Bonnie Langford
Bonnie Langford
Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford, is an English actress, dancer and entertainer. She came to prominence as a child star in the early 1970s before subsequently becoming well known for her role as Mel Bush, a companion of Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who in the mid 1980s. She has since appeared on stage in various musicals in the West End and on Broadway, shows such as Peter Pan: The Musical, Cats, The Pirates...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth22 July 1964
CountryUnited States of America
The previous weeks she had birthday parties to go to. Important, normal five-year-old stuff that I want to come first in her life.
I don't read reviews, and I try not to read articles about me. It taints your outlook: if you believe the good things, you've got to believe the bad things, too.
'Dr Who' is an extraordinary association that I have because I didn't realise until I was in the show quite how worldwide it is and how popular and how dear it is to so many people's hearts.
The pushy showbiz kid thing was always the performance, not the person. I'm very solitary. I don't like socialising.
I used to hate my bottom because as a dancer, you're supposed to have nothing there.
It's been said of me that I must get out of bed every morning and go cartwheeling down the road. Of course it's not true. There certainly was a time in my 20s when I wanted a bit of freedom, and I found that difficult, but if I'm ever having a time when I'm feeling sorry for myself, something always jolts me back.
As a dancer, I've always checked my body constantly: 'Am I having a good day, or am I having a fat day?' I am probably more critical of myself than anyone else. I am very tiny - 5'1 and a half inches - so there's nowhere for weight to hide.
I'm a deeply boring person in real life; I don't do any drinking and going out until four in the morning. I'll usually head straight home for a cup of tea.
I love Monet: his 'Water Lilies' would look great on my wall. But would I prefer to see money helping kids get better from cancer rather than spending it on a work of art for my own personal indulgence? Yes, I probably would.
Looking in the mirror is very strange; we see only what we choose to see, good or bad.
I'd never gone as a kid to an ice rink. There was always that fear that I'd break my leg and it would affect my career.
I see wrinkles and lines, and wear glasses to read, which I hate. But I am in a better place in my body than I used to be.
Dance never really goes away; it just reforms and reinvents, and it's become more athletic with new connection to fitness and sport. Dance used to have this exclusivity, but not any more.
For years I used to try to straighten my hair, but I've reached a stage where I think, 'I've got red curly hair, and it's actually really great.'