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An Nanba

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An Nanba also known as Ann Nanba is a former Japanese adult video (AV) actress who had a long and prolific career in the adult entertainment industry. At the beginning of 2009, the DMM and Amazon sites both listed more than 250 DVDs available under her name. She retired from AV work in 2008. An Nanba was born in Tokyo on March 7, 1984. She says she was very outgoing as a high-school student and looked much older than her age. She had met scouts from the AV industry often but only decided to begin an AV career after she was robbed and needed the money. She had done some gravure model work for Bejean a few months before and she thought she was again doing photographs for a magazine and was shocked when she realized it was a video shoot. The title of her debut video, Number.1!, released in October 2002 by Moodyz when she was 18, is a play on her name (in Japanese name order, Nanba An sounds close to English "Number One"). Her contract with Moodyz was an exclusive one and she is credited with being a driving force in that studio's success. She continued making movies with Moodyz for the rest of her career at the rate of one or often two videos per month. Although she started in AV work for the money to pay debts, she says she stayed because "I realized that my work turned into something of substance". She also occasionally made non-AV videos - her non-sex gravure title for Shuffle, Naked / An Nanba, released in July 2003, was filmed in Okinawa. Moodyz is known for its extreme videos and Nanba participated in the various porn genres popular at the studio: bukkake (including two videos with the creator of the genre, Kazuhiko Matsumoto), anal sex, bondage, interracial sex with black actors, urination and simulated rape. The videos took their toll on Nanba, she reports that at one time she collapsed from exhaustion and had to take time off. Nanba was the most celebrated actress at Moodyz during her long career with the studio - she was given the Best Actress Award at the Moodyz Awards three years running, in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Her 2003 videos Digital Mosaic Vol. 11 and Dream School 7 respectively won the top prize Moodyz Award and the Best Sales Award that year and her 2004 work Bukkake Nakadashi Anal Fuck was the recipient of a Special Award. At the 2005 Adult Broadcasting Awards ceremony for adult TV programming in 2004, Nanba took one of the Channel Actress Performance Awards for her work on the Queen Bee channel. Starting in October 2005, after more than 50 straight original videos for one company, Nanba began to appear for the first time in videos for other AV studios beginning with start-up companies Opera and Cross. She also worked with Attackers, a studio specializing in the S&M and simulated rape genres. Nanba has been called the "Queen of Hardcore" for her many extreme videos with one director claiming “She’ll do absolutely anything” after Nanba won 11 awards at Weekly Playboy's "stupidest adult movie awards" in March 2006. Nanba has declared her dedication to her profession: "I will work my best to bring the fans the best movies". Nanba received one of the Best Actress Awards for Excellence at the 2006 AV Actress Grand Prix.
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Annie

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Chitra Shaji Kailas, popularly known as Annie is an Indian film actress. In her career span that lasted for just three years, with sixteen films, Annie was one among the successful lead actresses in Malayalam cinema during the mid-1990s. Her debut role was in Balachandra Menon's Ammayane Sathyam (1993). Her well known films include Mazhayethum Munpe (1995), Parvathy Parinayam (1995), Tom & Jerry (1995), Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1995), and Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran (1996). She gave up acting after getting married to director Shaji Kailas, and is now settled in Thiruvananthapuram. She won Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam for her role in Mazhayethum Munpe.
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Gino Ochello

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Gino Ochello is a Gibraltar-born performer and singer who trained at ArtsEd Sixth Form. During his training, credits included Angus/Caterpillar in Alice by Heart, Baker in Into the Woods, and Billy in Once. Last year, he shot his first feature film, which is due to be announced later this year. He recently appeared as a Soloist in Roles We’ll Never Play at West End Live. The Karate Kid: The Musical marks Gino’s professional stage debut. He also appears in LEGO Friends: Heartlake The Musical (2026).
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Marthe Keller

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Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945; Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss actress and opera director. She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16. She changed to acting, and worked in Berlin at the Schiller Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble. Keller's earliest film appearances were in Funeral in Berlin (1966, uncredited) and the German film Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967). She appeared in a series of French films in the 1970s, including Un cave (1971), La raison du plus fou (1973) and Toute une vie (And Now My Love, 1974). Her most famous American film appearances are her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Dustin Hoffman's girlfriend in Marathon Man and her performance as a femme fatale Arab terrorist who leads an attack on the Super Bowl in Black Sunday, both of them were ill-fated characters at the climax of each film. Keller also acted with William Holden in the 1978 Billy Wilder film Fedora. She appeared alongside Al Pacino in the auto racing film Bobby Deerfield, and subsequently the two of them were involved in a relationship. Since then, Keller has worked more steadily in European cinema compared to American movies. Her later films include Dark Eyes, with Marcello Mastroianni. In 2001, Keller appeared in a Broadway adaptation of Abby Mann's play Judgment at Nuremberg as Mrs. Bertholt (the role played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1961 Stanley Kramer film version). She was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for this performance. In addition to her work in film and theatre, Keller has developed a career in classical music as a speaker and opera director. She has performed the speaking role of Joan of Arc in the oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher of Arthur Honegger on several occasions, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur. She has recorded the role for Deutsche Grammophon with Ozawa (DG 429 412-2). Keller has also recited the spoken part in Igor Stravinsky's Perséphone. She has performed classical music melodramas for speaker and piano in recital. The Swiss composer Michael Jarrell wrote the melodrama Cassandre, after the novel of Christa Wolf, for Keller, who gave the world premiere in 1994. Keller's first production as an opera director was Dialogues des Carmélites, for Opéra National du Rhin, in 1999. This production subsequently received a semi-staged performance in London that year. She has also directed Lucia di Lammermoor for Washington National Opera and for Los Angeles Opera. Her directorial debut at the Metropolitan Opera was in a 2004 production of Don Giovanni. Keller has a son, Alexandre (born 1971), from her relationship with Philippe de Broca. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marthe Keller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Christina Moore

