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As a child, Geena dreamed of being an actress. While in high school, she felt left out and had low self-esteem because, at 6 feet, she was the tallest girl in school. After high school graduation, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston University, where she majored in drama. In 1977, she left BU and moved to New York to start her career. Her career consisted of sales clerk and waitress. She worked at Ann Taylor, where she eventually rose to Saturday window mannequin while trying to get a job with a modeling agency. Eventually signed by the Zoli Agency, she wound up as a model in the Victoria Secret's Catalogue. Ever vigilant, Sydney Pollack was looking for new talent in the catalog when he spotted Geena and cast her in Tootsie (1982). With good reviews, Geena moved to Los Angeles where she was cast as Wendy in the short-lived but critically acclaimed television series Buffalo Bill (1983) with Dabney Coleman. A starter marriage to restaurant manager Richard Emmolo dissolved around this time. Her next appearance on television was in her own series Sara (1985), which was also good, but soon canceled. Geena then returned to the big screen in the below-average Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) followed by the successful Chevy Chase movie Fletch (1985). From there on, she was on a roll with second husband Jeff Goldblum in the horror remake The Fly (1986). More successful were Tim Burton's dark comedy Beetlejuice (1988) and The Accidental Tourist (1988). For the last film, she was the surprise winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. More fun movies followed with the flying-saucer-in-the-pool Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) and everyone-loves-a-clown Quick Change (1990) with Bill Murray. The very successful Thelma & Louise (1991), directed by Ridley Scott, again garnered nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe. A League of Their Own (1992), with Tom Hanks and directed by Penny Marshall, was the turning point as her next film, Hero (1992), was only average. Then she married director Renny Harlin and they set up a production and development company called "The Forge". Their first film was Speechless (1994), which flopped at the box office. Undeterred, Renny decided to film the big-budget Cutthroat Island (1995), starring Geena as pirate leader Morgan, which also flopped. Geena has since starred in the thriller The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and played Eleanor Little in Stuart Little (1999) and Stuart Little 2 (2002). She's also returned to TV, headlining The Geena Davis Show (2000) and Commander in Chief (2005). Both shows were canceled after one season, but she won a Golden Globe for the latter. In 2008, after being missed from the big screen for some years, Geena ventured to Sydney, Australia, playing the foul-mouthed mother of Harry Cook and Harrison Gilbertson to shoot the dark comedy Accidents Happen (2009).- Actor
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Luke Timothy Grimes is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the acclaimed film American Sniper, the Fifty Shades film series and the drama series Yellowstone (2018-present). Grimes was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of a Pentecostal pastor. Grimes graduated from Dayton Christian High School in 2002. He moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.- Widely respected among peers for his fearless commitment, Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott was born to an English father and Italian mother in Scarborough, a working class suburb of Toronto. His career began fortuitously in 1976 at the CBC, cast by Deidre Bowen, Clare Walker and director Mike Newell as the troubled protagonist, Cole Buckley, opposite Kate Reid in writer Rochelle Kosar's Earthbound. He continued his novitiate in the city's leading contemporary theaters, working with Ken Gass at Factory Theatre Lab, Bill Glassco at The Tarragon Theatre and William Lane at Toronto Free Theatre. Supported by grants from The Ontario Arts Council and The Canada Council of The Arts, he moved to New York City to study on a full scholarship at The Juilliard School where he performed, among other roles, Teddy in Mark Medoff's When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?, Flute in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Soranzo in John Ford's T'is Pity She's A Whore and Tilden in the school's much-lauded first production of a Sam Shepard play, Buried Child. In the spring following graduation, he began a rewarding relationship with Joseph Papp's Public Theater both on and off Broadway with his creation of the role of Kent in Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio. He last appeared onstage in New York opposite John Malkovich, originating the role of Stubbs in Shepard's States of Shock. He has worked with some of cinema's most gifted reprobates, including Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Julian Schnabel, Gerard Depardieu, Jim Jarmusch, Ridley Scott, Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Dennis Hopper, Michael Cimino, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, John Hurt, Javier Bardem, Benicio Del Toro, Terrence Malick and Oliver Stone. Among those he hasn't, he has expressed a wish to work with the great French actress, Isabelle Huppert. "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion" Albert Camus
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Ken Leung was raised in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side in New York City. His family moved to Midwood, Brooklyn where he grew up before finishing high school in Old Bridge, New Jersey. He attended NYU and studied acting with Catherine Russell and Nan Smithner, then briefly with Anne Jackson at HB Studio.
He emerged from Manhattan's downtown theater community in the 1990s and flourished in non-traditional productions that included Jeff Weiss' Hot Keys; Terrence McNally's passion play Corpus Christi; and as Buckingham opposite Austin Pendleton's Richard III.
His early career is defined by the relationships he established with theater groups like Ma-Yi, New Perspectives, and STAR, a traveling troupe of actors-educators based in Mount Sinai Hospital. In 2002, he made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Leung has gone on to establish himself in mainstream features including two films with Spike Lee.- Kelly Rohrbach is a New York born actress. After graduating from Georgetown University in 2012, where she was recruited to play Division One Women's Golf, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her passion for acting. Kelly majored in theater at Georgetown, as well as attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Rohrbach had her break-out role in Paramount Pictures' Baywatch (2017), which was released in May 2017. She co-stars in the iconic role of "C. J. Parker", opposite Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson. Rohrbach has worked with directors such as Woody Allen and Seth Gordon and was most recently seen in Comedy Central's Broad City (2014). In 2016, Rohrbach received the Maui Film Festival Rising Star Award. Rohrbach first gained acclaim in modeling, in 2015, when she appeared in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition, where she was named Rookie of the Year.
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Robby Benson is an American writer, director, composer, lyricist, actor, professor of film, filmmaker and novelist. He began his career in the theater, (Oliver, The King and I); on Broadway (co-starring in Zelda, The Rothschilds and Joseph Papp's The Pirates of Penzance, where he met and fell in love with the great, Karla DeVito!); Benson wrote the libretto and composed the music for the musical that opened in NYC at The Historic Cherry Lane Theatre (Open Heart), and wrote the best-selling novel, "Who Stole The Funny?" (HarperCollins), along with the medical memoir, "I'm Not Dead... Yet". Benson was nominated for a Golden Globe (one of several) for his second film, "Jeremy" which also won an award at the Cannes Film Festival. He sold his first screenplay to Warner Brothers at 18 years-old entitled, "One on One". He has starred in such films as One on One, Ode To Billie Joe, Ice Castles, Jeremy (Golden Globe nominee) Tribute, Harry and Son, Running Brave, The Chosen, Die Laughing (wrote screenplay & music), Walk Proud (scored the film as well), The End, Lucky Lady, Death Be Not Proud (Golden Globe nominee), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, and Our Town among a few. He also wrote and directed the feature film, 'Modern Love' and composed the score for Straight Outta Tompkins and co-wrote the hit song in The Breakfast Club ("We are Not Alone" - the iconic John Hughes film - the scene where the kids dance in the library) with his wife and loving partner of 40 years, the great Karla DeVito! Benson and DeVito have received RIAA Gold Records, including Nobody Makes Me Crazy, which was covered by Diana Ross; Benson has also written scores for feature films. Benson also voiced 'Beast" in Disney's Academy Award nominated 'Beauty and the Beast." In television, Benson has exec. produced and directed over one hundred episodes of Network shows: from one-hour single camera to 30-minute sitcoms including many top ten shows such as Ellen, Friends, Dharma & Greg, Jesse, The Naked Truth, Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place, Sabrina The Teenage Witch (also directed the pilot), Dream On (nominated Best Director/Single Camera), Muddling Through, Good Advice, Monty, Evening Shade and many more. Robby Benson has been a professor of film production at several universities for 20 years. At NYU's famed Tisch School of the Arts in the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Benson received the honor of being nominated for both NYU's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2006, and the David Payne-Carter Award for Teaching Excellence in 2010. Robby is currently developing his second theatrical musical, "I Hear A Song!"- Actor
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Booboo Stewart was thrust into the spotlight with his winning the coveted role of Seth Clearwater in the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and reprising the role in both The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012). At age 10 Booboo began his career as a model, participating in numerous campaigns. He received a record deal at the age of 12 with Walt Disney records-touring with acts such as The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and The Cheetah Girls. Booboo first worked on camera as a stunt person in films like Beowulf (2007) and then was captured by the acting bug after watching Heath Ledger's performance as the 'Joker' . Booboo strives to play interesting roles and he can soon be seen in White Frog (2012), The Last Survivors (2014), Space Warriors (2013) and An Evergreen Christmas (2014). Booboo is an accomplished martial artist - winning two World Championships and being inducted into the Jr Blackbelt Hall of Fame. He is sponsored by Gibson Guitars and resides in Los Angeles with his family.- Actor
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Matthew retired from the NFL after 14 seasons. He played for 6 teams (New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Rams, San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers). He went to 2 Super Bowls, winning 1 and losing the other. He is steadily rising up the acting ladder and receiving acclaim as his roles get bigger and better.- Actor
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Of Greek descent on both sides, the son of immigrants, Savalas was a soldier during World War II, although most of his enlistment records were destroyed in a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1973. He later studied psychology at Columbia University under the GI Bill.
Iconically bald, he often played character roles, sometimes as sadists or psychotics. He became famous in the 1970s when his role as Det. Theo Kojak in the TV movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973) was expanded into the gritty Kojak (1973) TV series (1973-78).- Actor
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Lars Eidinger, born in Berlin, studied at the prestigious Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin.
Since 1999 he has been an ensemble member at the Berliner Schaubühne. His portrayals of Hamlet and Richard III. in the productions of Thomas Ostermeier were internationally acclaimed and made him into a formative actor of the Schaubühne.
Next to his theater work, Lars Eidinger is featured in numerous national and international cinema and television productions, amongst others in Alle Anderen (directed by Maren Ade, 2008), Goltzius & The Pelican Company (directed by Peter Greenaway, 2011), Was bleibt (directed by Hans-Christian Schmid, 2011), Tatort - Borowski und der stille Gast (directed by Christian Alvart, 2012), Clouds of Sils Maria (directed by Olivier Assayas, 2013), Familienfest (directed by Lars Kraume, 2014), Personal Shopper (directed by Olivier Assayas, 2015), SS-GB (BBC, directed by Philipp Kadelbach, 2015), Mathilda (directed by Alexey Uchitel, 2014-15), Die Blumen von gestern (directed by Chris Kraus, 2015), Terror (directed by Lars Kraume, 2016), Werk ohne Autor (directed by F. H. v. Donnersmarck), Babylon Berlin (directed by Tom Tykwer, Hendrik Handloegten, Achim von Borries), Sense 8 (directed by Lana and Lilli Wachowski), Twins (directed by Lamberto Bava, 2016), Maryline (directed by Guillaume Gallienne, 2016), Dumbo (directed by Tim Burton, 2017), High Life (directed by Claire Denis, 2017).
