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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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Jassie Gill

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Jasdeep Singh was born in Punjab, After Becoming a big success in Punjabi Music Industry Gill made his acting debut on the big screen in Mr & Mrs 420. He followed this up with Dil Vil Pyar Vyar. He paired up with Roshan Prince and Simran Kaur Mundi in the romantic comedy Mundeyan Ton Bachke Rahin. Gill signed to make a film with Gauhar Khan in February 2018,titled Oh Yaara Ainvayi Ainvayi Lut Gaya, which marked his debut in Punjabi film. He also committed to star in Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi alongside Sonakshi Sinha, Diana Penty and Jimmy Shergill; this will be his first Bollywood film. It is scheduled to release on 24 August, 2018.
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Vitória Fallavena

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Vitória Fallavena is a director, assistant director, actress and screenwriter from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With a degree in acting from UNIRIO and a drama teacher certification, she has worked as an assistant director in O Tablado theatre from 2015 to 2019. Since then, she has starred in several plays and in short films such as "Eva" (2021), directed by Magno Pinheiro and "Christmas" (2022), directed by Isabella Secchin. Fallavena has also participated in telenovelas and played the character of Mércia in Globo’s famous “Além da Ilusão" (2022). In 2023 she worked as an assistant director in the TV show "Bookaboo", produced by Conspiração Filmes, and started her career as a director with the short film "I don't know if I will have to say everything again”.
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William Abadie

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William Abadie is an actor. William Abadie is an actor and producer born in Saint-Raphaël, on the Côte d'Azur in France. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Megève in the French Alps. After many trips abroad, he settled in Paris where he studied at the Ecole Claude Mathieu. In 1998, he left Paris for New York. He became a student of The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute where he won an award of excellence. It was at this time that he became a permanent member of the Actors Studio. He created his first play in New York in 2000 entitled Italian - American Reconciliation which he produced and in which he acted. A few months later, still as a producer and actor, he staged Off-Broadway Dennis McIntyre Modigliani's play. Her first film appearance dates back to 2002, in Adrian Lyne's film Infidèle, a remake of Claude Chabrol's La Femme infidèle. He recently filmed Homeland Season 3 for Showtime in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Hollie Stenson

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Hollie Stenson was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Her father's job moved the family to Fort Worth, Texas when she was around 9 years old. Spending her formative years in Texas, she received an undergraduate degree in Broadcast Journalism and worked as a reporter for 2 years for an ABC affiliate in Texas. While in college and reporting, she studied acting and developed a passion for it. Performing in community theater on weekends while supporting herself with her reporting job, she finally decided to quit and pursue acting full time. After a wonderfully inspiring role in the Robert Altman film, "Dr. T & The Women", she was hooked. Good fortune followed with the decision to quit her job as a journalist, and she worked regularly as an actor in Texas for about a year before landing the role of "Miss Wyoming" in Sandra Bullock's "Miss Congeniality". With the exposure and success of this film, she packed up and moved to Los Angeles. Working consistently throughout the years in great comedic television and film roles (and some dramatic) she continued her studies in acting and improvisation. All the while, she was the President of a non-profit organization called The FILManthropy Society, and consequently directed it's signature charitable event, the FILManthropy Festival. Inspired by the power of film and media to inspire social change, she pursued a Master's degree in Social Entrepreneurship from Pepperdine University. She subsequently worked on the Social Impact team at the Academy-Award winning production company, Participant Media, helping to craft campaigns to further the social impact of Participant's important films. Hollie loves acting whenever possible, while also maintaining a steady career of helping nonprofits & for-profit businesses become more sustainable and have greater impact, working around the world (most notably Kenya with a women's empowerment organization) and domestically as well. Hollie resides in Los Angeles, speaks Spanish fairly well, and is a very experienced sailor with plans to circumnavigate the globe on sailboat.
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Rachel Nichols

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Rachel Emily Nichols (born January 8, 1980 height 5' 10" (1,78 m) ) is an American actress and model. Nichols began modeling while attending Columbia University in New York City in the late 1990s. She transitioned into television and film acting in the early 2000s; she had a bit part in the romantic drama film Autumn in New York (2000) and a one-episode role in the fourth season of the hit show Sex and the City (2002). Her first major role was in the comedy film Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003). She had the main role in the crime drama television series The Inside (2005), though it was cancelled after one season. Nichols gained recognition playing Rachel Gibson in the final season of the serial action television series Alias (2005–2006) and for her role in the horror film The Amityville Horror (2005). Nichols' first starring film role was in the horror–thriller P2 (2007). She had a supporting role in the coming-of-age film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) and appeared in Star Trek (2009). She starred in the action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and in the sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian (2011). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel Nichols (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Tonino Cervi

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Born on June 14, 1929, in Rome, Italy, Tonino Cervi was a prominent film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was the son of renowned actor Gino Cervi. Cervi began his career as a film producer in 1952 with Sergio Corbucci's La Peccatrice dell'isola. He produced works by esteemed directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, and Bernardo Bertolucci. Transitioning to directing, Cervi made his debut with the spaghetti Western Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968), starring Bud Spencer. He achieved box office success with films like The Miser (1990) and Il malato immaginario (1979), both featuring Alberto Sordi. Cervi passed away on April 1, 2002, in Rapolano Terme, Italy.
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Cassie Ventura

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Casandra Ventura (born August 26, 1986), known professionally as Cassie, is a half Filipino and half black singer, model, and dancer. After being introduced to music producer Ryan Leslie, she was signed to his music-media company, NextSelection Lifestyle Group. Leslie wrote and produced Cassie's first single, "Me & U", which became a major hit in 2006. He convinced Sean "Diddy" Combs to partner his Bad Boy Records with Leslie's NextSelection imprint for the release of her debut album, Cassie, which was released in August 2006. Her second album, Electro Love, has yet to be released. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cassie (singer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Shweta Menon

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Shweta Menon is an Indian model, actress and television anchor. She has predominantly acted in Hindi and Malayalam language films, besides appearing in a number of Tamil productions. Starting her career as an actress in Malayalam feature films in the early 1990s, she ventured into modeling and becoming noted, after participating and winning at several beauty pageants, which led to her debut in Bollywood. Following appearances in over 30 Hindi films, in which she generally conveyed a glamorous image, her acting career took a turn by the mid-2000s, with her returning to Malayalam cinema and accepting substantial roles. She received critical praise and several accolades for her performance in Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009) and Salt N' Pepper (2011). ​
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Cavin Soh

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Cavin Soh used to be a lead singer in the band Dreamz FM (梦飞船)[2] and a radio deejay on MediaCorp's Chinese language station Y.E.S. 93.3FM before switching to television and acting. In 2005, he won the Best Supporting Actor award for his portrayal of Zhou Daqiu, the antagonist, in Portrait of Home. The character was also voted the Top 10 Most Memorable Villains at the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special. Besides acting in dramas, he still juggles his musical interests with television commitments. He has written and performed the theme songs of a number of drama series and was a judge on SuperBand and Campus SuperStar.
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