Celeste Dring

Celeste Dring is an English comedy writer and actress, best known for her roles as Lauren Richards in the BBC TV series Wanderlust and as Princess Eugenie in Channel 4's The Windsors

Celeste Dring
Born
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
OccupationActor
Years active2015 – present

Early life

Celeste Dring is from Wolverhampton, England. She studied English at the University of Cambridge and graduated in July 2010. Dring wrote an article for the university magazine Varsity for 12 November 2010, Issue Nr.729 (page 24) [1] Dring started her career as a dance director at the Central Youth Theatre, Wolverhampton and directed the senior production of Glamour and Romance for Everybody Dance Now for the Central Youth Theatre's Cultural Olympiad Project in 2011.(see talk) [2]

Comedy career

Dring chose comedy after being influenced by the 1999 beauty pageant comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous [3] and worked stand-up with her partner Freya Parker in the comedy duo Lazy Susan.[3] She first appeared on screen in her own co-written comedy sketches at the Edinburgh Festival in 2013.[4] A further appearance at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe found "Lazy Susan" nominated for the comedy newcomer award.[5] In 2016, Dring landed a main role as Princess Eugenie in Channel 4's The Windsors [6] and later purported that her characterisation of Eugenie is based on characters in Made in Chelsea than that of real-life.[7] Dring appeared as Kayleigh Hudson a regular character in the BBC3 comedy series This Country in 2018.[8] Dring also appeared as Laura in BBC's Wanderlust the same year.[9]

TV & Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2016-2020 The Windsors (TV Series) Princess Eugenie Channel 4 - 20 episodes
2017-2020 This Country (TV series) Kayleigh Hudson BBC - 4 episodes
2019 Down from London (TV series) Cam Mermade - 1 episode
2019 Ladhood (TV series Penelope BBC - 1 episode
2019 Lazy Susan (TV movie) various characters Tiger Aspect
2019 Absentia (TV series) Liza Tutee Amazon Prime - 1 episode
2018 Wanderlust Laura Richards BBC1 - 5 episodes
2016 Morgana Robinson's The Agency (TV series) Sauce Scientist 2 episodes
2016 Year Friends (TV series) Suzie the chef 1 episode
2015 Josh (TV series) Lily BBC3 - 1 episode
2015 SunTrap (TV series) Barmaid Zorro BBC1 - 1 episode
2015 Smell Investigators (Short) Pete Lazarus short film

References
  1. "'View from the Graduate' by Celeste Dring" (PDF). varsity.co.uk. 2010.
  2. "Youth theatre must find new home or face closure". expressandstar.com. 2019.
  3. "Youth theatre must find new home or face closure". madeinatlantis.com. 2020.
  4. "Lazy Susan: 'It's like being in a long-term relationship'". theguardian.com. 2018.
  5. "Interview: Lazy susan". theweereview.com. 2015.
  6. "Celeste Dring Interview". tellybinge.co.uk. 2018.
  7. "Onion Talking: Ellie White & Celeste Dring on The Windsors". thevelvetonion.com. 2017.
  8. "How are the cast of This Country related?". radiotimes.com. 2018.
  9. "Wanderlust writer Nick Payne: 'Lots of people are quite angry about the dialogue'". culturewhisper.com. 2018.


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