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Nava Mau is a filmmaker, actress, and cultural worker who has lived in Mexico City, San Antonio, and Oakland, CA. In 2018, Nava wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the short film "Waking Hour," which screened in festivals around the world. She was selected as a Production Fellow on the Netflix documentary "Disclosure," and she appears next as a series regular on the HBO Max series "Generation." For 8 years, Nava worked in the fields of healing justice and culture change with community-based service providers, student organizations, and survivors of violence. Her long-term vision is to illuminate the stories of marginalized people in order to transform their access to resources.- Actress
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Miranda Taylor Cosgrove was born May 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, to Christina (Casey) and Tom Cosgrove, who owns a dry-cleaning business. She was discovered at a young age singing and dancing around a table in a restaurant, where an agent saw her talent and quickly signed her. Miranda's career started with commercials for Burger King, McDonalds and more as she auditioned for many roles and finally won her first role as the band's manager in the movie, School of Rock (2003).
While filming School of Rock (2003) in New York, she was informed that her pilot Drake & Josh (2004) had been picked up. She co-starred as Drake and Josh's little sister, while making brief appearances on other Nickelodeon shows, before landing in her own show for the network, iCarly (2007). Her iCarly (2007) popularity helped her launch a singing career, and she was named an MTV Pop Rookie for 2009. Her debut album, "Sparks Fly", was released in 2010 and reached #8 on the Billboard 200 chart, along with two EPs: "About You Now" in 2009, and "High Maintenance" in 2011.
While continuing her singing career, Miranda has expanded upon her voice-over work for the children's movies, including Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie (2005), and the Despicable Me (2010) films and related shorts, as well as expanding her film work with Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), Keeping Up with the Steins (2006) and The Wild Stallion (2009). Her TV reach has extended beyond Nickelodeon, with an appearance on the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2009) during the show's second season. She has served as a spokesperson for Neutrogena skin care products since 2010.
She lives in Los Angeles with her family.- Actress
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Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. She has an older brother and a younger sister. When she was ten years old, her 40-year-old father died of a sudden heart attack. Her mother never remarried, and her grandmother moved in to help her mother.
Cate graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and, in a little over a year, had won both critical and popular acclaim. On graduating from NIDA, she joined the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls", then played Felice Bauer, the bride, in Tim Daly's "Kafka Dances", winning the 1993 Newcomer Award from the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle for her performance. From there, Blanchett moved to the role of Carol in David Mamet's searing polemic "Oleanna", also for the Sydney Theatre Company, and won the Rosemont Best Actress Award, her second award that year. She then co-starred in the ABC Television's prime time drama Heartland (1994), again winning critical acclaim. In 1995, she was nominated for Best Female Performance for her role as Ophelia in the Belvoir Street Theatre Company's production of "Hamlet". Other theatre credits include Helen in the Sydney Theatre Company's "Sweet Phoebe", Miranda in "The Tempest" and Rose in "The Blind Giant is Dancing", both for the Belvoir Street Theatre Company. In other television roles, Blanchett starred as Bianca in ABC's Bordertown (1995), as Janie Morris in G.P. (1989) and in ABC's popular series Police Rescue (1994). She made her feature film debut in Paradise Road (1997).
Cate married writer Andrew Upton in 1997. She had met him a year earlier on a movie set, and they didn't like each other at first. He thought she was aloof, and she thought he was arrogant, but then they connected over a poker game at a party, and she went home with him that night. Three weeks later he proposed marriage and they quickly married before she went off to England to play her breakthrough role in films: the title character in Elizabeth (1998) for which she won numerous awards for her performance, including the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. Cate was also nominated for an Academy Award for the role but lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow. 2001 was a particularly busy year, with starring roles in Bandits (2001), The Shipping News (2001), Charlotte Gray (2001) and playing Elf Queen Galadriel in the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy. She also gave birth to her first child, son Dashiell, in 2001. In 2004, she gave birth to her second son Roman.
Also, in 2004, she played actress Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's film The Aviator (2004), for which she received an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. Two years later, she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for playing a teacher having an affair with an underage student in Notes on a Scandal (2006). In 2007, she returned to the role that made her a star in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). It earned her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress. She was nominated for another Oscar that same year as Best Supporting Actress for playing Bob Dylan in I'm Not There (2007). In 2008, she gave birth to her third child, son Ignatius. She and her husband became artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company, choosing to spend more time in Australia raising their three sons. She also purchased a multi-million dollar home in Sydney, Australia and named it Bulwarra and made extensive renovations to it. Because of her life in Australia, her film work became sporadic, until Woody Allen cast her in the title role in Blue Jasmine (2013), which won her the Academy Award as Best Actress. She ended her job as artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, while her husband continued there for two more years before he too resigned.
In 2015, she adopted her daughter Edith in her father's homeland of the United States. That same year, she and her husband sold their multi-million dollar home in Australia at a profit and moved to America. Reasons varied from her wanting to work more in America to wanting to familiarize herself with her late father's American heritage. She played the title role of Carol (2015), a 1950s American housewife in a lesbian affair with a younger woman, for which she received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress. While most actresses might slow down in their forties, Blanchett did the opposite by stretching her boundaries even further, such as when she played 13 different characters in Manifesto (2015) and then making her Broadway debut in 2017 in "The Present", which is her husband's adaptation of Chekhov's play "Platonov" for which she earned a Tony nomination as Best Actress in a Play. Also in 2017, she was selected for the highest honor in her birth country: the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).- Director
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Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA as Sofia Carmina Coppola. She is a director, known for Somewhere (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), and Marie Antoinette (2006). She has been married to Thomas Mars since August 27, 2011. They have two daughters, Romy and Cosima. She was previously married to Spike Jonze.- Actor
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Often mistaken for an American because of his skill at imitating accents, actor Tim Roth was born Timothy Simon Roth on May 14, 1961 in Lambeth, London, England. His mother, Ann, was a teacher and landscape painter. His father, Ernie, was a journalist who had changed the family name from "Smith" to "Roth"; Ernie was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an immigrant family of Irish ancestry.
Tim grew up in Dulwich, a middle-class area in the south of London. He demonstrated his talent for picking up accents at an early age when he attended school in Brixton, where he faced persecution from classmates for his comfortable background and quickly perfected a cockney accent to blend in. He attended Camberwell Art College and studied sculpture before he dropped out and pursued acting.
The blonde actor's first big break was the British TV movie Made in Britain (1982). Roth made a huge splash in that film as a young skinhead named Trevor. He next worked with director Mike Leigh on Meantime (1983), which he has counted among his favorite projects. He debuted on the big screen when he filled in for Joe Strummer in the Stephen Frears neo-noir The Hit (1984). Roth gained more attention for his turn as Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent & Theo (1990) and his work opposite Gary Oldman in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).
