Linda Bassett and Alan Davies in The Brief (2004)

Linda Bassett, Dawn French, and Karl Johnson in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)

Linda Bassett and Lesley Nicol in West Is West (2010)

Andrew McCarthy and Linda Bassett in Waiting for the Moon (1987)

Linda Hunt and Linda Bassett in Waiting for the Moon (1987)

The women of Knapely (left to right, front row: Lesley Staples, Angela Curran, Julie Walters, Rosalind March, Penelope Wilton, Annette Crosbie. left to right, back row: Janet Howd, Celia Imrie, Georgie Glen, Linda Bassett) prepare to bare all for their photographer, Lawrence (Philip Glenister, right).

The members of the U.K.'s Women's Institute - Cora (Linda Bassett, left), Annie Clark (Julie Walters, second from left), Celia (Celia Imrie, third from left), Jessie (Annette Crosby, third from right), Chris Harper (Helen Mirren, second from right), and Ruth (Penelope Wilton, right), raise eyebrows - among other things - when they pose nude in their annual fundraising calendar

Ila Arun, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, Om Puri, and Aqib Khan

Linda Bassett, Leonie Elliott, Helen George, and Jennifer Kirby in Call the Midwife (2012)

Sarah-Jane Potts, Linda Bassett, Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nick Frost, and Jemima Rooper in Kinky Boots (2005)

Helen Mirren, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Georgie Glen, Celia Imrie, Geraldine James, and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls (2003)