Alle Anderen by Maren Ade, in which Lars Eidinger plays the male lead role alongside Birgit Minichmayr, was awarded the Silver Bear of the Berlinale in 2009. He was nominated for the German TV Prize as Best Actor in 2010 for Verhältnisse and 2013 for Polizeiruf - Der Tod macht Engel aus uns allen. In 2013, Lars Eidinger received the German Film Critics' Prize as Best Actor and in 2014 the Grimme Award. In 2017, Lars Eidinger was again nominated fort he German TV Prize as Best Actor for Terror and Familienfest, which won the prize as Best Film.
In addition to acting, Lars Eidinger is a musician and DJ. He lives in Berlin.- Actress
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Born in Poland to accomplished thespian parents, Grazyna Dylag and Aleksander Mikolajczak, Izabella Miko could dance before she could walk. She began to pursue her dream career as a ballerina as soon as the opportunity was available to her at the age of 10. Izabella was accepted at the National Ballet School in Warsaw, though her teachers were concerned about what seemed to be some flexibility limitations of her body. At the age of 15, she was recruited to go to New York on full scholarship and study at the School of American Ballet. However, her body could no longer withstand the rigors of a seven-day a week ballet-training schedule, and in 1997 she suffered from a series of injuries to her vertebrae, knee and ankle injuries, ending her career as a ballet dancer.
She found herself 17 years old and wondering what career she would ever find that would fulfill her the same way dance did. While back in Warsaw and recovering, a casting director who was working with Izabella's parents asked if she would play a part in a TV movie, "Lithuania You're My Motherland". She accepted, not knowing where else to turn. Having been bitten by the acting bug, Miko was headed back to America shortly before her 18th birthday. She immediately began training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and laying the groundwork for a successful career as an actor.
She went to Los Angeles just after she turned 18, and a series of fortuitous event resulted in her landing the role in Jerry Bruckheimer's Coyote Ugly (2000) playing "Cammie". This role put her on the map in Hollywood, leading to a slew of magazine covers and billboards. She followed "Coyote Ugly" with a leading role in J.S. Cardone's The Forsaken (2001) and Minimal Knowledge (2002). She has also appeared in The Shore (2006), starring alongside Lesley Ann Warren and Ben Gazzara. Miko than starred alongside actors Derek Jacobi and Michael Lonsdale in Bye Bye Blackbird (2005). Her portrayal of Alice, a circus trapeze artist in the early 1900s, was the perfect combination of Izabella's most innate talents. She prepared for this role with a rigorous three-month training schedule on both the flying and static trapeze. Utilizing her dance and trapeze skills, along with rapidly learned tightrope walking, she secured a part time role of Raia, a member of the "Circus of Crime" circus troop in the 2011 NBC series The Cape (2011).- Actress
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Karina Lombard is an actor, screenwriter and director. She is Italian, French, Native American. Born in Tahiti, the youngest of five children, and raised and educated in Spain, Switzerland and Peru. She is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French and German. She resides in Venice, California.
She is known for roles in such films as "Wide Sargasso Sea", "The Firm" with Tom Cruise, and "Legends of the Fall" opposite Brad Pitt, and television roles on such series as "The L Word", "NCIS", "CSI", "Rescue Me", and others. She did all her own stunts in Kull the Conqueror (1997).- Jackson Brundage was born on 21 January 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for NCIS (2003), One Tree Hill (2003) and See Dad Run (2012).
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John Early is a comedian who wrote, executive produced, and starred in his own episode of Netflix's The Characters. He has appeared on TV in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, 30 Rock, Broad City, Difficult People, High Maintenance, Love, and Animals and in the films Other People, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Fort Tilden, and The Greggs. He plays Elliott in the Search Party on TBS and appeared in the films Beatriz at Dinner, The Masterpiece, and Late Night. He recently wrote, created, and starred in an upcoming miniseries for Vimeo with frequent collaborator Kate Berlant, directed by Andrew DeYoung. He was a writer for Season 4 of Billy on the Street. In New York, he is an Artist in Residence and Comedy Curator at Ars Nova, where he hosts the monthly variety show Showgasm. He performs his solo show Literally Me (4 time New York Times Critics' Pick) at Joe's Pub and The Bell House, and co-hosts a weekly stand up show at Cake Shop. He has performed stand up at various comedy festivals including Montreal Just For Laughs, Bonnaroo, South by Southwest, Pemberton, Treasure Island, Outside Lands, Riot LA, and Festival Supreme. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee and is a graduate of the Atlantic Acting School at Tisch School of the Arts NYU.- Actor
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Jerry Trainor was born on January 21, 1977, and is an American television and movie actor. Jerry graduated from the University of San Diego High School, which is now known as Cathedral Catholic High School, and Jerry's mother teaches both pre-calculus and calculus there. It has been said that Jerry used to be Drake Bell's assistant. Jerry is best-known for his roles in two Nickelodeon shows: Drake & Josh (2004) as Crazy Steve and iCarly (2007) as Spencer Shay.- Actor
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One of England's most popular actors for more than four decades, Martin Shaw is noted for his versatility. He has featured in over 100 TV roles, his long TV career beginning in 1967 with the television episode Love on the Dole (1967). He achieved genuine stardom with The Professionals (1977), generally seen, along with The Sweeney (1975), as one of the two classic British action series to be spawned from the 1970s. Before that, Mr. Shaw had always been careful to be very different in each of his roles to avoid being typecast, and to spend long periods in the theatre.
His theatrical career has been very distinguished, with a string of West End successes, beginning in 1967 with the first revival of "Look Back in Anger" and most recently on Broadway as Lord Goring in "An Ideal Husband" which won him a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk award for Best Actor. The Professionals was an international hit, and brought him offers of similar roles. Never one to take the obvious route, Shaw refused them all, including the American series The Equalizer (1985), preferring variety of work to riches.
A rare television flop for Shaw was Rhodes (1996), a quickly forgotten mini-series about the highly controversial British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. Later projects have included a hospital drama, Always and Everyone (1999) from Granada, in which he plays consultant Robert Kingsford, and playing Adam Dalgliesh in the BBC adaptations of P.D. James's novels Death in Holy Orders (2003) and The Murder Room (2004).
He works almost exclusively in England, where he lives in a beautiful Quaker house in Norfolk, once owned by an ancestor of Abraham Lincoln. He is a pilot, and owns and flies a vintage biplane, a Boeing Stearman. Reticent about his private life, he dislikes interviews, and has little respect for the press.- Nick Gehlfuss can currently be seen in his lead role on NBC's hit show "Chicago Med". Gehlfuss has had recurring roles on "Shameless", "The Newsroom", and "Power", as well as guest spots on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", "The Good Wife", "Person of Interest", and "Royal Pains". He made his stage debut in New York in the Classic Stage Company's production of "Midsummer Night's Dream" as Lysander, starring opposite Bebe Neuwirth and Christina Ricci, and received the prestigious Rosemarie Tichler award for outstanding performance in a play. In Los Angeles, he starred in Neil LaBute's "Reasons to Be Pretty" at the Geffen Playhouse.
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Born and raised in Winnetka, Illinois to Princeton and Harvard grads, it was expected that Charlotte Ross would follow in her parent's footsteps and continue in the field of education. However, falling in love with acting (and singing) in the tender years of her childhood, Charlotte had other plans in mind and decided at an early age she would follow the "Hollywood" route instead.
From that moment on, Charlotte studied with anyone and everyone she possibly could to polish and sharpen her craft (especially adored, Roy London). She worked at Second City and the Goodman Theater in Chicago and earned a early living with numerous commercial and modeling gigs. Then a month after graduating from the famous New Trier High School, Charlotte made the move to Los Angeles where she quickly landed her first role in Hollywood as "Eve Donovan" on Days of Our Lives (1965), a role that later garnered her 2 Emmy Nominations. After a wonderful four years on the infamous Soap, she went on to pursue other roles. Charlotte then quickly jumped into starring in numerous TV movies including, A Kiss So Deadly (1996), Kidnapped in Paradise (1999), Fall Into Darkness (1996), and She Says She's Innocent (1991), to name a few. She also landed the lead in Aaron Spelling's The Heights (1992) (FOX), which earned a Gold record for her and the cast's singing. She went on to release 3 albums.
Since then, Charlotte has remained a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, starring in TV series such as CBS's comedy The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994) by Marc Cherry, FOX's Pauly (1997) (Mommie and Me) with Pauly Shore, NBC's/John Wells' ER (1994) and later his family drama, Trinity (1998). She also starred in Showtime's critically-acclaimed Beggars and Choosers (1999) as 'Lorri Valpone', a role the Los Angeles Times said made Charlotte an "Emmy Shoe-in".
Before "Beggars and Choosers" was officially canceled after two seasons, Charlotte was asked to consider replacing Kim Delaney on the Emmy Award-winning show, NYPD Blue (1993). Charlotte gratefully jumped at the opportunity and made her debut on the ever- successful cop drama, as the tough talking Irish Detective, "Connie McDowell". Again, the media's response to Charlotte echoed that of "Beggars and Choosers" with the LA Times saying "If NYPD Blue still had the popularity it once had, Charlotte would have a shelf of Emmy's"... not to mention her famous "Ass scene" that caused a succession of Court appeals about standards and practices ending in the Supreme Court with President Barack Obama weighing in.
At the end of her fifth season as 'Detective Connie McDowell' on "NYPD Blue", Charlotte was 8 months pregnant with her first child and eager to take a break from acting to just be a Mom. After so many years of being so grateful for work, she craved a break and today still says that time off was the best decision she ever made.
Two years after the birth of her beautiful little boy, Max, Charlotte went back to work starring in the "re-tooled" second season of ABC's Jake in Progress (2005) Jake in Progress , Lifetime's Nora Roberts film, Montana Sky (2007), Christmas in Paradise (2007), VH1's Hit the Floor (2013) and Law & Order (1990) as the memorable character "Anne Coltour", which once again generated Emmy buzz.
Guest starring as Deacon's ex girlfriend on ABC's Nashville (2012), Charlotte also recurs as Quinn's mom on the hit show, Glee (2009) Glee_, and on CW's hit show, Arrow (2012), as the beloved Felicity's mother, Donna (aka "Mama Smoak"). Charlotte continues to challenge and reinvent herself for a diverse array of roles. Whether it be showing off her athleticism as the first female umpire in professional baseball in the highly anticipated short film, The Umpire (2011), seducing Nicolas Cage as the white trash, tattoo covered sex cougar, 'Candy' in Summit's 3D film, _Drive Angry (2012)_, or starring in _Street Kings: Motor City (2013)_ opposite Ray Liotta, Charlotte continues to captivate audiences and impress critics with her unbelievable range as an actress.
A successful actress for over two decades, a proud single mom to her son Max, a passionate recognized animal rights activist (widely known for PETA "I'd rather go naked..." campaign ) who received the HSUS Animal Advocate of the Year Award for her lobbying work on Capitol Hill to release Chimpanzee's from testing labs, a vocal fitness fanatic (recently summited Kilimanjaro) who inspires women to be in the best shape of their lives and, filming her own fitness video, Charlotte is fortunate to be able to do what she loves. She is passionate about producing as well. Once a Winnetka gal with a love of finding the truth on screen, Charlotte is now living her dream and couldn't be in a happier more grateful place in her life.- Actress
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Svetlana Khodchenkova is a Russian actress, known for her roles in Bless the Woman (2003) and in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).
