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Rebecca Ferguson

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Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born October 19, 1983) is a Swedish actress. She began her acting career with the Swedish soap opera Nya tider (1999–2000) and went on to star in the slasher film Drowning Ghost (2004). She came to international prominence with her portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville in the British television miniseries The White Queen (2013), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film. In 2023, she starred in the Apple TV+ science fiction drama series Silo. Ferguson starred as MI6 agent Ilsa Faust in the action spy film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) and its sequels Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). She also played Jenny Lind in the musical film The Greatest Showman (2017) and acted in science fiction horror film Life (2017), starred in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and had supporting parts in the comedy-drama Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), the mystery thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), and the science fiction film Men in Black: International (2019). She portrayed Lady Jessica in the sci-fi epic Dune (2021) and reprised her role in its sequel Dune: Part Two (2024).
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Dalton Trumbo

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Dalton Trumbo was an American film and television screenwriter and novelist. He was one of the Hollywood Ten, the group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the American motion picture industry. While blacklisted and not permitted to work, he won two Academy Awards in the category "Best Writing" for "Roman Holiday", originally given to front writer Ian McLellan Hunter, and for "The Brave One", awarded to Robert Rich, one of Trumbo's pseudonyms.
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Enzo Salvi

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Diplomatosi all'Istituto Agrario, inizia a lavorare come giardiniere del comune di Roma: i colleghi, colpiti dalla sua caratteristica "battuta pronta", lo convincono ad intraprendere la carriera di cabarettista. Le esibizioni serali a Roma e dintorni riscuotono molto successo e lo portano al debutto in teatro, nel 1990, con la commedia di Plauto "Il Miles Gloriosus". Nel 1991 con Mariano D'Angelo fonda i “Mammamia che Impressione”, duo che conquista subito la piazza Romana. Mammamia comme sto! è il "tormentone" di “Er Cipolla”, " divenuto uno dei più celebri del Seven Show. In teatro commedie come Balle di Natale, Fiumi di forfora e A qualcuno piace Carlo - il suo esordio, tutto esaurito, al teatro Brancaccio - raccolgono subito il favore del pubblico. La notorietà su scala nazionale arriva grazie al grande schermo dove interpreta da protagonista Vacanze di Natale 2000, seguito da Bodyguards, Merry Christmas, Natale sul Nilo, Natale in India, Le barzellette e Il ritorno del Monnezza. In tv è apparso anche in Barbecue, nel film Di che peccato sei diretto da Pierfrancesco Pingitore, in Stracult Sogni e Striscia la notizia. Nel 2006, Enzo Salvi, entra nel cast del nuovo film di Natale Olé insieme, tra gli altri, a Massimo Boldi ed a Vincenzo Salemme. Nel 2006 è anche comparso in un cameo nei film culto Notte prima degli esami e Notte prima degli esami - Oggi. Nel 2007 ha avuto una piccola comparsa in 2061 - Un anno eccezionale di Carlo Vanzina, dove interpretava un becchino. Sempre nel 2007 interpreta Matrimonio alle Bahamas, dove il protagonista è Massimo Boldi; ha preso parte, l'anno successivo, alla quarta serie di Un ciclone in famiglia. Nel 2008 lo rivediamo protagonista nel film a episodi Un'estate al mare e nel nuovo film di Natale con Massimo Boldi La fidanzata di papà. Ha inventato il personaggio di "Agusto" lo scienziato del Wrestling, che va in onda sul canale GXT su Sky e sul canale K2 del digitale terrestre. Nel 2012 è tra gli inviati speciali della trasmissione televisiva Punto su di te su Rai 1. Dal luglio 2012 è il protagonista maschile di Ricci e capricci, una sitcom di Italia 1[1][2].
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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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Rob Riggle

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Robert A. Riggle Jr. (born April 21, 1970) is an American comedian, actor and retired United States Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. Riggle has amassed many notable television credits and has also earned roles in several feature films, including Le Lorax (2012) and 21 Jump Street (2012). After graduating from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in Theater and Film, Riggle joined the Marines and earned a Master's degree from Webster University in Public Administration. A featured cast member onSaturday Night Live (1975) during the 2004/2005 season, Riggle then joined Comedy Central's The Daily Show (1996) in 2006 as a correspondent. Riggle's numerous television appearances, including credits on Chappelle's Show (2003), 30 Rock (2006) and The Office (2005) would lead to big-screen roles in FVery Bad Trip (2009) and Very Bad Cops (2010). When he is not on set or traveling across the United States performing stand-up comedy, Rob Riggle lives in Los Angeles.
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Fernando Poe Jr.

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Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), better known as Fernando Poe, Jr. and colloquially known as FPJ and Da King, was a Filipino actor. During the latter part of his career, Poe was defeated by incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the 2004 Philippine Presidential elections, a result roundly believed to have been fraudulent. His long career as an action film star earned him the moniker "King of Philippine Movies" (often shortened to Da King). Poe was posthumously declared a National Artist of the Philippines for Film on 23 May 2006 by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The award was confirmed by President Benigno Aquino III on 20 July 2012, and was presented to his family on 16 August. Ronald Allan K. Poe was the son of Filipino actor Allan Fernando R. Poe (Fernando Poe, Sr.) and Elizabeth Kelley, an American. He was born in San Carlos City, Pangasinan. His parents were not yet legally married when he was born on August 20, 1939, although his parents were later married in 1940. His opponents tried to derail his bid for the presidency when they sought to disqualify him as an illegitimate son of a non-Filipino mother. He was the second among six siblings and it was his brother Andy who was really named Fernando Poe, Jr. which FPJ later adopted, to bank on the popularity of his father who was a top actor in his time. Conrad Poe, a Filipino actor is FPJ's half-brother, the illegitimate son of the late Fernando Poe Sr. and actress Patricia Mijares. Pou is the original spelling of the family's surname from his grandfather, playwright Lorenzo Pou, a Catalan migrant from Majorca, Spain, who ventured into mining and business in the Philippines.
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Ray Cokes

