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Melissa grew up in Calgary, Alberta. Fresh from her turn in Broadway's Les Miserables, and Jesus Christ Superstar, Melissa has had a flourishing theatre career in both Canada, and abroad, leading her to now star in Syfy's new series Dark Matter. Career highlights include Les Miserables (Mirvish Productions), Dirty Dancing (Mirvish Productions), and the Stratford Festival of Canada. Melissa is also the youngest, and first female winner of Canadian Idol, resulting in a platinum selling single, a certified gold album, and a juno nomination for Best New Artist. Melissa was also the recipient for of the Dora Mavor Moore award for "best performance from a female in a leading role (musical)" for her performance as Eponine in Les Miserables.- Actress
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Shiva Negar is a Canadian Actress, Model, and Producer, who rose to prominence starring as Annika Ogden in CBS Films/Lionsgate Blockbuster Movie "American Assassin" and made the short list of Variety Magazine's "10 Canadians to watch".
Shiva can be seen on numerous Films and Network Television shows. Some of her latest credits include "The Cleaning Lady" on FOX and the CBS Military Drama "Seal Team".
Coming from a diverse background, born in Iran, raised in Turkey and Canada, Shiva began her career in music. She was a child performer in piano and guitar recitals and singing competitions, followed by theater and live performances throughout her adolescence. Performing Arts was always Shiva's passion and she had to overcome many obstacles and cultural traditions in order to follow her dreams and pursue her acting career. She also managed to graduate from York University with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Postgraduate degree in Events Management & Marketing.
Dedicated to using her work in performing arts as a medium to tell impactful stories, to inspire, support and empower women all over the world, Shiva hopes to spread more awareness about pressing issues surrounding modern culture and society.
Shiva Negar is one of the faces of the EDA (Ethnically Diverse Artists). She is a contributor and a child sponsor for the non-profit organization Mother Miracle, educating and feeding the impoverished children. She's also a Humanitarian and a Women's rights advocate.- Actress
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Ashleigh Murray portrays Josie McCoy in the CW's new teen drama Riverdale. Ashleigh was born in Kansas City, Missouri. In the 5th grade, she went to Oakland, California, to live with her aunt for 2 years, where Murray enjoyed studying piano, jazz and hip-hop. After graduating high school back in Kansas City, Missouri, she moved to New York city where she studied at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, graduating in 2009.
Previously, while studying at NYCDA, she starred in an off-Broadway production of "Child of the Movement," based on a true story, on that of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, one who preceded Rosa Parks's involvement with the NAACP, was in a Coke commercial with Diggy Simmons which debuted during the 2013 BET Awards, as well as Lady Gaga's MTV VMA 2013 promo video. Murray worked on the WB's The Following, appeared in two episodes of TVLand's Younger and stars in a Netflix Original Movie "Deidra & Laney Rob a Train" (starring Rachel Crow, David Sullivan, Tim Blake Nelson, Danielle Nicolet, Sasheer Zamata and Arturo Castro).- Actress
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Erinn Westbrook was born in Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Riverdale (2017), The Resident (2018) and 10 Days (2021).- Actress
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Mae was born in Los Angeles, California to Pat Musick, a voice artist, and Jeffrey Whitman, a personal manager and set construction coordinator. She began her career with a voice-over for a Tyson Chicken commercial. Whitman attended Ribét Academy, a private preparatory school in Los Angeles.
Whitman made her first silver screen debut playing Meg Ryan's youngest daughter, "Casey Green", in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). Among her notable childhood roles were that of "Patricia Whitmore", daughter of the President in Independence Day (1996); George Clooney's daughter, "Maggie Taylor", in One Fine Day (1996); and the charming daughter, "Bernice Pruitt", of Sandra Bullock, in Hope Floats (1998).
As she has grown older, Mae has made several guest appearances in television shows such as JAG (1995), State of Grace (2001), Desperate Housewives (2004), Grey's Anatomy (2005) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), just to name a few, as well as some voice-over work.
In 2015, she starred in the movie The Duff (2015) portraying a high school student who realized she is the approachable one, the designated ugly fat friend, the DUFF.
