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Tom Brooke - All Hail the Hoodie
Tom Brooke skulks into Slow Horses Season 5 like a haunted hoodie left on the Tube—enigmatic, unnerving, and somehow stealing every scene without saying…
Chloe Pirrie - The Outsider Takes Centre Stage
Chloe Pirrie has built a career playing women on the edge. Isolated, overlooked, quietly unraveling. Now, the actress long drawn to outsiders is finally…
Mia Threapleton
Meet an actress at the precise moment she switches from promising up-and-comer to bonafide movie star. As The Phoenician Scheme premieres at a cinema…
Nick Frost - Psychos, Star Wars & Cornettos
From treasured TA fantasist and suburbia’s seminal slacker, Nick Frost is a man who does it all. Meet one of Britain’s best-loved actors, comedy writers…
Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn - Maker of Worlds
The role of production designer is a mysterious one, given the current trend towards realism in modern cinema it can appear that a crew have simply…

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Thaddea Graham - A Bad Sisters Worst Nightmare
Meet the new detective on the Garvey’s case in Bad Sisters 2 (Apple TV+).
Daniel Mays - All All or Nothing
Whilst many of his earlier roles could be said to be on the more serious, darker side, over the years Daniel Mays has come to combine those types of…
Lesley Paterson - Creative Muscle
Meet world champion triathlete, Oscar nominee & winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA for the All Quiet on the Western Front, with her own…
Sandy Powell OBE
From sumptuous royal spectacles to the lawless grit of 19th century New York, triple Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell has fashioned legions…
Jing Lusi - Funny Girl
Since turning her back on a career in law to pursue her dream of becoming an actor, Jing Lusi hasn’t looked back, appearing in rom-com juggernaut Crazy…
Ritu Arya - Next Big Thing
She's on top of the Netflix & Amazon lists and we're guessing you will be hearing her name a lot more in the coming year.
Ben Davis - Light & Shade
Whether you prefer your cinematic sustenance served via the Marvel Universe or the black comedies of Martin McDonagh, it's likely the cinematography of…
The Audition
‘In today’s world, everything seems like some sort of long audition.’ – Bob Fosse
1st Act: Rita Bernard Shaw
Meet tomorrow's stars today.
1st Act: Sofia Barclay
Meet tomorrow's stars today.
Celyn Jones - Light in the Darkness
Writer, actor, director & producer. Meet Celyn Jones the man taking Rebel Wilson seriously and making his way to the top table of British…
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