English actors

Elizabeth Henstridge grew up in the northern city of Sheffield in England. Having gained a first at the University of Birmingham in Drama and Theatre Arts, Elizabeth went on to train at the prestigious East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex. Having graduated she has landed leading roles in features, television and theatre. Most notably the much anticipated Brit flick, Tooting Broadway and the new Butcher Brothers' film, The Thompsons.

Abigail Blackmore is known for Vintage Blood (2015), Blind Date (2010) and Tales from the Lodge (2019).

Paris Jefferson has won awards and accolades for leading roles in theatre, film, and television ranging from Marla in Y: The Last Man ("magnetic" Vulture New York, "phenomenal" TV Podcast Industries), Anna Karenina ("mesmeric" The Guardian), Janis Joplin ("compelling" Time Out), Athena in Xena Warrior Princess, Frankie in Frankie and Johnnie in the Claire de Lune ("outstanding" Northern Echo), and Constance in The Constant Wife ("a comic masterclass in timing" The Times).

In 2018 she won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the British Independent Film Festival (BIFF) for her role in Sunset Contract.

From 2006-2012 Paris performed leading roles on stage including at The Gate Theatre-Dublin, and the Spoleto Festival-USA.

She went on to work around the world in film and theatre including London, Dublin, Los Angeles, Paris, Auckland, Brisbane, St Louis, Croatia, Charleston, Tunisia, Scotland, Wales, Vienna, and Toronto.

Paris is also an award-winning photographer. Her images have been exhibited in The Irish Embassy (UK), Ankara (Turkey) and Gloucester (UK). They have been published in the Irish Times. Portraits include Liam Neeson, Riz Ahmed, Sinead Cusack, and Ciaran Hinds.

She is a trained dancer.

Geneviève Jolliffe was born in 1972 in Isle of Wight, England, UK. She is a writer and director, known for Urban Ghost Story (1998), The Runner (1992) and White Angel (1994).

Lean, aristocratic-looking British character actress,on stage from the 1940's. She was noted on Broadway for her performance (and for bringing the house down with her tango on opening night) as Lady India in Jean Anouilh's 'Ring Around the Moon' (1950-51). On television, her aquiline features and impeccable bearing led to her gravitating towards upper class roles as wealthy or snooty socialites -- few more memorable than her unnamed party-goer in the dream sequence of Le prisonnier (1967) episode "A.B.and C."; and as Mrs. Butterworth, who not only resides in Patrick McGoohan's old flat and drives his sports car but turns out to be another Number 2 (in the episode "Many Happy Returns"). She also had to graciously scrape the mould of a bread-roll offered her by Steptoe and Son (1962) in "Loathe Story", as the hyphenated mother of Joanna Lumley.

Georgina had a rare lead in the title role of the low-budget thriller Catacombs (1965) as Gary Merrill's crippled and demanding wife, who, unsurprisingly gets killed and disposed of in the potting shed. Of course, she comes back to haunt her evil hubby (really, just a double-cross staged by his two accomplices). In many of her other appearances on screen, Georgina played opposite great British comic actors, from Sidney James to Tony Hancock. Privately, her circle of friends included Denholm Elliott and Terry-Thomas (with whom she shared the stage in 'Full House'). Her final curtain call before retirement in Australia was as the lead in the comedy play 'A Breath of Spring' in 1990.

Rosalyn Landor was born in Hampstead, London, in October 1958; and was sought-after as a child actress. During her teens, she attended the Royal Ballet School for two years before completing her education at Tolworth Girls School, near Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, where she studied to A-level. After leaving school at the age of nineteen, Rosalyn entered the retail trade, working first at Royal Copenhagen Porcelain in Bond Street, London, then at Libertys of Regent Street. She made her West End stage debut in 1987. Rosalyn went to Los Angeles in America in the late 1980s, and returned to the UK in 2013. She has recorded over 250 audio books, and was the Audie awards Female Narrator of the Year in 2012.

