Bessie Carter (2016)

Bessie won the 2016 Spotlight Prize for Best Screen Actor. She has appeared in Cranford, Doc Martin, Howards End alongside fellow Guildhall alumni Hayley Atwell and Leonie Benesch, and starred in the recent historical period drama Beecham House. On stage, she has performed in King Lear alongside Glenda Jackson and as Lydia Lubey in All My Sons, both at the Old Vic.