Find out more about the greatest 20th Century British Actresses, including Cara Delevingne, Rachel Weisz, Julianne Moore, Keira Knightley and Emma Watson.
Lily Collins18 March 1989
Actress
Kate Beckinsale26 July 1973
Actress
Emma Thompson15 April 1959
Audrey Hepburn04 May 1929
Film actress
Natalie Dormer11 February 1982
Actress
Cara Delevingne12 August 1992
Model, Actress
Keira Knightley26 March 1985
Actress
Rachel Weisz07 March 1970
Actress
Kate Winslet05 October 1975
Suranne Jones27 August 1978
Actress
Tilda Swinton05 November 1960
Actress
Naomi Watts28 September 1968
Actress
Helena Bonham Carter26 May 1966
Angela Lansbury16 October 1925
Actress
Julie Andrews01 October 1935
Actress, Singer & Author
Amanda Holden16 February 1971
Actress
Natasha Richardson11 May 1963
Actress
Helen Mirren26 July 1945
Actress
Geri Halliwell06 August 1972
Singer
Thandie Newton06 November 1972
Actress
Lauren Cohan07 January 1982
Actress
Elizabeth Hurley10 June 1965
Actress
Naomi Campbell22 May 1970
Model
Judi Dench09 December 1934
Actress
Joan Collins23 May 1933
Actress & Author
Olivia Newton-John26 September 1948
Singer, Actress
Jane Seymour15 February 1951
Vivien Leigh05 November 1913
Actress
Minnie Driver31 January 1970
Actress
Nicollette Sheridan21 November 1963
Actress
Samantha Morton13 May 1977
Actress
Helen McCrory17 August 1968
Actress
Kelly Reilly18 July 1977
Actress
Cass Elliot19 September 1941
Singer
Kim Cattrall21 August 1956
Actress
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Matthew Rhys04 November 1974
Actor
Emily Mortimer01 December 1971
Actress
Hayley Mills18 April 1946
Actress
Frances Fisher11 May 1952
Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg21 July 1971
Actress
Jane Leeves18 April 1961
Actress
Saffron Burrows22 October 1972
Actress
Joanna Lumley01 May 1946
Actress
Joely Richardson09 January 1965
Actress
Michelle Fairley17 January 1964
Actress
Jessica Brown Findlay14 September 1989
British Film & TV Actress
Jill Ireland24 April 1936
Actress
Alex Kingston11 March 1963
Actress
Kelly Brook23 November 1979
Fashion Model & Actress
Gabrielle Anwar04 February 1970
Actress
Charlotte Rampling05 February 1946
Actress
Gina McKee14 April 1964
Actor
Sandi Toksvig03 May 1958
Comedian, Writer
Lashana Lynch27 November 1987
Actress
Bianca Jagger02 May 1945
Actress
Jessica Hynes30 October 1972
Actress
Parminder Nagra05 October 1975
Actress
Shakira Caine23 February 1947
Former Model, Actress, Michael Caine’s Wife
Jean Simmons31 January 1929
Actress
Deborah Kerr30 September 1921
Actress
Marianne Faithfull29 December 1946
Singer
Gemma Jones04 December 1942
Actress
Emma Heming18 June 1978
Model, Actress
Francesca Annis14 May 1945
Actress
Brenda Blethyn20 February 1946
Actress
Jessica Tandy07 June 1909
Actress
Honor Blackman22 August 1925
Actress
Judy Loe06 March 1947
Actress
Dawn French11 October 1957
Anita Dobson29 April 1949
Actress
Rachel Ward12 September 1957
Actress
Cilla Black27 May 1943
Singer
Eileen Atkins16 June 1934
Actress
Helen Baxendale07 June 1970
Actress
Juliet Mills21 November 1941
Actress
Susannah Harker26 April 1965
Actress
Olivia Williams26 July 1968
Actress
Sophie Thompson20 January 1962
Actress
Sarita Choudhury18 August 1966
Actress
Janet McTeer05 August 1961
Actress
Jodhi May08 May 1975
Actress
Lesley-Anne Down17 March 1954
Actress
Judy Carne27 April 1939
Actress
Vanessa Angel10 November 1966
Actress
Christina Pickles17 February 1935
Actress
Victoria Tennant30 September 1950
Actress
Margaret Rutherford11 May 1892
Actress
Wanda Ventham05 August 1935
Actress
Sarah Alexander03 January 1971
Actress
Sophia Myles18 March 1980
Actress
Suzanne Farrington10 October 1933
Actress
Abigail Hopkins20 August 1968
Singer-songwriter
Shirley Eaton12 January 1937
Actress
Wendy Richard20 July 1943
Actress
Jane March20 March 1973
Actress
Samantha Bond27 November 1961
Actress