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Annabel Scholey is an English actress from West Yorkshire. Known for BBC ONE drama 'The Sixth Commandment', written by Sarah Phelps, in which she portrayed Anne-Marie Blake. The mini-series won a BAFTA TV Award in 2024 for 'Best One-Off Drama'. Annabel starred in the independent film 'Chuck Chuck Baby' alongside Louise Brealey, which was Janis Pugh's debut production for Film Cymru. The film was released in 2024 in both UK and US and was warmly received by critics and audiences alike. Scholey is also known for her recurring role of Nina in BBC ONE drama 'The Split', in which she stars alongside Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan and Fiona Button. In 2021, she played Sarah Bailey in the critically acclaimed mini-series 'The Salisbury Poisonings', and in 2023 played the title role in 'Serial Killer's Wife' for Paramount Plus UK. Other work includes Sky series 'Britannia', written by Jez Butterworth, in which she played Amena for three seasons. Other notable work includes Being Human and Dr Who - both for the BBC and 'Medici - The Masters of Florence' starring as Contessina De Medici along side Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden.

In September 2024 Scholey leads the cast of Dead and Buried for BBC and Virgin, and will appear as Beattie Johnson in Jilly Cooper's 'Rivals' for Disney+.

Bronwyn James was born on 24 July 1994 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Wicked (2024), Lockwood & Co. (2023) and How to Train Your Dragon (2025).

Michael Cumpsty was born on 26 February 1960 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Ice Storm (1997), Eat Pray Love (2010) and State of Grace (1990).

Carolyn Pickles was born on 8 February 1952 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), Tess (1979) and The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018).

Cara was born in Yorkshire in January 1990 and attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Whilst there she won the part of Ivy in period drama 'Downton Abbey' and the school allowed her to finish her final year early in order to appear in the series. In 2012 she was a joint recipient of the Screen Actors' Guild award for the best ensemble cast in a television series, leaving the show in 2013. Since then she has made many television appearances, most notably in drama 'The Syndicate' and in romantic sitcom 'Together'.

Claire Elizabeth Cooper (born 26 October 1980) is a British actress, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a character she played from 2006 to 2013.

Cooper co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet in Liverpool with Hollyoaks co-stars Jennifer Metcalfe and Leah Hackett.

Cooper was a British champion gymnast for 10 years while attending Sandal Endowed Middle School. Cooper attended the Guildford School of Acting.

Cooper has appeared in various British television shows, including a two-part episode on Waking the Dead in 2004. She made appearances on Coronation Street and Waterloo Road in 2006.

Cooper made her on-screen debut in Hollyoaks in September 2006. In 2009 she played a character in the second series of Hollyoaks Later. In late 2010 she was in an hour-long spin-off episode called Hollyoaks: King of Hearts.

In 2016, Cooper played the part of Claire in the second series of In the Club.

Olwen May is an English actress and theatre director, known for Happy Valley (2014), Whoops! (2013), and Inspector George Gently (2007). She played D.C. Joyce Malone in Coronation Street (1960) during the investigation of Frank Foster's alleged rape of Carla Connor. She has also directed several plays. She lives in West Yorkshire with her partner, Kevin Doyle.

Helen Worth was born on 7 January 1951 in Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Doctor Who (1963) and The Strauss Family (1972). She has been married to Trevor Dawson since 6 April 2013. She was previously married to Michael Angelis.

Michelle Hardwick was born on 26 February 1976 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Royal (2003), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Heartbeat (1992). She has been married to Kate Brooks since 10 September 2019. They have two children. She was previously married to Rosie Nicholl.

Olivia Scriven was born in Wakefield,Quebec,Canada and at a young age moved to London,Ontario, Canada, with her parents and her two younger brothers. In London, she attended a unique public elementary school for the arts, and participated in many song, dance, and theatre productions in the city. She is a talented singer and musician. At age 13 she decided that she wanted to pursue acting as a career.

Ray Girardin was born on 23 January 1935 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Hollywood Man (1976), Number One with a Bullet (1987) and Hill Street Blues (1981). He was married to Marlene Ray. He died on 28 February 2019 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.

Jean Fergusson was born on 30 December 1944 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Last of the Summer Wine (1973), Run for Your Wife (2012) and Coronation Street (1960). She died on 14 November 2019.

Andrew Burt was born on 23 May 1945 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Legend of King Arthur (1979), Warship (1973) and Campion (1989). He died on 16 November 2018.

Bill was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire to a coal miner father and a mill worker mother in 1960.

