- Born
- Birth nameLorelei Elizabeth King
- Lorelei King was born on October 29, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Notting Hill (1999), Alien: Covenant (2017) and The Saint (1997). She was previously married to Vincent Marzello.
- SpouseVincent Marzello(? - March 31, 2020) (his death)
- Once described as 'the best-known American voice on Radio 4', she has played roles as varied as Patricia Cornwell's forensic detective Kay Scarpetta and Groucho Marx's sidekick.
- She was voted Female Performer of the Year at the Spoken Word Awards 2001.
- (On her favourite author, Gerald Kersh): "Gerald Kersh, Gerald Kersh, Gerald Kersh,' who wrote about London in the 30s and 40s. "I discovered a book of his in a second-hand bookshop when I was 11, and was immediately hooked! Tales of seedy London nightlife and Cockney rhyming slang were so exotic to a pre-teen from Pittsburgh!"
- (On playing Mrs Hatch in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (2000)): "She was rich, vain and flighty - and it was the first time I've worked in a corset!"
- (On her stage role as pop icon Nico in "All Tomorrow's Parties"): "I absolutely fell in love with the character and it's the only time I've played a person who had actually lived. As it's so liberating to work in a foreign accent, the fact that she was German made her extra fun to play!"
- (On why she knows why she finds recording audio books so rewarding): "I like it because it is such an intimate medium. I feel I'm only ever reading to one person. Sometimes I pretend that that person is someone I love and miss - like my grandmother - and that makes it even more enjoyable."
- (On the books she's most enjoyed recording): "I loved doing "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott for the beautiful writing and wonderful sentiment, and I really enjoyed "Tell Me Your Dreams" by Sidney Sheldon - but then who wouldn't love playing a serial killer with multiple personalities?"
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