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Erin Rachael Doherty is a British actress. She played the young Princess Anne in the third and fourth seasons of the Netflix drama The Crown (2016), and Becky in the BBC/Amazon Prime drama Chloe (2022). Doherty, who is of Irish heritage, is from West Green, West Sussex. She studied at Hazelwick School in Crawley. She took a one-year course at the Guildford School of Acting (2011-12) before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (2012-15).

Timothy Innes was born on 1 November 1993 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Favourite (2018), The Last Kingdom (2015) and CC: Emily.

Lucy Brown is an English writer, actor and director. She recently received the Jury Prize at the Cannes Independent Film Festival in 2022, Best Feature at the London Independent Film Awards and the Best Narrative Feature award at the LA Independents Women Film Awards for her directorial debut 'Eve' within the feature 'Everything I'll ever tell my daughter.' Lucy's second screenplay 'Bride Or Groom' (which she co-wrote and produced by Stigma Films) came second in the Brit List (UK's Black List equivalent). As an actor Lucy first gained attention for her portrayal of Celia Burroughs opposite Sean Bean in a highly anticipated special event television revival of Sharpe's Challenge. From there she became more widely recognized as the mysterious Claudia Brown/ Jenny Lewis character in the popular and award winning British TV series Primeval.

Multi award-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan is best known for fronting such series' as The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, The Ranganation, Rob & Romesh Vs, A League Of Their Own, Asian Provocateur, and as the new presenter of BBC One's Weakest Link. Host of his own BBC Sounds and Radio 2 show For The Love Of Hip Hop, Romesh also co-hosts hit podcast Wolf & Owl with comedy mate Tom Davis.

A Sunday Times Bestseller with his autobiography Straight Outta Crawley: The Memoirs Of A Distinctly Average Human Being, Romesh had his second book As Good as It Gets: Life Lessons from a Reluctant Adult published worldwide in October 2020. Romesh's last tour The Cynic's Mixtape sold out across the UK including fourteen nights at London's Eventim Apollo, culminating in a taping at his hometown venue The Hawth in Crawley, which was released as a special on Netflix in 2022 and is available to stream here now.

Romesh embarked on his career in America in 2018 with the launch of Just Another Immigrant on Showtime, and he has also appeared twice on James Corden's Late Late Show as well as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In 2023 he returned stateside with a sold-out show at the iconic New York Town Hall.

Romesh made his return to acting, writing and starring in two new sitcoms produced with his own production company, Ranga Bee. Avoidance for BBC One hit our screens in summer 2022 and Romantic Getaway for Sky Max launched in January 2023.

2023 sees Romesh turn his hand at writing for a middle-grade audience in his debut novel, Lil' Muffin Drops the Mic, with illustrations from James Lancett which will be published by Puffin in July.

Natasha Pyne was born on 9 July 1946 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Taming of The Shrew (1967), One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) and The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964). She has been married to Paul Copley since 7 July 1972.

Nick Staverson was born on 12 August 1963 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for No 73 (1982), Fish Tank (2009) and ITV Telethon (1988).

Daniel Meirion Walker is a British broadcast journalist, television presenter, radio host and sports reporter, best known for presenting the BBC Sport TV programme, "Football Focus".

He also presents shows on BBC Radio 5 Live, and has presented sports reports on BBC News 24, as well as regularly reporting for "Final Score", "Match of the Day", and its spin-off show, "MOTD2".

In 2016, he became one of the main presenters on "Breakfast", the BBC's long running morning TV show.

Nicola Fishwick is a British actress and voice over artist.

Her first experience behind camera came in 2006 when she was picked out of the crowd for a Benjamin Johns short film in Greenwich.

Fishwick later met with casting director Steve Daly after friends had sent her for an audition for a feature film and wowed the director and casting director with her acting skills. She was given her first official role in Mark Jay's feature 'Octane' where she played a young glamour model wannabe called Shelley.

Her next role followed shortly after in the feature 'Rise of the Footsoldier' in 2007

After more than 10 years away from the camera, Fishwick decided to return to the trade participating in a few supporting roles and short films. Since returning she has landed roles in feature films such as 'False Front' and 'Spiders on a Plane"

Tara is the oldest of 4 and spent most of her childhood traveling around the world with her family. At the age of 18, Tara was spotted by Jackie Chan while she was working at Channel V in Hong Kong. The martial arts actor signed Tara to his agency and became the first female westerner he ever took on. After an intense few months of studying martial arts with the actor, she had her first role in his movie "The Medallion". "Meet me in Miami" Tara's first Lead role in a feature film is due to be released in 2008.

Simon Calder was born on 25 December 1955 in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK. He is a writer and composer, known for Beeching's Tracks (2008), Beautiful Hollow (2021) and World's Greatest Hotels (2019). He has been married to Charlotte since 1997. They have two children.

