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Samantha Morton has established herself as one of the finest actors of her generation, winning Oscar nominations for her turns in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and Jim Sheridan's In America (2002). She has the talent to become one of the major performers in the cinema of this young century.
Samantha Morton was born on May 13, 1977 in Nottingham, England to parents who divorced when she was three years old. Peter and Pamela Morton took other spouses and made Samantha part of a mixed family of 13; she has eight brothers and sisters. She turned to play-acting early in her life, while she was a school-girl.
At 13, she left regular school to train as an actress at the Central Junior Television Workshop, where she learned her craft for three years. It was at the end of her training then that she decided that a life as a professional actress was for her.
She honed her skills in television roles, working her way up from series television to TV-movies and prestigious mini-series, such as Emma (1996) and Jane Eyre (1997). Her first major film role, Under the Skin (1997), won her the Best Actress Award from the Boston Film Critics Society. Woody Allen cast her as Hattie, the "dumb" (unspeaking) lover of Sean Penn's caddish jazz guitarist in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), a beautiful performance in a role that could have flummoxed a less-talented performer. Penn was Oscar-nominated for his performance, but it was Morton's Hattie that was central to the success of the film, Allen's last unqualified success. She provided the moral and narrative center of the film. It was quite a remarkable performance for a 21-year old as she had to do all her acting with her face, having been shorn of her voice. The role of Hattie won Morton a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination.
Ironically, Morton had never seen a Woody Allen movie before. (She grew up watching the TV and listening to the radio.) She agreed to do the film after reading the script (as she says, well-written roles for women are hard to find), and the movie made her a hot commodity in Hollywood after she won the Oscar nomination. (She lost out to Angelina Jolie). Morton was offered many roles, but was very choosy as she was not in acting as a game with a payoff of stardom and money.
She had consolidated her reputation by following up the Allen film with work in indie features that showed that she was not only talented, but quite courageous as a performer. She played a heroin addict in the underrated Jesus' Son (1999) and gave a brilliant performance in Morvern Callar (2002), the story of a Scottish supermarket clerk coping with her boyfriend's suicide.
Steven Spielberg cast her, opposite superstar Tom Cruise, as the clairvoyant in Minority Report (2002), in which she more than held her own opposite Cruise and the special effects. (She took the role as Cruise and Steven Spielberg are favorites of hers). As good as she was, Morton was better served by Irish director Jim Sheridan, Sheridan cast her as a character modeled after his wife in an autobiographical picture more in line with persona and that made better use of her talents. Her performance as the young Irish mother coping with life in New York City in In America (2002) won her numerous critics' awards and another Oscar nod, this time as Best Actress.
At this point, one feels that the odds of her winning the Oscar are even or better. Samantha Morton continues to deliver fine work in provocative films such as Michael Winterbottom's Code 46 (2003), though she is branching out towards the mainstream, taking a role in the remake of that perennial family favorite, Lassie (2005).- Actress
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Vicky McClure, born Nottingham, May 1983, is an actress best known for her work in the films of Shane Meadows. She starred as Ladine, Romeo's sister, in A Room for Romeo Brass and in Meadows' most successful film, This Is England. Similarly she went on to continue playing Lol in Meadows' critically acclaimed TV series' This Is England '86, ;88 and '90.
She has recently co-starred in the London-based comedy film Filth and Wisdom, the first feature film directed by pop singer Madonna. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2008.
Undoubtedly a rising British Actor with a lot of Hollywood Directors interested in casting her in future roles.- Actress
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Sophia Marie Di Martino is an English actress known for portraying Sylvie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Loki. Di Martino was born in Nottingham and grew up in the suburb of Attenborough. She is half Italian. She attended Chilwell Comprehensive School, where she completed an A Level in performing arts. She went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts with honors in media and performance from the University of Salford.- Cherie Lunghi was born on 4 April 1952 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Excalibur (1981), Frankenstein (1994) and The Mission (1986). She was previously married to Ralph Lawson.
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Charlie Creed-Miles was born on 24 March 1972 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Fifth Element (1997), Harry Brown (2009) and King Arthur (2004).- Screen International "Star of Tomorrow" Aisling Loftus is best known thus far as 'Sonya Rostova' in the hugely successful BBC historical period drama series War and Peace alongside Lily James, Paul Dano and James Norton.
She plays Zoë Moran in The Midwich Cuckoos, a dark, disturbing modern-day re-imagining of John Wyndham's classic science fiction novel of the same name, made most famous in the film Village of the Damned. The Sky series is adapted by Emmy-nominated writer David Farr (The Night Manager, Hanna).
Aisling is well respected for her eclectic projects to date, from A Discovery of Witches to Mr Selfridge with The Observer predicting her to be a 'phenomenon' following her role in BBC drama Dive, from BAFTA award winning Dominic Savage in which she starred with Jack O'Connell. She also starred in Jimmy McGovern's six-part BBC drama Broken with Sean Bean and Anna Friel and for film she featured in Oranges and Sunshine alongside Lily James, Sam Riley and Emily Watson.
