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- Melody Chase grew up in San Antonio, TX and the outskirts. It became very evident from the time she could walk and talk, that performing to an audience, no matter how big or small, came naturally. She played her first role in elementary school as Tweedle Dee, in "Alice in Wonderland". Although she really wanted the role of Alice, her teacher could clearly see she was more of a comedian. She continued performing in plays all the way through high school, with her most notable roles being Rizzo in "Grease" and then the role of Mommy in Edward Albee's, "The Sandbox", where she won her first award in a UIL competition. Several years later, she decided to walk unannounced into a well known agency in Austin, TX. They were so impressed by her tenacity, charm and personality, the contract was signed that day.
Dramatic, comedic and everything in between, Ms. Chase is certainly up for the challenge. She has played a wide range of roles in commercials, short and independent films, television and feature films - from the faithful wife and mother in "The Association", "Oil Storm", "Beneath The Darkness" and "A Scanner Darkly", to the unfaithful and smarmy Queen Wendy in "Disenchanted".
"Oil Storm" aired on FX, June 5, 2005. When hurricane Katrina occurred only weeks later, the intense correlation left her uneasy and compelled to become proactive. Since then, she has spoken publicly on behalf of the movie, with ASPO-USA (Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas) regarding issues surrounding Peak Oil.MY TOP 01-11/01/2012 - Actress
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Melissa started off in the tennis world. She was nationally ranked and played on the Satellite tour before playing for Clemson University and then getting a full scholarship to Boston University. While attending Business school and playing for the team she walked into Drama 101 and found home! After graduating with a business degree she went home to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a year only to be drawn to LA LA Land to pursue her real passion of acting. Since being out in LA she has been in indie films along with studio films. She is currently putting all her past experience from the creative side and the business side into Producing. Her first film as a Producer will come out in 2005.- Actress
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Marcela Mar was born on 16 March 1979 in Colombia. She is an actress and producer, known for Between You and Milagros (2020), Satanás (2007) and El Chapo (2017).- Actress
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Maria Mayenzet was born in April 1959. She is an actress and producer, known for Jagged Edge (1985), Dead Sexy (2001) and Messenger of Death (1988). She is married to Marvin I. Bartel. They have one child.- Maria Pitillo was born in Elmira, NY, and grew up in Mahwah, NJ. She is of Italian and Irish descent.
Known primarily for her role as Audrey Timmonds in the monster flick Godzilla (1998), Maria got into show business after being invited by a girlfriend to audition for a part in a TV commercial. After a few tryouts, Maria was soon being featured in television commercials for everything from Pepto-Bismol and Chic Jeans, to working bit parts in film and on TV.
Maria was officially introduced to the world as Angel, daughter of a Brooklyn mobster, in the production of Spike of Bensonhurst (1988). After a recurring role on the ABC Soap Opera, Ryan's Hope (1975), Maria then packed her bags and set her sights on Sunny California. With small roles in a number of films and on TV, she got her first shot at a steady gig, and was cast as Gina in the ill-fated South of Sunset (1993), in which only one episode aired.
Two years later, having experienced Hollywood's cycle of boom-and-bust, the undeterred Maria successfully tackled the lead role in the TV movie, Crimes of Passion: Escape from Terror - The Teresa Stamper Story (1995) as well as the role of a mobsters daughter in another TV movie, Between Love and Honor (1995). Topping off a successful year, Maria landed the part of Alicia, on the Fox Network comedy, Partners (1995) co-starring Tate Donovan and Jon Cryer.
Maria made her name with a number of guest starring appearances on TV, and with leading roles in the films Dear God (1996), and Lew Grade's tear-jerker, Something to Believe In (1998). After Godzilla, Maria's career culminated in a recurring role on TV's Providence (1999) (2001-2002). - Actress
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Mariel Hemingway was born on 22 November 1961 in Mill Valley, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Manhattan (1979), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and The Sex Monster (1999). She was previously married to Stephen Crisman.- Actress
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Melissa Biggs spent the first nine years of her life in a log cabin with her family outside of a small town in Oregon. Her father was a general contractor and her mother was a legal secretary. After the family left that rural existence they moved frequently, and Melissa attended 14 grammar schools before finally settling down at Chico State University, where she studied English and drama. She had done some modeling work in Portland, Oregon, as a child, but it wasn't until high school that she decided that her dream was to become an actress, and she was encouraged in that pursuit by an English teacher who was impressed by her exceptional reading and speaking skills. She has since appeared in such TV shows as Baywatch (1989), made-for-TV films as The Disappearance of Nora (1993) and films including Rush Hour 2 (2001).- Actress
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Melissa Ivy Rauch was born in Marlboro, New Jersey. She attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, where she received a BFA degree. While going to school, Melissa performed stand-up comedy around Manhattan, and soon made a name for herself on the NYC comedy scene. Her one-woman show, "The Miss Education of Jenna Bush", in which she portrayed Jenna Bush Hager, the former President's daughter, garnered critical acclaim and played to sold-out audiences (Outstanding Solo Show and TheaterMania's Audience Favorite Award--New York International Fringe Festival/HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival).
Melissa resides in Los Angeles, California, with Winston Rauch, her husband and writing partner.- Actress
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Michelle Chase was born on 7 March 1984. She is an actress, known for The Kingdom (2007), Hancock (2008) and Lone Hero (2002).- Actress
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Michelle Maniscalco is known for Burlesque (2010), Footloose (2011) and Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007).- Mackenzie Milone was born on 7 January 1998 in Edison, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Everybody's Fine (2009), Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) and An Invisible Sign (2010).
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She was born in Iasi, Romania, in the south-east of Europe. She went to a local high school to prepare for a future kindergarten teacher career. She changed her mind (and her life!) one year before graduation and got transferred to a different high school, to learn intensively for joining the university to study law. The Iasi University is known as very competitive; Monica took challenging tests and successfully enrolled in the law college. Though, right before the admission exams she had to face her father's death.
She began studying law but she had to work her way out through college. She took part time jobs as a waitress or as a promoter for various companies. An offer came to pose for a lingerie catalogue and she accepted. This brought her a bit into the spotlight at a local level. During her first university year she represented her college at a beauty pageant, "Miss Transylvania" and she was offered a contract with the best model agency in Bucharest, "M.R.A". For a couple of years she could be seen in TV commercials, but she carried on with her student work.
On her 3rd year of college she was called for an audition at a new TV channel that was about to be launched, B1tv. She began her television career with a daily TV show called "La Strada", as a co-host. It was a show for teenagers and it brought her into the spotlight again, this time at a national level. Soon after that more and more requests came for her to do covers for magazines, interviews; she became increasingly successful. In a few months, she got her own daily half-hour TV show.
In November 2002, she was designated the most beautiful Romanian celebrity by the "Beau Monde" magazine and in December she was chosen "The sexiest TV star" by the most influential Romanian TV guide, "TV Mania". Her show went on, and so did the series of awards she got. In February 2003, the VIVA magazine designated her "The most beautiful Romanian woman" and in July the FHM magazine "crowned" her as "Sexiest Woman". In December, she was, once more, awarded by "TV Mania" as "the sexiest TV celebrity".
In the meantime, she hosted the "Extravaganza" show series. 2004 began with a new challenge: "Viata in Direct" (Life Live) show.
In February 2004, "Viva" magazine designated her again as the "sexiest celebrity" and in December 2004 she was, once more "TV Mania's" choice as the "sexiest TV star". In 2004, she went to Los Angeles to take acting classes and improve her TV host skills. Her career took a new turn: she started doing movies.
In 2004, she got a part in a teenager comedy, "Buds for Life", and by year end she received a role in her first Romanian movie, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005). The film has so far obtained more than 30 awards, including the "Un certain regard" award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, Silver Hugo in Chicago and was nominated for The Best Foreign Film at the Independent Spirit Awards.
In 2005, she got small parts in Incubus (2006) as Karen, in "Second in Command" as Dr. Johnson and in "Living&Dying" as Det Lascar.
In November 2005, she got a recurring part in Lost (2004), the no.1 TV show in the United States, as Gabriella Busoni, a wealthy Italian woman.MY TOP 01-11/01/2012- Morgan was born on January 18, 1993 in Burbank, California. When she was 18 months old, she accidentally fell into a ThermoScan Ear Thermometer commercial. She stopped acting for a while after that but then nailed the part of Kim Baker in the box-office hit, Cheaper by the Dozen (2003).
