Lachele Carl

Lachele Carl is an American actress living in England who plays Trinity Wells. She has played the character in several episodes of Doctor Who, as well as its spinoffs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood. Carl is the only actor to play a named character in all three series, and one of only two actors (the other being Anthony Debaeck) to play the same character in all three.

Carl studied theatre arts at Point Park University (then called Point Park College) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1982. She began travelling in search of acting work, working in Japan, Europe, and South Africa as well as her home in the United States. She emigrated to England in 1985, and now lives in Crouch End, North London, with her husband composer Alejandro Viñao and their son.