Aisling took on the pivotal role of 'the irrepressible Queenie' in the critically acclaimed, five-star production of Andrea Levy's prize-winning novel, Small Island, at the National Theatre (Time Out). She also starred in the equally prolific, The Treatment at the Almeida Theatre with Indira Varma and Julian Ovenden. - Actor
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Lennie James was born in Nottingham to Trinidadian parents, and grew up in South London. His mother, Phyllis Mary James, died when he was 12. Lennie and his older brother went into a council children's home. When he was 16 he was fostered with a social worker who had two older children, and they remain very close. Within a year Lennie began writing plays (Storm Damage was broadcast by the BBC in 2000 and won a Royal Television Society (RTS) award in 2001). Lennie received his training at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama from which he graduated in 1988.- Molly Windsor (born 19 June 1997) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the 2009 Channel 4 television film The Unloved (2009) and the 2017 BBC miniseries Three Girls (2017), for which she won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. Windsor was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, one of the 20 members from the film, television, and gaming industries, in 2017.
Lucy Manvers in The Unloved (2009) was Windsor's first professional acting role. The Times described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness by Molly Windsor". She was discovered by the writer and director of BAFTA-winning "The Unloved", Samantha Morton, in a local drama school and casting agency, Rama Young Actors. She also had a role as Margaret's daughter in the 2011 film, Oranges and Sunshine.
Windsor attended the Nottingham Actors Studio, a not-for-profit CIC organization, and the Television Workshop, and has signed a contract with London-based talent agency, the Artists Partnership.
Windsor lives in Breaston, Derbyshire with her family. She attended the Nottingham's Central Junior Television Workshop, before switching to Rama Young Actors at the age of ten. As of 2009 she believed in God, which Samantha Morton named as a contributing factor in Windsor's casting in "The Unloved". - Actor
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Mathew Horne was born on 6 September 1978 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Planet 51 (2009), The Nan Movie (2022) and Agatha Raisin (2014). He has been married to Celina Bassili since October 2021.- Having grown up in Cambridgeshire and excelled at drama in school, Robinson went on to enrol as a Philosophy undergraduate at the University of Birmingham, before putting his studies on hold after successfully auditioning for his breakout role as troublemaker Isaac, in Series 2 of the hugely popular show, which launched on Netflix in January 2020.
Robinson quickly became popular with fans of the show for his portrayal of the playful, sarcastic Isaac, who, with his brother Joe, moves into the caravan park where Maeve lives. Masking his insecurities and a developing crush on Maeve with his razor-sharp wit and mischievous pranking, he soon becomes entangled in a love triangle with Maeve and Otis, throwing up some challenging moral decisions for Isaac.
Isaac was also Sex Education's first disabled character, once again restating the show's fresh approach to depicting a multiplicity of characters, backgrounds and stories. Robinson was paralysed in an accident during a school rugby match in South Africa in 2015, at the age of 17. - Born in Nottingham, England, Arsher Avesta Ali hails from a South Asian background. His father was a welder at the world-famous Raleigh Bike factory in Nottingham and the family ran a chauffeur business.
After finishing secondary school, he decided to become a sports journalist but needed an extra subject to fill out his college timetable. He added Drama to his list of subjects, due to having so many friends in that class.
After receiving encouragement from his drama teacher over the course, Arsher decided to drop all other subjects to focus singularly on Drama and apply to only one drama school after getting a taste for method acting, East 15.
Arsher left Nottingham for London, amid a mixed reaction from his family - determined to make his new path a success and become the first member of his family to work in the arts.
Upon leaving East 15, he signed with Ruth Young at what was then PFD (now United Agents) and was named as one of Screen Internationals 'Stars of Tomorrow'.
He continues to showcase his considerable versatility across TV and Theatre and remains extremely selective in the work he commits to. - Actor
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Ace Bhatti was born on 13 September 1969 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007) and EastEnders (1985).- Actress
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Madeleine Mantock is a British actress. She is known for her television work on the AMC series Into the Badlands and The CW revival of The Tomorrow People, as well as her film work on Edge of Tomorrow. Madeleine attended Arts Educational Schools, London where she obtained her BA in Musical Theater.
Mantock primarily works in television, starring as main character Scarlett Conway in Casualty, before she graduated drama school. She was part of the series for 36 episodes starting from 2011 till 2012. She then appeared on Lee Nelson's Well Funny People in 2013, before coming to the United States to be a main character, Astrid, on The Tomorrow People, though it was canceled after one season.
Mantock then played the small role of Julie in the film, Edge of Tomorrow, before she was cast as the main character, Veil, on AMC's Into the Badlands. Her character for 'Into the Badlands' has received positive response.
