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Saumya Bhagyan Pillai
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Saumya Bhagyan Pillai, also known as Soumya Bhagyananthan, is a renowned Malayalam television actress and classical dancer, born on February 19, 1987, in Kerala, India. Raised in a humble family alongside her three sisters, Saumya discovered her passion for performance early in life. She participated in dance competitions during her school days, often using prize money to support her household. Her journey into the entertainment world began with live dance shows at tourist resorts, where she honed her confidence and stage presence. These formative years laid the foundation for her future in television and comedy.
Saumya rose to fame through her beloved role as Lilly Kutty in the popular Malayalam sitcom “Aliyans”, which brought her into the limelight as a gifted comic actress. Her natural flair for humor, combined with a down-to-earth screen presence, won the hearts of audiences across Kerala. Over the years, she has appeared in several other television shows and web series, including Parayaam Nedaam, Comedy Masters, Kitchen Magic Season 2, and Are You Okay Baby. Her performances are celebrated for their relatability, expressive depth, and impeccable timing.
Beyond her career, Saumya is admired for her resilience and inspiring personal story. Despite early financial struggles, she remained steadfast in her dreams, eventually building a successful career that enabled her to support her family and raise her son with dignity. Today, she is recognized not only as a talented actress but also as a role model who exemplifies determination, humility, and the enduring power of perseverance in the world of entertainment.
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Tracy Spiridakos
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Tracy Spiridakos is a Canadian actress, best known for starring as Detective Hailey Upton in the hit Dick Wolf series "Chicago P.D." for more than 7 seasons.
Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Greek-born parents. The family moved to the Greek town Skala, near Sparta, when she was four, and returned to Canada when she was nine. She strongly identifies with her Greek heritage and speaks fluent Greek. She graduated from Oak Park High School in Winnipeg in the year 2000.
Spiridakos moved to Vancouver in 2007 to pursue acting, and within weeks landed her first television role, a small part on "Supernatural". She continued working in television, and in 2009, won her first starring role in "Majority Rules!". She made her feature film debut in 2011 with "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", and filmed the low-budget thriller, "Kill For Me", with Donal Logue and Katie Cassidy.
From 2012-2014, Spiridakos starred as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson on the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction series "Revolution". She then guest starred on the critically acclaimed hit series "Bates Motel" before joining the cast of "Chicago P.D" at the end of its fourth season.
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Sujewa Ekanayake
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Sujewa Ekanayake is a Brooklyn based D.I.Y. indie filmmaker (D.I.Y. or DIY = Do-It-Yourself, indie filmmakers who approach films as art projects, make and release them for low budgets, and take responsibility for all phases of the project - from script to distribution and publicity). Ekanayake was born in Sri Lanka, and moved to the US in his early teens. Ekanayake has been making films since 1992. He has made the following films, in the following order -
1 - Fresh Coffee (1992),
2 - Wild Diner (1999),
3 - Capital Heartbreak & Sweetness: 17 DC Poets (2001),
4 - Date Number One (2006),
5 - Indie Film Blogger Road Trip (2009),
6 - Brooklyn Fantastic (2009 - not completed yet - a 2020 release),
7 - Breakthrough Weekend (2014),
8 - Werewolf Ninja Philosopher (2018),
9 - The Secret Society for Slow Romance (2021).
Ekanayake has screened his films in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Seattle, New York City, Chicago, and at the Atlanta Film Festival. He has received positive press coverage from Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, and other media outlets.
He has written and published the blog DIY Filmmaker since 2006. DIY Filmmaker blog has been one of the top blogs for filmmaking news and was one of the IndieWIRE blogs at one point. DIY Filmmaker has promoted multi-ethnic filmmaking, new talent, and self-sufficiency as a useful practice for indie filmmakers.
Starting April 2020 Ekanayake is blogging primarily at a new blog called NYC FANTASTIC - a blog for video interviews and essays.
Ekanayake promotes his film work using the label NYC FANTASTIC Sujewa Film Art.
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Thanat Danjesda
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Nut Thanat Danjesda is a Thai dancer, singer and member of the boy group LYKN signed under Riser Music and GMMTV. He attended Saint Gabriel's College before continuing his studies in nanoengineering at Chulalongkorn University. He was previously a member of the competitive cover dance team Monkey Kiss.
LYKN's debut single "May I?" premiered on May 5, 2023.
After making his acting debut in LYKN's short film "No Worries" in 2023, Nut booked his first TV role in the series "Thame-Po Heart That Skips a Beat".
