Annabel Schofield

Annabel Schofield (4 September 1963 – 28 February 2026) was a Welsh-born American model and actress and later a producer.

Life and career Schofield was born in Llanelli, the daughter of film producer John D. Schofield. She had one sister. At 16, she left for London to become a model, signing with Take Two agency and appearing frequently in Italian Vogue and in television adverts, notably a much viewed advert for Bugle Boy jeans.

She switched her focus from modelling to acting in the mid‑1980s, attending drama school in New York and moving to Los Angeles. In 1988, in her second acting role, she played Laurel Ellis in twelve episodes of Dallas. Her film work included Blood Tide in 1982, her acting debut, Exit in Red in 1996, Midnight Blue in 1997, arising out of a blog of the same name.

Schofield was diagnosed with cancer in the 2020s and underwent surgery in 2023. She died in Los Angeles on 28 February 2026, at the age of 62, after brain surgery the previous month funded by a crowdfunding campaign.

Filmography Film

1982 Blood Tide as Vikki 1988 Dragonard as Honore Juno 1990 Solar Crisis as Dr. Alex Noffe 1991 Eye of the Widow as Sharnilar Khasani 1994 Clifford as Woman At Party 1996 Exit in Red as Ally Mercer 1997 The Protector as Marisa 1997 Midnight Blue as Martine / Georgine 2000 A Man Is Mostly Water

Television

1988 Dallas (12 episodes) as Laurel Ellis 1992 Dangerous Curves (1 episode) as Caroline Fowler