Mantock then had a role in the 2017 film, Breaking Brooklyn, and is filming her main role in the series Age Before Beauty.
In March 2018, Mantock was cast in the lead role of Macy in The CW's upcoming pilot of Charmed, a reboot of the 1998 series of the same name. The reboot centers on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches.- Actress
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Rosalie Craig was born on 30 May 1981 in Nottingham, England, UK. She is an actress, known for MI-5 (2002), National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016) and Macbeth (2013). She has been married to Hadley Fraser since 5 October 2014. They have one child.- Georgia Groome was born on 11 February 1992 in Nottingham, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), The Holding (2011) and Inspector Lewis (2006).
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Michael was born in Nottingham where he was educated at Becket Roman Catholic Grammar School, West Bridgeford in Nottingham where he was known as Jimmy - his real name is Michael James - and where he was caned some 130 times. While that might have been a record, the one that went into the record books was scoring 60 of the under-13 football team's 120 goals in a season. In between canings and scoring goals, he acquired a great love of literature and the English language from a teacher at Becket Grammar School which he left at 17 with an A level in philosophy and became an accountant with the coal board. Before he took his accountancy finals, he left the Coal Board and went to work in the Nottingham Fish Market where the language he learned was a revelation to him.- Actor
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Richard Beckinsale was an English actor, primarily known for his roles in sitcoms. His best known characters were prison inmate Leonard Arthur "Lennie" Godber in "Porridge" (1974-1977) and its sequel series "Going Straight" (1978), and medical student Alan Moore in "Rising Damp" (1974-1978).
Beckinsale was born in the suburban town of Carlton, Nottinghamshire, which is part of the Borough of Gedling. His father Arthur John Beckinsale was Anglo-Burmese, while his mother Maggie Barlow was English. Beckinsale claimed to be a distant cousin of actor Charles Laughton (1899-1962).
Beckinsale attended College House Junior School in Chilwell, and performed in many school plays. His first notable role was that of Dopey the Dwarf in a school play adaptation of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". He also appeared in school plays while attending Alderman White Secondary Modern School. In 1962, he decided to drop out of school and pursue a career as a professional actor. At age 15, Beckinsale was too young to attend drama school. He financially supported himself through a series of odd jobs.
In 1963, Beckinsale was enrolled at Nottingham College, Clarendon, pursuing a drama teacher's training programme. In 1965, Beckinsale applied for training the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He was accepted there with his second audition, one of only 31 applicants accepted. During his training, Beckinsale accepted a comedy award. He graduated in 1968.
Following his graduation, Beckinsale started appearing in repertory theatre. He toured the United Kingdom with such roles as the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz", Sir Andrew Aguecheek in "Twelfth Night", and the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet. He made his television debut in 1969, playing a one-shot police officer character in the soap opera "Coronation Street". He next gained a minor role in the drama series "A Family at War" (1970-1972).
His first major television role was that of leading Geoffrey Scrimshaw in the sitcom "The Lovers" (1970-1971). The premise was having a mismatched couple, with a romantic girl paired with a sex-obsessed boyfriend. It was a minor ratings hit and brought some much-needed fame to Beckinsale.
Beckinsale's career reached new heights with the hit sitcoms "Porridge" and "Rising Damp". He also appeared in the sequel series "Going Straight", with the humorous concept of former prison inmates trying to rebuild their lives and seeking honest jobs. His final major role was as the leading actor in the sitcom "Bloomers", but only five episodes were completed before his death.
In December, 1978, while filming episodes for "Bloomers", Beckinsale suffered from dizzy spells. He was worried about his health and sought medical help, but his doctor reassured him that his only health problems were "an overactive stomach lining, and slightly high cholesterol". He subsequently had further signs of ill health, but he attributed them to his nerves.
By 18 March, 1979, Beckinsale was suffering from pain in his chest and arms, but decided against seeking further help. He went to bed, and was found dead the next morning. He had died during the night due to a heart attack. At the time of his death, his wife Judy Loe was recovering in hospital after having an operation. A post-mortem examination revealed that his recent health problems were the results of undiagnosed coronary artery disease. He was only 31 at the time of his death.
Beckinsale was cremated in Bracknell, Berkshire, and his remains were taken to Mortlake Crematorium. A memorial service for him was attended by 300 people, a testament to his popularity. In his will, he left about 65,000 pounds for his wife and daughters. Only 18,000 pounds were left after taxes.- Actor
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Karl Collins was born on 20 October 1971 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Attack the Block (2011), The Flash (2023) and TwentyFourSeven (1997).- Actor
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Perry Fitzpatrick was born in 1982 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for I Am... (2019), This Is England '90 (2015) and Downton Abbey (2019).- Actress
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Pui Fan Lee was born on 14 July 1971 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Nevers (2021) and Landscapers (2021).- Oscar Kennedy was born in 1999 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for School's Out Forever (2021), Hunted (2012) and The White Queen (2013).