She was born Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova on January 21, 1983, in Moscow and spent her childhood in Zheleznodorozhny, a small city about 6 miles east of Moscow, Russia. She was raised by a single mother, attended a public school, and once dreamed of becoming a medical doctor.
In 1998, at the age of 15, she started a career as a fashion model in Moscow, and also made a few international gigs. In 2000 she began her studies at the Moscow Institute of World Economics, but quit in favor of acting. From 2001 to 2005 she studied acting at the Shchukin Theatrical School of the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There she attended the class of Nina Doroshina and Alekandr Lyubimtsev, graduating in 2005 as actress.
While a student, she starred in films of directors Stanislav Govorukhin, and Viktor Merezhko, and also appeared in popular Russian TV series. In 2008, she earned the best actress award at Gdynya Polish Film Festival, for the leading role in Mala Moskwa (2008). In 2012, she won COFCA Award for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).
On December 13, 2005, she married her classmate, actor Vladimir Yaglych, and also took her husband's name, changing her name from Svetlana Khodchenkova to Svetlana Yaglych.The couple married on the 13th on purpose; because all their filming contracts were signed on the 13th, they believed that 13 would keep working as a good number for them. However, their marriage did not last, ending in divorce.
Svetlana has been involved in several stage productions of Independent stage project in Moscow. She made stellar appearances in such plays, as "Moulin Rouge Hospital" and "Theatre with and without rules" earning herself much critical acclaim.
Outside of her acting profession, Svetlana is skilled in horse-back riding. She is also fond of winter sports, such as alpine skiing: she practiced her downhill at the ski resort of Courchevel, France.- Actor
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Jeremy Shada was born on 21 January 1997 in Boise, Idaho, USA. He is an actor, known for Julie and the Phantoms (2020), Adventure Time (2010) and Mr. Student Body President (2016). He has been married to Carolynn Rowland since 7 March 2020.- Actor
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Craig Roberts is one of the most interesting, diverse and exciting young actors working today. He is known for his breakout role in Submarine, for which he won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor, the London Critics Circle Film Award for Young British Performer of the Year, in addition to being nominated at the 2011 British Independent Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer and at the 2012 Empire Awards for Best Male Newcomer. Additional notable film credits include Kill Your Friends, Bad Neighbors, The Double, 22 Jump Street, Premature, Jane Eyre, The First Time, A Bright Day, Red Lights and Benny & Jolene, as well as television credits including ALT, Being Human, Skins, In Love with Coward, Young Dracula and The Story of Tracy Beaker.- Actress
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Dublin-born Audrey Dalton knew right from childhood that she wanted to be an actress: She appeared in school plays and (after the family's move to London) applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. While Dalton was at RADA, a London-based Paramount executive saw her in a play and asked her to audition for the upcoming film The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953). Winning the part (and a Paramount contract), Dalton arrived in the U.S. in 1952 and co-starred in "Pleasure Island"; the studio loaned her out to 20th Century-Fox for My Cousin Rachel (1952) and Titanic (1953). Dalton later freelanced, working in films and on TV. Her first husband was assistant director James H. Brown, who is the father of her four children; she is now married to a retired engineer.- Actress
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Marina Foïs was born on 21 January 1970 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Polisse (2011), The Beasts (2022) and A Stormy Summer Night (2015).- Writer
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He was born Alfred Hawthorn Hill. It was his grandfather who introduced him to Burlesque Shows and the theatre from where the young Benny Hill was to draw much of his comic inspiration. After his national service with the army during WW2, Benny came to London, adopted the stage name Benny Hill (in homage to his all time favourite comedian Jack Benny) and began appearing in variety shows. He briefly formed a double act with Reg Varney and did radio shows. But it was his talent for impressions and comic timing that were to give him his first big break on TV with the show "Hi There" in 1949. The Benny Hill Show (1955) began in 1955. Its pioneering combination of cheeky humour, songs and impressions were to make it a hit for the next 40 years.
Benny also broadened his career with cameo appearances in films such as The Italian Job (1969), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965). He also had a hit record in 1971 with "Ernie The Fastest Milkman In The West". In 1979 The Benny Hill Show (1955) was shown in America for the first time and Benny went on to become one of the biggest stars on US TV. The show itself has been seen in 109 countries and won a BAFTA as well as Golden Rose Of Montreaux Award. Benny Hill's TV career came to an end in 1989, when his show was dropped, but his popularity continued and he completed a US TV special, Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991) shortly before his death in 1992.- Actor
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Handsome bodybuilder Steve Reeves certainly had an enviable Herculean physique, and made plenty good use of it in Europe during the late 1950s and early 1960s portraying some of filmdom's most famous bronzed gods. Reeves was originally a Montana boy born on a cattle ranch in 1926. His destiny was revealed early in the game when, at the age of six months, he won his first fitness title as "Healthiest Baby of Valley County." His father Lester died in a farming accident when Steve was just a boy, and his family moved to Oakland (California). He first developed an interest in bodybuilding while in high school.
Steve joined the Army in his late teens where his job was loading boxcars and trucks. He also worked out loyally at the gym during his free time and the combination helped develop his body quite rapidly. Following Army service (he served for a time in the Pacific), he decided to pursue bodybuilding professionally. In 1946, at the age of 20, he won "Mr. Pacific Coast" in Oregon, which led to his titles of "Mr. Western America" (1947), Mr. America" (1947), "Mr. World" (1948) and, ultimately, "Mr. Universe" (1950).
With all the body-worshiping publicity he garnered, he decided to travel to New York to study and pursue acting. He subsequently returned to California...and Hollywood. There were not huge opportunities for a muscleman in Tinseltown other than providing pectoral background. Steve was, however, considered for the lead role in Cecil B. DeMille's biblical costumer Samson and Delilah (1949), but refused when told by the legendary director he would have to lose some of his musculature (about 15 lbs.). The part instead went to Victor Mature. Steve did manage to snag the role of a detective in infamous director Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Jail Bait (1954). Small parts on TV also came his way, but they too were mostly posing bits or walk-ons. To the Hollywood power players, Steve was just a body. Whether he could act or not was not a concern or selling point. Fans just wanted to see him take his shirt off.
Down on his luck, Steve's fortunes change when Italian film director Pietro Francisci saw him play Jane Powell's boyfriend in the feature film Athena (1954) and persuaded him to go overseas to star in Hercules (1958) (US title: "Hercules"). Though critics dismissed the film as "muddled mythology" while denigrating its cheapjack production values (including a poorly-dubbed sound track), the public went crazy over the sword-and-sandal epic and, in particular, Steve's marvelous beefcake heroics. He became an "overnight" star. Sequels followed, none any better or worse, with him going through the paces as a number absurdly-muscled biblical and mythological figures. An able horseman, he also performed many of his own stunts. Moreover, he paved the way for other pumped-up acting hopefuls (Ed Fury, Mark Forest, Reg Park) to seek their fame and fortune in Italy as a feature-length Samson, Ursus or Colossus. Nobody, however, came close to topping Steve in popularity.
A shoulder injury forced Steve's retirement, spending the remainder of his life promoting steroid-free bodybuilding while living on a ranch and breeding horses. The more recent bodybuilders of fame such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, both Hercules impersonators of yore, have given Steve significant credit for their respective acting successes. Married twice, Steve died in Southern California of lymphoma on May 1, 2000, at age 74.- Ann Wedgeworth was born January 21, 1934 in Abilene, Texas to Cortus and Elizabeth Wedgeworth, she graduated from from Highland Park High School in University Park, and later graduated from the University of Texas in 1957. After graduation, Ann moved to New York City and auditioned several times before she was admitted to The Actors Studio. Her debut film appearance was in Andy (1965), and for the past four decades she took supporting roles in several films, and earned two NSFC Award nominations for her performances in Citizens Band (1977) and Sweet Dreams (1985).
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A professional actor since 1985, Dylan got his big break as Richard Cameron in "Dead Poets Society". He has since appeared in numerous feature films, including "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken", "Jack Reacher", "Flight", "X2", and "The Way of the Gun", and has worked alongside such cinematic luminaries as Cliff Robertson, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Benicio Del Toro, Brian Cox, Alfre Woodard, Sir Ian McCellan, Patrick Stewart, and the late Robin Williams. His television credits include appearances on "Monk", "House", "Without A Trace", "Cold Case", "The X-Files" and "Drop Dead Diva". A longtime screenwriter and member of the WGAW since 2005, he is the sole or contributing writer on "Booth", "The Mayor of Castro Street", "The Ghost Inside" and "Mission Blacklist", as well as being the writer, director, and star of the critically-acclaimed Web series "The Steps".- Actor
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Alexander Lincoln was born on 21 January 1994 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for In from the Side (2022), Everything I Know About Love (2022) and Inland (2022).- Actress
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Emma Lee Bunton was born on the 21st January 1976 in Finchley, North London to parents Pauline, a karate instructor, and Trevor, a milkman. They split up when Emma was 11, and she stayed with her mum. She also has a younger brother, P.J. (Paul) who she is very close to. Emma's career began at an early age when she started doing modeling work for such things as Mothercare, Mentadent P toothpaste and Polly Pocket. She attended the famous Sylvia Young Drama School in London, during which time she auditioned for several TV parts including that of "Bianca" in EastEnders (1985), but none of them really panned out. She can be seen briefly in both EastEnders (1985) and The Bill (1984), but only in minor parts. It wasn't long after she left Sylvia Young's that she joined the Spice Girls (after the original 5th Spice Girl, Michelle Stephenson, left). 2 albums, 8 No. 1 singles and a film later and the Spice Girls are still going strong. Emma is due to appear in the BBC musical drama Sleeping Beauty (1987), which is filming at the moment and will be out by the end of the year. The Spice Girls' 3rd album, "Forever", was released in November 2000 and reached the #2 spot on the UK charts. It also features the Spice Girls' 9th #1 single, "Holler/Let Love Lead The Way". Since then, the Spice Girls haven't worked together again. In April 2001, Emma released her first solo album, "A Girl Like Me", which featured her 1999 cover of Edie Brickell's "What I Am" and Emma's own #1 hit "What Took You So Long". In 2003, Emma released her second solo album, "Free Me", which includes her four hits "Free Me", "Maybe", "I'll Be There" and "Crickets Sing For Anamaria". Her promo tour lead her to the US in early 2005, where a remix of "Free Me" was a popular club track.- Actor
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Stocky, balding American character actor with a rich, deep voice, equally adept at Western bad guys and Shakespeare. He began his career in films in minor roles, primarily as gangland henchmen, and progressed to become widely familiar as a figure in a variety of dramas and occasional comedies. Although a stalwart and reliable supporting player, he was not of a type to essay leading roles in films, but remained a well-respected actor whose face, if not name, is familiar to a generation of film and television viewers.- Actress
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The couple who plays together stays together. While this old and familiar adage probably would not work for a number of the happily married, high-profiled Hollywood star couples still thriving around town, it certainly has done wonders for one of Hollywood's more popular pairs -- actress Jill Eikenberry and her actor/husband, Michael Tucker. Broaching on a four-decade union, the couple has enjoyed a highly productive personal, as well as professional, pairing. Balancing strong solo careers as well, they have appeared together in all three mediums at one time or another, and one of their more recent projects was a cabaret act aptly titled, "Life Is a Duet", which came alive in 2007.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut on January 21, 1947, Jill was raised in Madison, Wisconsin, before moving to Missouri. She began her college studies taking up anthropology at Barnard College in New York. In her second year, however, she auditioned for and was accepted into the Yale School of Drama in New Haven.
