A group of actors and performers have signed an open letter that calls for creative organisations to help fund a new watchdog in order to protect performers from bullying and sexual harassment. Creative Industry Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) will be an independent body that investigates actors’ complaints about bad behaviour across the music, film, theatre and TV industries.

A number of well-known figures from the UK’s entertainment industry have put their names to the letter, including Saltburn’s Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Emerald Fennell, Gemma Chan, Keira Knightley, Lolly Adefope, Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Dune’s Rebecca Ferguson and Ruth Wilson.

Actors sign an open letter calling for a crackdown on bullying and sexual harassment in creative industries