Fav Actor
by constantinbeecham | created - 22 Apr 2016 | updated - 20 Mar 2019 | Public
1. Lily James
Actress | Cinderella
Lily James was born Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson in Esher, Surrey, to Ninette (Mantle), an actress, and Jamie Thomson, an actor and musician. Her grandmother, Helen Horton, was an American actress. She began her education at Arts Educational School in Tring and subsequently went on to study acting at...
From Downton Abbey
2. Maggie Smith
Actress | Gosford Park
One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor ...
From Downton Abbey
3. Elizabeth McGovern
Actress | Ordinary People
Daughter of a law professor at Northwestern University, she moved with her family to Los Angeles when he transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.). She began acting in school plays at North Hollywood High, graduated from The Oakwood School and then continued her stage ...
From Downton Abbey
4. Sophie McShera
Actress | Cinderella
Sophie McShera was born on May 17, 1985 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Cinderella (2015), Downton Abbey (2010) and Galavant (2015).
From Downton Abbey
5. Jim Broadbent
Actor | Moulin Rouge!
One of England's most versatile character actors, Jim Broadbent was born on May 24, 1949, in Lincolnshire, the youngest son of furniture maker Roy Laverick Broadbent and sculptress Doreen "Dee" (Findlay) Broadbent. Jim attended a Quaker boarding school in Reading before successfully applying for a ...
6. Essie Davis
Actress | The Babadook
Esther Davis is an Australian actress and singer, best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and its film adaptation, Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, and as Amelia Vanek in The Babadook. Other major works include a recurring role as Lady Crane in season six of the...
From Mrs Fisher Murders
7. Hugo Johnstone-Burt
Actor | San Andreas
Hugo grew up on Sydney's leafy North Shore. He attended the local primary school before moving to Barker College in Hornsby at the commencement of grade five.
Hugo progressed through his schooling years participating heavily in many sports and extracurricular activities. He showed particular skill ...
From Mrs Fisher Murders
8. Nikki Runeckles
Actress | The Bad Education Movie
Nikki Runeckles was born on May 28, 1991 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Bad Education Movie (2015), Bad Education (2012) and #MurderSelfie (2015).
From Bad Education
9. Kae Alexander
Actress | Game of Thrones
Kae Alexander was born on August 31, 1985 in Kobe, Japan. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), Fleabag (2016) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).
From Bad Education
10. Joe Thomas
Actor | The Inbetweeners Movie
Joe Thomas was born on October 28, 1983 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Inbetweeners (2011), The Inbetweeners 2 (2014) and White Gold (2017).
From Inbetweens
11. Kaya Scodelario
Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Kaya Rose Scodelario was born in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, to Katia (Scodelario) and Roger Humphrey. Her father was English and her mother is Brazilian, of Italian and Portuguese descent. Her surname comes from her mother's Italian grandfather. Thanks to her mother, Kaya grew up fluent in ...
From Skins
Effy
12. Hannah Murray
Actress | God Help the Girl
Hannah Murray is an English actress known for portraying Gilly in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011) and Cassie Ainsworth in the E4 teen drama series Skins (2007), from 2007 to 2008 (and again in 2013). In 2014, Murray starred in God Help the Girl (2014). In 2015, she played Sara in the Danish ...
From Skins
Cass
13. Mitch Hewer
Actor | Everyone
Mitch Hewer was born on July 1, 1989 in Bristol, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Everyone, Behaving Badly (2014) and Britannia High (2008).
From Skins
Maxxie Olive
14. Freya Mavor
Actress | La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil
Freya Mavor was born in Glasgow but grew up in Canonmills, Edinburgh, after moving there with her family. She also spent four years of her early adolescence in La Rochelle, France, before moving back to Scotland.
Mavor declared she first became interested in acting after watching The Shining (1980) ...
From Skins
15. Dakota Blue Richards
Actress | The Golden Compass
Dakota Blue Richards, was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in South Kensington, London but grew up in Brighton with her mother. She is of Prussian heritage on her Grandmother's side, and Irish on her father's. The name Dakota Blue was inspired by her mother's time spent with Native ...
