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Geneviève Bujold

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Geneviève Bujold (born July 1, 1942) is a Canadian stage and screen actress, best known for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the 1969 film Anne of the Thousand Days, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for best actress and was nominated for an Academy Award. She made her TV debut with Le square (1963), a 60-minute TV film based on a play by Marguerite Duras, co-starring Georges Groulx. Her Canadian feature film debut was in Amanita Pestilens (1963). She appeared in Michel Brault's film Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967), then went to New York to play the title role in a production of Saint Joan (1967) for Hallmark Hall of Fame on American TV. Although she said she preferred film most and television least out of all the mediums, she received great acclaim for this including an Emmy nomination. In Canada, she starred in Isabel (1968), written and directed by her then-husband Paul Almond. It was one of the first Canadian films to be picked up for distribution by a major Hollywood studio. International recognition came in 1969, when she starred as Anne Boleyn in Charles Jarrott's film Anne of the Thousand Days, with Richard Burton. Producer Hal B. Wallis cast her after seeing her in Isabel. For her performance, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. It was released by Universal who signed her to a three-picture contract. Her other film credits include The Trojan Women (1971), Earthquake (1974), Obsession (1976), Coma (1978) with Michael Douglas, Murder by Decree (1979), Tightrope (1984) with Clint Eastwood, Choose Me (1984), and Dead Ringers (1988) with Jeremy Irons. She had supporting roles in The Adventures of Pinocchio (1995), The House of Yes (1997), Last Night (1998), You Can Thank Me Later (1998), Eye of the Beholder (1999), The Bookfair Murders (2000), Children of My Heart (2001) and Alex in Wonder (2001). Her later appearances include Jericho Mansions (2003), Finding Home (2004), Downtown: A Street Tale (2004), By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005), Disappearances (2006), Deliver Me (2006), The Trotsky (2009), For the Love of God (2011), Still Mine (2012), Northern Borders (2013), and Chorus (2015). She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in Saint Joan. She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award For her portrayal of Irene in Still Mine. She won three Canadian Film Awards for Best Actress for her roles in the films Isabel, The Act of the Heart, and Kamouraska. She won a Prix Gemeaux Award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Paper Wedding, and was nominated for Best Actress for her role in the film L'Emprise. She won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Murder By Decree, and was nominated for four more Genie Awards for her roles in Final Assignment, Dead Ringers, My Friend Max, and Last Night.
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Biagio Antonacci

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Biagio Antonacci (born 9 November 1963) is an Italian singer-songwriter from Milan. Biagio Antonacci was born in Milan and was raised in one of its suburbs (Rozzano). Despite learning how to play the drums at a young age, he had to study to obtain a diploma in surveying. He participated in the 38th Sanremo Music Festival in 1988 with the song Voglio vivere in un attimo. He was first signed to a record company in 1989, with his debut album Sono cose che capitano which went unnoticed except for the song Fiore. His second album, Adagio Biagio, was released two years later. He slowly rose to recognition due to his two songs Danza sul mio petto and Però ti amo receiving airtime on the radio. He has two sons with Marianna Morandi, daughter of the Italian singer and actor Gianni Morandi. Despite the interest raised from his first two albums, he did not break into the music scene. He was aware that if his third album did not satisfy the expectations of the record company, he would be gambling with his career. In 1992 he released a single from his third album, Liberatemi with which he travelled around Italy participating in the Festivalbar and with which he finally obtained the recognition he deserved. The album Liberatemi, produced by Mauro Malavasi, sold 150,000 copies and ratified the importance of Biagio Antonacci in the world of Italian music. In spite of these commitments, he dedicated his time to another of his passions, football; and became the leader of homegrown singers that aim to benefit charities. In one of these occasions Don Pierino Gelmini and various enterprises collaborated with him on a project for young dropouts to return. In 1993 he participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Non so più a chi credere; in the same year he toured around all of Italy and gained public acknowledgement. 1999 he had a hit single with Viktor Lazlo in Belgium, "It's a Message for You" for her album Amour(s), which peaked at No. 7 on the Belgian single charts and remained there for 17 weeks. On 1 September 2005 in Hollywood, Biagio Antonacci received the World Music Award for "Best-Selling Male Italian Artist" for over a million copies of his two-part album Convivendo sold by early November. Source: Article "Biagio Antonacci" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Veronika Ustimova

