73 Notable alumni of
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is 488th in the world, 177th in Europe, and 40th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 73 notable alumni from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Gerard Butler
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- stage actorfilm produceractortelevision actorlawyer
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Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film Dracula 2000. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) before starring in the science fiction film Timeline (2003). He played Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 musical The Phantom of the Opera.
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James McAvoy
- Enrolled in Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Studied in 2000
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision presenteractortelevision actorfilm actor
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James McAvoy is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play (2003), the science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003), and the drama series Shameless (2004–2005).
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Colin Firth
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- screenwriterwriterfilm producerfilm actorstage actor
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Colin Andrew Firth is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
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Richard Madden
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Richard Madden is a Scottish actor. He was cast in his first role at age 11 and made his screen acting debut in 2000. He later began performing on stage whilst a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2007, he toured with Shakespeare's Globe company as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, a role he reprised in the West End in 2016. Madden rose to fame with his portrayal of Robb Stark in the fantasy drama series Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2013.
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Alison Brie
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorstage actortelevision director
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Alison Brie Schermerhorn is an American actress, writer, and producer. She earned recognition for playing Trudy Campbell in the drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), and had her breakthrough starring as Annie Edison in the sitcom Community (2009–2015). She then voiced Diane Nguyen in the animated comedy series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020) and potrayed Ruth Wilder in the comedy drama series GLOW (2017–2019), receiving nominations at the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for the latter.
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David Tennant
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- film actorstage actorcharacter actortelevision actorpodcaster
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David John Tennant is a Scottish actor. He is best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the Sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2013). In 2022, he returned to the show as the fourteenth incarnation. His other notable screen roles include DI Alec Hardy in the British crime drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017) and its American remake Gracepoint, Kilgrave in the superhero series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Crowley in the fantasy series Good Omens (2019–present) and various fictionalised versions of himself in the comedy series Staged (2020–2022).
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Tom Ellis junior
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- actortelevision actor
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Thomas John Ellis is a Welsh actor. He first became known for playing Gary Preston in the BBC One sitcom Miranda (2009–2015) before achieving wider recognition for his role as Lucifer Morningstar in the Fox urban fantasy series Lucifer (2016–2021), a role he reprised in the Arrowverse franchise's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover (2019).
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Sam Heughan
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Sam Roland Heughan is a Scottish actor, producer, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his starring role as Jamie Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander (2014–present) for which he has won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor and the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television, and received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
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Alan Cumming
- Occupations
- composerscreenwritertelevision actoractorstage actor
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Alan Cumming FRSE is a Scottish actor, writer and presenter. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and an Olivier Award. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1991). His other Olivier-nominated roles were in The Conquest of the South Pole (1988), La Bête (1992), and Cabaret (1994). Cumming won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for reprising his role as the Emcee on Broadway in Cabaret (1998). His other performances on Broadway include Design for Living (2001), and Macbeth (2013).
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Robert Carlyle
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- actorfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
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Robert Carlyle OBE is a Scottish actor. His film work includes Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000), the beach 2000The 51st State (2001), Eragon (2006), 28 Weeks Later (2007) and The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015). He has been in the television shows Hamish Macbeth, Stargate Universe, Once Upon a Time and COBRA.
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Ncuti Gatwa
- Enrolled in Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- In 2013 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- stage actoractortelevision actor
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Mizero Ncuti Gatwa is a Rwandan and Scottish actor. Beginning his career on stage at the Dundee Repertory Theatre, he was a nominee for an Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Mercutio in a 2014 production of Romeo & Juliet at HOME. Gatwa's screen breakthrough came portraying Eric Effiong in the Netflix drama television series Sex Education (2019–2023). He had supporting roles in the film Barbie (2023) and the television series Masters of the Air (2024), and rose to further prominence as the fifteenth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who since 2023.
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Ian McDiarmid
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- film actortheatrical directorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
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Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and has since starred in a number of Shakespeare's plays. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor for Insignificance (1982) and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Faith Healer (2006).
