Paula Ann Bland – Grange Hill – Age 52

Of course, we couldn’t leave Paula Ann Bland off this list, especially when talking about Grange Hill. She was born in 1968, meaning that she’s 52 years old at the moment. Portraying Claire Scott on the show was one of her first-ever acting projects. She was 13 years old on her first episode.

She stopped playing on the show in 1985 and went on to play in films like Tank Malling and The Fruit Machine. The last time we saw her was in 2019, on an episode of Lorraine, speaking about her breast cancer diagnosis. In 2021 she tweeted about her struggles with her ongoing chemotherapy treatments.