Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art Notable Alumni

Check out the list of notable Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art (RADA) alumni. Some of the notable Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art (RADA) students are Ralph Fiennes, Roger Moore, Joan Collins, Anthony Hopkins and Alan Rickman.

The Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art, also known as ‘RADA’, is one of the handful institutions around the world, which offers courses in performance art. For those interested in cinema and plays, pursuing a course at RADA could prove to be fruitful. The students are offered several facilities, such as exclusive studios for acting, sound designing and make up. This renowned institution was started back in 1904, by yesteryear actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree and has since evolved by leaps and bounds. Five theatres and a movie hall are situated in RADA’s premises, thus providing the students enough scope to exhibit their craft. The institution has produced several precious gems who have contributed immensely towards the field of art. Legendary actors like Anthony Hopkins, Peter O’Toole, Alan Rickman and filmmaker belong to the list of RADA’s notable alumni. Sir Richard Attenborough is considered a school of filmmaking by many cinema lovers. Many aspirants watch his films not merely for entertainment but for intellectual engagement and become better at their craft as well. Attenborough was also the president of the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art and did everything possible for the betterment of the institution. Anthony Hopkins is best known for his role in the thriller ‘Silence Of The Lambs’. He has also acted in several other critically and commercially acclaimed flicks. Listed below are the names of several noteworthy icons of performance art who once studied at Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art. These individuals have earned several accolades for their outstanding achievements in the field of art.

Allison Janney
(Actress)

19 November 1959

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

American

Scorpio

Anthony Hopkins

31 December 1937

Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales

British,American,Welsh

Capricorn

Michael Sheen
(Actor)

05 February 1969

Newport

British

Aquarius

Alan Rickman

21 February 1946

14 January 2016

Hammersmith

British

Pisces

Ralph Fiennes
(Actor, Director, Producer)

22 December 1962

Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

British

Sagittarius

Roger Moore
(Actor)

14 October 1927

23 May 2017

Stockwell, London, England

British

Libra

Mark Rylance
(Actor)

18 January 1960

Ashford, United Kingdom

British

Capricorn

Vivien Leigh
(Actress)

05 November 1913

08 July 1967

Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India

British

Scorpio

John Hurt
(Actor)

22 January 1940

27 January 2017

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

British

Aquarius

Richard Attenborough
(Actor, Director, Producer)

29 August 1923

24 August 2014

Cambridge, England

British

Virgo

Joan Collins
(Actress & Author)

23 May 1933

Paddington

British

Gemini

Peter O'Toole
(Actor)

02 August 1932

14 December 2013

Connemara

Irish,British

Leo

Clive Owen

03 October 1964

Keresley

British

Libra

Albert Finney
(Film & Stage Actor)

09 May 1936

Charlestown, Pendleton, England

British

Taurus

Alan Bates
(Actor)

17 February 1934

27 December 2003

Allestree

British

Aquarius

Charles Laughton
(Actor)

01 July 1899

15 December 1962

Scarborough, North Yorkshire

American

Cancer

Harold Pinter
(Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)

10 October 1930

24 December 2008

Metropolitan Borough of Hackney

British

Libra

Diane Cilento
(Actress)

05 October 1933

06 October 2011

Mooloolaba

Australian

Libra

Laurence Harvey
(Actor)

01 October 1928

25 November 1973

Joniškis

Lithuanian

Libra

Trevor Howard
(Actor)

29 September 1913

07 January 1988

Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK

British

Libra

Celia Johnson
(Actress)

18 December 1908

26 April 1982

Richmond, Surrey, England

American

Sagittarius

Ben Whishaw
(Stage actor, Television actor, Film actor, Voice actor)

14 October 1980

Clifton

British

Libra

Andrew Lincoln
(Voice actor, Stage actor, Film actor)

14 September 1973

London

British

Virgo

Diana Churchill
(Yachtmaster)

11 July 1909

20 October 1963

London

British

Cancer

Talitha Getty
(Actor, Model)

18 October 1940

14 July 1971

Java

Libra

Brian Epstein
(Businessperson, Impresario, Talent agent, Talent manager)

19 September 1934

27 August 1967

Liverpool

British

Virgo

Mike Leigh
(Film director, Actor, Playwright, Theatre director, Screenwriter, Writer)

20 February 1943

Brocket Hall

British

Pisces

Tony Robinson
(Television producer, Television actor, Film actor, Comedian, Actor, Novelist, Children's writer)

15 August 1946

Homerton

British

Leo

Joanna Page
(Actor)

23 March 1978

Treboeth

British

Aries

Anthony Quayle
(Stage actor, Film actor, Writer)

07 September 1913

20 October 1989

Sefton

British

Virgo

Lois Maxwell
(Actor, Writer)

14 February 1927

29 September 2007

Kitchener

Canadian

Aquarius

Madhur Jaffrey
(Actor, Television actor, Film actor, Writer, Film director)

13 August 1933

Delhi

Indian,American

Leo

Leigh Lawson
(Actor)

21 July 1945

Atherstone

British

Cancer

Hugh Griffith
(Actor, Stage actor)

30 May 1912

14 May 1980

Anglesey

British

Gemini

Joe Orton
(Playwright, Screenwriter, Writer)

01 January 1933

09 August 1967

Leicester

British

Capricorn

Paul Rhys
(Actor)

19 December 1963

Neath

British

Sagittarius

Lisa Harrow
(Actor)

25 August 1943

Auckland

New Zealander

Virgo

Imee Marcos
(Politician)

12 November 1955

Mandaluyong

Filipino

Scorpio

Michael Sheard
(Actor)

18 June 1938

31 August 2005

Aberdeen

British

Gemini

Peter Yates
(Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter)

24 July 1929

09 January 2011

Aldershot

British

Leo

Joan Littlewood
(Actor)

06 October 1914

20 September 2002

London

British

Libra

Jimmy Perry
(Screenwriter)

09 September 1923

23 October 2016

Barnes

British

Virgo

Zia Mohyeddin
(Actor)

20 June 1933

Faisalabad

Pakistani

Gemini

Ronald Harwood
(Writer, Screenwriter, Film producer, Playwright, Stage actor)

09 November 1934

Cape Town

South African

Scorpio

Mark Strickson
(Film actor, Stage actor)

06 April 1959

Stratford-upon-Avon

British

Aries

Freddie Stevenson
(Singer)

09 March 1980

Hereford

British

Pisces

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
(Spokesperson, Fashion designer, Model)

24 January 1986

London

British,American

Aquarius

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