From Skins
16. Jack O'Connell
Actor | Unbroken
Jack O'Connell was born in Alvaston, Derby, England, to Alison J. (Gutteridge) and John Patrick O'Connell. His mother is English, and worked at British Midland, and his father was Irish (from County Kerry), and worked on the railways for Bombardier. Jack went to Saint Benedict Catholic School, and ...
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17. Kathryn Prescott
Actress | Skins
Kathryn Prescott (born 4 June 1991 in London, England) is an English actress best known for her role as Emily Fitch in the double BAFTA-winning teen drama Skins (2007). Prescott was born in Palmers Green, London, and is six minutes older than her twin sister Megan Prescott. Prior to professional ...
18. Miley Cyrus
Soundtrack | Hannah Montana
Miley Ray Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee and raised in Thompson's Station, Tennessee to Tish Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus. She has five siblings - two half-brothers, a half-sister, and a younger brother and sister. Her parents named her because they hoped ...
19. Helena Bonham Carter
Actress | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Helena Bonham Carter is an actress of great versatility, one of the UK's finest and most successful.
Bonham Carter was born May 26, 1966 in Golders Green, London, England, the youngest of three children of Elena (née Propper de Callejón), a psychotherapist, and Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant ...
20. Ashleigh Cummings
Actress | The Goldfinch
Ashleigh Cummings was born on November 11, 1992 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is an actress, known for The Goldfinch (2019), Hounds of Love (2016) and NOS4A2 (2019).
21. Penelope Wilton
Actress | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Penelope Wilton was born on June 3, 1946 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Match Point (2005). She was previously married to Ian Holm and Daniel Massey.
22. Anne Hathaway
Actress | Les Misérables
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Kate McCauley Hathaway, an actress, and Gerald T. Hathaway, a lawyer, both originally from Philadelphia. She is of mostly Irish descent, along with English, German, and French. Her first major role came in the short-lived television series ...
23. Helen George
Actress | The Three Musketeers
Helen George was born on June 19, 1984 in Birmingham,West Midlands , England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Three Musketeers (2011), Call the Midwife (2012) and The Monster (2015). She was previously married to Oliver Boot.
24. Gabriella Wilde
Actress | The Three Musketeers
Gabriella Wilde was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. She is descended from the aristocratic Gough-Calthorpe family. Her mother, Vanessa Mary Teresa (Hubbard), is the former wife of socialite Sir Dai Llewellyn, 4th Baronet. Her father, businessman John Austen Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, is a...
25. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
26. Zoë Wanamaker
Actress | My Week with Marilyn
Zoë Wanamaker is an American expatriate actress, who has spend most of her career in the United Kingdom. She has worked extensively in the theatre. She has been nominated for 9 Laurence Olivier Awards, wining twice. She has also been nominated for 4 Tony Awards, without ever winning. In television,...
27. David Suchet
Actor | Executive Decision
Widely regarded as one of England's finest stage, screen and TV actors, David Suchet's international reputation has only grown over the years, greatly enhanced by his definitive interpretation of Agatha Christie's suave Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot, a character he played for nearly 25 years ...
28. Hugh Fraser
Actor | Poirot
Hugh Fraser was born on October 23, 1945 in England, UK. He is an actor, known for Poirot (1989), 101 Dalmatians (1996) and Jack the Ripper (1988). He has been married to Belinda Lang since October 15, 1988. They have one child.
29. James Alper
Actor | It Came from the Desert
James Alper is known for It Came from the Desert (2017), Vendetta (2013) and Poirot (1989).
30. Rupert Penry-Jones
Actor | Spooks
Rupert Penry-Jones was born on September 22, 1970 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for MI-5 (2002), Match Point (2005) and The Four Feathers (2002). He has been married to Dervla Kirwan since August 2007. They have two children.
31. Zendaya
Actress | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Zendaya (which means "to give thanks" in the language of Shona) is an American actress and singer born in Oakland, California. She began her career appearing as a child model working for Macy's, Mervyns and Old Navy. She was a backup dancer before gaining prominence for her role as Rocky Blue on ...