Steve began his career in comedy as a stand up before finding notoriety as lounge cabaret performer Lenny Beige. After a Channel 4 show and 2 BBC TV series of Lenny Beige's Variety Pack Lenny Beige's Variety Pack (2000) Steve began to branch out into other character roles devising a few solo Edinburgh shows. In 2000 he began to appear in the award winning Orange Wednesday cinema commercials, largely directed by Bryan Buckley Bryan Buckley There were around 30 commercials featuring names as diverse as Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg , Carrie Fisher Carrie Fisher, Patrick Swayze [name=nm0000664], Angelica Huston [name=nm0001378] , Spike Lee Spike Lee. He also appeared as a regular supporting actor in all three series of Little Britain Little Britain (2003) with Matt Lucas Matt Lucas and David Walliams David Walliams. He has appeared in many TV shows including (as a semi-regular Mr James) Holby City Holby City (1999), Doc Martin Doc Martin (2004), Toast of London Toast of London (2012), Friday Night Dinner Friday Night Dinner (2011), and most recently as the villain in CITV's new kids show Spy School.

Nigel Havers is one of Britain's best known actors, mainly for his many roles on television since the 1970s. He was born as the younger son of Michael Havers, QC, a Conservative MP for Wimbledon, Attorney General (1979-1987), and Lord High Chancellor of England (1987).

After a private education, Havers attended a drama school attached to the Oxford Playhouse and at the same time worked in university productions, always in revues and comedies. He appeared in "Twelfth Night" in a revue at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which transferred to London where it was seen by an American director who took the show to the States.

Havers' starring roles on British television have included series such as Nicholas Nickleby (1977), A Horseman Riding By (1978), Don't Wait Up (1983), The Charmer (1987), and Dangerfield (1995). He has also made notable guest appearances in cult series such as The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) and The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (2014), and played the regular role of Lewis Archer in the soap opera Coronation Street (1960).

Sandra Payne was born on 24 September 1944 in Royston, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Waiting for God (1990), The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) and Bizarre, bizarre (1979). She was previously married to Roy Boulting and Alan Jay Lerner.

Joanna Lumley was born on 1 May, 1946 in Kashmir, India, to British parents, Thya Beatrice Rose (Weir) and James Rutherford Lumley. Her father was a major in the Gurkha Rifles, and she spent most of her early childhood in the Far East where her father was posted.

An aspiring actress, she first came to fame as a model in London's swinging 1960s, where she was photographed by the greats, including her friend, the late Patrick Lichfield. She was designer Jean Muir's muse and house model for several years before carving a career as a freelance model where she became one of the top ten most-booked models of the 1960s.

Lumley's breakthrough role was as Purdey in Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir (1976), a role for which over 800 girls auditioned. Purdey propelled Lumley to instant fame and created one of the "must-have" hairstyles of the 1970s -- the Purdey bob. Lumley became a pin-up figure for a generation of British males who grew up watching her as the high-kicking action girl.

Other roles followed, most notably as Sapphire in Sapphire & Steel (1979) opposite David McCallum -- a sci-fi precursor to X-Files : Aux frontières du réel (1993) and an under-rated gem of a series which has gained a cult following in recent years, despite the fact it has only ever been shown ONCE on terrestrial TV. During the 1980s, Lumley returned to the theater, making notable appearances as "Hedda Gabler" and as "Elvira" in "Blithe Spirit" -- a role that seems tailor-made for her. Lumley also made appearances in several films, including À la recherche de la panthère rose (1982), L'héritier de la panthère rose (1983), and a screen-stealing role in Shirley Valentine (1989).

It was her reinvention as a comic actress in Absolutely Fabulous (1992) that shot Lumley to wider international acclaim. Her role as Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous (1992) is regarded as one of the greatest female comic performances ever, earning Lumley a stream of awards, including several BAFTAs. Since Absolutely Fabulous (1992), Lumley has cemented her role as one of the UK's most-loved & respected actresses. She is rarely off UK TV screens and has also built a successful film career as a character/voice-over actress.

She recently teamed up with the writer/director Hugo Blick for the series of acclaimed monologues Up in Town (2002) which were critically regarded as the performance of a lifetime, and the recent Sensitive Skin (2005).

In 2007, she returned to the stage for the first time in over a decade in a production of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", directed by Sir Jonathan Miller.

Catherine Hall is known for Sapphire & Steel (1979), A Christmas Carol (1984) and Property Rites (1984).