In 2004 Morgan booked the role of LuLu Plummer in "The Pacifier" along with Vin Diesel and Brittany Snow.
In July of 2005 she once again portrayed Kim Baker in "Cheaper By The Dozen 2."
She has a recurring role as Sarah on the hit Disney Series, Hannah Montana.
Morgan has two siblings, a sister named Wendy and a brother named Thomas. She is very close with both of them.
She is a huge fan of the Harry Potter books and movies and her favorite character is Hermione Granger. She also loves to write Harry Potter fanfics and draw.MY TOP 12-22/01/2012 - Actress
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Monica Tidwell is an American born actress, director and producer. She starred in the title role of the film "Robin" , co-starred in James Glickenhaus' first film "The Astrologer" A/K/A "The Suicide Cult" and was featured in "Nocturna". She also had roles in "The Yum Yum Girls" and as then newcomer Willem DaFoe's girlfriend in "New York Nights'. In addition to her work in film, Monica Tidwell was the primary producer of the Off- Broadway play "Mindgame" which was directed by the iconic Ken Russell.- Actress
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Mirtha Michelle is an actress and writer born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on January 17th. At five years old her parents, Jose and Mirtha moved the family to Miami, Florida. She grew up in a very close-knit family, also consisting of her older sister Cathryn and younger brother Jose Angel. Her parents' own love for the Arts was imparted unto them. At an early age, Her father a trained musician, and her mother a teacher and local theater director were supportive of her desire to act. Since then she's appeared on TV shows like CSI, and CSI: Miami, and films such as "Fast and Furious", "Los Bandoleros" and "Awol-72". In June 2014 Mirtha Michelle published her first book titled "Letters, To The Men I Have Loved" which quickly became a best-seller. Since then she published the sequel titled "Elusive Loves; Amores Esquivos" released in December 2015 with an equal amount of success. With her books she has been able to capture the first feelings of love and loss in a raw form that has allowed her to earn the hearts of many loyal readers. She's also active as a public speaker with engagements at colleges throughout the country. She resides in Los Angeles, California.- Actress
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Talented and feisty singer/actress/host and TV personality Mikalah Gordon is taking the entertainment scene by storm. Best known as the youngest contestant ever to make it to the top 11 on "American Idol" at 16 years old, Mikalah endeared herself to Idol fanatics and music moguls alike. During her tenure on the 4th season of "American Idol", Mikalah became known for her sassy demeanor and charismatic personality, as well as her powerful voice. Following her success on "Idol," Mikalah's no-holds-barred approach earned her a co-hosting spot for two seasons of Fox Reality's "American Idol Extra" followed by a request from Tyra Banks to come on board as a field correspondent for two seasons on "The Tyra Banks Show."
Continuing to branch out, Mikalah pursued her other first love: acting. She showed off her comedy chops in a recurring role alongside Fran Drescher on the WB sitcom "Living with Fran" and landed other notable appearances including guest spots on the CBS series "The Unit." Mikalah starred in CMT's hit music reality series "Gone Country 2" alongside fellow cast members Sebastian Bach of Skidrow, Jermaine Jackson, Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC, Sean Young, Lorenzo Lamas and host John Rich, taking her singing, songwriting and fun-loving personality into the world of country music.
Growing up in Las Vegas, one of the entertainment capitals of the world, Mikalah was surrounded by glitz, glamour, and the performing arts and always knew she was headed for Hollywood. She performed at festivals, hotels, and anywhere she had the opportunity to strut her stuff. At the ripe age of 12, the Italian and Russian beauty was asked to travel to Washington D.C. to give a solo performance for President Bill Clinton. After singing for the Commander in Chief and lead roles in all of her high school plays, and being active in her high school cheer team as captain for two years, and playing soccer as a goalie for her high school team, Mikalah kicked things up a notch and decided to take the chance to go pro with her vocals, and show up to the open call audition for American Idol with hundred of other hopefuls. Her instant Idol success brought her to Los Angeles and she hasn't looked back since. Mikalah continues doing live shows and has been working for two years now with her charity, Little Kids Rock. LKR, who has been sponsored by Hard Rock Hotels and Resorts, helps bring music education into all the schools in the United States. This has given her the opportunity to perform with the bands 38 special, Night Ranger, Liberty Devitto who played drums for Billy Joel, Damon Johnson who plays for Alice In Chains, Rob Arthur the pianist for Five for Fighting, and Jim Peterik who is famously known for writing "Eye Of The Tiger".
Most recently, Mikalah just finished the US tour with the legendary band Starship, and released her very first rock single "Honey." 2014 also sees Mikalah getting back to her acting roots by starring in an upcoming feature film.- Born in Ft. Worth, Texas, Michelle Page began her career at a young age in professional theatre. Upon moving to Los Angeles, she first appeared with Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). She also starred with Kathy Baker in the indie comedy/drama The Party Is Over (2015). Page was cast as Young Myrtle Snow in Season 3 of FX's American Horror Story (2011) with a strong female cast, including Frances Conroy, who played Myrtle Snow. Page has numerous guest star credits in television, including The Mentalist, CSI: NY, Bones, Castle and Cold Case. She has also appeared in several national commercials. Page studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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Michelle Massey was born on 17 January 1980 in Dharan, Saudi Arabia. She is an actress and director, known for Blind Ambition (2008), Vega (2010) and Tomorrow (2023).- Producer
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Michelle Czernin von Chudenitz, an award-winning producer started her producing career in film/TV with short form projects: music videos, commercials, government, short films ("The Artist's Circle" nominated for Cannes International Film Festival 2000 / invited to Director's Fortnight; various domestic and int'l music video awards ("Best Video") including Juno nomination, MuchMusic, MTV USA/MTV Asia, CMT, TNN, BritAwards, Midem; also nominated for Golden Lion ("Best Commercial") at Cannes Lions Festival). In the past few years she has focused on feature films, including "Salvador's Deli", _Exiles In Paradise (2001)_ (CBS/Bravo), and Edge of Nowhere (2003). In 1995, Michelle was recognized with producing one of the Top 10 Music Videos in Canadian History, "Moist" (Push, EMI).
In 2002, she opened Manmade Entertainment Productions Inc. in Los Angeles with partner, Steven Man, a subsidiary of Miridien Filmed Entertainment Inc. and Isis Media Works (both owner), in Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian entity also owns a small production studio with all peripherals, including equipment, post editing facilities and transport.
Under the Manmade umbrella, Michelle is actively developing several features, television series and direct sale projects. Her experience and award-winning history in the industry give her an edge in the world of production and finance; but it is her years growing up, sailing around the world on a yacht and living within many cultures of the world give her a philosophical strength; a sense of confident optimism and humanity and a level which are rarely found within the industry. Michelle also happens to have been born a blue blood - she's an Austrian Countess.- Actress
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Micaela Ramazzotti was born on 17 January 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Like Crazy (2016), The First Beautiful Thing (2010) and Felicità (2023). She has been married to Paolo Virzì since 17 January 2009. They have two children.- Actress
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Meredith Bishop was born on 15 January 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994), Body + Blood (2015) and Bed & Breakfast: Love is a Happy Accident (2010). She has been married to Andrew Burlinson since 2012. They have one child.- Actress
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For her first role in the motion picture "Achtung fertig Charlie!" (Director: Mike Eschmann) in 2003 Melanie Winiger reaped a great deal of credit. With more than 550'000 tickets sold, this comedy remains one of the most successful motion pictures in Switzerland. After that she settled in Los Angeles for 2 years and attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. In 2005 Melanie Winiger was nominated for the Undine Award as Best Newcomer for her debut in "Achtung fertig Charlie!" After returning to Switzerland in 2005, she played the female leading part in the TV social drama "Sonjas Rueckkehr" (Director: Tobias Ineichen). Swiss Television broad casted the movie on April, 23, 2006. It reached an audience of 602'000 people, which is corresponding to a market share of 28.7%. In the same year, Melanie Winiger was awarded "Best Actress" with the TV-Star Award. And she was nominated in the category "Show Business" at the "Swiss Awards". 2006 she went back to Los Angeles to shoot the motion picture "Love Made Easy" (Director Peter Luisi). In the English spoken comedy she played the leading part of a stripper opposite the Academy Award Winner Martin Landau. Next, Melanie Winiger did three more movies: 2006 the motion picture "Breakout" (Director: Mike Eschmann), a Hip-Hop youth drama. 2007 the TV-movie "Heldin der Luefte" (Director: Mike Huber) and 2008 the short film "Brandstifter" (Director: Felix von Muralt) together with Carlos Leal. Her first motion picture in her mother tongue Italian, "Sinestesia" (Director: Eric Bernasconi), was first released with considerable success during the 45. Solothurn Filmtage 2010. Melanie Winiger was nominated "Best Actress" for her part as Michela for the Swiss Film Award Quartz 2010. In the German/Swiss TV-film production "Sonntagsvierer" (Director: Sabine Boss) Melanie Winiger is playing an ambitious featured part. The film will still be broad casted in 2010. In 2010 Melanie Winiger played Luna in the German comedy RESTURLAUB (directed by Gregor Schnitzler and shot in Germany and Argentina), and portrayed the murderer Marlene in the Swiss 3D horror film ONE WAY TRIP (directed by Markus Welter). In 2013 she played the female lead in the Hollywood comedy WHO KILLED JOHNNY, directed by Yangzom Brauen. For this part she was nominated Best Actress at the HOBOKEN International Film Festival 2013 in New York. In 2014/2015 and 2016 Melanie Winiger stood in front of the camera in three German TV- and cinema productions. In Marrokko, she performed as co-lead actress Nazima on the side of Rainer Lauterbach in two sequels of the German TV-event-movie SPUREN DER RACHE (Director: Niki Müllerschön). And in the new episodes of the ARD crime series MORDKOMMISSION ISTANBUL, Melanie plays the coroner Derya Güzel on the side of Erol Sander (Director: Marc Brummund). In the spring of 2017 the cult comedy LOMMBOCK comes to the cinemas in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. At the side of Mortitz Bleibtreu and Lucas Gregorowicz Melanie plays the Arab Businesswoman Yasemin (Director: Christian Zübert).