She met Tucker while the two of them were performing at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.. Appearing in "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (1970), they were later cast in the play, "Moonchildren" (1971), which eventually took them to Broadway in 1972. Jill and Michael married the following year and decided to settle in New York City. Together, they have a son, Max Tucker, a sometime actor, and Jill has a stepdaughter, actress Alison Tucker, from Michael's first marriage.
Throughout the early-to-mid 1970s, Jill focused on the theater, building up a strong reputation, with roles in "The Beggar's Opera" (1972), "Lotta" (1973), "All Over Town" (1974) (her Broadway debut), "Summer Brave" (1975) and "Saints" (1976). Films began to come her way, with Rush It (1978) (her debut) and Between the Lines (1977). In 1978, she and Michael earned small roles in both Lina Wertmüller's A Night Full of Rain (1978) [also "The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night full of Rain"] and in the social drama, An Unmarried Woman (1978), starring Oscar nominee Jill Clayburgh. Jill finished the decade with sterling theater performances as "Alma Winemiller" in the play, "Eccentricities of a Nightingale", and in Wendy Wasserstein's "Uncommon Women and Others", which was taped for the small screen. The entire cast got to recreate their roles except for Glenn Close, who was replaced by Meryl Streep, for the TV presentation of Uncommon Women... and Others (1979).
Jill also began to gain some ground on the larger screen, with roles in Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979), Rich Kids (1979) and Hide in Plain Sight (1980). Making a formidable dent in TV-movies as well, she appeared in the PBS mini-series, The Best of Families (1977), and the TV-movies, The Deadliest Season (1977), Orphan Train (1979), and Swan Song (1980).
A gentle, effortless sweet nature befits the lovely Jill but it also can belie some of the stronger-willed, resourceful, even neurotic character that have played figuratively into her versatile career. This was never displayed better on film than with her breakthrough role as dipsomaniac Dudley Moore's ever-patient but extremely passive-aggressive fiancée, "Susan", in the classic comedy film, Arthur (1981). This success helped put her on the map in Hollywood.
Following a 1985 off-Broadway Obie Award win for her work in both "Lemon Sky" and "Life Under Water", she and husband Michael were cast in the acclaimed TV law series, L.A. Law (1986). Produced by Steven Bochco, who had remembered them after using the duo in two episodes of his established series, Hill Street Blues (1981), the couple not only enjoyed the steady employment but the richness in the writing of the show. While both went on to receive multiple Emmy nominations, neither won. Jill did pick up, however, a Golden Globe statuette for her excellent work on the series. The taller blonde (5'8") and her shorter husband (5'5") soon became instantly identifiable as a TV couple. Art imitated life, as well, when their characters, lawyer "Ann Kelsey" and tax specialist "Stuart Markowitz", wound up marrying on the series.
Just before the beginning of the run of the law series, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. The cancer eventually went into remission but, as a result of her ordeal, she became committed to her new cause and co-produced a 1989 documentary for NBC called "Destined to Live", which featured interviews with other cancer survivors, including former actress Nancy Reagan [aka Nancy Reagan]. To this day, Jill remains an ardent activist for breast cancer research and early detection. Her efforts have been recognized with awards and commendations and both she and Michael have been official spokespersons for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. She has since been inducted into the Cancer Survivors' Hall of Fame.
Jill and Michael went on to parlay their TV success into acting projects for themselves, creating a number of mini-movies as vehicles, including the social/domestic comedies, Assault and Matrimony (1987) and The Secret Life of Archie's Wife (1990) and the more dramatic A Town Torn Apart (1992) and Gone in a Heartbeat (1996). They also appeared together in A Family Again (1988) and reunited with their former series' cast members for the TV-movie, L.A. Law: The Movie (2002). On film, they played the mother and father of the groom in the comedy The Happiest Day of His Life (2007) and have cameos as themselves in Humor Me (2017). On the theatre stage, the couple appeared in productions of "Love Letters", plus "Emma's Child" (1997) and "The Last Schwartz" (2004).
Independent of Tucker, Jill has more recently appeared in the films Manna from Heaven (2002), Suburban Girl (2007), Something Borrowed (2011), Young Adult (2011), Keep in Touch (2015) and In Reality (2018).- John Jacob Charles William Smith was born in Monrovia, California on January 21, 1990. He has appeared in many hit films such as Hansel & Gretel (2002), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), and much more. He has played several other roles for television shows, commercials, and movies. He is very active, and loves to skateboard. Along with skateboarding, he likes baseball, basketball, swimming, and much more. Besides being an active kid, he likes to hang out with friends, and likes to talk. His parents are divorced, and he currently resides in the Los Angeles area. He's friends with Blake Woodruff, his co-star, and a lot more. His favorite color is blue, while his favorite animal is the panda. He has one dog, and one cat. His favorite food is pizza, while his drink is chocolate shake. He's very active, and he just wants to be a normal boy. He has a great ear for music, since his favorite band is Blink-182.
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Tovino Thomas was born in a Syro-Malabar Catholic Nasrani family in Irinjalakkuda, Kerala, India. He completed his schooling from Don Bosco High School, Irinjalakuda and graduated from Tamil Nadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He served as a Software Enginner at Cognizant Technology Solutions before being introduced into the Malayalam film industry.
Tovino made his silver screen debut through the Malayalam film Prabhuvinte Makkal (2012) directed by Sajeevan Anthikad. His onscreen performances in his subsequent films, ABCD (2013), 7th Day (2014), Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015) and Charlie (2015), made him to be considered as one of the most promising actors. He acted in the lead role in the film Guppy (2016) and was highly acclaimed by the critics. His subsequent films Oru Mexican Aparatha (2017) and Godha (2017) went on to become huge hits in the Mollywood industry.
Tovino got married to Lidiya at St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral, Irinjalakuda on 25 October 2014. His wife is also from a Syrian Catholic Nasrani family in Kerala. They have a daughter.- Actor
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Mads Sjøgård Pettersen was born on 21 January 1984. He is an actor and writer, known for Troll (2022), Eddie the Eagle (2015) and The 12th Man (2017).- Actress
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Victoria Carroll was born on 21 January 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) and Nightmare in Wax (1969). She has been married to Michael Bell since 1984. They have one child.- Actor
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Charles Aidman originally planned a career as an attorney, but was sidetracked during World War II and naval officer training at DePaul university. During a speech class the instructor, who also headed the drama department, saw Aidman as ideal for a role in an upcoming play. "I did the play and enjoyed it. It was the first play I was in, in my life...I've been acting ever since."- Actor
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William Gaminara was born in 1956. He was brought up in Lusaka, Zambia, then Northern Rhodesia, and jokes that he first wanted to be an actor after playing a sheep in a school Nativity play. Coming to England as a child he attended Winchester College and Lincoln College , Oxford before becoming an actor, his big break being as one of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in Bill Douglas's film ' Comrades'. Although he is a writer who has penned episodes of television dramas such as 'This Life' and a musician, playing piano and guitar in a band, he is probably best known for three roles as a doctor, as Dr Richard Locke in radio's 'The Archers', and on television as Dr Andrew Bower in 'Casualty' and the ill-fated pathologist Leo Dalton in 'Silent Witness'. In fact both his mother and sister are doctors.- Director
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David F. Sandberg is a Swedish film director from Jönköping who is known for directing the superhero comedy film Shazam and the horror films Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation. He lives on the autism spectrum. He also provided the voice of Mister Mind at the end of Shazam and made several short horror films throughout his career.- Vincent Laresca was born on 21 January 1974 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Romeo + Juliet (1996), Lords of Dogtown (2005) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
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John Ducey was born and raised in the rolling hills of Binghamton, New York. You know, it's west of Albany, east of Buffalo, south of Syracuse, and north of Scranton. He attended Seton Catholic Central high school, where he was a three-sport athlete and a two-play actor, appearing his senior year in Arsenic and Old Lace and Guys and Dolls. He took that love of trying to do everything to Harvard University, where he played JV Baseball, continued acting, and majored in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science while fulfilling all the Pre-Med requirements. As sports and studying fell by the wayside, John dove further into acting, appearing in over 20 plays and musicals while in college, including Harvard's world-famous Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
Upon graduating, John Ducey decided to delay medical school for one year to try his hand at an acting career in Los Angeles. That one year has since stretched into over 30 years. In 1993, he got his first break and union card appearing opposite Ben Affleck on the short-lived TV show, Against the Grain. While Ben's career escalated shortly after that, John's was a slower boil. He spent those early years tutoring high school students in math and science by day and staying busy in the Los Angeles equity-waiver theater scene by night. He performed at the Tiffany Theater, Tamarind Theater, and HBO Television Workspace, among other venues.
A run of sitcom guest appearances in the late 90s led to John finally landing a series regular role of his own, as the lawyer Ford on the ABC sitcom Oh Grow Up. The fickleness of television and the tsunami that was Who Wants to be a Millionaire soon brought that show to an end. But at least he was able to retire from tutoring.
In the years since then, Mr. Ducey has raised a child, married a woman, bought a house, and appeared in over 60 film and television roles. He and has wife, Christina Moore, have also since branched out into writing and producing independent movies for home entertainment and streaming services. He is unsure if his medical school applications are still valid.- Actor
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Houston-born character actor Trey Wilson was at his best playing rural, authoritarian type roles, usually in comedic productions. He was really starting to hit his straps in feature films when he unfortunately succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage only days from his 41st birthday. Probably best remembered as fast talking, furniture store mogul "Nathan Arizona" looking for one of his missing sons (although he's not too sure which one !) in the off the wall comedy Raising Arizona (1987). Wilson was equally entertaining as shifty, corporate crook "Beetroot McKinley" in Twins (1988) and as quirky manager "Joe Riggins" in the much loved tale of baseball romance, Bull Durham (1988).- Actor
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Wolfman Jack was born on 21 January 1938 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Motel Hell (1980). He was married to Lucy Lamb. He died on 1 July 1995 in Belvidere, North Carolina, USA.- Oli Green was born on 21 January 1997. He is an actor, known for Lift (2024), A Good Person (2023) and The Mosquito Coast (2021).
- Though his number of film roles amount to a bit over 30, Paul Scofield has cast a giant shadow in the world of stage and film acting. He grew up in West Sussex, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended the Varndean School for Boys in Brighton. The love of acting came early. While still high school age, he began training as an actor at the Croydon Repertory Theatre School (1939) and then at the Mask Theatre School (1940) in London. He took on all the experience he could handle by joining touring companies and also entertained British troops during World War II. He joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and, from there in 1946, he moved to Stratford-upon-Avon. There, in the birthplace of William Shakespeare, he had his first great successes. He had the title role in "Henry V"; he was "Cloten" in "Cymbeline"; "Don Adriano de Armado" in "Love's Labour's Lost", "Lucio" in "Measure for Measure", and then "Hamlet". And there were many more as he honed himself into one the great Shakespearean actors of the 20th century. With a rich, sonorous voice compared to a Rolls Royce being started up, in one instance, and a great sound rumbling forth from an antique crypt in yet another, he was quickly compared to Laurence Olivier.
