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Charlize Theron Actress, Prometheus Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg-area, South Africa on August 7th, 1975. Her mother, Gerda Theron, is German, while her late father, Charles, was French (she was named after him). Charlize began her modeling career in 1991 aged 16 when she won a local modeling contest... | |
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Sasha Pieterse Actress, Good Luck Chuck At 6 years old, Sasha Pieterse got her start in television, co-starring as "Buffy" on The WB comedy series Family Affair, opposite Gary Cole. She now returns to series television playing Cole's daughter on Wanted. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Las Vegas before moving to Los Angeles... | |
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Tammin Sursok Actress, Aquamarine | |
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Arnold Vosloo Actor, Blood Diamond Arnold Vosloo quickly established a fine reputation as an actor in his native South Africa, winning several awards there for his theater work, including "More Is 'n Lang Dag", "Don Juan" and "Torch Song Trilogy". A regular performer with South Africa's State Theatre, he also played leading roles in "Savages"... | |
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Sharlto Copley Actor, District 9 Sharlto Copley's childhood dreams of acting were put on hold for many years when his television production company was one of few in his native South Africa granted licensing to create content for broadcast. Rather than acting in front of the camera, Copley found himself the businessman running the production behind the scenes... | |
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Jessica Marais Actress, Two Fists, One Heart Jessica Marais was born on the 29th January 1985 in South Africa and moved to Perth Australia at a young age. Recently she moved to Sydney where she has a TV role as Rachel Rafter in the Australian comedy series Packed to the Rafters. She has also recently appeared in the new Australian film Two Fists One Heart, filmed in Perth in 2007. | |
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Neill Blomkamp Director, District 9 | |
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Kandyse McClure Actress, Carrie | |
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Tanit Phoenix Actress, Lord of War | |
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Dean Geyer Actor, Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown Dean Geyer was born on the 20th of March in 1986, into a family with two sisters. Geyer commenced his schooling in Australia by going to Melbourne High School. Geyer's family have a strong connection to martial arts, with members from previous and current generations gaining 'black-belts' in karate... | |
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Alice Krige Actress, Silent Hill Alice Maud Krige was born on June 28, 1954 in Upington, South Africa where her father, Dr. Louis Krige, worked as a young physician. The Kriges later moved to Port Elizabeth where Alice grew up in what she describes as a "very happy family", a family that also included two brothers (both of whom became physicians) and her mother... | |
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Basil Rathbone Actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but three years later his family was forced to flee the country because his father was accused by the Boers of being a British spy at a time when Dutch-British conflicts were leading to the Boer War. The Rathbones escaped to England, where Basil and his two younger siblings... | |
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Musetta Vander Actress, The Cell A native South African, Musetta Vander was raised without that most basic of modern conveniences--television! Radio programming, childhood books and weekend trips to the drive-in introduced her to the magical world of movies. It was not until the mid-'70s that South Africa finally got television, and the big black box in the family living room "miraculously" sprang to life... | |
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Adhir Kalyan Actor, Up in the Air Born in 1983 and raised in Durban, South Africa, Adhir Kalyan moved to London to pursue an acting career. He appeared as a guest star on the BBC series Holby City and MI-5. Kalyan's first leading role was in the CW's comedy series Aliens in America, in which he played Raja, a devout Pakistani Muslim exchange student in Medora... | |
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Candice Swanepoel Self, The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show | |
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Jonathan Liebesman Director, Wrath of the Titans Jonathan Liebesman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on September 15, 1976. He would remain in his home country, studying filmmaking at the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, until 1996; that year, he traveled to New York City to visit his cousin who was attending New York University. Soon after the visit, Jonathan enrolled at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts... | |
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Cariba Heine Actress, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne | |
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Glynis Barber Actress, Hammer of the Gods | |
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Dave Matthews Soundtrack, 21 Grams | |
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Justine Waddell Actress, The Fall | |
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Glynis Johns Actress, Mary Poppins Husky voiced Glynis is the daughter of actor Mervyn Johns. Best known for her light comedy roles and often playful flirtation, Glynis was born in South Africa while her parents were on tour there (her mother was a concert pianist) but was always proud of her Welsh roots and took delight in playing the female lead (opposite Richard Burton) in the classic Under Milk Wood... | |
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Jason Stone Producer, This Is the End | |
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Dena Kaplan Actress, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated Dena Kaplan was born in South Africa and moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1996. Dena is an actress and dancer who may be best known for her role as Abigail Armstrong in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television series 'Dance Academy' (2010-2012). Kaplan attended high school in Melbourne and had dance training at numerous schools; Australian Ballet School... | |
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Gavin Hood Director, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | |
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Tanya van Graan Actress, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder | |
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Lloyd Phillips Producer, Inglourious Basterds | |
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Troye Sivan Actor, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | |
