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- Actress
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- Writer
Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California, to Joanne (Brenner), who
worked at a non-profit child care agency, and Charles Terry
Schermerhorn, a musician and entertainment reporter. Her mother is
Jewish and her father has Scottish, Dutch, English, German, and
Norwegian ancestry. Brie grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of South
Pasadena. Interested in acting at an early age, she began her career
performing in community theater shows at the Jewish Community Center in
Los Feliz. Her very first role was "Toto" in the Wizard of Oz. After
graduating from South Pasadena High School in 2001; Alison attended
California Institute of the Arts where she received her BFA in Acting.
While there, she was one of the original cast members in the world
premiere of The Peach Blossom Fan, performed as the inaugural theater
production at Disney's REDCAT Theater in Downtown LA. During that time,
Alison also studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in
Glasgow, Scotland.
Since graduating, she has continued to work in all forms of media,
including film, television, and theater. She has performed in the Blank
Theater Company's Young Playwright's festival and in shows at the
Odyssey, Write-Act, and Rubicon Theaters, receiving an Indy Award for
her haunting performance as "Ophelia" in the Rubicon's production of
Hamlet. She had performed guest spots for Comedy Central and Disney's
Hannah Montana (2006) as well
as leading roles in some independent films before landing her role on
Mad Men (2007). Since then, she has
continued to work in film and TV.
Alison lives in South Pasadena.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Kate McCauley Hathaway, an actress, and Gerald T. Hathaway, a lawyer, both
originally from Philadelphia. She is of mostly Irish descent, along
with English, German, and French. Her first major role came in the
short-lived television series
Get Real (1999). She gained
widespread recognition for her roles in
The Princess Diaries (2001)
and its 2004 sequel as a young girl who discovers she is a member of
royalty, opposite Julie Andrews
and Heather Matarazzo.
She also had a notable role in
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
opposite Charlie Hunnam and
Jamie Bell, and a starring role in
Ella Enchanted (2004). A former
top-ranking soprano in New York, Hathaway was reportedly a front-runner
for the role of "Christine" in the 2004
The Phantom of the Opera (2004).
However, due to scheduling conflicts with
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004),
she couldn't take the role, which was later given to newcomer
Emmy Rossum.
Hathaway soon started to move away from family-friendly films.
Following
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004),
she appeared topless in the films
Havoc (2005) opposite
Josh Peck and
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
opposite Heath Ledger and
Jake Gyllenhaal. Her desire to break out
of her "Princess Diaries" image parallels that of her one-time co-star,
Julie Andrews, who went topless in
the film S.O.B. (1981) in order to break
away from the image she created from her 1960s musicals. In interviews,
Hathaway said that doing family-friendly films didn't mean she was
similar to their characters or mean she objected to appearing nude in
other films.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Alan Ritchson has carved a space for himself on both the large and
small screens since he made the trek from a small town in Florida to
Los Angeles.
Alan Michael Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to Vickie (Harrell), a high
school teacher, and David Ritchson, a U.S. Air Force Chief Master
Sergeant. He is of Czech, English, and German descent. Frequently relocating as the middle son of a military family,
Alan learned to adapt and entertain in order to build friendships in
new and unfamiliar environments. Certainly this has been a key
ingredient in his success so far in the industry.
Alan's early credits include portraying Aquaman in the long running
series Smallville. This marked the first portrayal of the superhero in
an officially licensed live-action production.
Ritchson has also taken on grittier leading man roles in the
independent film market with the modern-day western "Rex" and the
dramatic love story of "Steam" alongside Ally Sheedy.
In contrast, he also made quite a comedic impression with his
love-to-hate-him character of Thad Castle on the football comedy Blue
Mountain State. He parlayed his comedic skills to work with Rebel
Wilson in her CBS pilot Super Fun Night.
In addition to his acting repertoire, Alan also writes, produces and is
a singer/songwriter.
Most recently Alan can be seen as the District 1 victor, Gloss, in
Catching Fire; the second installment of the hugely successful Hunger
Games franchise. He also portrayed the cool-but-crude Raphael in the
Michael Bay produced reboot of TMNT.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Sofia Boutella is an Algerian actress, dancer and model. She was born in the Bab El Oued district of Algiers in Algeria, the daughter of composer and jazz musician Safy Boutella, and an architect mother. She started classical dance education when she was five years old. In 1992, at age 10, she left Algeria with her family and moved to France, where she started rhythmic gymnastics, joining the French national team at age 18. Sofia started with hip hop and street dance, and was part of a group called the Vagabond Crew. She also participated in a group called Chienne de Vie and Aphrodites. She has been rehearsing since age 17 with choreographer Blanca Li, and danced in several film and television appearances, as well as commercials and concert tours.
In 2007, her breakthrough arrived when she was picked for the Jamie King choreography for Nike as a role model of femininity and hip-hop. This was a major boost to her career and led to more work alongside stars like Madonna in her Confessions Tour, and Rihanna. Sofia successfully auditioned for Michael Jackson's This Is It Tour, but could not attend due to the extension of Madonna's tour, whose dates coincided with Jackson's residency. In February 2011, she was the main character in Michael's last music video Michael Jackson: Hollywood Tonight (2011).
Sofia played the lead character Eva in the drama film StreetDance 2 (2012), she starred as the assassin Gazelle in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), an alien warrior named Jaylah in Star Trek Beyond (2016), the main antagonist, Princess Ahmanet, in Universal's Dark Universe film The Mummy (2017), and an undercover French agent in Atomic Blonde (2017) alongside Charlize Theron, and many other great movies since then.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Jamie Dornan was born on 1 May 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Fall (2013), A Private War (2018) and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021). He has been married to Amelia Warner since 27 April 2013. They have three children.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Alice Sophia Eve was born in London, England. Her father is Trevor Eve and her mother is Sharon Maughan, both fellow actors. She is the eldest of three children. Eve has English, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young as her father tried to crack the American market. However, they returned to the United Kingdom when she was age 13.
She attended a school in Chichester for a year, whilst her mother appeared in a play. She then moved to Bedales School, where she first started acting in "Les Misérables" and "Twelfth Night". She took her A-Levels at Westminster School in London. She took a gap year before starting the university to study at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Afterwards, she returned to the United Kingdom to read English at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University. While at the university, she appeared in student productions of "An Ideal Husband", "Animal
Crackers" (which toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival), "Scenes from an Execution" and "The Colour of Justice".
Alice appeared in television dramas as well as two plays by Trevor Nunn and the play "Rock 'n' Roll" by Tom Stoppard. She got her first film role in Starter for 10 (2006) with James McAvoy and followed that with the film Big Nothing (2006) alongside Simon Pegg. In 2006, she went to India to shoot the British miniseries Losing Gemma (2006). Alice was introduced to American audiences in the film Crossing Over (2009). Her first high-profile role was in the sequel Sex and the City 2 (2010), where she played Charlotte York's Irish nanny. She also played the female lead role in She's Out of My League (2010), where her parents also played her character's parents.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Born in London, England, Hayley Elizabeth Atwell has dual citizenship
of the United Kingdom and the United States. An only child, Hayley was
named after actress Hayley Mills. Her parents,
Alison (Cain) and Grant Atwell, both motivational speakers, met at a
London workshop of Dale Carnegie's self-help bible "How to Win Friends
and Influence People". Her mother is English (with Irish ancestry) and her father is
American; he was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and is partly of Native-American
descent (his Native American name is Star Touches Earth). Her parents
divorced when she was age two. Her father returned to America and Hayley
remained with her mother in London, but she spent her summers in
Missouri with her father. Hayley's mother saw theater as an important
communal experience, so she was introduced to theater from a young age.
