Divergent

Shailene Woodley (Actor) .. Tris Prior

Born: November 15, 1991 in San Bernardino County, California

Best Known For: The Descendants and the Divergent films.

Early-life: Shailene Diann Woodley was born in San Bernardino County, California, on November 15, 1991 to Lori and Lonnie. She has a younger brother, Tanner. She made her screen debut in the 1999 TV movie Replacing Dad. Roles followed in The District, Without a Trace, The OC, Crossing Jordan and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. When Shailene was 15, she was diagnosed with scoliosis and was put in a plastic brace to straighten her spine.

Career: Woodley made her film debut in The Descendants (2011), a role that earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Since then, she has forged a successful Hollywood film career, starring in the hugely popular The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Divergent (2014) and Insurgent (2015).

Quote: 'You forget that you do choose your life and there are so many things to be grateful for and I feel like society has gotten to that point where we're always looking for the next and the better and we lose sight of what's actually in front of us.'

Trivia: Woodley was originally cast as Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) but her four short scenes were cut from the final movie.

Kate Winslet (Actor) .. Jeanine

Born: October 05, 1975 in Reading

Best Known For: Her role in blockbusting hit Titanic.

Early-life: Kate Elizabeth Winslet was born on October 5, 1975, in Reading. Acting is in her blood. Both her parents, Roger and Sally, tread the boards, her maternal grandparents ran the Reading Repertory Theatre, and an uncle appeared in the original West End production of Oliver! Kate's two sisters also act; her brother is the only sibling not to enter showbiz. Kate stole the show in a series of plays before the age of 11 and she studied at Maidenhead's Redroofs Theatre School.

Career: Winslet started out on TV, with roles in Casualty and The Dark Season, but it was her film debut in Peter Jackson's acclaimed 1994 drama Heavenly Creatures that set her on the road to success. She gained her first Oscar nod for Sense and Sensibility a year later, and stayed with period pieces for Jude and Hamlet. In 1997 came James Cameron's Titanic, which gained her another Academy Award nomination. Since then, Winslet has featured in an array of films, including Hideous Kinky, Enigma, Iris, The Life of David Gale, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Finding Neverland. She finally won an Oscar for 2008's The Reader. Her recent films include Labor Day and Divergent.

Quote: 'Life is short, and it is here to be lived.'

Trivia: In 2007, she was a celebrity spokesperson for Lancome.

Theo James (Actor) .. Four

Born: December 16, 1984 in Oxford

Best Known For: Bedlam and the Divergent films.

Early-life: Born Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis in Oxford on December 16, 1984, but better known as Theo James. The youngest of five children, he has two brothers and two sisters. He went on to study philosophy at the University of Nottingham, before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 2010, he made his TV debut starring opposite Billie Piper in Kay Mellor's two-part BBC drama A Passionate Woman.

Career: James made a guest appearance in Downton Abbey and played the lead role in supernatural drama Bedlam. TV work continued in Case Sensitive, Room at the Top, and Golden Boy. More recently, he has started to make a name for himself on the big screen in the likes of Underworld: Awakening (2012), the Divergent films and Franny (2015).

Quote: 'I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays.'

Trivia: James used to be the singer and guitarist of London-based band Shere Khan.

Maggie Q (Actor) .. Tori

Born: May 22, 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii

Best Known For: Starring as the lead in US action-thriller series Nikita.

Early-life: Born Margaret Denise Quigley in May, 1979 in Honolulu to an American father and a Vietnamese mother, Maggie graduated from Mililani High School and subsequently travelled Japan and Taiwan to pursue a modelling career. She then went to Hong Kong and met Jackie Chan who encouraged her to try her hand at acting.

Career: After starring in Hong Kong-produced action films such as Naked Weapon and Rice Rhapsody, she had small roles in the Hollywood films Mission Impossible III and Around the World in 80 Days. She returned to Chinese language films such as The Warrior and the Wolf and Dragon Squad and became increasingly popular among Asian audiences, despite her inability to speak Chinese. Quigley altered her last name to Q as a tribute to the East Asian fans that may have trouble pronouncing her real surname. She played the title role in Nikita for 73 editions. In 2014, she began starring in Stalker.

Quote: On suffering due to doing her own stunts: "I've injured everything. I've hurt my wrist and cracked my shins. It's ridiculous."

Trivia: She once suffered temporary hearing loss in her right ear when her eardrum was blown out in an explosive stunt.

