Trivia: A star in his native Australia thanks to his work on television and in musical theatre, actor Hugh Jackman became known to American audiences through his role as Logan/Wolverine in Bryan Singer's lavish adaptation of the popular Marvel comic X-Men (2000). Born of English parentage in Sydney on October 12, 1968, Jackman was raised as the youngest of five children. After earning a communications degree as a journalism major from Sydney's University of Technology, he attended the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, where he studied drama. The fledgling actor got his first big break immediately after graduation, when he was offered a starring role on the popular TV series Corelli; his casting proved to be doubly serendipitous, as it provided him with an introduction to his future wife, actress Deborra-Lee Furness, with whom he would have a son. Jackman starred in a number of other TV series -- and also began to earn recognition for his work on the stage in such productions as Beauty and the Beast, Sunset Boulevard, and Trevor Nunn's acclaimed Royal National Theatre production of Oklahoma!, the latter of which featured the actor in an Olivier-nominated performance as Curly McLain. In 1999, a year after being nominated for the Olivier, Jackman was again honored, this time with a Best Actor nomination from the Australian Film Institute for his portrayal of a man estranged from his brother in the urban drama Erskineville Kings. The actor's winning streak continued when he was hired to replace Dougray Scott as Wolverine in Bryan Singer's high-profile adaptation of X-Men. The film, whose cast also included Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Anna Paquin, James Marsden, and Halle Berry, opened to strong reviews and box-office to become one of the biggest hits of the summer. Jackman's rising international popularity was reflected by his casting in Tony Goldwyn's Someone Like You, a romantic comedy also starring Ashley Judd and Greg Kinnear. Jackman was hard to ignore in 2001, appearing just a few short months later in John Travolta's latest comback, Swordfish.2003 saw the return of the X-Men and, with them, Jackman's Wolverine in X2: X-Men United, a film that not only repeated the first film's financial success, but was considered by many to be the rare sequel that outdoes its predecessor. Sticking with the action genre, Jackman could next be seen in the title role of the 2004 ultra-big-budget film Van Helsing. Although Van Helsing was met with critical disdain, and underperformed at the box office, Jackman rebounded by earning rave reviews as the lead in the Broadway musical The Boy From Oz. That same year he hosted the annual Tony awards, again to great acclaim.Fans had numerous opportunities to see Jackman on the big screen in 2006. He took a humorous turn that summer as a possible serial killer in Woody Allen's comedy Scoop, and in fall he starred opposite Oscar winner Rachel Weisz in the stylish The Fountain as a man who searches through three different time periods concurrently, on a single spiritual journey. That same autumn, Jackman could also be seen in the dark fantasy The Prestige, playing a turn of the century magician who some speculate performs real magic, and before winter, audiences were hearing his vocal work in a pair of animated films, Flushed Away and Happy Feet. 2006 also proved to be the year Jackman announced he would produce and star in a big-screen adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.Jackman would spend the following years appearing in numerous films, like X-Men: First Class, Butter, and Real Steel. He would enjoy one of his biggest successes playing Jean Valjean in Tom Hooper's adaptation of the stage musical Les Miserables, a role that earned Jackman a Best Actor nomination from the Academy, his first Oscar nod.

Trivia: Won a drama competition with a Peter Pan monologue when he was a kid.Before landing the role of Peter in Pan (2015), his only acting professional credit was a TV commercial.First time he visited the United States was for his third audition for Pan (2015).In 2015, was named ambassador for Polo Ralph Lauren Children's fall campaign.Learned how to ride a motorcycle for the 2016 film Red Dog: True Blue.

