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Jesús Castillo Ortiz Jr

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Jesús Daniel Castillo Ortiz Jr. is a professional wrestler, and son of a professional wrestler, best known in his native Puerto Rico as Huracan Castillo. He competed in the World Wrestling Federation as a member of the Hispanic stable 'Los Boricuas' in the late 1990s. Castillo has wrestled most of his career in Puerto Rico working for the World Wrestling Council (WWC), Americas Wrestling Federation, International Wrestling Association, New Wrestling Stars, and All Japan Pro Wrestling as the masked El Olimpico. He is the son of Pedro Castillo, known as "Huracan Castillo", a wrestler who fought in Canada, Japan, the United States and Puerto Rico in the 1970s. In 1997, Castillo made his move to the World Wrestling Federation, as a member of the Los Boricuas stable, which was led by Savio Vega. Castillo mainly competed in tag team matches with other members of the group José Estrada Jr., Miguel Pérez, and leader Savio Vega. In summer 1998, Castillo became a jobber, competing on Shotgun, losing to superstars; featuring a young Edge, X-Pac and Dan Severn. He competed in SuperAstros as El Merenguero until the show went off the air in August 1999 and left the company. International Wrestling Association After being released by the WWF Castillo join the newly formed International Wrestling Association (IWA) in Puerto Rico and reunited with Los Boricuas Savio Vega and Miguel Perez. During this time Castillo began to use the Hardcore wrestling style and often used the ring bell against his opponents. Castillo made a return to WWC in 2006 and formed a tag team with Chris Joel, and has held the WWC World Tag Team Championship as a member of the Starr Corporation. He has formed a tag team with Rico Suave and formed "La Evolucion Hardcore" (or The Hardcore Evolution) due to the hardcore wrestling style of these two wrestlers. In November 2012, he is wrestling in Puerto Rico's PRWA as he is the general manager of PRWA and the current PRWA World Heavyweight Champion, having defeated Joseph RPM in the finals. Castillo has a son AJ Castillo who is the first third generation wrestler in Puerto Rico. On November 2012 Huracan Castillo teamed for the first time with his son AJ Castillo against the father and son team of Barrabas and Barrabas Jr.
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Laurent Schwaar

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Laurent Schwaar is a French-born American actor and storyboard artist based in Los Angeles. He studied geology at Paris 6 and trained in acting in Paris before working as a Club Med tour leader. His film credits include Surviving Picasso (1996), Traffic (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Crank (2006), and Poolman (2023). On television he appeared in American Primeval (2025) and 1600 Penn (2013). He has also worked as a storyboard artist, including for Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" (2012). His date of birth is unconfirmed. No major awards are on record.
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Qays Sheikh Najib

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Qays Sheikh Najib is a Syrian actor who was born on June 15, 1977 in Damascus. His father was the actor Mohamed El Sheikh Najib, and his mother was a dancer in one of the popular arts troupes. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1988, and appeared in a number of important dramas, including “Ayam Shamiya” (Levantine Days) in 1992, “El Teyr” (The Bird) in 1998, “Salah Eddine El Ayoubi” in 2001, “El Taghreeba El Filistiniya” (Palestinian Emigration) in 2004, “Ma Malakat Aymanukum” (The Harem) in 2010, “Zaman El Barghout” (Time of the Flea) in 2012, and “El Ikhwa” (The Brotherhood) in 2014.
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Lisa Kron

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Lisa Kron (born Elizabeth S. Kron, 20 May 1961 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) – American actress and playwright, raised in Lansing, Michigan, in a household where her father was a Holocaust survivor and her mother was a community activist. She graduated valedictorian from Everett High School in 1979 and studied theatre at Kalamazoo College before moving to New York City in 1984. She is best known for writing the book and lyrics for Fun Home (2015), for which she won two Tony Awards (Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical), and the show won Best Musical. Other major works include Well (2004, Tony-nominated for Best Actress in a Play when she starred in it), 2.5 Minute Ride (Obie Award winner), and In the Wake (2014, Guggenheim Fellowship and Obie Award). She is a founding member of the OBIE- and Bessie-Award-winning theater company The Five Lesbian Brothers. Her acting credits include Sex and the City (2001), Deception (2008), Stay (2015), and Only Murders in the Building (2023) as a casting director. She teaches playwriting part-time at Yale University and New York University, and is married to playwright Madeleine George.
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Amanda Seyfried

