Here's a round-up of all those that have made it big on-screen after Cambridge! Who'd have thought you were traipsing the same stomping ground as some of these big names...

Emma Thompson

College: Newnham

Subject: English

Known for: Nanny McPhee, Harry Potter, Sense and Sensibility, Love Actually

Hugh Laurie

College: Selwyn

Subject: Archaeology and Anthropology

Known for: House, Blackadder, A Bit of Fry and Laurie

Stephen Fry

College: Queens'

Subject: English

Known for: Blackadder, QI, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Have I Got News for You

Naomie Harris

College: Pembroke

Subject: Social and Political Sciences

Known for: James Bond, Pirates of the Caribbean

Dan Stevens

College: Emmanuel

Subject: English

Known for: Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast

Rachel Weisz

College: Trinity Hall

Subject: English

Known for: The Favourite, The Mummy, About a Boy

Sacha Baron Cohen

College: Christ’s

Subject: History

Known for: Borat, Bruno, Ali G

Andy Hamilton

College: Downing

Subject: English

Known for: Outnumbered, Peppa Pig

Ian McKellen

College: St Catharine’s

Subject: English

Known for: The Lord of the Rings, X-Men

Tom Hollander

College: Selwyn

Subject: English

Known for: Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride & Prejudice

Thandiwe Newton

College: Downing

Subject: Social Anthropology

Known for: Line of Duty, Westworld, Run Fatboy Run

Eddie Redmayne

College: Trinity

Subject: History of Art

Known for: The Theory of Everything, Les Misérables, Fantastic Beasts

Richard Ayoade

College: St Catharine’s

Subject: Law

Known for: The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, Travel Man

Simon Bird

College: Queens'

Subject: English

Known for: The Inbetweeners, Friday Night Dinner

Joe Thomas

College: Pembroke 

Subject: History

Known for: The Inbetweeners, White Gold

Hugh Bonneville

College: Corpus Christi

Subject: Theology

Known for: Downton Abbey, Paddington

Derek Jacobi

College: St John’s

Subject: History

Known for: Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Doctor Who

Miriam Margolyes

College: Newnham

Subject: English

Known for: Harry Potter, Romeo + Juliet, Yentl, Call The Midwife

John Madden

College: Sidney Sussex

Subject: English

Known for: Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Richard Osman

College: Trinity

Subject: Politics and Sociology

Known for: Pointless, House of Games

Tilda Swinton

College: Murray-Edwards (formerly New Hall)

Subject: Social and Political Sciences

Known for: Orlando, The Chronicles of Narnia, Doctor Strange

Sandi Toksvig

College: Girton

Subject: Archaeology and Anthropology

Known for: QI, The Great British Bake Off

John Oliver

College: Christ’s

Subject: English

Known for: Last Week Tonight

Emma Corrin

College: St John’s

Subject: English, Drama and the Arts

Known for: The Crown

David Attenborough

College: Clare

Subject: Natural Sciences

Known for: Blue Planet, Planet Earth

Claudia Winkleman

College: Murray-Edwards (formerly New Hall)

Subject: Art History

Known for: Strictly Come Dancing

Tom Hiddleston

College: Pembroke

Subject: Classics

Known for: Midnight in Paris, War Horse, The Avengers, Loki

Lily Cole

College: King's

Subject: Social and political sciences

Known for: St Trinian's, Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche

David Mitchell

College: Peterhouse

Subject: History

Known for: Peep Show, Would I Lie to You?

Robert Webb

College: Robinson

Subject: English

Known for: Peep Show, Fresh Meat

Mel Giedroyc

College: Trinity

Subject: French and Italian

Known for: The Great British Bake Off

Sue Perkins

College: New Hall

Subject: English

Known for: The Great British Bake Off, Japan with Sue Perkins

Freddie Highmore

College: Emmanuel

Subject: Spanish and Arabic

Known for: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bates Motel, The Spiderwick Chronicles

Phil Wang

College: King’s

Subject: Engineering

Known for: Taskmaster, Daphne Sounds Expensive, Live at the Apollo