We should expect to see great things from Mae Whitman as her career progresses, for she has shown what a strong, dynamic, and talented actress she has become.- Actress
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Yasmine Al-Bustami was born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She is an actress, known for The Originals (2013), Nashville (2012) and The Chosen (2017).- Actress
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Tori Anderson was born on 29 December 1988 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress, known for Killjoys (2015), Tru Calling (2003) and No Tomorrow (2016). She has been married to Mitch Myers since January 2018.- Actress
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Mallory Jansen is an Australian-British actress, born and raised in Melbourne. She recently starred in FOX's ballet themed dramedy series "The Big Leap" from 20th Television Studio and producers Liz Heldens (Friday Night Lights), Sue Nagle (Pam & Tommy), and Jason Winer (Modern Family). Mallory studied drama in New York at Stella Adler and T. Schreiber Studios, being coached by some of the world's best acting, accent, analysis, method and film teachers. After completing her studies, Mallory returned to Australia where she quickly scored roles on a string of mini- series hits. However, it was her role playing supermodel Helena Christensen on "Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS" that made a name for her in Australian TV. Upon moving to Los Angeles she immediately landed a recurring role in Freeform's "Young & Hungry", shortly followed by another recurring role on Freeform's hit show "Baby Daddy". Mallory then went on to play the starring role of Madalena in ABC's medieval musical comedy series "Galavant", written and created by Dan Fogelman (This Is Us). The series featured live musical performances by Mallory from award-winning composer and Broadway legend, Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast). Jansen garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of the sharp-tongued and hilariously evil Queen. After wrapping the second season of "Galavant", Mallory landed a lead role in ABC's large scale drama "Triangle", as well as the fourth season of ABC's hit series "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Over the course of the season, she portrayed three different roles, including the iconic Marvel comic book character, Madame Hydra. Other TV appearances include "This Is Us", "American Housewife", and the recurring role of Special Agent Margo James in Mark Wahlberg's action-packed drama "Shooter" on USA Network.- Actress
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Nigerian American Comfort Fedoke is a multi-talented, choreographer, actor, singer, and Emmy award winning dancer. Known for competing on So You Think You Can Dance Season 4, and was invited back for several years as an All-Star , choreographer, and mentor.
On stage, Comfort has worked and performed live with talented artists such as H.E.R, John Legend, Florence and the Machine, Harry Styles, Kanye West, LL Cool J, Chaka Khan, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Wale, Jason Derulo, JLo, Travis Scott, Drake, Gwen Stefani, Lizzo, Missy Elliott, etc.
Her work doesn't end on the dance floor, she also worked alongside legendary Sway Calloway for Red Bull TV as a commentator and host. Comfort continues to be a host and voice for numerous events for Red Bull TV and radio, as well as judge on a hit Nigerian TV show called Maltina Dance All.
Commercially Comfort has done numerous amounts of work. She was a solo feature in Nike's 30-year celebration of Air Max - promoting the new VaporMax shoe, Michael Jackson's Pepsi generation Super Bowl commercial, along with having world wide campaigns with Apple.
She has acted and choreographed in a number of films, TV, and Stage shows, such as Footloose, Step Up 5 All In , The Mindy project, The Funny Dance show on E, Blindspotting, High Strung, That 90's show, The Big Leap, and The Santa Clauses. You can also now catch Comfort on Disney + as "DrosselMeyer" on the holiday family film "Hip Hop Nutcracker".
Comfort currently resides in London, where she is completing her work as an associate choreographer on the new film "Wicked", directed by John Chu; and associate choreographer for London's # 1 West end show " Cabaret".
It's been recently announced that Comfort will be a new judge on So You Think You Can Dance season 18, premiering March 4th 2024 on Fox.- Actress
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Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir known by her stage name Heida Reed, is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day, Jo (2013), Silent Witness (2014) and the BBC drama Poldark. Reed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental hygienist mother. She grew up in Breiðholt, Reykjavík, and attended Ölduselsskóli. Aged 18, she was recruited by an Icelandic modeling agency, and moved to Mumbai to work as a model in India for two years. When she was 19/20, she settled in London, where she studied drama at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2010.- Actress
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Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Tracy spent part of her childhood in her parents' homeland, Greece, before the Spiridakos family returned to Canada to open a Greek restaurant. She worked there until moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, a center of Canadian film and television production, to pursue her dream of becoming an actor.
