Celeste Dring

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Celeste Dring
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Celeste Dring as Princess Eugenie in 2017
Born Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 2015–present

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.

Early life

Celeste Dring is from Wolverhampton, England. She studied English at the University of Cambridge and graduated in July 2010.[1] Dring started her career as a dance director at the Central Youth Theatre, Wolverhampton.[2]

Comedy career

Dring started working with Freya Parker and Ed Kiely in the fringe theatre trio Lebensmüde. The trio performed at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival.[3] After Kiely left, Dring and Parker continued as a duo under the name Lazy Susan,[4] earning a nomination for the comedy newcomer award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[5] In 2016, Dring landed a main role as Princess Eugenie in Channel 4's The Windsors alongside actress Ellie White, who plays her royal sister Princess Beatrice.[6] Dring has stated that she based her character on the stars of Made in Chelsea rather than the real-life Princess Eugenie.[7]

Dring appeared as Kayleigh Hudson, a regular character in the BBC3 comedy series This Country in 2018.[8] She also appeared as Laura in BBC's Wanderlust the same year.[9]

As a voice actor Dring had a speaking role in BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama (2015)[10] and Newsjack (2017).[11]

In 2022 she appeared in a reboot of Lazy Susan on BBC Three with her long-term comedy partner Freya Parker for four 14-minute episodes.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Smell Investigators Pete Lazarus short film
2021 Last Night in Soho Shop Assistant
2022 Cyrano Theatre lady Uncredited

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Josh Lily 1 episode
2015 SunTrap Barmaid Zorro 1 episode
2016 Morgana Robinson's The Agency Sauce Scientist 2 episodes
2016 Year Friends Suzie the chef 1 episode
2018 Wanderlust Laura Richards 5 episodes
2019 Down from London Cam 1 episode
2019 Ladhood Penelope 1 episode
2019 Lazy Susan various characters Pilot
2019 Absentia Liza Tutee 1 episode
2017–2020 This Country Kayleigh Hudson 4 episodes
2016–2020 The Windsors Princess Eugenie 20 episodes
2021 The Green & Pleasant Guide Presenter 4 episodes
2022 Lazy Susan various characters 4 episodes[12]
2022 The Witchfinder Goodwife Griffin 1 episode[13]

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Sketchorama[10] Lazy Susan BBC Radio 4
2017 Newsjack[11] herself BBC Radio 4

References

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