Trivia: Was a member of the In Yer Face theatre company. Shared a flat with her Emmerdale costar Julia Mallam. Received two British Soap Opera Award nominations for her work in Emmerdale. Loaned her voice to a character in the Xenoblade Chronicles video game. Had to audition for her Doctor Who role in secrecy, claiming she was trying out for a made-up series called Men on Waves (an anagram for "Woman Seven").

Trivia: Sporting the kind of darkly mischievous good looks that often get him cast as randy, ne'er-do-well paramours, Rufus Sewell began his film career in the early '90s and soon emerged as one of England's most promising young actors. The son of an Australian animator who died when he was ten, Sewell was born in Twickenham, Middlesex, on October 29, 1967. He trained to become an actor at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, leaving the school after three years. After making a promising debut on the London stage with an award-winning performance in Making It Better, Sewell originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, which earned him a nomination for the prestigious Olivier Award. He also won acclaim on the other side of the Atlantic, winning Broadway's Theatre World Award for his performance in Translations.In addition to his work on the stage, Sewell had been acting on both the large and small screen, making his film debut in 1991 with Twenty-One, in which he played Patsy Kensit's junkie boyfriend. In 1994 he caught the attention of American art house filmgoers with his role as a sweet-natured bus driver who becomes the object of Albert Finney's affections in A Man of No Importance; the same year, PBS viewers could see him star in the acclaimed adaptation of Middlemarch.Sewell's art house recognition increased the following year, when he had starring roles in John Schlesinger's Cold Comfort Farm and Carrington. The first film cast him as an earthy farmer accustomed to rolls in the hay, while the second cast him as one of Emma Thompson's army of spurned lovers. Both films helped to get him noticed, even if the attention centered primarily on his imported lust-object status, but it was not until 1998 that he was given his first starring role, headlining the cast of Dark City. Unfortunately, the film vaporized at the box office, as did Sewell's other film that year, Dangerous Beauty.In 1999, the actor was again visible to transatlantic audiences, first as a bitter, alcoholic cokehead in The Very Thought of You, a romantic comedy released in Britain the previous year; and then in John Turturro's Illuminata, a turn-of-the-century romantic farce which cast him as an amorous actor. The latter film -- which also featured Susan Sarandon, Ben Gazzara, and Christopher Walken in its impressive cast -- won a number of good reviews, as did Sewell, an actor who by this point had made the expression of earthy lustiness into something of an endearing trademark.In 2000 Sewell graced the screen in Bless the Child, a supernatural thriller that also starred Kim Basinger and Christina Ricci. Of course few actors of his generation could essay such instantly dislikable villains as the talented Sewell, and after raising the ire of the noble Heath Ledger in the popular period adventure A Knight's Tale, he would once again make viewer's skin crawl as an aristocratic creep with more than a few skeletons in the closet in Neil Burger's romantic fantasy The Illusionist. In 2008 Sewell appeared as Alexander Hamilton in the Emmy-winning HBO mini-series John Adams, with subsequent roles in Eleventh Hour and The Pillars of the Earth preceding a turn as Detective Aurelio Zen in the TV mini-series Zen, and a turn as an evil bloodsucker with designs on the newly established United States in Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.

Trivia: A child actor on British television from 1968, Peter Firth has been in films since 1973's Brother Sun, Sister Moon. Full theatrical stardom came Firth's way in 1973 with his disturbingly convincing portrayal of horse-mutilating stable boy Arthur Strang in Peter Shaffer's Equus. He repeated this role in the 1977 film version, earning a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. He went on to such film characterizations as the title character in Joseph Andrews (1977), Angel Clare in Tess (1977) and Ivan Patten in Hunt for Red October (1990). His credits in the past decade have included Shadowlands (1993), An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), and a voiceover in the Disney animated feature The Rescuers Down Under (1990). Peter Firth returned to British TV in 1994 as star of the weekly Heartbeat.

Trivia: Made her television debut in a 1994 episode of 'The Old Fox'. Between 1995 and 1996, starred as Ria Kubin in TV series 'Die Flughafenklinik'. In 1998, won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress, for her role in 'Hunger - Sehnsucht nach Liebe'. As of 2019, has starred as The Duchess of Kent in period drama 'Victoria' since its 2016 debut.

Trivia: Made her film debut in 2003, in drama 'The Forest for the Trees'. In 2008, made her television debut in an episode of 'KDD - Kriminaldauersienst'. In 2015, co-wrote and starred in drama film 'Heart Bargain'. As of 2019, has starred as Baroness Lehzen in period drama 'Victoria' since its 2016 debut. Worked as a lecturer at the Hochschule Ernst Busch.

Trivia: Started performing at a young age, appearing on stage alongside his brother, Edmund, in non-speaking roles.Played the younger version of his father Ben Kingsley's character, Ambrosinus, in the 2010 film The Last Legion.Received a commendation at the 2010 Ian Charleson Awards for his performance as Rosencrantz in the National Theatre's 2010–11 production of Hamlet.Produces music under the name FK.Appeared in the music video for The Crookies' "Dance in Colour."

