Chloë Victoria Annett (born 25 July 1971) is an English actress. She played Holly Turner in ''

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'' and

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in series 7 and 8 of the sitcom ''

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''.

Biography

Early life and family

Annett was born and brought up in

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in London, where she attended Mountview Theatre School. Originally, she was going to attend an art school but she went along with one of her friends who had an audition and got in. She reports that her parents were supportive of her career change and encouraged her. Her father was director Paul Annett, who directed a large number of episodes of the

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''. Annett's father also directed some episodes of children's drama series ''

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'', in some of which Annett appeared. Her brother, Jamie Annett, has also directed ''

''. Her mother is actress and voice expert Margo Annett, author of ''An Actor's Guide to Auditions and Interviews'', who works closely with

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and the

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foundation. She is married to Alec McKinlay, the manager for the rock groups

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and

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, with whom she has three children.

Television

Annett has spent time in America, where she had a part in the 1992 TV

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''. Back in Britain, most of her roles were

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s, although she played the starring role of Holly Turner in ''

'' in 1997 alongside

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, who played Jeff Slade. In 1992, she played the part of Gertrude Winkworth in one episode of the Granada's series ''

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'', based on the novels of

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, in which

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and

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starred. She also played Angela Mortimer, the great-niece of Mrs Pumphrey and the love interest of Tristan Farnon, in one episode ("Hampered") of '' All Creatures Great and Small''. Annett played

in the seventh and eighth series of the

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'', a role which she reprised in the final part of the 2009 special, '' Red Dwarf: Back to Earth''. She won Best Actress at the April 2011 London Independent Film Festival.

Selected filmography

References

External links

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