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Lucy Clare Davis is an English actress best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy The Office (2001-2003). She is also known for her roles as Hilda Spellman in the Netflix series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018-2020), Dianne in the horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004), and Etta Candy in Wonder Woman (2017).

Stephanie Cole was born in Warwickshire, England, UK. At the age of 15 she auditioned for, and was accepted to, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She began her career at the age of 17 playing a 90-year-old woman. She went on to play notable television roles, which included appearing in all 30 episodes of the prisoner-of-war drama Tenko (1981) and playing memorable characters in comedies such as Open All Hours (1976), A Bit of a Do (1989), Waiting for God (1990) and Doc Martin (2004), as well as legendary soap opera Coronation Street (1960).

Richard Hammond was born in 1969 in the British town of Solihull, which is near to Birmingham although it tries to pretend that it isn't. He started his career in local radio before getting a break on a cable TV car show where he was able to hone his presenting skills, safe in the knowledge that no one was watching. In 2002 he was given his big break on BBC Top Gear and has never looked back, except when pulling out into traffic. He lives almost in Wales and is known as the Hamster, though only by people he has never met.

Tom McKay was born on 27 December 1979 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Imagine Me & You (2005), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) and Kill Command (2016).

Louisa Connolly-Burnham is a British actress from Solihull, Birmingham, she is the eldest of three and grew up living in a pub. She was nominated for Best Actress at the Queens World Film Festival for her role in the film "Beneath Water " directed by Charlie Manton and she is also a member of the alt-folk band "Virens".

She had an early start as an actress, best known her for her roles in the BAFTA-winning "Wolfblood" (BBC) and "Vampire Academy" (NBC Universal). She has made appearances in Channel 4's "Drifters", ITV's "Midsomer Murders", Sky1's "Little Crackers", BBC's "Holby City", "Doctors", "Outnumbered", "Casualty" and a lead role in Nickelodeon's "House of Anubis".

Louisa is also an award-winning writer/director and founded her production company Thimble Films in 2019 and she is a member of the female filmmaking collective Cinesisters.

Her directorial debut "The Call Centre", which she also wrote, had a successful festival run including the Oscar-qualifying Foyle Film Festival with a nomination for "Best International Film", BAFTA-qualifying festivals: Aesthetica Film Festival, Underwire Film Festival with a "Best Producer" nomination whilst also winning the audience awards at ÉCU Film Festival and Sunday Shorts Film Festival.

Louisa's second film "The Track" recently completed its festival run at the Oscar-qualifying Durban International Film Festival, BAFTA-qualifying festivals: British Urban Film Festival & Carmarthen Film Festival with a best director award at the 2022 World Indie Film Awards. It also screened at the BIFA-qualifying Manchester Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival & Manchester/London Lift-Off Film Festival.

Louisa's third short film "The Ceiling" is in post-production and she is developing her fourth short film as a writer/director: "Sister Wives" which recently won the script competition at Sunday Shorts Film Festival. She is also developing her first feature film "Ok, Beryl" which will be a continuation of Louisa's previous directorial explorations of grief, isolation, sex and female friendship.

British character player Mona Washbourne was a natural symbol for the working-class as much of her early career was in playing midwives, barmaids, nannies, landladies and factory workers. Born November 27, 1903, in Birmingham, England, where she attended Yardley Secondary School. The daughter of Arthur Edmund Washbourne and Kate (nee Robinson) Washbourne, the piano was her early passion and she initially trained at the Birmingham School of Music to be a concert pianist. Following concerting on the stage and broadcast playing on radio, she made her professional stage debut in April 1924 in Yarmouth with the "Modern Follies" concert party, as both pianist and soubrette.

