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Christina Chong is an international television and film actress who stars in the CBS series "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" as series regular 'La'an Noonien-Singh,' alongside Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn. The series expanded on the iconic franchise, with six new crew members on the USS Enterprise, alongside its familiar trio of lead characters. The series returns for its second season in June and has already been picked up for a third season. Alongside acting, Christina is now following her musical passion with a debut EP titled "Twin Flames" releasing in August.
For Christina, the focus on equality and diversity in the Star Trek franchise leads back to her own personal journey in Hollywood. Christina is the proud daughter of a Chinese father who immigrated to the UK from Hong Kong and English mother. Her tireless work ethic stems from watching her father working low wage jobs in restaurants, often jobs only immigrants would be willing to take on, and her mother staying at home raising six children. She credits her ability to succeed in the arts to her mother, when despite living in government housing and raising her family on welfare, always managed to support Christina's dreams.
She began in the performing arts at three years old with dance and attended Italia Conti (the UK equivalent to world famous Juilliard) for high school. It was there she cultivated her musical theater and acting skills staring as 'Anita' in West Side Story in her graduation show, before moving to Germany to star in the European premier of the musical Aida, written by Elton John and Tim Rice. To further her career, she moved to New York to study at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Soon after, she returned to London to pursue her acting career full time.
Her career has seen no bounds to what she can achieve. On the television side she can be seen in hit series such as Netflix's "Black Mirror," BBC America's "Doctor Who," Fox's "24: Live Another Day," "Halo: Nightfall" with Mike Colter, British crime drama "Line of Duty," and ITV's "Grace."
On the film side, she stars in Blockbuster hits such as Universal Pictures' "Johnny English Reborn," Warner Bros.' "Tom & Jerry: The Movie," which was nominated for 'The Family Movie of 2021' award at the People's Choice Awards, "Christmas Eve" with Cheryl Hines and Patrick Stewart, award winning independent feature "W.E." with Oscar Isaac, and "Legacy" with Idris Elba.
Christina's lifelong passion to release original music has emerged in the form of her debut EP titled Twin Flames (August 2023). Comprised of four original songs: "Twin Flames," "No Blame," "Can't Show Love," and "I Get to Choose," listeners are taken on a journey of passion, pain, healing, and self-love during and after a "twin flame" relationship; from meeting to breaking-up to the understanding of what happened, and ultimately finding happiness alone. For the production, Christina worked with Jake Gosling (Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, Shania Twain), NUUXS (Major Lazer, Diplo), and Matt Brettle (Cat Burns, Ardee) through record label Goldun Egg.
Christina has spent the last decade and half, rediscovering who she is in Hollywood both personally and professionally, working with life coach Michael James. She hopes to share her story of dealing with rejection, personal development, and overcoming adversity with the world. Aside from being in front of the camera, she is writing and producing, drawing from personal experiences to create content that gives hope and inspires.- Amanda Abbington was born on 28 February 1974 in North London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Sherlock (2010), Crooked House (2017) and After You've Gone (2007).
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Joss Ackland, the distinguished English actor who has appeared in over 100 movies, scores of plays and a plethora of television programs in his six-decade career, was born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland on February 29, 1928, in North Kensington, London. After attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama, the 17-year-old Ackland made his professional stage debut in "The Hasty Heart" in 1945.
Although he first appeared on film in John Boulting's and Roy Boulting's Oscar-winning thriller Seven Days to Noon (1950) in an uncredited bit role, he made his credited debut in a supporting role in Vernon Sewell's Ghost Ship (1952). He would not again grace the big screen until the end of the decade. Instead, Ackland spent the latter half of the 1940s and the first half of the 1950s honing his craft in regional theatrical companies.
In 1955 he left the English stage behind and moved to Africa to manage a tea plantation, an experience that likely informed his heralded performance 20 years later in White Mischief (1987). In his two years in Africa he wrote plays and did service as a radio disc jockey. Upon his return to England in 1957, he joined the Old Vic company.
From 1962-64 he served as associate director of the Mermaid Theatre. Subsequently, his stage acting career primarily was in London's commercial West End theater, where he made a name for himself in musicals. He was distinguished as Captain Hook in the musical version of "Peter Pan" and as Juan Peron in "Evita". In the straight theater he was a memorable Falstaff in William Shakespeare's "Henry IV Parts 1 & 2" and as Captain Shotover in George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House". In the 1960s Ackland began appearing more regularly in films, and his career as a movie character actor picked up rapidly in the 1970s and began to flourish in the 1980s. It has shown little sign of abating in the 21st century, even though he's well into his 70s.