At age 11, she had memorable trip to see
Ralph Fiennes playing Hamlet. She would
later work with him on
The Duchess (2008).
She went to Sion-Manning Roman Catholic Girl's School in West London
where she excelled academically. She took her A-levels at the London
Oratory School. She took two years out of her education, traveling with
her father and working for a casting director. In 2005, she graduated
from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a degree in Acting.
Hayley began her career with parts on a few BBC television productions.
Her first big break came in the television miniseries,
The Line of Beauty (2006).
The following year, she got her first film role in
How About You (2007). She
followed this with Woody Allen's
Cassandra's Dream (2007). Her
breakthrough role came four years later as British agent Peggy Carter
in
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German
citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New
Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and
Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother
named Christian Dunst, born in 1987. Her
father is German, from Hamburg, and her mother, who is American, is of
German and Swedish descent.
Her career began at the age of 3 when she started modeling and
appearing in commercials. She made her feature film debut with an
uncredited role at age 6 in the
'Oedipus Wrecks' segment of Woody Allen's
1989 film
New York Stories (1989). She
received her first film credit in
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).
Her family moved to Los Angeles in 1993, where her film career took
off.
In 1994, she made her breakthrough performance in
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994),
alongside such stars as Brad Pitt and
Tom Cruise. Her performance earned her a
Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough
Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress. In 1995, she
was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. Over the
next few years, she made a string of hit movies including
Little Women (1994),
Jumanji (1995) and
Small Soldiers (1998).
In 2000, she received rave reviews for her role as "Lux Lisbon" in
Sofia Coppola's independent film,
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
and proved her status as a leading actress in the comedy hit,
Bring It On (2000). She also
graduated from Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles in June of that
year.
In 2002, she landed one of her best known roles as Peter Parker's love
interest, Mary Jane Watson, in
Spider-Man (2002). She continued her
role in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and
Spider-Man 3 (2007).
She went on to land roles in such films as
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004),
the romantic comedy Wimbledon (2004),
and in
Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown (2005). She also played the
title character in Sofia Coppola's
Marie Antoinette (2006).
Dunst won the Best Actress Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for
her performance as Justine in Lars von Trier's
Melancholia (2011). In 2012, she
appeared in Walter Salles' film adaptation
of On the Road (2012) and the
independent comedy
Bachelorette (2012). She also has
several films in production, including
The Two Faces of January (2014).
Her charity work includes designing a necklace to raise funds for the
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation as well as supporting
various cancer charities.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Dan Stevens was born at Croydon in Surrey on 10th October 1982. His
parents are teachers. He was educated at Tonbridge School and trained
in acting at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. He studied
English Literature at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Whilst he was a
Cambridge undergraduate, he acted in several student drama productions.
He played the title role in the Marlowe Dramatic Society's production
of William Shakespeare's
play, "Macbeth". This was staged at the Cambridge Arts Theatre from
Tuesday 26th February to Saturday 2nd March 2002. The cast also
featured Rebecca Hall in the roles
of Lady Macbeth and Hecate. During one of his university summer
holidays in August 2003 he went to Slovakia where he filmed his scenes
for the Hallmark production of
Frankenstein (2004). Dan played
the part of Henry Clerval and the mini-series was first broadcast on
American television on 5th October 2004. Shortly after graduating from
Cambridge Dan was nominated for an Ian Charleson award for his
performance as Orlando in "As You Like It" at the Rose Theatre at
Kingston in Surrey. "As You Like It" was directed by
Peter Hall and ran from 30th November
to 18th December 2004. This production for the Peter Hall Company
subsequently went on a tour of America in the early months of 2005,
playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, the Curran Theater in
San Francisco and the Harvey Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
in New York City. It featured
Rebecca Hall in the role of
Rosalind.
Dan was reunited with the director
Peter Hall when he played Claudio in
a new production of the Shakespeare play, "Much Ado About Nothing", for
the Peter Hall Company at the Theatre Royal in Bath from 29th June to
6th August 2005. In February 2006 Dan played the parts of Marban and
Maitland in a revival of Howard Brenton's
controversial play, "The Romans in Britain", directed by
Samuel West at the Crucible Theatre
in Sheffield. Then in May 2006 he played Nick Guest, the protagonist in
The Line of Beauty (2006).
This three part television mini-series was adapted by
Andrew Davies from the 2004 Booker
prize winning novel by
Alan Hollinghurst.
The Line of Beauty (2006)
is about Nick Guest's relationship with his university friend Toby
Fedden. The story takes place in the 1980s. It is set against the
backdrop of Margaret Thatcher's free market economic policies and the
spread of the acquired immunity deficiency syndrome, (AIDS). These two
social developments directly affect the characters in the story because
Toby's father Gerald is a Conservative member of parliament and Nick is
homosexual.
Whilst
The Line of Beauty (2006)
was being broadcast on BBC television, Dan was appearing as Simon Bliss
in the Noël Coward play, "Hay Fever". This
play was staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London from 11th
April to 5th August 2006 and the cast also included
Judi Dench in the role of Judith Bliss. At
the end of the year Dan played Lord Holmwood in a television
dramatization of
Dracula (2006), which was
broadcast on 28th December 2006. In 2007 Dan played the part of Michael
Faber in
Miss Marple: Nemesis (2007),
an Agatha Christie adaptation with
Geraldine McEwan in the role of Miss
Jane Marple. He also featured in the cast of
Maxwell (2007), a television
drama about the famous newspaper magnate.
Maxwell (2007) was first
broadcast on British television on 4th May 2007.
David Suchet played Robert Maxwell, and Dan
took the part of Basil Brookes, one of the press baron's financial
directors.
Dan played the part of Edward Ferrars in a television dramatization of
Jane Austen's novel,
Sense & Sensibility (2008).
This was broadcast in three episodes on BBC1 between Tuesday 1st and
Sunday 13th January 2008. The novel was adapted for television by
Andrew Davies, whom Dan had
previously worked with on
The Line of Beauty (2006).
Davies felt that the part of Edward Ferrars was underdeveloped in the
book, and so he deliberately added scenes not included in the novel to
help draw out the character. So, for instance, we saw Edward out horse
riding on the Norland estate and chopping logs at Barton Cottage. In
the DVD audio commentary Dan joked that this was the best example of
log chopping ever seen on British television! After
Sense & Sensibility (2008),
Dan featured in the cast of "The Tennis Court", a BBC Radio 4 Saturday
play broadcast on 19th January 2008. He also played Nicky Lancaster in
a revival of the Noël Coward play, "The
Vortex", at the Apollo Theatre in London from Wednesday 20th February
to Saturday 7th June 2008. This was another collaboration with the
stage director, Peter Hall. Dan
played the eponymous hero of "Dickens Confidential", a six part radio
drama series set in the 1830s which imagines what might have happened
if Charles Dickens had continued his
career as a journalist. This was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between
Monday 9th June and Monday 14th July 2008. He played the part of
Peregrine in 'Orley Farm', the BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial. This was a
three part adaptation of the novel by
Anthony Trollope broadcast between
Sunday 28th December 2008 and Sunday 11th January 2009. A month later
he played Duval in the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour drama, 'The Lady of the
Camellias'. This was broadcast between Monday 2nd and Friday 6th
February 2009.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Chyler is an actress and singer who currently stars opposite Andie MacDowell in THE WAY HOME for Hallmark. She is well-known for playing "Alex Danvers" in SUPERGIRL for six seasons and "Lexie Grey" in GREY'S ANATOMY. Chyler also reprised her role of "Alex Danvers" in THE FLASH and has been featured in ARROW, DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, and PRIVATE PRACTICE. Her initial breakout role was playing "Janey Briggs" in NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE, and she has held significant roles in other films such as BRAKE. Chyler also tours with the band EAST OF ELI, where she is featured on their songs. Chyler recently finished a long and successful run as the spokesperson for the BE VOCAL CAMPAIGN, a movement that highlights the importance of advocating for mental health.- Actor
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Travis Van Winkle's career seamlessly transitions between both television and film. On the small screen, Van Winkle had a starring role for five seasons on TNT's high-concept drama "The Last Ship," and was a series regular alongside Alan Cumming in the CBS drama "Instinct." CBS brought him back as a series regular in the drama pilot "Good Sam." He is currently in pre-production as a series regular for Netflix's season three of "You." Some of Van Winkle's previous memorable television roles include recurring on The CW's "Hart of Dixie" and ABC'S "Happy Endings," in addition to many guest appearances throughout his career .
