27 Notable alumni of
Rose Bruford College
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Rose Bruford College is 787th in the world, 281st in Europe, and 54th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Rose Bruford College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Gary Oldman
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- film directorfilm produceractorfilm actorscreenwriter
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Sir Gary Leonard Oldman is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three British Academy Film Awards and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards. His films have grossed over US$11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.
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Stephen Graham
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- screenwritertelevision actorexecutive produceractorfilm actor
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Stephen Graham OBE is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has received nominations for seven British Academy Television Awards and one British Academy Film Award, and won three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award among other accolades.
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Lake Bell
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- stage actorfilm directoractorvoice actorfilm producer
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Lake Siegel Bell is an American actress, screenwriter, and director. She has appeared in various television series, including Boston Legal (2004–2006), Surface (2005–2006), How to Make It in America (2010–2011), Childrens Hospital (2008–2016), and Bless This Mess (2019–2020) and in films including Over Her Dead Body (2008), What Happens in Vegas (2008), It's Complicated (2009), No Strings Attached (2011), Million Dollar Arm (2014), No Escape (2015), Man Up (2015), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), Shot Caller (2017), Home Again (2017), and The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019).
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Tom Hopper
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- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Thomas Edward Hopper is an English actor known for his roles as Percival in Merlin (2010–12), Billy Bones in Black Sails (2014–17), Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones (2017), and Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy (2019–24).
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Anthony Daniels
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- television actorfilm actoractormime artist
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Anthony Daniels is an English actor and mime artist, best known for playing C-3PO in 11 Star Wars films, from Star Wars (1977) to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He wore the costume and voiced his character in the films and several animated television series. Initially, Daniels did not want to play a robotic character however, Ralph McQuarrie's first concept painting of C-3PO and R2-D2 on Tatooine evoked empathy from him.
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Tom Baker
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- comediantelevision actorscreenwriteruniversity teacherfilm actor
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Thomas Stewart Baker MBE is an English actor and writer. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981, making him the longest-serving actor in the role.
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Jessica Gunning
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- actorfilm actor
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Jessica Faye Gunning is an English actress. She has appeared in the TV series White Heat (2012), What Remains (2013), Back (2017–2021), and The Outlaws (2021–2024). She received widespread critical acclaim for her breakout role in the miniseries Baby Reindeer (2024) and won several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Award and a British Academy Television Award.
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Freddie Jones
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- film actortelevision actorstage actor
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Frederick Charles Jones was an English actor who had an extensive career in television, theatre and cinema productions for almost sixty years. In theatre, he was best known for originating the role of Sir in The Dresser; in film, he was best known for his collaboration with David Lynch, starting with his role as a ruthless ringmaster Bytes in The Elephant Man (1980); and in television, he was best known for playing Sandy Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2018.
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Kerry Godliman
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- actorcomedianstand-up comedian
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Kerry Anna Godliman is an English actress and comedian. She has appeared in TV roles in Derek, Bad Move, and After Life.
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Ruth Connell
- Enrolled in Rose Bruford College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in acting
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- actorfilm producer
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Ruth Connell is a Scottish actress and producer. She is also a former professional dancer and choreographer. Connell is known for her recurring role as Rowena MacLeod in the CW series Supernatural (2014–2019). She was nominated as "Best Leading Actress" in the 2013 Broadway World Los Angeles Awards for her portrayal of Mrs Darling and Captain Hook at the Blank Theatre, Los Angeles in their award-winning production of Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers.
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Sam Palladio
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- television actorsingeractorfilm actor
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Sam Christian Palladio Scott is an English actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Gunnar Scott in the ABC musical drama series Nashville (2012–18). Palladio has also had recurring roles on the comedy series Episodes (2012–15) and the science fiction series Humans (2015–2018). His feature film credits include 7 Lives (2011), Runner, Runner (2013), Strange Magic (2015), The Princess Switch (2018), The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020) and The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021).
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Macarena Gómez
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- actor
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Macarena Gómez Traseira is a Spanish actress. She became known for her many roles in fantasy and horror films. From 2007 to 2020, she played the role of Lola in the television series La que se avecina.
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Sarah Douglas
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- film actoractorstage actor
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Sarah Douglas is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Ursa in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Queen Taramis in Conan the Destroyer (1984), Pamela Lynch in Falcon Crest (1983–85), and Jindah Kol Rozz in Supergirl (2018).