In addition to his performance in "White Mischief", among his more notable turns as an actor before the camera came in the BBC-TV production of Shadowlands (1986), in which he played 'C.S. Lewis', and in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) as the ruthless South African heavy, Arjen Rudd.
He is the father of seven children, whom he listed as his "hobby" in a 1981 interview. On December 31, 2000, Joss Ackland was named a Commander of the British Empire on the New Year's Honours List for his 50 years of service to the English stage, cinema and television.- Actor
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David Troughton was born in London on 9 June 1950, the son of noted Shakespearean actor Patrick Troughton, who is now best remembered as the Second Doctor in Doctor Who (1963). He started his own acting career at the Unicorn Theatre for Children. His stage career has included repertory at Leeds, Manchester and Bromley, roles at the Royal Court and the National Theatre.
He is a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and is considered to be one of Britain's finest classical actors. He has brought his regal presence to the narration of the television series Diana: Story of a Princess (2001) and the portrayal of "King George V" in the acclaimed All the King's Men (1999). His son, Sam Troughton, is also an actor.- Actor
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Tom Durant-Pritchard was born in 1987. He is an actor and director. He is known for The Crown, The Windsors, Feel Good and Judy. He was nominated for Best actor at the Independent Film Festival for his portrayal of Edmund Kemper in Human Remains. His other work includes Far From the Madding Crowd, Taboo, Britain's Bloody Crown, Holby City.- Actress
Angela Down was born on 15 June 1946 in Hampstead, North London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Emma (1996), Mahler (1974) and Shoulder to Shoulder (1974).- Londoner James Beck took to the Theatre at the end of his National Service, playing roles as diverse as Shylock to Archie Rice in "The Entertainer". His role as Cockney spiv Private Walker in Dad's Army made him a familiar face, if not a familiar name. His life was cut short before a potentially much more interesting career.
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She came to prominence with the much lauded adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'. Since then she's directed feature films, television dramas and documentaries. In 2008, she founded the charity called Filmclub with Lindsay Mackie. It has since grown to be one of the largest and most influential after-school clubs in the UK, attracting over 150,000 children and young people each week.
Filmclub screens 100 years of film from all over the world to its members. Inspirational, entertaining and with positive outcomes on literacy, social behaviour and cultural awareness, Filmclub members have the opportunity to review, discuss and meet professional film-makers.
In 2006, she was asked to build a web-site for the Guardian newspaper to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Greenham camp.- Actress
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Olivia Lee is an award winning performer and writer, with a long track record of creating and writing her own TV shows. She currently has many scripted projects in development with UK & US production companies and broadcasters.
Her feature script 'Pardon The Interruption' just won 'Best Comedy Screenplay' at the prestigious 'Prague Screenplay Awards 2024'. It has also been officially selected for for the 'New York Script Awards', 'International World Film Awards', 'Budapest Movie Awards' and just got honorable mention at 'The Los Angeles Film and Script Awards'. It also made finalist for the 'Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards' and the 'WeScreenplay Awards'. Her half hour comedy 'Scapegoat' is currently a finalist in the 'Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot Awards.
Olivia started her carer as a comedy performer and got her break on Channel 4's hit comedy show 'Balls of Steel' with her own slot called Prank TV with Miss Lee. Off the back of this success she created her own comedy vehicle for Channel 4, 'Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits'. This led to her own series which she created for Comedy Central; 'Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny' and ran for two successful seasons.
The USA came calling and Olivia was invited to regularly appear on NBC's 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' where she wrote and starred in her own regular comedy slot. That led to truTV giving Olivia her own comedy pilot 'The Olivia Lee Show' - which Ben Stiller produced with his company Red Hour. She also recently created and starred in her own pilot 'Make Me A Misogynist' for which she played a man for Channel 4. As an actress she has appeared in many well known TV sit-com's.
She launched her first album with Universal records; 'Mindful Mum; How Not To Lose Your Total Fuc*ing Sh*t' a unique spin on mindfulness, this was a hit and Olivia has now turned it into a live show 'Olivia Lee; Losing Her Total Fuc*ing Sh*t' playing homage to female anger and toxic femininity. A tour of this is in the works.- Kim Clifford was born on 27 January 1961 in Islington, North London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Chariots of Fire (1981), Where's Johnny? (1974) and Colin's Sandwich (1988). She was married to Lee Galpin. She died in 2019 in Medway, Kent, England.
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Gary Grant was born in 1977 in Barnet, North London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Enemy Lines (2020), Giri/Haji (2019) and I Made This for You (2018).- Podcaster
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Mark Kermode's trademark intense, often frightening rants about various films which he likes or dislikes has earned him something of a 'cult' following in the UK. He began his career in film journalism and broadcasting in the 1980s after studying English at Manchester University, where he wrote his Ph.D thesis on horror fiction. After starting work as a van driver (he claims he was appointed as a film critic after he crashed the van), he began working for magazines such as City Life, Time Out and the NME and since then has also worked for The Independent, The Guardian, Vox, Empire, Flicks, Fangoria, and Neon among others.
