Trivia: The daughter of a theatrical sound engineer, began acting at age 3 after attending a stage production of Show Boat that her father worked on. Appeared in secondary-school productions of West Side Story and Twelfth Night. Made British-TV debut in a 2009 episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors; made U.S. TV debut in the 2010 SyFy movie Triassic Attack.

Trivia: Worked as a paper boy for three years when he was growing up. Cited the 1985 Steven Spielberg adventure-comedy Goonies as his favorite film in an interview with Idol Magazine. Aspired to become a professional football player before suffering a serious leg injury as a teenager. Professional acting debut was on the 2010 TV mini-series The Pillars of the Earth. In 2011 he received a nomination in the 17th Empire Awards for Best Male Newcomer.

Trivia: Wanted to become an actress at the age of 12 after seeing family friend, Vanessa Redgrave, in a production of The Cherry Orchard. Auditioned for the Bristol Old Vic at 17 but was turned down, so took a gap year and travelled throughout Africa and Asia, and volunteered in an AIDS hospice in South Africa. Was set to attend drama school in 2009, but took a job working in repertory at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton, England, instead, and appeared in plays by Arthur Miller, Henrik Ibsen and William Shakespeare. Made her London stage debut in Women Beware Women and her TV debut in BBC's The Hour in 2011. Was named one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2011. Appeared as Princess Margaret in Netflix's 2016 production The Crown. Named by Variety magazine in 2016 as 'the outstanding stage actress of her generation, capable of the most unexpected choices'. Won the 2017 Glamour Awards for UK TV Actress and the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2018 for her role in The Crown.

Trivia: Tall, sandy-haired British actor Charles Dance trained for a career in graphic design at Plymouth College of Art and Leicester College of Art. Dance developed a taste for the theatre by listening to the reminiscences of two elderly actors who ran a pub in his Dover neighborhood. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of 29, and made his first film, the James Bond picture For Your Eyes Only, six years later. Dance's widest professional exposure came in 1984 when he appeared in "The Jewel in the Crown," a 14-part British TV production seen in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre. Charles Dance's best-remembered performances have been as D.W. Griffith in Good Morning Babylon (1987); the role of Meryl Streep's husband in Plenty (1985); the title part in the 1990 TV adaptation of Phantom of the Opera; and the displaced "imaginary" villain in Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Last Action Hero (1993).

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: Actor Matthew Lewis (not to be confused with the middle-aged character player of the same name) achieved fame as an adolescent star, with a recurring portrayal of Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films -- beginning with the first installment, 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Trivia: Although British audiences had been familiar with her work since the mid-'80s, it wasn't until Janet McTeer's Oscar-nominated performance in 1999's Tumbleweeds that American filmgoers also began to take notice. A Newcastle native whose versatile physical features compliment her ability to truly realize a character (no matter how foreign), McTeer made her film debut opposite screen siren Sigourney Weaver in the 1986 feature Half Moon Street. Though her looks and talent for intense personal drama made comparisons to veteran star Vanessa Redgrave common, McTeer soon distinguished herself on the London stage with roles in The Grace of Mary Traverse and Greenland, small-screen parts in Precious Bane (1989) and Portrait of a Marriage (1990) proved that her talent transferred outside the theater, as well. Critics also singled out her performance in the 1992 adaptation of Wuthering Heights. That same year, McTeer stepped into the shoes of super-sleuthing professor Loretta Lawson in the made-for-TV mystery A Masculine Ending, and she reprised the role in the following year's Don't Leave Me This Way. It was her turn as a determined prison warden in the popular U.K. series The Governor, however, that found McTeer truly coming into her own on television. Her imposing (six foot-one inch) frame and emotional vulnerability worked in perfect harmony to create a compelling character, and McTeer began to become a familiar face to PBS viewers in the U.S. thanks to roles in such efforts as Precious Bane (1989) and The Black Velvet Gown (1991). After winning both Olivier and Tony awards in 1997 for her performance in the stage version of A Doll's House, McTeer began to work almost exclusively in films. Just a year after she made a vocal impression on stateside audiences as the narrator of Todd Haynes' glam rock-tribute Velvet Goldmine in 1998, American audiences were offered a face to accompany the voice (though thanks to her masterful Southern accent, they may not have recognized it) with the release of the mother/daughter road drama Tumbleweeds. Cast as a nomadic, free-spirited mother, McTeer's Oscar-nominated performance left quite an impression, even if the film itself ultimately didn't. The actress followed this film with three titles in 2000: Waking the Dead, Songcatcher, and The King Is Alive. She then took a two-year break from the screen before returning with 2002's The Intended, which she also co-wrote.McTeer continued to work steadily on the stage, on TV, and in movies, but her next big awards splash came in 2011 when her supporting work in the gender-bending drama Albert Nobbs garnered her nominations from the Academy, the Golden Globes, and the Screen Actors Guild.

