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Added on: 1st Mar 2015

 

RUTH JONES

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What’s occurring? Bridgend-born Ruth Jones from Porthcawl

saw a reasonably healthy acting career catapult into something 

extraordinary when she and her former Fat Friends co-star James

Corden co-wrote a modest little BBC3 sitcom called

Gavin and Stacey.

 

 

CHRISTIAN BALE

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Born in Haverfordwest to a circus performer and a commercial

pilot, Bale’s first acting foray was a commercial for fabric softener

Lenor in 1982. Five years later, he was the lead role, aged just 13,

in Steven Spielberg’s World War II blockbuster Empire of the Sun.

Today, he’s best known as Batman.

 

 

DAMIAN LEWIS

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Damian Lewis first made his mark nearer home in British TV

dramas Colditz and The Forsyth Saga.

 

 

KATHERINE JENKINS

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Neath-born Jenkins is the business; her first album Premiere

made her the fastest-selling mezzo-soprano to date. She became

the first female artist to win two consecutive Classical Brit Awards.

 

 

RHYS IFANS

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Haverfordwest-born and Ruthin-raised, Ifans’ first

language is Welsh. His Hollywood success continues with

high profile roles such as The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man.

 

 

MICHAEL SHEEN

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From Port Talbot, his screen performances as, for example,

Tony Blair, Kenneth Williams, Brian Clough and David Frost show

an extraordinary aptitude for capturing the very essence of the man 

he’s playing.  But there’s more to this universally acclaimed actor

than mimicry, of course. Anyone seeing his stage performances

as Hamlet or Mozart in Amadeus, will give testament to that.

 

 

CATHERINE ZETA JONES

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She’s got the Oscar (for Chicago). She’s got the Golden Globe

(for Traffic). She’s got the Tony (for A Little Night Music). In terms

of achieving her goals, the Swansea siren who became a British

tabloid darling with The Darling Buds of May is living proof that

a girl can do more than dream.

 

 

ANTHONY HOPKINS

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The man from Margam, his most memorable performances are

a case of less is more; he may have the Oscar for his most famous role,

Hannibal Lecter, in The Silence of the Lambs, but his true legacy stays

with his subtly underplayed turns in the likes of Howards End.

 

 

ROB BRYDON

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The ex-Porthcawl Comprehensive student (he first met Ruth Jones

there) is now at the absolute top of his game; Once upon a time,

Mr. Brydon’s biggest claim to fame was as the voice of Toilet Duck

  in a TV commercial. Since then, of course, the leap up the ladder

has included Gavin and Stacey.

 

 

TOM JONES

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Today, the Treforest born lad who conquered tuberculosis and

went on to sell more than 100 million records is more than a 

world-renowned singer; he’s a veritable Welsh icon.


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