He moved to Los Angeles in search of work and caught the eye of young director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino had envisioned Roth as a possible Mr. Blonde or Mr. Pink in his heist flick Reservoir Dogs (1992), but Roth campaigned for the role of Mr. Orange instead, and ultimately won the part. It proved to be a huge breakthrough for Roth, as audiences found it difficult to forget his performance as a member of a group of jewelry store robbers who is slowly bleeding to death. Tarantino cast Roth again in the landmark film Pulp Fiction (1994). Roth and actress Amanda Plummer played a pair of robbers who hold up a restaurant. 1995 saw the third of Roth's collaborations with Tarantino, a surprisingly slapstick performance in the anthology film Four Rooms (1995). That same year Roth picked up an Academy Award nomination for his campy turn as a villain in the period piece Rob Roy (1995).
Continuing to take on disparate roles, Roth did his own singing (with an American accent to boot) in the lightweight Woody Allen musical Everyone Says I Love You (1996). He starred opposite Tupac Shakur in Shakur's last film, the twisted comedy Gridlock'd (1997). The pair received positive critical notices for their comic chemistry. Standing in contrast to the criminals and baddies that crowd his CV, Roth's work as the innocent, seafaring pianist in the Giuseppe Tornatore film The Legend of 1900 (1998) became something of a fan favorite. Grittier fare followed when Roth made his directorial debut with The War Zone (1999), a frank, critically acclaimed drama about a family torn apart by incest. He made his next high-profile appearance as an actor as General Thade, an evil simian in the Tim Burton remake of Planet of the Apes (2001). Roth was, of course, all but unrecognizable in his primate make-up.
Roth has continued to enjoy a mix of art house and mainstream work, including everything from the lead role in Francis Ford Coppola's esoteric Youth Without Youth (2007) to becoming "The Abomination" in the special effects-heavy blockbuster The Incredible Hulk (2008). Roth took his first major American television role when he signed on to the Fox-TV series Lie to Me (2009)- Actress
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Amber Rose Tamblyn was born May 14, 1983 in Santa Monica, California. Amber caught an agent's eye at the age of ten after a performance in "Pippi Longstocking". She has appeared in Live Nude Girls (1995) and Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1997). In addition, her most popular role has been the role of "Emily Bowen-Quartermaine" of the popular soap General Hospital (1963). She originated the role of "Emily" in 1995. Amber is the daughter of actor Russ Tamblyn and singer and artist Bonnie Tamblyn. In addition, Amber writes poetry and has been published in the San Francisco publications, "Cups" and "Poetry USA". Amber also enjoys singing, dancing, and theater in addition to her life on General Hospital (1963).- Writer
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George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar driver. However, a terrible car accident just after his high school graduation ended that dream permanently. The accident changed his views on life.
He decided to attend Modesto Junior College before enrolling in the University of Southern California film school. As a film student, he made several short films including Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967) which won first prize at the 1967-68 National Student Film Festival. In 1967, he was awarded a scholarship by Warner Brothers to observe the making of Finian's Rainbow (1968) which was being directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas and Coppola became good friends and formed American Zoetrope in 1969. The company's first project was Lucas' full-length version of THX 1138 (1971). In 1971, Coppola went into production for The Godfather (1972), and Lucas formed his own company, Lucasfilm Ltd.
In 1973, he wrote and directed the semiautobiographical American Graffiti (1973) which won the Golden Globe and garnered five Academy Award nominations. This gave him the clout he needed for his next daring venture. From 1973 to 1974, he began writing the screenplay which became Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). He was inspired to make this movie from Flash Gordon and the Planet of the Apes films. In 1975, he established ILM. (Industrial Light & Magic) to produce the visual effects needed for the movie. Another company called Sprocket Systems was established to edit and mix Star Wars and later becomes known as Skywalker Sound. His movie was turned down by several studios until 20th Century Fox gave him a chance. Lucas agreed to forego his directing salary in exchange for 40% of the film's box-office take and all merchandising rights. The movie went on to break all box office records and earned seven Academy Awards. It redefined the term "blockbuster" and the rest is history.
Lucas made the other Star Wars films and along with Steven Spielberg created the Indiana Jones series which made box office records of their own. From 1980 to 1985, Lucas was busy with the construction of Skywalker Ranch, built to accommodate the creative, technical, and administrative needs of Lucasfilm. Lucas also revolutionized movie theaters with the THX system which was created to maintain the highest quality standards in motion picture viewing.
He went on to produce several more movies that have introduced major innovations in filmmaking technology. He is chairman of the board of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. In 1992, George Lucas was honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his lifetime achievement.
He reentered the directing chair with the production of the highly-anticipated Star Wars prequel trilogy beginning with Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) . The films have been polarizing for fans and critics alike, but were commercially successful and have become a part of culture. The animated spin-off series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) was supervised by Lucas. He sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, making co-chair Kathleen Kennedy president. He has attended the premieres of new Star Wars films and been generally supportive of them.- Actress
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Lina Esco is an American actress, producer, director, and activist. Esco is perhaps most well-known for her series regular role on the SONY/CBS television series S.W.A.T created by Shawn Ryan. She can most recently be seen in the independent features DOORS and FULL-DRESS with Christopher Abbott. She began acting in 2005 with the debut of independent feature film LONDON in which she acted alongside Chris Evans and Jessica Biel. Esco's debut television role was as Jimmy Smits' daughter in the series CANE in 2007. Some of her other credits include LOL, FREE THE NIPPLE, KINGDOM and FLAKED.
Esco also helped produce and direct two PSA's for the 2009 dolphin documentary THE COVE which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2010.
Her activism and desire to fight for gender equality led her to launch the largest online movements of the century, FREE THE NIPPLE. In 2014, Esco directed and starred in a film titled FREE THE NIPPLE which was acquired by IFC and Netflix in 2015. She has been featured in Time, Variety, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Huffington Post and CNN for the global outreach the campaign has successfully achieved.- Producer
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A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect vehicles (Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Back to the Future (1985)). His later films have become more serious, with the hugely successful Tom Hanks vehicle Forrest Gump (1994) and the Jodie Foster film Contact (1997), both critically acclaimed movies. Again, these films incorporate stunning effects. Robert has proved he can work a serious story around great effects.- Actor
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Award-winning actor, writer and director, Danny Huston is known for his versatility and dramatic screen presence. Most recognized for his roles in films like Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men and Alejandro Inarritu's 21 Grams, Huston has worked with some of the finest film directors of his generation.
Huston got his start directing Mr. North with Robert Mitchum, Anthony Edwards and his sister Anjelica Huston. He went on to give his breakthrough acting performance in the independent film Ivansxtc for which he was nominated for Best Male Performance at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards. Since then his film acting work has included: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, Hitchcock with Anthony Hopkins, Wrath of the Titans with Liam Neeson, The Constant Gardener with Rachel Weisz and Ralph Fiennes, Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, John Sayles Silver City, The Libertador with Edgar Ramirez, The Congress with Harvey Keitel, John Hillcoat's The Proposition with Guy Pearce, Birth opposite Nicole Kidman, 30 Days of Night with Josh Hartnett, Peter Berg's The Kingdom, and many more.
