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Connie Britton began playing country music fading sensation Rayna Jaymes in Nashville (2012) after having wrapped production for the five season long Friday Night Lights (2006) alongside Kyle Chandler. She previously appeared in Universal's Friday Night Lights (2004) -the movie- directed by Peter Berg and also starring Billy Bob Thornton; and Edward Burns' independent feature Looking for Kitty (2004).
Britton was born Constance Elaine Womack in Boston, Massachusetts, to Linda Jane (Cochran) and Edgar Allen Womack, Jr., a physicist and energy company executive. She is of Irish, German, and English descent.
Britton received accolades for her starring roles in Edward Burns' acclaimed independent films The Brothers McMullen (1995) and No Looking Back (1998). In the former, she captivated moviegoers with her portrayal of "Molly", the luminous wife of a cheating husband. This popular low-budget film went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. After nearly canceling her audition with director Edward Burns, this last meeting of the day turned into the role that would launch her career. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Britton moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, at the age of seven with her family, including her fraternal twin sister. She went on to attend Dartmouth College, where she majored in Asian studies and spent a term in Beijing, China. Upon graduation, she moved to New York, where she spent two years at the Neighborhood Playhouse studying with Sanford Meisner, and an additional two years performing in regional theater and off-Broadway productions. She moved to Los Angeles after the success of The Brothers McMullen (1995).
She starred in ABC's Lost at Home (2003) opposite Mitch Rouse and Gregory Hines. Her other television credits include The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001) opposite Brian Dennehy, a recurring role in the highly-acclaimed drama The West Wing (1999) and a starring role in the award-winning comedy Spin City (1996) opposite Michael J. Fox. Additionally, Britton starred in the recent feature films The Next Big Thing (2001) and One Eyed King (2001).
In her free time, Britton, who resides in both New York and Los Angeles, enjoys hiking, yoga, and doing volunteer work.- Actress
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Tia Carrere, born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, was discovered in a grocery store and landed the female lead in the film Aloha Summer. She then moved to Los Angeles and continued her ascent in the acting world as a series regular on General Hospital as well as a string of guest starring roles on MacGyver, Quantum Leap, Married With Children, and Friday the 13th among others. With her iconic breakthrough role as Cassandra in Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2, Tia was able to showcase both her considerable singing as well as acting chops. Wayne's World was a worldwide phenom and set the stage for the femme fatale role of Juno Skinner in James Cameron's film True Lies, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger; the computer whiz Jingo Asakuma in Rising Sun opposite Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes; and her very own series lead as Sydney Fox in Relic Hunter. Other work includes Nip/Tuck, In Plain Sight, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and many more. Subsequently Tia returned to her Hawaii roots starring in Disney's animated film Lilo & Stitch, while on the musical front, being nominated four times and winning the Grammy twice with her records 'ikena and Huana Ke Aloha. She also co-hosted and performed during the ceremony. Lately, Tia can be seen in Michael Patrick King's series AJ & the Queen starring RuPaul, Amblin Films "Easter Sunday" starring JoKoy and Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever. She also just released a single and video of a song she wrote called "I'm Still Here".- Actress
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Lauren Graham was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Donna Grant and Lawrence Graham, a candy industry lobbyist. Her father was from New York and her mother was from the American South, and Lauren has Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry. She grew up in Northern Virginia, USA (Fairfax, Arlington, and Great Falls, VA) Graduate of Langley High School, McLean, VA Graduate of Barnard College with a Bachelor's Degree in English. Graduate of Southern Methodist University with a Master's Degree in Acting. She was raised by a single parent, her father. Her parents divorced when she was 5. Growing up she wanted to be a jockey but her height precluded it. She traveled extensively with her father during her childhood and discovered acting while in elementary school. Her resume includes theatre, film and television.- Actress
