HANNA ARDÉHN

SWEDISH ACTOR ARDÉHN’S BREAKTHROUGH CAME IN THE COMPELLING NETFLIX ORIGINAL DRAMA STÖRST AV ALLT (Quicksand), in which she played Maja, a high-school student put on trial for murder following a shooting at a Stockholm school. Now she is partnering with co-stars Tina Pour Davoy and Doreen Ndagire for Viaplay young-adult series Leva Life (Live Life, pictured), which follows three friends facing a devastating turn of events after 24-year-old Nora (Ardéhn) is diagnosed with cancer. But despite gruelling chemotherapy sessions and the constant fear of death, Nora refuses to give up on life.

FOR TWO SEASONS AND EIGHT EPISODES OF BBC RADIO 4 DRAMA MRS SIDHU INVESTIGATES, Syal

(The Kumars at No 42) voiced the title character, an Indian ‘aunty’ and chef with a taste for crime. The actor will now reprise the role on screen in a series commissioned by streamer Acorn TV. In the four-parter, Mrs Sidhu – a sharp investigator with an instinct for the truth, a warmth with people and a persistent sense for nosiness – must juggle her new catering business with wrangling her wayward son and serving up justice to those who think they are above the law. Her forays into crime also lead to an unofficial partnership with world-weary DCI Burton (Craig Parkinson), who must reluctantly accept that together they are an unbeatable crime-fighting duo.