Charlotte Lewis

Charlotte Lewis
For the Lost character, see Charlotte Lewis (Lost).
Charlotte Lewis
Born 7 August 1967 (1967-08-07) (age 44)
Kensington, London, England, U.K.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1978-2003

Charlotte Lewis (born 7 August 1967) is an English actress.[1]

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Early life

Charlotte Lewis attended Bishop Douglass School in Finchley.

Career

Charlotte Lewis made her film debut as a teenager in the 1986 Roman Polanski film Pirates. She followed it that same year with the female lead in The Golden Child alongside Eddie Murphy.[2] Later appearances include the film Tripwire (1990) and Storyville (1992, opposite James Spader). She had a co-starring role in Men of War (1995, alongside Dolph Lundgren). Lewis appeared in the 2003 film Hey DJ.[3]

Lewis also appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the July 1993 issue of Playboy magazine.[4][5]

Accusations against Roman Polanski

On 14 May 2010, Charlotte Lewis and her Los Angeles-based attorney Gloria Allred accused director Roman Polanski of sexually assaulting the actress when she was 16 years old,[6][7] prior to the two working together on Pirates.[8][9] Prosecutors in Los Angeles confirmed that they interviewed Lewis in connection with the allegations.[10] According to Lewis, the alleged incident occurred at Polanski's apartment in Paris. Previously in an interview which she gave in 1999, Charlotte stated that she had been Roman Polanski's girlfriend for six months after the shooting of Pirates. She said, "I knew that Roman had done something bad in the United States, but I wanted to be his lover."[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "The New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/42185/Charlotte-Lewis. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  2. ^ Angeli, Michael. "Brit Force". Playboy. 40 (7) pp. 132–140. July 1993. ISSN 0032-1478.
  3. ^ "The New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 2010-10-13. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/344814/Hey-DJ/overview. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  4. ^ Playboy cover, July 1993
  5. ^ "Wbisuperstore.com". Wbisuperstore.com. http://www.wbisuperstore.com/plmaju19chle.html. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  6. ^ Alpert, Lukas I. (2010-05-15). "New York Post". Nypost.com. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/new_roman_sex_shock_N2bzCISuORP3Z2qZp5HIjN. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  7. ^ "UK News & Business Directory". Printwords.co.uk. 2010-05-15. http://printwords.co.uk/charlotte-lewis-alleges-roman-polanski/. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  8. ^ Lee, Ken (2010-05-14). "People". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20369437,00.html. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  9. ^ Comments (2010-05-14). "Popeater". Popeater. http://www.popeater.com/2010/05/14/charlotte-lewis-roman-polanski-sex-abuse-allegations/. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  10. ^ "Huffington Post". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/14/charlotte-lewis-polanski-_n_576800.html. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  11. ^ "News of the World". Laregledujeu.org. 1999-08-08. http://laregledujeu.org/2010/05/27/1703/wild-child-charlotte-lewis-full-text-interview-2/. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
  12. ^ "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. 2010-05-17. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-17/is-polanskis-new-accuser-lying/?cid=tag:all1. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 

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