Dr Who Companions for the Wilderness Years 1996-2005

1. Louise Lombard

Louise Lombard lived and breathed the arts from an early age, and projected extreme versatility in many arenas. A trained dancer and actress from childhood, Lombard displayed a remarkable predilection for emotionally and psychologically challenging characters. After appearing in the BBC series ...

2. Sarah Alexander

Actress | Stardust

Sarah Alexander was born on January 3, 1971 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Stardust (2007), Green Wing (2004) and Coupling (2000). She is married to Peter Serafinowicz. They have two children.

3. Rose Keegan

Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1

Keegan studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre includes: Susan in Abigails Party directed by Sarah Esdaile , ATG Tour, Alan Ayckbourn's The Revengers Comedies. A Message for the Broken Hearted by Gregory Motton, directed by Ramin Gray at The Liverpool Playhouse, Cunigonde in ...

4. Belinda Stewart-Wilson

Actress | The Inbetweeners Movie

Belinda Stewart-Wilson is an English actress, born in London, England, U.K. She is best known for her role in the popular TV sitcom The Inbetweeners as Polly McKenzie. Her father is a British Army officer Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson.During childhood she grew up on various military postings in the UK, ...

5. Claire Forlani

Actress | Meet Joe Black

Claire Forlani was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in London. Educated at Arts Educational School, she moved to the United States with her parents Pier Luigi and Barbara Forlani when she was 19 and began starring in films.

Claire has had leading roles in such films as Meet Joe Black (1998), ...

6. Charlotte Hudson

Actress | Silent Witness

Charlotte Hudson was born on January 4, 1972 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Silent Witness (1996), My Hero (2000) and Bruiser (2000).

7. Catherine McCormack

Actress | Braveheart

Catherine McCormack was born on April 3, 1972 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Braveheart (1995), Spy Game (2001) and A Sound of Thunder (2005).

8. Archie Panjabi

Actress | San Andreas

Archie is an Emmy Award winning British actress best known for her role as Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife, for which she was nominated for an Emmy three times in a row and went on to to be honored with a Golden Globe Nomination. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed East Is East ...

9. Yasmin Bannerman

Actress | Killing Me Softly

Yasmin Bannerman was born in 1972 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Killing Me Softly (2002), Life on Mars (2006) and Doctor Who (2005).

10. Indira Varma

Actress | Bride & Prejudice

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 Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones (as Ellaria Sand). In September 2016, she ...

11. Emma Cunniffe

Actress | Poirot

Emma Cunniffe was born on July 3, 1973 in Chester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Poirot (1989), Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) and Southcliffe (2013). She has been married to Rufus Jones since 2008.

12. Lena Headey

Actress | 300

Lena Headey is a Bermudian-British actress. Headey is best known for her role as "Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-2019) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), Possession (2002), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Headey stars as "Queen Gorgo", a heroic Spartan woman in the period film, 300...

13. Eva Birthistle

Actress | Imagine Me & You

Eva Birthistle was born in April 1974 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. She is an actress and director, known for Imagine Me & You (2005), Brooklyn (2015) and A Fond Kiss (2004). She is married to Ross John Barr. They have two children. She was previously married to Raife Patrick Burchell.

14. Victoria Smurfit

Actress | Bulletproof Monk

Victoria Smurfit is an Irish actress. She is known for playing Orla O'Connell in the BBC television series Ballykissangel, Detective Chief Inspector Roisin Connor in the ITV police procedural Trial & Retribution and Cruella DE Vil in Once Upon A Time for which she was nominated as Best Supporting ...

15. Georgina Cates

Actress | An Awfully Big Adventure

Georgina Cates was born on January 14, 1975 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) and Everlasting (2016).

16. Lucy Montgomery

Actress | Dodger

While at Cambridge University, Montgomery was a member of Footlights, an amateur theatrical club. Subsequently, she studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She built her career as one-third of Comedy Theatre Company Population 3, with James Bachman and Barunka O'Shaughnessy, and she ...

17. Catherine Shepherd

Actress | Paddington

Catherine Shepherd was born in 1975 in England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Paddington (2014), Paddington 2 (2017) and Hyperdrive (2006).

18. Liz May Brice

Actress | Black Mirror

Liz May Brice was born in 1975. She is an actress, known for Black Mirror (2011), Torchwood (2006) and Resident Evil (2002).

19. Kate Magowan

Actress | Stardust

Kate Magowan was born on June 1, 1975 in Harrow, London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Stardust (2007), Spotless (2015) and A Lonely Place to Die (2011). She has been married to John Simm since April 2004. They have two children.

20. Kate Winslet

Actress | Titanic

Ask Kate Winslet what she likes about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut...

21. Lucy Akhurst

Actress | The Saint

Lucy Akhurst was born Lucy Akhurst-Webster in London, England. A few years later, her family moved to the northeast of England and she attended school (which she hated) there. She left her drama school (which she also loathed) early, having been discovered by the BBC and cast in a lead role in the ...

22. Keeley Hawes

Actress | Bodyguard

Keeley Hawes was born on 10 February 1976 at St Mary's Hospital, London, England as Clare Julia Hawes. She is an actress and producer, known for The Bank Job (2008), High-Rise (2015) and Death at a Funeral (2007). She has been married to Matthew Macfadyen since 8 October 2004. They have two ...

23. Cordelia Bugeja

Actress | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Cordelia Bugeja was born in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), The IT Crowd (2006) and Family Affairs (1997).

24. Anna Friel

Actress | Land of the Lost

Anna Friel is an English actress, born in Rochdale. She has been acting since the age of 13, appearing in a number of British television programmes. She made her West End stage debut in London in 2001, and has subsequently appeared on stage in several productions, including an adaptation of ...

25. Siwan Morris

Actress | The Machine

Siwan Morris was born on February 7, 1976 in Glynneath, South Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for The Machine (2013), Skins (2007) and Dark Signal (2016).

26. Kelly Reilly

Actress | Pride & Prejudice

Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly (born July 18, 1977) is an English actress. Her performance in After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse made her a star of the London stage and earned her a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress of 2003. Reilly was born and brought up in Chessington, ...

27. Ingrid Oliver

Actress | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Ingrid Oliver was born in 1977 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), Last Christmas (2019) and The Hustle (2019). She has been married to Richard Osman since December 3, 2022.

28. Lucy Punch

Actress | Into the Woods

Lucy Punch grew up in London and was a member of the National Youth Theatre in her late teens before going to University College London to read History. While she was there she auditioned for TV roles and eventually dropped out to concentrate on acting.

She learned a lot, she says, from working on ...

29. Daisy Haggard

Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1

Daisy Haggard was born on March 22, 1978 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), Back to Life (2019) and I Give It a Year (2013). She is married to Joe Wilson.

30. Gwendoline Christie

Actress | Game of Thrones

London-based Gwendoline Christie is one of the most exciting and unique British actresses working today, having caught the industry's attention with her Emmy and Critics' Choice nominated role in the global hit HBO series "Game of Thrones." During her time on the show, she was also nominated ...

31. Hattie Morahan

Actress | Beauty and the Beast

Hattie Morahan was born in London in 1978. Her father, Christopher Morahan, is a television and stage director, who is perhaps best known for his television adaptation of The Jewel in the Crown (1984). Her mother, Anna Carteret, is an actress whose most high profile role was that of Inspector Kate ...

32. Eve Myles

Actress | Torchwood

Eve Myles was born on July 26, 1978 in Ystradgynlais, Wales, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Torchwood (2006), Keeping Faith (2017) and Dragon Age II (2011). She has been married to Bradley Freegard since May 18, 2013. They have two children.

33. Daniela Denby-Ashe

Actress | North & South

Daniela Denby-Ashe was born on August 9, 1978 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for North & South (2004), My Family (2000) and Waterloo Road (2006).

34. Isy Suttie

Actress | Peep Show

Isy Suttie was born on August 11, 1978 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Peep Show (2003), Wonka (2023) and Whites (2010).

35. James Corden

Producer | The Late Late Show with James Corden

Describing himself as the "chunky unit," James Kimberley Corden was born in Hillingdon, London, England and raised in Buckinghamshire, England, the son of Margaret (Collins), a social worker, and Malcolm Corden, a musician. He studied drama at the Jackie Palmer Stage School before going on to ...

36. Leonor Watling

Actress | My Life Without Me

Born in Madrid to a British mother and 'Gaditano' father, Leonor's first years were driven by her desire to become a ballerina. When she was eight years old she began studying classical ballet, but her dreams were cut short by an injury to her knee. This led her to change into the field of acting ...

37. Claire Keelan

Actress | The Trip to Italy

Claire Keelan was born on May 8, 1975. She is an actress, known for The Trip to Italy (2014), Nathan Barley (2005) and The Trip (2010). She is married to Simon Farnaby. They have one child.