---
name: "Lois Chiles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lois-chiles"
fi1m_id: "lois-chiles"
imdb_id: "nm0001042"
tmdb_id: 10475
wikidata_id: "Q238327"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 April 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T11:20:27.548767+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lois Chiles

## Identity

Lois Chiles

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lois-chiles
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lois-chiles
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001042
- **TMDB ID:** 10475
- **Wikidata ID:** Q238327
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Chiles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238327, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10475

Actor. Born 15 April 1947 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 April 1947, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1979–1997
- **Also known as:** Lois Cleveland Chiles, لوئیس چویز, Лоис Чайлз
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 58 (1), 1980s 82 (2), 1990s 36 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $442m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Chiles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238327, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10475

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Speed 2: Cruise Control*](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md) (36)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lois Chiles is an American actress and former fashion model. Born Lois Cleveland Chiles on 15 April 1947 in Houston, Texas, she attended the University of Texas at Austin and Finch College in New York City.

She began modelling with the Wilhelmina Agency in New York before turning to acting. Her film roles include *The Way We Were* (1973), *The Great Gatsby* (1974), *Death on the Nile* (1978), *Moonraker* (1979) and *Broadcast News* (1987), in which she played Jennifer Mack. On television she appeared as Holly Harwood in *Dallas* (1982–1983).

Chiles later taught acting at the University of Houston. She was married to investor Richard Gilder from 2005 until his death in 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), Fi1m 36, as Celeste — [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md)
- *Broadcast News* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Jennifer Mack — [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)
- *Moonraker* (1979), Fi1m 58, as Dr. Holly Goodhead — [page](https://film.one/film/moonraker.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Say Anything...* (1989), Fi1m 81, as Diane's Mother (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Guns & Moses* (2025), Actor
- *Kettle of Fish* (2006), as Jean
- *Warning: Parental Advisory* (2002), as Susan Baker
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Jillian Stokes
- *Eventual Wife* (2000), as Susan's Mother
- *Black Cat Run* (1998), as Ada Bronnel
- *Any Day Now* (1998), series, Actor
- *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), as Celeste — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md)
- *Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery* (1997), as Steamrolled Henchman's Wife (uncredited)
- *Bliss* (1997), as Eva
- *Wish Upon a Star* (1996), as Mittermonster
- *Curdled* (1996), as Katrina Brandt
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *The Babysitter* (1995), as Bernice Holsten
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Elaine
- *Lush Life* (1993), as Lucy
- *Obsessed* (1992), as Louise
- *Diary of a Hitman* (1991), as Sheila
- *Until the End of the World* (1991), as Elsa Farber
- *Venins* (1991), as Claire Anzer
- *Burning Bridges* (1990), as Claire Morgan
- *Twister* (1989), as Virginia
- *Say Anything...* (1989), as Diane's Mother (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *Broadcast News* (1987), as Jennifer Mack — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)
- *Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson* (1987), as Lena
- *Creepshow 2* (1987), as Annie Lansing
- *Dark Mansions* (1986), as Jessica Drake
- *Sweet Liberty* (1986), as Leslie
- *Courage* (1984), as Ruth
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Millie Bingham Stafford
- *Good Grief* (1983), Actor
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor
- *Moonraker* (1979), as Dr. Holly Goodhead — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/moonraker.md)
- *Moonraker: 007 in Rio* (1979), Actor
- *Death on the Nile* (1978), as Linnet Ridgeway Doyle
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Holly Harwood
- *Coma* (1978), as Nancy Greenly
- *The Great Gatsby* (1974), as Jordan Baker
- *The Way We Were* (1973), as Carol Ann
- *Together for Days* (1972), as Shelley

## Gallery

- ![Lois Chiles](https://film.one/media/person/119011/gallery-1cbea4f4feeb.jpg) Lois Chiles — Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Lois_Chiles_-_Studio_Portrait_%281979%29.jpg/1280px-Lois_Chiles_-_Studio_Portrait_%281979%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lois Chiles](https://film.one/media/person/119011/gallery-fe5924213b25.jpg) Lois Chiles — Image via TMDB
- ![Lois Chiles](https://film.one/media/person/119011/gallery-cf0117b84ab9.jpg) Lois Chiles — Image via TMDB
- ![Lois Chiles](https://film.one/media/person/119011/gallery-0144cd38e316.jpg) Lois Chiles — Image via TMDB

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