Ben Lamb (actor)

Ben Lamb (born 24 January 1989) is a British actor. He plays Anthony Rivers in the 2013 BBC historical television drama The White Queen and will play Edward in the 2014 science-fiction film Divergent.

Early career
Having graduated from Eton College, Lamb joined the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain for the original stage production of 20 Cigarettes at the Soho Theatre, London. Following this, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London for three years, and upon graduating, he was cast alongside John Simm, Michelle Dockery and John Nettles in Sheffield Crucible Theatre's production of Hamlet in 2010. Work for Shakespeare's Globe soon followed - playing Silvius, Le Beau, Charles the Wrestler and Audrey in As You Like It - as did a cameo in the second series of the BBC's courtroom drama, Silk.

In 2012, Lamb was cast as Percy Shelley in Shared Experience's inaugural production of Mary Shelley written by Helen Edmundson, and shortly afterwards, he was cast in the role of Anthony Rivers in The White Queen.