Feature roles include Paramount's Friday the 13th and Transformers, Fox's Meet the Spartans, and Universal's comedy Accepted.
Van Winkle has been a proud mentor in the Big Brother/Big Sister Organization since 2011, and hosted two of their Galas that raised almost $2 million. He's also been a Global Ambassador to the non-profit organization buildOn. Through his work with buildOn, he has engaged and inspired his creative network to help raise more than $300,000 and assemble on-the-ground teams to build schools in Haiti, Nepal, Nicaragua, Malawi and Senegal.
Van Winkle was born in Victorville, California but his parents' Air Force responsibilities brought him to both Michigan and Georgia before he eventually made his way to Hollywood at the age of 20.- Katrina Johnson was born on 27 April 1982 in San Diego, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Black Creek, Shane on You and She's a Fox (2009).
- Actress
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- Writer
Natalie Dormer born February 11, 1982 is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Anne Boleyn on the Showtime series The Tudors (2007-10), as Margaery Tyrell on the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012-14), Irene Adler on the CBS series Elementary (2013-15), and as Cressida in the science-fiction adventure films The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) and Part 2 (2015). She has been nominated for Best Performance at the Gemini Awards for her work in The Tudors. She has also been nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild Award for her performance in Game of Thrones.- Actor
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Benjamin Walker was born Benjamin Walker Davis in Georgia, and was
raised in Cartersville, GA, the son of Jeannine (Walker), a music
teacher, and Greg Davis, who worked in finance and owned a movie rental
store. He has one older brother. Walker was educated at Cartersville
High School in Georgia and the Interlochen Arts Academy in Traverse
City, Michigan, before studying acting at the Juilliard School in New
York.
Whilst at Juilliard, Walker got his first experiences of performing for
paying audiences as a stand-up comedian. His acting break came in 2007,
when he was cast as Bertram Cates in a Broadway production of 'Inherit
the Wind'. Further theater roles followed, including playing Andrew
Jackson in the rock musical 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson', which was
critically acclaimed.
Walker first came to film-goers' attention when he played the young
Kinsey in Kinsey (2004). Other film and TV
roles followed including Harlon Block in
Clint Eastwood's
Flags of Our Fathers (2006),
and playing another president, Abraham Lincoln in
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012).- Actress
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Rebecca Hall was born in London, England, the daughter of Peter Hall, a stage director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Maria Ewing, an opera singer. Her father was English. Her mother, who is American, is of Dutch and African-American origin. Her parents separated when she was still young, and they divorced in 1990. She has a half-brother, Edward Hall, who is a theatre director, and four other half-siblings, including theatre designer Lucy Hall, veteran TV drama producer Christopher Hall, and Jennifer Caron Hall, a writer and painter.- Actress
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Billie Piper studied at the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. She
caught the eyes of record producers who were interested in signing a
young vocalist when she was the poster girl for the ad campaign of a
British pop music magazine, "Smash Hits". She released her first
single, "Because We Want To", which debuted at #1 at age 15. Her second
single, "Girlfriend", was also a #1 hit. By the time she turned 16,
Billie had released 4 singles that all made the top three on the
charts. She has been labeled the "Pop Princess" of England,
UK.- Actress
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Gillian Jacobs was born on October 19, 1982 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker and her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, was an alumni relations officer at Carnegie Mellon University.
Gillian is an alumnus of Mt. Lebanon High School, Pennsylvania, and Juilliard School, New York. She holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts and began acting at a young age by attending acting classes at the Pittsburgh Playhouse on weekends.
Jacobs made her acting debut portraying the role of Titania in Pittsburgh Public Theater's stage adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the age of 16. Years later, she made her debut in a feature film with the Building Girl (2005) then, made her television debut with the role of Adele Congreve in three episodes of The Book of Daniel (2006).
In 2006, Gillian appeared in "Cagelove", an off-Broadway production. The play received negative reviews from all quarters yet, all reviews appreciated Gillian's acting talent.
Jacobs' performance as CJ in the Nonames (2010) remains the most memorable role in the pre-breakout of her career, which brought huge laurels for her acting as well as the Special Jury Award and Copper Wing Award in Phoenix Film Festival.
Her big break came in the form of Community (2009), wherein she played the role of Britta Perry for six seasons until curtains came down on the show. In 2015, she also appeared in the HBO series Girls (2012) with a recurring role as Mimi-Rose Howard.
In 2016, she joined the Love (2016) to play the role of Mickey Dobbs for three consecutive seasons on Netflix. Her other streaming platform collaboration for a TV series came in 2021 with Invincible (2021) on Amazon Prime where she plays the role of Atom Eve. She will feature as Chris Riley, wife of legendary basketball coach Pat Riley, in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) and Maggie in Minx (2022) for a recurring role. Both shows will debut on HBO and HBO Max respectively in 2022.
Gillian's other prominent film appearances include Choke (2008), Gardens of the Night (2008), The Box (2009), Life Partners (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Don't Think Twice (2016), Life of the Party (2018) and I Used to Go Here (2020) while her future projects are The Contractor (2022) and Any Other Night.
She also appeared on the back of the camera as well. In 2015, Gillian directed a short documentary titled The Queen of Code (2015) about Grace Hopper, a rear admiral in the US Navy and a computer scientist, who ushered in the digital era.
Later, she directed a short film Curated (2018) in the form of Shatterbox, a film series from TNT and Refinery29. Her latest as a director came with Higher, Further, Faster (2020) for Marvel 616 (2020).
In 2022, she will have her directing and acting credit together on a feature film with The Seven Faces of Jane (2022) for the first time.
In-person Jacobs is a teetotaler. She says she made a choice while young to never have an alcoholic beverage or do drugs. She says her father is an addict, and together with reading the cautionary tale in the young adult novel "Go Ask Alice", about a 15-year-old drug addict, made an impact on her life in this regard.
Another book that shaped Gillian's perspective of life is "No Turn Unstoned" by Diana Rigg, a collection of terrible reviews that undeniably great actors received over the years. It was given to her by an acting teacher after she received a very bad review in a local paper for her initial performance in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Thanks to this experience, she started to see these performances as an opportunity, a chance to improve instead of a burden.- Actress
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Jessica Biel, has become one of Hollywood's most sought-out actresses. She was born in Ely, Minnesota, to Kimberly (Conroe) and Jonathan Edward Biel, who is a business consultant and GM worker. Biel was raised in Boulder, Colorado. She is of Hungarian Jewish, Danish, English, and German descent.
As a child, Biel initially pursued a career as a vocalist, performing in musical theater. Beginning at age nine, she starred in such productions as "Annie," "The Sound of Music," and "Beauty and the Beast." Biel soon turned to modeling and commercial work by competing in The International Modeling and Talent Association's Annual Conference in 1994.
