16 Notable alumni of
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Updated:
St Mary's University, Twickenham is 1733rd in the world, 598th in Europe, and 107th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from St Mary's University, Twickenham sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
-
Pete Postlethwaite
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actorcharacter actor
- Biography
-
Peter William Postlethwaite OBE was an English character actor. After various stage and minor television appearances, Postlethwaite's first major success arose through the film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), directed by Terence Davies. He had a breakthrough in Hollywood when he portrayed David in Alien 3 (1992), and his international reputation was further solidified when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerry Conlon, in In the Name of the Father (1993).
-
Chris Chibnall
- Occupations
- executive producershowrunnerwritertelevision producerprose writer
- Biography
-
Christopher Antony Chibnall is an English television writer and producer, best known as the creator and writer of the award-winning ITV mystery-crime drama Broadchurch (2013–17) and as the third showrunner of the 2005 revival of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who (2018–22). Chibnall wrote five episodes of the series under previous showrunners Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, and he was also the head writer for the first two series of the spinoff Torchwood (2006–08).
-
Lara Lewington
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
-
Danielle Lara Lewington is a British television presenter, journalist and former weather presenter. She co-presented the BBC's technology programme Click.
-
Christian Wade
- Occupations
- American football playerrugby union player
- Biography
-
Christian Wade is an English professional rugby union player, former American football player, and former rugby league footballer, who currently plays wing for Prem Rugby club Newcastle Red Bulls and the England national team.
-
Clara Amfo
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
-
Clara Amfo is a British radio broadcaster, television presenter, podcast host and voice-over artist. She is known for presenting her shows on BBC Radio 1.
-
Georgia Steel
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
-
Georgia Steel is an English television personality. In 2018, she appeared on the fourth series of the ITV2 reality series Love Island. She has since made appearances in various reality television series including Celebs on the Ranch, Celebs Go Dating, Celebrity Coach Trip, Ex on the Beach: Peak of Love, Love Island Games and Love Island: All-Stars.
-
Emile Cairess
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
-
Emile Michael John Cairess is a British long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 European Under-23 Championships and a silver for the men's race at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships. Cairess is the European record holder for the road 10 miles. He finished fourth in the marathon in the 2024 Summer Olympics, the highest position for a British runner for over 20 years.
-
Ama K. Abebrese
- Occupations
- film producertelevision presenteractorfilm actor
- Biography
-
Ama Konadu Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and producer. She was born in Ghana and raised in West London in the United Kingdom. She won the 2011 Best Actress in a Leading Role at the AMAA Awards for her stellar performance in Sinking Sands. Her film credits include Azali, the first Ghanaian nominated for an Academy Award, and the 2015 Netflix movie Beasts of No Nation (directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Idris Elba). She is listed among Africa's Top 20 Actors and Actresses by FilmContacts.com. She is the narrator and a producer on the Blitz Bazawule film The Burial of Kojo, which was acquired by Array and was released on Netflix.
-
Yasmin Benoit
- Enrolled in St Mary's University, Twickenham
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- LGBTQ rights activistwritermodel
- Biography
-
Yasmin Benoit is an English lingerie and alternative model. She is also an asexual and aromantic activist and researcher.
-
Rebecca Romero
- Occupations
- rowertrack cyclistsport cyclist
- Biography
-
Rebecca Jayne Romero, is an English sportswoman, a former world champion and Olympic Games silver medallist in rowing, and a former world and Olympic champion in track cycling.
-
Gordon Pirie
- Occupations
- orienteerlong-distance runnerathletics competitor
- Biography
-
Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie was an English long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in the 5000 m in 1956, placing fourth in 1952. Born in Leeds, Pirie grew up in Coulsdon, Surrey, and ran for the South London Harriers. He died of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) in Lymington, Hampshire.
-
Pat McQuaid
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
-
Patrick "Pat" McQuaid is an Irish former road racing cyclist who served as the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale from 2005 to 2013.
-
JP Doyle
- Occupations
- rugby union match officialrugby union player
- Biography
-
John Paul "JP" Doyle is an Irish born rugby union referee. Doyle was one of ten full-time rugby union referees employed by the English Rugby Football Union until his redundancy in August 2020. In 2021, he was a referee in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. In 2022, he was named high performance referee coach by Scottish Rugby Union.
-
Gordon Gray
- Occupations
- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
-
Gordon Joseph Gray was a Scottish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh from 1951 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969. He was the first resident Scottish cardinal since the Restoration of the Scottish hierarchy in 1878 and the first since the Reformation.
-
David Bedford
- Occupations
- long-distance runnerathletics competitor
- Biography
-
David Colin Bedford OBE is an English former long-distance runner, whose athletic career spanned the early 1970s. Post-retirement, he served as race director of the London Marathon until 2012, and is the Chairman of the IAAF Road Running Commission (since 2012), as well as sitting on the IAAF Cross Country Committee as the UK Athletics elected representative.
-
Jemma Simpson
- Occupations
- middle-distance runner
- Biography
-
Jemma Louise Simpson OLY is a British athlete who competes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She is a former British champion over 800m, winning both 2007, 2009 and 2010 British Championships. She was formerly coached by Olympic medallist Mark Rowland.
