Caroline Lee-Johnson

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

TV programmes

The following are selected television programmes with performances by Caroline Lee-Johnson.[2]

Year TV Program Role Notes
1988 Campaign Dee Vincent Appeared in all 6 episodes.
1993 Chef! Janice Blackstock[3] Lead character. Appeared in series 1–3.
1994 The Knock Diane Ralston Lead character. Appeared in all 37 episodes.
1997 The Uninvited Sarah Armstrong Appeared in three episodes.
2002 Holby City Patsy Brassvine Appeared in nine episodes from 2002-2015.
2003 Silent Witness Alice Pettman Appeared in two episodes.
2004 Waking the Dead Assistant Commissioner Dyson Appeared in two episodes.
2007 The Whistleblowers Barbara Waters Appeared in one episode.
2015 Humans Brothel Madam Appeared in three episodes.
2015 From Darkness Superintendent Lola Keir Appeared in four episodes.
2021 Vera Darlene Houghton Appeared in one episode.
2021 Midsomer Murders Jeanie Saint-Stephens Appeared in one episode.
2022 Ridley Gill Moreland Appeared in one episode (The Peaceful Garden).
2024 Rebus Gill Templer Appeared in six episodes (As Caroline Lee Johnson).

Films

The following are selected films with performances by Caroline Lee-Johnson.[2]

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.[4][5]
1991 Who Needs a Heart Naomi Documentary film inspired by the story of 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 Appeared as self in this TV documentary film.

Theatre

Below are selected live performances by Caroline Lee-Johnson.

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[6] The play was a modern-day adoption based in South Africa.[7] UK actor Patrick Miller recalled, "Caroline Lee Johnson was stunning as Lady M. She used to get a standing ovation after her first speech."[8][9]
1990 Joe Turner's Come and Gone Molly Cunningham Tricycle Theatre, London UK premiere[10][11]
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.[12]
1988 The Changeling Joanna's maid National Theatre London[13] 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...".[14]
1986 Romeo and Juliet Lady[9] Royal Shakespeare Company
1986 The Winter's Tale Played Dorcas, Lady[9] Royal Shakespeare Company

References

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


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