Caroline Lee-Johnson

Caroline Lee-Johnson
Born
United Kingdom
OccupationActress

Caroline Lee-Johnson is a British actress. She is best known for her starring roles in Chef! as Janice Blackstock and The Knock as Diane Ralston. Her work has been primarily in television, but she has also had roles in films, including The Defender. Lee-Johnson trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.[1]

Career performances

Selected TV programmes

Year TV Program Role Notes
1988 Campaign Dee Vincent 6 episodes
1993 Chef! Janice Blackstock[2] Series 1–3
1994 The Knock Diane Ralston 37 episodes
1997 The Uninvited Sarah Armstrong 3 episodes
2002 Holby City Patsy Brassvine 9 episodes
2003 Silent Witness Alice Pettman 2 episodes
2004 Waking the Dead Assistant Commissioner Dyson 2 episodes
2007 The Whistleblowers Barbara Waters 1 episode
2015 Humans Brothel Madam 3 episodes
2015 From Darkness Superintendent Lola Keir 4 episodes
2021 Vera Darlene Houghton 1 episode
2021 Midsomer Murders Jeanie Saint-Stephens 1 episode
2022 Ridley Gill Moreland 1 episode
2024 Rebus Gill Templer 6 episodes

Selected filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1993 Monday’s Girls Lee-Johnson narrates Educational documentary explores a Nigerian female initiation ceremony from perspective of two young Waikiriki women from the Niger delta. Ngozi Onwurah, director.[3][4]
1991 Who Needs a Heart Naomi Documentary inspired by 1960s black revolutionary leader Michael X
1997 The Saint Private Hotel Receptionist
2004 The Defender Mrs. Roberta Jones, National Security Agency head British-German action film
2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy Self Documentary

Selected theatre

Year Play Role Theatre Notes
1991 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Performed at the Haworth Shakespeare Festival, Committed Artists Theatre Company, New York International Festival of the Arts[5] The play was a modern-day adaptation based in South Africa.[6] UK actor Patrick Miller recalled, "Caroline Lee Johnson was stunning as Lady M. She used to get a standing ovation after her first speech."[7][8]
1990 Joe Turner's Come and Gone Molly Cunningham Tricycle Theatre, London UK premiere[9][10]
1989 Indigo Prince's bride-to-be Almeida Theatre, London Lee-Johnson performs with Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Dougray Scott and Brian Protheroe. Directed by Keith Boak.[11]
1988 The Changeling Joanna's maid National Theatre London[12] Art critic Gabriele Annan wrote of the performance, "[t]he sexiest and best-spoken performance comes from Caroline Lee Johnson as Joanna's black maid...".[13]
1986 Romeo and Juliet Lady[8] Royal Shakespeare Company
1986 The Winter's Tale Played Dorcas, Lady[8] Royal Shakespeare Company

References

  1. ^ "Caroline Lee Johnson – Creative Artists Management". cam.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Chef!". IMDb. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Crucial Films. 28 January 1993. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ "MONDAY'S GIRLS". newsreel.org. California Newsreel. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ Gardner, Lloyd; Onwurah, Ngozi; Johnson, Caroline Lee (1993). Monday's girls. California Newsreel. OCLC 31965549.
  5. ^ Willis, John (1994). Theatre World 1991-1992. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-55783-143-9. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ Willis, John A. (1994). John Willis' Theatre World. Crown Publishers. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-55783-143-9. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  7. ^ Rogers, Jami (24 March 2022). British Black and Asian Shakespeareans: Integrating Shakespeare, 1966–2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-350-11293-3. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "Caroline Lee–Johnson | BBA Shakespeare". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  10. ^ Shulman, Milton (7 March 1990). "Thunder in the Air". Evening Standard. p. 92. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  11. ^ Shulman, Milton (13 March 1989). "Hell afloat". Newspapers.com. Evening Standard. p. 34. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  12. ^ "The Changeling - National Theatre London 1988". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  13. ^ Annan, Gabriele (26 June 1988). "Othello in the negative". Newspapers.com. Sunday Telegraph. p. 19. Retrieved 30 May 2022.


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