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Amanda Michelle Seyfried (/ˈsaɪfrɛd/ SY-fred; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress. She began acting at 15, with recurring roles as Lucy Montgomery in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999–2001) and Joni Stafford in the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003). She came to prominence for her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) and her roles as Lilly Kane in the UPN mystery drama series Veronica Mars (2004–2006) and Sarah Henrickson in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011). Seyfried has starred in many films, including Mamma Mia! (2008) and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Jennifer's Body (2009), Dear John (2010), Letters to Juliet (2010), Red Riding Hood (2011), In Time (2011), Les Misérables (2012), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Ted 2 (2015), and First Reformed (2017). Seyfried received critical acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Marion Davies in David Fincher's biopic Mank (2020). For her starring role as Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu miniseries The Dropout (2022), she won the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. In 2022, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia Amanda Seyfried, article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sayumi Michishige

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is a Japanese pop singer and talent. She is a former sixth generation member and leader of Morning Musume., as well as a former leader of Hello! Project. She first became a member of Morning Musume. in 2003, as a sixth generation member alongside Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri and Tanaka Reina. On November 26, 2014, she passed her leadership of Morning Musume. to Fukumura Mizuki and Hello! Project to Yajima Maimi when she graduated. She is well known for portraying a narcissistic image in TV shows, often calling herself the cutest member of Morning Musume. She created "Usa-chan Peace" (Bunny Peace), which is a phrase Michishige uses to identify herself.
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Valentina Cortese

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Valentina Cortese (January 1, 1923 - July 10, 2019) was an Italian film actress. The Milan-born actress starred in The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) directed by Robert Wise, and costarring Richard Basehart and William Lundigan. Cortese, aged 28, married Basehart in 1951, and had one son with him before they divorced in 1960. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1975 for her performance in François Truffaut's Day for Night. Cortese appeared in Jules Dassin's Thieves' Highway (1949), Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Michelangelo Antonioni's Le Amiche (1955), Gérard Brach's The Boat on the Grass, Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), and in the Franco Zeffirelli projects such as the 1972 film Brother Sun, Sister Moon, his 1977 miniseries, Jesus of Nazareth and the 1993 film Sparrow.
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Nicole Jaffe

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Nicole Jaffe (born 1946) is an American actress and voice actress, best known as the original voice of Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon series from 1969 to 1974. Before Scooby-Doo began production, Jaffe had appeared in The Trouble with Girls with Elvis Presley (and future Scooby-Doo co-star Frank Welker) and in Disney's The Love Bug. Velma was Jaffe's only voice role. Like her character, Jaffe was myopic and needed glasses or contacts to see. At the first voice recording rehearsal for Scooby-Doo, Where are You!, Jaffe accidentally dropped her glasses and cried out something to the effect of "my glasses! I can't see without them," which became a trademark gag and catch phrase for Velma. Jaffe retired from acting after getting married to Brad David in 1973 and getting a job as an agent for the William Morris Agency. She briefly returned to the series 30 years later for the 2003 direct-to-video movies Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicole Jaffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jacqueline Andere

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Jacqueline Andere is a renowned Mexican actress with over 60 years of artistic experience. She began her career at the age of 17 in experimental theater with 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰 𝘺 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢. He made his film debut in 1959 with 𝘝𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘢 and participated in emblematic films such as 𝘌𝘭 a𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳 (1962), by Luis Buñuel, and 𝘠𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 (1971), his greatest success. He also acted in films such as 𝘓𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢í𝘴𝘰 and 𝘕𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴 in 1971. That same year he stood out for his participation in 𝘓𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢í𝘴𝘰, by Salomón Laiter, one of the films that revived the Ariel Award ceremony in 1972. She has worked on numerous soap operas on television and in theater. She has won the Silver Goddess and received multiple nominations for her acting work. Her career marks the transition between the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and the New Mexican Cinema. An essential figure in film, theater, and television, but above all, a renowned and beloved actress among the Mexican public.
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Algı Eke

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Algı Eke (born 16 September 1985) is a Turkish actress. She was born on 16 September 1985 in Istanbul. Her family are originally from Artvin[1] and of Georgian descent. Her parents divorced when she was a child. Her mother died in the summer of 2013. After graduating from Cağaloğlu Anadolu Lisesi, Eke went to Berlin to continue her studies in dramaturgy. Upon her return to Turkey, she met the producer Mustafa Şevki Doğan and made her television debut with the series Baba Ocağı. She later played in the series Dürüye'nin Güğümleri, Keşanlı Ali Destanı and Annem Uyurken. Eke also appeared in Pinhani's music video for their song "Yitirmeden". She portrayed the character of Kıymet in the romantic comedy movie Kedi Özledi, opposite İlker Ayrık. It was released on 20 December 2013.
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