Scofield did not move on to commercial theater until 1949, when he took the lead role of "Alexander the Great", in playwright Terence Rattigan's unfortunately ill-received "Adventure Story". And as he continued theater work, he moved toward film very carefully. From his first in 1955, Scofield was always - as with any of his acting assignments - extremely picky about accepting a particular role. It was three years before his second film. Meanwhile, Scofield had the opportunity to play a great lead part in a new play by a schoolmaster-turned-new-playwright, Robert Bolt. The play was "A Man for All Seasons" and Scofield's choice role was that of "Sir Thomas More", the great English humanist and chancellor, who defied the ogre "King Henry VIII" in his wish to put aside his first wife for "Anne Bolyne". It was a once in a lifetime part, and Scofield debuted it in London in 1960. His only appearance on Broadway was the next year in that play, which ran into 1962. It was no surprise that the work began garnering awards for him (see Trivia below for details on theater and film awards).
He returned to Shakespeare in 1962 with Peter Brook, the noted British director and producer, directing him as "Lear" at the newly formed Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at Stratford. This was a pioneering minimalist production, one of the first "bare stage" efforts - though things were pretty bare stage in Shakespeare's day. Scofield then did "Coriolanus" and "Love's Labour's Lost" for the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario in 1963. His third film came six years after his second screen appearance (1958). This was his standout performance in The Train (1964), a production of his co-star, Burt Lancaster, that grew in size and budget with the entrance of Lancaster's second choice for director, John Frankenheimer. Some of the difficulties involved might have turned someone of Scofield's discipline back to the stage thereafter, but the filming of "Seasons" arrived, and he would hardly refuse. With Robert Bolt handling the screenplay and a superlative supporting cast, the film version of A Man for All Seasons (1966) collected some thirty-three international awards, including a three-statue sweep of prime-Oscar categories plus another three for good measure. Scofield was unforgettable as the incisive man of state, able to juggle the volatile politics of the time but always keep his honor and so brimming with faith as to endure the inevitably mounting tide against him.
It suited Scofield for a time to keep his screen-acting to adaptations of plays, books, and ensemble pieces fitted to the big screen. Peter Brook and he teamed again for a film version of the Brook-adapted play Tell Me Lies (1968). The adaptation of Herman Melville's Bartleby (1970), despite Scofield's efforts, did not wash as an attempt to update Melville's story in the late twentieth century. Then Brook was back again to finally attempt what he said had really never been done correctly -adapting Shakespeare to film. Scofield's 1962 "Lear" was held in high esteem, and Brook decided on a film version, King Lear (1970), an even more uncompromising, even uncomfortable, desolation staging and editing of the tragedy. Despite some oddball camera work and not wholly satisfying adapting of the play, Scofield was magnificent and got his chance to show that he is perhaps the best Lear of modern times. While still keeping a concerted interest in filmed play adaptations, Scofield could be lured into more typical screen drama. He joined former co-star, Burt Lancaster, for the spy thriller, Scorpio (1973), as a memorable Russian comrade of Lancaster from the days of World War II, caught in late-Cold War spy craft brutality.
Through the 1980s, Scofield did a mix of TV and film on both sides of the Atlantic. But he was drawn back to Shakespeare and filming efforts, though in humbler parts, first in the Henry V (1989) of ambitious Kenneth Branagh, as the French king, and, the next year, in the Franco Zeffirelli, Hamlet (1990), as "The Ghost" - with the real buzz being for Mel Gibson as the dour "Prince of Denmark". Both films were well-crafted with impressive supporting casts. And Scofield could be content that as with all his roles, he was remaining consistent with himself as his own best judge of how to challenge his acting gifts. Gibson was appropriately awed, saying that working with Scofield was like being "thrown into the ring with Mike Tyson" (that is, Mike Tyson then, not now). Through the 1990s, he enjoyed his continued sampling of all acting media, even radio narration and animation voice-over.
The matter of British actors weighing upon the acceptance of knighthoods for their work began most publicly with Scofield. In 1956, after his tour of "Hamlet" with a triumph in Moscow, he gratefully accepted the appointment as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), but thereafter he refused on three occasions the offer of knighthood. "If you want a title, what's wrong with Mr.? If you have always been that, then why lose your title? "I have a title, which is the same one that I have always had. But it's not political. I have a CBE, which I accepted very gratefully". He said this with great simplicity and charm. The matter of 'theatrical nobility' has prompted others to follow Scofield's example. One high profile example with a twist is actor Anthony Hopkins, now an American citizen, who quipped that he only accepted the knighthood because his wife wanted him to do so. In taking the oath of citizenship, Hopkins pledged to "renounce the title of nobility to which I have heretofore belonged". But Scofield's demeanor in his logically crafted refusals from the first so fit this man's very private life. Yet quite averse to being interviewed, he has always been considerate to the public for their patronage. Brilliant man and acting legacy, on and off the stage, Paul Scofield truly is a "Man for All Seasons". - Actor
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One of the most versatile character actors in the business, Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (pronounced Nash) was born of Irish descent in New York City. His illustrious ancestors hailed from county Limerick and were listed in Burke's Peerage. He had a Catholic education at St. Cecilia's Academy, but absconded from school at the age of 14 to become a song plugger. He briefly joined a children's vaudeville company run by Gus Edwards. At 16, he enlisted in the Navy, was thrown out, re-enlisted to experience wartime action with the U.S. Army Signals Corps in France, then spent years sailing the world's seas with the Merchant Marine. Around this time, he acquired as many as eight languages and became adept at dialects. J. Carroll then spent some time in Paris singing and dancing with a stage troupe run by musical comedy star Gaby Deslys. Sometime around 1925, he returned to New York for further theatrical work, possibly with Molly Picon's Yiddish Theatre. The following year, he travelled by tramp steamer to California en route to China. The ship suffered mechanical breakdowns and departure was delayed. While ashore, J. Carroll was somehow spotted by a Fox studio talent scout and wound up in Hollywood. He played a few bit roles and then joined a road company production of 'The Shanghai Gesture'. In 1929, he married an Irish stage actress, Gladys Heaney, in what would become one the most enduring of show business unions.
Back in Hollywood from 1930, J. Carroll's gift for dialects were to land him plum character parts as Arabs, Italians, Pacific Islanders, Hindus, Mexicans, African-Americans and Orientals. Villains of the black-hearted variety were his stock-in-trade. Indeed, he was so damn good at his job that Time Magazine referred to him as a 'Hollywood's one-man United Nations'. Ironically, J. Carroll's black hair, moustache and swarthy complexion invariably denied him roles as an Irishman (the sole exception being General Phil Sheridan in Rio Grande (1950)).
On radio, J. Carroll enjoyed one of his most profound successes as the voice of Italian immigrant Luigi Basco. 'Life with Luigi' was broadcast from 1948 to 1954, entertained millions of listeners and helped shape American consciousness about Italian values and the Italian way of life. Of its time, it was also essentially stereotypical. In films, J. Carroll was the consummate scene-stealer who could make even a bad movie look good. There weren't many of those, to be sure. His very best work includes the Italian prisoner Giuseppe in Sahara (1943) (one of his two Oscar-nominated roles), Loretta Young's Chinese father Sun Yat Ming in The Hatchet Man (1932), a Mexican peasant in A Medal for Benny (1945) (his second Oscar nomination), the pirate Cahusac in Captain Blood (1935) and John Garfield's well-meaning father Rudy in Humoresque (1946). He played Lakota medicine man and warrior Sitting Bull twice: in Annie Get Your Gun (1950) and in the title role of Sitting Bull (1954). He was the archetypal evil genius Dr. Daka in the Batman (1943) serial and, in 1956, brought his talents to the small screen as Charlie Chan in The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957). Having amassed some 224 screen credits, J. Carroll Naish died of emphysema in January 1973 at the age of 77. Sadly, he never won an Oscar which would have been richly merited. However, A Medal for Benny garnered him a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor and he is remembered with a star on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.- Production Designer
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Sherman Williams was born on 21 January 1960 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a production designer and art director, known for Platoon (1986), The Chase (1994) and Automatic (1995). She has been married to Christopher Meloni since 1 July 1995. They have two children.- Producer
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Sebastian Bear-McClard was born on 21 January 1981 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Uncut Gems (2019), Good Time (2017) and Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022). He has been married to Emily Ratajkowski since 23 February 2018. They have one child.- María Alexandra Catherine Siachoque Gaete, known as Catherine "Cathy" Siachoque is a Colombian/American actress. She is a famous Soap Opera actress; best known for her villainous roles in numerous telenovelas, such as Decisiones, La Venganza, Las Juanas, Reina de Corazones, and many more.
She was born in Colombia on January 21, 1972 where she grew up along with her parents Blanca Gaete and Felix Siachoque. In 1997 she met her fellow telenovela actor, Miguel Varoni while filming Las Juanas (1997), in which they both had parts; they married in 1999.
Catherine Siachoque is a well-known Classical Ballet dancer and Professional Actress, who usually makes her filmings of Soap Operas and Series in the United States, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico for the American television network TELEMUNDO and for the well-known worldwide platform NETFLIX.
Catherine has received countless awards, magazine covers, newspaper articles, YouTube television interviews, "Red Carpet" and all kinds of accolades as an outstanding personality in the Entertainment and Dramatic Arts Industry.
She began her career as a professional Classical Ballet dancer from where she went on to musical theater, where she quickly stood out in works such as "La jaula de las locas", La casita del Placer and Peter Pan, the latter being the trigger for the most important producers of the time set their eyes on her and she was contacted to participate in various television productions. Thus begins his career and highlights how the revelation of the year in his first two simultaneous productions "Survive" and "The shadow of desire".
She has appeared in Telemundo produced series such as Las Juanas (1997), Amantes del Desierto (2001), La Venganza (2003) Te voy a enseñar a querer (2005), Pecados ajenos (2008), Tierra de Pasiones (2006), and the TV anthology series Decisiones (2006). Though she has become type cast as villains, some would consider her a sympathetic character as Doña Hilda de Santana in Telemundo telenovela Sin Senos no hay Paraíso (2009). In 2010, she reverted to villains as Cecilia Altamira in the Telemundo remake of ¿Dónde Está Elisa?. In 2011, she later played a complex character in another telenovela remake produced by Telemundo, La Casa de al Lado wherein she was the mistress (amante) of a character portrayed by her real-life husband Miguel Varoni, wherein she interacted with Maritza Rodríguez, Gabriel Porras, and Karla Monroig. In 2014, she marked her villains return in Reina de Corazónes, starring Paola Núñez, Eugenio Siller and Juan Soler. Since 2016, she has been playing the character of Hilda Santana in Sin senos sí hay paraíso, streaming in NETFLIX.
