British stage actresses

British actress (1929–1993)

British actress

Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Known for her work predominantly in independent films, she has received various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Dame Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.

British actress (1917–2013)

South African Greek actress, producer, artistic director of Internationalist Theatre, and activist (born 1951)

Sienna Rose Diana Miller is an American-British actress. Born in New York City and raised in London, she began her career as a model, appearing in the pages of Italian Vogue and for the 2003 Pirelli Calendar. Her acting breakthrough came in the 2004 films Layer Cake and Alfie. She portrayed socialite Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl (2006) and author Caitlin Macnamara in The Edge of Love (2008), and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2008. Her role as The Baroness in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) was followed by a brief sabbatical from the screen amid increased tabloid scrutiny.

English actress

British-American actress (1929–2010)

British actress (1923–2024)

British actress (born 1956)

Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie is an English actress. She is known for portraying Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones (2012–2019), and the First Order stormtrooper Captain Phasma in the films Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). For the former, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019. Christie has since appeared in the Netflix fantasy series The Sandman and Wednesday, and the Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller series Severance (2025), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series nomination in 2025.

Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)

British actress and former model

British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director

American actress

Oluwunmi Olapeju Mosaku, known professionally as Wunmi Mosaku, is a Nigerian and British actress. She rose to prominence for her roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries Moses Jones (2009) and Holly Lawson in the ITV series Vera (2011–2012). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Gloria Taylor in the TV film Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016). In 2019, she appeared in the fifth season of Luther, followed by her role as Ruby Baptiste in HBO's Lovecraft Country (2020). She portrayed the character Hunter B-15 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Disney+ series Loki (2021–2023) and reprised the role in the film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

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American-British actress (1925–1991)

South African-British actress

British actress, comedian and writer (born 1957)

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Swedish actress

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British-American actress

English actress

British actress (1853-1929)

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Zimbabwean actress

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Belgian actress

British actress (1930-2016)

Canadian-born British actress (1894–1989)

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British actress

British actress

Canadian-British stage and TV actress (1922–2002)

American actress and model

British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright (1884–1977)

British actress (1891-1992)

British actress

British actress (1931–1990)

Dutch-British actress

actress (1874-1957)

British actress

British actress and acting manager (1872-1957)

British actress, author, and businesswoman (born 1949)

Italian film and voice actress (1918–1981)

British actress

British actress

British Jamaican singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

British actress (born 1989)

British actress

Welsh actress and singer (1943-2022)

Australian actress (born 1984)

Irish actress (1895-1975)

English actress

British stage actress (1881–1969)

British actor (born 1959 / 1960)