Melanie Winiger also appears as a presenter at national and international performances and events. Especially worth mentioning are her appearances in front of an audience of millions for the UEFA - the European Football Association: In 2008 she presented the draw of the European Football Championship in Switzerland and Austria in Lucerne. 2008 and 2009 she inspired the audience on the occasion of the final draw of the UEFA Champions League in Monte Carlo.- Melanie Simmons was born on 22 January 1978 in New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Outer Banks (2020), Finding Patience: Ain't Nobody Sees Them (2022) and Style Her Famous (2006). She has been married to Chad Simmons since 4 April 2008.
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Born on the 12th January 1974 in Merseyside, England, Melanie Chisholm became a member of Spice Girls in 1994. Their three albums sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and they had nine singles at number 1 in the UK.
"Northern Star" was her first solo album. On the back of the first single "Goin' Down", the album initially went to #10 in the UK charts after being released on 18th October 1999, before going down the chart rapidly. In the US, it peaked at a disappointing #208 after being released on 2nd November 1999. After 5 singles - two of which were UK #1s, three tours, and 18 months of constant promotion, the album went triple platinum in the UK, peaking at #4 on its re-release in August 2000. Sales for the album currently stand at around 3 million copies worldwide (around 900,000 in the UK). The album continues to sell well, and in 2004, re-entered the UK Top 100 for yet another time, as a result of being low-priced in some stores. "Northern Star" has a remarkable Top 75 chart run, which demonstrates its sheer success as Melanie C established herself slowly as a solo artist. "Reason" was her second album, which took 18 months to complete. Released on 10th March 2003, it reached #5 in the UK chart - selling 30,500 copies in its first week. Although it didn't perform as well as "Northern Star", "Reason" has a Gold certification in the UK, with 80,000 copies sold. January 2004 saw the album reduced to £2.99 in all major record shops, but even then, "Northern Star" at the same price outsold it greatly. After the failure of "Melt/Yeh Yeh Yeh", the album is now truly a closed chapter. Although sales stalled after "On The Horizon", it managed to sell 500,000 copies worldwide.
The release of Melanie C's last album, "Reason" in March 2003 meant many changes for her career later in the year. Following the disaster of "Melt/Yeh Yeh Yeh", she parted from her record label, Virgin Records, and decided to go it alone, releasing her third solo album, "Beautiful Intentions", on her own label, Red Girl Records. Following the release of the single "Next Best Superstar" (#10 in the UK singles chart), Melanie will release "Better Alone" in July.- McKenna Knipe was born on 14 January 1995 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Catwalk (2008), Corpse (2006) and Life of Ryan (2007).
- Molly Hyde joined the Young Conservatory at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Molly's first ever audition landed her the role of Little Fan, working alongside Steven Anthony Jones, in ACT's annual holiday production of A Christmas Carol performed on ACT's main stage at the Geary Theater in San Francisco.
Molly appeared as a guest-star in an episode of Nickelodeon's popular television show, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004), working closely with Lindsey Shaw. - Maureen Dowd was born on 14 January 1952 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress, known for Patriots (1996), The Gospel According to André (2017) and IFC News: 2008 Uncut (2007).
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Marthe Keller was born on January 28, 1945 in Basel, Switzerland. She studied ballet as a child but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16. She changed to acting, and worked in Berlin at the Schiller Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble.
Keller's earliest film appearances were in Funeral in Berlin (1966) (uncredited) and the German film Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967). She appeared in a series of French films in the 1970s, including Un cave (1972), La raison du plus fou (1973) and And Now My Love (1974). Her most famous American film appearances are her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Dustin Hoffman's girlfriend in Marathon Man (1976) and her performance as an Arab terrorist who leads an attack on the Super Bowl in Black Sunday (1977). Keller also acted with William Holden in Billy Wilder's romance drama Fedora (1978). She appeared alongside Al Pacino in the auto racing film Bobby Deerfield (1977). Her later films included Oci ciornie (1987), with Marcello Mastroianni.
Keller has appeared in Europe and America in plays, directed opera and as a speaker on classical music in the last twenty years. For example, in 2001, Keller appeared in a Broadway adaptation of Abby Mann's play "Judgment at Nuremberg" as Mrs. Bertholt (the role played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1961 Stanley Kramer film version). She was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for this performance.
In addition to her work in film and theatre, Keller has developed a career in classical music as a speaker and opera director. She has performed the speaking role of Joan of Arc in the oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher of Arthur Honegger" on several occasions, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur. She has recorded the role for Deutsche Grammophon with Ozawa (DG 429 412-2). Keller has also recited the spoken role in Igor Stravinsky's "Perséphone". She has performed classical music melodramas for speaker and piano in recital. The Swiss composer Michael Jarrell wrote the melodrama "Cassandre", after the novel of Christa Wolf, for Keller, who gave the world premiere in 1994.
Keller's first production as an opera director was "Dialogues des Carmélites", for Opéra National du Rhin, in 1999. This production subsequently received a semi-staged performance in London that year. She has also directed "Lucia di Lammermoor" for the Washington National Opera and for the Los Angeles Opera. Her directorial debut at the Metropolitan Opera was in a 2004 production of "Don Giovanni". Keller has one son, Alexandre de Broca, from her relationship with director Philippe de Broca.- Actress
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Part-time actor, full time chameleon Marni Anne Russo revels in project work with passionate creatives. Embracing every opportunity for new experiences has seen her enjoy a variety of roles and genres across short and feature films, sketch shows, pilots, theatre, MC and voice over.
Marni is the appreciative recipient of the Launch Film Festival inaugural award for Best Performance in Assimilation. Marni fondly recalls other career highlights such as attending the Cannes Film Festival for the World Premiere of 2:37, Simon McQuoid's Mortal Kombat, long-awaited cult feature film RIBSPREADER! and the countless industry professionals she has had the great pleasure of meeting, learning from and working alongside.- Maria Ellingsen was born on 22 January 1964 in Reykjavík, Iceland. She is an actress, known for D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), Agnes (1995) and Foxtrot (1988).
