Career: Started out in theatre, most notably in Twelfth Night in Bedford. Her first TV appearance was as Milly in 1996's This Life. The drama about young lawyers became a huge hit and she, along with co-stars Daniela Nardini, Jack Davenport and Andrew Lincoln, were hailed as part of an exciting new generation of British actors. She says: 'Milly has helped me win roles that aren't written with Asian actresses in mind. But it's always going to be difficult to get equal treatment.' Dhiri then took guest roles in Casualty and McCallum, before going back to the stage. In 1999, she returned to TV in nuclear disaster drama The Last Train. More recently, she has starred in Silent Witness, Judge John Deed, Holby City, The Bill and Talking to the Dead.

Career: In 1994, Lincoln made his TV debut in Drop the Dead Donkey. He appeared in TV series N7 and the movie Boston Kickout (1995) before cult BBC drama This Life helped turn him into a celebrity in 1996. The actor got on so well with This Life co-star Jack Davenport, he was best man at his wedding in 2000. Lincoln went on to appear in The Woman in White, Mersey Blues, Human Traffic and Offending Angels before landing another hit, starring in and directing the odd episode of cult Channel 4 comedy drama Teachers. He has also appeared in The Canterbury Tales, Afterlife, This Life: 10 Years On and Wuthering Heights. His movie credits include Love Actually (2003), Enduring Love (2004) and These Foolish Things (2006) and Made in Dagenham (2010). His career took off in America in 2010 when he started playing Rick Grimes in AMC's hugely popular horror drama The Walking Dead.

Career: Nardini worked in the theatre for several years before achieving overnight fame with the success of the TV series This Life in 1996. Since then, she has appeared in several TV dramas, including Big Women, Rough Treatment, Undercover Heart, Love In The 21st Century and Sirens. On the big screen, she has starred in Elephant Juice and Festival. Her extensive stage career includes an appearance in A Streetcar Named Desire in 2009 at the Donmar Warehouse in London. She reprised the role of Anna in the 10th anniversary reunion episode of This Life, called This Life +10.

Career: Davenport became a sought-after actor and heart-throb after starring as Miles in hit series This Life. Projects such as Talos the Mummy, Macbeth, and Ultraviolet followed, before he made his Hollywood debut in The Talented Mr Ripley in 1999. Since then, he's returned to TV to star in acclaimed sitcom Coupling and made little-seen movies such as Offending Angels, The Bunker, Look, and Gypsy. His biggest film role to date came in The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He also appeared in The Boat That Rocked, and was a cast member of US shows FlashForward and Smash. Davenport returned to the UK to make ITV series Breathless.