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Mark Dexter is a British actor, classically trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Dexter's early successes were on stage, in particular with two high-profile productions of Tennessee Williams plays, beginning with Sam Mendes' 1995 Olivier Award winning production of The Glass Menagerie at the Donmar Warehouse, in which he played The Gentleman Caller.
Since then, Dexter has moved primarily into film and television. Among an extensive list of British TV credits, he is probably best known in his home country for playing Timothy Gray in the 1950s set ITV crime drama The Bletchley Circle opposite screen wife Anna Maxwell Martin, and for the devious Sun Hill CPS lawyer Matt Hinckley in ITV's The Bill, a role he played from 2006-07.
Between October 2008 and January 2009, Dexter made regular appearances in America on NBC, playing the role of Samuel Tuffley in eight episodes of Crusoe, a major 12-part mini-series. In December 2012 in the UK Dexter appeared as the principal villain 'Sir Arthur Donaldson' in the opening episode of the BBC's Victorian crime drama 'Ripper Street'.- Sennia Nanua was born on 13 November 2002 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Serpent Queen (2022), The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) and Frankie (2019).
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Rebecca Grant is mainly known for playing series regular 'Daisha Anderson' in BBC1's Bafta award winning program, Holby City and Shaheen Wazir in Tiger Aspect's 'Prisoners Wives II'. She received an award for 'Best Actress in a lead role' at the International Filmmakers Festival for World Cinema in an Independent Movie called 'Kristina'. She has just finished playing the lead in 'Chakara' a film by Laidback Films starring opposite Ben Richards, Kasia Nossier and Rez Kempton.
Rebecca has had a succession of compelling and challenging theatrical roles and received many rave reviews in national newspapers. These included 'Nurse Flynn' in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' , 'Magic Wanda' in Immodesty and Walter's Burlesque!' and 'Tagores Women' for Kali Theatre and 'Bombay Dreams' all in the heart of London's West-end. She was cast as 'Viola' in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at The Royal in Northampton then called back a few months later to play the feisty American-Canadian rebel 'Jean' in JB Priestly's 'The Glass Cage'. Throughout her extensive theatrical and TV roles she has had the pleasure of working opposite Robert Powell, Patsy Kensit, Christian Slater, Eddie Izzard and Martin Freeman.- Marcus Rutherford was born on 4 April 1995 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Wheel of Time (2021), County Lines (2019) and Obey (2018).
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Alma Reville was born on 14 August 1899 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She was a writer and assistant director, known for Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and The 39 Steps (1935). She was married to Alfred Hitchcock. She died on 6 July 1982 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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English supporting actress of the 60s and 70, best known for her steamy role as Glenda in the Michael Caine cult gangster flic Get Carter (1971). Her casting by director Mike Hodges had been on account of two strong earlier performances in anthology TV dramas devised by Alun Owen. Her local background also lent itself to maintaining the film's regional authenticity.
The daughter of Eric Gerald Moffat and his wife Doris Emmie (née Wells), Geraldine was born in Nottingham and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She made her debut on the stage in a 1959 Old Vic production of Lysistrata and acted in several plays for the Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company in 1964. Her first regular role on the screen was as a veterinarian's aide in Badger's Bend (1963), a series for children, released by Associated-Rediffusion Television. Often featured in glamorous, chic roles, Geraldine made subsequent guest appearances on several popular prime- time entertainments like The Baron (1966), Department S (1969), Z Cars (1962),UFO (1970) and The Persuaders! (1971).
In 1971, Geraldine married the West End solicitor (and alto saxophonist) Walter Maurice Houser. She retired from screen acting in 1980. Her two sons are video game designers Sam and Dan Houser.- Actress
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Kim Vithana was born on 4 June 1969 in Nottingham, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Coronation Street (1960), Holby City (1999) and North Square (2000).- Martin Potter was born on 4 October 1944 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Fellini Satyricon (1969), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and The Legend of Robin Hood (1975). He has been married to Susie Blake since 1978.
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Katie Redford is a British actress and writer, originally from Nottingham.
She is best known for her roles in Mount Pleasant, Young Hyacinth and Still Open All Hours.
After winning the BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship in 2015, Katie now voices characters in Radio 4's Teatime, Home Front and The Archers.
