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Kathryn Kohut

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Kathryn Kohut is a Canadian actress, martial artist and model. She was born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta into a family of pipeline welders. Welding alongside her father in Fort McMurray, she was recruited by EllisDon and grew to have a successful career in the construction industry. Her career as an actress began only recently, as growing up she didn't have access to acting programs and didn't consider it a possibility until she decided to leave the construction industry and follow the pull she felt towards the arts.
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Myung-Whun Chung

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Myung-whun Chung (born 22 January 1953, Seoul) is a South Korean conductor and pianist. Chung studied piano with Maria Curcio and won joint second-prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. He performed in the Chung Trio with his sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung and cellist Myung-wha Chung. Chung studied conducting at the Mannes College of Music and the Juilliard School. He has conducted virtually all the prominent European and American orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Vienna Philharmonic, among others. Chung was chief conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken from 1984 to 1990, and principal guest conductor of the Teatro Comunale Florence from 1987 to 1992. At the end of the 1987-88 seasons, he received the Premio Abbiati award from Italian critics, and the following year awarded the Arturo Toscanini prize. Chung was the Paris Opera's music director from 1989 to 1994, during which time he opened the inaugural season at the new Opéra Bastille. He opened the inaugural season at the new Opéra Bastille with Berlioz's complete Les Troyens and received highly praised reviews from the music circle. In 1991, the Association of French Theatres and Music Critics named him "Artist of the year" and in 1992 he received the Legion d'Honneur for his contribution to the Paris Opéra. An exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon since 1990, many of his numerous recordings have won international prizes and awards. These include Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie and Éclairs sur l'au-delà…, Verdi's Otello, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with the Bastille Opera Orchestra; a series of Dvořák's symphonies and serenades with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, a series dedicated to the great sacred music with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, including the award-winning recording of Duruflé's and Fauré's Requiems with Cecilia Bartoli and Bryn Terfel. In 1995 he was honoured three times at the French Victoires de la Musiques Classiques, and was also named Meilleur Chef d'Orchestre de l'Année. He directed the world premiere of Messiaen's last work: the Concert à quatre for four soloists and orchestra, which the composer had dedicated to Myung-whun Chung and the Orchestre de la Bastille. He took the role of artistic director at the Asia Philharmonic Orchestra in 1997 and at the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France in 2000. The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra made Chung a Special Artistic Advisor in 2001, its Honorary Conductor Laureate from 2010, and its Honorary Music Director from 2016. Chung became the first principal guest conductor in the history of the Staatskapelle Dresden in 2012. He was the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's principal conductor between 2005 and 2015. During this period the Seoul Philharmonic became the first Asian orchestra to sign a major-label record deal and gave its first performance at The Proms. ... Source: Article "Myung-whun Chung" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Rakul Preet Singh

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Rakul Preet Singh is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu film industry. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Hindi and Kannada films. Rakul started a modelling career while in college, during which she also made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009). In 2011, she participated in the Femina Miss India pageant in which she was placed fifth and won five pageant titles, including 'Miss India People’s Choice'. She subsequently opted to become a full-time actress, making her Telugu debut in Keratam the same year and her Tamil debut in Thadaiyara Thaakka, the following year. In 2014 she also made her Bollywood debut in Yaariyan in which her performance was better received.
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Christian Oliver

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Christian Oliver (March 3, 1972 - January 4, 2024) was a German actor. Oliver was born in Celle and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. He relocated to the US to work as a model and subsequently take acting lessons in New York and Los Angeles. In 2003 and 2004, Oliver co-starred in 28 episodes of the German action TV series Alarm für Cobra 11. He died alongside his two daughters in a plane crash off the coast of a Caribbean island. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Oliver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Charles Scorsese

