Lorraine Chase was born on 16 July 1951 and is an English actress and former model.
19 Facts About Lorraine Chase
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Lorraine Chase became well known for her strong south east London accent and frequent use of cockney slang, and found fame through a series of television adverts for Campari before embarking on an acting career.
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Lorraine Chase is best known for playing the role of Steph Stokes in ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2002 to 2006, with a brief return in 2013.
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The comical adverts were filmed in exotic locations with Lorraine Chase having drinks with an elegant, sophisticated gentleman suitor played by Jeremy Clyde.
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In 2009, the Campari ad featuring Lorraine Chase was placed 41st in Channel 4's 100 Greatest TV Adverts.
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From 1979, Lorraine Chase was a recurring guest on the BBC quiz show Blankety Blank, hosted by Terry Wogan and later on Les Dawson.
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The Other 'Arf ran for four series until 1984, after which Lorraine Chase appeared in the less successful 1984 TV sitcom Lame Ducks.
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In 2002, Lorraine Chase joined the cast of the long-running ITV soap opera Emmerdale, playing Steph Stokes.
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Since leaving Emmerdale, Lorraine Chase appeared in episodes of My Family and Doctors.
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Lorraine Chase was the fourth celebrity to be eliminated from the jungle on 27 November 2011, finishing in ninth place overall.
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In September 2013, Lorraine Chase returned to reprise her role of Steph Forsythe in Emmerdale, returning for the funeral of long running character Alan Turner, played by Richard Thorp.
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Lorraine Chase is a patron of the theatre charity The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
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In December 2014, Lorraine Chase appeared on the Christmas special of Pointless Celebrities, partnered with Christopher Biggins.
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In 2017, Lorraine Chase joined fellow celebrities Simon Callow, Nigel Havers and Debbie McGee in the Channel 5 show Celebrity Carry on Barging.
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Lorraine Chase's first acting role following her Campari advertisements in the 1970s was in a play, The Undertaking, starring Kenneth Williams.
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Lorraine Chase appeared as a guest in an episode of the BBC radio show Just A Minute, alongside regulars Clement Freud, Kenneth Williams and Peter Jones.
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Lorraine Chase was an interview guest on Parkinson in 1979, on an episode featuring Kenneth Williams.
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Lorraine Chase was a guest panellist on Loose Women in October 2012, to celebrate 40 years of Emmerdale.
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In February 2013, Lorraine Chase appeared and was interviewed on the breakfast television show Daybreak.