Editing Forest Gate (section)

===Arts and entertainment===
[[Anna Neagle]] was born in the area in 1905, and has a road named after her off Dames Road.  Other actors born in Forest Gate include [[David Farrar (actor)|David Farrar]], [[Malcolm McFee]], [[Billy Murray (actor)|Billy Murray]],  [[Terrence Hardiman]] and [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]].

Other actors associated with the area include ''[[The Wire]]'' star [[Idris Elba]], and ''Eastenders''{{'}} [[Ricky Norwood]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/eastenders/interviews/enders-ricky-im-just-a-boy-from-forest-gate/12847|title=Enders' Ricky: 'I'm just a boy from Forest Gate'|date=25 May 2011|work=[[What's on TV]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]]|access-date=25 May 2011|location=London}}</ref>

[[Jimi Hendrix]] is reputed to have composed "Purple Haze" in the Upper Cut Club in Woodgrange Road.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rokpool.com/content/rokpool-re-visits-the-legendary-upper-cut-club|title=Rokpool revisits the legendary Upper Cut Club'|access-date=27 July 2012|location=London|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425203401/http://www.rokpool.com/content/rokpool-re-visits-the-legendary-upper-cut-club|archive-date=25 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Musicians from Forest Gate include biographer, composer and pianist [[Norman Charles Suckling]], [[John Ashton (musician)|John Ashton]], [[Kele Le Roc]] and heavy metal vocalist [[Sarah Jezebel Deva]].  [[Ronnie Lane]] of the [[Small Faces]] was born in [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]] but spent his childhood and early adulthood in Forest Gate, living at 385 Romford Road.<ref name="Angelfire">[https://www.angelfire.com/home/telleveryone/mojo97.html Ronnie Lane spent childhood in Forest Gate] accessed 07/01/08</ref> Roy Carter, a rhythm guitarist with 70s hit funk band [[Heatwave (band)|Heatwave]], was raised in Forest Gate.

Some British hip hop artists are associated with the area including [[D Double E]] and [[Tempa T]]. Top-selling [[Grime (music)|Grime]] artist and rapper [[Plan B (rapper)|Plan B]], has a song "Raking the Dead" which refers to a friend who discovered a body on Wanstead Flats.

Artists from Forest Gate include [[Betsy Schneider]], [[John Bowstead]], [[Walter Westley Russell]] and [[Barry Windsor-Smith]]. Writer [[Mary Renault]] was born in the area.