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Select only the English celebrities as there are Welsh people in the mixture as well.
There are 15 correct entries. Get 3 incorrect and the game ends.
Sir David Attenborough Ed Sheeran Jo Brand Kathy Burke John Cleese Idris Elba Florence PughTom Holland Gareth Bale Emma Watson Adele Lewis Hamilton Dua Lipa Rowan AtkinsonRoald Dahl Catherine Zeta-Jones Shirley BasseySir Anthony Hopkins David Beckham Harry Styles Bonnie Tyler
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Thomas Stanley Holland (born June 1, 1996) is a famous English actor. He is best known for playing Spider-Man in the "Marvel Cinematic Universe", starting with "Captain America: Civil War" in 2016. He won a BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2017. Born in London, England, to a photographer mother and comedian father, he started as a dancer and starred in the stage show "Billy Elliot the Musical" in London. He made his film debut in the disaster drama "The Impossible" (2012).
Florence Pugh is an acclaimed English actress known for her powerful and versatile performances in independent dramas, blockbusters, and horror films. She earned an Academy Award nomination for her breakout role as Amy March in 2019's "Little Women", and became a global star. Florence Pugh was born on 3 January 1996 in Oxford to dancer Deborah and restauranteur Clinton Pugh. She has three siblings: actor and musician Toby Sebastian, actress Arabella Gibbins, and Rafaela "Raffie" Pugh.
Emma Watson (born April 15, 1990) is a British actress and activist who achieved global fame as a child playing Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" film series (2001-2011). She later starred in major films like "Beauty and the Beast" (2017) and became a prominent UN Goodwill Ambassador. She also appeared in films like "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012), "The Bling Ring" (2013), and "Little Women (2019)". She stepped back from film acting in the 2020s to focus on other personal and creative paths.
Sir Idris Elba is a celebrated English actor, producer, and musician born in London on September 6, 1972. He gained global fame starring as Stringer Bell in "The Wire" (2002-2008) and Detective John Luther in "Luther" (2010-2023). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he portrayed the Norse god Heimdall across six films beginning with "Thor" (2011).
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, born 1988, is a world-renowned English singer and songwriter known for her powerful vocals and emotional ballads. She was raised in London by her mother and she graduated from the BRIT School in 2006. She signed with XL Recordings after a friend posted her class project demos on Myspace. She released her debut album "19" in 2008, followed by albums named after her ages at creation "21" (2011) and "25" (2015), which shattered global sales and chart records.
Dua Lipa, born August 22, 1995, London, England, is a British-Albanian singer, model, and entrepreneur. Her parents had fled from Kosovo in 1992 and returned when Duap Lipa was 11. Four years later she returned to London on her own. She studied at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and at the same time started a career in music. Her deput album "Dua Lipa" came out in 2017, and the single "New Rules" reached number one on the U.K. charts. Her her second studio album, "Future Nostalgia" was released in 2020.
Harry Styles is an English singer, writer, and actor. He first rose to fame in 2010 as a member of the pop group One Direction. He later launched a solo music career and won various Grammy awards. He also acts in movies and works in fashion. He released his first solo album, "Harry Styles", in 2017 with the hit song "Sign of the Times"; his third album, "Harry's House", in 2022 won Album of the Year at the Grammys. He made his movie debut in the war film "Dunkirk" in 2017.
Ed Sheeran is n English singer and songwriter born in February 1991. He mixes pop, folk, and hip-hop using a guitar and a loop pedal. He became a global star with hit songs like "Shape of You" (2017) and "Thinking Out Loud" (2014).
David Beckham had a 20-year professional football career, winning 19 major trophies and becoming the first English player to win league titles in four countries (England, Spain, France, and the United States). Renowned for his precise passing, crossing, and curling free-kicks, he starred for Manchester United, Real Madrid, and LA Galaxy before retiring in 2013. He earned 115 caps for the England national team between 1996 and 2009 and served as team captain for six years, famously scoring a last-minute free-kick against Greece in 2001 to secure qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Since retirement he became co-owner of Inter Miami CF in Major League Soccer, was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and was knighted in late 2005.
Sir Lewis Hamilton is a British racing driver widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in history. He holds the all-time records for Grand Prix wins and pole positions, and is tied with Michael Schumacher for seven World Drivers' Championships.
Sir David Attenborough is a famous English broadcaster and natural historian whose career spans over seven decades. He pioneered wildlife television starting with "Zoo Quest" in 1954, shaped BBC Two as a controller. He authored the "Life" documentary series, which includes "Life on Earth", "Blue Planet" and "A Life on Our Planet". He is a champion for global environmental preservation and urgent climate action.
Jo Brand is an English comedian, writer, actress, and presenter known for her trademark deadpan delivery, sharp wit, and subversion of social norms.
She worked for a decade in psychiatric nursing before switching to stand-up in the late 1980s. She became a very famous and well-known person on British TV, radio, and in books.
Kathy Burke is a celebrated English actress, comedian, writer, and director whose career spans over four decades. She trained at the Anna Scher Theatre Schooland, and made her film debut in "Scrubbers" (1982) at the age of 17.
She became a household name in the 1990s with memorable appearances on "French and Saunders" and "The Harry Enfield Show", and starred as Linda La Hughes in the hit BBC sitcom "Gimme Gimme Gimme" (1999-2001).
Rowan Atkinson is an English comedian and actor renowned for his mastery of physical comedy. While studying at the University of Oxford, he developed his unique comedic style showcased in the "Oxford Revue". He was part of the team responsible for the satirical "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979-1982), winning a BAFTA. On television he was the star of "Blackadder" that began in 1983, "Mr Bean" (1990), and "The Thin Blue Line" that started in 1995. He also starred as detective "Maigret" in four episodes from 2016 to 2017, and filmed "Mr Bean" (1997), "Mr Bean's Holiday" (2007), and the "Johnny English" series (2003-2018).
John Cleese is an English comedian, actor, and writer born on October 27, 1939. He studied law at Cambridge University, where he met future collaborator Graham Chapman and performed in comedy in the show "Cambridge Footlights". He broke into television in the mid-1960s in the satirical show "The Frost Report" as both a writer and a performer. He was one of the creators of the TV sketch show "Monty Python Flying Circus" and stared in films such as "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975) and "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979). He also co-wrote and starred in the "Fawlty Towers" which has since become a cult show, although the two series amounted to only 12 episodes. He also starred in a number films such as "A Fish Called Wanda", "Fierce Creatures" and "Clockwise".
The non-English celebrities include Sir Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Shirley Bassey, Bonnie Tyler, Gareth Bale, and Roald Dahl.
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