Aged 10 he was fortunate to be taught by Frances Cox, a very accomplished character actor, who taught him drama.

He won a scholarship to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in 1974, one of the finest in the Country. Having completed A levels he attended St John's College, York

In 1982 on the cusp of booking his first BBC role he left the world of performance to join the Police Service. He was decorated by The Queen and honoured by Courts and Chief Constables.

After twenty fabulous years he was medically retired and went on to work on a number of high profile police related projects around the Country.

He returned to acting in 2014. Having completed work on a large number of independant productions his first break was a guest role in series one of SkyOnes Bulletproof quickly followed by Guest Star roles in a number of well known TV series.

His career has gone from strength to strength resulting in a series regular role in SCREW a Channel 4/STV 6 part drama.

In 2022 he was long listed for the BAFTA Breakthrough programme.

He is viewed as a valuable member of any cast who brings not only professionalism but fun in equal measure!

Janet Davies was born on 14 September 1927 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971), Pride and Prejudice (1980) and Dad's Army (1968). She was married to Ian Gardiner. She died on 22 September 1986 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK.

Born Ian Franz Anderson in Wakefield, Rhode Island, USA and raised in coastal Connecticut; as the youngest of three brothers (Christian, Damian and Ian) the arts were always a priority in their household.

Movies quickly became Ian's first love. He adored the escapism of cinema and knew he had to get involved in the visual arts, so he went off to study film, first at Keene State, then at Emerson College where he met his love Capucine, who was studying television.

After a whirlwind romance, they quickly married in NYC's Central Park in 1998 and moved to Los Angeles to pursue their entertainment careers. After a few years behind the scenes, working on shows like Party Of Five, All That, Scrubs, Sabrina The Teenage Witch.., Ian was given the opportunity to audition for a bit role on Sabrina - which he booked. Suddenly, Ian caught the acting bug, after having resisted the family business for so long (his brother Christian Anderson being an accomplished Broadway actor). There was something about screen acting that felt like the right fit.

Now two children (Elliot and Oliver), a stint living in Belgium, two life saving open-heart surgeries, over twenty-five years married and about forty credits later, Ian finally feels comfortable enough to say he's an actor.

Jane McDonald grew up in Wakefield, England, UK. Jane's father, Peter, was a miner, who doubled as a chimney-sweep. Jane's mother, Jean, and Jane's grandmother ran a boarding-house in Wakefield. Jane has a brother, Tony, and a sister, Janet. For 12 years, Jane sang in clubs throughout Northern England and on various cruise ships. In March 1995, she met her husband, Henrik Brixen, onboard the cruise ship, The Century. They married in May 1998. On 13 January 1998, British BBC1 began broadcasting the documentary series The Cruise - and Jane became an instant star. In July 1998, Jane released her first album, "Jane McDonald" (received platinum), in November 1999, she released the concert video: "Jane McDonald - In Concert" and, in June 2000, Jane released her second album, "Inspiration". Jane now has her own TV show: Star for a Night (1999). Jane is living proof that sometimes dreams really DO come true.

Graham Turner was born in 1951 in Wakefield, England, UK. He is an actor, known for If Only (2004), The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) and Theatre Night (1985).

John Hartley was born on 10 April 1944 in Wakefield, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Armchair Cinema (1974), Accident (1978) and The Guardians (1971). He died on 8 March 2002 in London, England, UK.

Laura Ashe was born in 1977 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

Annie Hulley was born on 23 October 1955 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Skins (2007), Doctors (2000) and Lucky Man (2016).

Israel Horovitz was the author of more than 50 produced plays, of which several have been translated and performed in as many as 30 languages, worldwide. He is among the most-produced American playwrights in French theatre history. Among Horovitz's best-known works are Line (now in its 25th year, off- Broadway, at the 13th St Repertory Theatre), The Indian Wants The Bronx (which introduced Al Pacino), Rats, It's Called The Sugar Plum (which introduced Marsha Mason and Jill Clayburgh), Morning, The Primary English Class (which starred Diane Keaton in its original NYC run, and was revived in NYC, this past September), The Wakefield Plays (a 7-play cycle, including Hopscotch, The 75th, Stage Directions, Spared, Alfred the Great, Our Father's Failing, and Alfred Dies), The Good Parts, Mackerel, and his "Growing Up Jewish" trilogy, Today, I Am A Fountain Pen, A Rosen By Any Other Name, and The Chopin Playoffs (a triumph off-Broadway, the entire trilogy was revived, at Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles). His plays have introduced Al Pacino, John Cazale, Richard Dreyfuss and Jill Clayburgh.

