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Anna Popplewell
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Anna Katherine Popplewell (born 16 December 1988) is an English actress. Popplewell is known for playing Susan Pevensie in the fantasy film series The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–2008), that earned her a number of accolades.
Aside from her The Chronicles of Narnia role, Popplewell played the role of Chyler Silva in the web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012) which is based on the video game of the same name, and starred as Lady Lola in the historical romantic drama series Reign (2013–2016), which was her first leading role in a television series.
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Dominique Desanti
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Dominique Desanti (1920 – April 8, 2011) was a French journalist, novelist, educator and biographer.
The daughter of a Russian immigrant, she was born Dominique Persky in Paris. She served in the French Resistance during the German occupation. She was a member of the French Communist Party from 1943 until 1956. Desanti was a correspondent for L'Humanité in the years following World War II. She also taught university in the United States.
Desanti was married to the philosopher Jean-Toussaint Desanti; he died in 2002.
She died in Paris in 2011.
Source: Article "Dominique Desanti" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Kenji Mizoguchi
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Kenji Mizoguchi (May 16, 1898 – August 24, 1956) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène. "His films have an extraordinary force and purity. They shake and move the viewer by the power, refinement and compassion with which they confront human suffering."
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Claudia Koll
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Claudia Koll (stage name of Claudia Colacione; born May 17, 1965) is an Italian actress and missionary. She was born in Rome of Italian and Romanian parentage. Koll made her debut as a cinema actress in 1989, but achieved fame for her part in the erotic movie Così fan tutte (All Ladies Do It, 1992), directed by Tinto Brass. Subsequently she has worked mostly for theater and television. She reached her widest audience in the popular television series Linda e il brigadiere (Linda and the Brigadier, 1997-2000) with Nino Manfredi. She co-hosted the 1995 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
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Charles Bronson
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Charles Arthur Salvador (born Michael Gordon Peterson; 6 December 1952; formerly known as Charles Ali Ahmed), better known by his professional name of Charles Bronson, is a British criminal, with a violent and notorious life as a prisoner. First arrested as a petty criminal, he was convicted and sentenced in 1974 to seven years' imprisonment for armed robbery. Further sentences were imposed because of attacks on prisoners and guards. Upon his release in 1987, he began a bare-knuckle boxing career in the East End of London. His promoter thought he needed a more suitable name and suggested he change it to Charles Bronson, after the American actor. He was returned to prison in 1988 on conviction concerning another robbery. He was a violent prisoner, and has taken numerous hostages in the course of confrontations with guards, resulting in sentences of life imprisonment. He has been held at times in each of England's three special psychiatric hospitals.
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Victor Lamoglia
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Victor Lamoglia Agra Gomes (Rio de Janeiro, March 12, 1993) is a Brazilian actor, comedian and youtuber, known for 'Anything for a Pop Star' (2018), 'Ana e Vitória' (2018) and 'Nobody is Looking' (2019).
Victor started in theater in 2004, when he acted in 'O Menino Maluquinho', directed by Alice Reis. Also on stage, he performed works such as 'O Beijo no Asfalto', by Nelson Rodrigues; 'Eu Sou João Gustavo', by Lucas Salles and 'Contos de Verão', by Domingos Oliveira. He spent more than two years performing and traveling around Brazil with his improvisation group "Deu Branco – Cenas Improvisadas". On TV, he made special appearances on Multishow's A Grande Família, As Canalhas and Desenrola Aí. He is also a member of the humor channel Parafernalha.
In 2018, he debuted in theaters as Júlio, the protagonist's career advisor in 'Gaby Estrella-O Filme'. In August, he joined the cast of the romantic comedy 'Ana e Vitória', giving life to Ricardo Guilherme, a romantic interest of the protagonist Vitória (Vitória Falcão). He was also part of the film 'Anything for a Pop Star', based on the book of the same name by writer Thalita Rebouças.
