Rachel Leskovac was born on June 5, 1976 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Holby City (1999) and Hollyoaks (1995).
Helen Baxendale was born on June 7, 1970 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England as Helen Victoria Baxendale. She is an actress and producer, known for Cold Feet (1997), Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) and Cardiac Arrest (1994). She has been married to David L. Williams since 1993. They have three children.
Gugu, short for Gugulethu, Xhosa for "Our Pride", was born in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England to South African doctor Patrick Mbatha and his wife, nurse Anne Raw. Her parents separated when she was a year old, though she is still close to her father, and she was brought up by her mother in the town of Witney, Oxfordshire. Here she joined the local acting group Dramascope and, from the age of eleven, appeared in the pantomime at Oxford Playhouse every year. A talented singer and dancer as well as playing the saxophone, she joined the Oxford Youth Music Theatre in her teens. In 2001 she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. Since graduation in 2004 she has appeared in all media, including as an acclaimed Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre and on television in such varied series as "Bad Girls" (1999), "Doctor Who" (2005) and "Marple".