She was on the BBC Comedy Writersroom and won BAFTA Rocliffe TV comedy in 2019.- Actress
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Born in Nottingham, her parents worked for Players Cigarettes while she was a secretary with the Co-op and acted with the Cooperative Arts Theatre Her first break was at 24 when she was picked for a chorus role in the John Hanson tour of 'The Desert Song'. She did another tour with him then went into 'Godspell. She would have liked to have been an all round entertainer like Barbra Streisand or Shirley MacLaine.- Dr. Harold Shipman was born the son of Vera and Harold Shipman. He was the middle of 3 children. His father was a lorry driver and his mother a home maker. In 1957 he studied at High Pavement grammar school (6th form). He was an avid rugby player as a child. His mother's lingering death from lung cancer in June 1963 had a profound effect on the psyche of young Harold. In September 1965 he enrolled at Leeds University Medical School. He met his future wife on a double decker during his daily trips to Leeds. After medical school he got his first medical job at Pontefarct General Infirmary where he worked for 3.5 years. In March 1974 he joined a group practice in Todmorden. While there he was very involved in social functions like the Rochdale Canal Commission. It was during his time there that the first signs of his criminal behavior were noticed. He started having blackouts in public that were initially thought to be epilepsy. In July 1975 it was realized that he was prescribing a large amount of pethidine to his patients according to a pharmacy log. The patients were questioned but none of them admitted to ever having received the powerful narcotic. When Shipman was confronted by his colleagues he admitted to having acquired an opiate addiction from his days in medical school when he had accidentally tried it. That explained the 'blackouts'. He was advised to go to the Retreat in York (an institution that helped with drug addiction) if he wanted to keep his job. However in November 1975 he was charged with 'forgery of prescriptions'. The Shipman family disappeared from Todmorden. Dr. Shipman got a job at the National Coal Board in Doncaster where he did physicals on miners. In February of 1976 he had a job in County Durham for the SW Durham Health Authority. By 1977 he had secured a job with Donneybrook Medical Center in Hyde as part of a group practice. It is believed that some of his earliest victims may have been from his time here. In July 1992 Shipman left his practice to work at The Surgery. He would give his victims a lethal dose of morphine during a house visit and actually come by again when he believed them to be dead. At this time he would perform a cursory medical examination and pronounce his patient dead and no one would be the wiser. He generally preyed upon elderly women who lived alone as they made easy targets. However his youngest victim was 49 and he may have killed a few men as well. Even though his victims were middle aged or elderly they were not generally infirm at the time of death which made a lot of relatives suspicious about their premature deaths. His last victim died on 24 June, 1998. Shipman had apparently changed his patient's will which bequeathed her entire estate to him with nothing for her own daughter. The daughter obviously found this suspicious and alerted detectives. Her body was exhumed on August 1st and an autopsy was performed. Around this time a local taxi driver who did errands for most of his victims realized that they all had one thing in common - their doctor was Shipman. This further added suspicion to Shipman. The news of his crimes was released to the public only by 20 August, 1998. On September 2, 1998 the toxicology report proved that his victim had died from a fatal dose of morphine and not 'natural causes' as he had claimed in the death certificate. When he was initially confronted with the findings he claimed that his patient was a drug addict and he had covered up for her. He was formally arrested on September 7, 1998. In order to cover his tracks Dr. Shipman had made fake entrées in his patients files. Hoever a Visa card statement showed he was elsewhere at the time the extra entries had been made. The bodies of several of his patients were exhumed and examined for morphine. His computer at work was examined and its hard drive revealed when extra entries were made and dates changed on MedDoc. During his incarceration prior to trial he believed the police were conspiring to kill him, surprisingly the same way he killed his patients. He was initially in Strangeways jail in Manchester. Then he was moved to Preston prison later in 1998 and to Walton jail in Liverpool afterward. On 5 October, 1999 he was first arrragned in court and charged with 15 counts of murder an 1 count of forging a will. The trail began on Octber 11, 1999 and went on for a marathon 57 days. The jury retired on January 24 and deliberated until January 31, 2000. At 4:44 pm he was pronounced guilty and given 15 life sentences plus 4 years for forgery. It is officially believed he killed about 215 people making him one of the most prolific serial killers of all time. He killed 7 people in February 1998 alone! Harold Shipman was found dead in his prison cell on 13th January 2004, the day before what would have been his 58th birthday. Verdict: suicide by hanging.