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Margherita Buy was born on 15 January 1962 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Mia madre (2015), The Ignorant Fairies (2001) and Days and Clouds (2007). She was previously married to Sergio Rubini.- Writer
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Margaret Nagle first came to the attention of audiences and critics alike with her HBO film "Warm Springs," which won the Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie and received 16 additional Emmy nominations. For this film, which starred Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Nagle also received the Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Long Form Original TV Movie, as well as Humanitas and Pen Award nominations. "Warm Springs," which tells the story of FDR from the point of view of his disability, has gone on to wide acclaim the world over. Nagle worked as a writer and supervising producer on the first season of "Boardwalk Empire" for HBO, earning a WGA Award for Outstanding New Series and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. The show won the Golden Globe for Best Series. Nagle's screenplay for "The Good Lie" was nominated for the 2014 NAACP Image Award as Best Original Screenplay. Directed by Academy Award nominated director Philippe Falardeau, the film has garnered the rare distinction of an A+ CinemaScore rating, the only film of 2014 to do so. Only 53 movies have ever received an A+ score which include the Academy Award winning Best Pictures "The King's Speech," "Argo" and "The Godfather." Currently, Nagle is executive producing the one-hour Fox drama series "Red Band Society," through Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television.- Actress
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Manuela Vellés was born on 16 January 1987 in Madrid, Spain. She is an actress and writer, known for Kidnapped (2010), Camino (2008) and Lobos sucios (2015).- Actress
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Mala Ghedia was born in Leeton, New South Wales, Australia. Her father was a doctor and her mother worked as his receptionist and later as a child-carer.
Mala attended an open-audition when she was 16 years old with over 2000 other hopefuls at a shopping mall for popular Australian soap series "Home and Away" She won the role of new love interest, Monique.
She studied at university in Sydney and earned a BA in Communications. Later, she traveled to London where she trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts. She worked extensively within the UK theatre scene including work with the Royal Shakespeare Company on Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children". She also played naughty nurse Rabindra Shah on BBC's "Holby City".
She is based in Berlin, Germany.MY TOP 12-22/01/2012- Monica Horan was born on 29 January 1963 in Darby, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and Enlightened (2011). She has been married to Phil Rosenthal since 22 April 1990. They have two children.MY TOP 23-31/01/2012
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Mischa Barton is a versatile actress with a passion for storytelling and an impressive career spanning over two decades. Working with such acclaimed directors and writers as M. Night Shyamalan, James Lapine and Naomi Wallace, she is known for her magnetic on-screen presence and natural acting abilities that have captivated audiences worldwide. She has earned her reputation as one of the most talented performers of her generation.
Born in London, England, Barton quickly made her mark in the entertainment industry with her debut film role in "Lawn Dogs" (1997). From there, she continued to showcase her versatility in a variety of film and television projects, including the hit supernatural thriller "The Sixth Sense" (1999) and the critically acclaimed drama series "Once and Again" (2002-2003).
However, it was her iconic role as Marissa Cooper in the hit television series "The O.C." (2003-2006) that truly launched Barton to superstardom. Her portrayal of the troubled, yet lovable character resonated with audiences worldwide, cementing her place as a pop culture icon and earning her widespread critical acclaim with critics praising her nuanced portrayal of a complex character.
She has appeared in several stage productions throughout her career, including the acclaimed Off-Broadway productions of "Where the Truth Lies," "Twelve Dreams," and "One Flea Spare." Her performances were praised for their depth, nuance, and emotional range, demonstrating her versatility as an actress.- Producer
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Miranda Bailey grew up in Vail, Colorado as a ski racer. From there she went to New York to pursue a degree in acting at Skidmore College. She moved to Los Angeles after graduating and began professionally acting, writing, directing, and producing for film. Miranda lives in LA and runs her production company Cold Iron Pictures (The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), Swiss Army Man (2016), Don't Think Twice (2016)), Being Frank (2018)). In 2013 Miranda co-founded the theatrical distribution company The Film Arcade.- Actress
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Minnie Driver was born January 31, 1970 in London and raised in Barbados until she was seven. Her mother, Gaynor Churchward, was a designer and former couture model. Her father, Charles Ronald "Ronnie" Driver, was a businessman. Minnie's mother was her father's mistress while he was still married to his wife. Minnie's sister, Kate Driver, is a manager and producer.
Her breakout role was in the 1995 film Circle of Friends. Minnie then appeared briefly in the James Bond picture Goldeneye. Since then, she has focused on working in a wide tonal range of films. These include several cult classics: Grosse Point Blank, Big Night, and Owning Mahowny; the painted romance of Good Will Hunting (earning an Oscar nomination for best actress in a supporting role); musicals like The Phantom of the Opera; period comedies like the Oscar Wilde classic An Ideal Husband; and Princess Mononoke, the seminal animated Japanese film by Hayao Miyazaki. Minnie has also starred in several family films such as Tarzan, Ella Enchanted, and the 2021 live action Cinderella.
Minnie has a wide-range of television work in place from FX's dark comedy classic The Riches, in which she co-starred with Eddie Izzard, to starring in two network sitcoms including NBC's About A Boy adaptation as well as ABC's Speechless. Both of which ran for several seasons. Minnie also pops up in key guest-starring roles such as her turn as Lorraine Finster on Will & Grace which lasted almost fifteen years and as Cath on the current BBC / HBO comedy Starstruck. Minnie is also starring in the Amazon anthology Modern Love which is on air now (2021).
On September 5, 2008, she gave birth to a boy named Henry Story Driver. She is in a long-term relationship with Addison O'Dea.- Actress
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Born in Ottawa, Canada, Minna is an actor who like most of the experienced ones, realized that making one's own films is entirely more fun. She is a partner in a production house out of Raleigh, NC, called Cult Cinema. They specialize in horror features, and are in post production on their second feature.
She was bitten by the acting bug at age 4, working on her first commercial for Crest Toothpaste and the Canadian Dental Association. After that, Minna dove into the world of theatre and television headfirst. This was coupled with years of dance training and teaching of her beloved Highland Dance. "Fifteen", also known as "Hillside", with Van Wilder and The Proposal star Ryan Reynolds, was Minna's first foray onto set. After many years in musical theatre, with such roles as "Miss Adalaide" in Guys and Dolls, and the title role in "Johnny Belinda", her favourite to date, this Canadian headed to Hollywood.
Along with her Art Director husband, David Robert Donatucci, who makes video games for a living, they called California home for over 15 years, until Covid brought them closer to home to care for their loved ones and create home base in Canada once again.
Aside from acting, her other love is traveling. She has thus far explored three continents, and is looking forward to adventuring on her fourth and even fifth as soon as she can.- Actress
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An award-winning actress and writer, Mina Olivera has always been a citizen of the world. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Mina often traveled with her mother on United Nations business, spending years in Switzerland and El Salvador as a child and teenager, respectively.
As the daughter of a U.N. human rights officer, Mina lived a childhood filled with beauty, drama, death threats, and plenty of politics. She speaks four languages - English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Her father, a prolific movie director in Brazil in the 70s and 80s, won the Brazilian Oscar for screenwriting and encouraged Mina from a young age to pursue the arts.
With a life-long passion for art, Mina has been involved in theater for most of her life, starring in her first professional play when she was only 14 years old. Since graduating with honors from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, she's starred in, written, and produced several critically acclaimed plays and films.
Mina wrote and stared on the film SOLTEIRA QUASE SURTANDO (SINGLE ALMOST CRAZY), a comedy produced by MGM and schedule to be released in theaters in 2017. In addition, her film DARK AMAZON, won her the "Most Promising Actress" award at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival. She also recently starred in the film CRY NOW, to be released in 2017.
Drawing from the real-life adventures and challenges of coming to America by herself at age 17, she wrote a hilarious one-woman show entitled LOL! LATINA ON THE LOOSE. Her show was loved by critics and audiences alike and played to sold out crowds at the 300-seat Los Angeles Theater Center before touring the country. Mina was recognized for her comedic writing and won awards including the Brazilian Press Award in Miami and the Straw Award for best theater performance in 2011.
