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Tessa E. Osborne

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Tessa Osborne is an award-winning photojournalist/ film director based in Michigan’s Capital City. Born in Changsha, China, and adopted and raised in Michigan. Osborne studied Journalism and Documentary Production at Michigan State University. She spent most of her time reporting, editing podcasts, shooting documentaries, and managing news staff. Osborne is known for co-directing 'Volador' which has garnered recognition both across the nation and internationally. Osborne currently works as a full-time Creative Services Producer at WILX News 10. Previous to this role she has edited promotional videos for non-profits and wrote list articles for The Collider. Her mission as a filmmaker is to uplift women of color by telling their stories. She hopes to be one of the many successful women in film and add nuances to the ideas we have about womanhood/girlhood.
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Sarah Moliski

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Sarah Moliski has appeared in several films, television, hosting, stand up comedy productions, you may have seen her in Eric Andre's "Mostly 4 Millennials", "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt", Disney channel's "Zip! TV", reporting on the red carpet New York Fashion Week and multiple film festivals, or starring in feature films such as college-humor "Ladylike" or Psychological thriller "Kristel" Sarah is known for playing a wide range of characters and her energetic-physical comedy while also being a serious actor. Sarah studied Film & Media at Hunter College, and then went to train professionally at the Maggie Flanigan acting conservatory a native of East Hampton, New York; Sarah now lives between New York and Los Angeles. - IMDb mini biography by: Jd GlassCock
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Rita Macedo

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rita Macedo was a Mexican actress who performed during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was nominated for an Ariel Award for her 1956 performance in "Ensayo de un crimen" and in 1991 for a TVyNovelas Prize for "Alcanzar una estrella". She won the Best Actress Ariel Award in 1972 for "Tú, yo, y nosotros". She also was instrumental in bringing many works of international writers to the Mexican stage. She was married to a pioneer of Mexican radio, television and film, Luis de Llano Palmer, by whom she had two children, Julissa, an actress and musician, and Luis de Llano Macedo, renowned telenovela producer. On December 5, 1993, Macedo committed suicide after being diagnosed with cancer.
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Meisa Kuroki

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Satsuki Shimabukuro (born May 28, 1988, height 5' 5" (1,65 m)), better known by her stage name Meisa Kuroki is a Japanese actress, model and singer born in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. Among others, she has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ and is the current Japanese representative for Giorgio Armani. She has appeared in numerous television dramas, commercials, films, and stage productions. Including many other roles, she portrayed “Fujiko Mine” in the 2014 live-action adaptation of “Lupin the Third”
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Ida Lupino

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Ida Lupino (4 February 1918 – 3 August 1995) was an English-American film actress and director, and a pioneer among women filmmakers. In her 48-year career, she appeared in 59 films and directed seven others. She also appeared in serial television programmes 58 times and directed 50 other episodes. In addition, she contributed as a writer to five films and four TV episodes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ida Lupino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Petra Kleinert

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Nach ihrem Schulabschluss absolvierte Kleinert eine Lehre zur Keramikfacharbeiterin. Von 1987 bis 1990 besuchte sie in Leipzig die Theaterschule „Hans Otto“. Anschließend absolvierte sie ein zweijähriges Praktikum am „Neuen Theater“ in Halle. Von 1991 bis 1993 hatte sie ein Engagement am Brandenburger Theater. Seit 1993 kennt man Kleinert vor allem aus Fernsehkrimis. Sie war unter anderem als Eva Kowalski in einigen Folgen der Serie Sperling sowie im Polizeiruf 110, Ein Fall für zwei und im Tatort, aber auch in der Serie Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht zu sehen. Von 1999 bis 2003 spielte sie in der RTL-Serie Doppelter Einsatz als Ellen Ludwig an der Seite von Despina Pajanou. Seit 2008 ist sie in der Serie Mord mit Aussicht in der eher komischen Rolle der neugierigen Polizistenfrau Heike Schäffer zu sehen. Seit 2013 hat sie die Rolle der Sittenpolizistin Dagmar Schnee in der ZDF-Serie SOKO Leipzig.
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Benjamin Rider

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Benjamin A. Rider was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. At the age of three he moved to South Africa for a year, and then onto Israel for most of his childhood before moving to London, England. In 2012, whilst studying at Queen Mary University of London, he produced his first professional short film, Aquarius' Mule (2013). That summer he filmed the micro budget feature film To Love Somebody (2014), which was edited as he completed his BA Hons in Film Studies. He has since gone on to complete a total of seven micro-budget feature films including the drama Forever Tomorrow (2016), the digital CinemaScope art house film Our Little Haven (2017) and the B-Movie Suburban Coffin (2018).
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Robert Lapoujade

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Robert Lapoujade was a French painter, filmmaker, and writer. He began his career as a painter, known for his portraits of French literary figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre and André Breton. Lapoujade transitioned to filmmaking in the 1960s, directing films like Le Socrate (1968) and Le Sourire Vertical (1973). His films often explored philosophical themes and were noted for their experimental style. Lapoujade's work in both painting and film reflects his deep engagement with existential and humanist ideas.
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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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Dinand Woesthoff

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Marco Frank Ferdinand Woesthoff With his spouse, Guusje Nederhorst, he had one son, Dean Maddy (born June 29, 2003); exactly seven months before she died of cancer. The boys second name, Maddy, actually is the first name of Dinand's former girlfriend, who also died of cancer. After Guusje Nederhorst's death, Dinand wrote and recorded his tribute to her: "Dreamer (Gussie's Song)". Most Dutch radio stations aired it on the day of her funeral (which would have been her 35th birthday), Feb. 04, 2004, at 12:00 pm. Directly after the single hit the streets a week later on Feb. 11, it entered the major Dutch hit lists at the No. 1 position. All revenues of this single are donated to the Dutch cancer institute, the Koningin Wilhemina Fonds. Son Dean Maddy, born June 29, 2003. Second son Jimi Frank, born December 16, 2006.
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