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Maria Bello was born on 18 April, 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Kathy, a nurse and teacher, and Joe Bello, a contractor. She is of Italian and Polish descent. Maria went to Villanova University, majoring in political science. She had every intention of becoming a lawyer, but she took an acting class during her senior year, just for fun. She discovered she was very good at it, and she was soon cast in small off-Broadway plays, such as "The Killer Inside Me", "Small Town Gals With Big Problems" and "Urban Planning". She later guest-starred on episodes of The Commish (1991), Nowhere Man (1995), Misery Loves Company (1995), and Due South (1994). She got her big break when producers Kenny Lenhart and John J. Sakmar cast her in the spy show Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996) as "Mrs. Smith" (they remembered her from her performance in a failed pilot that was a remake of the classic TV series 77 Sunset Strip (1958)). The show was canceled after eight weeks on the air. Then came a spot on ER (1994) as "Dr. Anna Del Amico", in which she guest-starred on the final three episodes of the third season. The show's producers were so impressed with her that they asked her back as a regular on the series.- Actress
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Jacqueline will next be seen in the independent film, THE CONVERT, directed by Lee Tamahori and opposite Guy Pearce. She can also be seen starring in the limited series SIGNIFICANT OTHERS for ABC and SAVAGE RIVER opposite Katherine Langford for Dynamic Television, for which she was nominated for an AACTA. She will next be seen in the new feature film, FORCE OF NATURE, from director Robert Connolly and Made Up Stories. Her most recent film work can be viewed in James Wan's feature film MALIGNANT for New Line as well as in Michael Budd's latest feature, RUBY'S CHOICE. Other TV work includes the hit CBS series, THE 4400, the FOX series MENTAL, the Australian series BLOOM, the Netflix series PINE GAP, HALIFAX: RETRIBUTION, opposite William H. Macy in DREAMSCAPES & NIGHTMARES, and the miniseries SAFE HARBOUR from NBC/Matchbox, which is currently streaming on Hulu. Other film work includes PALM BEACH, THREE SUMMERS (directed by Ben Elton), GATEWAY, and HARMONY. She won the 2018 Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Logie (Australian Emmys) for her role as "Gabe" in ROMPER STOMPER: NEXT GEN for STAN and was also the 2017 recipient of the Screen Legend Award at CinefestOz alongside director, Scott Hicks. Jacqueline also made her Broadway debut in John Crowley's Tony Award-nominated THE PRESENT opposite Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh.- Jenna Stern was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the daughter of British-born, Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Eggar and American producer Tom Stern. Her brother, Nicolas Stern, is a Producer for film and television. She graduated U.C. Berkeley in 1990 and then went to NYU's Graduate Acting program, graduating with an MFA in 1993. She married fellow actor Brennan Brown in 1998.
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In Joely Fisher's recent unflinching memoir, she comes clean and bares her soul about growing up in what she describes as "The Fishbowl".Daughter of Hollywood legendary crooner Eddie Fisher and entertainment icon Connie Stevens, Joely was raised in the Los Angeles area educated in a dozen LA schools, continuing on to the Université de Paris/Sorbonne and Emerson College in Boston. From the time she hit the boards in the multi-purpose room in her Catholic elementary school musical, Mama said, "I couldn't stop her with a train". Triple threat, Joely Fisher stands out as a star of television, musical theatre, and motion pictures. Her "sensational and sexy" turn as Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's critic darling revival of "Cabaret" on Broadway as well as the National touring company earned her rave reviews. Joely made her Broadway debut as "Rizzo"in "Grease!." However, it was her 5 seasons as "Paige Clark ,"Ellen's best friend ,the monstrously ambitious, seductive Hollywood executive on the historic and groundbreaking ABC show, Ellen (1994), that introduced her to television audiences around the world, and earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She next starred opposite John Goodman in FOX's series Normal, Ohio (2000) playing the hilariously fascinating combo of a young caring mother who just happened to be a "bit of a slut." She spent two seasons starring in her own series Wild Card (2003) for Lifetime. In 2005, Joely joined the cast of the hit television series Desperate Housewives (2004) where she played Felicity Huffman's tough and very complex boss Nina Fletcher. Fisher then returned to television opposite Brad Garrett for four seasons in FOX's 'Til Death (2006). Their incredible chemistry kept audiences rolling with laughter. Next, Joely reoccurred on ABC's Last Man Standing (2011) opposite Hector Elizondo. Joely's film credits have placed her opposite some of the finest actors in film, like Jim Carrey in The Mask (1994), Steve Martin in Mixed Nuts (1994), and Nick Nolte in I'll Do Anything (1994). Her crowning achievement to date was starring with Matthew Broderick in the $100 million-grossing Disney film Inspector Gadget (1999). She is a stand out in such indie films as Perfect Prey (1998), Slingshot (2005), Killing Winston Jones, and Search Engines (2016). Recently seen in The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017) opposite Jennifer Garner as well as The Disappointments Room (2016), and By the Rivers of Babylon. Her television movies include the lead in NBC's Thirst (1998), Showtime's Jitters (1997), ABC's Seduction in a Small Town (1997), and Cupid, Inc. (2012) for Hallmark. No