WFloella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, is a Trinidadian-British actress, author, television presenter, singer, businesswoman and politician. She is known as presenter of children's programmes such as Play School, Play Away and Fast Forward. On 28 June 2010, Lady Benjamin was introduced to the House of Lords as a life peer nominated by the Liberal Democrats.
WMinah Ogbenyealu Bird, was a Nigerian model and actress active in the UK in the 1970s. After appearing in such films as Up Pompeii (1971), Four Dimensions of Greta (1972), The Love Box (1972), Layout for 5 Models (1972), Percy's Progress (1974), Vampira (1974), Alfie Darling (1976), The Stud (1978), The London Connection (1979) and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979), she vanished from public view from the late 1970s and was found dead in her London council flat, a few weeks after suffering an apparent heart attack in 1995.
WKéllé Bryan is an English singer and actress, known as a member of girl group Eternal. In 2018, she began portraying the role of Martine Deveraux in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. She is also part of the Loose Women panel.
WEvelyn Mary Dove was a British singer and actress, who early in her career drew comparisons with Josephine Baker. Of Sierra Leone Creole and English parentage, Dove built a solid reputation in Britain through her work with the BBC in the 1940s, and also performed internationally, travelling to France, Germany, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, the United States, India and Spain. She was featured as a Google Doodle on what would have been her 117th birthday in 2019.
WNoma Dumezweni is a British actress. In 2006, she won an Olivier Award for her role in A Raisin in the Sun. She starred as Hermione Granger in the original West End and Broadway runs of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which garnered her a second Laurence Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination.
WCynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo is an English actress, singer and songwriter. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Emmy Award, a Tony Award and a Grammy Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards.
WMichelle Patricia Gayle is a British singer, songwriter, actress and author. Gayle had success as a soul and R&B singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart, her two biggest hits to date being "Sweetness" and "Do You Know". She released two Top 40 albums through RCA Records but they parted company in 1997, and although Gayle has recorded other albums, they have not been released.
WJaye Griffiths is a British stage, television and voice-over actress.
WRebecca Maria Hall is an English actress who made her first onscreen appearance at age 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of The Camomile Lawn, directed by her father Peter Hall. Her professional stage debut came in her father's 2002 production of Mrs. Warren's Profession, which earned her the Ian Charleson Award.
WAbigail Kelly is an English soprano opera and concert singer.
WAlexia Khadime is an English actress and mezzo-soprano, known for her roles in British musical theatre and television.
WRustie Lee is a British television personality, television chef, actress, singer and former politician. She appeared and participated in the Channel 5 reality-television show Celebrity Super Spa in 2013. She also appeared in ITV's Who's Doing The Dishes, hosted by Brian McFadden, in 2016. She also appeared in Celebrity Coach Trip in 2020.
WMelanie Liburd is a British actress known for her roles in Dark Matter and The Grinder.
WPearl Mackie is a British actress, dancer, and singer. She is best known for playing Bill Potts in the long-running television series Doctor Who. Mackie is a 2010 graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Her first major television role came in 2014, when she played Anne-Marie Frasier in BBC One soap opera Doctors.
WAshley Madekwe is a British actress. She is known for her roles as call girl Bambi in the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, social climber Ashley Davenport on the ABC drama series Revenge and the witch Tituba in the WGN America series Salem.
WMaimuna "Muna" Otaru is a Liverpool born British actress known for her role as Mad in the film The Keeping Room.
WFemi Taylor is a Nigerian-born British dancer and actress best known for portraying Jabba the Hutt's Twi'lek slave dancer Oola in the 1983 motion picture Return of the Jedi.
WEllen Thomas is a Sierra Leonean/British actress, known for her roles as Liz Webbe in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers and Claudette Hubbard in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
WVelile Tshabalala is an English actress, known for portraying Kareesha Lopez in Kerching! and Rosita in the 2008 Doctor Who special, "The Next Doctor".