Quantum of Solace 2008 premiere
by MikeSeravello-233-985397 | created - 01 Dec 2018 | updated - 01 Dec 2018 | PublicWednesday October 29th, Odeon Leicester Square 26 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LQ
1. Daniel Craig
Actor | Casino Royale
One of the British theatre's most famous faces, Daniel Craig, who waited tables as a struggling teenage actor with the National Youth Theatre, has gone on to star as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).
He was born ...
2. Elle Macpherson
Actress | The Edge
Elle Macpherson was born on March 29, 1964 in Cronulla, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is a producer and actress, known for The Edge (1997), Batman & Robin (1997) and Friends (1994). She has been married to Jeffrey Soffer since July 2013. She was previously married to Gilles Bensimon.
4. Olga Kurylenko
Actress | Oblivion
Olga Kurylenko is a Ukrainian-French actress and model, went from sharing a cramped flat with her aunt, uncle, grandparents and cousin to starring as a Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig.
She was born Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko on November 14, 1979, in Berdyansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Her mother, ...
5. Gemma Arterton
Actress | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Gemma Christina Arterton was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, where she was raised. She is the daughter of Sally-Anne (Heap), a cleaner, and Barry J. Arterton, a welder. Her mother's cousin is singer-songwriter Eric Goulden.
Her parents divorced when she was age five, and Gemma subsequently lived ...
6. Judi Dench
Actress | Skyfall
Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with the ...
7. Prince William of Wales
Writer | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor was born on June 21, 1982 to King Charles III and Princess Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales. At his birth, he became second in line to the throne of the United Kingdom, after his father. His early life was spent living in London in ...
8. Prince Harry
Self | Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War
Prince Harry was born on September 15, 1984 in City of Westminster, London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War (2018), Princess Catherine: Queen in Waiting and Harry & Meghan (2022). He has been married to Meghan Markle since May 19, 2018....
9. Mathieu Amalric
Actor | Le scaphandre et le papillon
Mathieu Amalric was born on October 25, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Munich (2005).
10. Boris Johnson
Actor | Have I Got News for You
Boris Johnson was born on June 19, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Have I Got News for You (1990), EastEnders (1985) and PMQs (2010). He has been married to Carrie Johnson since May 29, 2021. They have two children. He was previously married to Marina Wheeler and ...
11. Mohamed Al-Fayed
Producer | Peter Pan
He grew up in impoverished circumstances. At an early age he began working as a street vendor and salesman in his hometown. The acquaintance with the businessman Adnan Khashoggi enabled Fayed to get his first permanent position in his import company in Saudi Arabia. In 1954 he married Samira ...
12. Katherine Jenkins
Actress | Minamata
Welsh Superstar Mezzo Soprano Katherine Jenkins OBE officially became the world's most successful classical singer after she was crowned 'The Biggest Selling Classical Artist of the Century' by Classic FM. She further cemented her title by gaining her 13th Number 1 Album - smashing the record books...
13. Tamara Ecclestone
Self | Red Bull Air Race World Series
Tamara Ecclestone was born on June 28, 1984 in Milan, Italy. She has been married to Jay Rutland since June 11, 2013. They have two children.
14. Peter Gabriel
Soundtrack | WALL·E
Peter Gabriel was educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey, England. He was the lead singer of leading progressive rock band Genesis from its inception until he left in 1975 for a successful solo career as a singer-songwriter, soundtrack composer and innovator in visual presentation of music, music ...
15. Bob Geldof
Soundtrack | Pink Floyd: The Wall
Bob Geldof was frontman for the late '70s to mid '80s Irish punk rock band the Boomtown Rats. He also conceived and co-wrote Band Aid's tune "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with his friend, musician Midge Ure of Ultravox, which became the 1984 Christmas number one in the UK and the best-selling ...
16. Meredith Ostrom
Actress | Love Actually
Meredith Ostrom was born on February 18, 1977. She is an actress and producer, known for Love Actually (2003), 9 Miles Down (2009) and Played (2006).
17. Samantha Bond
Actress | GoldenEye
Samantha's early theatre work includes repertory seasons at Coventry, Edinburgh, Derby, and Bristol and 'Never in My Life 'at the Soho Poly in London. After appearing in Kenneth Branagh's production of 'Romeo and Juliet' she went on to West End productions of 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses', 'Man of the...
18. Kelly Hoppen
Actress | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Kelly Hoppen was born in 1959 in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016), Would I Lie to You? (2007) and Dragons' Den (2005). She was previously married to Ed Miller and Graham Corrett.
19. Nicky Clarke
Actor | Absolutely Fabulous
Nicky Clarke was born on June 17, 1958. He is an actor, known for Absolutely Fabulous (1992), Crocodile Shoes (1994) and 71 Degrees North (2010). He has been married to Kelly Simpkin-Clarke since November 2021. They have two children. He was previously married to Lesley Gale.