In 2013, his critically acclaimed role of Ben the butcher in Magic City (STARZ), earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. His other television acting work includes the hit television series Masters Of Sex (Showtime), a recurring role in the hugely popular American Horror Story (FX), and performances in You Don't Know Jack (HBO)with Al Pacino and John Adams (HBO/Playtone).
Additional credits include, Paranoid for Netflix and ITV Studios, Marc Forster's All I See Is You, Frankenstein directed by Bernard Rose, Pressure, directed by Ron Scalpello; and Tim Burton's Big Eyes. Huston also directed himself in The Last Photograph which screened at The Edinburgh Film Festival and the Mill Valley Film Festival.
In 2017, Huston portrayed Robert Evans in the stage adaptation of The Kid Stays in the Picture directed by Simon McBurney, for The Royal Court Theatre in London. Huston also recently appeared in the global box office hit Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins.
He could recently be seen in the Netflix feature IO opposite Anthony Mackie, as well as the feature Stan and Ollie, which was directed by Jon Baird for BBC films.
Huston will next be seen in Angel Has Fallen alongside Morgan Freeman and Gerard Butler, which will be released in theaters on August 23rd, 2019, as well as the IM Global feature Richard Says Goodbye with Johnny Depp for writer/director Wayne Roberts. Huston continues to star as "Dan Jenkins" on the Taylor Sheridan and Paramount TV series Yellowstone, which is now airing its second season. It is the number one Summer series of 2019. Huston can be see in a season long-arc on the critically acclaimed series Succession for HBO.
In addition, Huston starred in and directed the feature The Last Photograph (2017), which was on September 6, 2019.- Actress
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Jessica was born in 1982 and brought up on a farm near Eardisley, Herefordshire. Wanting to act from an early age she read drama at the University of the West of England at Bristol before taking a gap year to teach English in Thailand. On return she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from where she graduated in 2008. Over the next couple of years she distinguished herself as a promising stage actress appearing with the Young Vic in the leading role of Jacobean tragedy 'The Changeling',at the National Theatre in 'Rocket to the Moon' and in 'Ghosts' and winning the Manchester Evening News award for best supporting actress in the revival of 'Punk Rock'. At the beginning of 2012 she became known to a far wider audience taking the lead role in the nostalgic television series 'Call the Midwife'.- English actress Francesca Annis, who has enjoyed a career spanning seven decades in movies, television and the theater, was born in London six days after V-E Day, on May 14, 1945. Her father, Lester, was English, but her mother, Mariquita (aka Mara Purcell), was of Brazilian-French heritage. From the time she was a year old to the age of seven, the family lived in Brazil. The young Francesca spoke Portuguese, that country's language, as a child. Educated at a convent school, she dreamed of becoming a nun but trained as a ballet dancer before studying drama at the Corona Theatre School. She began acting in bit parts in the 1950s, working her way up to better roles. In addition to appearing on the big and little screens, she was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Her most famous roles are as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's version of Macbeth (1971), in which she had a notorious nude sleepwalking scene, and as Kyle MacLachlan (Paul Atreides)' mother Lady Jessica in David Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune (1984). A highly respected performer, in 1979, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, playing Lily Langtry in the miniseries Lillie (1978). She appeared with James Warwick as husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in the television series Partners in Crime (1983). She also appeared as Jacqueline Kennedy in the television movie Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988). - Actor
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Gabriel Mann was born in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. He is an actor, known for The Blacklist (2013), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and Revenge (2011).- Actress
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McKaley Miller is known for her roles in CW's 'Hart of Dixie,' FOX's 'Scream Queens,' and FX's 'Partners' starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence. Miller also starred in 'The Iceman' with Winona Ryder, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, and Ray Liotta. Most recently, Miller appeared in Blumhouse and director Tate Taylor's Ma (2019), alongside Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, and Corey Fogelmanis.- Actress
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Welsh-born stage veteran Dame Siân Phillips is forever identified on television as the tarantula mother/empress Livia in the classic BBC miniseries I, Claudius (1976) (for which she won a BAFTA-TV award), and as the Reverend Mother in the science fiction epic film Dune (1984). Her broad range of roles went from endearing to downright deadly.
She was born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips on May 14, 1933, in Wales, to Sally (Thomas), a teacher, and David Phillips, a steelworker and policeman. Brought brought up bilingual in both English and Welsh, she performed on the Welsh radio station at age 11. She toured extensively for the Arts Council in Wales in original Welsh plays and in translations from the English classics before becoming an award-winning television actress in her late teens.
Siân attended the University of Wales and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), making her London debut in the title role of "Hedda Gabler" (1957). After a brief marriage, she met and married actor Peter O'Toole in 1959 and appeared frequently with him on stage, including "Ride a Cock Horse" (1965) and "Man and Superman" (1965), and in the movies Becket (1964), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) (which earned her a National Society of Film Critics award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actress"), Murphy's War (1971) and Under Milk Wood (1971). They had two daughters, actresses Kate O'Toole and Pat O'Toole.
While her husky resonant voice served her well as an announcer, newsreader and narrator at different stages of her career, her severely chiseled looks and arch, regal bearing entitled her to perform some of the more notable classics, with critically-acclaimed turns in "Saint Joan", "The Taming of the Shrew" and "The Duchess of Malfi", being just a few. Siân's occasional patricians have also graced such well-mounted films as Young Cassidy (1965), Nijinsky (1980) and The Age of Innocence (1993).
After 20 years of marriage, Siân divorced O'Toole, known for his carousing and hard-living ways. She quickly remarried a much younger actor, Britisher Robin Sachs, but they too would divorce in 1991. Despite her personal turmoil, she continued to delve into her stage work, beginning a new phase of her career in musicals. Her participation in such productions as "Pal Joey" (her musical debut), "Gigi" and "A Little Night Music" ultimately led to her acclaimed one-woman cabaret show "Marlene", a tribute to legendary Marlene Dietrich, which opened to rave reviews in London in 1997. Two years later, she won a Tony Award nomination for this role on Broadway.
Over the years, Siân has distinguished herself regularly in such quality miniseries as Oresteia (1979), Crime and Punishment (1979), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) (as Clementine Churchill), Smiley's People (1982) (as Lady Smiley), The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) (as the Duchess of Windsor), A Killing on the Exchange (1987), The Snow Spider (1988), The Chestnut Soldier (1991), The Borrowers (1992) and its sequel The Return of the Borrowers (1993) (as Mrs. Driver) and Aristocrats (1999).