Her Film debut was in the Kid's Rock Opera It's a Digital World (1994) where she demonstrated her acting and singing abilities. Her television series acting debut, playing Mary Camden on the WB's #1-rated show, 7th Heaven (1996), helped her emerge as a breakout star. She terrified moviegoers with her portrayal of Erin, "Leatherface's" greatest nemesis to date, in New Line Cinema's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), a remake of the original. Having finished filming, Blade: Trinity (2004) in Vancouver with Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds, and Kris Kristofferson, she the portrayed a jet-fighter pilot in Stealth (2005), starring Josh Lucas, Jamie Foxx, and Sam Shepherd, for director Rob Cohen. Biel's film career began at age 14 when she played alongside Peter Fonda in his Golden Globe-winning performance in
Ulee's Gold (1997). Her other film credits include I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998), Summer Catch (2001), Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction (2002), and Cellular (2004), which stars Chris Evans, Kim Basinger, and William H. Macy.
In her spare time, Biel is involved with charities such as Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and PETA. Her hobbies include ballet, soccer, running, yoga and hiking with her dog "East." She resides in Los Angeles.
In 2012, she married actor and singer Justin Timberlake. The two have a son.- Actress
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Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski was born and raised in Australia. Her
parents were Polish immigrants. She attended the Santa Sabina College
for her high school education. She then went on to study Performance
at the University of Western Sydney's School of Contemporary Arts,
graduating in 2003. Shortly afterwards, she landed her first role on
television in an episode of
Fear Factory (2004).
Her next role was also on Australian television, appearing in several
episodes of Headland (2005). In
2007, she made her big screen debut in
Gone (2006). This performance caught
the attention of casting directors in Hollywood. She decided to move
from Australia to Los Angeles and, on her third day of arrival, she
landed her breakthrough role as "Sarah Walker" in
Chuck (2007).- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Actress Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California, to Barbara (Bragman), a political aide, and Richard Caplan, a lawyer. She has two older siblings, Julie and Benjamin, and was raised in a Jewish household. Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. Caplan was educated at Alexander Hamilton High School, where she showed an interest in acting and was cast in school plays.
After graduating, Caplan made her onscreen debut in the TV movie From Where I Sit (2000). Other roles followed in TV shows such as Freaks and Geeks (1999), Smallville (2001) and The Pitts (2003). Caplan made her big screen debut with a small role in Orange County (2002) and went on to play Janis Ian in the hit Mean Girls (2004). Further successes include Cloverfield (2008), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and 127 Hours (2010).
More recently, Caplan has played Virginia Johnson in the television series Masters of Sex (2013), for which she received an Emmy nomination. Her 2010s film work includes co-starring in The Interview (2014), opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Night Before (2015), and alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson, and Daniel Radcliffe in Now You See Me 2 (2016).- Actor
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Taran Killam was born on April 1, 1982 in Culver City, California, USA as Taran Hourie Killam. He is an actor, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), The Heat (2013) and 12 Years a Slave (2013). He has been married to Cobie Smulders, since September 8, 2012. They have two children.- Actress
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Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.
She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved to her mother's native country when she was four years old. Her first acting job ever was at age nine in the movie The Piano (1993), which was shot in New Zealand. At age 16, she relocated to Los Angeles where she completed her last two years of high school (graduating in 2000). She then moved to New York where she attended Columbia University for one year. Between 2001 and 2004, she worked almost exclusively on stage in both New York and London. In 2007, Anna was cast in HBO's True Blood (2008), which concluded shooting its seventh and final season in 2014.- Actress
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Lauren Cohan is a British-American actress and model, best known for her role as Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead (2010) and recurring roles on The Vampire Diaries (2009), Supernatural (2005), and Chuck (2007). After her film debut on Casanova (2005) as Sister Beatrice, she starred in the sequel to National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006), as Charlotte Higginson. Her next role was in the 2007 film, Float (2008). In February 2010, she was cast in Death Race 2 (2010), with Sean Bean and Danny Trejo, and also the supernatural-horror film The Boy (2016), where Lauren played the main character, Greta Evans. In 2016, Cohan also appeared as Martha Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
She was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and moved to the United Kingdom as a teen. She graduated from the University of Winchester / King Alfred's College where she studied Drama and English Literature, before touring with a theatre company she co-founded at the University. Lauren then split her time and work between London and Los Angeles, working on several films as well as some non-commercial projects.- Born in Montréal, Québec, Missy lived most of her life in Surrey, British Columbia, with her father, a minister; her mother; and two sisters. She began her career in front of the camera at age 18, when she started modeling. The print advertisements soon turned into commercials for Mercedes Benz, Sprint Canada, and the Olympics. It wasn't long before Hollywood came calling.
Missy's first guest appearance was on the action-drama series Dark Angel (2000), opposite Jessica Alba. She followed that with the role of Julia on the critically acclaimed cable series The Chris Isaak Show (2001). Her next audition landed her the plum role of Tory Stratton in Black Sash (2003). She also had starring roles on the shows Life as We Know It (2004) and Reaper (2007). Missy starred as Haley Graham in the 2006 gymnastics movie Stick It (2006). She also starred as police officer Andy McNally in ABC's prime-time cop show Rookie Blue (2010).
A dedicated soccer player, Missy's new schedule has forced her to take time away from the sport, but she picks up games whenever she can. She also enjoys snowboarding and outdoor sports on the local Vancouver mountains. She resides in Vancouver with her family. - Actress
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Kristin Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Deanna Che, who is of Chinese ancestry, and Peter Kreuk, who is of
Dutch descent. Her parents are landscape architects. She attended and graduated from Eric Hamber Secondary School. Although she did some stage work in school, she focused more on her studies. She described herself as shy and boring.
For her first professional work, she went to an open casting audition for Edgemont (2000), a teen drama series aired on CBC Television in Canada. She plays the role as "Laurel Yeung". Laurel was the last main character to be cast because the casting director was having a problem finding an actress. Fortunately, for them (and us), they found Kristin just in time.
Her career was set to take off when she landed on the highly acclaimed serial drama series for The WB, Smallville (2001). It follows the story of "Clark Kent" in his pre-Superman days in a small town of Smallville, Kansas. Kreuk played the role as "Lana Lang", Clark Kent's object of desire before he meets "Lois Lane".
Smallville (2001) proved to be a giant step for Kristin's acting career, as she landed several interviews with several magazines, including YM (Young and Modern) and Rolling Stone. She also did a commercial for Neutrogena, popular for its skin care products.- Born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, Jewel Staite spent the first three years of life living in Maui, Hawaii. She started out as a model and was recommended at the age of six to act. She won an award as best actor in "Meeting Dad," a Vancouver, British Columbia Film School short.