Nowadays, Catherine has taken a turn in her life to improve herself and renew her career intellectually and professionally for future projects. In the academic field, she is currently pursuing studies as Bachelor of General Studies in International Relations at the University of Miami; additionally, she has been accepted at Harvard University and is already enrolled in "The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports" at Harvard Business School, beginning this January 4, 2022 - Actor
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Mac Davis was born on 21 January 1942 in Lubbock, Texas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for North Dallas Forty (1979), Next (2007) and Passengers (2016). He was married to Lise Gerard, Sarah Jane Barg and Fran Cook. He died on 29 September 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.- Vanessa Hessler was born on 21 January 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008), One Thousand and One Nights (2012) and La figlia del capitano (2012). She is married to Gianni Nunnari. They have one child.
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OBIE and Drama Desk winner Donna Lynne Champlin graduated with high honors from Carnegie Mellon University in 1993. A Princess Grace Foundation award winner and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, she also received intensive training in Shakespeare and Chekhov at Oxford University on the Advanced Acting Scholarship and The Vira I. Heinz Grant to study abroad. While still in college, she received her Equity card starring as "Dorothy" in The Wizard of Oz with the celebrated Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
Champlin made her New York Debut in 1994 at Carnegie Hall starring as "May" in a concert version of Very Warm for May under the direction of acclaimed conductor John McGlinn. Her Broadway debut in 2000 as "Mary Jane" in James Joyce's The Dead was quickly followed by another Broadway turn as "Honoria Glossop" in the Alan Ayckbourn/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical By Jeeves in 2001. In 2002, came the opportunity to work with Carol Burnett and Hal Prince in Broadway's Hollywood Arms - the dramatization of Carol's biography One More Time, in which Champlin played the iconic comedienne. Critics across the country proclaimed Champlin a "show-stopping star in the making" and described her performance as "brilliant", "a triumph", and "a tour de force."
Next on Broadway, Champlin played "Pirelli" (and the accordion, flute and piano) in the groundbreaking 2005 revival of Sweeney Todd where the press called her both "hilarious" and "superb". She then joined the Broadway company of Billy Elliot as "Lesley" in 2009 and simultaneously self-produced her solo debut CD "Old Friends" which was voted "One of the Best Ten Albums of 2009" and was hailed by critics as "brilliant", "a masterpiece" and "breath taking". She can also be heard on numerous cast albums including See Rock City, Sweeney Todd, By Jeeves, three and My Life With Albertine as well as many voice-overs.
Her film credits include Birdman, A Secret Promise, The Audition, The Dark Half, By Jeeves, and Sweet Surrender. And while her TV credits include The Good Wife, Law And Order, Mother's Day, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Annual Tony Awards on CBS, The View (guest star), The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Regis and Kelly and Emily Dickinson of the PBS Voices and Visions series, she is perhaps most well known for her work as the caustic "Kim Gifford' on the hit web-series Submissions Only.
Off Broadway, her performance as "Cora Flood" in the 2009 production of The Dark At The Top of the Stairs at The Transport Group (hailed by the NY press as "perfection", "brilliant" and "a privilege to watch"), earned her the prestigious OBIE award. DL went on to win the 2013 Drama Desk Award for her performance as "Woman #3" in Working, The Musical at the Prospect Theatre and the NYMF Award for "Outstanding Performance" for not one but three separate productions including as "Jane Austen" in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Other favorite Off-Broadway credits include "Audrey" opposite Oliver Platt's "Touchstone" in Shakespeare In The Park's As You Like It and "Sophie" in Master Class opposite Edie Falco at the Broadhurst produced by the Metropolitan Opera.
Champlin also continues to perform her critically acclaimed one-woman show Finishing The Hat in NYC (SRO at Birdland, Ars Nova and The Laurie Beechman Theatres) and across the country while teaching master classes in acting at many prestigious colleges such as CMU, Hartt and NYU. Also of particular importance to Champlin is her fundraising for three of her favorite charitable organizations, BC-EFA, the ALSA and The Actors' Fund.
In addition to being an actress, Donna Lynne also works as a director, writer, stand-up comedienne, pianist, composer, musical director and choreographer. A free-lance writer for Comedy Central, she is currently working on two books; a humorous non-fiction book inspired by her (mis)adventures in the theatre and the other a 'how-to of comedy'.
Donna Lynne lives in New York City with her husband, actor Andrew Arrow and her son, Charlie.- Actor
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Raised in a small town on the Gulf Coast of Florida, Greg Pitts graduated from the University Of South Florida in 1992 with a degree in Theatre. Touring state fairs and carnivals in a tractor trailer, performing as the MC/Stuntman of a Wild West Stunt Show, he began to desire a more prominent stage. Greg found just that when he moved to Los Angeles in '94 and began training on the stage of the renowned sketch comedy/improv troupe: The Groundlings. There he trained as a performer and writer for the next three years.
Armed with these newly polished skills Greg co-created/co-wrote the critically acclaimed live sketch comedy smash "Smooth Down There" in Los Angeles. It was in '97 when his performances in that show caught the attention of agents and managers, leading to more substantial opportunities.
Pitts immediately landed starring roles opposite Damon Wayans on the FOX TV show "Damon" and soon after as John Goodman's son on the FOX comedy "Normal, Ohio." It didn't take long before his success in TV began to garner roles in film. One of his most notable film characters would be the smug talking DREW (aka "the oh face guy") in the 20th Century Fox cult film phenomenon "Office Space." The next two decades would be filled with multiple starring roles in network pilots and a wide range of projects from being a spokesperson for Washington Apples or a spoiled multi-millionaire on the Lifetime movie Maneater to a wise cracking man child on a reboot of the original Bachelor Party movie to name a few.
Prior to moving back to Florida, Pitts sold a pitch (in the room) at CBS for a half hour comedy vehicle that he would star in. After the script was not given a pilot order Greg began to focus more on his own producing and writing. Having now created and produced two short form projects, The New 20's and Water Lords, he's ready to get to work on more substantial producing projects.- Actor
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Remy Auberjonois was born on 21 January 1974 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Blood Stripe (2016), Fair Game (2010) and Michael Clayton (2007). He has been married to Kate Nowlin since 5 September 2004.- Producer
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Rove McManus was born on 21 January 1974 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He is a producer and writer, known for Rove Live (2000), Finding Nemo (2003) and The Trouble with Barry (2013). He has been married to Tasma Walton since 16 June 2009. They have one child. He was previously married to Belinda Emmett.- Marjie Lawrence was born on 21 January 1932 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for All the Fun of the Fair (1979), The Rainbow (1988) and Dixon of Dock Green (1955). She was married to Howard Greene. She died on 16 June 2010 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.
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Graduated from Shinshu University, Faculty of Agriculture, Goro Miyazaki started his career as a construction consultant, and he designed parks and public institutions. To avoid to be compared to his father, the world-famous filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, he initially didn't want to work on anything related to animation. However, the turning point came in 1990s when he got involved in the construction of the Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo. He was in charge of the whole design of the museum, and became the first Managing Director. While Hayao was filming Howl's Moving Castle, Toshio Suzuki, the producer, decided to let Goro direct the next Ghibli movie since he was impressed by Goro's talent of making decisions quickly and properly, and his ability to draw pictures. This movie was Tales from Earthsea, and the beginning of his career in the animated movie industry.- Minnie Mills is an Korean British-American Actress, Model, and entrepreneur born January 22, 2002 in London, England, United Kingdom. She is known for her role as Shayla in the hit television series The Summer I Turned Pretty on prime video.
Her father is Canadian and her mother is South Korean. - Actress
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Marny made her professional debut at 11 years old in the lead role in the acclaimed Nine Network series 'Mortified', for which she was awarded an AFI for Best Young Actor (2005). Other leading roles include Conspiracy 365, A gURL's wURLd and top rating The Saddle Club. Marny played the lead role of Amber Wells in Channel Nine's new crime thriller Bite Club. She also had a guest role in Foxtel's incredibly popular Wentworth Series 6 and Wanted Series 3. Marny has also had recurring roles in ABC's 'Janet King', and Jane Campion's 'Top of the Lake: China Girl', as well as a role in Nine's 'Underbelly Files: Chopper.' Other credits include playing young Noelene Hogan in Seven's miniseries 'Hoges' and appearances in Eddie Perfect's 'The Future is Expensive' for the ABC, 'Rush' for Channel Ten and the short Golden Girl, directed by Grant Scicluna.- Alan Hewitt was born on 21 January 1915 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Follow That Dream (1962), That Touch of Mink (1962) and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964). He died on 7 November 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Chanelle Harquail-Ivsak was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018), Another Life (2019) and Sacred Lies (2018).
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Jacob Roloff was born on 21 January 1997 in Oregon, USA. He is known for Little People, Big World (2006), 4th Annual Amy Roloff Charity Golf Event (2012) and Little People, Big Dreams (2005).- Actress
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Stasia Caz was born on 21 January 1988 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Almaty, Kazakhstan]. She is an actress, known for Polar (2019), Taken (2017) and Reign (2013).- Director
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Jerry London was born on 21 January 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Chiefs (1983), Shogun (1980) and Ellis Island (1984). He has been married to Marilynn Landau since 15 June 1958. They have two children.- Actress
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When the heads of the World Wresting Entertainment (WWE) industry began a search for the sport's next "Diva" in 2006, they did not know what they had in store for them. Scouring the United States with camera crews in tow, the WWE set out with the Diva Search competition. Out of 20,000 girls they didn't anticipate a beautiful, French speaking, fashion model to quickly become the sport's femme fatale, earning almost instantaneous one-name fame usually reserved for pop singers. Nobody saw Maryse coming but she's definitely here.
Maryse Ouellet was born January 21st in Montreal, Canada to a well known master chef and a compassionate nurse, but something in her genes destined her to become the planet's toughest beauty. Growing up a tomboy in the province of Quebec, Maryse often competed and played with the boys. She excelled at sports and developed a passion for track and field. At age 15 she competed and won a mini marathon beating over 2000 adults and taking the honor of being the youngest winner in the history of the competition. Swimming was another passion, gaining her a position as a lifeguard at an aquatic park while still in high school, but it was then that her focus changed from sports to fashion. Maryse attended Collège Montmorency de Laval obtaining a degree in Business Administration.
Maryse began her modeling career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004. The new turn in her career allowed her to travel and see the world. Maryse has modeled for Playboy being featured in 12 different playboy special editions, gracing the cover three times, her appearance in Playboy Vixens sold out in less then twenty four hours on the east coast. She has appeared in hundreds of magazines and newspapers throughout the world. Maryse was one of the most downloaded celebrities on www.playboy.com.
In 2006 with some encouragement from friends, Maryse decided to combine her love of modeling and sports and audition for WWE's Diva Search. Standing at an impressive 5'8" and holding a black belt in martial arts, the stunning blonde stood out amongst her counterparts. Maryse arrived in Los Angeles to audition for the show with a dream and no understanding of the English language. Although eliminated early in the 2006 Diva Search competition, Maryse left an impression on the producers and they recruited the Montreal native for intensive training in combat sports. Joining dozens of other WWE hopefuls Maryse trained with the best and brightest in the field of entertainment wrestling. In those two years she learned English and perfected her famous finishing moves known as the "French Kiss" and the "French TKO". Often referred to as the "Sexiest of the Sexy" Maryse's entrance into the world of WWE led her to her first WWE Divas Championship title reigning from 2008-2009. After defeating nine other female wrestlers Maryse was crowned the Diva Champion, the 2nd Diva ever to hold the title and the longest ever title holder. In 2009 Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked Maryse #9 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers.