She has continued to work into the millennium with elderly roles on stage with "My Old Lady", "Calendar Girls", "Crossing Borders" (a cabaret show), "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Playing for Time" and "Les Blancs", while in movies she appeared in The Gigolos (2006), Love Song (2012), Miss Dalí (2018), Be Happy! (2019), Dream Horse (2020) and was the narrator and grandmother in a rather radical retelling, animated version of A Christmas Carol (2020). Siân was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire at the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to drama. She was also awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire at the 2016 Queen's New Years Honours for her services to drama.- Producer
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Robert James Gronkowski (born May 14, 1989), nicknamed "Gronk", is an American football tight end who played majority of his professional career for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is a three-time Super Bowl champion (XLIX, LI, LIII), a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and a four-time First Team All-Pro selection, and was selected in the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team and NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.- Actor
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Greg is the writer and star of critically lauded Channel 4 sitcom "Man Down". After playing infamously psychotic Head of Sixth Form 'Mr Gilbert' in "The Inbetweeners" (Channel 4) and its two spin off feature films, Greg went on to appear in BBC Three's Cuckoo alongside Andy Samberg and Taylor Lautner, which earned him a BAFTA nomination for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme. In 2015 Greg began hosting UKTV's new comedy show "Taskmaster". Greg has been on two sell out stand-up tours, most recently "The Back of My Mum's Head" in 2013. Greg's debut solo stand up show "Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog" was nominated for the prestigious Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2010. The DVDs of both shows were Top 10 bestsellers.
Greg's TV appearances include hosting "Would I Lie To You" (BBC1), "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" (BBC Two) and "Live At The Apollo" (BBC One). He has also made guest appearances on "The Royal Variety Show", "Room 101" (BBC One), "Mock The Week" (BBC Two), "Let's Dance For Comic Relief and Sport Relief" (BBC One), "The Graham Norton Show" (BBC One), "Live At The Apollo" (BBC One), "Frank Skinner's Opinionated" (BBC Two) and "8 Out Of 10 Cats" (Channel 4). Greg was team captain on two series of "Ask Rhod Gilbert" (BBC One) with whom he also appeared on BBC Two's "Dangerous Roads". Greg is one third of the anarchically brilliant sketch act "We Are Klang", who performed four sell-out Edinburgh Festival shows and was nominated in 2006 for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. With We Are Klang, Greg wrote and starred in the group's own sitcom series and a one-off comedy entertainment special for BBC Three.- Ada Nicodemou was born on 14 May 1977 in Auburn, Sydney, Australia. She is an actress, known for The Matrix (1999), Home and Away (1988) and Heartbreak High (1994). She was previously married to Chrys Xipolitas.
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Michael Preston was born on 14 May 1938 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), The Getaway (2002) and Homicide (1964).- Music Artist
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David Byrne is an Oscar winning composer, songwriter and singer, best known for being frontman of the New Wave/punk band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Born in Scotland but raised in the United States in Maryland, Byrne began performing musically in high school.
Byrne attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) between 1970 and '71. He dropped out to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art before dropping out for good in 1972. He returned to Providence and started a band in 1973 called The Artistics with Chris Frantz, whom he knew at RISD. The band broke up in May '74 and Byrne moved to New York, followed by Frantz and his girlfriend Tina Weymouth in September. The three started performing as Talking Heads in 1975. The band was one of the major acts of the punk and new wave scene of the 1970s.
Byrne won an Oscar and a Grammy Award for his soundtrack to the movie The Last Emperor (1987) in 1988, the same year Talking Heads ceased to function. Except for a brief reunion in 1991, the band stopped recording together in '88 as Byrne launched a solo career. Talking Heads were inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.- Actor
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Jim Howick was born on 14 May 1979 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Hellboy (2004), Horrible Histories (2009) and Bill (2015).- Actress
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Oona O'Neil was born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda, the daughter of famed American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born socialite Agnes Boulton. Oona had a fairly happy childhood, although she rarely saw her busy father. During her teens Oona attended boarding school in New York where she met Gloria Vanderbilt and Carol Marcus, and in 1941 Oona was named one of the most sought-after débutantes of the social season. Oona felt it was only natural that she become an actress, since she was the daughter of a playwright and the granddaughter of James O'Neill, a noted theater actor during the late 19th century.
Oona traveled to Hollywood in 1942, where she met silent film legend Charles Chaplin at the home of her agent. Chaplin began courting Oona after she auditioned for a film he was directing, and the pair married in 1943. He was 54; she was just 18. Oona scrapped plans to become an actress, opting instead to raise a family of what would be eight children with Charlie. Although Oona was content with her life, she was deeply troubled by the failed relationship with her father, who disowned her and cut communication with Oona when she married Chaplin.
During the height of McCarthyism 1952, Chaplin sailed to England to promote a film. En route, Chaplin learned that he would not be allowed to return to the U.S. unless he would submit to inquires regarding his morality. Refusing to do so, he and his family eventually ended up in Vevey, Switzerland.
Oona spent the rest of her life in Vevey, leaving only a few times after Charlie died in 1977 at the age of 88. (Oona was only 51.) Oona developed a few close relationships with Hollywood icons, like actor Ryan O'Neal, but she never married again. She died in Vevey from pancreatic cancer on September 27th, 1991.- Actress
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Born mostly deaf from an unknown cause. Completely deaf in right ear, some residual hearing in left ear in which she uses a hearing aid. Enjoys reading, especially with deaf children. Also enjoys attending deaf community events. Role models include Phyllis Frelich, Linda Bove, Freda Norman and Sue Thomas. In addition to acting, also teaches American Sign Language.- Actor
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Richard Deacon was the bald, bespectacled character actor most famous for playing television producer Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) from 1961 to 1966. In the first season of that show he also continued to appear on the series he was already appearing on, Leave It to Beaver (1957), playing Lumpy Rutherford's father Fred.
Born on May 14, 1922, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the tall, bass-voiced Deacon took to the boards as a stage actor. At the beginning of his career, stage legend Helen Hayes told Deacon that he would never become a leading man but encouraged him to become a character actor. It was good advice, as Deacon's show business career lasted decades and only was terminated by his death.
Because of his looks and authoritative voice, Deacon usually was typecast as a humorless or foul-tempered authority figure. He became a highly regarded supporting player in films, complimented by many of the leading actors he played opposite, including Jack Benny, Lou Costello and Cary Grant. However, it was in television that Deacon really thrived.
