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Jennifer Coolidge

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Jennifer Audrey Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress. Primarily noted for her roles in comedic film and television, she may be best known for her roles as Jeanine "Stifler's Mom" Stifler in the American Pie film series (1999–2012) and as Paulette Bonafonté Parcelle in the Legally Blonde film series (2001–2003). She is a regular actor in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films, such as Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). Coolidge is an alumna of The Groundlings, an improv and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles. Coolidge also appeared in the films A Cinderella Story (2004), Robots (2005), Click (2006), Date Movie (2006), American Dreamz (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Igor (2008), Soul Men (2008), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Austenland (2013), Like a Boss (2020), Promising Young Woman (2020), and Single All the Way (2021). On television, she is known for her roles as Roberta "Bobbie" Morganstern in the NBC sitcom Joey (2004–2006), Betty in the ABC Family teen drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2012), Zofia "Sophie" Kaczyński in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017), and Tanya McQuoid in the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2021), the latter of which earned her critical acclaim, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award, and receiving nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Adolfo J. Kolmerer

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Adolfo is an Award winning Film and commercial director based in Berlin, Germany Born in Caracas, Venezuela, and soon after getting his degree in informatics Adolfo decided to do something different. So he packed all his stuff in a 20 kgs suitcase, left his home country and moved to Berlin, Germany. While learning german and doing various jobs, he was invited to visit a movie set and in that moment he found his true calling: making films. He learned the ropes of filmmaking quickly and never looked back. he has been doing his dream job ever since - shooting shorts, features, commercials and music videos. He's the happiest person when he is on set, very passionate about what he does and enjoys pushing the limits and going the extra mile. Adolfo can work fluently in three languages: English, Spanish and German. And he greatly enjoys going everywhere in the world to do what he loves.
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Eiza González

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Eiza González is a Mexican actress and singer. She gained popularity for her debut role as Lola Valente in the Mexican musical Lola, érase una vez. She also portrayed the lead role of Clara Molina on the Nickelodeon teen drama Sueña conmigo. She is also known for her roles as Monica "Darling" Castello in the action crime film Baby Driver (2017), Nyssiana in the cyberpunk action film Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Madam M in The Fast and the Furious spin-off film Hobbs & Shaw, Fran in I Care A Lot (2021).
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Sammo Hung

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Sammo Hung (Chinese: 洪金寶, born Hung Kam Po, 7 January 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, producer and director, known for his work in many kung fu films and Hong Kong action cinema. He has been a fight choreographer for, amongst others, Jackie Chan, King Hu, and John Woo. Hung is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the vampire-like Jiang Shi genre. He is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots, giving them their starts in the Hong Kong film industry, by casting them in the films he produced, or giving them roles in the production crew. In East Asia, it is common for people to address their elders or influential people with familial nouns as a sign of familiarity and respect. Jackie Chan, for example, is often addressed as "Dai Goh", meaning Big Brother. Hung was also known as "Dai Goh", until the filming of Project A, which featured both actors. As Hung was the eldest of the kung fu "brothers", and the first to make a mark on the industry, he was given the nickname "Dai Goh Dai", meaning, Big, Big Brother or Biggest Big Brother. Was a member of the"Seven Little Fortunes" in Yu Jim-Yuen's China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School.
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Roland Bottomley

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Roland Bottomley (1880-1947) was a British born American stage and film actor from Liverpool, England. Some sources have him born in 1878 and others in 1879. He came to America circa 1913 and settled in California. He first made movies for the Kalem Company. By the 1920s he acted at Paramount, Fox, Universal and for Thomas H. Ince. After his last film in 1925 he returned to Broadway for the remainder of his career. Bottomley died in New York at the beginning of 1947. Source: Article "Roland Bottomley" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Romy Fay

