Celeste Dring
Celeste Dring | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2015 – present |
Celeste Dring is an English comedy writer and actress, best known for her roles as Lauren Richards in the BBC TV series Wanderlust and as Princess Eugenie in Channel 4's The Windsors
Early life
Celeste Dring is from Wolverhampton, England. She studied English at the University of Cambridge and graduated in July 2010. Dring wrote an article for the university magazine Varsity for 12 November 2010, Issue Nr.729 (page 24) [1] Dring started her career as a dance director at the Central Youth Theatre, Wolverhampton and directed the senior production of Glamour and Romance for Everybody Dance Now for the Central Youth Theatre's Cultural Olympiad Project in 2011.(see talk) [2]
Comedy career
Dring chose comedy after being influenced by the 1999 beauty pageant comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous [3] and worked stand-up with her partner Freya Parker in the comedy duo Lazy Susan.[3] She first appeared on screen in her own co-written comedy sketches at the Edinburgh Festival in 2013.[4] A further appearance at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe found "Lazy Susan" nominated for the comedy newcomer award.[5] In 2016, Dring landed a main role as Princess Eugenie in Channel 4's The Windsors [6] and later purported that her characterisation of Eugenie is based on characters in Made in Chelsea than that of real-life.[7] Dring appeared as Kayleigh Hudson a regular character in the BBC3 comedy series This Country in 2018.[8] Dring also appeared as Laura in BBC's Wanderlust the same year.[9]
TV & Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-2020 | The Windsors (TV Series) | Princess Eugenie | Channel 4 - 20 episodes |
| 2017-2020 | This Country (TV series) | Kayleigh Hudson | BBC - 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Down from London (TV series) | Cam | Mermade - 1 episode |
| 2019 | Ladhood (TV series | Penelope | BBC - 1 episode |
| 2019 | Lazy Susan (TV movie) | various characters | Tiger Aspect |
| 2019 | Absentia (TV series) | Liza Tutee | Amazon Prime - 1 episode |
| 2018 | Wanderlust | Laura Richards | BBC1 - 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Morgana Robinson's The Agency (TV series) | Sauce Scientist | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Year Friends (TV series) | Suzie the chef | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Josh (TV series) | Lily | BBC3 - 1 episode |
| 2015 | SunTrap (TV series) | Barmaid Zorro | BBC1 - 1 episode |
| 2015 | Smell Investigators (Short) | Pete Lazarus | short film |
References
- ^ "'View from the Graduate' by Celeste Dring" (PDF). varsity.co.uk. 2010.
- ^ "Youth theatre must find new home or face closure". expressandstar.com. 2019.
- ^ a b "Youth theatre must find new home or face closure". madeinatlantis.com. 2020.
- ^ "Lazy Susan: 'It's like being in a long-term relationship'". theguardian.com. 2018.
- ^ "Interview: Lazy susan". theweereview.com. 2015.
- ^ "Celeste Dring Interview". tellybinge.co.uk. 2018.
- ^ "Onion Talking: Ellie White & Celeste Dring on The Windsors". thevelvetonion.com. 2017.
- ^ "How are the cast of This Country related?". radiotimes.com. 2018.
- ^ "Wanderlust writer Nick Payne: 'Lots of people are quite angry about the dialogue'". culturewhisper.com. 2018.
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