Corinne Skinner-Carter (born ) is a Trinidadian actress, based in the
United Kingdom. As Corinne Skinner, she began acting professionally in
the s. She has worked in black British film and television, and is
possibly best known for her role as Audrey Trueman in BBC's
EastEnders.Born Corinne Skinner into a privileged Trinidadian family,
she began her theatrical career almost immediately after school,
dancing with the company of Geoffrey Holder (brother of dancer and
artist Boscoe Holder). As she recalled: "My grandmother was very upset
because I had to go on the stage and she said, ‘nice girls do not go
on the stage.’" She went to the UK in to train as a teacher. Soon
after arriving there she married her childhood sweetheart, the
educationist Trevor Carter (â€") at Christ Church, Hampstead, on New
Year's Eve, . While training, she supplemented her income by dancing
and acting in film and television. She continued to perform while
simultaneously working as a teacher for Islington London Borough
Council in North London.Her first acting role was a small part in the
all-black cast of the play The Green Pastures, shown in the BBC Sunday
Night Theatre in September . She made an early uncredited appearance
in the film Flame in the Streets in , and throughout the s she
appeared as a dancer in Cleopatra (), A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum () and Live and Let Die (). Other minor parts
followed in TV shows such as Dixon of Dock Green, Play for Today,
Coronation Street () and Man About the House, until the late s, when
she was cast as Hortense Bennett in the television drama series Empire
Road (BBC, â€"), her breakthrough role.For the next years,
Skinner-Carter worked mainly on television, appearing in Jury (),
South of the Border (BBC, â€") and Happy Families (BBC, â€"). She also
appeared in other television series, including The Gentle Touch (LWT,
â€") and Black Silk (BBC, ). Her film performances include in Horace
Ové's Pressure ( â€" the first full-length drama feature film by a
Black director in Britain), in Menelik Shabazz's Burning an Illusion
() and in the short film Dreaming Rivers ().
United Kingdom. As Corinne Skinner, she began acting professionally in
the s. She has worked in black British film and television, and is
possibly best known for her role as Audrey Trueman in BBC's
EastEnders.Born Corinne Skinner into a privileged Trinidadian family,
she began her theatrical career almost immediately after school,
dancing with the company of Geoffrey Holder (brother of dancer and
artist Boscoe Holder). As she recalled: "My grandmother was very upset
because I had to go on the stage and she said, ‘nice girls do not go
on the stage.’" She went to the UK in to train as a teacher. Soon
after arriving there she married her childhood sweetheart, the
educationist Trevor Carter (â€") at Christ Church, Hampstead, on New
Year's Eve, . While training, she supplemented her income by dancing
and acting in film and television. She continued to perform while
simultaneously working as a teacher for Islington London Borough
Council in North London.Her first acting role was a small part in the
all-black cast of the play The Green Pastures, shown in the BBC Sunday
Night Theatre in September . She made an early uncredited appearance
in the film Flame in the Streets in , and throughout the s she
appeared as a dancer in Cleopatra (), A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum () and Live and Let Die (). Other minor parts
followed in TV shows such as Dixon of Dock Green, Play for Today,
Coronation Street () and Man About the House, until the late s, when
she was cast as Hortense Bennett in the television drama series Empire
Road (BBC, â€"), her breakthrough role.For the next years,
Skinner-Carter worked mainly on television, appearing in Jury (),
South of the Border (BBC, â€") and Happy Families (BBC, â€"). She also
appeared in other television series, including The Gentle Touch (LWT,
â€") and Black Silk (BBC, ). Her film performances include in Horace
Ové's Pressure ( â€" the first full-length drama feature film by a
Black director in Britain), in Menelik Shabazz's Burning an Illusion
() and in the short film Dreaming Rivers ().
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