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Is a British three-day eventing rider. With her horse Spring Along, she won the bronze medal for Gre

Is a British three-day eventing rider. With her horse Spring Along, she won the bronze medal for Great Britain in the team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

An English actress. Her debut was in the recently-released film The Golden Compass, as the lead char

An English actress. Her debut was in the recently-released film The Golden Compass, as the lead character Lyra Belacqua.[1][2] She has also been cast as the lead in another movie, The Secret of Moonacre, which is expected to be released in 2009.[3].In June 2006, it was announced that Richards had been cast in the lead role of Lyra Belacqua in The Golden Compass.[1][2]When she was nine years old, Richards had had the His Dark Materials books read to her by her mother. She immediately loved Lyra, feeling that she could "relate to her".[4] After she saw the stage adaption at the National Theatre, she says she "just wanted to be Lyra".[7] Richards found out about the auditions for the film from a family friend, who saw an item on CBBC's Newsround

Was the first English dancer to be titled a Prima Ballerina Assoluta.Markova was born Lilian Alicia

Was the first English dancer to be titled a Prima Ballerina Assoluta.Markova was born Lilian Alicia Marks to well-off parents in the Finsbury Park district of London. Her father, Alfred, was Jewish, and her mother, Eileen, was a convert to Judaism. At the age of eight, Marks was given ballet lessons to correct supposed problems with her legs and feet. She was soon spotted by Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who wanted her to dance in his Ballets Russes. Marks joined Diaghilev in Monte Carlo at the age of 14, and toured all over Europe. It was Diaghilev who "Russified" her name to Alicia Markova.

Was an English author. Cookson became Britain's most widely read novelist, while remaining a relativ

Was an English author. Cookson became Britain's most widely read novelist, while remaining a relatively low-profile figure in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in North East England, the setting for her novels.

Was a German-born Austrian/British opera singer and recitalist. She was one of the leading sopranos

Was a German-born Austrian/British opera singer and recitalist. She was one of the leading sopranos of the post-World War II period, much admired for her performances of Mozart, Strauss and Hugo Wolf.

Was an English composer and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

Was an English composer and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

Was an Oscar-nominated English actress, renowned as one of the great character players and one of Br

Was an Oscar-nominated English actress, renowned as one of the great character players and one of Britain's theatrical grandes dames.She was born in South Shields, of Scottish descent. Many of her forebears were engineers, mostly in shipping. Her father, who was a major influence in her life was a ship's engineer, prior to retiring and moving from South Shields to Welwyn Garden City. She was one of a large family, with two brothers, John and David, and sisters Eliza (Lila), Margaret (Darge), Helen (Nellie) and Shela. Flora, Lila and Darge remained unmarried.

Is an English stage, film and television actress. She has won an Oscar, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs

Is an English stage, film and television actress. She has won an Oscar, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career.

An English stage, film and television actress. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four B

An English stage, film and television actress. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career.Mirren was born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov[1] in a corridor of the maternity wing of Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith in West London.[2] Her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov (1913-1980), was of Russian origin, and her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (née Rogers; 1909-1980), was English.[3] Mirren's paternal grandfather, Pyotr Vassilievich Mironov, a Russian nobleman, tsarist colonel and diplomat,

Is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-know

Is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-known for her 45-year study of chimpanzee social and family interactions in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, and for founding the Jane Goodall Institute.

Is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-know

Is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-known for her 45-year study of chimpanzee social and family interactions in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, and for founding the Jane Goodall Institute.

Is an astrophysicist who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars with her the

Is an astrophysicist who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars with her thesis advisor Antony Hewish, for which he won a Nobel Prize.

Is a British human geneticist.Her research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenn

Is a British human geneticist.Her research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In the 1980s, she developed a test which allowed for the screening of foetuses whose mothers have a high risk of carrying DMD.

