Caroline Lee-Johnson

Caroline Lee-Johnson is a British actress. She is best known for her starring roles in Chef! as Janice Blackstock and The Knock as Diane Ralston. Her work has been primarily in television, but she has also had roles in films, including The Defender. Lee-Johnson trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.^[1]

Career performances

TV programmes

The following are selected television programmes with performances by Caroline Lee-Johnson.^[2]

Year	TV Program	Role	Notes
1988	Campaign	Dee Vincent	Appeared in all 6 episodes.
1993	Chef!	Janice Blackstock[3]	Lead character. Appeared in series 1–3.
1994	The Knock	Diane Ralston	Lead character. Appeared in all 37 episodes.
1997	The Uninvited	Sarah Armstrong	Appeared in three episodes.
2002	Holby City	Patsy Brassvine	Appeared in nine episodes from 2002-2015.
2003	Silent Witness	Alice Pettman	Appeared in two episodes.
2004	Waking the Dead	Assistant Commissioner Dyson	Appeared in two episodes.
2007	The Whistleblowers	Barbara Waters	Appeared in one episode.
2015	Humans	Brothel Madam	Appeared in three episodes.
2015	From Darkness	Superintendent Lola Keir	Appeared in four episodes.
2021	Vera	Darlene Houghton	Appeared in one episode.
2021	Midsomer Murders	Jeanie Saint-Stephens	Appeared in one episode.
2022	Ridley	Gill Moreland	Appeared in one episode (The Peaceful Garden).
2024	Rebus	Gill Templer	Appeared in six episodes (As Caroline Lee Johnson).

Films

The following are selected films with performances by Caroline Lee-Johnson.^[2]

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Monday’s Girls	Lee-Johnson narrates	Educational documentary explores a Nigerian female initiation ceremony from perspective of two young Waikiriki women from the Niger delta. Ngozi Onwurah, director.[4][5]
1991	Who Needs a Heart	Naomi	Documentary film inspired by the story of 1960s black revolutionary leader Michael X.
1997	The Saint	Private Hotel Receptionist
2004	The Defender	Mrs. Roberta Jones, National Security Agency head	British-German action film
2005	The Funny Blokes of British Comedy	Appeared as self in this TV documentary film.

Theatre

Below are selected live performances by Caroline Lee-Johnson.

Year	Play	Role	Theatre	Notes
1991	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	Performed at the Haworth Shakespeare Festival, Committed Artists Theatre Company, New York International Festival of the Arts[6]	The play was a modern-day adaptation based in South Africa.[7] UK actor Patrick Miller recalled, "Caroline Lee Johnson was stunning as Lady M. She used to get a standing ovation after her first speech."[8][9]
1990	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	Molly Cunningham	Tricycle Theatre, London	UK premiere[10][11]
1989	Indigo	Prince's bride-to-be	Almeida Theatre, London	Lee-Johnson performs with Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Dougray Scott and Brian Protheroe. Directed by Keith Boak.[12]
1988	The Changeling	Joanna's maid	National Theatre London[13]	Art critic Gabriele Annan wrote of the performance, "[t]he sexiest and best-spoken performance comes from Caroline Lee Johnson as Joanna's black maid...".[14]
1986	Romeo and Juliet	Lady[9]	Royal Shakespeare Company
1986	The Winter's Tale	Played Dorcas, Lady[9]	Royal Shakespeare Company