In the early 1990s he moved into radio broadcasting, contributing to and presenting various programmes and shows on BBC radio networks. He also worked as film critic and presenter for Channel 4's 'Extreme Cinema' strand, introducing notorious films such as Crash (1996) and Man Bites Dog (1992), and he wrote and presented many documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC such as On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000), and Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film (2000), The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998) and The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000) etc.- Director
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Peter Smith was born on 3 February 1936 in Hampstead, North London, England, UK. He is a director and editor, known for A Private Enterprise (1974), No Surrender (1985) and A Perfect Spy (1987).- Paul Williamson was born in 1929 in Hampstead, North London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emma (1996), The Golden Age (1967) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986). He has been married to Clare Welsh since 1966.
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Johnny Vaughan was born on 16 July 1966 in Barnet, North London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for 'Orrible (2001), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) and Top Buzzer (2004). He has been married to Antonia Davies since 5 August 1999. They have two children.- Additional Crew
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William Hobbs was a fight director, stuntman and actor, the son of an RAF pilot killed during the closing stages of World War II. He was brought up and schooled in Australia, had an early background in amateur dramatics and took up fencing in 1954. A natural swordsman, he narrowly missed out on making the Aussie squad for the 1957 Melbourne Olympics. The following year he moved to England to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Between 1958 and 1960, he tried his hand at acting in repertory theatre, failed miserably and was told by Laurence Olivier to 'give it up'. For nine years he then worked as fight director for Olivier's National Theatre Company. Bathed in a plethora of glowing plaudits for his stage duels he wrote his first textbooks entitled "Stage Combat: The Action to the Word" and "Techniques of the Stage Fight" (1967). As fencing master and fight choreographer he went on to train numerous film and TV stars in the intricacies of parry, lunge and riposte. In terms of both weaponry and action, he placed great emphasis on historical accuracy and realism. To achieve period authenticity he frequently relied on examining old pictures and prints. To Hobbs, the single most important ingredient, however, was the acting. In his 1995 book "Fight Direction for Stage and Screen" he declared "the actors have to be working mentally on a conscious level of coolness, with complete body relaxation and control, so that their acted aggression can be performed with conviction and at the same time in absolute safety". His work is singularly showcased by the brilliant fight scenes in Ridley Scott's The Duellists (1977) which are among the best ever filmed. Hobbs later recalled "the pauses that we put into the fights in [The Duellists] were phenomenal, but we wanted to get across the awful feeling that you believe you'll be dead on the floor. In the end, the realism is the fear." Among the acting luminaries Hobbs prepped for swashbuckling excellence were Peter O'Toole (Hamlet, National Theatre, 1963), Tim Roth and Liam Neeson (Rob Roy (1995)) and Leonardo DiCaprio (The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)).- Actor
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Frank Warren was born on 28 February 1952 in Islington, North London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Fighting for a City (2018), Operation Good Guys (1997) and BoxNation Boxing (2011).- Actress
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Eloise Laurence was born in November 1999 in Islington, North London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Broken (2012), London Road (2015) and Live Until You Die (2017).- Actor
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Declan McKenna was born on 24 December 1998 in Enfield, North London, England, UK. He is an actor and editor, known for The Drowning of Arthur Braxton (2021), The Beautiful Gamers (2016) and Declan McKenna: Why Do You Feel So Down? (2017).- Actor
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Alexander Doré was born on 28 August 1923 in Hampstead, North London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Jungle Street Girls (1960) and The Wind of Change (1961). He was married to Edna Doré. He died on 16 April 2002 in London, England, UK.- Writer
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Laurie Penny was born on 28 September 1986 in Islington, North London, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for The Nevers (2021), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) and Carnival Row (2019).- Julia Millbank was born in 1971 in North London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Look and Read (1967), Never the Twain (1981) and Running Scared (1986).
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Hugh Wheeler was born on 19 March 1912 in Hampstead, North London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Cabaret (1972) and Travels with My Aunt (1972). He died on 26 July 1987.- Tanith Lee was born on 19 September 1947 in North London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Blake's 7 (1978) and The Hunger (1997). She was married to John Kaiine. She died on 24 May 2015 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East-Sussex, England, UK.
- Mike Winters was born on 15 November 1930 in Islington, North London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Dick Emery's Comedy Hour (1979), The Cool Mikado (1963) and Alice Through the Looking Box (1960). He was married to Cassie Chaney and Cassie. He died on 24 August 2013 in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, UK.