Trivia: Came in second on I'd Do Anything, a 2008 BBC-televised competition to find a new, unknown lead to play the role of Nancy in a West End revival of Oliver! Turned down an offer to understudy winner Jodie Prenger in order to appear in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, directed by Trevor Nunn. Completed a six-month residency at the world-famous Annabel's, singing jazz music. Performed opposite Jude Law in a West End production of Shakespeare's Henry V in 2014. Hand-picked to join Kenneth Branagh's theatre company in 2015.

Trivia: Met David Mitchell and Robert Webb while at the University of Cambridge. Features in BBC Radio 4 comedies. Won a Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Breakout Performance for her role in the film Tyrannosaur. Met her husband Ed Sinclair while at Cambridge, they have two children.

Trivia: Perhaps the actor most closely associated with director Mike Leigh, Timothy Spall has acted in productions for the director on both the stage and screen. Spall made a particularly strong impression in Leigh's Life is Sweet (1991), which cast him as a socially awkward gourmet chef, and Secrets & Lies (1996), in which his starring performance as a portrait photographer struggling with marital problems earned him award nominations from the British Academy and the London Film Critics Circle. In addition to his work with Leigh, Spall has appeared in a number of disparate productions. He made his film debut with a supporting role in the Who's Quadrophenia in 1979 and spent the next decade splitting his time and energy between the stage and screen. He acted extensively for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and he also did acclaimed work on television, most notably as Mr. Venus in the BBC production of Charles Dicken's Our Mutual Friend, for which he received a BAFTA Best Actor nomination.Spall began to gain recognition and respect as a film actor in the 1990s, thanks in large part to his collaborations with Leigh. In addition to his work with the director, Spall was particularly memorable in Brian Gibson's Still Crazy (1998), a comedy that cast him as the drummer for a defunct 1970s rock band trying to make a come-back. In 1999, the actor enjoyed another collaboration with Leigh in Topsy-Turvy, an acclaimed drama about the partnership between Gilbert and Sullivan that featured Spall as an effeminate opera diva. The following year, he could be seen as Don Armado in Kenneth Branagh's musical adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost, and heard as a chicken farm denizen in Nick Park's animated Chicken Run. In recognition of his contributions to the arts, Spall was named an Officer of the Order of British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth on New Year's Eve, 1999.

Trivia: Following graduation, established himself as a stage actor but has since achieved considerable experience in films and television. Member of the National Theatre. Initially intended to pursue a career as a PE teacher, but was unable to achieve the requisite grades. Attended RADA at the same time as Ralph Fiennes, Iain Glen and Jane Horrocks. Dedicated his 2015 BAFTA TV Award win to his late daughter, Maude, who died of sepsis at age 2 in 2011. Played Mr. Twit in the Royal Court production of Roald Dahl's The Twits in 2015. Won the Royal Television Society Award in 2016 for the Best Drama Serial The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies. Campaigns for greater awareness of sepsis.

Trivia: Moved to Wales at the age of 3. Her parents owned the medieval castle fortification turned hotel Ruthin Castle in Wales. Performed in the Cambridge Footlights while at university where she met Tilda Swinton. Used to work as a drama teacher at Leicester Polytechnic. The satirical NHS drama Getting On which she co-wrote with Jo Brand and Vicki Pepperdine, earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Female Performance in a Comedy and a BAFTA Television Craft nomination for screenwriting in 2011 and 2013. Her stage work includes working with Thea Starrock in the production of Cloud 9 at the Almeida Theatre and Top Girls; with Rufus Norris in Vernon God Little at the Young Vic; and appearing in Polly Teale's production of Madame Bovary.

Trivia: Made his professional debut in a 2007 touring production of French Without Tears. Made his film debut in 2012, playing Joly in the feature film adaptation of Les Miserables. Between 2014 and 2017, starred as Will Humphries in BBC Sitcom W1A. As of 2020, has starred as Prince William in satirical Channel 4 sitcom The Windsors since its 2016 debut. In 2018, co-starred in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, playing the younger incarnation of Colin Firth's character Harry.