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Bridget Regan is an American actress and producer. Her film credits include Devil's Gate (2017) opposite Milo Ventimiglia, John Wick (2014), The Leisure Class (2015), The Best and the Brightest (2010) alongside Neil Patrick Harris, Sex and the City (2008), Weak and the upcoming feature Canvas opposite Joanne Kelly. In television she presently appears on ABC's The Rookie (2018) where TVLine declared her performance as Monica Stevens "deserved her own spinoff series." In 2021 Regan brought to life the iconic DC supervillain Poison Ivy in Batwoman (2019). Cody Schultz of Bang Smack Pow declared "Regan delivered a performance nothing short of outstanding... Regan's portrayal of Poison Ivy was nuanced and layered, bringing a depth and complexity to the character that we haven't seen before in live-action." In 2020 Bridget Regan starred in Paramount's gothic mystery series Paradise Lost (2020) opposite Josh Hartnett, Barbara Hershey and Nick Nolte. Prior to that she starred as the villain Rose, a.k.a. Sin Rostro, the sexually fluid crime lord on the Golden Globe nominated series, Jane the Virgin (2014) for five seasons. This, as well as portraying the Marvel's original Black Widow, the Soviet trained assassin Dottie Underwood, in Agent Carter (2015) opposite Hayley Atwell, and the MI6 spy turned con artist, Rebecca Lowe, opposite Matt Bomer on USA's White Collar (2009) made E! News declare her "The Ultimate Kick-Butt Villain... she may seem sweet and unassuming but this redhead is playing the most basass villains on TV." From 2015-2018 Regan starred opposite Eric Dane as the bad ass, multi-lingual Navy Intel Officer, Sasha Cooper, on the TNT's hit action drama series The Last Ship (2014) produced by Michael Bay. In 2010, she completed her run bringing to life the heroine, Kahlan Amnell, in ABC Signature's cult hit Legend of the Seeker (2008), produced by Sam Raimi. Her other television credits include The Company You Keep (2023), Grey's Anatomy (2005), The Good Wife (2009), Sons of Anarchy (2008), Person of Interest (2011) opposite Jim Caviezel, Hide (2011) alongside Carla Gugino, Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) among many others. Originally from Carlsbad, California, Regan relocated to New York City upon graduating from North Carolina School of the Arts under the direction of theater legend Gerald Freedman (BFA '04). In 2007 Regan originated the role of Cecile Leroux on Broadway in the French farce IS HE DEAD? opposite Norbert Leo Butz written by Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives and directed by Michael Blakemore. Regan has produced multiple productions Off Broadway and at the iconic La MaMa Theater of the electro pop queer musical Camp Wanatachi written by Natalie Weiss and Bekah Brunstetter. She has a feature film off of Camp Wanatachi in development with Zaden Meron Productions. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner, film writer and director Eamon O'Sullivan, and their two children, Frankie Jean and Barney Moon.- Actress
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Elisha Ann Cuthbert (born November 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress and model. She became internationally known for playing Kim Bauer in the series 24 (2001); Danielle in the teen comedy film The Girl Next Door (2004) and Carly Jones in the horror remake House of Wax (2005). She was voted the sexiest actress in the world in 2015 by the magazine Glam'Mag. In 2013, she was elected the most "Beautiful woman of American TV."
Cuthbert is considered a sex symbol, and she has often been cited as one of the "sexiest" women and as one of the "most beautiful" in the world.
At the age of 14, Cuthbert made her feature film debut in the 1997 family-drama Dancing on the Moon (1997). Her first major lead role came in the 1998 drama film Airspeed (1999) (No Control) alongside Joe Mantegna. In 2001, she starred in the movie My Daughter's Secret Life (2001), in which she received her first award, the Gemini Awards, but her career began in earnest in the decade of 2000 when she was listed to play Kim Bauer, daughter of Jack Bauer in the award-winning action series 24 (2001). Subsequently, Cuthbert appeared in the lead role in the films The Quiet (2005) and Captivity (2007).
From 2011 to 2013, Cuthbert starred as Alex Kerkovich, in the series Happy Endings (2011).
In 2011, Cuthbert was named one of "The 100 Hottest Women of the 2000s", and also entered the list of "The 25 Hottest Blonde Bombshell Actresses" by Complex magazine. In 2013 GQ Magazine listed her among "The 100 Hottest Women of the 21st Century."- Actress
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Hilarie was born and raised in Sterling Park, Virginia. She is the
oldest of four children and describes her family as tight-knit. Hilarie
developed a passion for acting early in life. Shortly after moving to
New York to go to school and pursuing her acting dream, she landed the
coveted job of VJ at MTV. She won a guest spot interviewing on the red
carpet for MTV and did so well she ended up with a job.- Actress
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Erika Jane Christensen was born in 1982 in Seattle, Washington, to Kathy (Hendricks), a construction manager, and Steven Christensen, a human resources executive and insurance worker. She was raised in the suburban
outskirts of Los Angeles, California. At age 12, Erika knew that she
was going to be an actress. Talented in acting, singing and dance, the
young Christensen was determined, not just lucky; it wasn't long before
she landed her first job: a commercial for national advertising giant,
McDonalds. She followed up with a part in
Michael Jackson's music video
for "Childhood," then landed her big break: a lead role in Universal's
Leave It to Beaver (1997).
Christensen was only 13 years old, but acclaimed by critics for her
"chemistry" and "radiant self-assurance."
Guest spots on television followed. Christensen popped up everywhere
including prime time heavy hitters like
Frasier (1993),
Nothing Sacred (1997),
The Practice (1997),
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
and
Touched by an Angel (1994).
Erika received a nomination by the Hollywood Reporter for the 1998
Young Star Award (Best Performance By A Young Actress in a TV Drama
Series) for her outstanding performance in
Nothing Sacred (1997).
Erika also kept her big screen presence known, in 1999 she worked on a
Disney made-for-tv movie called
Can of Worms (1999). And
in 2000 Erika was able to show the world her acting chops when she took
the gritty role of Caroline Wakefield, a teenage daughter of the White
House Drug Czar who is herself a drug addict, in the award-winning
Steven Soderbergh film,
Traffic (2000). Aside from the
distinction of playing alongside Hollywood's elite, Erika earned
critical acclaim for the realism of the role, and received multiple
awards including Female Breakthrough Performance at the MTV Movie
Awards, Female Standout Performance at the Young Hollywood Awards, and
Outstanding Performance by a Cast Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild
Awards.
Erika is of Norwegian (from her paternal grandmother), Danish, English, German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish descent.- Actress
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Brooke D'Orsay was born on 17 February 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Royal Pains (2009), Drop Dead Diva (2009) and Two and a Half Men (2003).- Charlie Thomas Cox was born in London, England, to Patricia C. A. (Harley) and Andrew Frederick Seaforth Cox, a publisher. He has
English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and descends from several prominent forebears (Baronets of Agnew and Carnegie, an Earl of
Findlater, and a Colonial Governor of New York, Andrew Elliot).
Cox was educated and received his training in drama at Sherborne School in Dorset where he appeared in Dealer's Choice / Patrick Marber (Mugsy) The Writing Game (Leo) Code Crackers / Andy Wilkinson (Weasel) Confusions / Alan Aykbourne (Martin & Arthur) Henry V (Nym & John Bates). He received the Gerald Pitman Award for Acting from Sherborne School. He also appeared in Judge John Deed (2001) as the Young Vicar.
He starred in Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005) (formerly You Don't Have To Say You Love Me), with Dougray Scott, The Merchant of Venice (2004), with Al Pacino, and Dot the I (2003) (aka Obsession) with Gael García Bernal, which received rave reviews at The Sundance Film Festival. - Producer
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An actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing stand-up comedy as a teen.
Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Sandy (Belogus), a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who worked for non-profits. His father is American-born and his mother is Canadian. He is of Russian Jewish descent. He attended Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School and Point Grey Secondary School (although he dropped out of high school to move to Los Angeles) and was known for the stand-up comedy he performed at Camp Miriam, a Habonim Dror camp. At sixteen, Rogen placed second in the 1998 Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest.
Soon after that he landed his first role in Judd Apatow's short-lived but well regarded TV series Freaks and Geeks (1999), taking on the role of Ken Miller. Though the show only lasted one season, it was the launching pad for many careers, including Rogen, Apatow, James Franco, and Jason Segel. This early work sharpened Rogen's keen improvisational skills, which he's used on many projects since.
Following Freaks and Geeks (1999), he participated in a few unsuccessful television projects, and then joined the American television version of Da Ali G Show (2000) as a writer during its second and last season, along with his childhood friend and writing partner Evan Goldberg. The writing team received an Emmy nomination. As a huge fan of the first season, Rogen was thrilled to get the chance to work with Sacha Baron Cohen.