Other well-known Horovitz work includes his cycle of Massachusetts-based plays, including Park Your Car In Harvard Yard (which starred Jason Robards and Judith Ivey on Broadway), North Shore Fish, Henry Lumper, Sunday Runners In The Rain, Strong-Man's Weak Child, The Widow's Blind Date, Year Of The Duck, Fighting Over Beverley, Unexpected Tenderness, Barking Sharks, Captains and Courage, a stage adaptation of Kipling's Captains Courageous; and recent plays that have had their world premieres at Gloucester Stage: My Old Lady, and Lebensraum, which re-opened for a critically-acclaimed off-Broadway run in NYC in October, 1997; and premiered in London, April, 1998; One Under; and Stations of the Cross, which had its world premiere this past August, with Horovitz playing the lead role. NYC also saw Israel Horovitz Times Two: Free Gift and The Former One-On-One Basketball Champion, at the Kraine Theatre.

Horovitz's screenplays include The Strawberry Statement, AuthorAuthor!, A Man In Love (written with Diane Kurys), Believe In Me, and, recently, screenplays for film-adaptations of his stage-plays Strong-Man's Weak Child, North Shore Fish (filmed for Showtime Network), The Widow's Blind Date, Fighting Over Beverley (which Horovitz will direct), and, most recently, The Taste of Sunshine, co-authored with famed Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, filmed in Budapest, starring Ralph Fiennes. Horovitz wrote 300 Boys for HAL/Miramax Film, London; and another stage-play, set in the boxing world, Fast Hands. As an actor, Horovitz recently starred in several films, Dead Letters Don't Die, Trifecta, HBO's Subway Stories, Corps Plongés, and, most recently, played the lead role in The First Seven Years, based on a Brnard Malamud short story. Horovitz wrote Phone Tag for BBC Radio 4, and has starred in several BBC productions of his other radio plays, including The Chips Are Down, Fighting Over Beverley, and Stations of the Cross.

He won numerous writing awards, including the OBIE (twice), the EMMY, the Prix de Plaisir du Théâtre, The Prix du Jury of the Cannes Film Festival, The Prix Italia (for radio plays), The Christopher Award, The Drama Desk Award, an Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Elliot Norton Prize, a Lifetime Achievement Award from B'Nai Brith, The 1996 Literature Prize of Washington College, an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Salem (Massachusetts) State College, and many others. Horovitz was founder and Artistic Director of Gloucester Stage Company, and of the New York Playwrights Lab.

Israel was born in Wakefield, Mass, the son of Hazel Rose (Solberg) and Julius Charles Horovitz. He was married to Gillian Adams, British National marathon champion; and was the father of film producer/actress Rachael Horovitz, novelist/actor Matthew Horovitz, Beastie Boys star/actor Adam Horovitz, and twins, Hannah and Oliver Horovitz. The Horovitz family divided its time among homes in NYC's Greenwich Village, London's Dulwich Village, and the seaport city of Gloucester, Mass. Horovitz visited France, frequently, where he often directed French-language productions of his plays.

The Social Media Megastar and playboy Bunny started as an Actress ,who first came in to the public eye in 2009 Using a BBC 3 show as a platform for a spoof fictional character which spiraled from an assignment from her performing arts collage .

She then hit the headlines over and over again in 2010 after her Talent show Stint where again she created massive world media coverage and publicity stunts using "The shock factor " , where she went through to boot camp .

After Chloe became a fashion and modern day pin up model she then moved to Los Angeles and became a Playboy Model , cover model and Playmate of the Month .

Chloe has hit headlines over and over again for her Rags to Riches story as well as grabbing many headlines from her Lavish and successful lifestyle .

She went on to film other Uk shows . Some listed are Celebrity Big Brother , GMTV this morning Celebrity Sexpod Celebrity come dine with me Celebrity 100% hotter

Chloe has now announced she has finished with Television . The British playmate resides in Dubai with her husband where she runs her real estate and yacht charter business from . She is a well known fashion and media model in the UAE .

She has also gained great notoriety on Instagram where she documents her life while Promoting and marketing various companies she works with .

Coz Greenop was born on 13 October 1986 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Dark Beacon (2017), It All Comes with the Cold Water (2024) and Sweet Street (2020).

Helen Dickson was born on 20 July 1885 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Honolulu Lu (1941), I Love Lucy (1951) and It's a Great Life (1954). She was married to Lawrence A. Williams. She died on 17 November 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.