15: Paapa Essiedu

At just 25 Paapa Essiedu became the first black actor in the history of the RSC to play Hamlet.

Since then he has performed in a number of Shakespeare productions and can currently be seen in the acclaimed BBC drama ‘I May Destroy You’ and Sky Atlantics latest hit ‘Gangs of London’.

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Produced by Dan Quick