It was his five-year gig on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", where he earned television immortality playing the long-suffering brother-in-law of Alan Brady (the faux-TV star for whom Dick Van Dyke and his companion writers, Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie, wrote). Deacon's character was constantly harassed by Amsterdam's diminutive wisecracking character Buddy Sorrell. After the show ceased production (still at the top of the ratings; Carl Reiner had terminated the series in order to go out while the show was on top), Deacon co-starred on the TV sitcom The Mothers-In-Law (1967) with Kaye Ballard and Eve Arden (Deacon replaced original series co-star Roger C. Carmel as Ballard's husband in the second season after Carmel was fired from the series by producer Desi Arnaz for refusing to accept a pay cut). After the show was canceled, Deacon returned to work as a freelance actor. Back on the boards, he appeared in the long-running Broadway production of "Hello Dolly" as Horace Vandergelder, opposite Phyllis Diller as the eponymous heroine in the 1969-70 season. Deacon continued appearing on television and in the movies until his death.
In real life, Deacon was a gourmet chef. In the 1980s he hosted a Canadian TV program on microwave cookery, and even wrote a companion book on the subject
On the night of August 8, 1984, he was stricken by a heart attack in his Beverly Hills home. He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital, where he died later that night. He was 62 years old.- Actress
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Martine McCutcheon was born Martine Kimberley Sherri Ponting on the 14th of May 1976 in Hackney, East London, to Jenny Tomlin (née Jeanette Lilian Ponting) and Thomas Hemmings. She has a younger brother called L.J.
She studied at the renowned Italia Conti stage school in London from the age of 10. She appeared in several billboard ads as a child, then won a part in the BBC children's series Bluebirds in '89, after which further TV and theatre roles followed. At 15 she was picked to front the all-girl band 'Milan', who went on tour with East 17, but they disbanded in April '94.
McCutcheon's big break came in January '95 with the part of Tiffany Raymond in 'EastEnders'. During her 4 years on the soap, Tiffany married Grant (Ross Kemp), had a daughter, and found a place in the nation's heart. However, her departure from the series was marked by controversy, with executive producer Matthew Robinson later saying in an interview "Martine McCutcheon didn't "decide to leave the show". She demanded the BBC allow her to come and go within the series at her behest, making it impossible for storyliners to write coherently for her character. So we had little choice but to kill Tiffany. Yes, the character was popular; yes, Martine had talent. But no one is bigger than the show - executive producers included."
McCutcheon went on to pursue a singing career. She went on to release six hit singles and three albums, two of which reached Gold and Platinum status.- Actress
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Anjelah Johnson-Reyes was born and raised in San Jose, California where she grew up with four siblings in a large extended family to which she remains close. She embarked upon her career as a professional cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders at the age of 20 and performed at Super Bowl XXXVII where she was named the "Rookie of the Year." After one year with the team, she decided to move to Hollywood to pursue acting. She began her stand-up career after taking a class on a whim at a local church and realized that she loved it. Just a few months later, Anjelah found herself an internet sensation and pioneer in viral YouTube videos when her notorious "Nail Salon" bit from a local comedy show was posted and received over 100 million views! Shortly thereafter she was added to the cast on the original MADtv where she trademarked her legendary character, Bon Qui Qui. Similar to the nail salon video, the Bon Qui Qui sketch caught on and have been viewed by over 75 million people.
The multi-hyphenate's popularity has translated into six successful comedy specials: "That's How We Do It", "The Homecoming Show", "Not Fancy" and "Mahalo & Good Night", "Technically Not Stalking", and "Say I Won't." She has displayed her acting prowess both on TV and film. Some of her credits include: "Life & Beth", "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Superstore," "Moms' Night Out," and "Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel."
The past 18 months have been busy for Anjelah. She published her first book, "Who Do I Think I Am: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams" (Worthy Books), a hilarious and touching memoir full of memorable anecdotes on how a Latina dynamo was able to forge ahead and become successful. She also was front and center competing on Fox's dance competition show "The Real Dirty Dancing" and performed at the "Netflix is a Joke - Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin: Live Gala" which is currently streaming on Netflix. In addition, Anjelah launched her wildly successful and sold out "Who Do I Think I Am?" standup comedy tour across the U.S. encompassed over 75+ cities across North America.
Anjelah's book "Who Do I Think I Am: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams" will be published in paperback on March 15th and she plans on releasing her 6th comedy special, "Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: Say I Won't" on YouTube on Sunday, May 14th. Anjelah and her husband are expecting their first child summer of 2023 and when not on the road, split their time between Los Angeles and Nashville with their dog, Banzo.- Actress
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Alexandra Park is an Australian actress, writer and producer. Park played a leading role in all four seasons of Lionsgate's hit show "The Royals." Alex can also be seen in the critically acclaimed feature film "Ben is Back," opposite Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges, directed by Peter Hedges, as well as the independent art-house drama "Shooting in Vain." More recently, Alex produced and played a lead role in the critically acclaimed television comedy "Everyone is Doing Great," released in 2021 on Hulu in the U.S. and Paramount+ internationally. Alex will soon be seen leading the feature thriller "Carnifex," alongside Harry Greenwood and Sisi Stringer.- Music Artist
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Walden Robert Cassotto, nicknamed "Bobby", was born in The Bronx, New York, in 1936. Severe rheumatic fever as a child scarred his heart and led to an overprotected and pampered childhood. He was the focal point of a family that fostered and encouraged his love of music. His music career started out with writing songs and taking demos around to different music producers. In 1958 he performed the song "Splish, Splash" on Dick Clark's American Bandstand (1952). It was a huge hit and eventually would sell over one million copies. The next year was a big one - he won two Grammies, for Best Record ("Mack the Knife") and Best New Artist. "Mack the Knife" stayed in the top ten for 52 weeks, nine of those at #1. This was Bobby's fourth gold record. His next goal was to make a movie, and that opportunity came in 1960 with the film Come September (1961), for which he also wrote the title song. The movie was filmed in Rome and that's where he met Sandra Dee. She was 16 years old and at the top of her career. They were engaged two months after they met and their son, Dodd Darin, was born a year later. Bobby continued to perform in night clubs and make movies. In 1964 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). Despite very good reviews, he lost the Oscar to Melvyn Douglas. In 1967 he asked for and was granted a divorce. Sandra was quoted as saying, "He just woke up one morning and didn't want to be married anymore". More realistically, their careers had kept them apart more often than not, and they had struggled with the marriage practically from the beginning. He went in for heart surgery in 1971 and from that point on he had bouts of ill health. After his recovery he continued to do nightclub acts and the next year he did a popular summer variety show called The Bobby Darin Show (1973). The last year of his life was spent dealing with health problems related to his heart, yet he continued to work when he could. He died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on December 20, 1973, following open heart surgery.- Actress
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Jane Brucker was born on 14 May 1958 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Miami Vice (1984) and Stealing Home (1988).- Actor
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Ben is known for his work as an actor in film (Kissing Jessica Stein, The Broken Hearts Club, Gunshy, Twister) and television (Six Feet Under, Miss Match, Sex & the City, Law & Order). He currently appears on the WB's "Everwood" as guidance counselor Chris Beels. Ben is also a writer and director; his first short film, "Little Red Light," in which he also co-starred with Jean Louisa Kelly, played at film festivals in 2003, winning an audience award at the Santa Monica Film Festival. Upcoming projects include roles in the independent feature "Pursuit of Happiness" and in the short "Fast Cars & Babies."Ben graduated from NYU in 1994 with a degree in English, and got his start in the business through work as a stand-up comic in New York in the mid-1990s. He is married and spends as much time as possible surfing and hanging out with his rescued dog, Bella.- Actor
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Chloe Troast was born on 14 May 1997 in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Basics (2020), Sweethearts and Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023).- Actor
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Walter Olkewicz was born on 14 May 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Client (1994) and 1941 (1979). He died on 6 April 2021 in Reseda, California, USA.- Actress
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Carla Jimenez was born on 14 May 1974 in Westwood, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Mick (2017), Desperate Housewives (2004) and Last Man Standing (2011).- Actor
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Mark Blum was born on 14 May 1950 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Crocodile Dundee (1986) and The Sopranos (1999). He was married to Janet Zarish. He died on 26 March 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Pretty, appealing and energetic blonde actress Jennifer Billingsley was born in Honolulu in 1940. An army brat who grew up all over the world, she graduated with honors from Fort Smith (Arkansas) Senior High School in 1958. Her initial claim to fame was her striking resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. She garnered plenty of favorable critical notices for her lively performance in the hit Broadway musical, "Carnival". She made her film debut as James Caan's wild teenage moll girlfriend in the harrowing thriller, Lady in a Cage (1964). Billingsley had a recurring part on the popular daytime soap opera, General Hospital (1963).
