People from Colchester

Damon Albarn OBE (born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Blur and as the co-founder, lead vocalist, instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz.

Darren Day (born Darren Graham; 17 July 1968) is an English actor, singer and television presenter, well known for his West End theatre starring roles.

Georgina Cates (born 14 January 1975) is an English film and television actress.

Sanna-June Hyde (born 1976) is a Finnish-English actress at the Helsinki City Theatre. She has played in the Helsinki City Theatre's Hotelli Paradiso, by Georges Feydeau, dir Neil Hardwick, playing Marcelle Paillardin, object of Master Builder Pinglet's desires. She was also in Metsäperkele written and directed by Kari Heiskanen. Metsäperkele is based on the historical figure G.A. Serlachius, a Finnish 19th century industrialist.

Elizabeth Jane Goddard (born 31 March 1969), known as Beth Goddard, is a British actress known for her role as Suze Littlewood in the BBC comedy series Gimme Gimme Gimme.

Hannah Francesca Katie Dodd (born 17 May 1995) is an English actress and model. She began her career in modeling and trained as a dancer before starring in the Hulu teen series Find Me in Paris (2018–2020). She has since appeared in the Netflix film Enola Holmes 2 (2022). She is set to play Francesca, the sixth Bridgerton child, in the period drama Bridgerton, also on Netflix.

Sean Dermot Fintan O'Leary Jr. (born 24 May 1973), better known as Dermot O'Leary, is a British-Irish television presenter for ITV and a radio presenter for BBC Radio 2.

Elizabeth Inglis (born Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins, 10 July 1913 – 25 August 2007), also known as Elizabeth Earl, was an English actress, known for her role in The Letter.

Crispin Daniel Bonham-Carter (born 23 September 1969 in Colchester, Essex) is an English former actor and theatre director, and a member of the Bonham Carter family.