HOLLYWOOD is home to some of the world’s biggest stars – but many of its finest young actors are UK born and bred. From House Of The Dragon to The Last Of Us and Fallout, casting agents in the US can’t get enough of talented Brits who cut their teeth in our top-class drama schools and theatres. Here, Josh Saunders looks at six homegrown celebs who are taking the States by storm.
AIMEE LOU WOOD is set for her biggest break to date next year on season three of award-winning Sky Atlantic telly hit, The White Lotus. The star, 29, has already won a Bafta for best female comedy performance in Sex Education while critics hailed her portrayal of Sonya in 2020 film Uncle Vanya, which was shot during the pandemic . She is soon to appear in Netflix drama Toxic Town, based on the Corby polluted waste scandal, alongside acting heavyweights Robert Carlyle and Jodie Whittaker .
Aimee, of Stockport, Cheshire, recently had a supporting role in acclaimed TV drama Alice & Jack, co-starring Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough – and picked up the best takeover performance gong for her part in Cabaret at the WhatsOnStage Awards. SHOWBIZ runs in the family for Emily Carey, who began helping backstage at her grandmother’s theatre shows when she was just a young child. Now the 21-year-old, from Barnet, North London, has notched up top acting credits – including playing teen Harriet Manners in Netflix hit Geek Girl.
The Brit-Canadian series got to No2 in the streaming giant’s Globa.