She then appeared in a handful of hugely entertaining low-budget drive-in features throughout the 1970s: a scruffy motorcycle mama in the biker romp, C.C. & Company (1970); a sexy hippie hitchhiker in the sleazy Brute Corps (1971); a brash young lass in the Vietnam vets exploitation flick, Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); a sassy Southerner in the immensely enjoyable Burt Reynolds vehicle, White Lightning (1973); an American tourist who runs afoul of an evil cult in the Filipino horror dud, The Thirsty Dead (1974); and another more bitter motorcycle mama in the fine Hollywood Man (1976). On television, she had guest spots on are Naked City (1958), Gunsmoke (1955), Route 66 (1960), Dr. Kildare (1961), Wagon Train (1957), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), Mannix (1967), Hawaii Five-O (1968), Police Story (1973), Alice (1976), Baretta (1975) and The Amazing Spider-Man (1977). - Felicia Lansbury was born on 14 May 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Powers of Matthew Star (1982), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Knots Landing (1979).
- Manushi Chhillar (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian model and the winner of the Miss World 2017 pageant. She represented the state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant, which she won. Chhillar is the sixth Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant. She was signed up as a brand ambassador for Malabar Gold and Diamonds, one of the world's largest retail jewellery groups. Chhillar was named as the "Times Most Desirable Woman of India 2017". She was also featured in a television commercial for Club Factory.
Chhillar was born in Rohtak, Haryana to father, Dr. Mitra Basu Chhillar, who is a scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) while her mother, Dr. Neelam Chhillar, is an associate professor and department head of neurochemistry at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences.
Chhillar studied at St. Thomas' School in New Delhi and was all India CBSE topper in English subject in class 12. She cleared the All India Pre Medical Test and NEET exam in her first attempt and is pursuing a medical degree (MBBS) at the Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College in Sonipat. She is a trained Kuchipudi dancer, and has trained under legendary dancers Raja and Radha Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy. Chhillar has also attended the National School of Drama.
Chhillar's journey in pageantry began with Fbb Campus Princess 2016 where she was crowned as one of the finalists from All India Institute of Medical Sciences during her college (Pulse) fest in December 2016. Thereafter, she went on to win the title of fbb Femina Miss India Haryana in April 2017. Chhillar represented the state of Haryana in annual Femina Miss India competition and was crowned Femina Miss India 2017 in the finale held on 25 June 2017. During the competition, Chhillar was crowned Miss Photogenic, and went on to win the competition as well, earning the right to represent India at the Miss World 2017 competition.
Chhillar represented India at Miss World 2017, where she became a semifinalist in the Top Model, People's Choice, and Multimedia competitions, and was the winner of the Head-to-Head Challenge from Group Nine and co-winner of the Beauty with a Purpose competition. She is fourth Beauty with a Purpose winner at Miss World from India. Chhillar's Beauty with a Purpose project was Project Shakti. The campaign's goal is to spread awareness about menstrual hygiene. She visited about 20 villages for the project and treated over 5,000 women.
On 18 November 2017, Chhillar was crowned Miss World 2017 by outgoing titleholder Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle from Puerto Rico in the finals in Sanya, China. She became the sixth Indian woman to win the crown, and the first since Priyanka Chopra won Miss World 2000.
As Miss World 2017, Chhillar returned to India on 26 November, where she was greeted by a large crowd. A homecoming press conference was arranged for Chhillar at St Regis Hotel, Mumbai. She was one of the celebrity speakers at the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad. Chhillar was announced as the brand ambassador for Anaemia Free Haryana. Her Beauty with a Purpose campaign, 'Project Shakti' was given government aid of 18 crore (approximately $2.8 million), ensuring free availability of sanitary napkins for all girls in the government schools of Haryana by Chief Minister of the state Manohar Lal Khattar. She was honoured with the Special Achievement Award at the 2017 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Awards for winning Miss World. She was also India's top trending personality on Google search in 2017. She received Proud Maker of India award at Six Sigma Healthcare Leadership Summit 2017 in New Delhi. She was also guest speaker at the 10th C4IO by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise at Pushkar.
She made a debut in 2018 edition of annual celebrity calendar by leading Indian fashion photographer Dabboo Ratnani. She made an appearance in special show Super Nights With Padman to promote her Beauty with a purpose project on menstrual hygiene in association with Akshay Kumar's Pad Man (film). She graced the covers of Cosmopolitan (magazine) India mag February 2018 edition, Grazia India, March 2018 edition, L'Officiel India April 2018 edition and an Indonesian lifestyle magazine HighEnd.
After her homecoming ceremony, Chhillar's first visit was to London along with Julia Morley, the Chairman and CEO of Miss World. They joined the royal honouring ceremony of Marsha Rae Ratcliff OBE, the Past Master of The Worshipful Company of Carmen. The ceremony took place at the historic landmark of Trinity House directly opposite to the Tower of London. Chhillar met and interacted with Caroline Ratcliff, the mother-in-law of Marsha Rae Ratcliff. At the ceremony, Chhillar also met Princess Michael of Kent, a member of the British Royal Family. During her stay in the United Kingdom, Chhillar visited the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio in Leavesden, where all the eight movies of the Harry Potter film series was filmed.