20. Jack White
Soundtrack | Quantum of Solace
Jack played guitar and sang in the band The White Stripes. They released six albums: their self-titled debut -- "The White Stripes", "De Stijl", "White Blood Cells", "Elephant", "Get Behind Me Satan", and "Icky Thump", before breaking up in 2011.
White also sings and plays guitar in the band The ...
21. Karen Elson
Soundtrack | Still Alice
Karen Elson was born on January 14, 1979 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Still Alice (2014), Dumplin' (2018) and Moonshot (2022). She was previously married to Jack White.
22. Rick Yune
Actor | The Fast and the Furious
Rick Yune was born on August 22, 1971 in Washington D.C., USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Fast and the Furious (2001), Die Another Day (2002) and Olympus Has Fallen (2013).
23. Paul Simonon
Soundtrack | (500) Days of Summer
Paul Simonon was born on December 15, 1955 in Brixton, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for 500 Days of Summer (2009), RocknRolla (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010).
24. Serena Rees
Producer | 4.3.2.1.
Serena Rees is the founder of Agent Provocateur - one of the world's leading players in the luxury lingerie market. She grew the business from one small store in London's Soho to an internationally recognised brand, with stores in twenty countries and licensed distribution in over 100 store fronts ...
26. Jay Jopling
Producer | Flashbacks of a Fool
Jay Jopling is known for Flashbacks of a Fool (2008), Imagine (2003) and The Pilgrimage of Gilbert and George (2024).
27. Sam Taylor-Johnson
Director | Nowhere Boy
Sam Taylor-Johnson was born on March 4, 1967 in London, England, UK. She is a director and producer, known for Nowhere Boy (2009), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and Love You More (2008). She has been married to Aaron Taylor-Johnson since June 21, 2012. They have two children. She was previously ...
28. Barbara Broccoli
Producer | Skyfall
She is one of the entertainment industry's most successful female producers. Barbara Broccoli was born to legendary filmmaker Albert R. Broccoli, affectionately known as Cubby, and Dana Broccoli on June 18, 1960. Not long after, Cubby Broccoli and his new partner, Harry Saltzman, secured studio ...
29. Georgina Chapman
Actress | Unleashed
Georgina Rose Chapman (born 14 April 1976) is an English fashion designer and actress. Together with Keren Craig, she is a co-founder of the fashion label Marchesa.
Chapman was born in London, England, the daughter of Caroline Wonfor, a journalist, and Brian Chapman, a co-owner of the coffee company...
30. Marc Forster
Producer | World War Z
Marc Forster is a German-born filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Monster's Ball (2001), Finding Neverland (2004), Stay (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), The Kite Runner (2007), Quantum of Solace (2008), and World War Z (2013).
His breakthrough film was Monster's...
31. Satsuki Mitchell
Satsuki Mitchell was born in 1979 in the USA. She is a producer, known for Godsend (2004), The Jacket (2005) and Last Night (2010).
32. Chantal Leverton
Music_department | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds'
Chantal Leverton is known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds' (2006) and Loose Women (1999).
33. Natasya Hodges
Music_department | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds'
Natasya Hodges is known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds' (2006) and Loose Women (1999).
34. Izzy Judd
Self | ITV Lunchtime News
Izzy Judd was born on February 22, 1984. She has been married to Harry Judd since December 21, 2012. They have two children.
35. Victoria Lyon
Music_department | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds'
Victoria Lyon is known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds' (2006), Escala: Louder (2016) and Loose Women (1999).
36. Anatole Taubman
Actor | Captain America: The First Avenger
Anatole Taubman was born in Zurich, Switzerland and is of Russian-Polish-Slovakian-Austrian-and-former-East-Prussian blood. In 1991 he made his baccalauréat at the renowned Gymnasium of the Benedictine boarding school of the monastery Einsiedeln and in 1994 he graduated from the reputable ...
37. Jeffrey Wright
Actor | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Born and raised in Washington DC, Jeffrey Wright graduated from Amherst College in 1987. Although he studied Political Science while at Amherst, Wright left the school with a love for acting. Shortly after graduating he won an acting scholarship to NYU, but dropped out after only two months to ...
38. Carmen Ejogo
Actress | Selma
Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo was born in Kensington, London, England, to a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother. Her television career began in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, where she presented the children's series Saturday Disney (1990). Subsequently, she has had an acting career in the ...
39. Giancarlo Giannini
Actor | Quantum of Solace
Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety of languages and dialects.
He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he ...
40. Simon Kassianides
Actor | The Mandalorian
Simon Kassianides was born on August 7, 1979 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for The Mandalorian (2019), Unforgettable (2017) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).
41. Duncan Bannatyne
Actor | Moving Target
Duncan Bannatyne was born on February 2, 1949 in Clydebank, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Moving Target (2011), School for Seduction (2004) and Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder (2009). He has been married to Nigora Whitehorn since June 3, 2017. He was previously married to Joanne...