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Luciano Charles Scorsese (May 5, 1913 – August 23, 1993) was an American actor and father of filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Scorsese was born in New York City, the son of Teresa and Francesco Scorsese, Sicilian immigrants from Polizzi Generosa, a small town near Palermo. He married Catherine Cappa in 1933. He was the father of Academy Award-winning film director Martin Scorsese. In 1976 he made his first film appearance in Taxi Driver, albeit in a still newspaper photograph with his wife, as Iris’ father. He later appeared in his son’s 1980 film, Raging Bull, where he played "Charlie.” He featured in the gangster film Goodfellas in 1990, portraying "Vinnie" who was based on the real-life gangster Thomas Agro. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Scorsese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Nickolas Grace

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Nickolas Andrew Halliwell Grace (born 21 November 1947) is an English actor notable for his roles on television, including Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited (1979-1981), and the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin of Sherwood (1984–1986). Other credits include Survivors (1975), The Professionals (1980), Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987), Salome's Last Dance (1988), Birds of a Feather (1989), The Green Man (1990), Evita (1996), The Hunchback (1997), Merlin (1998), Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005), My Family (2008), Doctor Who (2011), and Killing Eve (2019).
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Rain

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Jung Ji-hoon (정지훈), better known by his stage name Rain (비), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.  His acting career began in 2003, when he won the KBS Best New Actor award for his role in the drama "Sang Doo! Let's Go To School". In 2004, Rain won the KBS Excellence in Acting award for his role in the drama "Full House". After starring in "A Love To Kill", he acted in his first Korean film, "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK" (2006), which won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. Rain has acted in the American films "Speed Racer" (2008) and "Ninja Assassin" (2009), the latter of which made him the first Korean to win an MTV award.  Rain acted in another Korean film, "R2B: Return to Base", that was released in August 2012. In 2007, Rain left the management of JYP Entertainment and started his own company, J. Tune Entertainment.
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Jameel Khan

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Jameel Khan is an Indian actor known for his TV series Gullak for which he won two Filmfare O.T.T Awards in category of Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He is also widely known for his roles in several other independent film productions. Born in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, Khan was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital and Aligarh Muslim University.He moved to Mumbai to pursue his acting career, and has acted in films such as Asambhav, Gangs of Wasseypur, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela and Baby. He also acted in Beneath the Sea of Lights starring Academy Award Nominee Barkhad Abdi and Jim Sarbh.
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Mia McKenna-Bruce

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Mia Sasha McKenna-Bruce (born 3 July 1997) is an English actress. She gained prominence through her role as Tee Taylor in Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground. Her films include Persuasion and How to Have Sex. For the latter, she won a British Independent Film Award and the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress. On television, McKenna-Bruce also appeared in the iPlayer series Get Even and the Peacock series Vampire Academy. McKenna is also set to star in the upcoming Netflix series The Seven Dials Mystery as Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mia McKenna-Bruce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Simone Max

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Simone Max (vers 1903 -Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 23 août 1983) est une humoriste, chansonnière et comédienne bruxelloise célèbre pour sa zwanze. Artiste de cabaret haute en couleur, Simone Max s'illustre dans des sketchs qui font la part belle aux quiproquos et aux sous-entendus coquins. La Queue de Billard et La Télévision couleur sont révélateurs de cet humour ravageur teinté d'expressions brusseleer. Simone Max interpréta des rôles au Vaudeville aux Galeries et à la Gaité. Elle commence sa carrière en 1926 à l'Alhambra où elle est entrée dans les grâces de Marcel Roels en 1933. Polyvalente, elle crée et tient le cabaret « Mon Village » dans une cave de la rue des Poissonniers à Bruxelles. Elle interprète un rôle dans le film Far west, réalisé par Jacques Brel en 1973 et présenté au Festival de Cannes. Elle fit ses adieux au public en 1971 après 48 ans de métier. Elle décède le 23 août 1983 à la clinique Saint Étienne à Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Ses funérailles sont célébrées en l'Église royale Sainte-Marie à Schaerbeek, commune où elle résidait.
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