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Frances Barber has worked in a string of award-winning productions for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, taking roles as diverse as Eliza in Pygmalion and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Among her film appearances are roles in Stephen Frears' Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987), Dennis Potter's Secret Friends (1991) and John Irvine's Shiner (2000) with Michael Caine, Peter Greenaway's A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), Peter Capaldi's Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992), and Still Crazy (1998). Most recently she has appeared in The Escort (1999) (The Escort) with Daniel Auteuil and Esther Kahn (2000). Frances made her television breakthrough in Mike Leigh's Home Sweet Home (1982). Subsequent TV work includes Kenneth Branagh's Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1988) as Viola, a role she reprised for Branagh on stage, BBC's Annie Besant, Inspector Morse (1987), Spitting Image (1984) and the BBC's adaptation of the Nancy Mitford classic Love in a Cold Climate (2001). On stage, Frances won the 1984 Olivier award for Most Promising Newcomer as Marguerite in the RSC production of Camille. She has worked in some of the UK's most prestigious theatres, including the Royal National Theatre, the RSC, Hull Truck, Oxford Playhouse, the Royal Exchange, the Donmar Warehouse and the Royal Court. Frances was most recently seen on stage in Patrick Marber's production of Closer at The Lyric, Hammersmith. She attended Bangor university.

Anya Chalotra is an English actress known for playing Jennifer Ashman in the British TV show Wanderlust (2018) and for her role as Yennefer of Vengerberg in the Netflix series The Witcher (2019).

Chalotra was born in a British-Indian family. Her father is of Indian descent while her mother is English. She grew up in Lower Penn village in South Staffordshire, UK, where she lived with her parents, and two siblings. Chalotra completed her schooling at the St. Dominic's Grammar School for Girls in Brewood. and later trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Chalotra has starred in several theater productions including Much Ado About Nothing and The Village.

She is represented by The Artists Partnership talent agency.

On October 10, 2018, it was announced by Deadline that Chalotra would star in a main role as Yennefer of Vengerberg in the Netflix fantasy drama, The Witcher. The series premiered on December 20, 2019.

Meera Syal was born on 27 June 1961 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Beautiful Thing (1996), Yesterday (2019) and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010). She has been married to Sanjeev Bhaskar since 21 January 2005. They have one child. She was previously married to Chandra Shekhar Bhatia.

An accomplished theatre actor, Mr. Bennett appeared on the British stage for fifteen years before moving to Canada in 1986. During this time, he starred in "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" at the Wyndhams Theatre in London's West End. He also performed in "Ghosts", "Private Lives" and "Rookery Nook" at such theaters as the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester, the Crucible Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic and the King's Head Theatre Club, as well as many seasons on the stages of Canterbury, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield in England. From 1992-1996, he starred as the powerful and seductive "Lucien LaCroix" in the Gemini-nominated television series, Forever Knight (1992). In 1995, he received the prestigious Gemini Award for his role in the series, and it was on this show where he made his directorial debut.

His feature film work includes co-starring with Gene Hackman in Narrow Margin (1990), The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988), a poignant drama that was voted Best New Film at both the Toronto Festival of Festivals and the Vancouver International Film Festival in 1988, Legends of the Fall (1994) starring Brad Pitt, Murder at 1600 (1997) starring Wesley Snipes, Top of the Food Chain (1999), a science fiction feature that premiered at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and The Skulls (2000) starring Craig T. Nelson.

The youngest of three daughters born to iron and steel merchant William 'Copper' Hicks and Hester, She was educated at a girls school in Shrewsbury where she appeared as the Duke of Gloucester in Richard of Bordeaux and as Bottom in A Midsummer Nights Dream, She served as a land girl during WWII and trained for the theatre at the Webber Douglas School in London and graduated in 1947, She made her stage debut in Written For a Lady at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool which transferred to the Garrick Theatre in London followed by work at the repertory theatres at New Brighton and Hammersmith

This versatile artist, who had spent his 20's in New Zealand farming sheep, became novelist, playwright and film exhibitor on his return to Britain in 1918. Eventually he would observe success with The First Born (1928), which he directed and acted in and which was based on his own novel and play. He is better remembered, however, for his character portrayals of oily types, many of them upper-crust cads - such as Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers (1939). (In his Hollywood debut, he had portrayed King Louis XIII in the 1935 version of that same Dumas classic.)

James Holmes was born in 1965 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Psychoville (2009), Miranda (2009) and Peep Show (2003).

Aaron Thiara was born on 4 May 1993 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for EastEnders (1985), The Boy with the Topknot (2017) and RSC: As You Like It (2019).

