List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Jim Sturgess
James Anthony Sturgess is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His first major role was as Jude in the musical romance drama film Across the Universe (2007). In 2008, he played the male lead role of Ben Campbell in 21. In 2009, he played Gavin Kossef in the crime drama Crossing Over, appearing with Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd. In 2010, Sturgess starred in the film The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir. Sturgess co-starred in the epic science fiction film Cloud Atlas, which began filming in September 2011 and was released in October 2012.
Robin Askwith
Robin Mark Askwith is an English film actor, best known for his role as Timmy Lea in the Confessions sex comedies series. His debut film role was as the impudent schoolboy, Keating, in the film if.... (1968) which he later reprised in Britannia Hospital (1982).
James Nesbitt
William James Nesbitt is an Irish actor and television presenter from Northern Ireland.
Shirley Williams
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, is a British Liberal Democrat politician and academic who served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection from 1974 to 1976 and Secretary of State for Education and Science and Paymaster General from 1976 to 1979. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she was one of the 'Gang of Four' rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981.
Shani Wallis
Shani Wallis is a British actress and singer, who has worked in theatre, film, and television in both her native United Kingdom and in the United States. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she is perhaps best known for her roles in the West End, and for the role of Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film musical Oliver!.
Robert Jenrick
Robert Edward Jenrick is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government since 2019. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark since 2014.
Anne Robinson
Anne Josephine Robinson is an English television presenter and journalist. She is known for her acerbic style of presenting and reality television shows. She presented the British programme Points of View (1987–1997) and was one of the presenters on the consumer affairs show Watchdog. Robinson gained her highest profile as the host of the BBC game show The Weakest Link (2000–2012), a role she reprised on the American version of the show. Robinson also returned to the role for a special in honour of Children in Need in November 2017.
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. Rea was nominated for an Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game. He has during later years had important roles in the Hugo Blick TV series The Shadow Line and The Honourable Woman, for which he won a BAFTA Award. In 2020, he was listed at number 13 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Honeysuckle Weeks
Honeysuckle Susan Weeks is a British actress known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the ITV wartime drama series Foyle's War beginning in 2002.
Etienne Green
Etienne Green is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne.