Silent Witness - Redhill - 12:20 am Thursday, June 25 on U&Drama +1

William Gaminara (Actor) .. Prof Leo Dalton

Emilia Fox (Actor) .. Dr Nikki Alexander

Born: July 31, 1974 in London

Best Known For: Silent Witness.

Early-life: Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox was born on July 31, 1974, in London, to thespians Edward Fox and Joanna David. With so many relatives involved in the entertainment industry, including her uncles James and Robert, and grandmother Angela, Emilia naturally gravitated towards an acting career and made her screen debut in the acclaimed TV version of Pride and Prejudice alongside Colin Firth and her mother Joanna while still a student at Oxford University. Her younger brother, Freddie, has also decided to follow the family tradition. Emilia is also musical - she plays the cello, piano and trumpet.

Career: Since leaving full-time education, Fox has worked consistently on TV, but still found time to tread the boards and appear in movies. Period dramas Rebecca, The Round Tower and the aforementioned Pride and Prejudice brought her fame, but it was the remake of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) in 2000 that made her a household name. In 2002 she starred in Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning The Pianist and has more recently worked with Britain's acting elite in Gunpowder, Treason & Plot, The Virgin Queen, Marple: The Moving Finger, Born Equal, Upstairs Downstairs and Fallen Angel. In 2004 she took over from Amanda Burton as the lead actress in Silent Witness, and has been playing forensic pathologist Nikki Alexander ever since.

Quote: On attending film premieres: 'If you want to see that film, then great, but don't do it just to have your photo taken because that's silly, and inevitably you get hurt by it. People start picking up on things about your life that are irrelevant.'

Trivia: She is a patron of the environmental and human rights charity the Environmental Justice Foundation.

Tom Ward (Actor) .. Dr Harry Cunningham

Born: January 11, 1971 in Swansea

Best Known For: Silent Witness.

Early-life: Tom Ward was born on January 11, 1971, in Swansea, Wales. His father, John Powell Ward, is a poet, while his mother, Sarah, is a farmer. His brother, Tristan, is a solicitor. On leaving school, Ward studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University. While there, he became hooked on acting during a spell in the drama society. He's also represented Great Britain at fencing and enjoys singing, dancing and playing the saxophone.

Career: Ward made his TV debut in a 1990 episode of The Storyteller: Greek Myths. His first film, Lethal Justice, followed a year later, but he didn't become a regular TV presence until the 1995 small-screen adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. He's rarely been out of work since, thanks to roles in The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, Vanity Fair, Plunkett & Macleane, Warriors, Quills, Anna Karenina and Love in a Cold Climate. Ward has also appeared numerous times on stage, but remains most recognisable for Dr Harry Cunningham in Silent Witness - a part he began playing in 2002.

Quote: "I do look better on TV. In real life I look scruffy and pale."

Leo Gregory (Actor) .. Daniel Kessler

Gillian Kearney (Actor) .. DI Bridges

Born: May 09, 1972 in Liverpool

Best Known For: Playing Debbie McGrath in Brookside.

Early-life: Born in 1972 in Liverpool. Her mum was a school secretary and her dad was a civil engineer. At the age of 12, she joined the Liverpool Playhouse Youth Theatre, where she was spotted two years later by the makers of Brookside. The actress was only supposed to appear in three episodes, but her character Debbie proved so popular that she stayed for a year and also appeared in the spin-off miniseries Damon and Debbie.

Career: In 1989, the 16-year-old Kearney starred in Shirley Valentine, but decided to put her career on the backburner so she could concentrate on her education. After taking her A-levels, she studied for a degree at the Rose Bruford drama school in north London. She was still in demand as an actress and her tutors marked her performance in the TV drama The Tides of Life as part of her final assessment. She has regularly acted on stage and in TV series including Liverpool One, Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll, Hope and Glory and The Forsyte Saga. More recently, she has starred in Shameless, Casualty, Silent Witness and Suspects. In December 2014, it was announced that she was joining the cast of Emmerdale.

Quote: 'I must have a darkness about me which makes me look really tragic. I'd love to do a comedy.'

Trivia: She has appeared in the Radio 4 dramas Brief Lives and Bring Her Back.

Jaye Griffiths (Actor) .. Janet

Born: September 24, 1963 in London

Best Known For: Playing Elle Gardner in Casualty.

Early-life: Born on September 24, 1963 in London. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1987, she played Maria in the television mini-series A Killing on the Exchange.

Career: Griffiths has appeared in a large number of TV shows, particularly hospital and police dramas. Her roles have included playing Elle Gardner in Casualty, Sally Johnson in The Bill, Doctor Elizabeth Croft in Doctors and Helen Marlowe in Criminal Justice. She has also played police officers in Coronation Street and Eastenders. Besides these roles, she starred as Ros Henderson in the science fiction series Bugs and played Jac in Doctor Who.

Quote: [On medical procedures]: 'Please don't take this the wrong way but I love it. I love watching operations. I could watch them all day.'

Trivia: Before she became an actress, she wanted to be a firefighter.

Juliet Aubrey (Actor) .. Miriam Wade

Dorian Lough (Actor) .. Dr Tom Ross

James Barriscale (Actor) .. Peter Kruger

Stephen Greif (Actor) .. Gordon Cairns

Nicole Davies (Actor) .. Emily Dell

Simon Muller (Actor) .. Ellis Roberts

Juliette Cheveley (Actor) .. Rachel Kruger

Maurice Lee (Actor) .. Nick Owen

Ewan Bailey (Actor) .. DS Tudor

Eloise Barnes (Actor) .. Liesel Kruger

Tyronne Lewis (Actor) .. Benjamin Johnson

Nila Aalia (Actor) .. Phoebe Harron

Malachy Knights (Actor) .. Alex Bridges

Jonathan Wrather (Actor) .. Nigel Bridges

Born: March 16, 1969 in Cheshire, UK

Best Known For: Playing Joe Carter in Coronation Street and Pierce Harris in Emmerdale.

Early-life: Born in Cheshire on March 16, 1969. Jonathan studied at Sedburgh School in the Lake District, where he became interested in drama. His English teacher encouraged his passion for theatre. In 1987, he joined the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. He then went on to study at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career: Wrather's professional acting career started with the Actors Touring Company in a production of Lulu in 1992. He then played a number of classical and contemporary roles in West End and touring productions before getting offered roles in TV. Among the series he has appeared in are Cracker, The Bill, Clocking Off and Footballers' Wives. He played Joe Carter in Coronation Street from 2002 to 2003. Since then, he has had roles in US TV series Bones, as well as Waterloo Road, Silent Witness and Holby City. He joined the cast of Emmerdale in 2016 as Pierce Harris.

Quote: On working on the set of Emmerdale: 'If you've got back-to-back intense scenes, you've got to have release somewhere. We have a lot of fun on set.'

Trivia: He has a twin brother who is ten minutes older than him.

Samantha Lawton (Actor) .. Julie Ross

Jane Cameron (Actor) .. Sharon Roberts

Lachlan MacKinnon (Producer)

Andy Hay (Director)

Ed Whitmore (Writer)

Silent Witness: Redhill

12:20 am - 02:35 am, Thursday, June 25 on U&Drama +1 (60)

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