Shieldinch to Scandal: Soap star on scene-stealing turn in Profumo drama
For Charlene Boyd, being part of prime-time series The Trial Of Christine Keeler last year was a special moment. She played Ronna Ricardo in the BBC drama about the Profumo affair, previously fictionalised in the 1989 movie Scandal, and Charlene had a number of memorable scenes including a tense courtroom showdown. “I loved doing it, and even though it was a smaller part,
the way it was filmed meant I had to go to Bristol for filming several times,” said River City actress Charlene, who starred alongside Sophie Cookson as Christine Keeler. “Ronna was an amazing character and I felt really lucky to audition for it. I’d sent a tape in but never heard anything, so thought it must have gone. But, out of the blue, my agent called and said I had a piece of feedback from the producer, so I did the audition again and got it.
“There were lots of highprofile actors and they were all lovely, especially James Norton. It’s made me want to do more things like that.”