matter how much the focus of her career seems to be acting, the underlying accompaniment throughout is her love of singing and performing. She tells the tale of sleeping in the orchestra pit during one of mother Connie Stevens' performances, and by 12 she was singing all over the world, including a USO tour with Bob Hope during the Persian Gulf War, which led to her performance for President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush at the Kennedy Center. Joely has written, directed and performed multiple one-woman shows .She was even featured at a young age on the Tony awards, the Academy Awards, and was Miss Golden Globe. In recent years Ms. Fisher has embarked on a directing career ranging in television shows, "Sunset Fever" a black comedy short as commentary on reality television and the Hollywood family, to the socially conscious PSA campaigns for IFAW the International Fund for Animal Welfare and for Welcome.US an organization started by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg on Immigrant Heritage. Her first music video, "Sonte" by European artist Mirud has a million views and she is on a short list of women called upon to direct multi-camera television for the Disney Channel and this year will make her feature directorial debut with Oliver Storm and the Curse of Sinbad's Treasure, a family adventure film. Joely hopes to continue on this path and give the world delicious and compelling stories and lead the pack of women who make change in the world. In her book she also writes in gut wrenching detail how the sudden loss of her sister, Carrie Fisher, inspired her creativity and the recognition that she could indeed write. Joely has been married more than 2 decades to cinematographer and director Christopher Duddy. Together they have five children Cameron, Collin, daughter Skylar Grace, True Harlow 12 yrs old, and in 2008 they adopted Olivia "Luna "- Actress
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Irene Bedard (born July 22, 1967) is an Alaska Native actress enrolled in the Native Village of Koyuk who has played many American Indian characters in a variety of television shows and films. She is best known for her voice role as the title character in the Disney animated film "Pocahontas," and the cult-classic "Smoke Signals" as Suzy Song. She is known for bringing a powerful emotional presence to her characters.
Bedard was born in Anchorage, Alaska, raised primarily in Alaska, but also spent a few years as a child in Washington state. Her father was Bruce Bedard, and mother was Carol Bedard, and she is their oldest of four - Leslie Bedard, Joseph Bedard, and David Bedard are her younger siblings. She is Inupiaq and Yup'ik on her mother's side, and Cree on her father's side. She graduated from Anchorage's Dimond High School in 1985, and then earned a Musical Theatre degree from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bedard's son Quinn Wilson was born in 2003.
Her first role was as Mary Crow Dog in the television production, "Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee," which depicted the 1970s standoff between police and Native Americans, many of the Pine Ridge Reservation, at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. She received a Golden Globe nomination for the role. Besides the first Disney Pocahontas movie, she also voiced direct-to-video sequel "Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World." Bedard was the physical model for the character. She appeared in a different take of the Pocahontas story in Terence Malick's 2005 film "The New World," as Pocahontas's mother, Nonoma Winanuske Matatiske. In 2005, she was cast in the television mini-series Into the West, portraying the half-Lakota, half-white adult Margaret "Light Shines" Wheeler. In 2011 Bedard portrayed the Messenger in the Academy Award-nominated film, "Tree of Life." In 2018, Bedard reprised her voiced role of Pocahontas for Disney's "Ralph Breaks the Internet."
Her television roles span from 1995, including Stephen Spielberg's "Into the West," "The Spectacular Spider-Man," "Longmire," "Westworld," and "FBI: Most Wanted." She has performed in two Stephen King series, 2017's "The Mist" as Kimi Lucero, and 2020's "The Stand" as Ray Rentner. In the 2017 she portrayed the future Co-President of the United States for the Jay-Z music video "Family Feud," directed by Ava Duverney.
Bedard's decades of creative work includes singing, theatre, spoken word, producing television and movies, speaking, and teaching. She fosters a passion of many creative disciplines, and is a great lover, and adopter, of animals. Bedard was chosen in 1995 as one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People." She's served on the American Indian Enterprise and Business Council to the United Nations, and is involved in frequent activist work around the environmental and Indigenous issues.- Actress
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Venus Terzo is a Canadian actress. She has often worked as a voice actress, both in original works and in the English dubs of anime series. Her most notable-live action roles were the detective Angela Kosmo in the crime drama series "Da Vinci's Inquest" (1998-2005) and the politically-themed sequel "Da Vinci's City Hall" (2005-2006), and physician Dr. Elisa Schwartz in several seasons of "Arrow" (serving as a supporting character from 2016 to 2019).
