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Few soap characters stay this electric after two decades on screen. Kat Slater arrived in Walford in September 2000, and since then she has been a mother of four, married twice to Alfie Moon, and the source of more quotable one-liners than most of Walford combined. Here is where things stand on her real name, … Read more

Max Irons has built a career out of being famous in the quietest way possible, and though he’s still acting — his 2025 appearance in Miss Austen is the latest proof — the role he protects most is the one at home with Sophie Pera and their young daughter. Here’s what the record shows, and … Read more

Few child stars got a second act; Mickey Rooney got about six of them. By the time he died at 93 in 2014 (Reuters (international news agency)), he had survived bankruptcy, outlasted several fortunes, and married eight times (The New York Times (newspaper of record)), sorting confirmed facts from the gossip about his real name, … Read more

More than a decade after a TV show literally called him a world-class idiot, Karl Pilkington is quietly back on BBC screens — the first time in years that sentence has been true. His two travel series made him a reluctant cult hero; now his turn in the detective dramedy Ludwig, confirmed in the BBC’s … Read more

Few reality TV faces have kept their careers as closely tied to one retailer as Billie Faiers has to Asda. She took a reality-show launch, a long relationship, and three children, and turned them into a retail brand that still sells. Born: 22 December 1992  |  Known for: The Only Way Is Essex  |  Partner: … Read more

Anyone who watched The Goonies as a kid remembers the Fratellis’ gravel-voiced matriarch before they remember her name. That voice wasn’t pure performance: Anne Ramsey was fighting throat cancer, and the disease reshaped her speech, her face, and her final screen roles. By the time she earned an Oscar nomination for Throw Momma from the … Read more

Stacey Dash built a career on playing Dionne in Clueless, the sharp-tongued best friend who made “As if!” a household phrase. Long after that 1995 breakout, she traded Hollywood for conservative politics, becoming a Fox News contributor, a Donald Trump supporter, and eventually a figure whose 2019 arrest made headlines for very different reasons. Born: … Read more

There aren’t many actors who can say they went from a Dublin soul band to a Quentin Tarantino film in the space of a few years — but Bronagh Gallagher can. From her breakout as Bernie in The Commitments to a role in Pulp Fiction, she has built a career that keeps doubling back to … Read more

Some actors spend a lifetime chasing fame; Sheila Fearn spent three decades earning it and then quietly walked away. If you grew up watching British sitcoms, you probably remember her face even if the name takes a second — she was Audrey, the sister in The Likely Lads, and the record of her life after … Read more