Trivia: Wrote plays as a child that he performed with friends. Archbishop Rowan Williams was one of his teachers when he attended the University of Cambridge. Worked with the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company after college. First met his wife, Lulu, when they were in their teens. They drifted apart, but became reacquainted during their 30s. Made his professional acting debut in 1986 as an understudy to Ralph Fiennes in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Supports Merlin, a medical charity, and Scene & Heard, a mentoring program that pairs inner-city children from Somers Town, London, with theatre professionals.

Trivia: A rough-cut British actor with a dark and slightly brooding presence, Dominic Cooper initially cut his chops on the London and Gotham stages, with two very different roles: adventurer Will Parry in the Royal National Theatre's epic production of Philip Pullman's iconoclastic fantasy His Dark Materials, and that of the womanizer Dakin in the Broadway run of Alan Bennett's The History Boys. Cooper earned favorable notices for each; the success of Boys prompted BBC Two Films and Fox Searchlight to launch a film adaptation in late 2006, also featuring Cooper. Though Boys scarcely represented Cooper's cinematic debut (he appeared in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto a couple of years prior, among other films), it did prove a watershed, spurring the young actor on to additional film work. In subsequent years, the thespian played Willoughby in John Alexander's U.K. television miniseries Sense and Sensibility (2008), adapted from the novel by Jane Austen; cut against type as an imprisoned white-collar criminal in the Wyatt Brothers' thriller The Escapist (2008); and essayed a supporting role as Sky, Sophie's (Amanda Seyfried) fiancé, in Phyllida Lloyd's big-screen ABBA musical Mamma Mia! (2008).From there, Cooper's career took off. He played future British Prime Minister Charles Grey and Keira Knightley's lover in the costume-drama The Dutchess (2008), followed by a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated An Education (2009), for which he shared a Screen Actor's Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Cooper had a busy 2011, first playing Howard Stark (also known as Tony Stark's father) in Captain America: The First Avenger; followed by a commanding performance in the dual roles of Uday Hussein and his look-a-like in The Devil's Double; and finally, a smaller part as famed photographer Milton H. Greene in My Week With Marilyn. He next took a role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), playing Lincoln's mentor in vampire hunting.

Trivia: Began ballet lessons at age three. Made her West End debut when she was 12 years old playing Jane Banks in a production of Mary Poppins in 2004. Took classes at the Brenda Taylor School of Performing Arts in Harlow and continued to help with drama and dance classes long after leaving the school. First lead role in the West End was in 2013 when she played Christine Keeler in Stephen Ward, an Andrew Lloyd Webber production directed by Richard Eyre. When she's not working, she helps out at the primary school where her mum works and helps her grandmother at a charity shop. Her parents remortgaged their house to support her acting career. Was nominated for a Best Actress Award for Stonemouth at BAFTA Scotland in 2015. Played the role of Esther Denham in Sanditon, a TV adaptation of the unfinished Jane Austen novel in 2019.

Trivia: His parents had to move to Essex for IVF treatment; both he and his brother were IVF babies. Enrolled in the Scottish Youth Theatre at the age of 10. While at high school he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London during the summer holidays. Was Deputy Head Boy at high school. Made his television debut at the age of 18 in an Irn Bru advert. Won an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for his performance in Ghosts in 2013. Featured as one of The Hot 100 by the UK arts and entertainment magazine The List in November 2016. Won the British Academy Scotland Award for his role in the Scottish Highlands thriller Calibre in 2018. In February 2019, teamed up with Beta Cinema to form his own production company, Reiver Pictures, based in Edinburgh.

Trivia: Both of his parents were writers. Started his career in stage. Won Best Actor at the Nashville Film Festival in 2011. Was put on Screen International Stars of Tomorrow list in 2011. His performance in Weekend helped the film grab the Audience Award the South by Southwest Film Awards in 2011. Named Best Actor by The International Cinephile Society in 2012. Was awarded The Grand Jury Prize at the Outfest Festival in Los Angeles. Writes and directs plays on stage.

Trivia: Father is Iranian; mother is Scottish. Brought up in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dropped out of university in order to pursue acting. Was awarded the gold medal for being best in his year when graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Appeared in the National Theatre of Scotland's original production of Black Watch in 2006. Named as One to Watch by Screen International in 2009. Named as The Scotsman's Most Eligible Male in 2010.