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Raymond Christopher Cokes (born 24 February 1958) is an English television presenter. Cokes' father was an officer in the Royal Navy, and was stationed at various navy bases around the world. When Cokes was fifteen, the family permanently resettled back to Britain. At age 20, Cokes moved to Belgium, where he took on various jobs, including as a DJ on a local radio station. This led to a job as a music presenter on Belgian national TV channel RTBF, on which he presented the show Rox Box in 1982. With growing reputation, more music video shows followed, on Sky Channel and Music Box. When MTV Europe launched in 1987, Cokes became a video jockey, regularly co-presenting alongside Marcel Vanthilt. Between 1992 and 1995, Cokes hosted MTV Europe's live television series MTV's Most Wanted, an award-winning daily show which soon became the most popular on channel with its zoo TV format. The studio crew were as big as the celebrities who appeared on the show, including Rob & Andy, the cameramen; floor manager, Nina, and Pathetic Pat. Each night (Tuesday to Friday), musical stars performed live as well as competitions and on-air phone calls to viewers. The team wanted to end the show at its peak, with the last six months with Will MacDonald as producer. MacDonald was associated with Chris Evans on many of his TV projects. The last musical act were The Cure, who let Cokes play with them on their final song. Other guests that night included Bjork and Bono from U2. After a two-month sabbatical, MTV decided to spend money on a big once-a-week spectacular called X Ray Vision. Instead of coming from the studio, it used the first floor of the MTV building in Camden Lock. After several weeks, the show went on location to Hamburg. It was billed to feature punk band Die Toten Hosen playing live on screen; however, a local journalist wrote that the band would be there in person. A large number of their fans turned up and were disappointed to discover the false advertising. They vented their anger by throwing glass bottles and beer at a confused Cokes and camera crew, who were unaware of what had been written in the press. For the safety of his crew, Cokes decided to end the show early. MTV used him as a scapegoat, and a week later the show went out for a final time, bringing Cokes' time at MTV to an end, after nine years. Not long after, MTV Europe broke up into localised versions, and in 1994 Cokes released a single titled "Simply Sexy!", under the name Ray Cokes & the Sex Gods, featuring Al Agami, the song's title referring to one of the catchphrases frequently used in Most Wanted. While working with Will MacDonald on MTV's Most Wanted Cokes met Chris Evans, who brought him to the original Virgin 1215 in the UK. The show went out weekday evenings in a similar time slot to his old TV show. Cokes also presented series 2 of Channel Four's hit 90s TV show Wanted. His subsequent work includes presenting En Direct de from 2005 to 2009, broadcast on the French television station France 4. Cokes also worked as the compère for the White Concert, a live concert recorded in Horsens, Denmark, in November 2008 due to the 40-year jubilee of the Beatles' eponymous White Album. ... Source: Article "Ray Cokes" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Vakhtang Kikabidze

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Father was a journalist, mother was a famous singer from the ancient Bagrationi family. In 1942, Konstantin Kikabidze died the death of the brave in the battles of Kerch. In 1956-1959 he studied at the University of Tbilisi. In 1961-1963 - student of the Institute of Foreign Languages. Since 1959 - artist of the Tbilisi Philharmonic, since 1967 - soloist of VIA "Orera". Film debut - in 1966 in the film "Meeting in the mountains." As a screenwriter and director, he shot two full-length films: "Be Healthy, Dear" - the first prize at the International Comedy Film Festival in the city of Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and "Men and All Others". People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1980).
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AnnaSophia Robb

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AnnaSophia Robb (born December 8, 1993) is an American actress, model, and singer. She began as a child actress on television, making her leading debut as the titular role in Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004). She made her feature film debut in Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), followed by the supporting role of Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Her performance as Leslie Burke in Bridge to Terabithia (2007) garnered her recognition and praise, and two Young Artist Awards. Her subsequent film roles include Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Soul Surfer (2011), and The Way Way Back (2013). She received wider recognition and praise for playing the lead role of Carrie Bradshaw on The CW's series The Carrie Diaries (2013–2014). In 2019, she played the role of Gypsy Blanchard's neighbor Lacey in the Hulu miniseries The Act.
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Ahna Capri

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anna Marie Nanasi, better known by her professional name Ahna Capri (July 6, 1944 – August 19, 2010) was Budapest, Hungary-born American film and television actress best known for her role as Tania (secretary of the Han) in the classic martial-arts movie Enter the Dragon.  Capri started her career as a child actress, appearing on such series as Father Knows Best and The Danny Thomas Show. She made her film debut at age 13 in Outlaw's Son. She went on to appear in many more TV and films, including Enter the Dragon and Payday (both 1973). On August 9, 2010, Capri was in a car accident in which a 5-ton truck collided with her car. After 11 days in a coma and on life support, she died on August 19, aged 66. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ahna Capri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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