Tracy found early success on television series, such as Supernatural (2005) and Being Human (2011), but her breakout role was playing the lead role of Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson on J.J. Abrams' Revolution (2012) on NBC. Since then, she has shown her comedic side in Showtime's Episodes (2011) with Matt LeBlanc, as femme fatale Annika Johnson on A&E's Bates Motel (2013), and the mysterious ex-girlfriend of MacGyver (2016).
Tracy is a series regular on NBC's Chicago P.D. (2014) and lives in the Windy City with her beloved and devoted Rottweiler, Nala.- Actress
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Victoria Park was born on 14 April 1988 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Flash (2014), Plus One (2019) and Everything Before Us (2015).- Actress
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Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress, singer and dancer. She was raised in Littleton, Colorado , the daughter of Julie and Jim Benoist, a physician. She is of French, German, English, and Scottish descent. She started dance classes at the age of three and when she was four years old her aunt put her in a church play she was directing. As a teen, Benoist performed anonymously at Disneyland for three summers with the Academy of Theatre Arts, a musical theatre school located in Littleton, Colorado run by Paul Dwyer and Alann Worley. She performed locally in productions including Cinderella and Bye Bye Birdie at Town Hall Arts Center, and Evita at the Country Dinner Playhouse.
In 2006, The Denver Post named Benoist one of Colorado's five "Can't Miss Kids". She graduated from Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, in 2007,and from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City in 2011 with a Bachelor of arts in theatre arts. Benoist has become known for her portrayal of the title character in the CBS/CW superhero drama series Supergirl (2015). She had risen to prominence for her portrayal of Marley Rose on the fourth and fifth seasons of the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee (2009), and has appeared in films such as Whiplash (2014) ,Danny Collins (2015), The Longest Ride (2015), Lowriders (2016) , Patriots Day (2016) and Sun Dogs (2017).- Actress
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Amy Louise Pemberton was born in East Of England, United Kingdom. She is an actress and director, known for DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016), Fortnite (2017) and Scorpion (2014).- Actress
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Jessica De Gouw is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress in the television series Arrow, as Mina Murray in the NBC TV series Dracula, and as Elizabeth Hawkes in the WGN series Underground.
Jessica grew up in Lesmurdie, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, where she attended Lesmurdie Senior High School. She appeared in an episode of The Sleepover Club, as well as a short film. In 2010, she graduated from Curtin University at the age of 22, majoring in performance studies. She also appeared in another short film the same year.
De Gouw moved to Sydney in order to have a greater opportunity for acting roles. She appeared in a number of TV series, mostly in guest starring roles. In 2012, she debuted in the film Kath & Kimderella as Isabella, Kath and Kim's maid. She moved to Los Angeles later that year and landed the recurring role of the Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress in the action-adventure series, Arrow. In 2013, De Gouw was cast in the NBC series Dracula as Mina Murray alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. The series lasted only 10 episodes, and NBC announced on 9 May 2014 that the show would not be renewed for another season. In 2016, De Gouw was cast as fictional abolitionist Elizabeth Hawkes in the WGN series, Underground. She played the lead role Ren Amari in the 2017 feature film OtherLife based on the novel Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge.- Actress
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Anna Diop is a Senegalese-American actress.
Diop was born in Senegal, but moved to United States when she was six. In 2006, she made her television debut, appearing on Everybody Hates Chris. In the following years, she guest starred on Lincoln Heights, Whitney, and Touch. In film, Diop had a role opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Moment (2013). In 2015, Diop starred as Rose Arvale in the short-lived The CW supernatural drama series, The Messengers. Later that year, she appeared in the ABC thriller series Quantico and was cast in a recurring role on the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. In 2016, Diop was cast as a series regular in the Fox series 24: Legacy opposite Corey Hawkins and Miranda Otto. In 2017, Diop was cast as the alien super-heroine Kory Anders / Starfire in the DC Universe superhero series Titans, which premiered in October 2018.- Actress
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Jordana first got her start in the acting world when she enrolled in a three year intensive professional Theatre program. While in Theatre school, she started her own company, and it was through that company that she launched her first professional play outside of school. While theatre remains her first love, Jordana wanted to focus more on the Film and Television side of things. She continues to produce content, and lends support to local artists and companies when she can.