Saaj is a multi-hyphenate performer with international experience. He has performed for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, appeared in the Marvel's 'Eternals' and onstage in the West End in 'Best of Enemies'.

Saaj also regularly appears as a presenter on BBC Radio 2's 'Pause for Thought'

Project highlights include; leading 'Only One Six' and 'A Game of Two Halves' which released globally in cinemas in 2024.

Callum Andrew Johnston was born in 1991 in Crawley, West Sussex, to Natasha (Vincent), a homemaker, and Paul Johnston an Engineer. He grew up in the town he was born and began film making on the local streets at 17.

Callum had already written and directed RH11 & Crossed Paths before he was 20 and received a full scholarship to attend the NYFA (New York film academy), but failed to graduate because he had to leave early for family reasons.

Upon returning to the UK he began writing and directing Little District which premiered at the Cannes Film festival. Beginning his career in front of the camera it is at this stage he started to understand his passions burned to be behind the camera moving onto producing, writing & directing full time.

In 2014 Callum finished writing The Forbidden Note which was a controversial romance drama about a Muslim girl falling in love with a Non-Muslim. This film premiered at Cannes 2015 before releasing on AmazonVOD in 2017.

A year after The Forbidden Note was released on Amazon, Callum started to work as Head of Production at Red Face Film which is a company that produces Islamic films. At Red Face, he helped work on One Day in the Haram (A film by Abrar Hussain) which is a feature documentary about Mecca. This is regarded as the most successful film ever made on The Haram. One day in the Haram has now been viewed in over 195 countries and has massed an audience of 40 million. This is still growing today and has recently been re-released in cinemas in Canada, USA, South Africa, Pakistan and the UK.

Shortly after the success of One day in the Haram for Red Face Films, Callum and Abrar collaborated again on One Night in Al-Aqsa which is a feature documentary about the inner workings of Masjid Aqsa in East Jerusalem. This film premiered at Leicester Square in 2018 before a successful cinema tour in late 2019 and early 2020. Recently, this film was pulled from Cinemas around the world due to the Covid19 outbreak.

During the pandemic Callum helped produce and film another Documentary called The Balance which features many important and influential mainstream Muslims from the entertainment industry. The powerful narrative films highlights how important it is for a Muslim to balance their fame & faith. The film is due for selected worldwide cinema release in 2022.

Post Covid, Callum set up a cultural film hub in his home town called Crawley Film Initiative which helps mentor and train young people between 16 - 24 years of age. Crawley Film Initiative is in production with a 4 part drama series called Romeo. Hotel. Eleven which will be filmed in Spring 2022. During his time working with Crawley Film Initiative, Callum has helped launch Crawley's very first film festival called Crawley Film Fest which launches late August 2022 and this is where Romeo. Hotel. Eleven will be first screened.

Laurence Tolhurst was born on 3 February 1959 in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Ant-Man (2015), Gringo (2018) and The Wedding Singer (1998). He is married to Cindy Levinson. He was previously married to Lydia.

Robin Goodridge was born on 10 September 1966 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Bush: Greedy Fly (1997), Bush: Cold Contagious (1997) and Bush: Personal Holloway (1997).

Tex Axile was born on 13 July 1960 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for I Hired a Contract Killer (1990), Transvision Vamp: Revolution Baby (First Version) (1987) and Transvision Vamp: I Want Your Love (1988).

Scott Mean was born on 13 December 1973 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001), EastEnders (1985) and Dream Team (1997).

Neil James (full name, Neil James Marlow) was born in Crawley,1981. He has worked part time in independent film since 2011 as a writer, editor, script reviewer, and sometimes actor too. Standing at 6ft, he generally plays troubled men with unclear motivations. His accents are Irish, American, Southern English, Northern English and Russian.

Philip Lawson was born on 19 February 1957 in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK.

Chris Goulder was born on 24 December 1982 in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for 31 North 62 East (2009) and Angel Without Wings (2010).

Serena Bravery was born on 13 February 1981 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Real Thing.

Charles Court was born on 29 September 1911 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He was married to Judith Mildred Butt and Rita Maud Steffanoni. He died on 22 December 2007 in Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

T.C. Leybourne was born on 11 July 1889 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Puck of Pook's Hill (1951). He died in 1972 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK.

Helen Young was born on 10 June 1969 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Children in Need (2002), BBC Weather (1936) and Mind Games (2003).

Alan Minter was born on 17 August 1951 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Risen (2010), ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961) and A Question of Sport (1970). He was married to Lorraine Bidwell. He died on 9 September 2020 in the UK.

Danielle Nadal was born on 19 October 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) and Blood and Chocolate (2007).