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Participant of the show “Voice. Children "and" Junior Eurovision 2017 ". Veronika does not hold acting experience. It is not the first year that she has starred in the musicals “Ballad of a Little Heart”, “Lady Perfection”, “Scarlet Sails”, “Magic Gift”, “Special Day”, “A Star by the Name of Sirius”, “Magic Disney Constellation”, “ The Little Prince ”in the capital’s theaters. Winner of the national selection of the international competition "Slavic Bazaar 2015", finalist of the national selection of "Junior Eurovision 2017" (second place), participant in the show "Voice. Children ”on Channel One and“ The Battle of Talents ”on MuzTV, winner in the“ Breakthrough of the Year 2017 ”nomination according to the Young Singers Awards.
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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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Chris Evans

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Christopher Robert Evans (born June 13, 1981) is an American actor. He began his career with roles in television series, such as in Opposite Sex in 2000. Following appearances in several teen films including 2001's Not Another Teen Movie, he gained attention for his portrayal of Marvel Comics character the Human Torch in 2005's Fantastic Four, and its sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). Evans made further appearances in film adaptations of comic books and graphic novels: TMNT (2007), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and Snowpiercer (2013). He gained wider recognition for his portrayal of Steve Rogers / Captain America in several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, namely Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and Captain America: Civil War (2016), and the ensemble films The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). His work on the Marvel series established him as one of the world's highest-paid actors. Aside from comic book roles, Evans starred in the drama Gifted (2017), the mystery film Knives Out (2019), and the television miniseries Defending Jacob (2020). He made his directorial debut in 2014 with the romantic drama Before We Go, which he also produced and starred in. Evans made his Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of Kenneth Lonergan's play Lobby Hero, which earned him a Drama League Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Evans (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Yumiko Abe

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is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name Yumi Ohka (桜花 由美 Ōka Yumi). Originally trained by the now defunct JDStar promotion, Ohka now works for Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave. She is currently in her second reign as the Wave Single Champion, while also being a former Oz Academy Tag Team Champion and Wave Tag Team Champion. She is the managing director of Zabun Co., Ltd., which owns Pro Wrestling Wave November 27, Ohka and Matsumoto defeated the Oz Academy Tag Team Champions, Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota, in a non-title match.On February 26, 2012, Ohka, Matsumoto, Nagashima and Yu-Yu had a four-way match to determine the number one contender to their leader Mayumi Ozaki's Oz Academy Openweight Championship. Ohka was eliminated from the match by the eventual winner, Chikayo Nagashima.On February 10, 2013, Ohka and Mayumi Ozaki defeated Akino and Ayumi Kurihara to win the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship. They, however, lost the title just 28 days later in their first defense to the team of Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa of Jungle Jack 21. Ohka attempted to recapture the title from Matsumoto and Nakagawa with new Seikigun partner Mio Shirai on September 15, but the two were unsuccessful.When Shirai was given the storyline booking rights for Oz Academy's March 2 event, she handed Ohka and Mayumi Ozaki a rematch for the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship. The two were, however, defeated in the title match by Matsumoto and Nakagawa. On December 13, 2015, Ohka received her first ever shot at the Oz Academy Openweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Sonoko Kato North America (2011–present) On October 1, 2011, Ohka made her American debut for the Shimmer Women Athletes promotion in Berwyn, Illinois, losing to Sara Del Rey as part of Volume 41.Later that same day on Volume 42, Ohka defeated Courtney Rush. The following day on Volumes 43 and 44, Ohka defeated Mia Yim and lost to Serena Deeb, respectively. During her week in North America, Ohka also made an appearance for nCw Femmes Fatales in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 8, losing to Cheerleader Melissa. On October 27, 2012, Ohka returned to the United States and Shimmer Women Athletes, defeating Christina Von Eerie as part of Volume 49.Later that same night on Volume 50, Ohka was defeated by Kellie Skater. The following night on Volume 51, Ohka defeated Shimmer Tag Team Champion Nicole Matthews in a singles match. Later that same night on Volume 52, Ohka defeated fellow Wave worker Ohka returned to Shimmer on April 11, 2015, losing to Madison Eagles on Volume 72. The following day on Volume 74, Ohka defeated Nicole Savoy. Ohka returned to Shimmer on October 10, first defeating Makoto on Volume 76 and then losing to Jessicka Havok on Volume 77 The following day, Ohka formed a tag team with Cheerleader Melissa, with the two defeating Hiroyo Matsumoto and Makoto on Volume 78 and KC Spinelli and Xandra Bale on Volume 79.Ohka returned to Shimmer in June 2016.Ohka teamed up with Melanie Cruise throughout the run and on Volume 85, the two unsuccessfully challenged Evie and Heidi Lovelace for the Shimmer Tag Team Championshi
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Nashwa Mustafa

