The Rose: Nottingham-born lovely Samantha Jane Morton has earned acclaim for her chameleon ability to transform almost beyond recognition - from the bald-headed psychic in Minority Report to her turn as serial killer Myra Hindley.

The Awesome: Magnetic in everything she does, Morton smashes barriers with every performance she undertakes – nudity isn’t a problem, and the scruffier the role the better. See In America, Control and Synecdoche, NY.

American Equivalent: For shaved-head comparisons alone, it has to be Natalie Portman. But the two opposite-sides-of-the-pond darlings are similar in their strange, universal sex appeal, not to mention their presence in front of the camera.