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John Hannah
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- film produceractorfilm actorstage actortelevision actor
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John Hannah is a Scottish actor and voice over artist. He came to prominence in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Matthew. His other film appearances include Sliding Doors (1998), The Hurricane (1999), and The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). His television roles include: Dr Iain McCallum in McCallum (1995–1998); D.I. John Rebus in Rebus (2000–2001); Jack Roper in New Street Law (2006–2007); Jake Osbourne in Cold Blood (2007–2008), Quintus Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (2010–2011), Jack Cloth in A Touch of Cloth (2012–2014), Jason's father (Aeson) in the BBC series Atlantis (2013–2015), Dr Holden Radcliffe in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–2017), Colin in Overboard (2018), and Archie Wilson in the BBC series Trust Me.
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Greg Wise
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- film produceractorfilm actorstage actortelevision actor
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Matthew Gregory Wise is an English actor and producer. He has appeared in several British television programmes and feature films. He played the role of John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility, which also starred Emma Thompson, whom he later married.
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Colin Morgan
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Colin Morgan is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series Merlin (2008–2012), Leo Elster in Humans (2015–2018), and Billy Clanton in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast (2021).
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Jack Lowden
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- executive producertelevision actorstage actoractor
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Jack Andrew Lowden is a Scottish actor. Following a four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace, which led to starring roles in feature films.
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Laura Fraser
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- stage actorfilm actoractor
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Laura Fraser is a Scottish actress. She has played Door in the urban fantasy series Neverwhere (1996), Kate in the film A Knight's Tale (2001), Cat MacKenzie in the BBC Three drama series Lip Service (2010–2012) and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2012–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2017–2020).
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Sheena Easton
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- film actorsingersongwritertelevision actorvoice actor
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Sheena Shirley Easton is a Scottish singer and actress who achieved recognition in an episode of the reality television series The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record deal and her eventual signing with the EMI label. Her first two singles, "Modern Girl" and "9 to 5", both entered the top ten of the UK singles chart simultaneously. She became one of the most successful British female recording artists of the 1980s.
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Henry Ian Cusick
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- actorfilm actorstage actortelevision directortelevision actor
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Henry Ian Cusick is a Peruvian-Scottish actor of television, film, and theatre and a television director.
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Katie Leung
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- stage actorfilm actoractor
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Katie Leung is a Scottish actress. She first gained fame for playing Cho Chang, Harry Potter's first love interest in the Harry Potter film series, and subsequently for her roles as Caitlyn Kiramman in the Netflix animated series Arcane and Ash in the Amazon Prime Video sci-fi series The Peripheral. Among British television audiences, Leung is known for her lead roles in the miniseries dramas One Child and Strangers and her supporting role in the police dramedy Annika.
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Michelle Gomez
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- stage actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress. She gained recognition for her roles in the comedy series The Book Group (2002–2003), Green Wing (2004–2007), and Bad Education (2012–2013). She went on to appear as Missy in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who (2014–2017), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Jack Bruce
- Occupations
- composerguitaristdiaristjazz musicianpianist
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John Symon Asher Bruce was a Scottish musician. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and bassist of rock band Cream. After the group disbanded in 1968, he pursued a solo career and also played with several bands.
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Betsy Brandt
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Betsy Brandt is an American actress. She is known for playing Marie Schrader on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and Heather Hughes on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces (2015–2019).
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Phyllis Logan
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- actorfilm actor
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Phyllis Logan is a Scottish actress, widely known for her roles as Lady Jane Felsham in Lovejoy (1986–1993) and Mrs Hughes in Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the 1983 film Another Time, Another Place and was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the same film. Her other film appearances include Secrets & Lies (1996), Shooting Fish (1997), Downton Abbey (2019) and Misbehaviour (2020).
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Denis Lawson
- Occupations
- film directorfilm actortelevision actor
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Denis Stamper Lawson is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy (1977–1983) and as John Jarndyce in the television miniseries Bleak House (2005), the latter of which earned him BAFTA Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also appeared in the television series The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984–1986), Holby City (2002–2004, 2019), and New Tricks (2012–2015), and reprised the role of Antilles in the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
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Tony Curran
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Tony Curran is a Scottish actor who has appeared in Underworld: Evolution, Doctor Who, Roots, and the Netflix historical epic Outlaw King. He appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: The Dark World as Bor and the second season of Daredevil (2016) as Finn Cooley. In late 2022, Curran starred in the BBC drama Mayflies.
