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Rita Ramnarong

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Rita Ramnarong, nicknamed Chacha, is a Thai-British actress and singer born in Thailand. She graduated the Faculty of Arts from Bangkok University and, another, at the Faculty of Architecture Chulalongkorn University. Besides, she has a master at the Faculty of Arts from Chulalongkorn University. Rita is cousin of actress Tanyares Ramnarong (Tanya) and she is in a relationship with actor and singer Leo Saussay. Chacha first appeared in the entertainment industry was the result of shooting an advertisement. In 2001, she released a children's album together with Nicole Theriault, Piem Joy and Ping Piam Rak on the album "Play Time 1 & 2 with Nicole". Later, she became an RS artist in 2003 and released an album called 'Zig-Zag' comprised of 6 members: Chacha-Arit Taramnarong, Micky-Isry. Thawangthamroj, Toi-Naritip Srisatanawong, May-Napasanan Srisutthisan, Mai-Panita Kruewong and Bonus-Nicha Sangsuwan with the album with the same name as the group says 'Zig Zag (Zig-Zag)'. In 2009, she released a solo artist under GMM Grammy, an album called 'Chacha'. After that, there were several other separate albums: Love Status, singing 'Don't Love Is It?', Calling Love 2, Singing 'Don't Answer Call ... Crying', Single Chacha Song 'I'll be nearby. Beside you 'later in the year In 2017, Chacha released a single again with an independent agency, 'Not bad enough' Her first acting work was the drama 'Raung Ngao' acting as Mok, which aired on Channel 3, brought her a certain reputation as an actress. Since then, she has been taking part in some TV dramas. Nowadays, she is a DJ at Atime Media Co., Ltd. Chill 104.5 as a Thai-English bilingual host.
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Sean Connery

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. On October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Tamer Abdelmonem

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Tamer Abdelmoneaim is an Egyptian actor and screenwriter. He was born in Cairo in 1973. He graduated at the High Cinema Institute of Cairo from the screen writing department. He started working as an actor through minor roles in films like “Edhak Elsoora Tetlaa Helwa” (Smile For A Good Picture) in 1998 and “Etfarrag Ya Salam” in 2001. He co-starred in “Amir Elzalam” (The Prince of Darkness) alongside Adel Imam in 2002, for which he also wrote the screenplay. He also appared as the lead actor in “Al Meshakhasaty” (The Master of Disguise) in 2003, which flopped at the box office.
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Oh Jung-tae

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Oh Jung Tae is a South Korean comedian. He attended the Theater and Film program at Dongshin University but dropped out. He made his debut in 1999 as a theater actor with a role in the play "Taxi, Taxi" as he always wanted to be a theatrical actor. However, in 2006, he was scouted on the street by a PD and later was selected as part of the 15th open recruitment for comedians at MBC. He managed to catch the final good years of comedy shows at the network before it began a steady decline and nearly eliminated all comedy shows. In 2017, his family appeared on "Human Documentary: People Are Good" where it was revealed he saved his mother from debt after her restaurant ran into trouble. He worked several part-time jobs and even earned a role in the independent film "Spring by Chance" that same year to bring more money to the family. He now appears on variety shows and morning shows.
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Paul Campbell

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Paul grew up in White Rock, British Columbia, and graduated from Semiahmoo Secondary in 1997. From 2004 to 2006 he portrayed Billy Keikeya on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. Campbell's character was a personal assistant to President Laura Roslin. Campbell made his first foray into comedy in 2005, starring in the Bill Lawrence TV pilot Nobody's Watching, for The WB. The pilot was not picked up to series but gained later notoriety when it was posted to YouTube. He starred in National Lampoon's Bag Boy with Dennis Farina in 2007. In 2008, Campbell appeared in the romantic comedy Play the Game alongside Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts, Liz Sheridan, and Marla Sokoloff. Campbell played a young ladies' man who teaches his lonely, widowed grandfather how to re-enter the dating world after a 60-year hiatus. Also in 2008, Campbell, playing "Billy" for the second time co-starred on NBC's Knight Rider reboot. In March 2009, Campbell was cast in an ABC comedy pilot based on the British series No Heroics, which revolves around four B-list superheroes. He played the leader of the group, Pete, aka Chillout, a Canadian-born superhero who can freeze small objects. The pilot was not picked up by ABC. In 2010, Campbell starred in the comedy series Almost Heroes alongside series co-creator Ryan Belleville and actors Colin Mochrie, Lauren Ash and Athena Karkanis. The series debuted on Showcase in June 2011, with the finale of the eight-episode first season airing July 21. Campbell led the cast of the CTV comedy series Spun Out, alongside Dave Foley, Rebecca Dalton, Al Mukadam, Holly Deveaux, J. P. Manoux and Darcy Michael.
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Anupam Kher