Right after graduating, Mina co-founded NOVICA.com with her mother and husband Roberto. They launched this mission-driven internet company out of their basement in Santa Monica, and within a few years they had partnered with National Geographic and opened offices around the world. To date, they've sent over $70 Million to artisans, providing a profound impact to the lives of over 10,000 artisans and their families.- Actress
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It's fair to say that after 20 years and over 50 film appearances, Mimi Rogers should be praised for her variety of roles and acting capabilities, not for a brief marriage to a Hollywood star. In the early 1980s she began to carve a niche for herself in Hollywood, appearing on television and in films. It was her role in Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) that got her noticed and was her springboard to stardom. Cemented by a marriage to Tom Cruise, an already established young actor, Mimi went on to appear in Hider in the House (1989), Desperate Hours (1990), and The Doors (1991). She appeared in a controversial movie analyzing religion in America, The Rapture (1991), which proved a hit and delighted audiences, creating many a debate over the film's subject material. She played a bored telephone exchange operator who swaps a sinful life of sex and swinging with other couples for a devout religious one, ending unexpectedly in disaster. Despite her successes, few meaty, interesting roles came her way in the '90s. Shooting Elizabeth (1992), opposite Jeff Goldblum, the family movie Monkey Trouble (1994), Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995), and Full Body Massage (1995) were just a few of the films that she appeared in. Working consistently, she rejuvenated her career in the unexpected hit Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), playing Miss Kensington, an attractive female agent of 1960s London and the mother of Elizabeth Hurley's character. Next, Mimi was seen in the big-screen remake of the '60s sci-fi TV series Lost in Space (1998) and several guest appearances on the hugely popular television series The X-Files (1993), playing a scheming FBI agent. A role in the Canadian indie-horror Ginger Snaps (2000) did her career no harm. Soon, she was opposite Geena Davis in The Geena Davis Show (2000) from 2000-01 and playing an extremely rich Manhattan socialite in the direct-to-video Cruel Intentions 2 (2000).
More recently Mimi has appeared on cable television, including leading roles in Charms for the Easy Life (2002) (which she also executive produced) and Cave In (2003) (a true-life disaster drama in which she played the Chief Superintendent of a mine). In 2004, she gave a revealing performance in The Door in the Floor (2004), a critical success. The Loop (2006), a Chicago-based sitcom, will soon be airing in America, featuring Mimi as a flirtatious office worker. Also in 2006, Mimi will be appearing in an original horror film, Penny Dreadful (2006), playing a psychiatrist in peril. In 2003, she married her longtime boyfriend Chris Ciaffa, with whom she has a son and a daughter. A poker novice, Mimi also travels around competing in tournaments, some televised.- Producer
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Mimi Leder was born on 26 January 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and director, known for The Morning Show (2019), On the Basis of Sex (2018) and Deep Impact (1998). She has been married to Gary Werntz since 26 January 1986. They have one child. She was previously married to Allen Garfield.- Mia Kirshner was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Etti, a teacher, and Sheldon Kirshner, a journalist. Her father is of Polish Jewish descent and her mother is a Bulgarian Jewish immigrant. Mia had a middle class upbringing and graduated from McGill University with a degree in English Literature. She had a love for acting from her school days at the Jarvis Institute, and her parents helped find her a talent agent at the age of 12, then began acting in several Canadian television series.
By the age of 14, Mia was acting professionally and made her film debut in 1993 in Denys Arcand's Love and Human Remains (1993). Kirshner won a Genie nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a supporting role for her part in the film. Mia's performance also brought her to the attention of Atom Egoyan, who cast her as the female lead in the 1994 film Exotica (1994). Mia's depiction of a sexy stripper in the film, won her critical acclaim, and by 1996 she established herself with an equally inspiring performance in The Crow: City of Angels (1996).
Having established herself in Hollywood as a leading and versatile performer, Mia also appeared in the first three episodes of 24 (2001) as the assassin Mandy in 2001. She would later reprise the role for the second season's finale and in the latter half of the show's fourth season. Also in 2001, Kirshner played Catherine Wyler, The Cruelest Girl in School, in Not Another Teen Movie (2001). The character is primarily a spoof of Kathryn Merteuil (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar) in Cruel Intentions (1999), and was partially based on Mackenzie Siler (played by Anna Paquin) from She's All That (1999). In the music video for Marilyn Manson: Tainted Love (2001), which was featured on the movie's soundtrack, she made a cameo appearance as her character Catherine Wyler.
In 2004, Kirshner was cast as author Jenny Schecter, a main character in the drama series The L Word (2004). She remained with the show for all of the show's six seasons through 2009. She won several awards for her role as Jenny Schecter, and a world-wide fan base which followed her character throughout the seasons of the L Word.
In 2006, Mia starred in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia (2006) in which she plays the young aspiring actress, Elizabeth Short, who was mysteriously mutilated and murdered in 1947. While the film itself was critically panned, many reviews singled out her performance for acclaim. In 2010, Kirshner co-starred in the film 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010) which began filming in the fall of 2009. In 2010, she was cast as Isobel Fleming, a guest role on The Vampire Diaries (2009).
In 2011, she voiced the title character in Bear 71 (2012), a National Film Board of Canada web documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
On April 20, 2012, it was announced that Kirshner would join the new Syfy series Defiance (2013).
Kirshner was ranked #43 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002. She and Beverly Polcyn were nominated for Best Kiss at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards (2002) for Not Another Teen Movie (2001). In 2012 it was announced that Kirshner would be the face of Monica Rich Kosann's jewelry collection.
Already established as Canada's most decorated female performer, Mia is also a decorated writer, winning acclaim for her 2007 book I Live Here. - Melody Perkins was born on 28 January 1974 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress, known for Planet of the Apes (2001), Power Rangers in Space (1998) and Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999).
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Melissa Ellen Gilbert is an American actress, television director, producer, politician, and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second oldest daughter of Charles Ingalls (played by Michael Landon) on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. During the run of Little House, Gilbert appeared in several television films, including The Diary of Anne Frank and The Miracle Worker.- Actress
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Mekenna Melvin is an Actress/ Writer/ Director/ Producer. Born and raised in Saratoga CA, she spent most of her childhood in her mother's drama classes and rehearsals. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY and The British American Drama Academy, Midsummer in Oxford England. She is best know for her role as Alex McHugh on NBC's "Chuck"- Meghan Black was born on 2 December 1978 in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for X-Men: Evolution (2000), Elf (2003) and Carrie (2002).
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Meggan Anderson is a Los Angeles-based Actress and Commercial Print Model with over sixteen years of professional experience. She has grown a social media following of over 10k combined! As a trained classical flutist, Meggan studied in San Diego at California State University San Marcos majoring in the flute. It wasn't long before she got noticed.
The striking 5'10" redhead landed a runway show with The Gap and Express. She has modeled in over 30 commercial print campaigns including Von Zipper, American Apparel and Playboy, where she was named one of their Top 100 Girls Of MySpace. She is a former Playboy Bunny and was one of Playboy's infamous 'Painted Ladies' for over nine years where she attended Playboy Mansion events wearing nothing but body paint, heels and a killer smile.
As an accomplished actress, Meggan's credits include numerous films and television shows such as Fashion House and Zeke and Luther. As a student of The Groundlings with a knack for comedy, Anderson also has made appearances on comedy shows such as Why? With Hannibal Buress, Chuck and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! She also has made an appearance on the web series The Rascal on Sony's comedy site Crackle.com. Meggan co-hosted Geekweek.com's popular weekly livestream LIVING LA, which gained more than one million viewers.
Meggan is also a successful hand (parts) model. She has been "the hands" for over 300 products on Amazon.com and was Christina Hendrick's hand double on Mad Men. She also has been body-painted over 500 times and has doubled for Julia Roberts and Whitney Cummings.
When not on set, Meggan is known as, Meggan of the Angels in the Society of Creative Anachronism where she is studying bardic arts and combat archery.- Meg Wolf was born on 29 January 1981 in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Strange Wilderness (2008), Private Practice (2007) and Neron (2016). She has been married to Christopher Wolf since 9 October 2004.
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Mim Paquin is a New York-based actor, singer, composer, writer and executive consultant working across all media and theatre. Known for Unremarkable, The System, The Kids Menu (2017). She is a member of Actors' Equity Association, Dramatists Guild of America, Songwriters Guild of America, Society of Composers and Lyricists, the Alliance For Women Film Composers, Maestra, UAC, and America's oldest professional theatrical club, The Lambs. She is known for her brilliant humor, heart, and depth, as well as her meticulous approach to role preparation, and her contagious energy.
Mim was born MaryAnne Leslie Paquin on January 24, 1974 to Leslie Jane (Nekuda) a substitute teacher, trained actor and singer, and to Pierre Arnold Paquin a foreign languages teacher, classical orchestral audio engineer, radio announcer, and singer. She is the fourth child of five children, and was born and raised in her hometown, the historical whaling city, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
She began performing on stage in musicals and plays at age four. Before graduating from New Bedford high school, she performed in over fourteen fully staged local plays and New England Theatre Conference Moss Hart award-winning musical productions, and over forty professional, semi-professional and high school orchestral and choral concerts. While still a high school junior, Mim won Massachusetts Broadcasting Awards for writing and producing radio programs, as well as for her voice over work on commercials.
