Samantha Morton might get all the press, but here are seven other rising stars of film and television, who graduated from the Television Workshop in Nottingham...

Pui Fan Lee Arguably the most globally famous of all the ex-students as Po the Teletubbie. Pui is currently a presenter on CBeebies, but has appeared in the steamy Channel 4 series Metrosexuality and also had a small role in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Pui Fan Lee on IMDB
Toby Kebbell   Mr RockNRolla himself, Toby made his film debut as the mentally challenged Anthony in Shane Meadows’ excellent Dead Mans Shoes. Since then he’s worked with Oliver Stone (Alexander), Woody Allen (Match Point) and Guy Ritchie (RockNRolla). His portrayal of Joy Division manager Rob Gretton, alongside Sam Morton wowed audiences. Toby Kebbell on IMDB
Andrew Shim A mainstay of Shane Meadows films having appeared as Romeo Brass (A Room For Rome Brass), Donut (Once Upon a Time in the Midlands), Elvis (Dead Mans Shoes) and Milky (This Is England). He was also the voice of Grot in a TV version of Fungus The Bogeyman. Andrew Shim on IMDB~
Georgia Groome Star of London To Brighton and the lead in new movie Angus, Thongs and Passionate Snogging. Named by The Times as a ‘movie megastar of tommorow.’ Georgia Groome on IMDB
Joe Dempsie Shot to fame playing Chris in Skins, but Joe has also recently appeared in Doctor Who and is currently filming as Duncan Mackenzie in the movie adaptation of The Damned United, a film about Brian Clough’s fateful time in charge of Leeds United. Joe Dempsie on IMDB
Vicky McClure As well as leading roles for Shane Meadows in both A Room For Romeo Brass (Ladine) and This is England (Lol), Vicky has recently been directed by Madonna (yes, as in the singer) in Filth and Wisdom. Vicky McClure on IMDB
Peter Dalton With regular Radio 1 and 1xtra shows under his belt, Mista Jam (aka Peter Dalton) is one of the rising stars of British radio and runs the UK Takeover hip-hop nights. Acting-wise he started out as a teenager in Crossroads, but more recently appeared as Trexx in BBC3’s Trexx and Flipside.  Peter Dalton on IMBD