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Anupam Kher (born March 7, 1955) is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi-language films. He has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. He has played a variety of characters including numerous critically acclaimed leading or parallel roles. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of Indian cinema and arts. Kher is known internationally for Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and Prejudice (2004) and The Mistress of Spices (2005). In 2012, he co-starred in the Academy Award-winning Silver Linings Playbook.
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Ghada ElShamaa

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Ghada El-Shamaa is a Syrian actress. She started her career in 1976 through a role in the television series "Albayader" (The Wheat Storages). Her breakthrough came when Doreid Laham cast her in his series "Wein Elghalat" (Where is the Fault) in 1979, after which she appeared in numerous Syrian films and series. After she gained popularity in Syria, she attracted the attention of Egyptian director Hosam Eldin Mostaf, who introduced her to the film industry in Egypt. She landed many roles in Egyptian films, the most famous which being her role in the 1991 comedy "Almoshaghebat wal Cabtain" (The Rowdies and the Coach). Her other notable film roles include "Bomb Action"m "Seraa Alhasnawat" (The Battle of the Beauties) and "Alqalb wa ma Yaa'shaq" (The Heart and What it Admires).
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Noura

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Noura Mostafa Qadry (Arabic: نورا مصطفى قدري) (Egyptian pronunciation:Noura Mostafa Adry), more commonly known simply as Noura, (born in June 18, 1954 as Elweya Mostafa Mohamed Adry) is a retired Egyptian actress. She began her career in Egyptian cinema during the 1970s and continued acting until she retired in the 1990s, and wore the Hijab (Islamic Scarf), living a religious life now. Noura is born in Cairo to Egyptian parents in the middle class district of Shubra. She is the sister of the actress Poussi. Since the 1990s, she rejected any media appearance and is living a quiet life as a devout Muslim. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noura Qadry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hossam El Dine Mostafa

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Hossam El Din Mostafa, one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, was born in Port Said. With the early 50s, he aspired to travel to the United States to study film directing, and was fortunate when he stood as an executive director for international director Cecil Demel in the movie The Ten Commandments in 1956. He directed 100 films from 1956 to 1994. He's best known for The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket, The Black Glasses, The Enemy Brothers and The Kings of Evil. He also directed TV series including The Knights, Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan, Heroes and Eagle of the East. He passed away in 2000 at the age of 74, leaving a rich account of important films and purposeful dramas.
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Hannele Lauri

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Ritva Hannele Lauri (born July 21, 1952 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish actress known for her roles in multiple comedy series. The artistic focus of her career is in stage acting. She was born Hannele Markkula to parents Arvi Markkula, a colonel and Eine Markkula, a shopkeeper. She married the actor Hannu Lauri in 1976 and had two sons, Sami (1977) and Tomi (1979). The couple divorced in 1994. She was briefly married to Teemu Rinne in the early 2000s. After having studied acting in the Theatre School, Hannele Lauri began her professional career in the Jyväskylä City Theatre. The period lasted from 1975 till 1977 after which she worked as a free-lancer till 1981. After a short period in theTurku City Theatre she started her ongoing contract with the Helsinki City Theatre in 1983. Her early stage roles include Ophelia. During the same period she was also cast in the movies directed by Risto Jarva and Jaakko Pakkasvirta. She got famous in Finland in the 1980s through her collaboration with mr Spede Pasanen. She appeared in popular television productions and comedy feature films created by mr Pasanen and the actor Vesa-Matti Loiri. She has been in the national limelight ever since. In the 1990s she starred in the television comedy series Hynttyyt yhteen ("Moving In Together") together with the comedian Eija Vilpas. In 2003 she portrayed the role of a woman going through her menopause in the comedy series Kuumia aaltoja ("Hot Waves"). In 2010s Hannele Lauri has made several supporting roles in Finnish movies and frequent television appearances along with her stage career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irina Björklund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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