In her free time, Jordana can be found expanding her abilities through painting and photography. She continues to advocate for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, a cause very near and dear to her heart.- Niamh Walsh was born on 17 April 1988 in Australia. She is an actress, known for The Sandman (2022), Good Omens (2019) and The English Game (2020).
- Sophia Walker is known for 12 Monkeys (2015), Y: The Last Man (2021) and Designated Survivor (2016).
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Kristen Lee Gutoskie is a SAG nominated actor, born in Toronto, Ontario, to Linda, a nurse, and Bob, a technical sales manager, and was raised in the city's suburb of Markham. With the support of her loving parents and older sister Shauna, she participated in school theatre productions while taking singing and piano lessons after the bell rang. During her adolescent years she was inspired to dance, and traveled the country with her studio's hip hop team. She would take improv classes on weekends at Toronto's The Second City. She graduated with Honours from Wilfrid Laurier University, and studied as an exchange student at ACU in Australia where she performed in a staging of the Australian play Cosi, by Louis Nowra. She spends her free time mentoring youth for Good City Mentors and playing music for kids with Art of Elysium.
Kristen is known for her roles in the E4's Beaver Falls, CW shows Containment and The Vampire Diaries, and musical film The Dust Storm, directed by Ryan Lacen. She wrote and performed songs in both Containment and The Dust Storm and is writing and recording her first musical album. Kristen can also be seen in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, Go90's Relationship Status, and Fox's Lethal Weapon.- Actress
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Rose McIver was born in New Zealand to artist Ann "Annie" Coney and professional photographer John George Whitfield "Mac" McIver. Rose has an older brother, musician Paul McIver.
McIver started appearing in commercials when she was only 2 years old. She made her film debut in the film "The Piano" (1993), playing an angel. As a child actress, she mainly received roles in fantasy television series. She had roles in the television films "Hercules and the Amazon Women" (1994), "Hercules in the Underworld" (1994), "Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur" (1994), the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995 - 1999), and the spin-off series "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995 - 2001).
McIver received her first lead roles in television with the post-apocalyptic series "Maddigan's Quest" (2006) and the comedy-drama series "Rude Awakenings" (2007), both short-lived. She gained more attention for her role as Summer Landsdown (the Yellow Ranger) in "Power Rangers RPM" (2009) and appeared in all 32 episodes of the series.
McIver had a supporting role in the supernatural drama film "The Lovely Bones" (2009) as main character Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan)'s younger sister Lindsey Salmon, who helps investigate her sister's murder.
McIver had a main-cast role in the comedy series "Super City" (2011), and a recurring role in the period series "Masters of Sex" (2013-2016). In 2013, she joined the cast of fantasy series "Once Upon a Time" (2011-), where she plays Tinker Bell.
McIver plays the lead character Olivia "Liv" Moore in the comedy-drama series, "iZombie" (2015-). Olivia works as a coroner's assistant and tries to control the urges of her transformation into a zombie.- Born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, Elise spent her early years studying ballet, tap and contemporary. She is known for her major roles in Virgin River (Netflix), Ghost Wars (Netflix/Syfy), Colony (USA), Supernatural (CW), and Smallville (CW). Her first series lead was playing "CJ" in the live-action series Tower Prep on the Cartoon Network.
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Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born in Salinas, California. Her family moved to San Diego, California, while she was still a toddler. She has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Her mother, Gina Hudgens (née Guangco), an office worker, is from the Philippines. Her father, Greg Hudgens, a firefighter, was from a family from Missouri and Illinois.
Vanessa was interested in acting and singing at a young age, inspired by her grandparents, who were musicians. At the age of 8, she started appearing in musical theater. She fell deeper in love with the arts and began studying acting, singing, and dance more seriously with Jailyn Osborne. Vanessa very briefly attended Orange County High School of the Arts. After years of auditioning, she began seeing some success. This prompted her family to move to Los Angeles, California. She started homeschooling, so she missed out on the high school experience, and she finally landed her breakthrough role in High School Musical (2006).