Trivia: One of England's most renowned stage actresses, Eileen Atkins has been a staple of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and London's West End since the 1960s. She has also popped up occasionally on film and television, and she has made numerous contributions to both mediums as a scriptwriter, most notably for the acclaimed series Upstairs Downstairs and House of Eliott and the well-received screen adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.A product of London's East End, where she was born in the Clapton Salvation Army Home on June 16, 1934, Atkins grew up in a council home as the third child of a homemaker and a gas meter reader. She began performing as a tap dancer in working men's clubs at the age of seven, and she had done professional pantomime by the time she was 13. Under the encouragement of a school instructor -- who gave Atkins voice lessons to remove her Cockney accent and introduced her to Shakespeare -- she went on to attend the Guildhall School of Drama, where she did a teaching course and took drama classes.Atkins struggled to begin her professional career, finding it difficult to get stage roles of any substance, to say nothing of stage roles, period. She got her first break when she moved to Stratford with her then-husband, Julian Glover, who had found work with the RSC. Atkins got her start in Stratford as an usherette, and she gradually moved her way up until she was allowed into the company. She first performed on the Stratford stage as Audrey in As You Like It, chosen to fill in for the understudy of Dame Peggy Ashcroft after both had taken ill. Atkins spent several years with the RSC, performing in both classical and contemporary plays alongside the likes of Lawrence Olivier and Alec Guinness. On the London stage, she portrayed numerous characters, earning a Best Supporting Actress Olivier Award for her performance in Peter Hall's production of The Winter's Tale. Her one-woman show, A Room of One's Own, was an international success, earning Atkins a Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance and a special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf.Although the international stage has been the centerpoint of Atkins' career, she has made many contributions to film and television. Aside from her work on the aforementioned Upstairs, Downstairs, The House of Elliot, and Mrs. Dalloway (the last of which earned her the Evening Standard British Film Best Screenplay award), she has appeared in such films as Let Him Have It (1991), Jack and Sarah (1995), and John Schlesinger's Cold Comfort Farm (1995). Among the endless honors Atkins holds is a Commander of the British Empire. Atkin would appear in several notable projects over the coming years, including Gosford Park, The Hours, Cold Mountain, and TV series like Doc Martin and Psychoville.

Trivia: Wanted to be a comic actress at a young age, but wasn't convinced to achieve it. Found her inspiration after finishing college.Attended the Fringe Festival in Edinburg, and after a fair amount of comedy shows, she convinced herself to pursue a career in comedy.Started her career doing open mic in small comedy clubs.Is a big fan of old vines videos and can watch them for hours.

Trivia: Since 1963, Gemma Jones has been one of the most esteemed character actresses in British film and theater. Not until 1995, however, did she receive widespread recognition outside the U.K. That was the year she played the mother of two darlings of the modern cinema, Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet, in their roles as the Dashwood sisters in director Ang Lee's Oscar-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility. In 1997, Jones performed in another acclaimed film, Wilde, as Lady Queensbury, the woman who accused 19th century Irish author Oscar Wilde of corrupting her son, thereby setting in motion a notorious trial that ruined Wilde. Then good got better for Jones. Between 1999 and 2001, she played in three other popular productions that won numerous awards: first as Grace Winslow opposite Nigel Hawthorne in David Mamet's production of The Winslow Boy, then as Elizabeth Harrison in Charles Sturridge's production of Longitude, and finally as Mrs. Pam Jones in Sharon Maguire's production of Bridget Jones' Diary. By 2002, Gemma Jones was at work filming what promised to be one of the biggest box-office draws of the year, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in which she portrays Madame Pomfrey, the maker of magical healing potions.The daughter of British actor Griffth Jones, Gemma Jones was born Jennifer Jones on December 4, 1942, in London. Because acting was in her blood, it was no surprise when she enrolled in the British Academy of Dramatic Art to be molded into an actress in the classic tradition. Shortly after graduation, she performed in Baal on the same stage with Peter O'Toole. After other stage and TV productions, she debuted on film in director Ken Russell's The Devils in 1971, then performed in several TV series, including The Duchess of Duke Street, a popular 1976 series in Britain that starred her as "London's best cook." Between film and TV roles, she also performed on the stage as a member of the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company in such Shakespeare plays as A Winter's Tale, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet. She also acted in productions of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mount Morgan, and Henrik Ibsen's The Masterbuilder. When stardom arrived in 1995 with Sense and Sensibility, she continued to perform in lesser known but highly praised productions, including The Feast of July, Jane Eyre, The Theory of Flight, and Captain Jack. Her 2002 role in the Harry Potter film promises to make her a household name among children as well as adults -- perhaps for decades to come.

Trivia: Parents migrated from Nigeria to England. Was an athlete training six days per week in preparation for the 400m dash, but abandoned that goal in order to pursue an acting career. In 2013 was named by Screen International as a UK Screen Star of Tomorrow. Is also a rapper and poet, who performs and works as an artistic associate with the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company; a music-theatre production company that was founded by British rapper Akala with the help of Sir Ian McKellan.

Trivia: Is a visiting director at the Guildhall Schoool of Music and Drama. In 2013, performed as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company in three plays: Candide, Titus Andronicus and A Mad World My Masters. In 2015, was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in King Charles III. In 2016, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role in King Charles III. Between 2016 and 2018, starred as Prince Harry in satirical Channel 4 sitcom The Windsors.