32. Ricardo Hoyos
Actor | Dino Dan
Ricardo Antonio Hoyos is a Canadian born actor. He was born November 27, 1995. He has green eyes and dark brown hair. He can play the guitar. Surprisingly, Ricardo has dual citizenship in the USA and Canada. He has worked on many shows including the famous Canadian show Degrassi as a skate-boarder ...
33. Na'ku'set Gould
Actress | Degrassi: Next Class
Na'ku'set Gould is known for Degrassi: Next Class (2016), Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) and Degrassi: Don't Look Back (2015).
34. Eric Osborne
Actor | Degrassi: Next Class
Eric Osborne grew up in Newcastle, Ontario. Eric is an Actor known for his portrayal of Miles Hollingsworth III on the critically acclaimed show Degrassi. He also has performed on Suits, Frankie Drake, Pyewacket, Thicker than Water (The Twisted Son) as well as upcoming feature films Random Acts of ...
35. André Dae Kim
Actor | Vampire Academy
In 2022, actor on the rise Andre Dae Kim will star in Peacock's brand-new supernatural thriller series, "Vampire Academy." Slated to premiere on September 15th, 2022, and based on the bestselling books by Richelle Mead, "Vampire Academy" is set in a world of privilege and glamour, where two young ...
36. Dante Scott
Actor | Degrassi: Next Class
Dante Scott makes his television drama series debut on Degrassi: Next Class. Fans will recognize him from the YTV show The Next Star where he was a Top 6 competitor in 2013. Dante's other television credit is appearing in a music video for "Stand Up" which aired on Family Channel in 2012. Dante's ...
37. Parham Rownaghi
Actor | Degrassi: Next Class
Parham Rownaghi was born in Karaj, Alborz, Iran, on May 15, 1997.
Parham grew up in London, England, raised in the township of Harrow until the age of 10. Parham subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
At 16, Parham attended the Claude Watson School of the Arts, majoring in Drama. He ...
38. Ehren Kassam
Actor | Coroner
Ehren Kassam was born on April 10, 1997 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Coroner (2019), Degrassi: Next Class (2016) and Tokens (2019).
39. Lyle Lettau
Actor | iZombie
Lyle Lettau is known for iZombie (2015), Spring Bloom and Degrassi: Next Class (2016).
40. Spencer Macpherson
Actor | Degrassi: Next Class
Spencer Macpherson was born June 12, 1997 in Ontario, Canada. Spencer began acting in musical theatre productions at a young age which led to him pursuing a professional career in television and film. He attended Cawthra Park Secondary School of the Arts for Drama and graduated in 2015. He made his...
41. Soma Chhaya
Actress | The Breadwinner
Soma Chhaya Bhatia (musically known as Baby Brat) is an American-Canadian actress and musician. She is most commonly known for her series regular role in the Netflix series Degrassi: Next Class and her supporting lead role in the Oscar nominated film, The Breadwinner (produced by Angelina Jolie).
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42. Kelaiah Guiel
Actress | Priscilla
Kelaiah Guiel is a Canadian actress born August 4th, 1999, in Peterborough, Ontario. She started her acting career in 2015, when she starred in an international BMW advertisement. She has booked leading roles as Riley in "A Christmas Comeback" Jen in "The Day Grunge Died" and Rihannon in "...
43. Jenna Coleman
Actress | Victoria
Jenna Coleman is best known for her BAFTA-nominated performance as Clara in 'Doctor Who' and for playing the title role in ITV's Emmy-nominated series 'Victoria'. She was most recently seen in a lead role as Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the dark crime drama 'The Serpent' for BBC and Netflix opposite ...
44. Sorcha Cusack
Actress | Snatch
Sorcha Cusack was born on April 9, 1949 in Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Snatch (2000), Father Brown (2013) and Jane Eyre (1973). She is married to Nigel Cooke. They have two children.
45. Martin Shaw
Actor | The Chief
One of England's most popular actors for more than four decades, Martin Shaw is noted for his versatility. He has featured in over 100 TV roles, his long TV career beginning in 1967 with the television episode ITV Play of the Week: Love on the Dole (1967). He achieved genuine stardom with The ...
46. Alex Price
Actor | Storage 24
Alex Price is known for Storage 24 (2012), Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (2016) and Father Brown (2013).
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