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Ray Fearon
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- stage actoractor
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Raymond Fearon is a British actor. He played garage mechanic Nathan Cooper on ITV's long-running soap opera Coronation Street from 2005-2006. Other credits include Band of Gold, EastEnders (2001), As If (2002), the Harry Potter film series (2001-2002), His Dark Materials (2003), Doctors (2008), Raw (2010), Da Vinci's Demons (2014), Fantastic Beasts (film series) (2018-2022), Fleabag (2019), Red Dwarf (2020), Champion (2023), and The Feud (2025).
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Pam St. Clement
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- film actoractorautobiographer
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Pamela Ann Clements, known professionally as Pam St Clement, is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Pat Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 12 June 1986 until 1 January 2012, with guest appearances in May 2016 and December 2025, thereby becoming one of the programme's longest-serving cast members.
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Hayley Squires
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- playwrightstage actoractorfilm actor
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Hayley Squires is an English actress and playwright, best known for her work in the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake. Squires has also appeared in Call the Midwife (2012), Southcliffe (2013), Complicit (2013), Blood Cells (2014), A Royal Night Out (2015), Murder (2016), Collateral (2018), Adult Material (2020), The Essex Serpent (2022), Great Expectations (2023) and second season of The Night Manager (2026).
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Bernardine Evaristo
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- writeruniversity teacher
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Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo is an English author and Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University of London. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, making her the first black woman to win the Booker. The novel won many other awards including two British Book awards (aka "Nibbies"). In 2025, Evaristo was selected from among all previous Women's Prize for Fiction winners and nominees as the recipient of the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award, a one-off literary honour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women's Prize for Fiction. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University of London (BUL) and served for four years as President of the Royal Society of Literature, the second woman and the first black person to hold the role since it was founded in 1820.
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Rosalie Craig
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- stage actoractor
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Rosalie Mae Craig is an English actress, noted for her performances in musical theatre. In 2013, she received her first major award, a London Evening Standard Award for Best Performance in a Musical. In 2025 she took the lead in the BBC drama Riot Women.
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Janet Dibley
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- film actorscreenwriterstage actor
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Janet Dibley is a British actress from Doncaster, England. She is known for her roles as Elaine Walker in the 1980s sitcom The Two of Us, Lorna Cartwright in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, and Elaine Cassidy in the BBC soap opera Doctors.
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Cheryl Fergison
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- actor
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Cheryl El Jamouni, known professionally as Cheryl Fergison, is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Heather Trott in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role in which she starred in from 2007 until 2012.
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Francis Lee
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- screenwriterfilm directoractorfilm actor
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Francis Lee is an English filmmaker who has written and directed the films God's Own Country (2017) and Ammonite (2020).
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Michele Austin
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- actorfilm director
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Michele Austin is a British actress. She best known for her role as Yvonne Hemmingway on ITV's The Bill, for which she won the Screen Nation Award for Best Television Actress, and for her portrayal of Chantelle in Hard Truths, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Diane-Louise Jordan
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- television presenterradio personalitypresenter
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Diane Johnson, better known by her stage name Diane-Louise Jordan, is a British television presenter. She was the first black presenter of the children's television programme Blue Peter, being involved in the programme from 25 January 1990 until 26 February 1996. While on Blue Peter, her co-presenters were Yvette Fielding, John Leslie, Anthea Turner, Tim Vincent, Stuart Miles and Katy Hill.
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Stacey Oristano
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- actortelevision actorstage actor
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Stacey Oristano is an American stage, screen and television actress. She is best known for her role as Mindy Riggins on the television series Friday Night Lights and for starring on ABC Family's Bunheads as Truly Stone.
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Quilla Constance
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- television producerfilm directorlecturerartist
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Jennifer Allen, known professionally as Quilla Constance, is a British contemporary interdisciplinary artist and lecturer, born in Birmingham, 1980.
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Chris Harris
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- actortheatrical directorwriter
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Chris Harris was an English actor, director and writer. He appeared in several UK TV series including Into the Labyrinth and Hey Look That's Me. He also built a successful career in pantomime, acting as a pantomime dame, as well as being a director and writer at the Bristol Old Vic and the Theatre Royal, Bath. He lived in Portishead in North Somerset.
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Leo Butler
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- playwrightlecturerscreenwriter
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Leo Butler is a British playwright. His plays have been staged, among others, by the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Almeida Theatre. His plays have been published by Bloomsbury A & C Black. His 2001 play Redundant won the George Devine Award. Between 2005 and 2014 he was Playwriting Tutor for the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.