- When young Robin and his sister Renee lived above a shop which their parents owned in Hucknall, Nottinhamshire. On leaving school Robin worked as a sorter and trainee telegraphist at the GPO. In 1936 he read for a part in the local drama club's production of 'Death Takes a Holiday.' In 1938 he had his first professional part at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham then was called up for army service and got a commission but was taken ill. After convalescing he was sent to officers training in Kent. then In 1941, after the war, he joined the Birmingham Reportary Theatre Company and was in the first European theatrical tour with Jean Anderson. Summer 1946 found him in repertory at Worthing then he went to Australia as Henry Higgins in 'My Fair Lady; then to America in 'Jenny' with Mary Martin. In 1965 he was back in Australia doing his own production of 'A Severed Head' He was watching television when he spotted a newscaster and gave her a part in a play, that was Jan Leeming
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Steven Price is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning composer. In 2014 his groundbreaking score for Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity won him not only the Academy Award but also the BAFTA, the Critics' Choice Award, the Satellite Award, and ASCAP's first-ever Film Composer of The Year Award. He has since scored Fury, the WWII epic written and directed by David Ayer, starring Brad Pitt; Believe, a drama series produced by Alfonso Cuaron and JJ Abrams for NBC; and the BBC's The Hunt, a landmark natural history documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough following the struggles and successes of predators in the animal kingdom. Price's debut score was for Joe Cornish's 2011 feature Attack The Block, produced by Edgar Wright. His music earned Price the award for Best Original Soundtrack from both the Austin Film Critics Association and the Sitges Film Festival. He then went on to work with Edgar Wright as a director, composing the original score for the Universal comedy The World's End. Steven Price moved into composing following an extensive period gaining experience in various roles within the film music industry. He began his career as an assistant in the London studio of Gang of Four with guitarist/producer Andy Gill. He then had a five-year apprenticeship with the film composer Trevor Jones during which he contributed to projects including Thirteen Days, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 80 Days Around The World, Dinotopia, and Crossroads, for which Price was also the featured guitar soloist alongside the London Symphony Orchestra. Having become a regular in the studios, Abbey Road recommended Price to Howard Shore, which led to his role as music editor on The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Price went on to music edit on Batman Begins for Christopher Nolan, and on Scott Pilgrim v. the World for Edgar Wright as well as a number of other films and TV series. However, despite having become a leading music editor, Price remained focused on composing. He began to contribute original music to a number of projects, including Richard Curtis' 2009 movie Pirate Radio and Edgar Wright's film Scott Pilgrim vs The World, where he collaborated with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. A guitarist from the age of five, Price has a First Class degree in Music from Cambridge University.- Freda Jackson was born in Nottingham, England in 1908, the daughter of a railway porter. After studying at High Pavement School and the University College there, she became a schoolteacher but gave up her career to study acting at the Royal College of Art, in London. Her first professional stage appearance was in Northampton, England in 1934, before moving on to London's West End in 1936. In 1938 she joined the prestigious Old Vic company, touring with them in Europe and Egypt. She played Shakespeare at Stratford on Avon in 1940, but it was in 1945 that she gained fame in 'No Room at the Inn' in London. Following this success she went on to play many starring roles. In total Freda Jackson appeared in some sixty two major stage roles in England and overseas.
At the same time she appeared in twenty six films, including Sir Laurence Olivier's 'Henry V', David Lean's version of Dicken's 'Great Expectations', Tony Richardson's 'Tom Jones', and the Hammer Horror classic 'Brides of Dracula'. Not content with this she also appeared in several classic British television shows, including Maigret, Adam Adamant Lives, and Blake's 7, together with a number of more serious dramas.
Freda Jackson, who was married to the painter Henry Bird ARCA, died in 1990. - Chris Brazier was born in 1980 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for A.D. The Bible Continues (2015), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) and Age of Kill (2015).
- Julia Hills was born on 3 April 1957 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Chain (1990), Casualty (1986) and Holby City (1999).
- Finn Atkins was born on 21 June 1989 in Nottingham, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Eden Lake (2008), Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) and To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters (2016).
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Twice BAFTA award-winning English satirist, writer and director, the son of chemist shopkeeper Horace Bird and his wife, Dorothy (née Haubitz). Born in Bulwell, Nottingham, Bird was a graduate of the Cambridge Footlights troupe. He was best known for his lengthy association with fellow Cambridge alumnus John Fortune, with whom he appeared in the trailblazing BBC satire That Was the Week That Was (1962), in addition to contributing scripts. His greatest success came later as support for Rory Bremner in the long-running improvisational political sketch comedy Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1997). Bird was particularly noted for his lampooning of political leaders, such as Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
Other prominent roles saw him as a private detective in 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968), a university vice-chancellor in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986), a feckless civil servant in If It Moves, File It (1970), pompous barrister John Fuller-Carp in Chambers (2000) and Professor Peter Plum in season 4 of the game show Cluedo (1990). He also made guest appearances in episodes of popular TV shows like Armchair Thriller (1978), Yes, Prime Minister (1986), One Foot in the Grave (1990), Jonathan Creek (1997) and Midsomer Murders (1997). Bird admitted to drug and alcohol dependency at some point in the mid- to late 70s, which for some time seriously affected both his physical and mental health.
Bird was married and divorced from Ann Stockdale, the daughter of a US ambassador to Ireland, and to television presenter Bridget Simpson. His third wife, concert pianist Libby Crandon, predeceased him in 2012.- Writer
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Robert Harris is a former television news reporter, journalist and columnist who wrote his first suspense novel "Fatherland" in 1992. He has followed up that novel with several others, among them "Enigma" (1995) and "Archangel" (1998). Harris is a graduate of Cambridge University and lives in Berkshire with his wife and four children.- Peter Swanwick was born on 29 September 1922 in Nottingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The African Queen (1951), The Prisoner (1967) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Nellie Walton. He died on 14 November 1968 in London, England, UK.
