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Gayani Gisanthika
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Gayani Gisanthika Liyanaarachchi, born on December 28, 1973, has emerged as a powerhouse in the performing arts sector, leaving a significant imprint on both the film and television industries, as well as theatre, in Sri Lanka and beyond. From her initial training in drama and theatre arts at Sri Lanka's National Youth Centre, Gayani cultivated a career that blossomed into numerous accolades and roles in highly respected productions. Her early recognition began with a Best Actress award in 1993 for her role in “Tittha Kusalana” at the National Youth Theatre Festival in Sri Lanka, which heralded the start of a successful career. In the theatre world, she has portrayed remarkable characters in high-profile plays including "Che Guevara," directed by Buddhika Damayantha, and "The Streetcar Named Desire," under the direction of Champa Buddhipala.
On the silver screen, Gayani has demonstrated her prowess through significant roles in films such as "Ammawarune," helmed by Dr. Lester James Pieris, and the acclaimed "Sarigama" directed by Somarathne Dissanayake, a role that won her a Best Supporting Actress award in 2016. Not confined to the cinema, Gayani has also been a prominent figure in television, earning critical acclaim for her roles in various series, notably securing a Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in the series ‘Maddahana’ in 2017. Her continued work within the acting sphere has solidified her reputation as a versatile and respected actress, garnering praise and awards for her emotionally nuanced performances across both film and television mediums. As she continues her journey, Gayani's extensive training, including courses at the Actor’s Lab at the University of Melbourne, combined with her relentless passion, fuels her ongoing contributions to the worlds of theatre and television, inspiring many aspiring artists and audiences alike.
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Michael Baden
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael M. Baden (born July 27, 1934) is an American physician and board-certified forensic pathologist known for his work investigating high-profile deaths and as the host of HBO's Autopsy. He is the Forensic Science Contributor for FOX News Channel and was a frequent guest on Fox News's late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld where he was known as the Death Correspondent. Baden has been author or co-author of more than 80 professional articles and books on aspects of forensic medicine and two popular non-fiction books “Unnatural Death, Confessions of a Medical Examiner” and “Dead Reckoning, the New Science of Catching Killers.” He is also the author, with his wife, attorney Linda Kenney Baden, of two recent forensic thrillers, “Remains Silent” and “Skeleton Justice.”
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Ivan Pyryev
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (17 November 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stalin Prizes (1941, 1942, 1946, 1946, 1948, 1951), served as Director of the Mosfilm studios (1954–57) and was, for a time, the most influential man in the Soviet motion picture industry.
Pyryev was born in Kamen-na-Obi, in the Tomsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Altai Krai, Russia). His early career included acting on stage directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold in The Forest and by Sergei Eisenstein in the Proletcult Theatre production The Mexican. Pyryev also acted in Eisenstein's first short film Glumov's Diary. Pyryev's early career included production jobs behind the camera, such as work for director Yuri Tarich. He débuted as a director in the age of silent film, with Strange Woman (1929).
During the 1930s and 1940s Pyryev rivaled Grigori Aleksandrov as the country's most successful director of musical comedies, all of which starred his wife Marina Ladynina. Even during wartime, when the Soviet film industry had been evacuated to Alma-Ata, Pyryev made popular and light-hearted features. In Six O'Clock after the War is Over the Romantic characters (played by Ladynina and Yevgeny Samoilov), when separated by war, arrange a date at 6 PM on the Victory Day, and the victory celebrations are shown towards the end of the film (which was released in November 1944).
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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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Patricia Idlette
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Patricia Idlette is an American actress known for her role as Kiffany in Showtime's Dead Like Me. She also appeared in four episodes of Battlestar Galactica as politician Sarah Porter, and as Melanie Blackstone in the miniseries Amerika. Idlette portrayed Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael Jackson, in the 2004 biopic Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. She appeared as Brenda's mother in Scary Movie 3 in 2003.
Originally from Miami, Florida, she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan. She moved to Canada to join the repertory company of the Stratford Festival, acting in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It and Medea. She remained based in Canada for many years, acting on stage in Toronto and Vancouver and appearing as a guest actor in television series such as Street Legal, The Littlest Hobo, Adderly, Katts and Dog and The X-Files.
She garnered a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role for her performance in Susan G. Cole's play A Fertile Imagination.
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Juliette Plumecocq-Mech
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Juliette Plumecocq-Mech is a French actress.
Originally from Bordeaux, she entered the Bordeaux Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. She then joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil troupe. There she met the actor Christophe Rauck who created the Compagnie Terrain Vague in 1995, which Juliette joined.
Because of her androgynous physique, Christophe Rauck also entrusted her with male roles (Lancelot in Le Dragon, Khlestakov in Le Révizor, Aristarque in Cœur ardent), and in 2016 directed her in an original text where she plays, lying down, a man assaulted in a cafe.
Juliette Plumecocq-Mech is also pursuing a career in cinema (with Romain Goupil, and Jean-Pierre Améris) and television (the series Cherif, Le Tueur du lac).
In 2021, she appeared in the play A la vie by Élise Chatauret, Thomas Pondevie and the Compagnie Babel.
Source: Article "Juliette Plumecocq-Mech" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Branford Marsalis
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Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque. From 1992 to 1995 he led The Tonight Show Band. Marsalis has numerous musical interests, from jazz, blues and funk to such classical music projects as his Fall 2008 tour with Marsalis Brasilianos. He is a three-time Grammy winner and the head of Marsalis Music, the label he founded in 2002. His brothers Jason Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Delfeayo Marsalis are also jazz musicians.
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Amanda Burton
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Amanda Burton (born 10 October 1956) is a Northern Irish actress. Her notable credits include Heather Haversham in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1986), Beth Glover in the ITV drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995), Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness (1996–2004, 2022), Clare Blake in the ITV crime drama series The Commander (2003–2008), Karen Fisher in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2010–2011) and Katherine Maguire in the ITV detective series Marcella (2020).
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Jo Firestone
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Joanna Firestone was born in 1986 to Jewish parents Fred and Marilyn Firestone. Growing up as teenager, Jo would have cake baking competition with her friends including renowned pastry chef Claire Saffitz. She once won the competition with Box St. Louis butter vs. Claire’s $50 chocolate cake She has a brother, Ben Firestone, who works in commercial real estate. She grew up in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. She graduated from Clayton High School and later Wesleyan University in Connecticut, with a degree in theatre.
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Mark Read
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Read grew up in a very musical family; his father Keith was in The Wild Angels, a rock 'n' roll band. His mother, Pam, played piano and drums as well as being a singer/songwriter. Read began playing piano at the age of 2 and eventually joined the family band on keyboards at the age of 11, where he would regularly perform in pubs, clubs and hotels across the country.
He attended Auriol Junior School and then went on to Epsom and Ewell High School.
At the age of 15, Read joined the Songtime Theatre Arts group, where he received training and gained experience in acting. He subsequently took lead roles in several of their productions, including Guys and Dolls and Aladdin.
Between the ages of 15 and 18, Read – along with his parents' band – performed onboard several P&O and Princess cruise ships. These concerts led took him all around the world, including aboard the liner Canberra as part of the D-Day 50th Anniversary Fleet in 1994.
In 2009, he performed A1's hit version of the A-ha song "Take on Me" at Saint Edmund's Catholic School in Dover, Kent And Also The Astor of Hever Community School in Maidstone, Kent
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