Her first notable voice role was the obsessive inventor Biko "B-ko" Daitokuji in the direct-to-video films "Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group" (1987), "Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody" (1988), and "Project A-ko 4: FINAL" (1989). In this film series, B-Ko's primary motivations were her unrequited affection for the ordinary schoolgirl Shiko "C-ko" Kotobuki, and her intense rivalry with the superhuman schoolgirl Eiko "A-ko" Magami. Terzo also voiced a bounty-hunter version of B-Ko in the spin-off two-part film "Project A-ko: Grey Side/Blue Side". This two-part film featured alternate reality versions of A-Ko and B-Ko as business partners who have to prevent the end of a multiverse and the intended birth of a new universe.
In 1989, Terzo voiced the female form of shape-shifter Ranma Saotome in the first of the two animated series based on the manga "Ranma ½" (1987-1996). The series only lasted for 18 episodes. Terzo also voiced Ranma in the second series, which lasted from 1989 to 1992. In both series, Ranma is an adolescent martial artist who constantly shifts between male and female forms due to a curse. He has four fiancees (Akane Tendo, Shampoo, Kodachi Kuno, and Ukyo Kuonji), but he tends to attract suitors from both genders.
In "Captain N: The Game Master" (1989-1991), Terzo voiced Princess Lana. Her character was the heiress and current regent of Videoland, in replacement to her exiled father. Lana acted as the mediator within a team of heroes with different backgrounds and clashing personalities, and was the main love interest of protagonist Kevin Keene. The series lasted 3 seasons and 34 episodes.
In the "New Adventures of He-Man" (1990), Terzo voiced the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, He-Man's mentor. In this series, He-Man has time-traveled into the far future and has been recruited to fight a war. The Sorceress still communicates with him through telepathy, and at times intervenes to help him. In this series, Terzo also voiced the evil mutant Crita (a love interest for the villain Skeletor), and the heroic queen Mara (Crita's archenemy). The series lasted for a single season and 65 episodes, though the last episode hinted that Skeletor and Crita would eventually return.
Terzo voiced the tomboy heroine PJ of the Dream Patrol in "Captain Zed and the Zee Zone" (1991-1993). PJ and her partner Captain Zed had to defend the dreams of children from villains who controlled nightmares and could shape-shift at will. The series lasted for 26 episodes. The character of PJ was redesigned in the series' second season to look more feminine. At about the same time, Terzo was cast in "My Little Pony Tales" (1992), a slice of life series about preteen female anthropomorphic ponies. Terzo voiced the athletic tomboy Patch (one of the main characters) and the newscaster Dazzle (a guest character). She also voiced the medieval adventurer Squire, who turned up in ghost form in the first episode. The series lasted a single season and 26 episodes. Terzo left the series before its completion, replaced by Brigitta Dau.
In "King Arthur and the Knights of Justice" (1992-1993), Terzo voiced supporting character Lady Elaine. Her character was an attendant to Queen Guinevere (voiced by Kathleen Barr), and the love interest of the crossbowman Sir Darren (one of the main characters). Elaine was initially unaware that her lover was a time-traveler from the 20th century. The series lasted 2 seasons and 26 episodes.
In "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" (1993), Terzo voiced the sentient female robot Breezie. Created by the villain Dr. Ivo Robotnik to set a trap for the hero Sonic the Hedgehog, Breezie soon developed genuine emotions and morality. She rebelled against her programming, and set out to create a life and career for herself. Breezie initially served as a recurring damsel in distress in subsequent episodes, but eventually developed considerable survival skills of her own. The series lasted for a single season and 65 episodes.
In the superhero series "Skysurfer Strike Force" (1995-1996), Terzo voiced the female cyborg Lazerette. Lazerette and her teammate Cerina were the only recurring female villains in the series, serving the plans of would-be world conqueror Cybron (Cerina's father). The series lasted for 2 seasons and 26 episodes. It was the last animated series created by the studio Ruby-Spears Productions.
In the fantasy series "The Vision of Escaflowne" (1996), Terzo voiced the supporting character Princess Millerna Aston. Millerna was a talented medical student, who was forced by her family to drop her studies and to become engaged to a man who was a mere acquaintance to her. Millerna eventually fled her home planet, in order to pursue her own life goals. The series lasted for 26 episodes. In the science fiction series "Saber Marionette J" (1996-1997), Terzo voiced Tiger, a sentient female marionette who loyally served megalomaniac dictator Gailhart von Faust. The main motivation of Terzo's character was her unrequited love for Faust, who only viewed her as a disposable tool. The series lasted for 25 episodes.
