Gorgeous geeky British actresses?

[almostwitty]

I was chatting to a female Whovian friend about the geek squee that would be seeing David Tennant and Patrick Stewart doing Hamlet at the RSC.

That got me musing as to which gorgeous British actress they could find to play Ophelia and inspire similar squee in women-fancying geeks. Unfortunately, the only name I could come up with was Kate Winslet - and she's already played Ophelia in the Kenneth Branagh version of Hamlet. Indeed, when I watched it at the time, I thought she played it much like a stereotypical Doctor Who companion, with lots of screaming.

So can you think of any gorgeous British actresses ?

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[lips-of-tragedy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's fab! Probably most famous for the role of Samantha in Foyle's War. I've also seen her on stage, playing Viola in Twelfth Night, and she was very good.