Chhillar returned to India and attended the launch event of Audi Q5 cars held in Delhi. Later, she reached the Bennett University in Greater Noida and interacted with its faculty. In a session organised by the University, she answered the questions put forward by the students. She also joined them in a game of badminton and basketball.
In February 2018, she started the first leg of her Beauty With A Purpose tour with Miss World 2017 continental winners - Magline Jeruto (Africa), Ha Eun Kim (Asia), Annie Evans (Oceania), Stephanie Hill (Europe), Solange Sinclair (Caribbean), Andrea Meza (Americas) and Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle at the 1st global edition of 'Feminine Hygiene Awareness' campaign in Hyderabad in collaboration with Government of Telangana. They continued the campaign at Kolkata, where Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a special adda session on Feminine Hygiene in association with Miss World Beauty With a Purpose world tour team. They visited "New Light" NGO in slum area of Kolkata and also learnt to make low cost biodegradable sanitary pads at the Jute Industries Research Association. The team further worked on spreading awareness about menstruation and ensuring the availability of sanitary pads in rural areas. They joined hands with Aakar Innovations, an NGO that works on the same issue, to create more low cost, biodegradable sanitary napkins. She also visited Mumbai's Dharavi slum area for 'Save the Girl Child' event.
Manushi, along with the Miss World team, also met Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice-President of India, and Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs, to discuss her beauty with a purpose project. She visited Indian cities Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi for her 42-day beauty with a purpose tour. Chhillar then reached Hong Kong city and was later invited by China Central Television to star in the biggest live event Chinese New Year's Gala at China. The Miss World team landed in Indonesia in continuation with the humanitarian tour. During her stay in Indonesia, Manushi visited The Golden Bridge, a Beauty with a Purpose project which was completed by Miss Indonesia 2014, Maria Rahajeng, participated in humanitarian activities and also crowned Miss Indonesia 2018, the representative of Indonesia for Miss World 2018.
Chhillar suffered a leg injury and was unable to perform her duties. During her recovery, she celebrated Raksha Bandhan, an Indian festival dedicated to honor the bond between a brother and sister. After recovering from her leg injury, Chhillar landed in Los Angeles, California, United States for a vacation with her grandparents. Manushi along with the Miss World team were invited to the sets of Ellen DeGeneres Show. Later, she met Marisa Butler, USA's representative for Miss World 2018.
Chhillar reached Sri Lanka and had the opportunity to meet John Amaratunga, the Minister of Tourism Development of Sri Lanka. She later visited the Philippines for the second time to attend the coronation event of Miss World Philippines 2018, as one of the judges. She reached France to attend the presentation event of 'Beauty with a Purpose' documentary at the resort town of Cannes in the French Riviera. Chhillar then landed in Sanya, China and was a member of the jury in Miss China World 2018. She inaugurated the 'Haryana Film Policy' in the Indian city of Gurgaon, along with the Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar. - Nancy Sorel is an award winning American and Canadian actor and voice artist known for Less Than Kind (2008), Heaven Is for Real (2014), Breakthrough (2019), How It Ends (2018), The Grudge (2019), Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018), The Man in the High Castle (2015) & Barbie: Fairytopia (2005).
Nancy Sorel was born on May 14, in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. The third child of tool maker, Alphonse J Weglowski and R.N. Diane Sorel Weglowski. She attended B.M.C. Durfee High School of Fall River and then went on to receive a degree in Theatre and Film from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. While at U Mass Amherst, she booked her first professional acting gig at the University Playwrights festival with guest artist, Bill Pullman. He inspired her to move to New York City pursue acting professionally. After earning her degree and moving to New York City, she began acting Off Broadway at the Ernie Martin and Intar Theaters. During this time she also worked in commercials, print and after a few months in New York, won the the role of Coco, on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Shortly thereafter, Nancy relocated to Los Angeles to star in the NBC daytime series Generations (1989). During that time she also guest-starred in Prime Time shows, Movies of the Week and Pilots including Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Empty Nest (1988), The X-Files (1993) and The Outer Limits (1995). She then went on to play the role of Sammy, on Fox's sitcom Down the Shore (1992).
After shooting numerous projects in Vancouver and spending her early 20's filming back and forth between LA and Vancouver, she eventually called Canada home, where she continued to worked on numerous television projects such as Hope Island (1999), Beggars and Choosers (1999), Seven Days (1998), First Wave (1998), The Twilight Zone (2002), Stargate SG-1 (1997), Tru Calling (2003), The 4400 (2004), and many MOW's.
It was in Canada that Nancy met and married her husband, manufacturer and actor, Paul Magel. They have two children. Nancy is most well known for her more recent projects including playing Clara Fine, on the HBO critically acclaimed and multi award winning series, Less Than Kind, for which she won 2 Canadian Comedy Awards ( 2009 & 2010), and an ACTRA Award (2014) and was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2014, for her role on the series. The following year she was nominated for 2 more ACTRA Awards, for her performances in the Sony feature film (with Greg Kinnear) Heaven is for Real, in which she played Dr. Charlotte Slater, and for her portrayal of Marm McGoldrick, the 1860's New York City mob boss on the series The Pinkertons.
Whether she is playing a Hallmark mom (Kathy Krueger, in Once Upon A Christmas Miracle 2018), an FBI Agent ( Agent Cole Grudge 2019) a recently widowed school teacher grappling with her faith ("Mrs Abbott" Fox 2000's Breakthrough 2019) or a 1960's socialite of the Third Reich ( Mary Dawson, Man In The High Castle, season 2 & 3, 2017-2018) Nancy has enjoyed becoming a sought after veteran of both the US and Canadian film & television industries. - Actress
Kelly Gale's a Swedish-Australian model of Indian & Australian heritage. She was raised in Gothenburg, Sweden but lived in Ghana and Australia during her younger years. At 13, she was discovered by a modeling agent outside a coffee shop in Gothenburg. Her parents were initially opposed to her working as a model but she eventually started modeling the following year.- Actor
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Keram Malicki-Sanchez is an actor, filmmaker, musician/film composer and also noted new media producer/consultant who has been invited to speak at conferences across North America about the future of tech, social media, immersive technology and the intersection of technology and the arts. He is the executive director of the FIVARS (Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Stories) and founding organizer of VRTO (Toronto's virtual reality meet-up group) and Canada's largest Virtual Reality conference, which he founded in 2015. As the curator of FIVARS, Keram has created an international network of content partners and introduced many new artists in the field of spherical, immersive and interactive narrative to global audiences.
Keram's made his professional acting debut at age seven, playing the title role in "Oliver!" in Toronto. His performance received widespread acclaim, and he went on to do roles in Mame and Evita for the same theatre. By the age of ten, Keram was busy recording radio dramas for the CBC and launched his music career, singing on various records. At age fourteen, he recorded a full length album in South America, which was signed to a major label there, and he also had two songs charting on the radio. Also that year, he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award (Canada's Tony) for his performance in an adaptation of Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper".