Ashley Judd (Actor) .. Natalie

Born: April 19, 1968 in Los Angeles

Best Known For: Acting and political activism.

Early-life: Born Ashley Tyler Ciminella in Los Angeles on April 19, 1968, to country music singer Naomi Judd and marketing analyst Michael Ciminella. Her elder half-sister, Wynonna, is also a country music singer. Ashley's parents divorced in the early 1970s and her mother raised her in Kentucky. She went on to attend the University of Kentucky. After college, she moved to Hollywood and studied with acting teacher Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West. In 1991, she made her TV acting debut in two editions of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Career: From 1991 to 1994, Judd had a recurring role in the TV drama Sisters. She made her film debut with a small role in Kuffs (1992), and received critical acclaim a year later for her next movie, Ruby in Paradise. Since then, she has starred in Heat (1995), TV movie Norma Jean & Marilyn, Kiss the Girls (1997), Double Jeopardy (1997) and De-Lovely (2004). She has not played a lead role in a Hollywood movie since Twisted flopped in 2004.

Quote: 'I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.'

Trivia: Judd is a global ambassador for YouthAIDS. She also supports a number of other charities and foundations, including Children's Medical Research Institute, Five & Alive, Jeans for Genes, and Malaria No More.

Jai Courteney (Actor) .. Eric

Mekhi Phifer (Actor) .. Max

Born: December 29, 1974 in Harlem, New York

Best Known For: Playing brash Dr Gregory Pratt on ER.

Early-life: Mekhi Thira Phifer was born in Harlem, New York, on December 29, 1974. His mother, Rhoda, was a high school teacher. Phifer's acting career began when he auditioned for Spike Lee's Clockers in 1995 and he was selected for the leading role. Working with stars Harvey Keitel and Delroy Lindo, he was praised for his compelling performance as Strike, a New Jersey drug dealer involved in a murder cover-up. Following his impressive screen debut, he appeared in the comedy spoof High School High in 1996, and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer in 1998, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.

Career: In 2002, Phifer starred as Future, opposite Eminem, Brittany Murphy and Kim Basinger in Curtis Hanson's critically acclaimed 8 Mile, as well as Paid in Full, directed by Charles Stone. He was honoured by the American Black Film Festival, receiving the organisation's Rising Star Award. He also appeared in 2001's O opposite Julia Stiles and Josh Hartnett. Based on Shakespeare's Othello, he portrayed Odin, the captain of a champion high school basketball team whose best friend becomes jealous of his relationship with his girlfriend. In addition to his escalating film career, he landed his role in ER in 2002. Since ER ended in 2008, he has appeared in Lie to Me and Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Quote: "I grew up in a single-parent house, but my mother was everything for me and my younger brother. She taught me to get out there and be the best I can be, and that's the main reason why I work so hard, because she instilled that in me."

Trivia: Phifer filed for bankruptcy in April 2014 owing $1.2 million in back taxes, $50,000 in lawyers bills and $4,500 in back child support.

Zoe Kravitz (Actor) .. Christina

Born: December 01, 1988 in Los Angeles

Best Known For: Being the daughter of singer Lenny Kravitz and actor Lisa Bonet.

Early-life: Zoe Isabella Kravitz was born in Los Angeles on December 1, 1988 to singer Lenny Kravitz and actor Lisa Bonet. When her parents divorced in 1993, Zoe lived with her mother in Topanga Canyon. She moved to Miami at the age of 11 to live with her father. In 2007, she began studying at the acting conservatory at the State University of New York at Purchase, but dropped out after a year and moved to Brooklyn to work in films. Her first acting role was playing a babysitter in the 2007 film No Reservations. In the same year, she played a teenage prostitute in The Brave One.

Career: More film roles followed for Kravitz, including Birds of America (2008), The Greatest (2009) and It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010). Her breakthrough came in 2011 when she had a recurring role in Californication and played Angel Salvadore in X-Men: First Class (2011). Since then, Kravitz has starred in After Earth (2013), Divergent (2014), The Road Within (2015), Insurgent (2015) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Away from acting, Kravitz has modelled in fashion magazines and fronted the band Elevator Flight. She now performs with the band Lolawolf. They released their debut album, Calm Down, in 2014.

Quote: 'I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favourite thing to do, for sure.'

Trivia: In 2009, Kravitz began promoting the Vera Wang fragrance Rock Princess.

Neil Burger (Director)

8:00 pm - 10:10 pm, Tuesday, June 16 on BBC Three (23)

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