In "Beast Wars: Transformers" (1996-1999), Terzo voiced Blacharachnia, a female Transformer who could shape-shift into a black widow spider. She was created by the villainous Predacon faction, but she was a rebellious member in their ranks. She was mainly motivated by self-interest and self-preservation, and was unwilling to die for their cause. She eventually switched sides to the heroic Maximals, after they helped her survive a lost battle. She remained a selfish individual, but started a romantic relationship with her new teammate Silverbolt. The series lasted for 3 seasons and 52 episodes. Terzo also voiced Blacharachnia in the sequel series "Beast Machines: Transformers" (1999-2000). In this series, Blacharachnia was trying to survive in an apocalyptic version of her native planet Cybertron, with most of the planet's population having vanished just prior to the series' events. The series lasted for 2 seasons and 26 episodes.
In the romantic comedy series "Trouble Chocolate" (1999-2000), Terzo voiced Deborah. Her character was a female security officer, and maintained a romantic relationship with her immediate superior, Murakata. She also voiced a robotic doppelganger of Deborah. The series served mainly as a parody to other animated series. It lasted for 20 episodes. Terzo voiced Millerna Aston again in the dark fantasy film "Escaflowne" (2000) , which featured alternate reality versions of the characters from the television series. This version of Millerna was a war refugee who joined a resistance group.
In the series "Star Ocean EX" (2001), Terzo voiced the treasure hunter Celine Jules. Her character was a powerful magic user, but had a crippling fear of insects. The series lasted for 26 episodes. In the series "Project ARMS" (2001-2002), Terzo voiced Katsumi Akagi, the best friend and love interest of protagonist Ryo Takatsuki. Like several of the other main characters, Katsumi was created through a genetic experiment for the creation of super-humans. Unlike the others, she was not granted cybernetic implants and initially had no superhuman abilities. The series lasted for 52 episodes.
In "X-Men: Evolution" (2000-2003), Terzo voiced mutant superheroine Jean Grey. Like her comic book counterpart, Jean was a powerful telepath and telekinetic. Unlike her comic book counterpart, she was still an adolescent. She struggled with her shyness and a number of personal insecurities. It was hinted in the series that she was destined to become a host for the Phoenix Force, but the event was not actually depicted. The series lasted for 4 seasons and 52 episodes, though the writers had plans for a 5th season which was never produced.
In the "My Little Pony" Generation 3 direct-to-video films (2003-2009), Terzo voiced both the imaginative Sparkleworks and the stylish fashionista Rainbow Dash. This incarnation of "My Little Pony" was aimed at a younger audience than the previous versions, with conflict-free narratives. In "Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny" (2004-2005), Terzo voiced Talia Gladys, captain of the spaceship Minerva. She was a loyal member of the military organization ZAFT, but found herself often disagreeing with the erratic orders of her superiors. Talia eventually chose to die by the side of her former lover, Gilbert Durandal, in his final battle. The series lasted for 50 episodes.
In the superhero series "Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes" (2006-2010), Terzo voiced the Latverian supervillain Lucia von Bardas in two 2007 episodes. The comic book version of Lucia was a cyborg, but the animated version was one of Doctor Doom's androids. Terzo voiced Jean Grey again for a 2012 guest appearance in "Iron Man: Armored Adventures" (2009-2012). This version of Jean was hiding from her enemy Magneto, and used an alias. When eventually confronted by Magneto, she bested him in combat.
In the alternate history series "Gin Tama" (2015-2016), Terzo voiced recurring villain Matako Kijima, a ruthless gunslinger. Matako was part of an extremist organization, but was mainly motivated by her unrequited love for its leader, Shinsuke Takasugi. She and her teammate Nizou Okada openly hated each other, with multiple attempts on each other's life. Terzo has not had any major voice roles since the end of this series.
Terzo has been entertaining her audience for more than 30 years, but she has not been particularly active in the 2020s. She is fondly recalled for her roles in several cult classics, but it is unclear whether she will make a comeback with a new major role.- Actress
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Kari Samantha Wuhrer was born on April 28, 1967 in Brookfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Karin, a payroll officer and Andrew, a former police officer and car salesman. Kari has three siblings. She studied acting at age 13 at the Wooster School, and headed to New York City to do rounds of auditions. She was signed to the Ford's Model Talent Division and appeared in several commercials, most notably Clairol, as well as performing in theater productions. After a role in the drama film Fire with Fire (1986), Kari landed a job on MTV as a VJ and was a co-host of the game show Remote Control (1987). Wuhrer snuck out of her family home as a teenager to sing in nightclubs; she was the youngest member of the band Freudian Slip. She studied drama at New York University, Marymount Manhattan College, Columbia University, and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England with famed teacher Uta Hagen. Her biggest career break came when she was cast to play Maggie Beckett on the sci-fi television series Sliders (1995) from 1997 to 2000. She was signed to a record deal by American Recordings impresario Rick Rubin, which eventually appeared on the small Del-Fi label; her debut album "Shiny" produced the successful single "There's a Drug".- Born and raised in New York City by Panamanian parents, Melissa De Sousa attended the renowned High School of Performing Arts as a ballet major, and began her career as a principle dancer with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Company before transitioning into acting.