At fifteen, he met Degrassi High actor Keith White on a sitcom pilot, "Cutting Loose", and the two formed the band Blue Dog Pict for which Keram was the frontman for seven years. The band released three albums and toured across North America, charting in the top ten on several dozen College radio stations. At seventeen Keram scored a lead role on the Franklin Waterman produced series Catwalk (1992) with co-stars Paul Popowich and Neve Campbell.
Keram played the title role of Chris Black in Skin Deep (1995) which won the People's Choice award at the Berlin film festival and was also an official selection at the Toronto Film Festival a year later.
In 1992 he founded Constant Change Productions, an independent record label and film production company which produced several videos for the band, one of which received the largest request in MuchMusic history.
In 2008 he released his solo acoustic record "Box" followed by "Come to Life" in 2014 which featuring over 30 musicians whose collective resumes include Beck, Coheed and Cambria and Alex Lifeson of RUSH. As a musician, he now performs under the artist name: "Keram."
Known not only as an actor, but as what Lenny Stoute of the Toronto Star calls 'a one man cultural blitzkrieg' Keram's interest in acting, performing music, film scoring, record producing, writing, multimedia design and production and filmmaking continues to provoke his audience & fans 'devout to the point of being cultish", and raise questions.- Actress
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Bleona, the Albanian pop icon, redefines the word "DIVA" in her uncontainable rise to global stardom.
She is the most influential pop star of her generation while being one of the most influential cultural icons of today.
Bleona broke the cultural mold of Albania by encouraging Albanians to be open minded. In doing so, she's one of the pioneers of the female empowerment movement in Albania, and a strong supporter of the gay community.
In 2009 she came to the United States in with a vision to merge her career into a global stage without the benefits of entering through the American system of the music industry. Bleona had to pave the road with her bare hands and make a success for herself without a big team, and without any American corporation's help or guidance.
Today she is a multiple award-winning, multi-lingual recording artist, having sold more than 7 million records worldwide, graced over forty magazine covers, and performed for millions of fans - all while operating as a completely independent artist.
Her powerful vocals, charmingly brash persona, and reputation as an electrifying performer, have lifted her to the top of the Billboard music charts. In the past few years alone, Bleona has broken the Top Ten Billboard Dance Club Songs chart most recently with her #1 Hit "I Don't Need Your Love" and #3 Hit "Take You Over".
Bleona is one of the stars of the new upcoming series, Paper Empire, and her new album, produced by Grammy Award winning producer and icon, Timbaland will be releasing during the spring of 2024.
A beloved luminary, drawing record crowds of up to 70,000 in her native Albania, she continues to perform to consistent sold-out, standing room only shows.
Through it all, Bleona has embraced the thrill of playing by her own rules, while at the same time respecting her craft and embracing her ever-growing fan base.
Bleona's native creative ability has transformed her into a triple-threat phenomenon that has presented no limits to her larger-than-life talents.
For more follow @Bleona- Zayas is a Dominican-American actress born and raised in New York City. She stars alongside Jennifer Beals on The L Word: Generation Q. As well as Michelle Monoghan and Matt Bomer in Echoes. Zayas has also acted in Orange is the New Black, Elementary and Otherhood. Zayas received her MFA from The Juilliard School of Drama.
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John Burton was born on 14 May 1967 in the UK. He is an actor, known for Father Brown (2013), Coronation Street (1960) and Dream Team (1997).- Natasha Ryan got her start in commercials at age two, and at five she was selected to play the role of Hope Alice Williams on Days of Our Lives (1965). During here 5 years in that role, she played Young Sybil in the 1976 film Sybil (1976) starring Sally Field. Other film roles include Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977), The Amityville Horror (1979), The Day Time Ended (1979), The Entity (1982), and Going Berserk (1983). After leaving "Days of Our Lives", she appeared in one sitcom, Ladies' Man (1980) from 1980 to 1981, before leaving the acting world.
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Her father was a Prussian count (Count von Lehndorff-Steinort) who was involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944 and hanged that year, when Vera was three. Her mother was arrested, and Vera and her sisters spent the rest of the war in Gestapo camps. They were reunited with their mother after the war, but the family was destitute, and ostracised by other Germans for their father's treachery. She ended up studying textile design in Florence, where a fashion designer first asked her to model. She had first travelled to New York in 1961 as plain old Vera, but failed to secure a single booking. After retreating to Milan for a spell, she returned to take Manhattan under her new name.... Veruschka!- Actor
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John Dennis Johnston was born on 14 May 1950 in Elmwood, Nebraska, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 48 Hrs. (1982), Wyatt Earp (1994) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).- Noah Alexander Gerry was born on 14 May 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Station 19 (2018), At Her Feet and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022).
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Jahking Guillory is one of the young faces of a new generation as a major talent on the rise. He recurred as the heartbreaking 'Coogie' in Showtime's series THE CHI, created by Lena Waithe and executive produced by Common and Elwood Reid with Rick Famuyiwa directing. He also recurs on Netflix's series ON MY BLOCK as well as on Facebook's first original series FIVE POINTS, produced by Indigenous Media and Kerry Washington. Jahking broke onto the scene starring in the Focus World film KICKS (with Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali) which premiered opening night at the Tribeca Film Festival before its west coast premiere at the LA Film Festival and theatrical release. Recently, Jahking can be seen on the CW Networks / Netflix hit show, Black Lightning and HBO's Insecure. Currently, he just wrapped three features, Hard Miles with Matthew Modine, Young, Wild and Free for Macro and indie, Summer of Violence.- Actress
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Sasha Spielberg was born on 14 May 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Terminal (2004), The Art of Getting By (2011) and Munich (2005). She has been married to Harry McNally since 21 May 2022.- Producer
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Lovely and charming brunette actress Nadine Van der Velde was born on May 14, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She made her film debut in a small role in the raunchy teen sex comedy Private School (1983). Nadine gave a lively and engaging performance as the spunky "April Brown" in the delightful Critters (1986). She was likewise appealing as "Cindy" in Munchies (1987) and once again solid as the perky "Joan" in the "The Old Dark House" segment of the immensely enjoyable horror anthology After Midnight (1989). Van der Velde was excellent in a rare substantial leading part as troubled aspiring dancer "Jessica Lilliane" in Shadow Dancing (1988). Nadine made guest appearances on the TV shows Otherworld (1985), CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984), The Wizard (1986), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985), Tropical Heat (1991), Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) and JAG (1995). Van der Velde's last role to date was as aspiring singer "Reggie Tweed" in East of A (2000); she also co-wrote the script for this film. Nadine has since gone on to a successful career as a writer for children's pictures and television programs: she's penned several episodes of the show Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2004) and the screenplays for two "Rolie Polie Olie" movies. Moreover, she won two daytime Emmy Awards for her work on the Rolie Polie Olie (1998) animated TV series.