HOW STARS OF THE CLASSIC BRITISH ROMCOM WENT ON TO FIND FAME
ROWAN ATKINSON
BEST known as Mr Bean and Blackadder, the comic, 64, played nervous Father Gerald who conducted wedding number two. He has since starred as Johnny English in two Bond-style spoofs and reprised his role as Rufus in Red Nose Day Actually.
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS
WITTY and loyal but forever overlooked, Charles’s best friend Fiona declared her love after the third wedding. A best supporting actress Bafta catapulted the actress, 58, to stardom with roles in hits like The English Patient (1996).
SOPHIE THOMPSON
SINCE playing Lydia, the bride in wedding two, the 57-year-old became a familiar face with British viewers after appearing in EastEnders for two years as the villainous Stella Crawford. She also starred in period dramas including Emma (1996) and Gosford Park (2001).
JOHN HANNAH
HIS moving reading of WH Auden’s poem Funeral Blues was a standout moment. His performance as Matthew transformed the 56-yearold Scot’s career. He landed roles in hits such as The Mummy (1999) and solved murders in TV’s A Touch Of Cloth.
ANDIE MACDOWELL
THE American actress and model, 60, won a Golden Globe nod for her performance as Carrie. She has since appeared in US shows 30 Rock and Cedar Cove, and recently made her debut as comedian Greg Davies’s long-lost sister in BBC hit Cuckoo.
HUGH GRANT
GRANT, 58, bagged a best actor Bafta as the smitten Charles. He went on to star in a string of Richard Curtis films and recently played Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe in A Very English Scandal and as villain Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2.
ANNA CHANCELLOR
PLAYED Henrietta or “Duckface” among Charles’s friends. The 53-year-old starred in BBC comedy Pramface, popped up in Downton as Lady Anstruther, and played Second Officer Monday in BBC America drama Fleming, about the 007 creator.
DAVID HAIG
GROOM number two Bernard met wife Lydia during the first wedding. The 63-year-old went on to play PM James Hacker in the 2013 reboot of Yes, Prime Minister and DI Derek Grim in comedy The Thin Blue Line as well as roles in Midsomer Murders and Doctor Who.
JAMES FLEET
FIONA’S bumbling brother Tom spent wedding number three pursuing a woman who turned out to be the minister’s wife. The 64-year-old is best known as Hugo Horton in The Vicar Of Dibley. He appeared as murderous criminal Robbie Sloane in Coronation Street.