British stage actresses

The list British stage actresses includes Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Sienna Miller, Rachel Weisz and Lauren Cohan. The list consists of 559 members and 8 sublists.

18th-century British actresses
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19th-century British actresses
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British Shakespearean actresses
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English stage actresses
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British musical theatre actresses
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Stage actresses from Northern Ireland
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Scottish stage actresses
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Welsh stage actresses
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1.

Emilia Clarke

British actress (born 1986)

Overview: Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke (born 23 October 1986) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which ...

Date of birth: 23 October 1986

Age: 37

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Actresses from Oxfordshire 27T

British people of Anglo-Indian descent 49T

Actresses from Berkshire 29T
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Sienna Miller

British-American actress (born 1981)

Overview: Sienna Rose Diana Miller (born 28 December 1981) is a British-American actress. Born in New York City and raised in London, she began her career as a photography model, appearing in the pages of Italian ...

Date of birth: 28 December 1981

Age: 42

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Oli Green (Dating)

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American women fashion designers 321T

Women fashion designers 548T

21st-century British women 24T
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Elizabeth Taylor

American, Actress

Overview: Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, and ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1932

Date of death: 23 March 2011

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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American women art collectors 74T

LGBT rights activists from California 34T

American recipients of the Legion of Honour 33T
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Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

Overview: Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as both a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute ...

Date of birth: 4 May 1929

Date of death: 20 January 1993

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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British anti-poverty advocates 19T

Special Tony Award recipients 132T

Hollywood Walk of Fame 371T
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Lauren Cohan

British-American actress (born 1982)

Overview: Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is a British-American actress and model best known for her role as Maggie Greene in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead (2011–2018; 2 ...

Date of birth: 7 January 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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American expatriate actresses in England 67T

21st-century American Jews 8,122T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T
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Hayley Atwell

British and American actress (born 1982)

Overview: Hayley Elizabeth Atwell (born 5 April 1982) is a British-American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Peggy Carter in various films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ...

Date of birth: 5 April 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Ned Wolfgang (Engaged)

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Actresses of Irish descent 598T

American people of Native American descent 64T

Actresses of British descent 497T
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Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

Overview: Vivien Leigh (5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967; born Vivian Mary Hartley and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947) was a British stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for ...

Date of birth: 5 November 1913

Date of death: 8 July 1967

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Women who experienced pregnancy loss 174T

Spouses of life peers 227T

Tuberculosis deaths in England 241T
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Rachel Weisz

British-American actress (born 1970)

Overview: Rachel Hannah Weisz ( VYSE; born 7 March 1970) is a British-American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, Laurence Olivier Award and a ...

Date of birth: 7 March 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Daniel Craig (Married)

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21st-century American Jews 3,199T

British child models 9T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 637T
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Naomi Watts

British, Actress

Overview: Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in three television ...

Date of birth: 28 September 1968

Age: 55

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Billy Crudup (Married)

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British expatriate actresses in Australia 6T

21st-century American women 15,704T

British video game actresses 21T
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Samantha Barks

Manx actress and singer

Overview: Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a Manx actress and singer who has performed on stage and screen as well as television. She rose to fame after coming in third in the BBC talent show-themed ...

Date of birth: 2 October 1990

Age: 33

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Alex Michael Stoll (Engaged)

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Manx musical theatre actresses 1T

Manx singers 1T

21st-century Manx actresses 2T
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MyAnna Buring

Swedish actress

Overview: MyAnna Buring (born 22 September 1979 as Anna Margaretha My Rantapää) is a Swedish-born, UK-based actress, known for her roles in The Descent, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2, Ripper ...

Date of birth: 22 September 1979

Age: 44

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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21st-century Swedish actresses 100T

Expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom 10T

Swedish television actresses 159T
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Felicity Jones

English actress

Overview: Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born 17 October 1983) is an English actress. She started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The Treasure Seekers (1996). Jones went on to play ...

Date of birth: 17 October 1983

Age: 40

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Charles Guard (Married)

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People of Tuscan descent 48T

Best Female Newcomer Empire Award winners 8T

Actresses of Italian descent 660T
13.

Jean Simmons

British actress and singer (1929–2010)

Overview: Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with ...

Date of birth: 31 January 1929

Date of death: 22 January 2010

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Deaths from lung cancer in California 364T

Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners 70T

21st-century American women 14,670T
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Sara Dylan

American model, actress (active 1959–)

Overview: Sara Dylan (born Shirley Marlin Noznisky; October 28, 1939) is an American former actress and model who was the first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. In 1959, Noznisky was wed to magazine photographer ...

Date of birth: 28 October 1939

Age: 84

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Female models from Delaware 4T

Muse 116T

Actresses from Wilmington, Delaware 16T
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Indira Varma

British actress and narrator

Overview: Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury ...

Date of birth: 27 September 1973

Age: 50

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Colin Tierney (Married)

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Actresses from Somerset 16T

Method actors 68T

British actresses of Indian descent 54T
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Billie Piper

British, Actress

Overview: Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper, 22 September 1982) is a British actress and former singer from Swindon, England. She first appeared as a performer in Scratchy & Co, aged 13. At the age of 15 ...

Date of birth: 22 September 1982

Age: 41

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Actors from Hounslow 13T

Innocent Records artists 11T

Actors from Swindon 12T
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Rosamund Pike

English actress

Overview: Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike(born 27 January 1979) is a British actress. Her accolades include Primetime Emmy Award and Academy Award nomination.

Date of birth: 27 January 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Robie Uniacke (Long-Term)

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WFTV Award winners 52T

English Shakespearean actresses 141T

British Shakespearean actresses 77T
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Julianne Moore

American actress (born 1960)

Overview: Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith; December 3, 1960) is an American actress and children's author. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally ...

Date of birth: 3 December 1960

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Bart Freundlich (Married)

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Writers from Manhattan 373T

American women television producers 783T

Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners 68T
19.

Joanna Lumley

British actress and former model (born 1946)

Overview: Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, comedian, presenter, former model, author, television producer and activist. She won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy ...

Date of birth: 1 May 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Stephen Barlow (Married)

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Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

Best Entertainment Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 32T

English women activists 113T
20.

Emma Thompson

British actress and screenwriter (born 1959)

Overview: Dame Emma Thompson DBE (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author, and comedian. She is one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses and is the recipient of numerous accolades ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Greg Wise (Married)

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Best Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners 53T

Disney voice actors 118T

British women environmentalists 22T