Paula Bacon was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. She is known for Crimetime (1996), King of Thieves (2018) and The Knock (1994).

Tom Parry was born on 16 December 1980 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Your Christmas or Mine? (2022), Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Don Rodolfo (2021).

Born in Wolverhampton in 1944. Educated at Regis School and Birmingham Theatre School where he won the Outstanding Student Award. Seasons of twice nightly rep followed in 1968 and was then engaged by Peter Dews at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in Othello, Romeo & Juliet, St. Joan and After The Rain with Michael Gambon and Timothy Dalton. Laurence then acted in and directed Children's Theatre seasons in Weston-Super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea. Dick Condon invited him to Ireland in 1968 as leading man in Billy Liar, The Heiress, Barefoot in the Park and Boeing-Boeing. He then played the Prince in Tom Thumb with Maureen Potter and in Alfie, with Ray McAnally, also at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin. He was a member of the Gate Theatre Company from 1969 to 1971 and, in 1972 returned to Birmingham Rep to play in Vivat,Vivat,Regina! for Peter Dews. On returning to Ireland, he appeared in all the major Dublin Theatres playing leading roles in Arms & the Man, The Knack, Michaelmas Eve, See How they Run, Peg o' My Heart, Hamlet, Under Milk Wood, Major Barbara, The Hour Glass, Box & Cox, King Lear, Pantomimes and several Summer Revues. In 1974, he joined the RTE Radio Drama Department as an actor and performed in over 750 plays Film appearances include Privilege, The Manions of America, Cal, Hello Stranger and The Escapist. Television appearances include, Thirty Minute Theatre, Rainbow City, United, Aladdin, The Burke Enigma, Kilmore House, Heritage, Remington Steele, Dear Sarah, Law & Order, The Clinic, Fair City and The Tudors. Recent theatre includes, All's Well That Ends Well at the Helix Theatre Dublin, his solo performance on tour as Charles Dickens in his own creation, Dickens in Dublin, and The Constant Wife at the Gate Theatre Dublin and Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, June 2007. His autobiography, "Rising Without Trace", was published by Ashfield Press in 2007. Recent film; played Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol, 2012, for October Eleven Films.

Patricia Kneale was born on 17 October 1925 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A for Andromeda (1961), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Thriller (1973). She died on 27 December 2008 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.

Alan Barrett was born on 17 March 1938 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a costume designer, known for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) and Royal Flash (1975). He died on 26 August 1991 in London, England, UK.

Laurence Meynell was born on 10 August 1899 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. Laurence was a writer, known for The House in Marsh Road (1960), Crown v. Stevens (1936) and The Umbrella (1933). Laurence was married to Joan Henley. Laurence died on 14 April 1989 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.

Ephraim Lewis was born on 22 November 1967 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Ephraim Lewis, It can't be forever (2010) and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). He died on 18 March 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Aaron Virdee was born on 15 March 1986 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Merchant of Little Venice (2010), Azad & Jinnah: A Political Rivalry (2016) and Cold Blow Lane (2020).

Robert C. Dearberg was born on 3 February 1939 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Pumpkinhead (1988), The Avengers (1961) and Horror Express (1972). He was married to Gillian Mary Longley. He died on 8 May 2017 in Bristol, England, UK.

John McHugh was born on 23 July 1911 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for I'll Turn to You (1946), I'll Walk Beside You (1943) and The Ken Dodd Show (1959). He died on 5 June 2004 in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Geoff Hockney was born on 6 August 1963 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He is known for The Prince of Egypt: Live from the West End (2023), Norman Wisdom: His Story (2010) and The Normans (2010).

Alfred Noyes was born on 16 September 1880 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Highwayman, The Lady and the Bandit (1951) and The Highwayman (1951). He died on 25 June 1958 in Isle of Wight, England, UK.

Rachael Heyhoe-Flint was born on 11 June 1939 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. She was married to Derrick Flint. She died on 18 January 2017 in England, UK.

Dennis Sheehan was born on 15 November 1946 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for U2: Rattle and Hum (1988), The Thing About My Folks (2005) and U2: Wide Awake in Dublin (1985). He died on 27 May 2015 in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Robin George was born in 1956 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Robin George: Heartline (1985), Robin George: Don't Turn Away (1985) and Vix Fuzzbox & Robin George - Summertime Reggae Rule (2020).

Judith Allchurch was born on 9 October 1966 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Ghost in the Water (1982). She has been married to Craig Rogers since 25 April 1992.

Maggie Teyte was born on 17 April 1888 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. She was married to Walter Sherwin Cottingham (heir Sherwin-Williams) and Eugene de Plumon (lawyer). She died on 26 May 1976 in London, England, UK.