Portrait Artist of the Year: Anna Chancellor, Stephen Graham & Beverley Knight


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Anna Chancellor, Stephen Graham & Beverley Knight
Season 5, Episode 4

Nine contestants paint celebrity sitters Anna Chancellor, Stephen Graham and Beverley Knight, before the judges decide who to send through to the next round of the competition


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Cast & Crew

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Joan Bakewell (Presenter)
Stephen Mangan (Presenter)
Anna Chancellor (Contributor)
Stephen Graham (Contributor)
Beverley Knight (Contributor)

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Joan Bakewell (Presenter)
Born: April 16, 1933 in Stockport
Best Known For: Being the 'Thinking Man's Crumpet'.
Early-life: Born Joan Dawson Rowlands on April 16, 1933, in Stockport, the eldest child of ambitious working class parents. She was educated at Stockport High School for Girls before heading off to Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read history. Bakewell began her working life as a studio manager for BBC radio, later becoming an advertising copywriter before leaving to marry and have a family - a matter which upset her mother.
Career: Bakewell eventually returned to work in the early 1960s, and quickly made a name for herself thanks to numerous arts, travel and current affairs programmes. TV's Late Night Line Up made her a national pin-up. Since then she's presented the religious affairs programme Heart of the Matter, written radio plays, published numerous books and become one of the BBC's most respected broadcasters. She currently presents Something Understood for BBC Radio 4 and Belief for BBC Radio 3 and continues to write articles for various newspapers. Her autobiography, The Centre of the Bed, was published in 2004, which hit the headlines thanks to its account of her affair with playwright Harold Pinter, which inspired his 1978 play Betrayal. Her first novel, All the Nice Girls, came out in 2009.
Quote: 'I'm not a star. I never have been. I have a pretty average media life. It's not a career. I just work. I'm a worker.'
Trivia: She was made a Dame in 2008, and two years later received a life peerage.
Stephen Mangan (Presenter)
Born: July 22, 1972 in London
Best Known For: Green Wing and Episodes.
Early-life: Born on July 22, 1972, in London, and was raised in Hertfordshire. His parents were Irish, and his father owned a building company. He became interested in acting after appearing in numerous school plays, but never thought he would tread the boards professionally. Instead, he studied law at Cambridge University, but decided against being a solicitor after taking a year out to care of his terminally ill mother. After a spell at Rada, he began landing theatre roles.
Career: Mangan became a regular on the West End stage, and apart from some foreign adverts, steered clear of TV work for years. He made his film debut in Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence in 1998, and had a small role in Billy Elliot. Early TV appearances came in Big Bad World, Sword of Honour, In Defence and Human Remains before his big break as the lead in Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years. He's worked consistently in movies and on TV ever since, with roles in Jane Hall, Marple, Never Better, I'm Alan Partridge, Hyperdrive, and the acclaimed Green Wing. His recent work includes Dirk Gently and Episodes on TV, as well as several well-received stage performances.
Quote: 'I love playing unattractive parts. I want to be really horrid. I want people to really hate me. Maybe one day in analysis, I'll discover what that's all about.'
Trivia: Away from showbiz, Mangan is a Tottenham Hotspur fan. He attends games with Tamsin Greig's husband, actor Richard Leaf.
Anna Chancellor (Contributor)
Born: April 27, 1965 in Richmond, Surrey
Best Known For: Punching Hugh Grant at the altar in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Early-life: Anna Chancellor was born on April 27, 1965, in Richmond, Surrey, into an aristocratic family. She was the daughter of the Hon Mary Joliffe (daughter of William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton, of the Baron Hyltons) and John Chancellor. Her uncle is journalist Alexander Chancellor and her eight-times great aunt was author Jane Austen. She has spent time living in several countries around the world and has a particular attraction to Zimbabwe. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, but left at the age of 21 when she became pregnant with her daughter, Poppy.
Career: Although Chancellor's first love is the stage, she has extensive film and TV credits to her name. She appeared in Inspector Morse, Poirot and Comedy Playhouse before her big break came in 1994 playing 'Duckface', Hugh Grant's largely hated bride-to-be in Four Weddings and a Funeral. Since then she has had small-screen success in Kavanagh QC and Tipping the Velvet, and appeared in such big-budget outings as A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Agent Cody Banks 2, Breaking and Entering and St Trinian's. She also had a regular role in Spooks.
Quote: 'I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!'
Trivia: Chancellor is one of the Honorary Patrons of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.
Stephen Graham (Contributor)
Born: August 03, 1973 in Kirkby, Lancashire
Best Known For: Playing Combo in This Is England and its TV sequels.
Early-life: Stephen Graham Kelly was born on August 3, 1973 in Kirkby, Lancashire to a pediatric nurse mother and social worker father. He joined Youth Theatre at 14 before studying for a BTEC in Performing Arts and then getting a place at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London. For years, he played small parts in TV shows and films before landing his first big role in Snatch (2000).
Career: Since playing the role of Tommy in Snatch (2000), Graham's film credits have included Gangs of New York (2002), Public Enemies (2009) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). He was cast as Combo in This Is England (2006) and its TV sequels This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011) and This Is England '90 (2015). From 2010 to 2014, he played the infamous gangster Al Capone in the TV drama Boardwalk Empire.
Quote: 'If I get the walk of a character, that helps me find them. So I'm constantly looking at airports and train stations, registering walks.'
Trivia: He was nominated for Best Leading Actor at the BAFTA Awards in 2016 for his performance in This Is England ‘90.
Beverley Knight (Contributor)

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