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Romy Fay is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is currently debuting as Young Sally/Mimi in the Original Broadway Cast of Tom Stoppard's "Leopoldstadt" at the Longacre Theatre. She stars as a Series Regular, Leeli, in the streaming animated series, The Wingfeather Saga (Dec 2022). She also appears as major recurring character, Luisa Dubin, in the AppleTV+ show "Best Foot Forward" (2022). She recently made appearances on the second season of the critically acclaimed Home Economics on ABC (2022) and Face's Music Party on NickJr. (2022). She previously starred in the short film, "Yes, Chef", winner of the Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum (2021). Romy has many exciting upcoming projects, including a recurring role on another animated series for a major streamer and three upcoming national commercial campaigns. She plays ukulele and piano and is currently recording an album of original songs as well as an album children's music to be released in early 2023. In addition to her passion for performing, Romy is an avid reader, an enthusiastic story teller and creative writer, and a lover of animals and creatures of all sizes. She is a rising equestrian in English hunter/jumper and also enjoys figure skating, painting, swimming, aerial arts and volunteering/doing good deeds in the community.
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Engin Benli

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Engin Benli (born 23 February 1970) is a Turkish actor. He started his professional theatrical life as an actor in Ankara State Theatre. He then worked as a trainee artist at Bursa State Theatre between 1995 and 1997. Since 1997, the year of its establishment, he has been participating as an actor in the Izmit City Theater. In addition to being a theater actor, he also does various film and television work. In particular, he was widely known for his role as commander-in-chief Orhan in the series Kanıt, which aired between 2010 and 2013. He later played the character of Zafer in the series Poyraz Karayel. He played the character Artem in the TV series Göç Zamanı. In 2019, the 134th episode of the Diriliş Ertuğrul was released, he was involved in the series with his character Alıncak. In 2020, he joined the TV series Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz as Yaman Korkmaz.
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Anya Chalotra

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Anya Chalotra is an actress who has appeared in Wanderlust (2018) and The ABC Murders (2018). Anya trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her talent was developed as a pupil at St Dominic’s Brewood, which in 2017 became St Dominic’s Grammar School and has introduced the 11-plus exam for its preparatory pupils. She worked with Carol Molin, the school’s head of expressive arts, and starred on stage in many of the school’s productions. After leaving St Dominic’s sixth form, with Theatre Studies among her three A Levels, Anya trained first at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and then at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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Lily Bouwmeester

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Lily Geertruida Maria Henriëtte Bouwmeester (1901–1993) was a Dutch stage and film actress, who received an honorary Golden Calf for being "the best actress in Pre-War Dutch cinema". The daughter of two musicians, Bouwmeester spent her youth touring Europe with her parents. When constant travelling proved to be too exhausting, she moved in with her aunt, actress Theo Mann-Bouwmeester. She dreamed to become a dancer, but her aunt demanded for her to become an actress and sent her to several auditions. At the age of 14, she debuted in a stage production by Herman Heijermans. Bouwmeester made her screen debut in silent film Majoor Frans (1916). In 1917, she landed a contract with a prestigious theatre in Amsterdam and performed at the Stadsschouwburg, receiving much acclaim from theatre critics. While working on a play in 1920, she met actor Theo Frenkel Jr., whom she married in 1921. Soon after that she left the Stadsschouwburg to produce her own plays with her husband. After her divorce in the early 30s, Bouwmeester decided she needed a break and left the theatre. She did not, however, give up acting. In 1935, when the sound film had just been introduced in the Netherlands, she auditioned for the lead role in The Cross-Patch (1935), but had no luck. She was noticed by director Ludwig Berger, who cast her in Pygmalion (1937). The production was a success; Bouwmeester became an instant star and was offered a five-year contract with Paramount Pictures. She declined, however, because her new husband, actor Cor van der Lugt Melsert, was unwilling to travel to the United States with her. During World War II, Bouwmeester secretly took in two Jewish children in her home. After the liberation in 1945, she was offered movie roles again, but declined all offers. She decided to return to theatre instead and played in the famous stage production of Pygmalion. In 1969, she resigned from acting completely.
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Eddie Albert

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Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005), known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, traveling salesman Ali Hakim in the musical Oklahoma!, and the corrupt prison warden in 1974's The Longest Yard. He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television situation comedy Green Acres and as Frank MacBride in the 1970s crime drama Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman. Description above from the Wikipedia Eddie Albert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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