Charlotte Lucas

Charlotte Lucas (born 29 May 1976) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Dr. Kingsley in Not Going Out, EastEnders as Yvonne and Bad Girls as Selena Geeson.

Early life and education Born into an acting family, Lucas is the daughter of actress Susan Travers and photographer Cornel Lucas. Her grandmother was actress Linden Travers and her great-uncle was Bill Travers.

Lucas attended drama and theatre studies at the University of Birmingham, before concluding her studies at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.

Career She is best known for her role as Selena Geeson in Bad Girls. She also starred in the 2003 film Oh Marbella!, as well as a number of other TV programmes, including EastEnders, Midsomer Murders, Doctors and Not Going Out, plus an episode of Adventure Inc. when filming transferred to the UK for four episodes. Lucas played the role of Mrs Bassat in BBC One's 2014 adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn.

In 2017, she appeared in the third series of Broadchurch.

Filmography +Film Year Title Role Director 1999 Digging Holes Berne’s Andrew Clements 2003 Oh Marbella! Emily Piers Ashworth 2006 These Foolish Things Lily Evans Julia Taylor-Stanley 2008 Last Chance Harvey Gwen Joel Hopkins 2011 A Thousand Kisses Deep Stella Dana Lustig 2012 Cleanskin Nurse Hadi Hajaig

+Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Adventure Inc. Lady Fay Sandringham Series 1 (guest; #1.15) 2003 EastEnders Yvonne Soap opera (recurring; 5 episodes) 2003–2004 Bad Girls Selena Geeson Series 5–6 (regular; 14 episodes) 2005 Down to Earth Sgt. Prosser Series 5 (guest; #5.3) 2005 Holby City Lexie Robbins Series 7 (guest; #7.49) 2006 Judge John Deed Sasha Bard Series 5 (guest; #5.6) 2006 The Bill Andrea Manning Series 22 (guest; #22.83) 2008 Midsomer Murders Sophie Hammond Series 11 (guest; #11.1) 2009 Doctors Cat Jennson Series 11 (guest; #11.13) 2009 Casualty Ronnie King Series 24 (guest; #24.16) 2011 Doctors Amy Layfield Series 12 (guest; #12.178) 2012 Not Going Out Dr. Kingsley Series 5 (guest; #5.5) 2014 Jamaica Inn Mrs. Bassat Miniseries (supporting; 2 episodes) 2015 WPC 56 Charlotte Briggs Series 3 (supporting; 5 episodes) 2017 Broadchurch Sarah Elsey Series 3 (guest; #2.3 & #2.4) 2017 Father Brown Rose Marie Sturgess Series 6 (guest; #6.1) 2018 A Very English Scandal Janet Lawrence Miniseries (supporting; 1 episode) 2020 Call the Midwife Miss Williams Series 9 (guest; #9.6) 2020 The Queen's Gambit Mrs. Dodge Miniseries (supporting; 1 episode)