Her senior year she auditioned for and won the only solo in the Massachusetts Music Educators Association' All-State concert. Mim moved to Boston to attend The Boston Conservatory on a full-scholarship for a year where she studied theater, acting, singing, and dancing in their acclaimed musical theatre program. She left the conservatory to further develop her acting skills and to grow as a musician and composer. Notably, Mim studied acting with the famous casting director and author of AUDITION, Michael Shurtleff in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and wrote, composed, produced and performed her own original music on the Boston coffee house music scene.
While living in Boston, she developed her business acumen working as a temp in Boston's high tech and investment banking industries Harvard Business School, P.S.D.I, and eventually as a fully-employed web master and developer at SoftBank Investments directly reporting to internationally known tech guru, Ted Dolata. Mim continued her acting training at Southwick Studio and maintained her songwriting career. She wrote and recorded original music at Newbury Sound, and wrote music video-scripts and co-directed music videos as part of an hour-long program produced by The Rendon Group which aired on FOX-TV New England.
Without a safety net, Mim left an amazing promotion with her SoftBank family and moved to New York to continue to pursue acting and music. She supported herself in New York by becoming a full-time corporate manager in marketing, media, and communications departments for beauty and fashion industry leaders Coty Beauty, LLC and Nautica VF.
Mim performed in her first off-off-Broadway production, The Odd Couple (Female Version) to rave reviews. BackstageNY said, "noteworthy comedic turns come from MaryAnne as Mickey the Cop with a heart of gold." She originated roles in stage comedies written and staged by John Blenn at both Governor's and The Brokerage comedy clubs. She started her own five-piece rock and R&B band, Neeto, which performed her original music at venues on Long Island and in New York City, and performed live on Harlan Friedman's WLIR FM radio show featuring Long Island's best bands. She landed the lead Nellie Forebush in South Pacific at Lehman Stages performing opposite her future husband; worked as a church music director, soprano soloist, choral section leader; and directed and choreographed local stage productions.
Mim studied classical voice with vocal titan and Hollywood legend, Marni Nixon in New York City, and became a protégé of prodigious Ms. Christina Henson (protégé of Lily Pons and maestro Laszlo Halasz, founder of New York City Opera) while studying operatic voice and vocal pedagogy with her for five years. She headlines with symphony orchestras and choruses in New York and New England. OperaNews' senior editor described her as a "brilliant soprano!"
Mim plays the abused drug addicted mother, Marlene in The System, and troubled veteran marine corp musician, Detective Marianna Price in Copera. Her singing voice can be heard in the opening credits for Things Eternal on Prime Video and in the film The Clown Prince (2019). Mim's original film scores include Two Kisses (2020), The Observer (2004), and Unremarkable . Mim was the executive consultant and script supervisor for the award-winning The Kids Menu (2017) starring Vincent Pastore and Nyle Lynn, directed by Paul Borghese, and written by Richard Vetere.- Actress
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Mary McCormack began her acting career performing in a stage production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors". "I was twelve but looked like an eight-year-old boy" she recalls. "As luck would have it, none of the boys in town could sing, so I got the part and wore a hat". Mary continued working regionally throughout New Jersey and continued her education at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. At Trinity, she majored in English and painting and continued her stage work in many more musicals. Mary finished an acting program at the William Esper Studio. She has worked in many New York theaters, some of which include The Atlantic Theatre Company, Alice's 4th Floor and Naked Angels, where she recently appeared in Jon Robin Baitz's "A Fair Country".- Actress
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Myndy Crist was born on 5 February 1971 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Time Machine (2002), Dark Skies (2013) and The Jane Austen Book Club (2007). She is married to Josh Stamberg. They have two children.- Actress
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Mariska (Ma-rish-ka) Magdolna Hargitay was born on January 23, 1964, in Santa Monica, California. Her parents are Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield. She is the youngest of their three children. In June 1967, Mariska and her brothers Zoltan and Mickey Jr. were in the back seat of a car when it was involved in the fatal accident which killed her mother. The children escaped with minor injuries. Her father remarried a stewardess named Ellen, and they raised the three children and gave them a normal childhood. They also financially supported the children, since Jayne Mansfield's debt-ridden estate left no money for them.
Mariska majored in theater at UCLA. Her first motion picture feature was the cult favorite, Ghoulies (1984), where she gave a memorable performance as Donna. Unlike her mother Jayne, who had changed her name, her hair color, and did nude pictorials to become a star, Mariska took a very different approach on her journey to become a star. She rejected advice to change her name and appearance. And she refused to copy her mother's sexy image by turning down nude scenes in her next film Jocks (1986). She told casting directors that she was her own person when she held onto her dark locks and athletic figure, when they were expecting another blond, buxom Jayne Mansfield. Mariska continued with her acting classes and waited on tables, while she landed forgettable roles in short-lived television shows. She appeared a few times on the nighttime soap Falcon Crest (1981). She also appeared in the hit film Leaving Las Vegas (1995), credited as 'Hooker at the bar', and in the flop film Lake Placid (1999) as Myra Okubo. Her recurring role on the top-rated show ER (1994) in 1998 gave her career enough of a jolt to land her the starring role of Det. Olivia Benson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), the first spin off from the excellent franchise of Law & Order (1990). The hour-long show deals with sex crimes and the detectives who solve these cases. Mariska played Olivia as a tough, compassionate detective, who did action scenes and her own stunt work. She reaped the rewards from the hit TV show, after struggling and studying her craft for fifteen years. She became the highest paid actress on television, and she won Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her performance. The show also changed her personal life, since she met her husband actor Peter Hermann on the set and married him on August 28, 2004. That same year, she appeared in the television movie Plain Truth (2004), in which she played attorney Ellie Harrison. Mariska became an activist, when fans of her show who were abused, would write to her, and she founded a non-profit organization called "Joyful Heart Foundation" to help "survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse."
Mariska gave birth to her son August in 2006. But that tremendous joy was soon followed by tremendous sadness when her beloved father Mickey died just two months later at the age of 80. Mariska and her husband Peter adopted two children, a girl named Amaya, and a boy named Andrew, within a span of few months in 2011.
Mariska speaks English, Hungarian, French, Spanish, and Italian, and her husband also speaks several languages, including his native language German. They divide their time between New York and Los Angeles.- Actress
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Marilyn McIntyre was born on 23 May 1949 in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Ring Two (2005), First Daughter (2004) and Very Bad Things (1998).- Actress
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Paris native Marie Grujicic moved to South of France in her youth to study theater, dance and art in Cannes. She performed in many theaters across Europe and Monte-Carlo. When hired as a soloist at Crazy Horse Paris cabaret she moved to the United States with the U.S troupe. She is known for her work on Glee, and with Cirque Du Soleil. Marie is also an improvisation graduate from The Upright Citizen Brigade L.A.- Director
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Maria Procházková was born on 24 January 1975 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is a director and writer, known for Kdopak by se vlka bál (2008), Zralok v hlave (2004) and Piktogramy (2000).- Actress
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Maria Luisa Mendonça's mother is Lygia Maria Mendonça, a plastic artist. Her father is Newton Mendonça, a lawyer. Maria Luisa has a daughter with Rogério Gallo: Júlia. When she was 8, her older sister, Maria Fernanda, died.
She likes to paint and to sculpture. In 2006 she made her debut as a theater director with the play "Essa nossa juventude". She was also the play's producer. She has a theater formation. Maria Luisa started her career in 1987 with the theater play "Véu de Noiva".- Actress
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Maggie Wagner is a multiple award winning and nominated American actress. She has appeared in over 50 feature films , shorts, television shows and print ads. She is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio . Maggie was born in New York City and grew up on both the upper west and upper east side. At a very early age she knew that acting was in her blood and started pursuing a career. With the encouragement of her movie director uncle Mark Rydell and her amazingly supportive parents she attended The Neighborhood Playhouse. After the Playhouse, she continued at HB studios and then finally making her way to the Actors Studio. She got her first big break in The Philadelphia Company's production of "To Gillian on her 37 Th Birthday" playing "Cindy". After getting great reviews for that performance Maggie was cast in the movie "Anna" in New York City with Sally KIrkland. The casting director Todd Thaler noticed Maggie in "Anna" and cast her in "Working Girl" as one of Melanie Griffiths friends. Mike Nichols liked the way she fit into the cast decided to make Maggie a principal character in "Working Girl". After tat Maggie went to Hollywood and was immediately cast in her uncles movie "For The Boys" with Bette Midler. She soon was noticed by casting at Carsey Warner and HBO and was put on the TV series Dream On. Maggie spent 15 years living in L.A and now divides her time between New York and Los Angeles,MY TOP 23-31/01/2012- Myriam Sirois was born on 2 February 1975 in Sept-Iles, Québec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Ranma ½ (1989), Ranma ½: The Movie 2, Nihao My Concubine (1992) and Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight (2002).
