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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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Ruut Tarmo
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Ruut Tarmo (April 26, 1896 – January 28, 1967) was an Estonian stage and film actor and stage director whose career spanned more than five decades.
Ruut Tarmo was born Harald Rudolf Klein in Tartu in 1896 to Julius Klein and Sohvi Klein (née Anja) and he began his career on stages in his hometown in 1912. In 1914 he began an engagement at the prestigious Vanemuine Theatre and would later travel the world's stages (including at least two appearances on London stages with fellow countryman Ants Eskola), as well as at the Estonian National Opera and the Estonian Drama Theatre. In 1927 he would make his film debut in the Aksella Luts and Theodor Luts-penned and directed silent film drama Noored kotkad (English: Young Eagles), which chronicled Estonian soldiers fighting in the Estonian War of Independence from 1918 to 1920
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Bülent Emin Yarar
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Yarar was born in Ankara. He became interested in theatre at a youthful age after watching several plays with his family. He didn't participate in any professional plays until the end of high school. As his father was a violinist, Yarar became interested in music as well and enrolled in Mimar Sinan University Start Conservatory to learn singing. While learning opera, he joined the Turkish State Theatres as an extra actor and began working on the stage. The first play that he had a role in was Istanbul Efendisi.
Due to pressures from his family, he eventually enrolled in the theatre department of the university that he was studying at and graduated in 1989. In the same year he began working at the Diyarbakir State Theatre. Between 1994-1995, he worked for Istanbul State Theatre.
After returning to Istanbul, he directed the plays Ada and Getto for Tiyatro Ti. In 1998, he joined Tiyatro Studios and was cast in the leading role in The Balcony by Jean Genet, and in 1999 he had a leading role in an adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac. After beginning to work for Oyun Studios, he was cast in Ermisler ya da Günahkarlar alongside Haluk Bilginer and Senay Gürler. Together with Isil Kasapoglu, he directed the play Mem ile Zin for Semaver Company.
Aside from his career on stage, he has appeared in various cinema and television productions.
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Bridgit Mendler
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Bridgit Claire Mendler (born December 18, 1992) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, musician and producer. She is best known for her lead role as Teddy Duncan on the Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck Charlie, her recurring role as Juliet Van Heusen on Wizards of Waverly Place and her lead role as Olivia on the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth.
She has also appeared in Labor Pains, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2. In 2015 she joined the main cast of the NBC sitcom Undateable as Candace, which aired until 2016. In 2019, she starred on Netflix's Merry Happy Whatever as Emmy Quinn.
Aside from her artistic career, Bridgit also has a master's degree on MIT and is currently working on JD in Harvard Law School and PhD on MIT.
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Martin Hyder
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Hyder was educated at Abingdon School leaving in 1980. He has worked closely with the BBC since 2000 contributing and appearing in BBC Radio and BBC Television. His television credits include The Lenny Henry Show, The Omid Djalili Show, Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul, Harry Hill's TV Burp and he has appeared on many successful BBC radio shows.
In addition he has appeared on stage and in film, most recently he had a role in the 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow and performed on stage in the plays 'Dead Dog in a Suitcase' in 2015 and 'My Brilliant Friend' at the Rose Theatre, Kingston in 2017.
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Lance E. Nichols
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Lance E. Nichols (born July 13, 1955) is an American actor from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for playing dentist Larry Williams on Treme. A graduate of McDonogh 35 High School and the University of New Orleans, he is also known for his roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and House of Cards and is a frequent presence in films that were made in the city. In 2012 he appeared as a character similar to his Treme character, and also named "Larry", in a commercial for Chase Bank that also featured Drew Brees and his family and was aired during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI.
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Emiliano Ruschel
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Emiliano Ruschel is an international actor, he speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish. Emiliano won the Best Lead Actor Award at the LABRFF, Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival in 2014 for the movie “Forever Nevermore”. Emiliano began his work in the visual arts with only 5 years old and never stopes. Emiliano attended college and studied acting with excellent professionals, such as: Fátima Toledo (coach from “City of God), Margie Haber (coach of Brad Pitt, Hale Berry) Bernard Hiller, Robert Castle, and Jon Korkes, Ana Carter and attended the Berg Studios in Los Angeles.