Trivia: Midwestern-born actor Garrett Hedlund debuted in the mid-2000s with a series of plum roles in A-list features. In the beginning, he seemed typecast as a well-rounded, average American young man, and made particularly strong impressions in that vein with his portrayal of high-school football hero Don Billingsley in Friday Night Lights, opposite Billy Bob Thornton. Yet Hedlund surprised and delighted his followers with a strong show of versatility thereafter, with effective portrayals as struggling musician Jack Mercer, who joins forces with his siblings to determine the reasons behind his mother's death, in John Singleton's urban drama Four Brothers (2005), and as Murtagh in the otherworldly fantasy Eragon (2006). In 2007, Hedlund essayed two very different roles: he joined Jane Fonda and Lindsay Lohan in the gentle rural drama Georgia Rule, then co-starred alongside Kevin Bacon in the one-man vigilante drama Death Sentence, about a father who attempts to wreak vengeance on those who rubbed out his family. Over the next several years, Hedlund would enjoy increasing success on screen, starring in TRON: Legacy, showing off his singing chops in Country Strong, and appearing in the highly anticipated Kerouac adaptation On The Road.Hedlund had an impressive string of films, working with big-name directors, in the following years: Inside Llewyn Davis with the Coen brothers, Lullaby with noted Renaissance man Andrew Levitas, Unbroken with Angelina Jolie and the live-action Peter Pan film Pan, playing a young James Hook, with Joe Wright.

Trivia: Actress Rooney Mara didn't exactly come from a show business family. One great-grandfather founded the Pittsburgh Steelers; another founded the New York Giants. Despite her heritage, Mara opted to go into acting instead of sports, and made her professional debut with a bit-part in the direct-to-video Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (which starred her older sister, Kate). She followed this with a handful of appearances on episodes of shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Cleaner, eventually scoring a number of film roles, appearing in 2009's Tanner Hall, Youth in Revolt, and Friends (With Benefits).Her career changed forever when David Fincher cast her in a small but key part in The Social Network, and then trusted her to play Lisbeth Salander in his English-language adaptation of the international best-seller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, a part that earned young performer Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Actress. She appeared in Spike Jonze's Her and Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects, both in 2013. In 2015, Mara was controversially cast as Tiger Lily in Joe Wright's Pan. She followed that up with Todd Haynes' Carol, playing opposite Cate Blanchett; Mara nabbed her second Oscar nomination for her work in the film.

Trivia: Born to a Pakistani father and a Kenyan mother. Trained with the National Youth Theatre. One of his earliest jobs was to sell insurance over the phone. When going to audition for drama school in New York in 2002, his aeroplane was diverted by fighter jets and he was wrongfully arrested at JFK airport for being a suspected terrorist. Accepted a BAFTA award on behalf of director Chris Morris in 2011. Appeared in Hamlet with the Young Vic Theatre in 2011. Was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting actor in 2015 for his role as Wilson Wilson in Channel 4's Utopia. He won the 2017 BAFTA award for Lead Actor for his role as Shahzad in the BBC drama Murdered by My Father, the first non-white actor to do so.

Trivia: Parents came to England from Nigeria in the 1970s to go to school. Was one of the youngest actors to portray King Lear when he appeared in a Royal Shakespeare Company production in 2002. Won the Ian Charleston Award for his work as the title character in the Cheek by Jowl theatre company's production of Othello in 2005.

Trivia: Wide-eyed actress Amanda Seyfried is best known to audiences for her hilarious performance as slow-witted but popular Karen Smith in the 2004 film Mean Girls. The former child model had graduated from high school the year before, though throughout her secondary education Seyfried had been acting on the popular soaps As the World Turns and All My Children, and by the time Mean Girls producers cast her for her big break, she was an experienced performer. She followed up the film's success with a role on the popular series Veronica Mars, playing the title character's murdered best friend in a series of "Laura Palmer-esque" flashbacks. She also took a role on the popular and controversial series Big Love before signing on to star in the big-screen adaptation of the popular Broadway play Mamma Mia!, a musical about a bride-to-be searching for her real father, set to the tunes of the popular Swedish disco group ABBA. She stretched her range with the 2009 erotic drama Chloe, and starred opposite Channing Tatum in the Nicholas Sparks adaptation Dear John the next year. In 2011 she was the lead in Red Riding Hood, and played opposite Justin Timberlake in the sci-fi film In Time.