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Nashwa graduated from the Institute for Theatrical Arts. She has worked on the television series “Khalty Saffiyah wa al-Deer” (“My Aunt Saffiyah and the Monastery”), “al-Ameer al-Maghoul” (“The Mysterious Prince”), “Nahnnu la Nazra’ fee al-Shawk” (“We Do not Sow Thorns”), “Raddya Raddya wa Arda mosh Raddy” (“Satisfied”) and “Zaman ‘Emad al-Deen” (“The Age of ‘Emad al-Deen”). Moreover she has also taken part in the theatrical productions “Iz’areena”, “Lan Tasqut al-Quds” (“Jerusalem Will not Fall”) and “al-Nass al-ly fee al-Talit”. Nashwa made an outstanding comedy actress when representing the character of the spinster looking for a husband. Thus she has portrayed such roles in “Film Thaqqafy” (“Educational Film”) and “al-Raggul al-Abbyad al-Muttawasit” (“The Average White Male”). However it should be noted that she has sometimes exaggerated her performances of such roles.
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Ana de Armas

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Ana de Armas was born in Cuba on April 30, 1988. At the age of 14, she began her studies at the National Theatre School of Havana, where she graduated after 4 years. She made her film debut with Una rosa de Francia (2006), which was directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. In 2006 she moved to Spain where she continued her film career, and started doing television. She currently lives between Madrid and Barcelona. Ana is known for her roles in Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Knives Out (2019), and No Time to Die (2021).
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Mimi Chakraborty

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Mimi Chakraborty is a Bengali film and television actress. She rose to fame by playing the role "Pupe", the female lead in mega serial Gaaner Oparey. Mimi was a model briefly before starting her acting career. She participated in Femina Miss India. Her soap acting debut was with Champion. Her second project was a TV serial Gaaner Oparey, produced by Ideas Creations. It aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Ideas Creations, the production house of Prosenjit Chatterjee together with Star Jalsha launched the mega-serial "Gaaner Oparey" to pay tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the 150th anniversary of his birth. The likes of Rituparno Ghosh (who was initial scriptwriter of Gaaner Oparey), Debojyoti Mishra (Music Director), and other noted personalities from the film industry were involved with the project. Her debut film "Bapi Bari Jaa" was released in 7 December 2012. Her next ventures are Mini (2022), Khela Jawkhon (2022) and Hindi remake of Posto. She was listed as the most desirable woman in the Calcutta Times list of Most Desirable Women 2016 and 2020. In 2019, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Jadavpur constituency.
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Tara Sutaria

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Tara Sutaria is an Indian actress, singer, and dancer who works in Hindi films and television. She started her television career as a child artist in 2010 with Disney India's Big Bada Boom and went on to star in the channel's sitcoms The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (2012) and Oye Jassie (2013). In 2019, Sutaria ventured into films by playing a college student in the teen drama Student of the Year 2, for which she won Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut and was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Also in 2019, she played a mute girl in the action film Marjaavaan.
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