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Leonie Benesch

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Leonie Benesch (born April 22, 1991) is a German actress who has played roles in major productions including Babylon Berlin and The Crown, as well as Around the World in 80 Days. She is currently based in London. In 2009, Benesch played the role of Eva in the film The White Ribbon, which won the Golden Palm. Film critics singled out her performance as "a discovery". She received the American "Young Artist Award" for her work, as well as a "New Faces Award". In 2010, she performed in Philip Koch's drama Picco and in Sophie Heldman's film Colors in the Dark (Satte Farben vor Schwarz), where she worked alongside Senta Berger and Bruno Ganz. In 2017, Benesch performed in Babylon Berlin as Greta Overbeck, winning the "German Acting Prize". Benesch also performed in The Crown as the sister of Prince Philip, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. In 2020, she was cast in the BBC miniseries Around the World in 80 Days, alongside David Tennant as Phileas Fogg and Ibrahim Koma as Passepartout. Benesch grew up in Tübingen, and attended the Freie Waldorfschule. She also attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is of French and Transylvanian descent.
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Park Ji-hu

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Park Ji-hu (Hangul: 박지후; born November 7, 2003) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 2018 critically acclaimed film House of Hummingbird. Park Ji-hu's first acting experience was in 5th grade, when she acted as a street caster. Since then, she has been film-oriented and became known to the public in the role of Eun Hee, the star of "House of Hummingbird" in 2019, and won the Best Actress Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Since then, she received the New Actress Award at the Yeongpyeong Awards and was recognized for her acting skills.
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Hiroyo Matsumoto

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is Japanese professional wrestler. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of Lady Destroyer (破壊する女 Hakai Suru Onna) because Matsumoto broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut. She graduated from Hiratsuka Konan High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture. On March 10, 2013, Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa defeated Mayumi Ozaki and Yumi Ohka to win the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship for the second time. On April 24, Matsumoto and Nakagawa lost the title to Aja Kong and Hikaru Shida. On August 11, Matsumoto and Nakagawa regained the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship from Kong and Shida. On October 19, Matsumoto returned to Shimmer and on Volume 59 unsuccessfully challenged Cheerleader Melissa for the Shimmer Championship.On October 25, Matsumoto made her debut for Shimmer's sister promotion, Shine Wrestling, unsuccessfully challenging Rain for the Shine Championship in the main event On December 29, Matsumoto won her first title in Stardom, when she, Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa defeated the Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female, The Female Predator "Amazon" and Kyoko Kimura) for the Artist of Stardom Championship. On August 10, 2014, Matsumoto, Iwatani and Wakizawa lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki in their fifth defense. On August 31, Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa vacated the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship due to Matsumoto being sidelined with a knee injury. Matsumoto returned from her knee injury on April 12, 2015, at a Shimmer Women Athletes event. She returned early in order to take part in Tomoka Nakagawa's second to last match, where she, Nakagawa, Kellie Skater and Misaki Ohata were defeated by Aja Kong, Dynamite Kansai, Kyoko Kimura and Mayumi Ozaki. Matsumoto's official return match took place at her self produced event on June 28, where she was defeated by Arisa Nakajima. On December 6, Matsumoto won her first title since her return, when she, Evie and Kellie Skater captured the vacant Artist of Stardom Championship. On February 28, 2016, Matsumoto, Evie and Skater lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani in their third defense.[39] On November 13, at Oz Academy's 20th anniversary event, Matsumoto defeated Sonoko Kato to win the Oz Academy Openweight Championship for the first time. WWE (2018) Matsumoto was announced to take part in the 2018 Mae Young Classic.She appeared as a villainess and defeated Rachel Evers in the first round. In the second round, Matsumoto was eliminated by Toni Storm.
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Édouard Molinaro

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He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (Oscar, etc.), My Uncle Benjamin (with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade), Dracula and Son (with Christopher Lee), and the Academy Award-nominated La Cage aux Folles (with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi). Molinaro was active as a director until a few years before his death, although he had almost exclusively been producing works for television.[2] In 1996, his cinematic work was awarded the René Clair Award, a prize given by the Académie française for excellent film work. Molinaro died of a respiratory insufficiency in 2013. He was 85. (source: wikipedia)
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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 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Moneca Delain

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Moneca got her feature film break in MGM's "Agent Cody Banks" where she seductively flirted with Frankie Muniz, giving him a holographic lesson on how to act with girls. This turned out to be a springboard, launching her into various roles on projects such as "Battlestar Galactica", "Supernatural", as well as a recurring role on "Smallville". In 2006, Moneca was cast in "Kill Kill Faster Faster", an indie based on the acclaimed novel by Joel Rose. She stars opposite fellow Canadians Gil Bellows and Lisa Ray. When filming wrapped on location in Rotterdam, Holland, she returned to her hometown of Vancouver, B.C. to join the cast of "4: Rise of the Silver Surfer", the sequel to 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four". By the end of the year, Moneca began production on the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures/Bryan Singer produced horror anthology "Trick 'r Treat". The film takes place on Halloween night, intertwining four story-lines with an ensemble cast that includes Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker & Leslie Bibb. Early 2011 found Moneca working opposite Cory Monteith & Dustin Milligan in the improvised Carl Bessai comedy, "Sisters & Brothers", the follow-up to "Mothers & Daughters" and "Fathers & Sons". She completed filming the thriller, "Three Days in Havana" on location in Havana, Cuba & has re-teamed with Gil Bellows for this picture. The cast also includes Kathleen Robertson, Tygh Runyan, Greg Wise & Don McKellar.
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Kalki Koechlin

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Kalki Koechlin is an Indian actress and screenwriter of French ethnicity, who predominantly works in Bollywood. Apart from acting in films, she is also a regular presence in theatre productions in India. Koechlin is the recipient of a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award and two Screen Awards. Drawn to theatre at a young age, Koechlin studied drama and theatre at University of London, and worked simultaneously with a local theatre company. After returning to India, she made her screen debut in the romantic drama Dev.D in 2009, and her performance as Chandramukhi earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She then starred in the comedy-dramas Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013).
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Yūjirō Ishihara

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Yūjirō Ishihara (石原 裕次郎, Ishihara Yūjirō, December 28, 1934 – July 17, 1987) was a Japanese actor and singer born in Kobe.[1] His elder brother is Shintaro Ishihara, an author, politician, and the Governor of Tokyo between 1999 and 2012. Yujiro's film debut was the 1956 film Season of the Sun, based on a novel written by his brother. He was beloved by many fans as a representative youth star in the films of postwar Japan and subsequently as a macho movie hero. He was extravagantly mourned following his early death from liver cancer.
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Desiree Geraldine

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Desiree Geraldine wanted to become an actress at the age of five years old. She would reenact scenes from movies and memorize lines from her favorite TV shows throughout the school day. At the age of 17 years old, Desiree worked up the courage to walk in her purpose and took the appropriate steps to begin her acting career. Desiree has studied acting for eight years and has trained with professional acting coaches and teachers, some of which are well known in the L.A. market. Desiree continues to follow her dreams and enjoy her journey. When Desiree is not on set she loves to read books, play board games, volunteer, work out, research African American/African history, watch British period films, and spend time with her family. Desiree also enjoys the simple things in life such as waking up to a beautiful sunny day and writing in her gratitude journal before breakfast. *Desiree won Best Performance at the 2017 Indie Spirit Film Festival for her very first short film, Come Home which was directed by Ben Rand.
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Emmylou Harris

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, John Denver, The Band, Elvis Costello, Conor Oberst, and Dolly Parton. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emmylou Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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