Maryse is the fastest rising WWE wrestler ever, obtaining a title in less than sixth months from her debut in competition. Maryse averages over five million downloads a month on wwe.com Maryse has made her mark from the music video to the video game having appeared in music videos for award winning artist Timbaland and The Hives as well as the Smackdown vs Raw video games. The world's largest toy company, Mattel, has created three dolls in the likeness of Maryse. All of which have become fan favorites. Owner of House of Maryse, she will be launching her Jewelry collection in summer 2012. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Maryse travels around the world competing on WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, WWE Nxt and WWE Superstars. The show has allowed her to also become involved with the American Troops performing in Afghanistan.- Writer
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Writer, showrunner and producer Sarah Lambert has created some of Australia's most critically acclaimed, iconic and audience-pleasing drama series in recent years. Most recently, Sarah was the writer and show-runner of THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART, the adaptation of Holly Ringland's hit novel for Made Up Stories and Amazon Prime starring Sigourney Weaver, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Leah Purcell, Asher Keddie and Frankie Adams. The series has become a global hit, both critically and with audiences around the world breaking records for the most successful Australian Amazon original launch globally ever. It has been nominated for 12 ACCTA awards including Best Mini-series or Limited run series. Her work has writer of the series has been recognised with an AWGIE nomination for best screenplay in a Limited Run series. Key praise for THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART at page end.
During 2022, she was also writer and an executive producer of the adaptation of Markus Zusak's novel, THE MESSENGER, for Lingo Pictures and the ABC. It starred an exceptional young cast led by William McKenna, Alexandre Jensen, Chris Alosio and Kartanya Maynard. Key praise for THE MESSENGER at page end.
Prior to LOST FLOWERS and THE MESSENGER, Sarah is best known for the award-winning television adaptation of Marele Day's LAMBS OF GOD, for which Sarah was the writer and showrunner. The mini-series stared Ann Dowd, Jessica Barden and Essie Davis. LAMBS OF GOD was in official competition at Series Mania in 2019 and was nominated for 18 AACTA Awards, winning nine including Best Telefeature or Mini Series. It also won the ATOM Award for Best Fiction Telemovie or Miniseries and the Screen Producers Award for Mini Series Production of the Year and was nominated for an AWGIE award for Best Television or Miniseries in 2020. Key praise for LAMBS OF GOD at page end.
Sarah Lambert is also the creator, writer and a producer of the smash-hit Australian drama for Channel 9, LOVE CHILD, which was the number one drama in Australia in 2014 and went on to enjoy four seasons. Key praise of LOVE CHILD at page end.
Sarah has written on some of Australia's top drama series including the critically-acclaimed LOVE MY WAY, DANCE ACADEMY, for which she was nominated for an AWGIE for Best Children's Screenplay; THE ALICE, which garnered her a QLD Premier's Literary Award Nomination; A PLACE TO CALL HOME; and ABC's ratings winner THE DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES. Sarah also co-created the 65-part teen show ALIENS AMONG US for the ABC and C5 in the UK, writing and directing over thirty episodes, shooting in the US, UK, France and Australia.
Her next original series THE GASLIGHT WING, a genre-bending female revenge series, is in development with Simon Maxwell's Motive Productions in the UK (THE WOMAN IN THE WALL, GET MILLIE BLACK, ONE NIGHT) and Fifth Season. It was also announced at the end of 2023 that Sarah will adapt the international best-selling novel THE EIGHTH LIFE by Nino Haratischvili for TV taking on the role of show-runner and working with Ink Factory (THE NIGHT MANAGER and LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL) and Amusement Park (ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT) in 2024.
Prior to her work as a writer/ creator in Australia, she worked in New York for twelve years as a partner in the film production company Babelfish where she wrote and directed the documentary CLONE STORY on the cult group the Raelians; wrote and co-directed the documentary GOD IN GOVERNMENT (PBS) about the religious right's influence on US politics; produced the documentary 14 MILLION DREAMS (Sundance); and LAST CHANCE FOR PEACE - a documentary about the civil war in Sierra Leone and the unusual path to peace forged between an alliance of Muslim and Christian religious leaders. She co-directed, wrote and produced three arts programs for PBS's City Arts series - NEW TYPE OF JAZZ; on the great record producer Teo Macero's work with some of the most iconic musicians of our time from Miles Davis to Simon and Garfunkel to modern hip hop artists, DIRECTORS ON DIRECTING on the most iconic Broadway directors working today and THE PLAY'S THE THING which featured playwrights from Edward Albee to John Patrick Shanley on bringing stories to life and the magic of theatre for which she was recognised with an Emmy nomination.
Before moving to work behind the camera, Sarah was a successful actor, growing up on Australian TV and movie screens, while also performing on stage in plays for the STC, Griffin and Marian Street theatres as well as various touring companies. She's best known for her ongoing role as Sandy Crosby on A COUNTRY PRACTICE and for her lead role in the original series of cult series, HEARTBREAK HIGH playing Christina Milano, the rookie teacher.
THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART - KEY PRAISE
"... sensitively written, expertly performed ... and beautifully shot." The Los Angeles Times "...entertaining, moving and vividly atmospheric..." The New York Times "...the hypnotic, creepy atmosphere draws you into a satisfying drama..." Financial Times
"This is a series that reels you in, episode by episode, like waves lapping against the Australian shoreline." - Evening Standard UK
"Not everyone will be able to watch this series, but how writer Sarah Lambert deconstructs abuse is one of the most profound things we will see on TV this year." Ready Steady Cut "What makes this work really sing is the masterful hand of director Glendyn Ivin who, together with screenwriter Sarah Lambert, keep the truth at arm's length distance while hypnotising you with intoxicating visuals, evocative scenes and strong performances from the cast." David Knox, TV Tonight "I challenge even the hardest of hearts not to be moved by The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart." Abby Robinson, Radio Times UK
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"Screenwriters Sarah Lambert, Kim Wilson, Kirsty Fisher and Magda Wozniak deftly balance comedy and drama, creating a subtle and strange quirkiness. The vibes get neo-noirish at times with a moody YA energy reminiscent of Rian Johnson's 2005 film Brick... Australian film and television is littered with quirky small-town stories, but this one is different, with a downbeat stoner-like charm all of its own." Luke Buckmaster. The Guardian.
LAMBS OF GOD - KEY PRAISE
"...intensely gothic and deliriously compelling four-part series LAMBS OF GOD, from the creator/writer Sarah Lambert (adapting Marele Day's best-selling novel) and, marking his best work yet, director Jeffrey Walker. It plays out like a religious-themed Misery, with a hapless male protagonist rather, shall we say, overcome by hosts of a place that wouldn't get a great rating on AirBnB..." " Devilish humour is laced throughout... Knock-out performances from an outstanding cast keep the drama trembling with emotion - usually of the bone-shaking, skin-jiggling, eye-bulging kind - and Lambert's excellent writing remains structurally unpredictable. Lambs of God is audacious, that's for sure. And it has "future cult classic" written all over it." The Guardian.
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"Lambert has beguilingly combined a detailed and often critical analysis of an Australia emerging slowly from the torpor and social repressiveness of the late 50's with a plot abundantly full of surprise and suspense" -The Australian.- Actor
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John Savident was born on 21 January 1938 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. He was an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Hudson Hawk (1991). He was married to Rona Hopkinson. He died on 21 February 2024.- Actress
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Marie Trintignant died tragically on the 1st of August, 2003 from a cerebral edema in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, France, following a violent fight with her boyfriend, Bertrand Cantat, lead singer in the French rock band, Noir Désir. She was just finishing filming a TV movie about Colette, directed by her mother.
Born into show business, she made her first screen appearance when she was just four-years-old but her breakthrough came in 1979 with the film "Série noire". In 1990, she had her first leading role in "Une nuit d'été en ville". Her second major role came in 1992 as "Betty", a bourgeois alcoholic. She also did theater work, notably "Le Retour", by Harold Pinter.
Her last film, Janis et John (2003), was completed three months before her death.- Actor
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Sushant Singh Rajput was born on January 21, 1986 in Purnia, Bihar to K. K. Singh and Usha Singh. He has 4 sisters (i.e. Neetu, Meetu, Priyanka & Shweta). He was an Indian television & film actor, dancer and entrepreneur. He became a household name after playing the role of Manav in the TV series, Pavitra Rishta (2009) on Zee TV. He made his Bollywood debut with Kai Po Che (2013), directed by Abhishek Kapoor, which was adapted from Chetan Bhagat's novel, The 3 Mistake of My Life, and then launched himself to soaring heights in the film industry. He also worked in movies like Shuddh Desi Romance (2013), PK (2014), Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Raabta (2017), Kedarnath (2018), Sonchiriya (2019), Chhichhore (2019) and Netflix film Drive (2019). He died on June 14, 2020 at his Mumbai residence. His last film, Dil Bechara (2020) was released on July 24, 2020 as a free film on Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex.- Ben Carolan was born on 21 January 2000 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Sing Street (2016), I Kill Giants (2017) and Life on Mercury.
- Jung Ryeo-won was born on 21 January 1982 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress, known for Castaway on the Moon (2009), History of the Salaryman (2012) and Du eolgurui yeochin (2007).
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Tipper grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. She attended Westside Highschool in Omaha and graduated from Columbia College of Chicago in 2008 with a BA in Film. She lives in Los Angeles, California where she likes to watch movies, shoot videos, and play guitar and sing in her power pop band Color TV.- Dean Fredericks was born on 21 January 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Phantom Planet (1961), Jungle Jim (1955) and The Disembodied (1957). He was married to Myda. He died on 30 June 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Kim Yoon-seok was born on 21 January 1968 in Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. He is an actor and director, known for The Chaser (2008), Another Child (2019) and 1987: When the Day Comes (2017). He has been married to Joo-ran Bang since 2002. They have two children.- Actor
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George Finn moved to Los Angeles, California at a young age. Films were the main focus in the family, and Finn soon started to develop a desire to be a part of the industry. Finn first appeared in a recurring role, as Julian, on Unfabulous from 2004 until 2007. He has subsequently had many guest starring roles since then, appearing on Lincoln Heights (2009), 90210 (2009), How I Met Your Mother (2009-10), Cold Case (2010), and The Mentalist (2014). Finn has had lead roles in several films directed by his brother, Nika Agiashvili, including The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert (2009), A Green Story (2012) and Tbilisi, I Love You (2014). He starred as Chad in LOL (2012) alongside Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus, and was one of the lead roles, portraying Jasper, in Time Lapse (2014) alongside Danielle Panabaker and Matt O'Leary.- Director
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David Langlois was born on 21 January 1974 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. David is a director and producer, known for Killer Twin (2018), Psycho Wedding Crasher (2017) and A Mother's Fury (2021).- Actress
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Isabelle Nanty was born on 21 January 1962 in Verdun, Meuse, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Amélie (2001), Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine) (2003) and Not on the Lips (2003).- Desi Arnez Hines II was born on 21 January 1980 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Boyz n the Hood (1991), House Party (1990) and Harlem Nights (1989).