Continuing his work with Apatow, he joined the cast of Apatow's debut film The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) and is credited as co-producer. After that he took the lead in Knocked Up (2007), Apatow's second movie and a huge success. He's since been a frequent collaborator with Apatow, in projects such as Superbad (2007), Pineapple Express (2008) and Funny People (2009). He co-wrote Superbad (2007), with Goldberg; the pair started the project when they were teens. They won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Writing in a Film in 2008. They later wrote Pineapple Express (2008) and The Green Hornet (2011), also starring Rogen.
A talented voice artist, Rogen is in the animated films Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Kung Fu Panda (2008), and Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), and has voiced characters for The Simpsons (1989) and American Dad! (2005).
Rogen was named the Canadian Comedy Person of the Year by the Canadian Comedy Awards in both 2008 and 2009.
Rogen lives in Los Angeles with Lauren Miller Rogen, whom he met in 2004. They became engaged in September 2010 and married in October 2011.- Actress
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Romola Garai was born on 6th August 1982. She is an English actress-writer-director who has worked extensively on film, television and theatre. As an actress she is known for her performances in films such as Atonement (2007), Angel (2007), I Capture the Castle (2003) and (Suffragette). On television her work includes her BAFTA nominated performance in The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), The Hour (2012), Born to Kill (2017) and The Miniaturist (2017). As a director her work includes the Sundance Best International Short Film nominated Scrubber. her debut feature, the horror film Amulet, will premiere in the Midnight Madness section at Sundance 2020.- Actor
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Sebastian Stan was born on August 13, 1982, in Constanta, Romania. He moved with his mother to Vienna, Austria, when he was eight, and then to New York when he was twelve. Stan studied at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts and spent a year at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
When he went back to New York he started working in some projects like Law & Order (1990), Tony & Tina's Wedding (2004) and Red Doors (2005). Upon finishing college, he played Martin Waters in The Architect (2006), Chase Collins in The Covenant (2006) and worked in Eric Bogosian's theater play The Talk (2007). Also in 2007, Stan started playing Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl (2007). His following projects were Spread (2009), Kings (2009), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), and Black Swan (2010). He landed also the role of Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). In 2012, Stan worked in several projects: Gone (2012), Political Animals (2012), The Apparition (2012), Once Upon a Time (2011) and the mini series Labyrinth (2012). In 2013, he was in Broadway's Picnic and in 2014 he was introduced as The Winter Soldier in the Marvel universe in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). He has continued his role as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier in [=tt3498820], Black Panther (2018) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Other notable projects include Ricki and the Flash (2015), The Martian (2015), The Bronze (2015) and Logan Lucky (2017). He was given high praise for his work in the recent I, Tonya (2017).- Actress
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Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is a British film, television, and theatre actress and former fashion model. She played Charlotte in season four of the Showtime and ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007); Ruth in Channel 4's Fresh Meat (2011); Mia Bennett in The Waters of Mars (2009), and Soo Lin in The Blind Banker (2010). She also appeared in the feature films Exam (2009) and Paramount Pictures' action-thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014). Chan made a film for Amnesty International to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Chan was born at Guy's Hospital in London, England. Her father grew up in Hong Kong and was an engineer. Her mother, a pharmacist at Guy's Hospital, emigrated from pre-Cultural Revolution Communist China via Hong Kong with her parents (Chan's maternal grandparents) and younger sister, growing up in Greenock, Scotland. Chan was raised near Sevenoaks, Kent, and attended Newstead Wood School for Girls in Orpington, Bromley, London. She later went on to read law at Worcester College, Oxford.
Following graduation, Chan gained a training contract offer as a graduate at the law firm Slaughter and May, but instead pursued an acting career and studied at the Drama Centre London. Spotted at her showcase by British film producer Damian Jones, she signed to acting agent Nicki van Gelder. In 2006, Chan was one of the models in series one of Project Catwalk, the UK version of Project Runway. She has been photographed by Rankin for a campaign for Nivea Visage, having previously worked as a model in order to fund her studies and drama school training.
Chan played geologist Mia Bennett in The Waters of Mars (2009), starring David Tennant and Lindsay Duncan, which aired 15 November 2009 in the UK. She was cast as a series regular in Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007), the fourth and final series airing on ITV2 in the UK and Showtime in the US in 2011. She also appeared in Sherlock (2010), and the fourth series of The IT Crowd (2006) for Channel 4.
In 2012, Chan was a regular in series two of Sky Living's supernatural drama Bedlam (2011) and in True Love (2012), a five-part semi-improvised television series produced by Working Title for the BBC One. In 2013, she starred in new BBC One crime drama Shetland (2013), alongside Douglas Henshall and Steven Robertson, and guest starred in the BBC's Death in Paradise (2011). She was a cast-member of Channel 4 romantic drama, Dates (2013).
Chan played the synthetic Anita/Mia in the AMC/Channel 4 eight-part science-fiction drama Humans (2015). Filming commenced in autumn 2014 with a June 2015 premiere. The second series premiered on 30 October. For her portrayal, she was nominated for numerous awards. In July 2016, Chan provided the voice "Dewdrop" in BBC One's animated television series Watership Down (2018). She appeared in the World War II drama film Shanghai (2010) and the comedy-drama Submarine (2010). Chan starred in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Families (2015).
She made her professional stage debut in the British Premiere of Bertolt Brecht's last play, Turandot, at the Hampstead Theatre, London, directed by Anthony Clark. In November 2012, she performed in The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, a new play by Anders Lustgarten at the Finborough Theatre. In June 2013, she performed in the UK premiere of Yellow Face by American playwright David Henry Hwang at The Park Theatre, London, directed by Alex Sims. It was revived in 2014 at the Royal National Theatre with the original London cast returning. In November 2013, Chan performed in the world premiere of Our Ajax by Timberlake Wertenbaker at the Southwark Playhouse, London. Wertenbaker chose her to play the war goddess Athena after she saw her performance in Yellow Face.- Actress
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Gabrielle Mary Hoffmann was born in New York City, New York, to actors Anthony Herrera and Viva (née Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann), who was a Warhol superstar. She began acting in commercials at 4 to help pay the family bills. Gaby's first film role was as young "Karin Kinsella" in 1989's Field of Dreams (1989). Until the summer of 1993, Gaby had lived her entire life with her mother Viva and older sister, Alexandra Auder, at New York's notorious Chelsea Hotel. Gaby's time at the hotel was the basis for a children's book that Viva and friend Jane Lancellotti wrote titled "Gaby at the Chelsea" (a takeoff on the classic "Eloise"). Someone Like Me (1994) was hatched after one of the show's producers, Gail Berman, read a New York Times article about the Chelsea Hotel that mentioned the book.- Actress
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Abbie Cornish, also known by her rap name Dusk, is an Australian actress and rapper. Following her lead performance in 2004's Somersault, Cornish is best-known for her film roles as the titular heroin addict in the drama Candy (2006), courtier Bess Throckmorton in the historical drama Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Fanny Brawne in the John Keats biopic Bright Star (2009), "Sweet Pea" in the action film Sucker Punch (2011), Lindy in the science fiction thriller Limitless (2011) and for her work with writer/director Martin McDonagh in Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
Cornish was born in Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia, as the second of five children of Shelley and Barry Cornish. Her sister, Isabelle Cornish, is also an actress. She grew up on a 70-hectare (170-acre) farm before moving to Newcastle, New South Wales. As a teenager, Cornish was fascinated by independent and foreign films. In 2006 she became an ambassador for Australian animal rights group Voiceless, the animal-protection institute, and was part of a national advertising campaign in 2012. Cornish began model-ling at age 13 after reaching the finals of a Dolly Magazine competition. In 1999, Cornish was awarded the Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award for her role in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television show Wildside and was offered her first role in a feature film, The Monkey's Mask.
