Lysette Anthony

Lysette Anne Chodzko known professionally as Lysette Anthony is an English actress and model She is known for her roles in the film Husbands and Wives 1992 as Princess Lysssa in the 1983 fantasy epic Krull the first season of the ITV comedydrama series Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 the BBC1 sitcom Three Up Two Down 19851989 and her role as Marnie Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks 20162022 Anthony was born on September 26 1963 in Marylebone London the only child of actor Michael Adam Anthony né Chodzko an actor from Jersey and actress Bernadette Milnes The couple later divorced Anthonys Frenchborn paternal grandfather Alexander Victor Chodzko was a mariner and journalist of Polish descent Anthonys childhood was made difficult by her mothers manic depression and schizophrenia and she left home at 19 In 1980 at age 16 Anthony was heralded as the Face of the Eighties by photographer David Bailey She was a successful model before she became known as an actress at the age of 20 Anthonys film debut was in the 1983 fantasy film Krull in which she played Princess Lyssa She then went on to appear in a number of other films including Husbands and Wives 1992 Dracula Dead and Loving It 1995 and Tale of the Mummy 1998 On television Anthony has starred in a number of series including Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 Three Up Two Down 19851989 and Hollyoaks 20162022 She has also gueststarred in a number of other shows including Doctor Who The Bill and Midsomer Murders