In 2019, he starred in the feature film Socorro, 'Virei Uma Garota!', in the role of Júlio. He starred in telenovelas playing youtuber and digital influencer Jessé Junior in 'Bom Sucesso', from Rede Globo. He gained greater prominence when he gave life to Ulisses Angelus, in the series 'Nobody's Looking', on Netflix. The year following the production, it won the International Emmy for Best Comedy Series.
In 2020, he was hired by TV Globo to join the cast of the sixth and final season of the humorous 'Zorra', he also played the prejudiced Edney in the film 'Carlinhos e Carlão', released on Prime Video. In 2021, he starred in one of the episodes of the comedy series 5x Comédia alongside Thati Lopes and debuted as a presenter on the reality M.E.M.E of Comédia on TNT. In theaters, he starred in five films: 'I Feel Good About You', 'How to Hack Your Boss', 'Mission Cupid', 'L.O.C.A.' and 'Chain Reaction'.
In 2022, he played Edinho in the series 'As Seguidoras', which follows the story of a digital influencer who, due to her obsession to get followers, goes to the last consequences by becoming a serial killer. In cinema, the film 'Eduardo e Mônica' premiered, based on the song of the same name by the band Legião Urbana, in the role of student Inácio, the best friend of the protagonist.
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Jennifer Nangle
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Jennifer Nangle is an American actress born and raised on Boston's North Shore. She earned her B.F.A. in Theatre Studies from Niagara University in Lewiston, NY performing in many mainstage productions. During her summers home she helped create Danvers Youth Theatre and starred in productions with all proceeds going to local charities such as H.A.W.K. and Hospice.
After realizing that chisling out her car every morning from ice and snow was getting way too chilly, Jennifer left the ice scraper behind for sunny Los Angeles, California! She enrolled at the Laura Henry Acting Studio in Santa Monica and dedicated two years to studying the Meisner, Linklater, and Alexander techniques.
Since then she has acted and produced many different film, web, and stage productions.
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Margareta Pettersson
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Margareta Pettersson is a Swedish actress who plays with Matt Damon in the feature film Downsizing, directed by Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne. Margareta plays the major supporting role of Solveig Edvardsen. She has scenes with Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Rolf Lassgård.
Margareta has more than thirty years experience as an actress. She is known for always being very true in her roles, a strong presence on screen and she is also known as a comedienne. She has worked with director Ingmar Bergman in his feature films Fanny and Alexander and Face to Face. Bergman gave Margareta compliments for her natural and true presence on screen. She also worked with Lasse Hallström in his feature film Tuppen.
In 2021 in Swedish Short Film Festival Margareta wins Audience Favorite for her own short film Tissel Tassel. She plays the shaman woman in the international TV-series Epic Warrior Women in 2019. Margareta Pettersson is producer, director, and screenwriter, and plays the main role in her own short film Mötet, which was nominated for Best Short Film in SM in Minute Film at Swedish Short film Festival 2019. She was nominated for Best Swedish Female Actor in Luleå International Film Festival in 2019 for her main role in the Short film Alma 2. She won Prize of Honour at the Movie Festival in Poland 2019. Her Short Film Alma Another Day. Meeting and Alma 1 was selected in Luleå International Film Festival in 2020. She plays the main role as Mother in the Swedish Short Film The Tyrant which won prize as Best Swedish Short Film in Luleå International Film Festival in 2020.
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Walter Jones
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Walter Emanuel Jones is an actor, dancer, and singer. Jones is internationally known for his portrayal of the character Zack, the original "Black Power Ranger" from the children's show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993). He has been featured as a series regular or guest star in over 150 episodes of various shows and has been featured in several films. Some of his credits include: The Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning police drama The Shield (2002), the top-rated drama series C.S.I. (2000), and the long-running comedy hit Moesha (1996). Jones works regularly as a voice actor, lending his voice to radio television, film, and video games. Jones' recent voice-over acting jobs include work on Bailando (Step Up) (2006), Divergente (2014), and Annie (2014). Jones resides in Los Angeles, California, and spends his free time salsa dancing, camping, scuba diving, snowboarding, and traveling.
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