In 2004, Cornish appeared in the award-winning short film Everything Goes with Hugo Weaving. She received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress at the FCCA and IF Awards and Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2005 Miami International Film Festival for her role in Somersault. Cornish received critical acclaim for her role in Candy, opposite Heath Ledger. She has also starred in A Good Year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss. In April 2010, Cornish was cast in Limitless, the film adaptation of the novel The Dark Fields, directed by Neil Burger and also starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro.
Cornish narrated Zack Snyder's film Sucker Punch, in which she played one of the protagonists, at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. Cornish played the role of Wally in Madonna's film W.E., about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. She replaced Emily Blunt in the independent film The Girl. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012. She starred alongside Woody Harrelson and Colin Farrell in Seven Psychopaths, released in 2012. Cornish co-starred in the 2014 RoboCop reboot. She played Clara Murphy, the wife of protagonist Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman). In 2015, she played Agent Katherine Cowles in Solace, a mystery thriller film directed by Afonso Poyart with central performances by Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. In 2016, she filmed The Girl Who Invented Kissing with Luke Wilson.
Cornish is a rapper, singer and songwriter. She has been rapping under the name Dusk since 2000 and was part of an Australian hip hop group from the age of 18 to 22. In 2015, Cornish supported American rapper Nas on his Australian tour. The same year she released two new tracks on SoundCloud: "Evolve" featuring Jane Tyrrell and "Way Back Home" which was produced by Suffa from Hilltop Hoods.- Actor
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Matt Smith is an English actor who shot to fame in the UK aged 26 when he was cast by producer Steven Moffat as the Eleventh Doctor in the BBC's iconic science-fiction adventure series Doctor Who (2005).
Matthew Robert Smith was born and raised in Northampton, the son of Lynne (Fidler) and David Smith. He was educated at Northampton School For Boys. He studied Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He got into acting through the National Youth Theatre and performed with the Royal Court and the National Theatre.
Smith made his television debut in The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) and won several further roles on television but was largely unknown when he was announced as the surprise choice for the role of the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who. He was younger than any other actor to have taken the role (Peter Davison was previously the youngest, aged 29 when he was cast in 1981). Smith starred in 49 episodes of Doctor Who (three short of his predecessor, David Tennant). He left in the momentous 50th anniversary year of the Doctor Who legend in 2013, which included starring in the 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor (2013), which found him acting with Tennant, guest star John Hurt and the oldest living and longest-serving actor to play the Doctor, Tom Baker.
Since leaving Doctor Who, Smith has launched himself into a film career.- Actress
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Lacey Nicole Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi, to Julie
(Johnson) and Tony Chabert, a representative for an oil company. She is
of Cajun (French), Italian, English, and Scottish ancestry. Chabert
started in drama and music performances in and around her hometown in
Mississippi from an early age, and was a finalist on
Star Search (1983) in 1991. She
gained her break in a cough syrup commercial, before successfully
auditioning for the Broadway production of Les Miserables, where she
played young Cosette for two years. Since then, she has been on a few
television series, notably
Party of Five (1994), a number
of telemovies like Gypsy (1993),
and her big-screen debut,
Lost in Space (1998). Known for her
natural acting skills and charming personality, her cotton candy voice
has seen her record many advertising jingles, plus play parts in
animated films and TV shows like Nickelodeon's
The Wild Thornberrys (1998).
A more than capable violinist, she enjoys various activities,
especially shoe shopping, and she is particularly fond of Cajun
cooking. As a result of her promising career, her family, including two
sisters and a brother, have moved from Mississippi to California.- Toby Kebbell was born in 1982 in Pontefract, Yorkshire. He then moved
to Nottinghamshire, where he grew up. Aged 17 he joined the Central
Television Workshop in Nottingham.
Toby's breakthrough came when Shane Meadows saw him at the Central
Television Workshop and cast him in the role of Anthony in the film
Dead Man's Shoes opposite Paddy Considine. He only had three days to
prepare for the film but his sensitive, moving portrayal of a youngster
with learning difficulties saw him earn a nomination for the Most
Promising Newcomer Award at the British Independent Film Awards. It was
followed by appearances in Oliver Stone's Alexander and Match Point,
which Woody Allen cast him in without audition after watching him in
Dead Man's Shoes.
Kebbell's most critically acclaimed role came in the 2007 biopic of Ian
Curtis, Control. He played Rob Gretton, the manager of Joy Division
under direction by Anton Corbijn, and won the Best Supporting Actor
Award at the British Independent Film Awards, beating off challenges by
Cate Blanchett, Colin Firth and Control co-star Samantha Morton. He was
also nominated for the London Critics' Circle Best Supporting Actor
Award alongside Albert Finney and Tom Wilkinson.
In 2008 Toby played the title role in Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla, with
Tom Wilkinson, Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton and Mark Strong. He
provided the standout performance as the crack-addicted musician,
Johnny Quid. Kebbell lost 1 and a half stones in a matter of a few
weeks to play the emaciated rocker. The Sun subsequently awarded Toby
their 2008 Best Actor nod for the performance and noted he was "a star
of the future".
Kebbell has finished filming for Cheri, directed by Stephen Frears and
to be released in 2009, in which he takes a small role alongside
Michelle Pfeiffer. He is filming in Morocco and London with Jake
Gyllenhall and Sir Ben Kingsley for the new Jerry Bruckheimer epic Prince of
Persia: Sands of Time.
His TV work includes playing the lead 'Paul' in a heart-wrenching episode
of Jimmy McGovern's BAFTA winning BBC series The Street, and a modern
retelling of Macbeth alongside James McAvoy. Toby's theatre credits
include spells at the Almeida in David Hare's rework of Maxim Gorky's
"Enemies" Directed by Michael Attenborough. And at the Playhouse, under David Grindleys direction of R.C. Sherriff's classic, "Journey's End". - Actress
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Jenny Sarah Slate is an American actress, comedian, and author. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the improvise and comedy scene. She lent voice performances to the animated films The Lorax (2012), Zootopia (2016), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Despicable Me 3 (2017), and The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), and she ventured into dramatic roles with her supporting performance as Bonnie in Gifted (2017). She also appeared in the critically acclaimed science-fiction film, Everything Everywhere All At Once.- Actress
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Sophia Bush has captured film and television audiences with her range of roles and diverse characters She was born on July 8, 1982, in Pasadena, California, and is an only child. Her father, Charles William Bush, is a renowned advertising and celebrity photographer, and her mother, Maureen E. (Searson) Bush, runs a photography studio.
Growing up in Pasadena, Sophia made her acting debut there in a school theater production while attending Westridge School for Girls, a small private school. She was crowned Queen of the Royal Court for the 2000 Tournament of Roses and graduated from high school that same year. In 2002, Sophia made her screen debut as Sally, a college student, in the comedy National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), opposite Ryan Reynolds. She attended University of Southern California for three years, and took a Journalism major and Theatre minor, albeit she did not graduate, taking her leave of absence after getting the part as Brooke Davis, a flirtatious cheerleader on the WB TV series One Tree Hill (2003). She was also cast to play opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nick Stahl in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), but, after she began principal photography on the film, the director deemed her too young for the role and she was soon replaced by actress Claire Danes. She was also featured in a three-episode arc on the provocative FX drama, Nip/Tuck (2003).
Sophia got her big break when One Tree Hill (2003) developed a loyal following and became her steady gig. The show ran for nine seasons. Her character evolved from a trouble-making vixen to a fiercely loyal friend, and is a huge fan favorite. It was while working on the series that Bush began dating her on-screen love interest, actor Chad Michael Murray. They wed in April 2005, but split after five months, in September 2005. In December 2006, their divorce became final. Meanwhile, she continued to land big screen roles, such as October Bantum in Stay Alive (2006), a horror film by writer/director William Brent Bell, and as Beth in John Tucker Must Die (2006), a comedy by director Betty Thomas, co-starring Jesse Metcalfe and Brittany Snow. Bush is co-starring as Grace Andrews, who is terrorized by a killer played by Sean Bean, in the remake of The Hitcher (2007), for Focus Features.
