Satine from Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Arguably the most familiar to millions here, Mcgrath plays Morgana in BBC smash Merlin. But it’s films where she’s headed with Shrooms director paddy Breathnach’s next work Freakdog due out in 2009.

“I finished filming that on a Sunday, moved to London on the Monday and had the read-through for Merlin on the Tuesday,” she says, sounding a little Craig david. “Which is kind of an actor’s dream really."

Photography by Chris Floyd