Patsy Kensit

Born: March 1968
Where: Hounslow, London, UK

Kensit began her acting career aged four playing Mia Farrow and Robert Redford's daughter in The Great Gatsby.

She grew up in front of the camera with performances in The Bluebird with Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner and on TV in Pollyanna and Great Expectations.

Kensit also enjoyed a minor parallel career as a pop star - she had a hit with the Pet Shop Boys-penned I'm Not Scared with the band Eighth Wonder.

In 1986, she co-starred with David Bowie in the ambitious flop Absolute Beginners but gained international attention in Lethal Weapon II with Mel Gibson.

She played a comedy role in Disney's Blame it on the Bellboy with Dudley Moore and also appeared in Things Behind The Sun with Eric Stolz and Don Cheadle.

Married three times - to musician Dan Donovan, Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr and Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher - she has one son by Gallagher.

Recent film work includes Geordie rom-com The One and Only and she also features in Darkness Falling with Jason Priestley and Shelter Island with Stephen Baldwin.