{"id":935866,"date":"2026-05-03T22:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/935866\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:50:29","slug":"scots-actress-who-starred-in-huge-hollywood-blockbuster-joins-celebrity-traitors-2026-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/935866\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots actress who starred in huge Hollywood blockbuster joins Celebrity Traitors 2026 cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-modal=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Off-platform-pics-2026-05-02T121625.386.png\" alt=\"Claudia Winkleman on a purple carpet with two figures in green hooded cloaks, promoting &quot;The Traitors&quot;.\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16218985\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A SCOTS actress has been confirmed as part of the star-studded line-up for the highly anticipated Celebrity Traitors.<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow-born Sharon Rooney is among the 21 A-listers heading to the Highlands for the ultimate game of treachery. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Scottish Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As the Celeb Traitors returns for a second season, the full line-up has finally been confirmed Credit: BBC<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s series saw Alan Carr bag the win as a traitor Credit: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Studio Lambert\/Paul Chappells<\/p>\n<p>This year, Glasgow-born Sharon Rooney will star in the second season Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old, who famously starred as Lawyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/barbie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barbie<\/a> alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/margot-robbie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Margot Robbie<\/a>, will be joined by a heavy-hitting cast including the likes of Bella Ramsey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/who\/james-blunt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Blunt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/who\/leigh-anne-pinnock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leigh-Anne Pinnock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/maya-jama\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maya Jama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/comedy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">comedy<\/a> duo Rob Beckett and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/romesh-ranganathan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romesh Ranganathan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Others include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/who\/michael-sheen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Sheen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/who\/ross-kemp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ross Kemp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/who\/miranda-hart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miranda Hart<\/a>, Hannah Fry, Joanna McNally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/who\/amol-rajan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amol Rajan<\/a>, Myha\u2019la, James Acaster and Richard E. Grant.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Hall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/who\/joe-lycett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Lycett<\/a>, Julie Hesmondhalgh, \u00a0Sebastian Croft and King Kenny.<\/p>\n<p>Filming for the second season of the Claudia Winkleman-fronted hit is thought to be already underway at Ardross Castle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tREAD MORE ON THE SCOTTISH SUN\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/travel\/16218573\/scots-seaside-town-praised-stunning-scenery-food-best-uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Off-platform-pics-2026-05-02T101507.764.png\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">COASTAL CLASS<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Scots town praised for &#8216;stunning&#8217; scenery named among best to visit in UK<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/16217136\/teen-dies-river-tragedy-family-tributes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-19.png\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">FOREVER 18<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Scots dad-to-be, 18, dies in river tragedy as family &amp; girlfriend pay tribute<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Produced by Studio Lambert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/scotland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a>, the series will see the famous faces battle it out to win a cash prize of up to \u00a3100,000 for their chosen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/charities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">charities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The game sees contestants split into \u201cTraitors\u201d and \u201cFaithfuls,\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/the-traitors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Traitors<\/a> secretly picking off their rivals while the group attempts to unmask them at the roundtable.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney shot to fame with her breakout role as Rae Earl in My Mad Fat Diary and has since become a familiar face on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/british\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British<\/a> TV.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will also recognise her as the long-suffering Sophie from the first two series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/two-doors-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Two Doors Down<\/a>, where she famously shocked her on-screen mum, played by Elaine C. Smith, with a graphic threesome revelation.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s popped up in projects like Dumbo and been a voiceover artist for animated series such as Robozuna. <\/p>\n<p>Well known for her down-to-earth screen presence, she\u2019s become a familiar face on British TV.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old keeps her personal life very private, so her spot on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/celebrity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrity<\/a> Traitors could be very interesting indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A SCOTS actress has been confirmed as part of the star-studded line-up for the highly anticipated Celebrity Traitors.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":935867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7826],"tags":[192,748,918,4884,712,6365,16,15],"class_list":["post-935866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-glasgow","tag-bbc","tag-britain","tag-glasgow","tag-great-britain","tag-scotland","tag-the-traitors","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116513095465658977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}