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Bernardo Ruiz
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BERNARDO RUIZ is a two-time Emmy® Award-nominated documentary director/producer and member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. He has directed and produced four feature documentaries through his production company, Quiet Pictures. He has also directed and produced a host of nonfiction programming (including docu-series) for outlets as varied as Disney+, ESPN, HBO, VICE and PBS. His credits as director include THE INFINITE RACE (ESPN’s 30 for 30, 2020), HARVEST SEASON (Independent Lens, 2018), KINGDOM OF SHADOWS (PARTICIPANT MEDIA, POV, 2016), and REPORTERO, (POV, 2013).
On the television side, Ruiz wrote, directed and produced ROBERTO CLEMENTE (American Experience, 2008) which was awarded the NCLR (now UnidosUS), “Alma” Award for “Outstanding Made for Television Documentary." He also created, directed and executive produced the two part bilingual PBS series, THE GRADUATES/LOS GRADUADOS (Independent Lens, 2013). Edutopia called it “a winner that should be seen by as many students, teachers and parents as possible.” Most recently, he wrote, directed and produced the 2020 election special, LATINO VOTE: DISPATCHES FROM THE BATTLEGROUND.
Ruiz frequently serves as a mentor to emerging makers and has recently worked with Firelight Media, DCTV and the the Future of Science Fellowship to support new documentary makers. In the fall of 2015, Ruiz was a filmmaker-in-residence at the Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Previously he served on the board of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP). He currently serves on the advisory board of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
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Miss Dominique
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Miss Dominique [as she is generally known as], born Dominique Michalon 7 September 1978 in Sarcelles, France, is a French singer and second-place finalist of the fourth edition of Nouvelle Star [based version of "Pop Idol"]. Her parents are both Caribbean.
Michalon was born on 7 September 1978 in Sarcelles. She started singing when her parents sent her to a gospel chorus. At 8, she was in her first concert, the "bébés chérubins" in Sarcelles (a suburb of Paris).
She is also known by the stage name "Beth Sheba". She sang in a masterclass in Louisiana in the United States. Later, her band, "Beth-Shéba and Les Gospel Wave Singers" toured with Ray Charles and Manu Dibango. In 1998, she released an album "A Chans' ou an destin'" in Martinique as Beth Sheba.
On her audition, Michalon's performance of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" marked her as a favorite; judge Marianne James cried and said "Alleluia". Many felt that her best performance was "Calling You" from Bagdad Café. Despite this, Dominique lost in the final round to Christophe Willem. There have been claims that Dominique's chance of winning were significantly reduced because her home, Martinique was not allowed to vote.
Source: Article "Miss Dominique" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Nicette Bruno
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Nicete Xavier Miessa, better known by her stage name Nicette Bruno (Niterói, January 7, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, December 20, 2020), was a Brazilian actress. Nicette made her professional debut in 1945, in the play Romeo and Juliet, based on the literary work of the same name by William Shakespeare.
Daughter of actress Eleonor Bruno, Nicette was married to actor Paulo Goulart, with whom she had three children, actors Beth Goulart, Bárbara Bruno and Paulo Goulart Filho. Her television work includes Rosa dos Ventos (1973), Éramos Seis (1977), Selva de Pedra (1986), Bebê a Bordo (1988), Rainha da Sulcata (1990), Mulheres de Areia (1993), A Próxima Vítima ( 1995), Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (2001–04), Alma Gêmea (2005), Sete Pecados (2007), A Vida da Gente (2011), and other television works, being a pioneer of Brazilian television and one of the references in the history of teledramaturgy in the country.
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Malin Åkerman
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Malin Maria Akerman (born May 12, 1978) is a Swedish actress, producer and model. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Following a supporting role on the HBO mockumentary sitcom The Comeback (2005), she gained her first co-starring roles in the romantic comedy films The Heartbreak Kid (2007) uncredited in The Invasion (2007) 27 Dresses (2008). She played the female lead in Watchmen (2009) as Silk Spectre II, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2009, she had supporting and starring roles in the romantic comedies The Proposal and Couples Retreat. From 2010 to 2016, she starred on the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital. In 2012, she co-starred in the comedy Wanderlust and the musical film Rock of Ages. She had her first lead television role with the short-lived ABC comedy series Trophy Wife (2013–2014). She later co-starred in the film I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) and the action film Rampage (2018). Since 2016, she has had a main role on the Showtime drama series Billions as Lara Axelrod.
Apart from acting and modelling, she had a brief music career as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band The Petalstones in the early 2000s, but eventually left to focus on her acting career.
She has been married twice, first from 2007 to 2014 to Petalstones drummer Roberto Zincone, with whom she has a son, and, since 2018, to English actor Jack Donnelly.
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Juliana Harkavy
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Juliana Harkavy was born in New York City to mother Berta Carela and father Michael Harkavy. At age 9, she moved to Los Angeles, CA, where her only sibling, August Harkavy, was born in 1998, and where her acting career began. Juliana trained at the Young Actors' Space in Los Angeles, CA for 9 years. At age 11, she began landing roles in national commercials, film, television, and theatrical productions. Juliana attended her first year of high school at Le Lycee International de Los Angeles, where she became fluent in French, and did part of her schooling in the South of France. She earned her high school diploma from the Milken Community High School in Los Angeles, where she starred in many of the school's theatrical productions. After high school, Juliana attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she majored in Theater in the Sanford Meisner studio. In addition to acting, Juliana is a published writer and poet, visual artist, musician, and athlete.