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Nelson Mandela Self, Mandela's Fight for Freedom Nelson Mandela is known as the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) and for his lifelong struggle against apartheid (enforced racial separation), which was instituted in South Africa in 1948. The ANC was soon declared a terrorist organization and banned by the South African government. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and imprisoned for life on "terrorist" charges... | |
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Jenna Berman Actress, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Jenna Berman is an actress and model best known for her role as Spartan Kelly-087 in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. Jenna grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, but now lives in Vancouver, Canada. Jenna started her career at age 10, working on kids clothing catalogues and TV commercials. Jenna has worked with Daniel Cudmore and Noam Jenkins. | |
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J.R.R. Tolkien Writer, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King English writer, scholar and philologist, Tolkien's father was a bank manager in South Africa. When his father died in 1896 his mother took him and his younger brother to his father's native village of Sarehole, near Birmingham, England. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of the Midlands may have been... | |
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Wayne Kramer Writer, Running Scared Wayne Kramer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He immigrated to the United States in 1986. His feature film breakthrough came in 2003, when he directed William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin and Maria Bello in "The Cooler." Baldwin went on to receive a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination, while both Baldwin and Bello received Golden Globe nominations... | |
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Janet Suzman Actress, The Draughtsman's Contract This alert and classy Britisher seemed poised for Hollywood stardom in the early 1970s. Although it wasn't meant to be, Janet Suzman has remained one of the more respected classical stage actresses of her time. Born in 1939, she was raised in a staunch, liberal family household in South Africa at a time when the country was confronted with the horrors of apartheid... | |
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Cyril Cusack Actor, Harold and Maude Although born in South Africa, Cyril Cusack was brought up in Ireland. He was a child star on the Irish stage, appearing first at the age of 7. He toured Ireland with his own theater company. Although he made some very telling film appearances, his small stature kept him from the classic roles. | |
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Alex McGregor Actress, Heroes and Villains | |
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Peter Youngblood Hills Actor, The Beach Peter is the son of an American mother and English father. He was brought up for the first few years in Botswana before moving to the USA where his father attended Indiana University to train as an opera singer. After his parents divorced in 1981 he lived in Tennessee with his mother but later joined his father in Scotland... | |
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Elize du Toit Actress, Skyfall | |
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Roxane Hayward Actress, Death Race: Inferno Roxane Hayward is an actress, singer and model from Johannesburg, South Africa, living in Cape Town, South Africa. Having finished her final year of school at the age of 16, Roxane was given a head start in life. She studied Drama, Dancing and Musical Theatre for four years through Trinity College London and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance London (ISTD)... | |
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Cliff Simon Actor, Stargate: Continuum Actor. Born September 7th 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Of Polish and Lithuanian decent, Cliff was the youngest of 4 children and only son of Emmanuelle and Phyllis Simon. At a very young age, Cliff aspired to be the first South African swimmer to win an Olympic Gold medal. His mother, being a swim teacher... | |
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David Bailie Actor, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl David Bailie was born in 1937 in South Africa, going to boarding school in Swaziland and emigrating to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with his family in 1952. His first acting experience soon after school in 1955, was an amateur production of 'Doctor in the House' which persuaded him he wanted to be an actor... | |
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Sean Cameron Michael Actor, Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls South African born actor, Sean Cameron Michael, started acting professionally at the age of twelve in musical theatre, performing the role of Louis in The King & I and Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof at the ArtsCape Opera House in Cape Town. With over thirty productions under his belt, highlights include the Vita Award winning... | |
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Brian Murray Actor, Another World This wonderfully witty, enormously talented, classically-trained theatre actor has yet to find THE film project to transition into twilight screen stardom; yet, at age 70 plus, there is still a glimmer of hope for Brian Murray if one fondly recalls the late-blooming adulation bestowed upon such illustrious and mature stage stars Judi Dench, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy... | |
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Roger Michell Director, Notting Hill | |
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Paul O'Brien Actor, Episode #1.4677 | |
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Sid James Actor, The Lavender Hill Mob The star of the Carry On series of films, Sid James originally came to prominence as sidekick to the ground breaking British comedy actor Tony Hancock, on both radio and then television. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and christened Solomon Joel Cohen, James arrived in England in 1946, second wife in tow... | |
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Lara Logan Self, 60 Minutes | |
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Fana Mokoena Actor, Hotel Rwanda | |
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Candice Hillebrand Actress, Tekken | |
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Dave Wittenberg Actor, Resident Evil: Damnation | |
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Louis Hayward Actor, And Then There Were None From his birthplace in South Africa, Louis Charles Hayward was brought to England and was educated there and on the Continent. He spent a short time managing a London nightclub, displayed some acting talent and decided on acting, and was quickly tapped by playwright Noel Coward, who became his patron... | |
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Ingrid Boulting Actress, The Last Tycoon | |
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