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Anna Paquin
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Anna Helene Paquin (/ˈpækwɪn/ PAK-win; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and raised in Wellington, she made her acting debut in the romantic drama film The Piano (1993), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11, becoming the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. As a child actress, she had roles in Fly Away Home (1996), Jane Eyre (1996), Amistad (1997), The Member of the Wedding (1997), and A Walk on the Moon (1999), as well as in Cameron Crowe's comedy-drama film Almost Famous (2000).
Paquin continued to perform prominent roles into adulthood, portraying Rogue in the X-Men franchise (2000–2006; 2014). Her other film credits include 25th Hour (2002), Trick 'r Treat (2007), Margaret (2011), The Good Dinosaur (2015), and The Irishman (2019). She played the lead role of Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO vampire drama television series True Blood (2008–2014), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 2009. Among other accolades, Paquin was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her work in the television film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), in addition to a further Golden Globe nomination for her work in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009).
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Jean-Paul Dupuis
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Filmmaker and composer since 1969, Jean-Paul Dupuis has directed more than 50 films—auteur films and documentary films—and composed music for the image and the stage.
A different and experimental filmmaker, he has directed nearly 16 short and feature films. These include "Au-delà des ombres" in 1973, "Arlequin des rues" in 1974 (special mention of the jury at the film festival different from Toulon, "Lithophonie" in 1977 (Grand Prize ex-aequo at the festival of Hyènes). Directed short films with dancers/choreographers (François Verret, Alexander Witzman-Anaya, Peter Morin).
Since 1985, he has been producing documentary films and is dedicated to producing films on visual artists and sculptors (Lartangage with Thierry Lefèvre-Grave, Jorge Carrasco).
As a director, he co-directed with Claude Brunel several documentaries (Ecouen, La Renaissance en son château; Le Val d’Yerres; La ville de Crosne et d’Yerres; Naissance de l’orgue de Crosne). Composer for documentary series for TV channels: FR3, 5th and Voyage (the "Discover the world" series designed and produced by Pierre Brouwers), he has also composed for dance: AWAnaya, Christine Gérard, Caroline Dudan, for the Theater: Théâtre des Ateliers in Lyon, Théâtre de la Tête Noire in Orleans (Variations on "Hiroshima mon amour" by Marguerite Duras).
In 1991, he created a symphonic work "Hydroconcert" for soprano, strings, brass and magnetic tape directed by Alain Damiens of the intercontemporary ensemble.
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Nibraz Noushad
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Nibraz Noushad is an Indian actor and digital content creator known for his work in Malayalam cinema and YouTube, particularly through the popular channel 'Kudos Media'. He gained recognition for his role in the film Detective Ujjwalan (2025), where he portrayed a key supporting character and his upcoming projects are 'Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros' and 'Pallichattambi'. In addition to his film career, Nibraz is recognized for his performances in online sketches and entertainment content, building a growing presence across digital platforms and cinema.
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Wang Zhao
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Actor from Mainland China. Ex-fitness instructor, freediver and scuba diver. Wang Zhao used to be a sparring instructor and also taught street dance in a class run by a friend. Later, as the class was disbanded, he took his savings and started travelling across the country. Looking back at the reason he came to Cinema City Hengdian. "When I arrived in Zhejiang, I didn't have enough money, so I wanted to work to earn some money, and then I heard from my friends in Hengdian that they were recruiting group actors here, so I could meet stars and earn money". In 2015 he starred in the hist first film "I am a Roadie".
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Marion Shilling
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Marion Shilling received a Golden Boot award at the 2002 awards ceremony.
She passed away on November 6, 2004 at the Torrance, California Memorial Medical Centre.
Shilling was born as Marion Schilling in Denver, Colorado in 1910 as per the Social Security Death Index under the name COOK, MARION S., although some biographers had formerly cited 1911 or 1914. She started her acting career as a stage actress, starring in stage plays such as Miss Lulu Betts and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In 1929 she received her first screen role in Wise Girls. After a couple of roles in other films, she starred opposite William Powell in the 1930 crime drama Shadow of the Law. That movie springboarded her into roles as a B-movie heroine.
