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Pauline Collins
Pauline Angela Collins was a British actress who first rose to fame portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1973) and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah (1979). In 1992, she published her autobiography, Letter to Louise.

Sophia Myles
British actor

Laura Haddock
British actress (born 1985)

Flora Robson
English actress (1902-1984)

Paloma Faith
Paloma Faith Blomfield is an English singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. After signing with Epic Records in 2008, Faith released her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? (2009), which produced the UK top-twenty singles "Stone Cold Sober" and "New York". Her second album, Fall to Grace (2012), charted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, earned her two Brit Award nominations, and spawned her first UK top-ten single "Picking Up the Pieces" and the top-twenty cover version of INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart".

Kate Nash
British musician

Kelly Reilly
Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly is an English actress. Her television work includes starring roles in the British crime drama Above Suspicion (2009–2012), the American psychological medical drama Black Box (2014), the American anthology crime drama True Detective (2015) and the historical fantasy drama Britannia (2018). From 2018–24, she played Beth Dutton on Yellowstone, opposite Kevin Costner.

Freya Allan
English actress

Rosemary Harris
British actress

Miriam Margolyes
British-Australian actress
Anna Friel
British actress

Carmen Ejogo
British actress
Zoë Wanamaker
American-born British actress

Joanne Whalley
British actress
Prunella Scales
Prunella Margaret Rumney West, known professionally as Prunella Scales, was an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in the BBC television sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975–1979) and her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution (1991), which earned her a BAFTA nomination. She later appeared in the TV documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2019), travelling waterways in the UK and abroad with her husband, the actor Timothy West.

Eileen Atkins
British actress

Andrea Arnold
English film director and actress

Gemma Jones
British actress

Sophie Okonedo
English actress and narrator (born 1968)

Lisa Stansfield
British singer

Lynn Fontanne
British actress (1887–1983)

Lesley-Anne Down
British actress

Lily Cole
English model and actress (born 1987)

Jean Marsh
English actress (1934–2025)
Parminder Nagra
British actress

Penelope Wilton
English actress

Rebecca Mader
English actress

Aimee Lou Wood
English actress (born 1994)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
British actress

Alex Kingston
Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.

Jessica Henwick
British actress
Barbara Steele
British actress

Anya Chalotra
Anya Chalotra is an English actress known for her performances across stage and screen. Following her professional debut in Much Ado About Nothing (2017) at Shakespeare's Globe, she made her screen debut in the BBC One drama series Wanderlust (2018) and The ABC Murders (2018). She gained wider recognition for her starring role as Yennefer in the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher (2019–present).

Ella Balinska
English actress

Billie Whitelaw
British actress (1932–2014)

Diana Wynyard
English actress (1906-1964)

Catherine McCormack
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.

Lucy Punch
British actress

Phoebe Dynevor
English actress
Michaela Coel
British actress and screenwriter

Hannah John-Kamen
British actress

Emily Beecham
English-born British-American actress

Romola Garai
British actress
Jessica Barden
British actress
Miranda Hart
English comedian

Sonya Walger
British-American actress
Barbara Windsor
English actress and singer (1937–2020)

Emilia Jones
British actress

Caroline Munro
English actress and model
Louise Brealey
British actress

Simone Ashley
British actress

Kay Kendall
English actress (1927-1959)

Elizabeth Henstridge
English actress

Teddy Sinclair
British singer and actress

Vanessa Angel
English actress, model
Angel Coulby
English actress
Rita Tushingham
English actress
Geraldine James
British actress

Gemma Atkinson
British actress and model