She starred in Serenade Films' movie The Narrows (2008), a movie based on Tim McLoughlin's novel, "Heart of the Old Country". Bush played Kathy Popovich, an NYU student who attracts the attention of Mike Manadoro (Kevin Zegers), a fellow student with some shady connections. "The Narrows" was directed by François Velle. Bush was then seen in Table for Three (2009), an independent comedy that takes a look at the tangled relationships between couples and roommates. The film co-starred Brandon Routh and Jesse Bradford.
Bush garnered the most individual Teen Choice Awards in 2007, taking home awards in the categories of "Choice Movie Actress: Comedy", "Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller" and "Choice Movie: Breakout Female". In addition, she was also a recipient of the "Rising Star" Award at the 2007 Vail Film Festival as well as the "New Hollywood Style Icon" Award at the 2008 Hollywood Style Awards.
Sophia is a passionate philanthropist whose causes focus on the celebration of arts as well as the environment. She is an advocate of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, a foundation committed to the preservation of biodiversity within the Maasai tribal lands of East Africa. Funds support conservation, education, and health services within the Maasai community, as well as a host of programs designed to conserve Africa's legendary wildlife. She also contributes her time and talents to the Art of Elysium, a non-profit that enriches the lives of children battling serious medical conditions by bringing together artists to share their time and talent. She has also worked as an Assignment Editor for Annenberg TV News in her spare time. Her other talents include horseback riding, boxing, and photography. She enjoys reading and spending time with her friends, and resided in Wilmington, North Carolina, where One Tree Hill (2003) was filmed.- Actress
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From Monkey Trouble (1994) to American Beauty (1999)-- that's Hollywood "Hocus Pocus"!
Thora Birch was born on Thursday (as in Thor's Day) March 11, 1982 in Los Angeles. Her father, Jack Birch, and mom, Carol Connors, named her after the Norse God Thor ("Thora" being the feminine), the God of Thunder; she has a younger brother named Bolt Birch. Thora appeared in one of the "classic" California raisin commercials in 1986 (at age 4), and later did other commercials. At age 6, Thora appeared in Purple People Eater (1988) and won a Youth in Film Award for her performance. Then, she appeared in the television series Parenthood (1990), which co-starred a not-yet-discovered Leonardo DiCaprio. Thora's breakout movie was Paradise (1991) with Elijah Wood and Melanie Griffith; Thora bested 4,000 young hopefuls to land the role and she, again, got great reviews. Thora appeared in Hocus Pocus (1993) with major stars; however, she got real recognition by having a starring role in Monkey Trouble (1994), in which her affection for her pet (and sometimes scene-stealing) monkey basically carried the entire movie (she and the monkey did their own stunts). All grown up, this petite beauty (5' 4") with green eyes had a major role in American Beauty (1999) which won 5 Oscar awards. Thora delivered a strong, effective performance as the alienated daughter of parents whose mid-life crises drive them to affairs and destruction; her acting was convincing and inspired and, once again, received good reviews. A down-to-earth young woman in real life, she loves Italian food and diet root beer.- Actress
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Elisabeth Moss is an American actress. She is best known for the AMC series Mad Men (2007), Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) and the films The One I Love (2014) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Initially, Moss had aspirations of becoming a professional dancer. In her adolescence, she traveled to New York City to study ballet at the School of American Ballet. Moss continued to study dance throughout her teenage years, but began obtaining acting roles as well.
Her first screen role was in 1990, when she appeared in the NBC miniseries Lucky Chances (1990).
Moss also starred in Girl, Interrupted (1999), Listen Up Philip (2014), High-Rise (2015), Queen of Earth (2015) and The Square (2017).
She has won two Golden Globes, for BBC miniseries Top of the Lake (2013) and Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale.- Actress
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas (née Chopra) was born on July 18, 1982 in Jamshedpur, India, to the family of Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra and Dr. Madhu Chopra, both Indian Army physicians. She had a very varied upbringing. She started her education at La Martinière Girls College in Lucknow as a resident student; a short stay at Maria Goretti College in Bareilly prepared her for further studies in the U.S. Having completed tenth grade in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., she decided to become a software engineer or a criminal psychologist. She enjoys Indian music and dance; flair for writing poetry and short stories; reading, especially biographies; and has worked for a lot of social welfare programs.- Actress
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Cobie Smulders was born on April 3, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Dutch father and an English mother. As a girl, Cobie had set her sights on becoming a doctor or a marine biologist. In fact, it wasn't until high school that Cobie started to explore acting after appearing in several school productions. As a teenager, Cobie caught the eye of a modeling agency, which led to several years of world travel to places such as France, Japan, Italy, Greece, and Germany. Yet even as Cobie's modeling career was on the rise, she still managed to attend school, graduating from high school in 2000 with honors.
Once out of high school, Cobie continued modeling internationally until the opportunity arose to audition for film and television. It was not long before Cobie's natural ability as an actress impressed casting directors, landing her guest spots on television series such as Special Unit 2 (2001) and Jeremiah (2002). In addition, Cobie also appeared in the short Candy from Strangers (2001) directed by fellow Canadian rising star Eric Johnson.
Cobie got her big break just months later when she landed the role of Juliet Droil in the ABC program Veritas: The Quest (2003).
The series marked her first series role for television.- Alexa most recently starred as "Special Agent Gaines" on FBI: MOST WANTED on CBS, alongside Dylan McDermott. She also starred in Amazon's Emmy-award winning drama series, THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE. Her other television work includes Marvel's THE PUNISHER and Frank Darabont's MOB CITY.
Alexa's film work includes supporting roles in DEFIANCE alongside Daniel Craig, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK opposite Vin Diesel and Judi Dench, FEAST OF LOVE opposite Morgan Freeman, THE MIST with Marcia Gay Harden, and CLASH OF THE TITANS opposite Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, and Ralph Fiennes. - Actress
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Ruth Wilson, born on 13 January 1982, is an English actress. She is known for her performances in Suburban Shootout (2006), Jane Eyre (2006), and as "Alice Morgan" in the BBC-TV psychological crime drama, Luther (2010), since 2010. She has also appeared in Anna Karenina (2012), The Lone Ranger (2013), and Saving Mr. Banks (2013). In 2014, she had a voice role in the film, Locke (2013), and began a starring role in the Showtime series, The Affair (2014).- Alex Breckenridge was born on May 15 1982 in Darien, Connecticut before
moving to California when she was 12. Breckenridge first got an
interest in acting at 13 when she performed in local theater
productions and soon moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.
Her first film was the independent comedy picture Locust Valley (1999). She followed
up this performance with guest spots on several successful series,
including Dawson's Creek (1998) and Freaks and Geeks (1999), and supporting roles in the films
Big Fat Liar (2002), Orange County (2002) and the short film D.E.B.S. (2003), which won the award for
Best Short at the 2003 New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. After
appearing on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Alex was offered her own series, the
UPN drama pilot Mystery Girl. Sadly, UPN chose to have only one
female-led detective series in the 2004-2005 season and Mystery Girl
was not picked up. In 2005, Alex appeared in the ABC Family movie
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) and took on the role of Michele Weinberger, played by Lisa Kudrow
in the original 1997 film. She also began work on the animated sitcom
Family Guy (1999), voicing celebrities such as Cybill Shepherd and Christina Aguilera. In 2006, Alex
is breaking into the mainstream with a lead role in the comedy movie
She's the Man (2006). She currently lives in Hollywood.