Strictly Come Dancing in 2010. More recently she starred as Maria in the live ITV version of The Sound of Music and now she’s a mum of two.
Shaun, who went on to star as the young Morse in Endeavour, turned up at Summerdown Comprehensive as the foreign languages teacher, and the only gay staff member, John Paul.
But his colleagues thought he was only a sixth former when he first started. It's a shame their observations skills aren’t as good as the young detective.
The man who became Gavlar from Gavin & Stacey featured as RE teacher Ben during the fourth series. After Teachers, he appeared with Catherine Tate and in other series, before a meeting with James Corden - another star of the Channel 4 show - changed his life.
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