He did more than 15 theater plays, and more than 10 featured films and in multiple Tv Series in Brazil such “Lovely Psycho”, “More vs. Slum” were displayed in the Channel Multishow, produced by Carlos Diegues a Cannes nominated director. Worked in the movie VIP's, directed by ToniKo Melo, with the actor Wagner Moura (Narcos) produced by Fernando Meirelles (City of God) Oscar nominee.
His latest film is Maverick: Manhunt Brazil, where Ruschel acted and directed the movie. The film Won four awards including the Spot Light Award in the Los
Angeles Brazilian Film Festival and the Best Independent Film at the International Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro - FICA. And was part of the Official Selection of the Mostra de Cinema Imperial, 2017. Now the movie can be watched at Telecine Action, Canal Brasil, and in VOD on Netnow, iTunes and Google Play.
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Jean-Paul Gaultier
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Jean-Paul Gaultier was born on April 24, 1952 in Arcueil, France. He studied at the Ecole Communale, the College d’Enseignement, and at the Lycee d’Arcueil. When he reached the age of 17, he sent his design sketches to Paris designer Pierre Cardin. Cardin recognized his talent and offered him a position as design assistant; he worked for Cardin for two years. Gauliter then worked for the couture houses of Jacques Esterel, Jean Patou, Angelo Tarlazzi and Michael Goma.
In 1976, Gaultier launched his design career under his label for a company called Mayagor, as well as continuing to design free-lance ready-to-wear furs, swimwear, and leather clothing. In 1978, Gaultier presented his first collection. In 1982, financed by the Japanese consortium Kashiyama, Gaultier established his own business. During the 1980s, he was known as the designer who emphasized broad shoulders and narrow hips. But he is mainly known for his obsession with gender. Hiscollections showed men in skirts and women wearing underwear on the outside. In 1987 Gaultier received the coveted French Designer of the Year Award. Gaultier presented his first haute couture collection in 1997 and two years later in 1999, with financial backing from Maison Hermès he was able to increase his reputation and his distribution, with the establishment of a network of boutiques bearing his name. In 2003, he was appointed creative director at Hermes. In 2004, he launched a young denim and sportswear line. BPI launched Gaultier's "Fragile" fragrance in 2000; the package featuring a tiny figure dressed in Gaultier’s couture. Meanwhile, the designer expanded his licensee list with the additions of companies such as Wolford, an Austrian luxury hosiery firm. Gaultier has created costumes for films of Peter Greenaway, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Pedro Almodóvar, and Luc Besson. He has made stage costumes for Madonna, (Madonna's conical bra), and the dancerand choreographer Régine Chopin. Gaultier's latest innovation is a makeupline for men, which he pioneered in 2004. He also launched an eyewear collection in 2006.
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Ocean Ramsey
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Ocean Ramsey is an ethologist, marine biologist, professional freediver, scuba instructor, sharks conservationist, author, filmmaker, and model. She gained international media attention for free diving with sharks, including great white sharks, to raise awareness about shark conservation and promote her business (a company based in Hawaii that facilitates dives with marine life, and promote shark diving education and conservation).
She is probably one of the few people in the world who has swum underwater with great white sharks.
Ramsey inspires people from all over the world to look at sharks not as ferocious killing machines but as an endangered species that is critical to the water world's ecosystem.
Ocean is also widely recognized for her commitment to the protection of our oceans and marine life and her work as a passionate shark conservation advocate.
Ramsey completed an associate's degree in behavioral sciences and psychology, studied biology at the University of Hawaii, earned a bachelor's degree at San Diego State University, and a master's degree in ethology.
She is also an avid swimmer, surfer, model, runner, hiker, photographer and videographer, and Pilates and Yoga enthusiast.
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Yindra Zayas
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Yindra Zayas (who was named after her mom) was born in Miami,Florida on October 27, 1994 to, Yindra Zayas who is of Cuban descent. She is Afro- Cuban and is the second child out of five children. She begin her acting career in plays at the age of five and as time passed her love for acting grew. She was discovered at the age of 17 when a talent agency came across her monologues she presented on the web. From there she started out as extras on set and made her way to her first featured film Finding Eden (2017). Yindra has been in a nationwide campaign, and featured on shows, such as the popular Disney Channel spin off series Girl Meets World as a classroom student who guest stars periodically. Yindra plans on making her self known for one of the greatest actresses of her generation. Although it will take a lot of convincing, long nights, and hard work Yindra will stop at nothing to make her dreams a reality with her ambition, drive, and humble heart.
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