Charlotte Attenborough

Charlotte Isabel Attenborough (born 1959) is an English stage, film and television actress known for her appearances in Jane Eyre and Jeeves and Wooster (1991, 1993). She is the daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim.

Early life and education Charlotte Isabel Attenborough was born in 1959,

She has one brother, director Michael Attenborough. Her sister Jane and her 15-year-old niece Lucy were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami as it struck their villa on the coast of Thailand on 26 December 2004. Another niece, Alice, was seriously injured.

Charlotte Attenborough is the niece of television naturalist Sir David Attenborough, John Attenborough and actor Gerald Sim.

Career Attenborough had an uncredited role as a small child in the crowd in Whistle Down the Wind (1961) and made a brief cameo appearance in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) when she was directed by her father Richard Attenborough. Charlotte Attenborough was educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School in London and the University of Bristol before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) like her father before her, from where she left with an Acting Diploma in 1983.

Her film roles include Ezekiel (1994) and Mary Rivers in Jane Eyre (1996), while television roles include Poopy Travis in May We Borrow Your Husband? (1986); Teasel in The Play on One (1989); Lucy in Storyboard (1989); Lucy Trent in Making News (1990); Verity in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1991); Margaret Froelich in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991); Stiffy Byng in Jeeves and Wooster (1991–1993); Prime Minister's Secretary in Screen One (1995) and Clinic Manager in Ultraviolet (1998).

In 1987 she appeared as Sheila Birling in a production of An Inspector Calls at Theatr Clwyd, which transferred to London's Westminster Theatre. In 1989 she played Lucie Manette in an adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities for BBC Radio 4.

Personal life In 1993, Attenborough married actor Graham Sinclair, with whom she had two children. Graham Sinclair died on 24 June 2021.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1961 Whistle Down the Wind Child in Final Crowd Scene Uncredited 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Emma Smith – Age 8 Uncredited 1986 May We Borrow Your Husband? Poopy Travis TV film 1991 Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady Margaret Froelich TV film 1996 Jane Eyre Mary Rivers

Television Year Film Role Notes1989 The Play on One Teasel Episode: "These Foolish Things" Storyboard Lucy Trent Episode: "Making News" 1990 Making News Lucy Trent Series regular 1991 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Verity Episode: "Murder Being Once Done" 1991–1993 Jeeves and Wooster Stiffy 3 episodes 1995 Screen Two Prime Minister's Secretary Episode: "A Very Open Prison" 1998 Ultraviolet Clinic Manager Episode: "Sub Judice"