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British stars that started in soaps

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Ioan Gruffudd / Pobol y Cym

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Ioan played Gareth Wyn in this welsh language soap (translated to "People of the Valley") from 1987 - 1992 which started a long career for him

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Idris Elba / Family Affairs

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Idris briefly played Tim Webster in this London based soap he was axed early on rising to become one of Britain's most versatile actors in shows such as The Wire and Luthor

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Robert Kazinsky / EastEnders

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Robert played bad boy ex-soldier Sean Slater after leaving EastEnders in 2009 he moved to the USA having several small parts in high profile movies and tv shows

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Ben Kingsley / Coronation Street

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Ben's small role in Corrie in 1966 as Ron Jenkins kick started a long and successful acting career for Kingsley. Even winning an oscar in 1983 for his portrayal of Mahatma Ghandi in Ghandi

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Sean Maguire / EastEnders

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Sean played troubled Irish footballer Aiden Brosnan in 1993 since leaving EastEnders he acted in several TV shows in UK and US now Sean plays Robin Hood in Once Upon a Time

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Nathalie Emmanuel / Hollyoaks

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David McDermid 9 years ago

Nathalie played Sasha Valentine in this teen soap for 4 years until she was axed in 2010 since then she's been in Furious 7 and Game of Thrones as Missandei

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Ben Hardy / Eastenders

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David McDermid 9 years ago

Ben played for 2 years Peter Beale until he left in 2015 to play Angel in X-Men : Apocalypse

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Roxanne McKee / Hollyoaks

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Roxanne's 3 year stint in Hollyoaks awarded her 3 "Sexiest Female" awards in the 3 main soap awards in UK until she was killed on in 2008 since then Roxanne's had roles in Game of Thrones & Dominion

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Joanna Lumley / Coronation Street

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Joanna in 1973 had a memorable but short role as Elaine Perkins in Corrie. Since then she has enjoyed a long and successful career on TV and film

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Ricky Whittle / Hollyoaks

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David McDermid 9 years ago

Ricky played drug dealing police officer Calvin Valentine for 5 years until he quit in 2011 to persue other acting roles since then he moved to he USA, he had small parts in Single Ladies and NCIS now

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