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British actor and producer, Craig Robert Young is known for his versatile performances in both television and film. In 2020, he portrayed Charlie Chaplin in David Fincher's critically acclaimed film "Mank," which was nominated for multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture. He also appeared in the project "Unsinkable" with Brian Cox and John Malkovich, "Bad Therapy" with Alicia Silverstone, and the indie "Tell Me I Love You."
Young has had a prolific career in television, with appearances on popular shows such as "The Last Ship," "NCIS," "Hawaii 5-0," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Charmed," and "Fringe." He has received recognition for his stage work as well, including a nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Drama at the LA Theatre Awards 2015 for his portrayal of Nicky Lancaster in Noel Coward's "The Vortex."
Aside from his acting career, Young has also ventured into writing and directing. He co-directed the award-winning short film "Pepper" with Marc Cleary, and has co-written the films "Wannabe" and its sequel "All Washed Up" with long-time collaborator Richard Keith.
In addition to his impressive acting and creative pursuits, Craig Robert Young is an established producer, contributing to documentary series like the Emmy-nominated "The World According to Jeff Goldblum" for Disney+ and "Miriam and Alan" for Channel 4 in the UK. His diverse contributions reflect a career built on passion, skill, and a commitment to impactful storytelling across various mediums.- Actor
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Lester Matthews was born on 6 June 1900 in Nottingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Werewolf of London (1935) and The Three Musketeers (1939). He was married to Cicely Walper and Anne Grey. He died on 6 June 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Daniel Frogson was born on 20 August 2002 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for His Dark Materials (2019), The Devil Outside (2018) and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023).
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Jeff Upton was born on 25 December 1948 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is known for Agent Cody Banks (2003), Chaos (2005) and Blade: Trinity (2004). He died on 15 July 2005 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Editor
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Chris Roebuck is not your average film editor. With a background in commercials and music videos, his work exudes a unique and creative style that sets him apart from the rest. But it's not just about being different for the sake of being different. Chris understands that the true power of editing lies in its ability to evoke emotions and engage the audience. Whether he is working on a dramatic film or a lighthearted commercial, his aim is always to create a story that resonates deeply and elicits a strong emotional response.
As a member of the Guild of British Film Editors (BFE), Chris takes great pride in his craft and constantly seeks to push the boundaries of what is possible. He approaches each project with a sense of experimentation and exploration, always looking for new ways to tell stories and captivate audiences.- Christopher Witty was born on 26 May 1950 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for William (1962), The Railway Children (1970) and Nicholas Nickleby (1968).
- Resonantly-voiced English-born thespian John Patrick Horgan was best known for his affinity with the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, or, more specifically, Sherlock Holmes. He played the great detective several times on stage, notably in 1975 and 1990, as well as providing the character's voice on two audio recordings for the blind. Horgan was of Irish ancestry, the son of doctors. Rather than follow in his parents' footsteps, he dropped out of medical school and took up acting. He began working in television in 1954, his first recurring role being a romantic figure in The Gentle Falcon (1954), a BBC series based on a historical novel by Hilda Lewis. In 1964, Horgan married the American actress Irish McCalla. For a while, the couple lived in an apartment in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. By 1966, they had separated and Horgan spent most of his time on the West Coast cutting his teeth on prime time TV shows like Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966), The High Chaparral (1967), Green Acres (1965), Star Trek (1966) and Bewitched (1964) (as an amorous English castle ghost). He also had a prolific run as Dr. John Morrison in NBC's daytime soap The Doctors (1963). For the big screen, Horgan narrated Woody Allen's mockumentary Zelig (1983). His final screen role was as a guest in Allen's The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001).
- One of the UK's most prolific independent film producers, Michael Riley was born in Nottingham, England.
His award-winning work includes WW2 drama CHOSEN starring Harvey Keitel, critically acclaimed sailing biopic CROWHURST, controversial action/horror THE SEASONING HOUSE (Sean Pertwee); migrant thriller OUTLANDERS, cult favorite VAMPIRE DIARY and black comedy LAVA (Tom Bell). His urban drama SUGARHOUSE (Ashley Walters) and romcom LOOP (Susannah York) both starred Andy Serkis. Recent films include thriller THE BALLAD OF BILLY McCRAE (David Hayman); comedy/farce SIDESHOW (Tony Head and Les Dennis); gothic thriller FEAR THE INVISIBLE MAN and WW1 supernatural romance CAN YOU HEAR ME? (James Cosmo and John Standing). Upcoming releases include fantasy adventure comedy LAND OF LEGEND (Rupert Everett, Emilia Fox and Tamsin Greig) and cerebral thriller JAGGED HONEYCOMB - the last feature to shoot in Ukraine before the war.