In 1931 she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", a list that included future Hollywood star Marian Marsh. From 1930 to 1936 she starred in forty two films, mostly westerns or mysteries. She often starred opposite Tom Keene and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. In the 1934 film serial The Red Rider, she starred opposite early western film legend Buck Jones, with a supporting cast that included William Desmond and football legend Jim Thorpe.
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Mikey Day
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Michael William Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. He was hired as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live before its 39th season in 2013. He was then promoted to on-air cast status and became a featured player during the show's 42nd season in 2016, later being promoted to repertory status beginning with the 44th season in 2018. Day is also the host of the Netflix show Is It Cake? He previously was an on-air correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Jay Leno Show.
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Mohamed Sobhi
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Mohamed Sobhy is an Egyptian actor, writer and director who was born in Cairo in 1948. At a young age he was known for his talent of imitating famous artists; “Youssef Wahby, “Abu-Lam’a” and “Ahmad al-Haddaad”, a talent that paved his way to join the famous radio entertainment program “Saa’a le-albak i.e. An hour for your heart”. His unique artistic talent first appeared during his final exam at the High Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1967 when he played Hamlet, graduated with honors and was appointed demonstrator. He later wrote, starred and directed in his own theatrical version of Hamlet. Thus, his name was added to the British Encyclopedia, the most famous international encyclopedia. He started his career playing minor roles in stage plays with famous stars like Salaah Mansour, Fou’aad al-Mohandess, Hassan Youssef, Muhammad ‘Awad, Muhammad Negm and others. Although he played small roles, yet his appearance attracted audience and gained the admiration of those whom he worked with for his undeniable talent. His first, small but significant, role in “Hello Shalaby (1970)” was one of his most known achievements at the time. His lead roles started with ” Entaha al-dars ya ghabi i.e. Lesson is over, stupid”. Then, followed his roles in “’Aly Beih Mazhar. i.e. Mr. Aly Mazhar”, “Hamlet”, “Al-jokar i.e. The Joker”, “Al-hamagy i.e. The barbarian”, “Weg-het nazar i.e. A point of view”, “Mama America”, “Le’bet al-sett i.e. A woman’s plaything”, “Carmen”, and other Naguib El Reehany plays that he produced in the late 90's and early 2000's. Among Sobhy’s popular TV series are: “Aly Beih Mazhar. i.e. Mr. Aly Mazhar”, “Kimo”, “Rehlet al-million i.e. The journey to be a millionaire”, “Sonbol baa’d el Million i.e. Sonbol..A millionaire”, “Yawmeyyat Wanees i.e. Wanees days” (seven seasons) and “Faares bela gawaad i.e. A knight without a horse”. On the silver screen, Sobhy was widely noticed in “Abnaa al-samt i.e. Sons of silence, and his critically acclaimed role as an activist student in the political drama “Al-Karnak.”
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Luke Walton
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Luke started producing short films in 2006 (The Walk) and founded and developed the short film funding competition The Pitch in 2007. Since then he has been producing the best short film pitches submitted for each year's competition. The current funding if £25,000 with some additional funds available for the runners up.
His background includes studying Law (Leeds University) and Theology (Durham University) as well as an actor with The Riding Lights Theatre Company (York). He is married to Tasha (teacher) and has two daughters.
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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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Al Madrigal
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Alessandro Liborio Madrigal (born July 4, 1971) is an American comedian, writer, actor and producer. He is a co-founder of the All Things Comedy podcast network, alongside Bill Burr. He rose to fame on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as a regular correspondent for five seasons. Outside of the standup world, he is known for his co-starring roles in the film Night School, Showtime's dark comedy I'm Dying Up Here, NBC's About A Boy, as well as CBS sitcoms Gary Unmarried and Welcome to The Captain. He has also performed on Conan and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
He appeared in the sports drama The Way Back, starring Ben Affleck and directed by Gavin O’Connor. He appears in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Morbius as Alberto "Al" Rodriguez.
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