Charlotte Rothwell

{{short description|British actress}}

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Charlotte Rothwell is a British actress. She was born Charlotte Lucy Rothwell in Southport, Merseyside on 11 August 1991,{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.me/charlotterothwell|title=Charlotte Rothwell}} as the only child of Sharon Venetta Rothwell and the first child of Adam Marc Turk. She attended Farnborough Road School and later Merchant Taylors' School for Girls in Crosby, Liverpool until 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.merchanttaylors.com/following-dreams-charlotte-rothwell-2009-leaver-2/|title=Following My Dreams - Charlotte Rothwell (2009 Leaver) - Merchant Taylors|date=18 October 2015|access-date=1 June 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919093006/http://www.merchanttaylors.com/following-dreams-charlotte-rothwell-2009-leaver-2/|url-status=dead}}

Charlotte's stepfather Paul Nolan was a police officer who died in a tragic drowning accident in the Maldives on 14 February 2006. Her mother, Sharon, was rescued. Charlotte has spoken about this being a defining point in her life.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyactor.com/blogs/charlotte-rothwell-acting-makes-my-heart-beat/|title=Actress Charlotte Rothwell: "Acting makes my heart beat and my blood pump around my body" – Daily Actor|date=13 May 2016}}

Charlotte moved to Los Angeles in August 2010 after being offered a coveted place at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood.{{cite web|url=http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/southport-news/southport-actress-charlotte-rothwell-set-6600622|title=Southport actress Charlotte Rothwell set to follow in footsteps of Hollywood's greatest|first=southportvisiter|last=Administrator|date=10 April 2013}} Upon her graduation in 2012, she was cast as the leading role of Senoa in the feature film thriller Senoa, directed by Roger Mahler.{{cite web|url=http://www.senoathemovie.com/index.html|title=SENOA THE MOVIE – HOME PAGE website}} Charlotte also did her own stunt work in the film. Shortly after wrapping filming on Senoa, Charlotte played the lead role of Marcella in Adaora Nwandu's film Book Worms, which was featured at Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=226&c=3&id_film=200055512&o=88|title=International Short Film Festival – Clermont-Ferrand|access-date=1 June 2016|archive-date=16 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616230232/http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=226&c=3&id_film=200055512&o=88|url-status=dead}} She was also cast in Lifetime Movie Network's hit show My Crazy Ex as Real Grace,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3859618/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title=My Crazy Ex|date=1 March 2015|publisher=IMDb}} as well as Murder Book on Investigation Discovery.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5189672/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5|title=Race to Justice|date=21 January 2016|publisher=IMDb}} She has recently been confirmed to star in Inocencia, written by James Barnes and directed by Yvonne McDevitt.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5662586/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1|title=Inocencia (TV Movie 2016)|publisher=IMDb}}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Charlotte was invited to join BAFTA – Los Angeles as one of their Newcomers of the Year and 'One's To Watch',{{cite web|url=http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/southport-news/southport-actress-named-bafta-los-6600378|title=Southport actress named BAFTA Los Angeles Newcomer of the Year|first=southportvisiter|last=Administrator|date=15 May 2013}} and has since been a proactive member of the BAFTA – LA Community Education and Outreach Program.{{cite web|url=http://actorsentertainment.com/actorse/british-acting-talents-in-la-hand-picked-by-bafta-on-actorse-chat-with-sandro-monetti/|title=British acting talents in LA hand picked by BAFTA on ActorsE Chat with Sandro Monetti}} She was also a judge on the panel of the BAFTA – LA Student Film Awards in 2014 and 2015, as well as a judge for the BAFTA – LA Washington Prep Film Festival in 2014, 2015 and 2016.