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Rosalinde Fuller
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Rosalinde Fuller MBE (16 February 1892 – 15 September 1982) was a British actress, born as Rosalind Ivy Fuller.
Rosalind’s acting career began in 1920 (What's in a Name), soon followed by the role of Ophelia to John Barrymore's Hamlet on Broadway in 1922 – the most famous production of Hamlet yet. After many other stage appearances, some with the Provincetown Players, she and her partner, the photographer Francis Bruguière, moved to London in 1927. At this point, she took the opportunity to drop nine years off her age, which is why many sources erroneously give her birth year as 1901.
She had a busy stage career in Britain, starting with The Squall (1927) and The Unknown Warrior (1928). Over the following thirty years, she appeared in about sixty different stage plays and acted in at least a dozen radio plays. In the mid-1950s, she launched her own solo show of monodramas which she adapted from short stories. During the 1960s she performed these throughout the world under the auspices of the British Council. She continued to act until the late 1970s. Between 1929 and 1935, she appeared in seven films, most notably Escape Me Never in 1935. She also appeared in Britain's first broadcast television play, Rehearsal for a Drama (1939).
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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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Ayu Enatsu
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Ayu Enatsu is a Japanese singer. He is the drummer and second singer of J-Pop band Juliana no Tatari (Juliana's Curse).
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Kokugakuin University. Descendant of Hanaya Yohei (inventor of nigiri sushi). He writes the lyrics and composes all of the band's songs and produces the entire band. He grew up in a seaside villa in Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture, where he grew up surrounded by nature. He has loved the area since childhood and has called it his "second hometown," leading to his appointment as Kamogawa Hometown Ambassador. He is an endorsement artist for Pearl Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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Bukky Bakray
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Bukky Bakray (born 2002) is a British actress and writer. She is known for her debut role in the film Rocks (2019). At 18, she became the youngest BAFTA Rising Star Award recipient as well as one of the youngest Best Actress in a Leading Role nominees. She appeared on the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Bakray was born around 2002 in Hackney, east London to Christian Nigerian parents. She grew up on an estate in Lower Clapton, near where Rocks was filmed. She has three brothers and a sister who lives in South Africa. She attended Clapton Girls' Academy and Cardinal Pole Catholic School.
Bakray joined the RADA Youth Company and enrolled in the Originate Actor Training programme at Theatre Peckham.
Bakray was discovered at school when she was 15 by director Sarah Gavron, who cast Bakray in the titular role of her film Rocks.
In 2021, Bakray made her television debut as Bless in the BBC One series You Don't Know Me. She also wrote an essay for the collection Black Joy. This was followed in 2023 by roles as Kim in the Apple TV+ series Liaison and Dione in the Netflix horror film The Strays with Ashley Madekwe. Also in 2023, Bakray starred in Sleepova at the Bush Theatre.
Bakray has a role in the film Self-Charm directed by Ella Greenwood.
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Thuso Mbedu
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Thuso Nokwanda Mbedu (born 8 July 1991) is a South African actress. She rose to prominence for her performance in the South African teen drama series Is'Thunzi for which she was nominated consecutively for an International Emmy in 2017 and 2018. Mbedu later appeared on the 2018 Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list.
In 2021, she starred in the Amazon Video limited series The Underground Railroad as Cora, which made her the first South African actress to lead an American television series, and earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series. She then made her feature film debut in the American historical epic The Woman King (2022) in the role of Nawi.
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Nicki Nicole
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Nicki Nicole, a key figure of urban latin music, rose to fame in 2019 with "Wapo Traketero", garnering more than 154M views and 91M streams. That same year she released her first collaboration with Bizarrap, "Music Sessions Vol. 13", reaching #1 in Argentina and positioning itself in the Global Top for weeks.
Since then, she has won awards like two Spotify Awards and a Premio Lo Nuestro, and was nominated for the Latin Grammys. With her album "Parte de Mi" and collaborations with artists like Rauw Alejandro and Mon Laferte, she has surpassed 630M streams on Spotify.
Internationally, she was the first Argentinian in "The Tonight Show" and festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza Paris. She released "ALMA" in 2023, being the most listened album in Argentina for 8 weeks straight and garnering 480M streams globally. "ALMA" has collaborations with artists like Young Miko, Rels B, Milo J and YSY A, and continued its rise with tours across Latin America and Europe.
International shows like the Wizink Center in Spain and remarkable collaborations like "Una Foto Remix" consolidate her as an influential force in urban latin music.
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