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Tom Conti
- Occupations
- film actortheatrical directorwriterstage actor
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Tommaso Antonio Conti is a Scottish actor. Conti has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Kate Dickie
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- stage actorfilm actor
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Kate Dickie is a Scottish actress who has appeared in television series, stage plays and films. She is known for her television roles as Lex in the BBC series Tinsel Town (2000–2001) and Lysa Arryn in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011, 2014).
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Alison Balsom
- Occupations
- trumpeter
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Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, OBE is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and three German Echo Awards, and was a soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009. She was the artistic director of the 2019 Cheltenham Music Festival.
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Bill Paterson
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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William Tulloch Paterson is a Scottish actor with a career in theatre, film, television and radio. Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries.
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Laura Donnelly
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- actorfilm actor
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Laura Donnelly is a Northern Irish actress. She is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. On television, she is known for her roles in the Starz series Outlander (2014–2017), the ITV series Beowulf (2016), and the HBO series The Nevers (2021–2023).
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Ian Richardson
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- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Ian William Richardson was a Scottish actor. He was best known for his portrayal of machiavellian Conservative politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards (1990–1995) television trilogy, as well as the pivotal spy Bill Haydon in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). His other notable screen work included a portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in two films (The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles), as well as significant roles in Brazil, M. Butterfly, and Dark City.
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Billy Boyd
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- actorfilm actorstage actorstand-up comediantelevision actor
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William Nathan Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician. He played Peregrin "Pippin" Took in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003), Barret Bonden in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Glen and Glenda (later G.G. Valentine) in the Child's Play film Seed of Chucky (2004) and second season of the television series Chucky (2022).
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David Hayman
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- film actortelevision directorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
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David Hayman is a Scottish film, television and stage actor and director from Glasgow. His acting credits include Sid and Nancy (1986), Hope and Glory (1987), Rob Roy (1995), The Jackal (1997), Trial & Retribution (1997–2009), Legionnaire (1998), Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000), Vertical Limit (2000), The Tailor of Panama (2001), Flood (2007), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), The Paradise (2012), Taboo (2017), Our Ladies (2019), The Nest (2020), Bull (2021), and Andor (2022).
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Ruby Wax
- Occupations
- television writerscreenwriterlecturercomedianstage actor
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Ruby Wax is a British-American actress, comedian, writer, television presenter, and mental health campaigner. A classically-trained actress, Wax co-starred on the ITV sitcom Girls on Top (1985–1986), and came to prominence as a comic interviewer, playing up to British perceptions of the strident American style on television shows including The Full Wax (1991–1994), Ruby Wax Meets... (1994–1998), Ruby (1997–2000), and The Ruby Wax Show (2002). She was a script editor for the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), also appearing in two episodes.
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Emun Elliott
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Emun Elliott is a Scottish actor, known for portraying Dr. Christian King in Paradox, Richie in Threesome, John Moray in The Paradise, Kenny in Guilt, and Tony Brightwell in The Gold.
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Patrick Doyle
- Occupations
- composerfilm actorfilm score composer
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Patrick Doyle is a Scottish composer and occasional actor best known for his film scores. During his 50-year career in film, television and theatre, he has composed the scores for over 60 feature films. A longtime collaborator of actor-director Kenneth Branagh, Doyle is known for his work on films such as Henry V, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Carlito's Way, Quest for Camelot, and Gosford Park, as well as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor, Brave, Cinderella, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile.
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Christine Bottomley
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
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Christine Bottomley is an English actress. Her television roles include playing Kirsty in EastEnders (2001), Melanie in Early Doors (2003–2004), Susie Ward in Heartbeat (2003), and Zoey Wyatt in Shameless (2006). Other credits include Massive (2008), Hope Springs (2009), Land Girls (2009), and Hush (2008).