He is one of the youngest ever producers of a major BBC drama serial, the family saga IN A LAND OF PLENTY, starring Helen McCrory, Bob Pugh, Shirley Henderson and Indira Varma. Michael is currently making COLD MIND, a hi-tech TV crime drama in Portugal.
His factual work includes Sundance competitor CHINA'S WILD WEST studying the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Turner Prize installation WAITING for British artist Zarina Bhimji shot in Kenya, and the Sky documentary TIBET REPORT about Tibetan refugees in Northern India where he interviewed the 14th Dalai Lama at his palace in Dharamshala.
His production company Sterling Pictures is a London and Bristol based feature film development and production outfit established in 1995. He is also a founding partner of UK based production services company BritFilm Services.
Michael has three children: Evelyn, Edward and Elliott and is a voting member of BAFTA and the European Film Academy. - Director
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CAROLINA GIAMMETTA is an award-winning writer/director known for her in-depth work and connection with actors, her creative visual storytelling and unique energy and collaboration she brings on set. Later this year she will direct all 8x parts of Season 2 of SUSPECT with Anne Marie Duff for CHANNEL 4. Last year she directed the whole of Season 2 of BEFORE WE DIE for CHANNEL 4, with Lesley Sharp, Vincent Regan, Steve Trossaint & Patrick Gibson. The first series was the 3rd highest rated show on C4 last year.
In 2021 she directed a 4 x part drama HOLLINGTON DRIVE for ITV/ West Rd written by Sophie Petzel (Winner of The Writers Guild award) starring Anna -Maxwell Martin, Rachel Stirling, Rhashan Stone, Jim Howick and Jonas Armstrong, which received high ratings and great reviews (Drama / Pick of the week across all the broadsheets).
Prior to this in 2020, she directed her first authored piece a 4x part THE DROWNING for CHANNEL 5 (Unstoppable Film &TV, Element Pictures, ALL3Media) Starring Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones, Jonas Armstrong. It was Channel 5's biggest ever drama to date.
Other previous credits include two feature length episodes of VERA ( Cold River & The Escape Turn) for ITV starring Brenda Blethyn (DRAMA OF THE WEEK & CHOICE - Radio Times/Broadsheets), a feature length opening of the new season of AGATHA RAISIN starring Ashley Jensen, Mathew Horne & Jamie Glover for SKY ONE and also co-lead on the first series of SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY BBC 1 starring Mark Benton and Jo Joyner (NOMINATED FOR A BROADCAST AWARD BEST DRAMA). She started her television career directing DOCTORS & CASUALTY for BBC DRAMA.
Her feature film PIZZA FACE (nominated for the IMDB 'Script to Screen' award) with producer Alexandra Blue ( BLUEBIRD PRODUCTIONS) is in development with the BFI. Her award winning, BAFTA LONGLIST - HOLY CANNELLONI a short/pilot for PIZZA FACE was funded by BFI NETWORK/CREATIVE ENGLAND.
She has written and directed several acclaimed short films that have been selected for International Film Festivals and won several BEST SHORT FILM awards across the world (Inc: SXSW, LSFF, EIFF, ASFF, BFI LOCO, AUSTIN and many more) PAPA, ORNAMENTAL, highly acclaimed I DON'T CARE (FILM LONDON) starring Billie-Jo Bailey, Andrea Lowe & Jo Hartley (VIMEO STAFF PICK, SHORT OF THE WEEK, DAILY PICKS on FILMSHORTAGE) Multi-award winning NIGHT ARMOUR starring Elizabeth Berrington & Dan Fredenburgh premiered at BFI LOCO, selected for over 30 Film Festivals worldwide and won Best Short Film at Broad Humor in LA (voted by MovieMaker as the Best Female Comedy Film Festival in the world). MAN UP starring Nick Moran was a REED FILM COMPETITION and VIRGIN MEDIA SHORTS WINNING FINALIST over 1000 films and screened at cinemas across UK and numerous movie channels.
Along side this, she created and set up SHORTFLIX with CREATIVE ENGLAND, SKY ARTS, BFI-SCREEN SKILLS, a brand new initiative that seeks, trains and nurtures raw and new filmmaking talent from socially diverse and under-represented backgrounds, to make 5x short films, showcased on SKY ONE, bringing new voices to the screen. Ambassadors include: RIZ AHMED, ZAWE ASHTON, ELLIE KENDRICK, JOE COLE. She also co-ran PLAYING UP for The National Youth Theatre for 3yrs training young actors from under- represented backgrounds.
Selected for Talent Labs & Schemes: Carolina is an alumni of : EIFF-Edinburgh International Film Festival TALENT LAB, SCREEN YORKSHIRE'S TRIANGLE programme, BFI/ LFF Think- Shoot- Distribute Development Scheme. THE BUREAU SOS script development scheme with her feature PIZZA FACE.