Sally Hawkins

True-story drama about Somalian-born Waris Dirie, who, despite a turbulent upbringing, became one of the world's most sought-after top models.

A dramatisation of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant in London, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

In this drama from Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies), Penny and Phil lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

Novelist Nick Hornby turns to screenplays with this drama directed by Lone Scherfig (Italian for Beginners, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself) - winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2009.

A "maid" risks exposing her true identity as a pickpocket when she and an heiress discover something about themselves in this British miniseries.