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Back to Life

Back to Life

BBC Three 2019

When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won’t be easy.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of Back to Life (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Daisy Haggard

#1 - Daisy Haggard (Ally)

Daisy Haggard is a British actress and comedian. She is known for Doctor Who (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) . She is the daughter of film director Piers Haggard and his wife Anna Sklovsky.

Daisy Haggard plays as Ally in Back to Life.
Daisy Haggard is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 30 episodes.

Geraldine James

#2 - Geraldine James (Caroline Matteson)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geraldine James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Geraldine James plays as Caroline Matteson in Back to Life.
Geraldine James is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 12 episodes.

Richard Durden

#3 - Richard Durden (Oscar Matteson)

Mark Richard Durden-Smith (born 8 February 1944), known as Richard Durden, is an English actor, with a range of television, film and stage credits.

Richard Durden plays as Oscar Matteson in Back to Life.
Richard Durden is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 12 episodes.

Jo Martin

#4 - Jo Martin (Janice)

Jo Martin is a British television and film actress. She is perhaps most well known for portraying the Fugitive Doctor in BBC's science-fiction series "Doctor Who".

Jo Martin plays as Janice in Back to Life.
Jo Martin is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 12 episodes.

Jamie Michie

#5 - Jamie Michie (Donahue)

Jamie Michie plays as Donahue in Back to Life.
Jamie Michie is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Adeel Akhtar

#6 - Adeel Akhtar (Andy Fisher)

Akhtar is known for the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's film Four Lions.[3] Other comedic performances include Gupta in The Angelos Epithemiou Show,[4] Maroush in The Dictator[4] and Smee in Joe Wright and Pan.[5] Akhtar has also won acclaim for his dramatic performances: in 2015, he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his 2014 role as Wilson Wilson on Channel 4's Utopia.[6] He played shopkeeper Ahmed alongside Toby Jones in the BBC mini-series Capital,[7] and DS Ira King in the BBC's River.[8] Reviewing River in The Daily Telegraph, Michael Hogan wrote, "This series was beautifully written by Abi Morgan, stylishly directed, and most of all, superbly acted. The quieter, less showy supporting players also shone. Not just stalwarts [...] but fresher faces: Adeel Akhtar as River's endlessly patient sidekick and Georgina Rich as his psychiatrist".[9] In 2016 Akhtar appeared as Shahzad in the BBC one-off drama Murdered by My Father. He won the 2017 BAFTA award for Lead Actor for this role,[10] the first non-white actor to do so.[11] He also appeared as Rob Singhal in the acclaimed BBC miniseries based on John le CarrΓ©'s The Night Manager.[12] His latest role is as Billy in the 2019 critically acclaimed series on BBC Three, Back to Life, written by Daisy Haggard and Laura Salon. Adeel became a patron of Half Moon Theatre in autumn 2016.

Adeel Akhtar plays as Andy Fisher in Back to Life.
Adeel Akhtar is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 4 episodes.

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