Silent Witness - And Then I Fell in Love - 12:20 am Monday, June 22 on U&Drama +1

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."

William Gaminara (Actor) .. Prof Leo Dalton

Elyes Gabel (Actor) .. Umar

Born: May 08, 1983 in London

Best Known For: Casualty and Scorpion.

Early-life: Born May 8, 1983 in London. He was sporty as a child, and still loves playing badminton, cricket, football and tennis. He is also musical, and continues to sing and play guitar. Gabel wanted to be an actor from an early age, and began his training at the Oldham Theatre Workshop before moving onto the Northern Kids Theatre Company.

Career: Gabel's professional acting career began with stage roles, including parts in West Side Story, Faith, Hope and Charity, A Doll's House, and Oliver! In 2001, he made his first appearance in Casualty, playing a French exchange student. He then landed the role of a 3,232-year-old Egyptian in Canadian sitcom I Love Mummy. In 2003, Gabel gained acclaim in Fragile Land and Mr Elliott, and a year later appeared in Doctors. In 2004, he landed a recurring role as Guppy Sandhu in Casualty. More recently, he has starred in Game of Thrones, Body of Proof and Scorpion. His film credits include World War Z and Interstellar.

Quote: "I may not be similar to Guppy but I reach into similar places he's been to. There's that innocent factor that you reach into."

Trivia: In 2005, he was nominated for a National Television Award for his performance on Casualty.

Sanjeev Bhaskar (Actor) .. Abdul Aziz

Born: June 28, 1964 in Ealing

Best Known For: The Kumars at No 42.

Early-life: Born on June 28, 1964, in Ealing, London, to Asian immigrants living in Hounslow. He gained a degree and worked in marketing for seven years, writing monologues and sketches as a hobby. After realising he didn't like working in an office, he began performing comedy routines in clubs. His friend, musician Nitin Sawhney, encouraged him after the duo realised nobody was doing stand-up about being Asian and British. They formed a double act called The Secret Indians (Non-Asian) in 1996.

Career: As Bhaskar and Sawhney's stage act grew in popularity they were noticed by the producer of sketch show The Real McCoy, who introduced Bhaskar to Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia and Meera Syal - who then formed the Goodness Gracious Me team. It began on radio, before making its TV debut in 1998. It was an instant success. Since then, he's appeared in Notting Hill, The Guru, Anita and Me, and cult chat-show The Kumars at No 42. He's also starred in the West End in long-running hit Art and visited his ancestral home in what is now Pakistan during the travelogue India with Sanjeev Bhaskar. Other acting gigs include sitcom Mumbai Calling and daytime drama The Indian Doctor.

Quote: 'Most of my characters are based on truth. The Kumars at No 42 are basically my parents.'

Trivia: He married actress Meera Syal in 2005. They have a son, Shaan.

Thusitha Jayasundera (Actor) .. DS Ayesha Masood

Sam Troughton (Actor) .. DI Johnny Vickers

Amy Wren (Actor) .. Shannon Kelly

Madeline Duggan (Actor) .. Amy Chester

Tony Jayawardena (Actor) .. Younis

Ashwin Bolar (Actor) .. Salman

Faraz Ayub (Actor) .. Fawad

Naveed Choudhry (Actor) .. Kamran

Georgia Bourke (Actor) .. Lauren

Chloe Cuthill (Actor) .. Hannah

Joseph Long (Actor) .. Costas

Sue Kelvin (Actor) .. Cheryl Dear

Juliet Cowan (Actor) .. Claire Kelly

Chizzy Okudolu (Actor) .. Nurse

Anil Goutam (Actor) .. Older man

Richard Burrell (Producer)

Keith Boak (Director)

Timothy Prager (Writer)

Silent Witness: And Then I Fell in Love

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And Then I Fell in Love
Season 15, Episode 6

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