List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Emerald Fennell

First Name Emerald
Height 166 cm | 5'5

Emerald Lilly Fennell is an English actress, author, screenwriter, producer, and director. She appeared in numerous period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She received wider recognition for her starring roles in the BBC period drama series Call the Midwife (2013–2017) and the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2019–2020).

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Leslie Ash

First Name Leslie
Last Name Ash
Born on February 19, 1960 (age 66)
Height 166 cm | 5'5

Leslie Ash is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985–1987), the BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly (1992–1997), ITV drama Where the Heart Is (2000–2003), and BBC medical drama Holby City (2009–2010). Her book My Life Behaving Badly: The Autobiography was published in 2007.

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Paloma fata

Paloma Faith Blomfield
First Name Paloma
Last Name Fata
Born on July 21, 1981 (age 44)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Paloma Faith Blomfield is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She is known for her retro and eccentric style. Her debut album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? was released in 2009 and has been certified double platinum in the UK. The album contains the singles "Stone Cold Sober", "New York", and "Upside Down", and earned Faith her first BRIT Award nomination in 2010.

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Gary McAllister

First Name Gary
Last Name McAllister
Born on December 25, 1964 (age 61)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Gary McAllister MBE is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is the assistant manager of Rangers.

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Robert Daws

First Name Robert
Last Name Daws
Born on May 4, 1959 (age 66)

Robert Daws is an English stage, television and film actor.

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John Cooper

First Name John
Last Name Cooper
Born on September 3, 1944 (age 81)

John William Cooper is a Welsh serial killer.

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Darcey Bussell

First Name Darcey
Last Name Bussell
Born on April 27, 1969 (age 56)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, is an English retired ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing.

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Mischa Barton

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
First Name Mischa
Born on January 24, 1986 (age 40)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Mischa Barton is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's Slavs! and took the lead in James Lapine's Twelve Dreams at New York City's Lincoln Center. She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the American soap opera All My Children (1996), and voicing a character on the Nickelodeon cartoon series KaBlam! (1996–97). Her first major film role was as the protagonist of Lawn Dogs (1997), a drama co-starring Sam Rockwell. She appeared in major pictures such as the romantic comedy Notting Hill (1999) and M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller The Sixth Sense (1999). She also starred in the indie crime drama Pups (1999).

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Lucien Laviscount

First Name Lucien
Born on June 9, 1992 (age 33)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Lucien Leon Laviscount is a British actor. He first came to prominence in 2007 after appearing in teen drama Grange Hill. He later appeared in several television series, including ITV's Coronation Street (2009) and BBC One's Waterloo Road (2010–11). In 2011, he competed in the series of Celebrity Big Brother.

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Hugh Laurie

James Hugh Calum Laurie
First Name Hugh
Born on June 11, 1959 (age 66)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

James Hugh Calum Laurie is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author, who is known for portraying the title character on the medical drama television series House (2004–2012), for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and nominations for numerous other awards. He was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in a television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House. His other television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep (2012–2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award nomination.

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