Lucy Cohu
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 2, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
Biography
Lucy Ann Cohu, an English stage, film, and television actress, was born on 2 October 1968 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. She attended Stamford High School, a boarding school in Lincolnshire, during her childhood. Cohu trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where she also met her future husband, actor Corey Johnson. Her first acting job after drama school was in a production of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. She made her television debut in an episode of Casualty and went on to work extensively in British television, including roles in Soldier Soldier and other series. Cohu is known for her portrayals of Princess Margaret in the Channel 4 drama The Queen's Sister (2005), Evelyn Brogan in Cape Wrath, and Alice Carter in Torchwood: Children of Earth. Her performance as Princess Margaret earned her nominations for both an Emmy and a BAFTA award, with critics praising her interpretation of the character as energetic and vibrant, contrasting with previous depictions. She has also appeared in films such as Gosford Park and Becoming Jane. In 2018, she received positive reviews for her performance in the play Speaking in Tongues at the Duke of York's Theatre. She has also appeared in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass at the Tricycle Theatre and was scheduled to perform in Dawn King’s play ‘The Trials’ at the Donmar Warehouse in London in August 2022. Cohu was married to actor Corey Johnson from 1994 to 2005, and the couple has two children: Alexander, born in 2000, and Lila, born in 2002. She lives in Kensal Green, Brent, London. Before achieving success in acting, Cohu performed at children's parties and has stated that had she not become an actress, she would have pursued a career in children's nursing. In November 2008, she won an International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in the true-life drama Forgiven.
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Filmography
Dangerous Liaisons
TV · as Christine de Sevigny · 8 eps
COBRA
TV · as Rachel Sutherland · 18 eps
Summer of Rockets
TV · as Miriam Petrukhin · 6 eps
The Entertainer
Movie · as Mrs. Cohen
Maigret's Dead Man
Movie · as 梅格雷夫人
Maigret Sets A Trap
Movie · as 演员
The Adventures of Anais Nin
Movie · as Anais Nin (older)
Charlie
TV · as Terry Keane · 3 eps
The Inbetweeners 2
Movie · as Niki
The Face of an Angel
Movie · as Caroline
Lightfields
TV · as Vivien Mullen · 5 eps
Atlantis
TV · as Circe · 2 eps
Broadchurch
TV · as Tess Henchard · 4 eps
Ripper Street
TV · as Deborah Goren · 8 eps
Playhouse Presents
TV · as Cathy McCluskey · 1 ep
The Awakening
Movie · as Constance Strickland
Death in Paradise
TV · as Caroline Bamber · 1 ep
Upstairs Downstairs
TV · as Mrs Sylvia Fuller · 2 eps
Murderland
TV · as Sally · 3 eps
Einstein and Eddington
Movie · as Mileva Einstein
Ballet Shoes
Movie · as Theo Dane
Becoming Jane
Movie · as Eliza de Feuillide
Forgiven
Movie · as Liz
Meadowlands
TV · as Evelyn Brogan · 8 eps
Lewis
TV · as Marion Hammond · 1 ep
Coup!
Movie · as Amanda Mann
Torchwood
TV · as Alice Carter · 5 eps
The Queen's Sister
Movie · as Princess Margaret
Bombshell
TV · as Valerie Welling · 7 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Pat Fortescue · 1 ep
Red Cap
TV · 1 ep
Coming Up
TV · as Frances · 1 ep
Sweet Medicine
TV · as Anna Winterson · 10 eps
The Real Jane Austen
Movie · as Cassandra Austen
The Making of Gosford Park
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Gosford Park
Movie · as Lottie
In Deep
TV · as Elinor · 2 eps
Reach for the Moon
TV · as Amelia Marchant · 6 eps
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Jenny Russell · 1 ep
Rebecca
TV · as Rebecca · 2 eps
Loving
Movie · as Violet
Silent Witness
TV · 2 eps
Pie in the Sky
TV · as Watson · 1 ep
The Dwelling Place
TV · as Isabelle Fischel · 3 eps
Peak Practice
TV · as Gina Johnson · 3 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Marianne Deroulard · 1 ep
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV · as Magdelene Heller · 2 eps
Casualty
TV · as Theresa Johnson, Jayne Bazeley · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Violet · 1 ep
The Bill
TV · 1 ep