My Family told the story of a dysfunctional household.
With episodes usually focusing on the Harper couple and their three children’s attempts to get out of trouble, it ran from 2001 to 2011 on BBC One.
Described as a comedy “the critics hate, but the public love”, it regularly received above average ratings.
In 2004, it was ranked 24th in Britain’s Best Sitcom.
On Friday February 26, we’ll be giving away a free ‘Where are they now?’ pullout in your Daily Star, revealing what your favourite TV comedy stars did next.
My Family will be among the nine classic shows featured. Here’s where the main cast are now.
Robert Lindsay (Ben Harper)
Robert Lindsay starred in Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil opposite Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer in 2019 (Image: Disney)
Sardonic dentist Ben, played by Wolfie Smith actor Robert Lindsay, is often seen annoying wife Susan or trying to get rid of his kids.
Since my Family, Lindsay has acted in TV shows Plebs, Sky show Spy and McDonald & Dodds.
He’s also had various stage roles over the years and starred alongside Angelina Jolie as King John in the 2019 film Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil.
Zoë Wannamaker (Susan Harper)
Zoë Wannamaker had a part in the second season of hit drama Killing Eve (Image: BBC)
Zoë starred as Susan, a tour guide who was also a terrible cook.
After My Family ended she played Princess Marie, the Russian mother-in-law of Rosalie Selfridge in drama Mr Selfridge.
She also had roles in Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Inside No. 9, and Killing Eve.
She voiced Madame Hooch, the role she played in the first Harry Potter movie, in a 2018 video game called Hogwarts Mystery.
Kris Marshall (Nick Harper)
Kris Marshall had a stint in the lead role in Death In Paradise
Marshall quit playing hapless older son nick, who had a series of improbable jobs from exorcist to male stripper, after series four as he had grown tired of playing an immature character.
He appeared in a series of adverts for BT, before playing the Ginger Dave in Citizen Khan.
He then took over the role of DI Humphrey Goodman in Death In Paradise in 2013 and left the show in 2017.
He’s currently one of the favourites to take over from Jodie Whittaker as Doctor Who.
Daniela Denby-Ashe (Janey Harper)
Daniela Denby-Ashe (s-l) had a stint in BBC school drama Waterloo Road after leaving My Family (Image: BBC)
Janey Harper was the promiscuous, shopaholic daughter of Ben and Susan.
Denby-ashe stopped playing her in 2003, then returned to the role a year later.
She went on to play former pupil Lorraine Donnegan in Waterloo Road, having previously appeared in the show as a different character.
More recently, she starred in two episodes of the BBC sitcom Mum in 2019.
Gabriel Thomson (Michael Harper)
Gabriel Thomson quit acting to study at university, with a view to becoming a human rights lawyer (Image: Gabriel Thomson/Facebook)
As nerdy Michael, Thomson was the youngest main cast member.
He went on to star in touring Shakespeare productions, then 2015 film The Lost Choices.
That year, he announced he was turning his back on acting and starting a philosophy degree at King’s College London with the aim of becoming a human rights lawyer.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