Was an Academy Award-winning English character actress, who first came to prominence following World

Was an Academy Award-winning English character actress, who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

The British prima ballerina assoluta, was considered by many to be the greatest English ballerina of

The British prima ballerina assoluta, was considered by many to be the greatest English ballerina of her time.In the 1940s, she and Robert Helpmann formed a very successful dance partnership, and they toured together for several years. In the 1950s, she danced with Michael Somes. But her greatest partnership emerged at a time when many (including the head of the Royal Ballet, Ninette de Valois) thought she was about to retire. In 1961, Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West, and on February 21, 1962, he and Fonteyn first appeared on stage together, in a performance of Giselle. It was a great success; during the curtain calls Nureyev dropped to his knees and kissed Fonteyn's hand, cementing an on-and-offstage partnership which lasted until her 1979 retirement. Fonteyn and Nureyev became known for inspiring repeated frenzied curtain calls and bouquet tosses.

Was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress.Peggy Ashcroft attended the Woodford School,

Was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress.Peggy Ashcroft attended the Woodford School, Croydon and the Central School of Speech and Drama. A prolific stage actress from a young age, she first gained notoriety playing Naemi in Jew Suss in 1929, and Desdemona opposite Paul Robeson's Othello two years later. True stardom came in 1934 when she played Juliet in a legendary production of Romeo and Juliet, at the New Theatre, in which Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud alternated in the roles of Romeo and Mercutio. She stayed at the top of the British theatrical profession for the remainder of her career, with some of the highlights The Three Sisters (1937), The Heiress (1949), Antony and Cleopatra (1953), As You Like It and Cymbeline (as Imogen) (1957), The Taming of the Shrew (1960), and The War of the Roses, the Royal Shakespeare Company's massive landmark compendium of the three Henry VI plays and Richard III, directed by Peter Hall for the RSC in 1963.

Was a distinguished English film and stage actress. The Academy Award-winning actress enjoyed a vari

Was a distinguished English film and stage actress. The Academy Award-winning actress enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly sixty years. Despite many notable film performances, she chose to remain primarily a stage actress.

A Japanese Brazilian father and a Brazilian mother of Italian, German and Amerindian descent. Suzuki

A Japanese Brazilian father and a Brazilian mother of Italian, German and Amerindian descent. Suzuki acted in Malhação and in other soap operas and also works as a host in Tribos show, in Brazilian Multishow channel.

An English actress best known for her role as Tracy Beaker in the British television series The Stor

An English actress best known for her role as Tracy Beaker in the British television series The Story of Tracy Beaker.She reprised the role of Mandy in 5 mini episodes of the television show in aid of Children in Need 2004 and in a stage play performed at Buckingham Palace at the 2006 Children's Party at the Palace that featured characters from several British children's books to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday.Apart from Tracy Beaker, she played Beep Beep in the British television series The Beeps and Molly Venables in the sitcom After You've Gone. Dani has also occasionally presented CBBC continuity on the CBBC Channel.

Is a British television presenter and actress who works on British television.

Is a British television presenter and actress who works on British television.

Was a British actress in motion pictures of the 1950s.

Was a British actress in motion pictures of the 1950s.

Rench was born and raised in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, and educated at the independent St Dunstan's

Rench was born and raised in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, and educated at the independent St Dunstan's Abbey (now Plymouth College) boarding school on Craigie Drive in Plymouth, Devon, England. Her father, Denys, was a member of the Royal Air Force being st

Athlete who was the first North American woman to clear 6 feet, at age 16. Her unique reverse jumpin

Athlete who was the first North American woman to clear 6 feet, at age 16. Her unique reverse jumping style was called the "Brill Bend". She is an eleven-time national champion of Canada.

King made her debut appearance in film at the age of 4 in Pink FloydÆs movie The Wall. After gradua

King made her debut appearance in film at the age of 4 in Pink FloydÆs movie The Wall. After graduating high school and receiving a Bachelor's Degree in History, in 2003 she began TV presenting as a young reporter, and worked as a researcher and Assistant Producer for Granada TVÆs This Morning, Planet 24Æs The Big Breakfast, Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel and BBC1Æs "A Family of My Own". As a young reporter, King was sent to interview leading politicians such as Ken Livingstone and Glenda Jackson.

Is a British actress best known for her role as Victoria Waterfield, a companion of the Second Docto

Is a British actress best known for her role as Victoria Waterfield, a companion of the Second Doctor in the BBC television series Doctor Who.Beginning as a child actress,notably as the niece of Peter Brady in the 1958 series The Invisible Man,