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Jeffrey Ballard is a Canadian born actor. He has enjoyed success in film and television dating back to the late '90s. He's career began at the age of eleven with a number of commercial bookings. This gradually let to roles in film/television. One of his first lead roles was in Children of the Corn in 2001. He also guest-starred on season 5 of Van Helsing.- Writer
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Zach Helm was born on 21 January 1975 in Santa Clara, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Stranger Than Fiction (2006), Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) and Deep Water (2022).- Actor
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Santhanam is a Tamil film actor, who began acting in films, debuting in 'Pesatha Kannum Pesume' in a small role. After the success of the Lollu Sabha he re-entered in to the Tamil films in Manmadhan (2004) alongside Silambarasan Rajendar and later acted alongside the Tamil film industry's top stars, including Rajinikanth, Vijay, Ajith, Surya Sivakumar, Karthi Sivakumar, Jayam Ravi, Arya, and countless others, as well as multiple films with Silambarasan. He played the lead role in Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul (2008), along with Prakash Raj. Unlike veteran comedians like Vadivelu and Vivek, who usually act in a comedy track separate from the main plot, Santhanam plays the role of the hero's friend (and sometimes, foil), contributing more to the actual story. He won the Vijay Award for Best Comedian in 2010 for his role in Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009). He received wide praise for his roles in films directed by M. Rajesh, such as Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009) and Boss Engira Baskaran (2010).- Actress
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Emma Sehested Høeg was born on 21 January 1994 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress and writer, known for Den du frygter (2008), Department Q: The Absent One (2014) and Killjoy (2022).- Actor
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A writer/producer in film, television and theater, 2017 marks the launch of Gregory's U.K. production company, King of Kings Worldwide at the Cannes Film Festival. On King of King's production slate for 2017/2018 are four feature films and two TV series -- Tsar Lear, an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear set in 19th c. Tsarist Russia, Strange Days, a dark comedy about Jim Morrison of The Doors, Werewolves of London, a horror/comedy, Redemption, a serial killer thriller, and Majic and The Circus for television -- the former a low-tech sci-fi thriller about the end of the world, and the latter a drama/comedy with original music inspired by Mr. Martin's experiences growing up in the eye of the storm of The Beatles. His substantial career as an actor has included the title roles in Hamlet and Peer Gynt, the starring role in a CBS mini-series alongside Richard Burton, Faye Dunaway and Liam Neeson, and a series of acclaimed performances on stage in London and New York alongside fellows actors Daniel Day-Lewis and Kevin Spacey. He continues to act, and is developing two one-man shows for performances in New York 2018/2019.- Director
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One of the pioneers of American adult cinema, Radley Metzger was born in New York. He first made a name in erotic cinema by importing and distributing European erotic films, including the Danish sex film I, a Woman (1965). At around the same time Metzger decided to direct his own features, which quickly became renowned for their strong sense of composition, high-tone locations and edgy, erotic subject matter. Among his best-known softcore features are Therese and Isabelle (1968), Carmen, Baby (1967) and Camille 2000 (1969), all of which were shot in Europe. Other notable Metzger films of the period include The Lickerish Quartet (1970), Woman of the Year (1973) and Score (1973). Once hardcore porn came to dominate the US adult film market after Deep Throat (1972), Metzger directed several highly-regard explicit features using the pseudonym "Henry Paris," including The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann (1974), Naked Came the Stranger (1975), The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976) and Barbara Broadcast (1977).- Stunts
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Leslie grew up in the beautiful Adirondack Hamlet of Saranac Lake (population 5000) in Upstate New York. The Town is famous for being the original site of the National Vaudeville Artists Lodge which later was renamed the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital. As a child, she used to play at the William Morris Playground. Little wonder, she knew that someday she too would be an entertainer.
Leslie took gymnastic and ballet classes and was performing on stage by the age of four. Later, she attended acting classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Herbert Berghof Studios in New York City. This is when she discovered acting to be too slow for her, action was what she desired and that meant becoming a stuntwoman.
In the mid 70s, she discovered Paul Stader's gym in Santa Monica, California. There, Leslie practiced high falls, fights, fencing, etc. Less than two years later, she was able to join SAG on her first union job Two-Minute Warning (1976) and has supported herself ever since. She was the first "voted in" member of the "Society of Professional Stuntwomen". During this time, she worked on such shows as The Love Boat (1977), Fantasy Island (1977), 1941 (1979) and M*A*S*H (1972).
The 80s, Leslie was the first Stuntwoman elected to the Board of Directors of SAG, the AFTRA Local Board and AFTRA National Board. She was the National Chairwoman of the Stunt & Safety Committee and the Co-Chair of the Young Performers Committee. She was sent to Sacramento to testify in possible changes to the Child Labor Laws after the "Twilight Zone" incident. Leslie was the first Stuntwoman to join Women In Film. She was Doris Roberts regular stunt double on Remington Steele (1982), as well as working on shows like CHiPs (1977), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Airplane! (1980). During the 90s, she continues to work as a stuntwoman and stunt coordinator. She has coordinated projects such as the ABC Afterschool Special, "Me and My Hormones". This was Melissa Gilbert's directorial debut and starred Robin Strasser and Marion Ross with Brianne Murphy as the AC.
In the 90s, she was a member of the Stuntwomen's Association. She worked regularly on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995). This also included being an assistant stunt coordinator for Dennis Madalone, the Stunt Coordinator of both "Star Trek" shows. She was also Roxann Dawson's "Torres" regular double on "Voyager".
Leslie gives back to the Industry by giving seminars on safety to various unions, film organizations and film colleges. Along with Brianne Murphy ASC, she did a seminar in cinematography at the Native American Film Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the AFTRA-SAG Young Performers Handbook, she wrote the chapter on safety. She has been interviewed extensively on the radio and in published articles. In the 1996 book, "Burns, Falls and Crashes", written by David Jon Wiener, you will find Chapter 13 is dedicated to her work.
Her stunts are widely recognized such as her doubling Queen Elizabeth II going down the banquet table in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). Last year, she worked on Wes Craven's Scream 2 (1997). Recently, she finished working on Universal's feature Mystery Men (1999).
Leslie has been invited to Special Events for these movies she appeared in: "Nightmare on Elm Street" An event honoring Wendie Jo Sperber at the screening of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "1941".- Writer
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An engineer turned tax lawyer he joined Eon Productions in 1972 as a tax lawyer then was a very junior assistant on Goldfinger, did some work on The Spy Who Loved Me before becoming executive producer on Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. He was then co producer on A View to a Kill. Living Daylights ,and Licence to Kill. Cubby Brocolli made him his assistant on The Spy Who Loved Me- Kim Sharma is an Indian actress and model who gained prominence in Bollywood during the early 2000s. Born in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India, as Kim Michelle Sharma, she has made a mark in the entertainment industry with her charming screen presence and acting skills.
Kim Sharma began her career in the spotlight as a model before making her acting debut in the 2000 film "Mohabbatein," directed by Aditya Chopra. Although her role was relatively small, it helped her grab attention in the industry. Following her debut, she went on to feature in several Bollywood films, showcasing her versatility as an actress.
One of her notable roles was in the 2001 film "Yeh Hai Jalwa," where she starred alongside Salman Khan and Amisha Patel. Kim also appeared in movies like "Nehlle Pe Dehlla" (2007), "Money Hai Toh Honey Hai" (2008), and "Tom, Dick, and Harry" (2006). While she didn't become a leading actress, Kim Sharma carved her niche with supporting roles and special appearances in various films.
Apart from her acting career, Kim Sharma has been associated with several brand endorsements and modeling assignments. Her striking looks and graceful presence have made her a sought-after personality in the fashion and advertising industry.
In addition to her career in entertainment, Kim Sharma's personal life has also been a subject of media attention. She was briefly married to Ali Punjani, a Kenyan businessman, but the marriage ended in divorce. - Malena Alterio was born on 21 January 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Aquí no hay quien viva (2003), Something Is About to Happen (2023) and Spanish Shame (2017).
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Todd Caldecott was born on 21 January 1969 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Fear (1996), Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) and 21 Jump Street (1987).- Actress
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Jinx Falkenburg was born on 21 January 1919 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Sing for Your Supper (1941), Lucky Legs (1942) and Talk About a Lady (1946). She was married to Tex McCrary. She died on 27 August 2003 in Manhasset, New York, USA.- Actress
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Amanda Lee Aday (born January 21, 1981) is an American actress. Born in New York City, Aday is best known for her recurring role as Dora Mae Dreifuss on the first season of the 2003-2005 HBO series Carnivàle.
Aday is the daughter of actor/musician Meat Loaf and Leslie Aday and sister of singer Pearl Aday. She attended Stagedoor Manor, a summer theatre/dance camp in the Catskill Mountains in New York, from 1990 through 1996, and then graduated from the prestigious Idyllwild Arts Academy in California. She then majored in theatre at the California Institute of the Arts. Amanda's film roles include Crazy In Alabama, The Mummy An' The Armadillo, South Dakota, & The Trials of Cate McCall. In addition to her work on Carnivàle, she has guest starred on the hit TV shows Boston Public, ER, Private Practice, and 'My Name Is Earl. She will appear in the upcoming film "The Shangri-La Suite" as Gladys Presley, Elvis' mother.- Iniya was born on 21 January 1988 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. She is an actress, known for Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011), Yutham Sei (2011) and Mouna Guru (2011).
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Alrick Riley was born in London and is a graduate of the National Film & Television School. His two film school shorts, Money Talks and Concrete Garden achieved international film festival success. Both were screened on UK television. He has directed high profile television projects and continues to develop original drama ideas.- Brittany Tiplady was born on 21 January 1991 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Millennium (1996), The Pledge (2001) and Hot Rod (2007).
- Moon Jeong-Hee was born on 21 January 1976 in South Korea. She is an actress, known for Deranged (2012), Cart (2014) and Hide and Seek (2013).
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Jeb Stuart was born on 21 January 1956 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Die Hard (1988), The Fugitive (1993) and Lock Up (1989). He has been married to Mari Stuart since May 2003. He was previously married to Anne Bryant Stuart.- Churan Wang was born on 21 January 1999 in ShangHai, China. She is an actress, known for Have a Crush on You (2023), Royal Feast (2022) and Fireworks of My Heart (2023).
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Maxwell Atoms is an American animator, voice actor and writer known for creating Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. He is also the creator of CN's Evil Con Carne and Underfist, the Executive Producer and Supervising Director of Disney's Fish Hooks, Executive Producer of WB's Bunnicula, and the writer and director of several Scooby-Doo! DTV movies.
He has four cats.- Actor
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Doug Lennox was born on 21 January 1938 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for X-Men (2000), Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and Interstate 60 (2002). He died on 28 November 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Additional Crew
Richard D. Winters was born on 21 January 1918 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Band of Brothers (2001), Dick Winters: Hang Tough (2012) and The Last Days of World War II (2005). He was married to Ethel. He died on 2 January 2011 in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, USA.- Alberto de Mendoza was born on 21 January 1923 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Horror Express (1972), El jefe (1958) and Tapas (2005). He died on 12 December 2011 in Madrid, Spain.