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This elegant lady has defined the television version of the rich, sophisticated businesswoman who knows what she wants, and will do whatever it takes to get it. She was born Patsy Ann McClenny on February 3, 1950 in Dallas, Texas. She began acting as a child, when her mother enrolled her in drama lessons after she was too shy to give a book report in class. From the age of 10, she performed in children's plays. Later, she would do dinner theater and stock productions in Dallas. She chose Morgan as a stage name. In 1973, Morgan decided to pursue a career in television; just 6 weeks after moving to New York, she landed the key role of Jennifer in the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow (1951); she stayed on until 1977.
Morgan moved to Los Angeles, where she originated the role of Jenna Wade on the wildly popular nighttime soap opera Dallas (1978) (Jenna was later portrayed by Priscilla Presley). Morgan made numerous guest appearances on television series. She played Constance (Weldon) Carlyle in Flamingo Road (1980), and she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress; that was her breakout series that propelled her to stardom.
Morgan continued to perform in live theater, her acclaimed portrayal of Skye in the off-Broadway comedy "Geniuses" helped make it one of the "Top Ten Plays" of the year according to Time Magazine and the New York Times. Other stage appearances have included productions of "Goodbye Charlie" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." On television, she played the naughty Racine in the soap opera Paper Dolls (1984) in 1984. Later, she starred in the soap opera Falcon Crest (1981) from 1985-86, having made a niche for herself playing ambitious beauties. Morgan received an Emmy nomination for a special episode of Murphy Brown (1988).
Morgan has shared some of her beauty secrets by authoring the book "Super Looks" which is a complete guide that includes makeup, exercise, and diet tips. Morgan is a member of the Entertainment Industry AIDS Task Force. She is an active speaker on environmental issues and helped found the Environmental Communications Office, which encourages entertainment industry professionals to become better educated and more active on environmental issues. Morgan is a collector of movie memorabilia (particularly anything about Marilyn Monroe) and antique clothing. She is a ballet fan and is also interested in anthropology and paleontology; Morgan is truly a brainy beauty.- Producer
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Molly Pearson was born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Molly is a producer and actor, known for The Green (2011), Clutter (2013) and Untitled Bus Movie.- Actress
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Missy Yager was born on 8 February 1968 in the USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Manchester by the Sea (2016) and Mad Men (2007).- Mireille Safa was born on 10 February 1976 in Byblos, Lebanon. She is an actress, known for Around the Pink House (1999), La lettre de Nabil (1995) and Iftah ya simsim (1982).
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Filmmaker Magazine rated her #1 in their "25 New Faces of Indie Film" in 2004!
She is a performance artist and published short story writer. Since becoming a filmmaker, her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) has won several film awards.
Daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger, writers and publishers who founded North Atlantic Books.- Actress
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Mini Anden was born on 7 June 1978 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She is an actress and producer, known for The Mechanic (2011), My Best Friend's Girl (2008) and Tropic Thunder (2008). She has been married to Taber Schroeder since 25 August 2001. They have one child.- Additional Crew
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Captivating audiences on stage and film; Michelle Shelton Huff has been able to bring inanimate characters to life. A star in the making; Michelle has shown the ability to cry on cue. A native of Chicago Illinois, Michelle was born on February 8th. With the urging from family, friends and a teacher who was a former model; Michelle decided to try her hand at modeling. She began doing fashion shows at the local malls, and with the support and guidance of her mother Cleo Shelton; Michelle auditioned for roles with casting companies.
Michelle landed her first acting job in a commercial for George Foreman; playing a mother and housewife for a cleansing product. With confidence under her wings Michelle continues to act and model.- Actress
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Mia Farrow is the daughter of the director John Farrow and the actress and Tarzan-girl Maureen O'Sullivan. She debuted at the movies in 1959 in very small roles. She was noticed for the first time in the film Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski. She showed her talent also on TV and at the theatre, but her final breakthrough was when she met Woody Allen and became his Muse after the film A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982). After that, Woody Allen wrote many other roles for her.- Actress
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Mena Alexandra Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the youngest of four children. She is the daughter of Ando Suvari, a psychiatrist, and the former Candice Chambers, a nurse. Mena's first name comes from her British aunt named after the "House of Mena" Hotel (at the base of the pyramids in Egypt); her last name is Estonian. Suvari grew up in an old stone mansion that she insists was haunted. The family later relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, where her brothers lined up to attend the Citadel (a military college). Mena, meanwhile, was entertaining dreams of becoming an archaeologist, astronaut, or doctor. Her interests took a turn for the... less cerebral, however, when a modeling agency stopped by her all-girls school to offer classes. At age 12, after receiving a few pointers on her runway strut, Suvari attended a modeling convention and was snapped up by the Manhattan-based Wilhelmina agency. She later moved to L.A. under their children's theatrical division WeeWillys, which began her acting career.
Suvari started in on TV work almost immediately--commercials at first, followed by guest appearances on Boy Meets World (1993), ER (1994), and Chicago Hope (1994). Mena was a natural for movies: she is petite (5'4"), has blue eyes, and her natural hair color is blonde. She launched her film career in 1997, picking up small roles in Gregg Araki's Nowhere (1997) and the Morgan Freeman-Ashley Judd thriller Kiss the Girls (1997). She popped up again in the background of Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), then landed a slightly meatier role as the best friend of the telekinetic heroine in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999).
Suvari's ticket to fame was the teen sex quest American Pie (1999), which cast her as a wholesome choir girl who falls for a jock (Chris Klein). A few months later, she turned even more heads as the vampish cheerleader who captures Kevin Spacey's unwholesome imagination in American Beauty (1999). The sultry-but-fragile character earned Suvari a British Academy Award nomination, as well as a flurry of job offers and gushing fansites. In the midst of the hubbub surrounding the film, she slipped off with her boyfriend, cinematographer Robert Brinkmann, to tie the knot in a secret ceremony. The media was quick to point out the pair's 18-year age difference, but Suvari shrugged it off (her own parents, who divorced in 2001 after 32 years of marriage, wed when her mother was 21 and her father 48).
The in-demand actress completed her patriotic hat trick by starring in American Virgin (1999) (originally titled "Live Virgin") as the daughter of a porn king. The title change wasn't enough of a boost to keep the mediocre movie afloat in theaters--after a brief New York run, it headed straight to video. Her next effort was another underperformer, but the aptly named Loser (2000) (a collegiate love story that reunited her with American Pie's Jason Biggs) at least made it into suburban circulation--perhaps on the name recognition of its two young stars. Suvari kept her chin up, heading back to high school for the cheerleading/bank heist flick Sugar & Spice (2001) and joining the cast of the period film The Musketeer (2001).
She continued to showcase her range in ability by costarring with John Leguizamo in Jonas Åkerlund's cult classic Spun (2002) and then alongside Jennifer Aniston in Rob Reiner's Rumor Has It... (2005) and Keira Knightley in Tony Scott's Domino (2005). She also played opposite James Franco in Sonny (2002), the directorial debut of Nicolas Cage, and had a recurring role on HBO's Six Feet Under (2001).
Mena rounded out her creative pursuits by playing the iconic Black Dahlia in Ryan Murphy's anthology series American Horror Story (2011) and continued working in TV by following up with an arc in the hit series Chicago Fire (2012), as well as leading the Amazon pilot Hysteria (2014) and WeTv's miniseries South of Hell (2015). Mena then starred opposite Alicia Silverstone for TV Land's American Woman (2018).