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Paulo Menezes
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Paulo Menezes is a Brazilian filmmaker currently studying directing at the DFFB. He has worked on various documentaries for the BBC and Al Jazeera in the UK. His film Lolo (2019), about gay kids navigating a heteronormative world, screened in more than 200 festivals around the world. His next short Pommes Paradies premiered at Filmfest Dresden and was selected by AG Kurzfilm as part of their Cannes catalog in 2021. His short It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live (2021) screened in many festivals including Uppsala, BFI Flare, and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg to name a few. At Filmfest Dresden the film took home the German Film Critics Award as well as the LUCA award in 2022.
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Monique van der Werff
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Monique van der Werff werd op 6 september 1982 geboren in Haarlem. Tijdens haar Gymnasium volgde zij tevens klassieke zangles van Anneliese Post en klassieke en modern ballet in studio 118 van Conny Lodewijk. Monique won in 1998 en1999 de eerste prijs met Dans en in 2000 de Publieksprijs, die door de Kunstbende wordt georganiseerd.
Na haar middelbare school heeft ze lessen bij de De Nieuw Amsterdam gevolgd en vervolgens is zij aan de Amsterdamse Theater Academie afgestudeerd. Aansluitend heeft Monique ook de Cabaret Academie van Paul Rooyakkers afgerond. Momenteel studeert zij aan de Theaterkade. Daarnaast heeft ze verschillende workshops gevolgd bij Josha Haman, genaamd Surpuls en Relaxation in Action van Tony Grahn.
In 2001 heeft zij als productie- en regieassistent meegewerkt in Later als ik oud ben (spel en regie van Mary Michon) en tevens bij het Wereld Kindertheater (regie: Karim Traidia).
Monique speelde in de toneelvoorstellingen De jongste en de oudste (regie: Marjolein Bierens en Guy Sonnen) en in 2003 in Tartuffe van het Nationeel Toneel (regie: Jurgen Gosch). Tevens speelde ze 2005 de rol van Donna in onze eigen productie i.s.m. Stichting de Praktijk Hurly Burly (regie: Ivar van Urk). Vanaf 2006 speelt zij voorstellingen bij theatergroep Oeloek, tot begin 2007 is zij te zien in Psychosis of the Lemming.
Op televisie was ze in 2002 en 2003 te zien in de Yorin serie Onderweg naar Morgen in de rol van Suzy de Ruyg. Ook schitterde Monique in 2004 en 2005 in de Nickelodeon serie Zoop I, II en III als Taffie Arends.
Haar beginnende film-carrière begon met de hoofdrol in de telefilm Loverboy (regie: Lodewijk Crijns) die in 2002 werd uitgezonden door de VPRO. Een jaar later heeft zij in de NFTA eindexamenfilms 2003 meegespeeld. De rol van Taffie Arends zette zij voort in de succesvolle films Zoop in Afrika (2005), Zoop in India (2006) en Zoop in Argentinië (2007).
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Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
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Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Persian: محمود دولتآبادی, Mahmud Dowlatâbâdi) (born 1 August 1940 in Dowlatabad, Sabzevar) is an Iranian writer and actor, known for his promotion of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran and his realist depictions of rural life, drawn from personal experience. In 2020, he wrote and recited a work called Soldier (Half-Burned boots) for the Art of Peace global project, composed and arranged by Mehran Alirezaei. He has collaborated with this project.
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Lorraine Michaels
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Gorgeous, busty and shapely brunette knockout Lorraine Michaels was born on January 23, 1958 in Canterbury, Kent, England. An Air Force brat, Michaels lived in twenty-two different states in America and attended college in New Mexico. Following graduation from college, Lorraine moved to Los Angeles, California and worked in the insurance industry. Michaels was working as a bank teller when she was discovered by former Playmate Daina House, who suggested her to "Playboy." Lorraine was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1981 issue of "Playboy." In the wake of her Playmate stint Michaels went on to have a brief acting career: She not only popped up in a few movies, but also made guest appearances on episodes of the British TV series "Watching" and "The Manageress." Lorraine is the mother of two children. Moreover, Lorraine Michaels became the vice president of her kids' school as well as an active member of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
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Michelle DeFraites
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Michelle DeFraites is an actress, dancer and singer. Originally from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Michelle was a member of the tween singing group "4 Part Angel" from 2005-2007. They were featured on "Good Morning America," and were guests on "The Montel Williams Show." In 2008, Michelle moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue an acting career. Since that time, she has appeared in television commercials, voice overs, music videos and has done photo shoots for shopping malls across the country. She guest-starred on the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana" and co-starred on "Suite Life On Deck." She is a Disney Movie Surfer and played Karissa in Lifetime's "The Pregnancy Pact".
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