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Neve McIntosh
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Neve McIntosh is a Scottish actress.
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Greg McHugh
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- screenwriteractortelevision actor
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Greg McHugh is a Scottish actor and writer. He is the creator, writer and star of the BBC1 comedy series Gary: Tank Commander. He also played Howard in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat.
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Jayne Wisener
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- film actorstage actorsingeractor
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Jayne Wisener is an actress and singer from Northern Ireland. She played Johanna in the British-American film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. She also appeared in an episode of The Inbetweeners, as Lauren Harris.
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Julie Wilson Nimmo
- Occupations
- actor
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Julie Wilson Nimmo is a Scottish actress. She is known for portraying the roles of Miss Hoolie in the BBC Children's series Balamory, Mrs Sawdust in CBeebies show Olga Da Polga and DC Megan Squire in the BBC Scottish comedy series Scot Squad.
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Shernaz Patel
- Born in
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India - Occupations
- actor
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Shernaz Patel is an Indian film and theatre actress, who works in Hindi and English films, most known for her roles in films like Black and Guzaarish (2010) and English language theatre in Mumbai. She made her theatre debut with The Diary Of Anne Frank in 1984. Since then, she has acted in several noted productions in Mumbai-based English theatre, and formed RAGE theatre group in Mumbai, with Rahul da Cunha and Rajit Kapur in 1993. She has also given voice to the character of Yashoda in the TV series Little Krishna.
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Lynn Ferguson
- Occupations
- actortelevision presenterfilm directorwritercomedian
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Lynn Ferguson Tweddle is a Scottish writer, comedian, actress, and story coach. The younger sister of comedian Craig Ferguson, she is known for voicing the character of Mac in the animated film Chicken Run (2000), and its sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023).
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Elaine Constance Smith
- Occupations
- stand-up comedianactorcomedian
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Elaine Constance Smith is a Scottish actress and comedian. She is known for her roles in the BBC Scotland sitcoms City Lights (1984–1991), Rab C. Nesbitt (1988–2014), and Two Doors Down (2013–2023), winning a BAFTA Scotland award for the latter.
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Tunji Kasim
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Adetunji "Tunji" Kasim is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Bailey in Nearly Famous, Hugo Scott, an art teacher in Shetland, and Ned Nickerson in The CW's Nancy Drew.
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Crystal Clarke
- Occupations
- stage actoractor
- Biography
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Crystal Clarke is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Tina Argyll in the BBC and Amazon Prime miniseries Ordeal by Innocence (2018) and Georgiana Lambe in the ITV and PBS adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Sanditon (2019–).
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Colin McCredie
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Colin McCredie is a Scottish actor, best known for his role as DC Stuart Fraser in the STV drama Taggart, Nick Morrison in the BBC Scotland Soap Opera River City and in the films Shallow Grave, Night is Day and The Missing Postman.
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Aneirin Hughes
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision actor
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Aneirin Hughes is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon (1997), a Welsh language film.
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Maureen Beattie
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Maureen Jane Beattie OBE is an Irish-born, Scottish actress of both stage and screen.
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Sega Bodega
- Occupations
- singerDJ producer
- Biography
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Salvador Navarrete, better known by his stage name Sega Bodega, is an Irish-Chilean music producer, singer, songwriter, DJ, and co-head/founder of the record label and collective Nuxxe. Sega Bodega is known for his futuristic, bass-heavy and leftfield take on electronic and club music, fusing various elements of UK bass and hip-hop music, deconstructed club, and trip hop music into his songs. He rose to prominence producing tracks for London-based rapper, co-founder of the Nuxxe label, and close collaborator Shygirl, gaining attention from the likes of Rihanna, using various Nuxxe tracks for her Fenty Beauty commercials and fashion shows. Sega Bodega released various EPs before releasing his debut album, Salvador, in 2020, and his second album, Romeo, in 2021.
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Ian Parker
- Occupations
- keyboardist
- Biography
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Ian Parker is a Scottish keyboardist, vocalist, composer, DJ and producer.
