Cherie Lunghi

Cherie Mary Lunghi is an English film, television and theatre actress, well known to British audiences for her starring roles in many TV dramas. Her international fame stems from her role as Guinevere in the 1981 film Excalibur. Her long list of screen, stage and TV credits include football manageress Gabriella Benson in the 1990s television series The Manageress and a series of adverts for Kenco coffee. She also competed in the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing. She is the mother of the actress Nathalie Lunghi.

Lunghi was born in Nottingham. Her father, Alessandro Lunghi, was Italian, and her mother, Gladys Lee, was English. After her father returned to Italy, she was brought up in west London by her mother and her aunts.

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