Celeste Dring is an English comedy writer and actress, best known for her roles as Lauren Richards in the BBC TV series ''

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'' and as Princess Eugenie in Channel 4's ''

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''.

Early life

Celeste Dring is from

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. She studied English at the

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and graduated in July 2010. Dring started her career as a dance director at the Central Youth Theatre, Wolverhampton.

Comedy career

Dring started working with Freya Parker and Ed Kiely in the fringe theatre trio Lebensmüde. The trio performed at the 2013

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. After Ed left, Dring and Parker continued as a duo under the name Lazy Susan, earning a nomination for the comedy newcomer award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2016, Dring landed a main role as

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in Channel 4's ''

'' alongside actress

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, who plays her royal sister

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. Dring has stated that she based her character on the stars of ''

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'' rather than the real-life Princess Eugenie. Dring appeared as Kayleigh Hudson, a regular character in the BBC3 comedy series '' This Country'' in 2018. She also appeared as Laura in BBC's ''

'' the same year. As a voice actor Dring had a speaking role in

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's ''

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'' (2015) and '' Newsjack'' (2017). 2022 saw a reboot of ''Lazy Susan'' on

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with her long-term comedy partner Freya Parker for four 14-minute episodes.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

References

External links

IMDb Celeste DringLazy SusanUnited Talent
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