Trivia: Spent three years unloading freight trucks as a teenager. At the age of 18, spent one year working as a farmhand on a cattle and sheep station, learning how to become a manager. While at university, took up rugby but gave it up later due to injuries and while recovering from one serious injury, auditioned for a play, which led to many performances for Newcastle University Conservatorium Theatre Productions. Won a City of Newcastle Drama Award for his performance in a university production of A Property of the Clan. Made his screen debut in 2006 feature Suburban Mayhem. Starred as Darryl "Brax" Braxton in Home and Away between 2011 and 2016. Won the 2012 Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award for his role in Home and Away. In 2015, won a Logie Award for Best Actor in Home and Away. As of 2019, has starred as Detective Josh Levine in Australian drama Wanted since 2016.

Trivia: The great-nephew of legendary Manchester United manager Matt Busby (1909-94). Trained to be a butcher after leaving school at age 16. Decided to pursue his acting dream at age 18, a year after his father unexpectedly died. Learned to act at his cousin's Dublin theatre. Honoured with the 1999 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for the London production of Irish playwright Conor McPherson's The Weir. Downtown Abbey creator Julian Fellowes wrote the role of Mr. Bates with him in mind, having seen him in the 2004 BBC series North and South. A patron of Lakelands Hospice in Corby, Northamptonshire; also supports Workwise, which helps young people find jobs.

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.

Trivia: Placed second in the 2006 Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Award. Placed as a runner-up in the 2006 Funny Women Awards. In 2016, starred as Mandy in Sky One sitcom Rovers. Released her first book in 2018, Cunk on Everything: The Philomena Cunk Encyclopedia, as her popular character Philomena Cunk. Is part of sketch group "Two Episodes of Mash," alongside Joe Wilkinson.

Trivia: The daughter of a high-born British military major, actress Joanna Lumley was a model before entering films with 1968's Some Girls Do. In 1976, she took on the Diana Rigg-like female lead on the British TV action series The New Avengers, costarring Patrick MacNee of the old Avengers. Joanna also costarred in two of Blake Edwards' Pink Panther movies of the '80s. Thoroughly jettisoning her previous cool-glamour image, Joanna Lumley costarred with Jennifer Saunders in the 1993 British TV sitcom Absolutely Fabulous as a pair of boozing, bawdy functionaries in the '90s fashion world (the series was picked up by the American cable network Comedy Central in 1994). So popular was Ms. Lumley's characterization of potty-mouthed, cheap-thrill-seeking Patsy that, shortly after the premiere of Absolutely Fabulous, she was being imitated in TV commercials by comic actor John Cleese!On the big screen she appeared in Cold Comfort Farm, James and the Giant Peach, and The Cat's Meow before returning to her signature role as Patsy Stone for another run of Absolutely Fabulous in 2001. After that she could be seen in Eurotrip, and provided voiceover work in both Doogal and Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. She starred in the series Clatterford, and had a prominent part in the 2011 project Late Bloomers.

Trivia: Is of English, German, Nigerian, and Irish descent.Practiced boxing at a young age.Was inspired to pursue a career in acting as he is a fan of theater since a young age.Started his career as an actor when he was 12-years-old.Made his debut in films in 2016.

Trivia: Remi Adefarasin's name may not be as widely recognised as those of the actors in front of his camera, but the cinematographer left an indelible imprint on almost thirty film and television productions during the 1980s and 90s.Adefarasin first made his mark in British television in the early 80s. His collaboration with director Mike Leigh yielded a variety of productions, including Grown Ups, Home Sweet Home and Four Days in July. From his work with Leigh, Adefarasin went on to act as cinematographer for a number of British television programs, including the 1988 miniseries Christabel, which was co-written by the legendary Dennis Potter and starred an obscure young actress by the name of Elizabeth Hurley.During the 1990s Adefarasin expanded his repetoire, continuing to lend his vision to such made-for-TV movies as The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) and The Buccaneers (1995), but also working with directors such as Anthony Minghella on the wry and touching Truly, Madly, Deeply (1992). In particular, the late 1990s saw Adefarasin act as cinematographer for a number of high profile works, including the harrowing Hollow Reed (1996), Peter Howitt's Sliding Doors (1998), Elizabeth (1998) (for which he was nominated for a slew of awards, including an Oscar, and won a British Academy Award), and the Fiennes family odyssey Onegin (1999). In addition, Adefarasin was able to collaborate again with Minghella on The English Patient (1996) as one of the directors of photography responsible for giving the sands of the Sahara their unforgettable golden fire.