UK Soap Stars who went on to have blockbuster careers
1. Martine McCutcheon. She became a household name on EastEnders as Tiffany Mitchell before becoming an international and Christmas star in seasonal favourite, Love Actually.
2. The world knows Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei and right-hand-woman to the Mother of Dragons, but she started off as Sasha Valentine in Hollyoaks before her international stardom.
3. Another Hollyoaks alum is Ricky Whittle who played Nathalie’s onscreen brother, Calvin Valentine. He can be seen now as Lincoln from The 100 and Shadow in the Neil Gaiman adaptation, American Gods.
4. Rob Kazinsky. EastEnders bad boy went from the Walford to playing Macklyn in True Blood and featuring in the Marvel hit, Captain Marvel.
5. Rachel Shenton. Yet another one from Hollyoaks! Rachel played a fictional celebrity in Hollyoaks known as Mitzee Minniver. Since then, she has portrayed many roles, but most notably bagged herself an Oscar for The Silent Child.
6. Himesh Patel. Former EastEnder turned musical Hollywood star, Patel was the central character of Yesterday, in which we get to enjoy his surprising guitar skills.
7. Scream Queens‘ token Brit, Earl Grey, Lucien Laviscount was once a regular on the Cobbles as Ben. He also stars in Katy Keene which is in the same universe as Riverdale.