42. Liz Smith
Actress | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Liz Smith found fame as an actress at an age when most people are considering retirement. It was a long road to eventual stardom, during which she struggled to raise a family after a broken marriage. She became best known for her roles in The Vicar of Dibley (1994) and The Royle Family but her ...
43. Tamara Beckwith
Actress | An Ideal Husband
Tamara Beckwith was born on April 17, 1970 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for An Ideal Husband (1999), Big Bad World (1999) and Banksy's Coming for Dinner (2009). She has been married to Giorgio Veroni since August 27, 2007. They have two children.
44. Colin Salmon
Actor | Resident Evil
Colin Salmon is one of Britain's most renowned actors. With a bold voice and posture, Colin makes his characters a favorite among audiences for every role he plays. He made his feature debut as Sgt. Robert Oswald in the British mega-hit mini-series Prime Suspect 2 (1992), which gave him much ...
45. Fiona Hawthorne
Fiona Hawthorne has been married to Colin Salmon since June 1988. They have four children.
46. Robbie Coltrane
Actor | Cracker
Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's most popular comedians who was head of debating society at school and won prizes for his art, is now a film star who played in two James Bond films and in the "Harry Potter" franchise.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, a ...
47. Simon Webbe
Actor | Rollin' with the Nines
Simon Webbe was born on March 30, 1978 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Rollin' with the Nines (2006), Tatort (1970) and The Truth About Love (2005).
48. Ozwald Boateng
Costume_department | The Burial
Ozwald Boateng was born in Muswell Hill, London, England, UK. He is known for The Burial (2023), Collide (2016) and Gangster No. 1 (2000).
49. Grace Jones
Actress | A View to a Kill
Grace Jones was born on May 19, 1948 in Spanish Town, St Catherine, Jamaica to Marjorie Jones (née Williams) and Reverend Robert W. Jones. When she was 12 she moved to Syracuse, New York, joining her family who had already moved there. She studied acting at Syracuse University and appeared in her ...
50. Andrew Lloyd Webber
Soundtrack | The Phantom of the Opera
Andrew Lloyd Webber is arguably the most successful composer of our time. He is best known for stage and film adaptations of his musicals Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Cats (1994), Evita (1996), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004).
He was born on March 22, 1948, in South Kensington in London, ...
51. Lily Allen
Actress | Elizabeth
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Her music career began in 2005 when she made some of her vocal recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a ...
52. Maryam d'Abo
Actress | The Living Daylights
Born in London, England and raised in European cities such as Paris and Geneva, Maryam d'Abo has rewarded audiences with her beauty and presence for over twenty years. Maryam first appeared in Xtro (1982), a gory horror film that is considered a cult entry in the genre. She appeared consistently ...
53. Holly Branson
Self | Shameless Idealists
Holly Branson was born on November 21, 1981. She has been married to Fred Andrews since December 20, 2011. They have two children.
54. Gordon Smart
Actor | Gavin & Stacey
Gordon Smart is known for Gavin & Stacey (2007), Dizzee Rascal Feat. Robbie Williams: Goin' Crazy (2013) and Cheryl Cole: Northern Star (2014). He has been married to Kate Leishman since June 7, 2003.
55. Oona Chaplin
Actress | The Longest Ride
Oona Chaplin is a Spanish actress. Her mother is Geraldine Chaplin. She is also the granddaughter of English film actor Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill. She is best known for playing Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones and Zilpha Geary ...
56. Meabh Flynn
Self | Growing Up on Tour: A Family Portrait
Meabh Flynn has been married to Peter Gabriel since June 9, 2002. They have two children.
57. Alexander Hanson
Actor | Beech Is Back
Alexander Hanson has established himself in the realms of Theatre, Film & Television and also Radio. On stage, he has most notably appeared in "Sunset Boulevard" as Joe Gillies, "Aspects of Love" as Alex, amongst many others, and his most recent performance as the baddie, Khashoggi in "We Will Rock...
58. Jenni Falconer
Actress | A Bear's Christmas Tail
Jenni Falconer was born on February 12, 1976 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for A Bear's Christmas Tail (2004), Bo Selecta: Proper Crimbo (2003) and The National Lottery: Jet Set (2001). She has been married to James Midgley since June 3, 2010. They have one child.
59. Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Actor | Quantum of Solace
Fernando Guillén Cuervo was born on March 11, 1963 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Quantum of Solace (2008), Bulgarian Lovers (2003) and Cinco minutos para medianoche (2010). He was previously married to Ana Milán and Elena González.
60. Michael G. Wilson
Writer | Licence to Kill
An engineer turned tax lawyer he joined Eon Productions in 1972 as a tax lawyer then was a very junior assistant on Goldfinger, did some work on The Spy Who Loved Me before becoming executive producer on Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. He was then co producer on A View to a Kill. ...
61. Lynn-Holly Johnson
Actress | For Your Eyes Only
Lynn-Holly Johnson was born on December 13, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and director, known for For Your Eyes Only (1981), The Watcher in the Woods (1980) and Ice Castles (1978). She has been married to Kelly James Givens since November 12, 1994. They have two children.
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