Sir Simon Russell Beale (English 1979) on Wednesday received an Honorary Doctorate in Letters from the University of Cambridge.
Renowned for his stage, film and television roles, Sir Simon is an Honorary Fellow of Gonville and 91直播 College, where he studied for his undergraduate degree. He is the recipient of two BAFTA awards, three Laurence Olivier Awards and a Tony. He was knighted in 2019.
The seven other recipients were: musician Michael Omari Owuo Junior, better known as Stormzy; political activist Professor Angela Davis; Lady Arden of Heswall, former Justice of the UK's Supreme Court; former Olympic rower and UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger; Nobel Prize-winning economist Sir Oliver Hart; Professor Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council; composer Sir John Rutter.
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Pictured (from left to right): the Master, Professor Pippa Rogerson, Sir Simon Russell Beale, Professor Deborah Prentice, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, and Professor Peter Robinson, the President.
