Scott Thomas made her fim debut in 1986’s Under the Cherry Moon and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for 1996’s The English Patient. Since 2022 she has starred in the TV series Slow Horses. She was appointed OBE in 2003 and made a dame in 2015

Thompson won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1992, for her role as Margaret Schlegel in Howards End, and another in 1995 for screenwriting work on Ang Lee’s Sense & Sensibility. She was made a dame in 2018

Mirren began her career with the National Youth Theatre in 1965, playing Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra. She has since won an Academy Award, for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, five Emmys, four Baftas and three Golden Globes. She was made a dame in 2003

Walter made her Royal Shakespeare Company debut in 1980 and her Broadway debut in 1983. She has played Brutus, Henry IV and Prospero in all-female productions of the Shakespeare plays. She was made a dame in 2011

Hancock made her Broadway debut in 1966. In 2007, she was nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance in Cabaret. She was appointed OBE in 1974, CBE in 2011, and made a dame in 2021