52 episodes)
2010
HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends
Wendy / Mrs. Potts
2009
Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish
Wendy / Roley (voice)
2008
HIT Favorites: Winter Wonderland
Wendy / Jenny
2007
Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue
Wendy / Roley / Dot / Mrs. Bentley / Packer
2007
Not Going Out
Therapist · (1 episode)
2006
Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild
Wendy (voice)
2006
Stan
Lucille
2006
Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder
Wendy (US) / Mrs. Potts (US) (voice)
2006
Broken News
Loren Peterson · (6 episodes)
2005
Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Plan
Wendy (US), Mrs. Potts (US), Bunty Ferguson (US) (voice)
2005
The Robinsons
(1 episode)
2005
Bob the Builder: Snowed Under - The Bobblesberg Winter Games
Wendy
2004
Bob the Builder: Christmas With Bob and the Crew
Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts / Jenny (voice)
2003
Bob the Builder: Bob's Friends and Family
Wendy / Dorothy / Florence Mountfitchet / Mrs. Percival (voice)
2003
The Falklands Play
Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Caresse
2002
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie
Wendy / Bunty Ferguson / Mrs. Potts (voice)
2001
Bob the Builder: Bob's White Christmas
Wendy / Jenny / Mrs. Percival / Mrs. Potts
2001
The House of Mirth
Mrs. Hatch
2000
24 Hours in London
Lloyd
2000
Jam
American Porn Actress · (1 episode)
2000
Monarch of the Glen
(1 episode)
2000
Notting Hill
Anna's Publicist
1999
Bob the Builder
Wendy / Roley / Sumsy / Packer (voice) · (255 episodes)
1999
Cold Feet
(6 episodes)
1998
The Very Thought of You
US Ground Stewardess
1998
Jonathan Creek
Justine Bailey · (2 episodes)
1997
The Saint
TV Reporter
1997
Fantomcat
(26 episodes)
1995
Intimate with a Stranger
Ellen
1995
Avenger Penguins
(26 episodes)
1993
Thumpkin and the Easter Bunnies
1993
Chef
Savannah Concord · (6 episodes)
1993
Shining Through
Leland's New Secretary
1992
Coping with Cupid
Captain Trulove
1991
Birds of a Feather
L.A. Jailer · (1 episode)
1989
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Lecturer · (1 episode)
1983
Rumpole of the Bailey
(1 episode)
1975