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Molly Rainford
Molly Anne Rainford is an English actress, singer and television presenter. She was a finalist on the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2012 and was one of the presenters on Friday Download between 2014 and 2015. She has since released two extended plays and has gone on to portray the titular character in the CBBC comedy drama series Nova Jones from 2021 onwards. In 2022, Rainford competed in the twentieth series of Strictly Come Dancing; she reached the final and finished as a runner-up. In 2023, she was cast in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Anna Knight, as well as continuing to release music. In 2025, Rainford competed in the third series of Celebrity Race Across the World with her partner DJ Tyler West.
Mischa Barton
British-American actress and model
Judith Anderson
Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)
Joanna Lumley
British actress and former model
Juliet Mills
British-American actress
Glynis Barber
South African actress
Anna Lee
British actress (1913-2004)
Eve Myles
Eve Myles is a Welsh actress. Her television roles include Ceri Lewis in the long-running BBC Wales drama series Belonging (2000–2009), Gwen Cooper in the BBC science-fiction series Torchwood (2006–2011), and Faith Howells in the bilingually produced BBC/S4C drama series Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher (2017–2020).
Alice Evans
English actress (born 1971)
Roxanne McKee
Canadian-born British actress
Wendy Richard
British actress (1943–2009)
Alexandra Bastedo
British actress (1946–2014)
Siobhan Finneran
British actress
Rosemary Leach
British actress (1935–2017)
Pamela Salem
British actress (1944–2024)
Karen Hassan
Irish actress
Yvonne Brewster
Jamaican actress, theatre director and theatre manager (1938–2025)
Zienia Merton
British actress (1945-2018)
Jill Halfpenny
British actress
Carolyn Pickles
British actress
Mona Hammond
British actress (1931–2022)
Emily O'Brien
British actress
Ellen Thomas
English actress
Anna Karen
British actress (1936–2022)
Lisa Faulkner
English actress and presenter
Penny Downie
Australian actress
Emma Ferguson
British actress
Natalie J. Robb
Scottish actress
Tracy Brabin
British politician and actress (born 1961)
Melanie Walters
Welsh actress
Jamila Massey
actress
Helen Lederer
Welsh comedian
Dulcie Gray
Actress, singer, writer (1915-2011)
Cathy Murphy
British actress
Annie Wallace
British actor
Jane Wall
English actress
Chelsea Halfpenny
actress
Sarah Manners
British actress
Alexis Peterman
British actress
Hannah Daniel
Welsh actress and television presenter
Shobu Kapoor
British actress
Shelley King
British actress
Kiruna Stamell
Australian actress
Jaye Griffiths
British actress
Lizzie Roper
British actor
Leanne Wilson
English actress
Sara Gregory
British actress
Jane How
British actress
Angela Wynter
Jamaican-British actress and singer (born 1957)