Melissa is best known for her performance as the infamous "Shelby" in the Universal Studio franchise The Best Man and The Best Man Holiday starring opposite Terrence Howard, for which she earned an NAACP Image Award nomination. Currently recurring as "Alex Rivera" in Our Kind Of People on FOX , and recently as "Chief Ana Lopez" on the CW's Black Lightning. Melissa also had a standout role as the pill popping journalist "Mirta Herrera" on Showtime's On Becoming A God In Central Florida opposite Kirsten Dunst. She led the cult hit series Single Ladies for BET Networks where she played Austin Aguilera, described as the Latin Kim Kardashian. A sexy, single socialite turned club owner, who liked to party.
De Sousa also starred opposite Matthew Perry in the TNT original presentation of The Ron Clark Story, which garnered an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Made For Television Movie. Other film work includes Lisa Cholodenko's Laurel Canyon with Frances McDormand, Donald Petrie's Miss Congeniality opposite Sandra Bullock, and the indie hit Constellation alongside Zoe Saldana. Her television credits include series regular roles on Reed Between The Lines, Second Time Around, One on One, Darren Star's drama The $treet for FOX, Valley Of The Dolls, and Damon, with Damon Wayans produced by Carsey- Werner, also for FOX. Guest Star credits include Criminal Minds, Elementary, Shameless, and countless others. De Sousa currently resides in New York. - Actress
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- Jennifer Wigmore is a multidisciplinary artist in acting, writing, and visual art. She has had tremendous success on screen throughout her career including recurring roles on notable projects such as the long running series Heartland (CBC), Impulse (YouTube Premium), Season 3 of Designated Survivor (Netflix), as Head Mistress Miss Grayling in Seasons 1, 4, 5 & upcoming 6 of Malory Towers (BBC & BYU TV), and in the drama based on DC Comics' acclaimed series Y: The Last Man (FX & Hulu). She has also appeared in projects such as Anne with an E (CBC), Suits (USA Network) and the feature film Happy Place (Sienna Films). Most recently Jennifer landed a coveted series regular role as Washington's Chief of Police, April Anderson, on the highly anticipated James Patterson series, Cross (Amazon Studios & Paramount Pictures) which will premiere in Fall 2024. Also this year, Jennifer can be seen in A24's horror comedy Dream Scenario opposite Nicholas Cage. On stage she has performed in theaters across Canada including: The Arts Club, Citadel Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, The Theatre Center, Canadian Stage Company and the Stratford Festival. Born and raised in Edmonton Alberta she is a graduate from the musical theatre program at Grant MacEwan University she also obtained her BFA and MFA in painting at OCAD University. In addition to acting, Jennifer is an accomplished visual artist. Rooted in painting, her practice spans figurative and abstract works and often explores the entanglements of art making, and pedagogy from within her disciplines of acting and visual art. Her work can be found in collections across Canada, the US and England. In 2010 she won the hit Bravo series Star Portraits with her painting of Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent. The painting now has a permanent home at The Gordon Pinsent Centre for the Arts in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. In 2004 she began teaching acting and co-developed the theatre training program at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. She has taught acting at multiple institutions including, Toronto Metropolitan University, Randolph College, George Brown College, and visual art at OCAD University, the Art Institute of Chicago and Sheridan College. Jennifer recently narrated fellow Edmontonian, Todd Babiak's new novel, The Spirits Up as well as the nonfiction novel Off the Tracks by Pamela Mulloy. Jennifer is also a writer herself and has written several articles for magazines and is currently writing her first play, Measure² and her first screenplay. Jennifer is a passionate and tireless advocate for artists. She co-founded AACE - The Association Acting Coaches and Educators and over the last two decades has worked with many other arts organizations including; Got Your Back, NSIP - the National Society of Intimacy Professionals and both Canadian performers unions, Canadian Actors Equity and ACTRA.
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