Education
She studied French and Spanish at Trinity College, Cambridge in the 1980s, where she became a member of the Footlights theatre group, writing and performing her own material.
She studied French and Spanish at Trinity College, Cambridge in the 1980s, where she became a member of the Footlights theatre group, writing and performing her own material.
Duchêne started to act at the age of 14. She also acted with the Cambridge Mummers, appearing in such plays as Measure Foreign Measure (as Isabella) in Cambridge and the Edinburgh Fringe. In the 1980s she joined the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, appearing in the premiere productions of Losing Venice and The White Rose.
Since 2000 she has appeared frequently at the National Theatre in London, frequently working with director Katie Mitchell.
She briefly went to Spain, teaching English to children, and returned in 1986. Radio From October 1987 to July 1991, Duchêne played Alex Parker in British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s drama series Citizens.
In 2013 she guest-starred in the final Series 4 episode of Cabin Pressure, playing a captain in the service of a Zurich-based airline. Duchêne spent her infancy in France, and was brought back to England permanently in 1962, residing in the seaside town of Brighton.
As of 2010, they had two infant daughters.