From this point, she delved herself completely into acting and went on tour with the "Fol-De-Rols" revue for three seasons, developing a special flair for bawdy, eccentric comedy. She performed in various repertory companies and earned her first major dramatic success on the London stage at the Westminster Theatre in 1937 with "Mourning Becomes Electra" in the dual roles of Minnie and Mrs Hills. On the quirkier side, she won kudos for her Madame Arcati in "Blithe Spirit" (1945) and for her doting journalist in "The Winslow Boy" (1946). She went on to transfer her role in The Winslow Boy (1948) to film in the postwar years and saw a new avenue for her talents open up.

While most of her early film roles tended toward the small and dowdy, they were also quite colorful and seldom failed to make some sort of impression. They also grew in size as years passed. She played a midwife in Doctor in the House (1954); the older, ill-fated first wife to Bluebeard-like charmer Dirk Bogarde in Cast a Dark Shadow (1955); the protagonist's mum in Billy Liar (1963) (another role she originated on stage in 1960); the no-nonsense Mrs. Pearce in Yểu Điệu Thục Nữ (1964); an aristocratic old shrew who unknowingly employs a psychopath Albert Finney in the remake of Night Must Fall (1964); and a doddering aunt to another psychopath, Terence Stamp, in The Collector (1965).

Continuing to impress on the stage with roles in Noël Coward's "Nude with Violin" (1957) and "Present Laughter" (1958), she also appeared to great effect in "Misalliance" (1967) and was a natural for her role as the perpetually perplexed and flummoxed Veta Simmons in a madcap production of "Harvey" (1975), replacing Helen Hayes. In the United States, she earned a Tony nomination for her contribution in "Home" (1970). She crowned her career remarkably alongside Glenda Jackson as the dithery maiden aunt who lives with her eccentric niece, the poet "Stevie Smith", in the play "Stevie". A two-person show, she and Jackson won additional acclaim when they took Stevie (1978) to film. Washbourne won the top critics supporting awards, including New York, Boston and Los Angeles, but was not nominated for the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress.

Her final career years (in the early 1980s) were spent on TV with roles as "Mrs. Higgins" in a version of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (1981) starring Twiggy and Robert Powell; "Nanny Hawkins" in the epic miniseries, Brideshead Revisited (1981) and the "Queen Mum" in Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982). Long married to actor Basil Dignam, he died in 1979. She died less than a decade later, in 1988, at age 84. The couple had no children.

Johnnie Walker was born on 30 March 1945 in Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He has been married to Tiggy Jarvis Walker since 21 December 2002. He was previously married to Frances Kum.

Nina Carter was born in 1951 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Người Sói Mỹ Ở Luân Đôn (1981), Kẻ Phóng Đãng (2004) and The Golden Lady (1979).

After leaving school, Eddie worked as a knight at Warwick Castle, performing in live jousting shows, to pay his way through drama school. It was there he worked with some of the top stunt horse and swordsmen in the country. With those skills and an extensive background in theatre, including a lead role in the West End production of The Mousetrap, he landed his first television part in Game of Thrones, where he played Gerold Hightower.

More recently, he is most well known for his portrayal of Josh Hemmings in the BBC's long running show, EastEnders - he was first introduced as the mystery Photocopier Guy in March 2017, and continued as a regular in the show until Febuary 2018.

Born in Solihull, UK, he now resides in London and is a keen athlete, where he spends his time doing martial arts, boxing, horse riding, and playing football and rugby. He is also a proud supporter of the Children in Need charity and has appeared on the yearly show, helping to raise millions for those who need it.

Tony Aitken was born on 20 June 1946 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Remains of the Day (1993), EastEnders (1985) and No 73 (1982).

Andrea von Foerster is an award-winning music supervisor based in Los Angeles.

With a career spanning over two decades, from (500) Days Of Summer to Yellowstone to Air, Andrea has soundtracked some of the most loved projects of our generation. Andrea collaborates with filmmakers to deliver their musical vision for their projects. She approaches every project with enthusiasm, experience, and a deep well of musical knowledge.

Her current work includes the AppleTV+ feature The Beanie Bubble directed by Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, Max documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life directed by Rob Reiner, and independent feature What Happens Later directed by Meg Ryan.

