
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 5, 1976 (age 50)
Place of Birth
Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK
Cordelia Bugeja
Biography
Cordelia Bugeja is a British actress, best known for her roles as Melanie Hart in the soap opera Family Affairs, and the prostitute Kate in Respectable on Five. In 2006, she appeared briefly in an episode of sitcom Not Going Out as waitress Julie. (The producers had said in an interview that they had promised Bugeja a role after she stood in for someone at a read-through, but were forced to give her only a small part as Respectable was taking up most of her time. She appeared in over two dozen British TV commercials, notably the award-winning campaign for Sure antiperspirant with the punchline "Thank god you dumped him first!", and a hugely successful campaign for Yakult yoghurt drink. She had guest roles in The Bill once in 2005, where she appeared as the girlfriend of a man who was holding his dad and three officers hostage at St Hugh's and the second time in 2007 when she appeared in three episodes as Nina Lloyd, the ex partner of CPS solicitor Matt Hinkley who had driven her to a mental breakdown. She has also appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lilly Luxmore, in Cards on the Table in 2006 and in the Doctors episode Someone Else's Shoes as Branwen Owen in 2013.
Known For

TV
Family Affairs
1997

TV
Silent Witness
1996

TV
Hustle
Receptionist
2004

TV
The Bill
1984

TV
The IT Crowd
Abi
2006

TV
Not Going Out
Julie
2006

TV
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Esther Spears
2025

TV
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Young Rosario
1987

Film
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Woman 3
2017

TV
Whitstable Pearl
Bella Grady
2021

Film
Picture This
Jane
2025

TV
Respectable
Kate
2006

TV
Freedom at Midnight
Lady Edwina Mountbatten
2024

Film
The Crew
Debs
2008

Film
Pleasure Island
Sarah
2015

TV
Eye of the Storm
Nell Frewen
1993
TV
Conjugal Rites
1993

Film
Linear
Senor-Ita Dancer
2009

Film
The Pool
Mel
2001

Film
The Calling
Young Nurse
2000
Filmography
2025TVThe War Between the Land and the Seaas Esther Spears2025FilmPicture Thisas Jane2024TVFreedom at Midnightas Lady Edwina Mountbatten2022FilmThis Is Christmasas Jemima2021TVWhitstable Pearlas Bella Grady2020FilmThe Trip to Greeceas Katherine2018FilmAbove the Cloudsas Susan2017FilmKing Arthur: Legend of the Swordas Woman 32015FilmPleasure Islandas Sarah2013FilmDroneas Drone Operator's Wife2009FilmLinearas Senor-Ita Dancer2008FilmThe Crewas Debs2008FilmMindfleshas Lyn2007FilmChristmas at the Rivieraas Samantha2006TVNot Going Outas Julie2006TVRespectableas Kate2006TVThe IT Crowdas Abi2004FilmWhen I'm Sixty-Fouras Pool Attendant2004TVHustleas Receptionist2001FilmThe Poolas Mel2000FilmThe Callingas Young Nurse1997TVFamily Affairs1996TVSilent Witness1993TVConjugal Rites1993TVEye of the Stormas Nell Frewen1987TVThe Ruth Rendell Mysteriesas Young Rosario1984TVThe Bill