Caroline Quentin is a British actress.
She became known for appearances in Men Behaving
Badly, playing Dorothy, and Jonathan Creek, playing
Maddy Magellan. Her early work included appearing on
the stage. She was in the chorus of the original cast
of Les Misérables.
She has appeared in such series as Whose Line Is
It Anyway?, Room 101, and Have I Got News For You.
She also appeared in the telemovie Hot Money, based
on the true story of the theft of hundreds of thousands
of pounds from the Bank of England. In 1998 came the
first sitcom to be built around Quentin herself, Kiss
Me Kate. She went on to show her talent for straight
acting in Life Begins.
She married fellow BBC comedian Paul Merton in 1990,
but they separated in 1997 and were subsequently divorced.
With her new partner, Caroline had a daughter, Emily,
in 1999, and a son, William, in 2003.
At the British Comedy Awards 2004, Caroline Quentin
won the "Best Comedy Actress" award for her
performance in Von Trapped. |
