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Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theater, she decided she wanted to become an actress. At age 12, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana. After attending Mexico City's prestigious university Universidad Iberoamericana, she felt ready to pursue acting seriously.
She soon landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a hugely successful soap opera which earned her the star status in her native Mexico. However, anxious to make films and to explore her talent as well as passion, she left both Teresa (1989) and Mexico in 1991. Heartbroken fans spread rumors that she was having a secret affair with Mexico's president and left to escape his wife's wrath. She made her way to Los Angeles. She approached Hollywood with naive enthusiasm and quickly learned that Latina actresses were typecast as the mistress maid or local prostitute. By late 1992, she had landed only small roles. She appeared on Street Justice (1991), The Sinbad Show (1993), Nurses (1991), and as a sexy maid on Dream On (1990). She also had only one line in My Crazy Life (1993). Feeling under-appreciated by Anglo filmmakers, she vented her frustrations on Paul Rodriguez's late-night Spanish-language talk show.
Robert Rodriguez and his wife Elizabeth Avellan happened to be watching and were immediately smitten with her. He soon gave her big break -- to star opposite Antonio Banderas in the cult classic Desperado (1995), bringing her into Hollywood prominence. The moviegoers were as dazzled with her as he had been. Afterwards, she was cast again by Rodriguez to star in the cult classic From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Her first star billing came later that year with Fools Rush In (1997) opposite Matthew Perry. It was a modest hit and her star continued to rise in both commercial and films such as Breaking Up (1997) with an unknown Russell Crowe, 54 (1998), Dogma (1999) and In the Time of the Butterflies (2001), the small artistic film which won her an ALMA award as best actress and the summer blockbuster Wild Wild West (1999). Her production company Ventanarosa produced the Mexican feature film El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999), which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival and selected as Mexico's official Oscar entry for best foreign film.
The new millennium started out quietly as she prepared to produce and star in her dream role of Frida Kahlo, the legendary Mexican painter whom she had been admiring her entire life and whose story she wanted to bring to the big screen ever since she arrived in Hollywood. Frida (2002) was full of passion and enthusiasm, with performances from her and Alfred Molina as Kahlo's cheating husband Diego Rivera. It also featured an entourage of stars such as Antonio Banderas, Ashley Judd, Geoffrey Rush, Edward Norton and Valeria Golino.
It was a box office hit and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best actress for Hayek. It won awards for make-up and score by Elliot Goldenthal. Later that year, she expanded her horizons, directing The Maldonado Miracle (2003), which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, she starred in the finale of Rodriguez's Desperado trilogy Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), again opposite Banderas. She also starred in After the Sunset (2004) opposite Pierce Brosnan, and Ask the Dust (2006) opposite Colin Farrell. She then starred in Bandidas (2006), which also featured Penélope Cruz, and Lonely Hearts (2006) opposite Jared Leto.for "Frida"- Actress
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Keisha Castle-Hughes was born on 24 March 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for Whale Rider (2002), The Nativity Story (2006) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).for "Whale rider"- Everlyn Lee Marie Sampi was born Oct 6th, 1988 in Derby as the 4th child among three older brothers and one younger sister following.
She belongs to the indigenous Bardi tribe, but her paternal grandfather comes from Glasgow, Scotland (UK). Her mother works as a director in a bigger aboriginal corporation, her uncle is the well-known AFL (Australian Football Legue) player Ashley Sampi.
During her childhood she relocated frequently with her family within the Kimberley Region including Darwin and Broome, until they settled for a longer time in Djarindjin, a small aboriginal town nearby the Dampier Peninsula.
When famous Australian director Phillip Noyce and casting director Christine King looked in Summer 1999 for aboriginal children to play the main actresses in Rabbit Proof Fence, Everlyn was brought to their attention by a friend of her mother. She quickly stood out between all competitors and got the leading role as "Molly", the lead character.
For her great performance she won the Australian Annual Lexus IF Award for Best Actress on Nov 6th, 2002, and afterward returned back to schooling at John Septimus RoeAnglican Community High, spending only holidays with her family in Djarindjin.
After graduating at the Broome Senior High School in 2006, she spent time as a child welfare worker, entered several regional modeling competitions (Kimberley Girl, Miss Roebuck) as a role model for young indigenous women, and today is considering to intensify acting.
She lives together with her family in Broome, Western Australia, and became mother of two children (2014, 2019).
Thus, by chance, she appeared between 2007 and 2010 in several guest roles as character "Leonie" in the Australian TV series "The Circuit", what is shot in that region.for "Rabbit-proof fence" - Iva Kranjc was born on 10 November 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and raised in Ptuj, Slovenia. After primary school, she studied at Gimnazija Ptuj (Ptuj gymnasium). There she become a member of a theatre group called Teater III. After high school she became a student of AGRFT. Her first professional play was Curek krvi by A. Artaud, in the third class she received student Sever Award for performance in Cid. After many roles in Theater and TV series, she get the role of Simona in Guardian of the Frontier (2002). That role brought her a Vesna for best female performance.for "Guardian of the frontier"
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Angelica Lee was born on 23 January 1976 in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. She is an actress and director, known for The Eye (2002), Re-cycle (2006) and Missing (2008). She has been married to Oxide Chun Pang since 6 February 2010. They have two children.for "The eye"