Trivia: Made his television debut in a 1992 episode of 'Prime Suspect 2'. In 1996, appeared in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of 'Macbeth'. In 2005, appeared in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of 'Julius Caesar'. As of 2019, has starred as Mr. Penge in period drama 'Victoria' since its 2016 debut. In 2018, appeared as Aethelhelm in the third season of 'The Last Kingdom'.

Trivia: Decided he wanted to be an actor after playing Mr. Fox in a primary school production of Fantastic Mr. Fox at the age of 7. Attended the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre group. He was a member of the Cheshire Youth Theatre in Cheshire and the Jigsaw Music Theatre Company in London. Played guitar in his father's band Safehouse and the indie band Quaintways. Modelled for Burberry. Was nominated for a BIFA Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 2010 for his role in Sweet Nothings at the Old Vic. In 2011, was named one of the 42 BAFTA Brits to Watch. First appeared as Prince Albert in the ITV drama series Victoria in 2016. Starred in the film Red Joan with Judy Dench in 2019.

Trivia: Father is a vicar in the Church of England and mother is a professional musician and music teacher. At university, was once kicked out of a cathedral for rehearsing pagan rituals for a production of The Wicker Man. Cofounder of Dog Ate Cake, a theater company dedicated to farce and previously undiscovered Victorian comedy. Starred in The Pillars of the Earth, based on the Ken Follett best seller; the author admits that the fictional Kingsbridge Cathedral was inspired by England's Salisbury Cathedral, where Oakes' father is canon. Did not use a stunt man for his thrown-off-a-bridge death scene in The Borgias.

Trivia: Made his film debut as Ron Baker in 1999 biopic Rogue Trader. Was nominated for the Best Comedy Performance in Film at the 2011 British Comedy Awards, for his role in Four Lions. In 2011, won the Whatsonstage Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in a production of Arthur Miller's Broken Glass. In 2012, was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance as Shrek in the original West End run of Shrek the Musical. Is perhaps best known for his role as Sir Robert Peel in the 2016 ITV miniseries Victoria.

Trivia: The tall, slightly gaunt, and quintessentially British character actor Laurence Fox bears more than a passing resemblance to one of the Windsors, so it scarcely surprised anyone when American producers from the WE women's network tapped the rising young thespian to evoke a twentysomething Prince Charles in the fluffy romance Charles and Camilla: Whatever Love Means (2005). Astute observers, of course, realized that this uncanny portrayal only represented the proverbial tip of the iceberg for Fox; at the time, he had already played another crowned head, Lord Rupert Standish, amid the ensemble cast of Robert Altman's Oscar-nommed comedy mystery Gosford Park (2001), and subsequently held his own with small supporting roles in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and Becoming Jane (2007) -- both of which also required the performer to project prime English stoicism and fortitude.

Trivia: Made his acting debut in regional theater, meeting director and long-time collaborator Nicholas Hytner while playing Maximilien Robespierre in The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1985. Played Oberon in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that was later filmed; the production also transferred to Broadway. Became the first person to have won Olivier Best Actor Awards for Comedy (Too Clever By Half in 1988), Drama (Peer Gynt in 1996) and a Musical (My Fair Lady in 2003). Famed for portraying royals, he appeared as Prince Charles in 2006 movie The Queen, as Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor in Netflix's The Crown and Leopold I of Belgium in ITV/PBS's period-drama Victoria.

Trivia: Look up "statuesque" in the dictionary and you just might find a picture of British actress Diana Rigg. Born in a Yorkshire industrial town, Rigg was two years old when her father, a railroad constructionist, moved the family to India. Six years later, she was back in Yorkshire, suffering through the discipline and rigors of private school until one of her teachers introduced her to the world of the theatre. After graduation, Rigg was accepted by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; she went on to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where her deeply distinctive voice, auburn red hair, and towering height (5'8") assured her such dynamic roles as Viola in Twelfth Night and Cordelia in King Lear. Though never lacking in prestige, the Royal Shakespeare paid starvation wages, compelling Rigg to moonlight in the more lucrative world of movies and TV. In 1965, she was selected to replace Honor Blackman on the popular tongue-in-cheek TV-adventure series "The Avengers," and for the next two years captivated little boys of all ages with her energetic portrayal of coolheaded, leather-clad karate expert Mrs. Emma Peel. Film stardom followed in short order with plum roles in The Assassination Bureau (1968) and the James Bond flick On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Though she was always welcome in films and television (she headlined a brief American sitcom, "Diana," in 1973), Rigg preferred to think of herself as a "theatre animal," and continued to star in the classics on stage, still frequently accepting a miniscule salary in order to satisfy her muse. In the last decade, Rigg published the hilarious book No Turn Unstoned, in which she gathered together the worst reviews ever received by the world's best actors (including her own bad notices); in the early 1990s, she replaced Vincent Price as the host of PBS' "Mystery" anthology.