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Michelle Thomson
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Michelle Rhonda Thomson is a Scottish businesswoman and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Falkirk East since May 2021.
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Paul Leonard-Morgan
- Occupations
- composerDJ producer
- Biography
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Paul Leonard-Morgan is a Scottish composer particularly known for his work in scoring for television and film. He won a Scottish BAFTA for the film Reflections upon the Origin of the Pineapple (2000), which was his first film score.
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Anne McLaughlin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anne McLaughlin is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East from 2019 to 2024, and previously from 2015 to 2017. She has been SNP Spokesperson for International Development since 2023.
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C Duncan
- Occupations
- composersinger
- Biography
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Christopher Duncan is a Scottish composer and musician. His compositions have been featured on various television programmes, including Waterloo Road, and have been performed by Icebreaker and the Sirens of Titan choir. His first solo single, "For", was released in December 2014. He is currently signed to Bella Union.
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Ivan Heng
- Occupations
- actortheatrical director
- Biography
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Ivan Heng is a Singaporean actor and theatre director of Peranakan descent. He is the founding artistic director of W!LD RICE, a theatre company in Singapore, and an outspoken advocate for respect for diversity and freedom of expression.
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Jenna Reid
- Occupations
- fiddler
- Biography
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Jenna Reid is a Scottish fiddle player who has been described as "...the finest fiddler in Scotland of her generation." She was born and brought up in the village of Quarff, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland and found a fiddle in her grandmother's attic when she was nine years old and started to play it. She was taught by Tom Anderson and Willie Hunter and also studied the classical piano. She graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Scottish traditional music where she also sang and played the piano accordion and the piano.
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Scott Garnham
- Occupations
- stage actor
- Biography
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Scott Garnham is an English actor. Notable credits include Billy Elliot The Musical, Les Misérables, Made in Dagenham directed by Rupert Goold, and Pompidou by Matt Lucas for the BBC.
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Emily Smith
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Emily Smith is a Scottish folk singer from Dumfries and Galloway. She went to school at Wallace Hall and has a degree in Scottish music from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
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Mary Ann Kennedy
- Occupations
- composeractor
- Biography
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Mary Ann Kennedy, (born 28 December 1967) is a Scottish musician, singer, choral director, composer, radio and television presenter, and music producer.
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Kenny Boyle
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 41)
- Biography
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Coinneach Iain "Kenny" Boyle is a Scottish actor, playwright and novelist.
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Catriona Morison
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Catriona Morison is a Scottish mezzo-soprano.
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Findlay Napier
- Occupations
- songwriter
- Biography
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Findlay Napier is a Scottish singer songwriter and teaching artist. He was a member of Scottish folk group Back of the Moon and runs music writing courses.
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Darren Newton
- Occupations
- film directoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Darren Newton is an English actor, writer and director.
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Robin Adams
- Occupations
- musicianopera singerperforming artist
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Robin Adams is an English lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared in several major opera houses and concert halls.
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Gareth Williams
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Gareth Patrick Williams is an Irish composer based at Edinburgh College of Art. He was the first composer in residence for Scottish Opera from 2012 to 2015. His work spans from opera and music theatre to chamber music.
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Abigail Kelly
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Abigail Kelly is an English soprano opera and concert singer.
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Ani Batikian
- Occupations
- violinist
- Biography
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Ani Batikian is an Armenian violinist currently living in England.
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Billy Raymond
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Billy Raymond was a Scottish-Australian entertainer.
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Michael Ferns
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Michael Ferns is a Scottish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film Kirk about the life of Reverend Robert Kirk of Aberfoyle. The film won the 'Best Independent Feature' at the Festival of Fantastic Films and also earned Ferns the 'Best Director' award at the 2010 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards.
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Geoffrey Paterson
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Geoffrey Paterson is a British conductor.
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William Rogue
- Occupations
- songwritertelevision actorguitaristactor
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Stewart William Allan, more familiar by his stage name, William Rogue, is a Scottish musician and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter, and lead guitarist of rock band The Blimp from 1998 until their breakup in 2007.
