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Rebel Wilson
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Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson (born March 2, 1980) is an Australian actress, comedian, writer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing as Toula in the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) comedy series Pizza (2003–2007; 2019), and subsequently appeared in the sketch comedy series The Wedge (2006–2007). Wilson wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride (2008). The following year, she won the Tropfest best actress award for her role in Bargain and made a guest appearance in City Homicide. Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson appeared as Brynn in the feature film Bridesmaids (2011).
In 2012, Wilson appeared in the films What to Expect When You're Expecting, Struck by Lightning, and Bachelorette, which led to Variety naming her one of their “Top Ten Comics to Watch for 2012”. She also played the role of Fat Amy in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), which earned her several award nominations and wins, including the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress. In 2016, Wilson appeared in the films How to Be Single and Grimsby.
Wilson wrote and starred in Super Fun Night (2013), a television sitcom that aired for one season on ABC. In 2019, she starred in her first lead role as Natalie in Isn't It Romantic, and went on to play Penny Rust in The Hustle, Jennyanydots in Cats, and Fraulein Rahm in Jojo Rabbit.
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Natasha Sill
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Natasha is an actor (SAG), writer, and director who was born and raised in the humble ole' San Fernando Valley. Her dad is an (818) native with Polish/ Russian roots and her mom is from London with Welsh/ Italian heritage. A Jewish and Catholic combo equals 100% guilt. Fancy that? Oy vey. Silver lining- dual citizenship (US & UK) and lots of fun accents.
Some of her recent credits include director Jason Woliner's upcoming series "Paul T. Goldman" (Peacock), "The Offer" (Paramount+), opposite Miles Teller & Juno Temple, directed by Dexter Fletcher, "The Shrink Next Door" (Apple TV+), opposite Will Ferrell & Kathryn Hahn, directed by Jesse Peretz and "Impeachment: American Crime Story" (FX), opposite Beanie Feldstein & Colin Hanks, directed by Ryan Murphy. She appeared as the lead in "Ratking" directed by Eric Colonna, which won the Grand Jury award for narrative shorts at the Slamdance Film Festival (2022). The film was also accepted and screened at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, San Fransisco, New York Independent, and others. She's starting pre-production as a supporting role in the drama feature "Life After" (Practice Pictures). Training includes a BFA in Screen Acting from Chapman University and Dodge College of Film & Media Arts.
Natasha can also be seen in an Amazon Prime released comedy series opposite Annie Wood, a Blumhouse assoc. horror as lead & Pauline Chalamet's directorial debut. Some more credits include an unreleased feature as lead (Dir: Brian Robau, recently won HBO's Ibero- American Competition), a comedy pilot for Almost Cool Films, MEM's "Ways To" series, and voicing as several characters in "The Hunt", a comedy/murder mystery podcast. She has co-written, directed, and starred in a 13 and 6-part comedy web series. Several projects she has co-written and starred in have won multiple awards at various festivals. Additionally, she has appeared in national commercials, sketch comedy, professional live theatre, and musical theatre.
In actuality, this gal is just a humorous hippie. Her ultimate goal is to support and give back to those in need while also creating unique ways to tell compelling stories through her love of the arts.
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Fred Frith
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English musician, composer and professor, who is known for his avant-garde works involving electric guitars, film soundtracks and using improvisations in his music. He first gained prominence as a member of progressive rock band Henry Cow, in the 1970s, and collaborated with various musicians and bands throughout his career. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for film, theatre and dance. In addition, he was Professor of Composition in the Music Department at Mills College in Oakland, California until his retirement in 2018.
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Serhii Masloboishchykov
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Serhii Volodymyrovych Masloboychikov is a Ukrainian film director, theater director, playwright, screenwriter, set designer, and graphic artist.
He is an Honored Artist of Ukraine (2019). Academician, full member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Scientific Secretary of the Film Arts Department of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (2021, for the play "Verba" based on Lesya Ukrainka's fairy-tale drama "The Forest Song"). Associate Professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Member of the Unions of Artists, Theater Workers, and Cinematographers of Ukraine.
He graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Faculty of Graphics (1981), and the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors of the USSR State Film Committee, Faculty of Feature Film Directing (1989).
He began his professional career in Kyiv. In 1981–83, he was a production designer at the Kyiv Variety Theater. In 1984–87, he was the chief artist of the Kyiv Young Theater. Since 1990, he has been working as a director and production designer at the Dovzhenko Film Studio in Kyiv. In 2016, he became a lecturer at the Department of Scenography at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.
Since the 1990s, he has directed a number of feature and documentary films that have enjoyed success at festivals.
In 1995, he was the first Ukrainian director to appear in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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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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Joo Ye-bin
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Joo Ye-bin (주예빈) is a South Korean host and actress. Originally devoted herself to the theater world, she has now retired from the adult film industry and returned to full-time career as a theater actress, and has experience working as a photo model while working under the name of Jo Ji-yeong (2013-2017). Before becoming active in the theater world, she takes good care of her body due to her experience as a belly dancer. She is also the recipient of the 2020 Korean Theater Actors Association Newcomer of the Year Award.
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Karan Soni
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Karan Soni (born January 8, 1989) is an Indian-American actor and comedian. Often appearing in comedic roles, he came to prominence for playing Dopinder in the films Deadpool (2016) and its sequels Deadpool 2 (2018) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), and voicing Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
Born in New Delhi, Soni moved to the United States to study business at the University of Southern California before pursuing an acting career. He made his feature film debut in Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), which was followed by lead appearances on the series Betas (2013) and Other Space (2015). Soni has also appeared in the films Ghostbusters (2016), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019). On television, he has appeared as a series regular on Blunt Talk (2015–2016) and Miracle Workers (2019–2023).
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Hồng Ánh
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Phạm Thị Hồng Ánh (born 28th August, 1977), commonly known by her stage name Hồng Ánh , is a Vietnamese actress, TV presenter and director. One of the most decorated Vietnamese actresses, she switched from a professional dancing career to acting in TV productions and rose to prominence in 1999 with a lead role in Cầu Thang Tối, and a supporting role in Đời Cát (Life in the Sands) by Nguyễn Thanh Vân which earned her Best Supporting Actress award at that year's Asia -Pacific Film Festival. Her later collaborations with Nguyễn Thanh Vân were also great critical successes, with Người đàn bà mộng du (2003) and Trái tim bé bỏng (2008) both bringing her two Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at Vietnam Film Festival. In 2007, Hồng Ánh starred in the most iconic role of her career, Hạnh in Trăng nơi đáy giếng (The Moon at the Bottom of the Well); the film is considered a cult classic, while her performance is universally lauded by audience and critics alike with Hồng Ánh being awarded with the 2008 Golden Kite for Best Actress. Besides her work in critically-acclaimed arthouse films, Hồng Ánh also often stars in box office hits as well as theatre productions. She is the only female member of the Golden Kite jury, and has been a judge in several local film festivals. In 2011, she was also among the few artists to be nominated into the National Assembly.
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Don Diamond
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Brooklyn-born Don Diamond's most famous role is probably that of the scheming and ambitious, but inept and somewhat cowardly, underling Crazy Cat to Frank DeKova's Chief Wild Eagle in the cult western comedy series F Troop (1965). By the time he got that role he had been an actor for quite some time, starting out in radio in the early 1940s, where he discovered that he had a knack for picking up dialects, especially Spanish. He became so proficient in it that many believed he was actually Spanish or Mexican, when in reality his family came from Russia. His facility in that dialect got him the role as the Mexican sidekick of Kit Carson in the early TV series The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951). He also landed a recurring part as a Spanish corporal in the Disney TV series Zorro (1957). In addition to his TV and film work, he did much voice-over work in both cartoons and commercials.
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Yehia Chahine
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Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film.
He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world.
Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love).
Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994
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