Andrea's company, Firestarter Music, was formed in 2006 and covers the full scope of music creative and creation to clearance and on-camera music needs. She is a dual citizen and able to work in the U.S. and U.K.

Kathrin Nicholson was born in September 1965 in Solihull, England, UK. She is an actress, known for First Wave (1998), Sleepwalkers (1997) and Midnight Heat (1995).

Michael Buerk was born on 18 February 1946 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Nine O'Clock News (1970), Hoàng Quyền (2016) and Moral Maze (2015). He has been married to Christine Buerk since 1968. They have two children.

Richard Derrington was born in 1950 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018), Lovejoy (1986) and Jupiter Moon (1990). He is married to Louise Derrington.

Tomas Bennett was born on 21 November 2005 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Casualty (1986) and Hunnington Hills (2024).

Adam Loxley was born on 28 July 1983 in Solihull. He is an actor and writer, known for A Quark's Looking Glass, My Cousin Rachel (2017) and Kitty (2023).

Gary Delaney was born on 16 April 1973 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Stand Up for the Week (2010), A League of Their Own (2010) and Unspun with Matt Forde (2016). He has been married to Sarah Millican since December 2013.

Leoni Kibbey was born on 21 October 1975 in Solihull, England, UK. She is a talent agent and actress.

Jocelyn Pook is one of the UK's most versatile composers, having written extensively for stage, screen, opera house and concert hall. Often remembered for her film score to Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, which won her a Chicago Film Award and a Golden Globe nomination, she has worked with some of the world's leading directors, musicians and artists including Martin Scorsese, Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack, Laurie Anderson. Her first opera Ingerland was commissioned by ROH2 for the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio in 2010, and The BBC Proms and The King's Singers commissioned her to collaborate with Poet Laureate Andrew Motion on a work entitled Mobile. Jocelyn won an Olivier Award for the National Theatre's production of St Joan, and a British Composer Award for her multi-media music-theatre piece Speaking in Tunes. She won a second British Composer Award for her soundtrack to Akram Khan's dance production DESH. In 2014 she composed the score for his dance piece Dust choreographed for English National Ballet to mark the centenary of the First World War, as well as the score for Mike Bartlett's play King Charles III which premiered at Almeida Theatre, London and transferred to West End and Broadway NY. Her most recent ballet for English National Ballet, M-Dao, choreographed by Yabin Wang, premiered in 2016 at Sadler's Wells. In 2018 Jocelyn won a BAFTA for her score for the 2017 TV film version of King Charles III. She composed the soundtracks for The Wife, acclaimed feature film starring Glenn Close, and for The Staircase, the extraordinary documentary series directed by Jean-Xavier Lestrade. This year Pook was commissioned by The Proms to compose a new piece for Prom 49: in The Lost Words:"You Need To Listen To Us" she sets words from speeches by environmental activist Greta Thunberg to music. She also composed the soundtrack for The Kingmaker, a documentary film about the controversial political career of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, directed by Lauren Greenfield, to be released later this autumn.

Oliver Roddy was born in Solihull. He is an actor, known for Dodger (2022) and Barricade (2023).

Amanda Waldy was born in 1953 in Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The First Days of Spring (2009), Hussy (1980) and All Creatures Great & Small (1978).

Lizo Mzimba was born on 6 December 1968 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Omnibus (1967), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) and Phillip Schofield: The Interview (2023).

Kate Horlor was born on 7 December 1980 in Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK. She is an assistant director and producer, known for Mutant Chronicles (2008), Laura Living Backwards (2024) and A Reckoning (2011).

Amii Grove was born on 5 September 1985 in Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Hoàng Tử Trong Mơ (2011), Dead Cert (2010) and Just for the Record (2010).

Ian Barton was born on 16 June 1975 in Solihull, England, UK. He is known for Tình Yêu Và Quái Vật (2020), Không Khuất Phục (2014) and Quái Vật Không Gian: Khế Ước (2017).