Trivia: One of Britain's most esteemed comic and dramatic character actresses, Kathy Burke is a vibrant presence in films, television, and on the stage. Born in Islington, London, in 1965, she got her start with supporting roles in such films as Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy (1986). It was with her comic roles for BBC television that Burke made her first real impact, particularly as magazine editor Magda on the popular Absolutely Fabulous and as various characters on the Harry Enfield and Chums series. In 1993, she received the Royal Television Society's Best Actress Award for her performance in the BBC production of Danny Boyle's Mr. Wroe's Virgins.Burke gained an introduction to an international audience in 1997 with her astonishing portrayal of an abused, pregnant wife in Gary Oldman's harrowing Nil by Mouth. Awarded the Cannes Festival's Best Actress Award and nominated for a BAFTA, Burke earned some long-overdue recognition for her screen work. The following year, she earned additional recognition with her solid performances in Shekar Kapur's lavishly acclaimed Elizabeth, which cast her as the ailing, vengeful Mary Tudor, and Dancing at Lughnasa, in which she played one of a group of close-knit Irish sisters. Burke then blended comedy and drama in This Year's Love, a romantic ensemble piece that featured her as an airport cleaning woman convinced that anyone who falls in love with her is clearly insane.

Trivia: Has dyspraxia and found secondary school challenging. Moved to Bedales school at age 16 to focus on music and drama, but left after one year to follow her sister, Poppy, into modelling as a career. Began her career as a singer at the age of 16, recording music with Simon Fuller, but giving it up to pursue becoming a model. Featured in the advertising campaigns for major fashion brands such as Burberry, H&M and Chanel. From 2012, has appeared in many roles on film and TV shows. Voiced the DJ on the Non-Stop-Pop FM radio station in the award winning video game, Grand Theft Auto V. Designed two fashion collections for DKNY which were released in 2014, and four collections for Mulberry, the last of which came out in 2015. Named Model of the Year at the 2015 British Fashion Awards. A self-confessed animal lover, after Cecil the lion was killed in 2015, she auctioned her Tag Heuer watch, raising £18,600 for the UK Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU). Sings and plays the guitar and drums. In 2017, her novel, 'Mirror, Mirror', which has a LGBT theme, was published. Came out as 'genderfluid' in 2018.

Trivia: Member of the National Youth Theatre as an adolescent. While studying at Guildhall, starred in the title roles in stage productions of Richard III and Oedipus. Won the Spotlight Prize in 2011 for his work in Best Man Speech. Starred in the role of Tom in a 2011 stage tour of Earthquakes in London. First appeared on screen in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall in a minor role as Q's Assistant. Nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for Best Classical Stage Performance by an Actor Under 30 for his role as Arsace in a production of Berenice in 2012. Made his Broadway debut in the roles of Richmond and Valentine in repertory productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night opposite Mark Rylance at the Belasco Theatre in 2013.

Trivia: Son of Italian and English parents.Was raised by his mother, who worked as a nurse.His mother encouraged him to audition for Top Boy.Had never acted before his Top Boy audition.It took him 25 takes to cry for a scene in the first season of Top Boy.Has performed in feature films, short films, music videos, television and theater.Best known for playing Gem in Top Boy.

Trivia: Attended an independent boarding and day school.Performed in university plays.Was pregnant while filming Promising Young Woman (2020).Directed, produced and wrote the critically acclaimed thriller film Promising Young Woman (2020).Author of the Shiverton Hall series, a series of children's fantasy novels.

Trivia: In 1990, won the All-Ireland Schools Choir competition with his school choir.In 1999, moved to London to attend drama school.Didn't work for 18 months after graduating drama school.A singing role at the Greenwich Theatre led to another job offer and consistant work as a theater actor.Had to pull out of Robin Hood (2010) after being diagnosed with relapsed Hodgkins Lymphoma, but director Ridley Scott demanded to make everything possible for him to work in the movie if he was well enough to do so, and he did.Has performed at the Shakespeare's Globe, the National Theatre, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Donmar Warehouse.

Trivia: Was brought up in Wembley, London, where his parents ran a shop selling school uniforms. Excelled in sports at school and initially wanted to be a sprinter before pursuing the arts. Took a two-year course at the Harrow School of Art at age 16, achieving distinction. Took a year out from his university course to work on a kibbutz in Israel, where he met his future wife, Orly. Worked as a scene painter at the National Theatre in Tel Aviv after graduating from university. Despite supporting Arsenal Football Club, Kaye worked as an in-house graphic designer for their rival team, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Got his major break with the creation of the character Dennis Pennis, a parody celebrity interviewer who would torment major stars on the red carpet. Originated the role of Mr. Wormwood in the West End musical Matilda, in 2011.