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Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its list of the greatest female screen legends.
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
Samantha Eggar
British actress (1939–2025)
Honor Blackman
British actress
Jenna Coleman
British actress
Nathalie Emmanuel
English actress
Lesley Manville
British actress (born 1956)
Patsy Kensit
British actress and pop singer
Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden is an English media personality, actress and singer. Since 2007, she has served as a judge on the television talent competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV. She has also co-hosted the national Heart Breakfast radio show with Jamie Theakston on weekday mornings since 2019.
Anna Friel
British actress
Rebecca Mader
English actress
Lesley-Anne Down
British actress
Patricia Routledge
Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge was an English actress and singer. She was best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC One comedy series Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), for which she was twice nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance.
Michelle Keegan
English actress (born 1987)
Jessica Barden
British actress
Barbara Windsor
English actress and singer (1937–2020)
Elizabeth Henstridge
English actress
Holliday Grainger
English actress
Gemma Atkinson
British actress and model
Jane Asher
English actress and author
Susan George
English actress
Jamelia
Jamelia Niela Davis (born 11 January 1981) is a British singer, actress and television personality. Her three studio albums each peaked inside the Top 40 and they spawned eight top-10 singles. In addition, Jamelia has won four MOBO Awards, a Q Award and has received nine BRIT Award nominations.
Michelle Ryan
British actress
Kate O'Mara
British actress (1939–2014)
Christina Pickles
British actress
Mimi Keene
British actress
Joanne Froggatt
English actress
Sarah Lancashire
English actress
Sheridan Smith
British actress
Samantha Womack
English actress, singer and director, in film, television and stage
Amanda Donohoe
British actress
Stephanie Beacham
British actress
Hannah Spearritt
British singer and actress
Emma Chambers
English actress (1964–2018)
Katrin Cartlidge
English actress (1961-2002)
Sophie Thompson
British actress
Emma Samms
British actress
Liz Smith
British actress (1921–2016)
Tamsin Greig
British actress (born 1966)
Martine McCutcheon
English actress and singer
Sylvia Syms
British actress (1934–2023)
Sheila Hancock
British actress
June Brown
English actress (1927–2022)
Lucy Davis
British actress (born 1973)
Heather Angel
British actress (1909–1986)
Anna Shaffer
British actress
Emma Rigby
British actress
Finola Hughes
British actress
Mary Tamm
British actress of Estonian origin (1950-2012)
Mandip Gill
British actress
Anne Reid
English actress
Adjoa Andoh
British actress (born 1963)
Suranne Jones
British actress (born 1978)
Tiana Benjamin
British actress
Mia McKenna-Bruce
Mia Sasha McKenna-Bruce is an English actress. She gained prominence through her role as Tee Taylor in Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground. Her films include Persuasion and How to Have Sex. For the latter, she won a British Independent Film Award, the BAFTA Rising Star Award and was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress.
Katherine Kelly
English actress
Kara Tointon
English actress
Lacey Turner
British actress
Shirley Stelfox
British actress (1941–2015)
Ritu Arya
British actress