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Christina Moore is a true multi-hyphenate who, over the course of her 20-year career, has successfully built a career as an actress, writer, and producer. She has appeared in more than 80 television shows and films, and has produced ten films over the last seven years. Moore is best known for her work as a sketch comedian on *MadTV* (FOX), as Laurie Forman on *That '70s Show* (FOX), as Butterfly in *Without a Paddle* (Paramount), as Tracy Clark in the *90210* remake (CW), as Christina Ross on *Jessie* (Disney Channel), and as Mandi Heiser in TNT’s hit series *Claws*. She also appeared in hit series such as *Friends*, *True Blood*, *Mom*, *Last Man Standing*, *Two and a Half Men*, *Will & Grace*, and *24*. In December 2022, Moore released two Christmas films worldwide. *I Believe in Santa*—which she produced and in which she stars—was released on Netflix and quickly became the #2 film globally on the platform. *A Hollywood Christmas*—which she developed and produced—was released on HBO Max and quickly became the #1 film on that service. In the summer of 2022, she also released the film *That's Amor* on Netflix; it reached #2 in the U.S. and #3 globally during its first two weeks, garnering over thirty million hours of viewership. Representation is extremely important to Moore, which is why her films feature diverse casts and characters from all backgrounds, religions, and sexual orientations. Moore began her work behind the camera in 2015, when she co-wrote and produced the film *Running Wild*, starring Sharon Stone. The film made the festival circuit and debuted with a limited theatrical release. Encouraged by this success, Moore led a creative team that worked tirelessly to creatively develop and produce ten additional films over the following seven years. Her focus lies on excellent storytelling and high production values, while simultaneously fostering an environment where young talent can emerge. Her films are available on Netflix, HBO Max, and Amazon Prime. Moore has also ventured into the world of episodic series, in which she stars as the female lead and serves as co-producer. "Casa Grande" is represented by the Warner Bros. Television Group and is set to be released in early 2023 by Telus Canada and Freevee USA. Moore is married to John Ducey. They reside in Sherman Oaks, CA. — Automatic translation of the IMDb mini-biography by: Vanessa Miraglia
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Ansiba Hassan

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Ansiba Hassan is an Indian actress, director, television anchor, and dancer who primarily works in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries. Born and raised in Kozhikode, Kerala, her passion for cinema was heavily influenced and encouraged by her mother. She completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Visual Communication before pursuing cinema full-time.Ansiba made her screen debut as a child artist in the 2008 film Innathe Chintha Vishayam and later appeared in early Tamil projects like Paranjothi (2013) under the screen name Geethika. She catapulted to widespread national and international recognition in late 2013 with her breakthrough role as Anju George, the elder daughter of Mohanlal's character, in Jeethu Joseph’s monumental blockbuster thriller Drishyam. She successfully reprised this definitive role in the critically acclaimed sequel Drishyam 2 (2021) and the highly anticipated Drishyam 3 (2026).Beyond her central roles in the Drishyam franchise, Ansiba has showcased her versatile talent across several notable films including She Taxi (2015), Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan (2016), CBI 5: The Brain (2022), and Kurukkan (2023). She has also diversified her industry footprint by directing the short film A Live Story, hosting television programs, and competing in reality television as a prominent housemate on Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 6 (2024). In addition to her creative pursuits, Ansiba has been a highly influential public figure within the Malayalam industry, notably serving as the Joint Secretary for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA).
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Janusz Gajos

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Janusz Gajos (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjanuʂ ˈɡajɔs]; born 23 September 1939) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as pedagogue and photographer. Professor of Theatre Arts and an Honorary Doctor of the National Film School in Łódź, he is considered one of the greatest Polish actors. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honours including the Gold Cross of Merit (1974),[3] Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2007), five Polish Film Awards (2001, 2007, 2016, 2016, 2019), Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), and Diamond Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival (2015). Description above from the Wikipedia article Janusz Gajos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Brad James

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Robert Bradley "Brad" James was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Brad Armstrong. He is best known for his appearances with the promotion World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. He was the son of wrestler Bob Armstrong and brother to professional wrestlers Steve, Scott and Brian. Eulogizing Armstrong, Jim Ross described him as "one of the more talented in ring performers I've ever worked with...one of the most underrated all-time greats ever in the business."
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Gilles Grangier

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Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film Archimède le clochard was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He had the most number of successful films at the French box office between 1945 and 2001 with 42 of his films having admissions of 500,000 or more, more than any other. Source: Article "Gilles Grangier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Salman Shah

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Shahriar Chowdhury Emon (19 September 1971 – 6 September 1996; known by his stage name Salman Shah) was aBangladeshi actor. He is the most celebrated Bangladeshi actor. He started his career with the first episode of the television serial Pathor Shomoy. He also appeared as a model in television advertisements. Shah got his break-through in the film Keyamot Theke Keyamot in 1993. It was directed by Sohanur Rahman Sohan. The film was a remake of an Indian film named Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, released in 1988. He started his acting career in television drama. He acted in a total of 27 films. His film career was associated with first Moushumi and then Shabnur.
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