Amicably divorced from Brinkmann after five years, Mena had a brief second marriage to Simone Sestito, an Italian concert promoter who, she claims, drained her financially. Since 2018, she has been married to Canadian prop master Michael Hope. The couple had a son, Christopher Alexander Hope, in 2021. That same year, Mena published her first book, 'The Great Peace'. Mena's hobbies include: jewelry making, photography, mountain biking, and hiking. Her fans look forward to her new projects.- Actress
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Melissa Manchester attended the Manhattan School of Music and Arts, where she learned to play the piano and the harpsichord. Her father is a bassoon player in the New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra. In the early 1970s, Melissa studied songwriting at New York University School of the Arts in New York City, under the direction of Paul Simon, and at 15 she started recording commercial jingles. She was only one of nine applicants accepted at Simon's class out of more than 100 applicants. She also sang with Bette Midler and sang backup for her before going solo. In 1982 she won the Best Female Vocalist of the Year award. She is married to Kevin De Remer.- Melissa Dawn Howard was born in Tampa, Florida on February 12, 1977. She attended Brandon Senior High School and then University of South Florida, with a following at Mass Communications. She was cast on MTV's "The Real World: New Orleans", where later in the show she discovered her skill of painting. After the show she moved to Los Angeles where she began a career in stand-up comedy and realized it wasn't for her. She made a cameo on a made-for-MTV movie "The Real World Movie: The Lost Season"(2002) (TV), playing herself. Now she is living in West Hollywood. She has a blog (www.princessmelissa.com) in which she writes about living in LA, her job, her parents, and her experiences on The Real World.
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Melinda Renna was born on 1 February 1952 in Arlington, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Kiss the Girls (1997), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Nixon (1995).- Actress
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Melanie Salvatore was born on 3 February 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Super Mario Bros. (1993), Strange as Angels (2003) and Manfast (2003).- Melanie Good was born on 9 February 1969 in Rochester, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Private Parts (1997), Seinfeld (1989) and Howard Stern (1994).
- Megan Gallagher wanted to act from the time she was five years old. She later took drama lessons when she was in high school. She moved to New York to attend the Juilliard and appeared in the Broadway cast of "A Few Good Men" where she won two theater awards (Theatre World and Outer Critics Circle Award for outstanding debut) for her Broadway performance in "A Few Good Men". After graduating from Juilliard with a bachelor's degree, she began to work with John Houseman's Acting Company and soon had screen roles in TV movies and miniseries, but was so discouraged trying to make it in L.A. that she nearly gave up to go to law school. Then she won the Hill Street Blues (1981) role, which developed from a guest star to a regular role. The rest is history.
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Megan Dodds graduated from the famous Juilliard School, where she tackled a wide range of classic plays including "The Seagull," "Misalliance," "Macbeth" and "All's Well That Ends Well." She made her Broadway debut in "School for Scandal" at the Lyceum Theatre, directed by Gerald Freedman. A small role in the movie So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) and a couple of television roles preceded her West End debut in Ben Elton's successful, outrageous show "Popcorn."- Actress
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Meg Tilly was set on being a dancer, and at 17 connected to the Connecticut Ballet Company and later Throne Dance Theatre. It was in this capacity that she had her screen debut in Alan Parker's Fame (1980). Unfortunately, an injury to her back cut short her plans for a dance career, and a small appearance in the TV series Hill Street Blues (1981) turned her towards acting (her dancing skills were not all forgotten, as was evident in The Big Chill (1983) and Psycho II (1983)). She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Agnes of God (1985), and nobody doubted that she was on her way to stardom. One step on the road to that status was her being cast in Milos Forman's Amadeus (1984) as Constanza, but again her body interfered, and seven weeks into the production with her foot in a cast were more than the producers could accept, and she was replaced. Her "consolation", was a role in Forman's next project Valmont (1989), didn't do her career much good. Since then she has averaged a movie a year, and with the exception of Leaving Normal (1992), none have tapped the enormous reservoir of talent she has.- Actress
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Meadow Williams conveys an intriguing mix of elegance and humor, glamorous fashion and easy-going Southern charm that reflect both her humble beginnings on a Tennessee farm and her active Hollywood film career. A classic, radiant Los Angeles beauty who retains the humble nature of her country roots, Williams draws upon a deep wellspring of experience in her film and modeling work.
At a young age, Williams started her entertainment career as a television actress and was seen in hit shows such as Married... with Children (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1984), and The Larry Sanders Show (1992). Her career transitioned from television to movies when she landed a role in the iconic motion picture, The Mask (1994), opposite Jim Carrey. The part led to a role as Kevin Bacon's significant other in the Academy Award-winning Apollo 13 (1995). Deeply moved by director Ron Howard's work on the project, the actress says Howard's influence continues to shape her performances.
Most recently, Williams was seen in the action thriller Den of Thieves (2018) alongside Gerard Butler and in the prison action vehicle Backtrace (2018) with veteran stars Sylvester Stallone and Matthew Modine.
Williams also appeared as a sexy villainous cult leader in the comic book movie Officer Downe (2016), an indie adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel by Joe Casey. Under the direction of John McNaughton, Williams played in The Harvest (2013), an American horror thriller, opposite Michael Shannon as his mistress.
The industrious actress has a number of projects being readied for release. Up next, Williams will be seen in After (2019), based on Anna Todd's blockbuster novel. In addition to playing a college professor, Williams is producer, along with author Todd, on the highly anticipated adult romance drama. Williams' screenwriting and producing credits let her extend her reach even further to diverse themes and genres.
Also set for release soon is 10 Minutes Gone (2019), a crime thriller starring Bruce Willis, with Williams playing a bartender full of surprises. And the soon-to-be-released action-thriller Boss Level (2020) from writer-director Joe Carnahan has Williams playing an assassin alongside stars Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson and Naomi Watts. Adding to Williams' very busy 2019 film roster is the drama feature Broken Soldier (2022), with Williams in a supporting role as Ray Liotta's trophy wife, and alongside Sophie Turner and Mark Margolis.
The project Williams finds most fulfilling, for the way it dissects one of the most critical periods in American and world history, is the drama American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (2021), in which the actress stars opposite Al Pacino. Based on a true story, the film has Williams playing a radio personality who broadcast English-language propaganda for the European Axis powers during World War II.
The script is adapted from the William E. Owen book "Axis Sally Confidential." Pacino plays the lawyer who represents Williams' character after she was arrested for treason. "Axis Sally" is due out in late 2019 or early 2020.- Actress
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Stunning Swedish born ex-model who broke into film in 1970, and quickly appeared in several high profile films including playing the ex-wife of James Caan in the futuristic Rollerball (1975) and the ill-fated lover of super-assassin Francisco Scaramanga played by Christopher Lee in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). To date, the beautiful Maud Adams has appeared in three James Bond films... the other two performances were as one of the lead villains in Octopussy (1983) and as an extra in A View to a Kill (1985). She has appeared in numerous television specials on the Bond series of films, and also played the love interest of crazy Bruce Dern in Tattoo (1981). In the late 1990s, Adams had a regular role on a Swedish soap opera; however, she has not been seen on cinema screens since late 1996.- Actress
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Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm) is a French actress and dancer from Paris. She is primarily known to English-speaking audiences for playing the alien vampire Space Girl, the main villain of the cult horror film "Lifeforce" (1985). The role required her to appear naked for most of the film, though her character remained mysterious and menacing. In France, May's breakthrough role was that of Juliette, the suicidal young woman whose love life was at the center of the psychological thriller "The Cry of the Owl" (1987). For this role, May won the "César Award for Most Promising Actress".
In 1965, May was born in Paris. Her father was the playwright Victor Haïm (1935-) . Her paternal ancestors were Sephardic Jews from the city of Thessaloniki in Greek Macedonia. May's mother was the Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson. May herself was trained as a dancer in early life. In 1981, May won the "Premier Prix du Conservatoire de Danse de Paris" (First Prize of the Paris Dance Conservatory). At the time, she was only 16-years-old.
May pursued an acting career in the early 1980s. She made her film debut in the fantasy film "Nemo" (1984), where a boy from New York City is transported to an alternate reality. She became known to international audience with "Lifeforce" (1985), and had some success in France during the late 1980s. Following "The Cry of the Owl", May played the romantic lead in the controversial musical "Three Seats for the 26th" (1988). In the film, an aging actor falls in love with Marion de Lambert (played by May), the daughter of his former lover. He is relatively unfazed when he learns that his new love interest is his own illegitimate daughter.
May's first significant film in the 1990s was the biographical drama "Isabelle Eberhardt" (1991), where she had the lead role. May played the Swiss author and explorer Isabelle Eberhardt (1877 - 1904), and also portrayed Eberhardt''s accidental death in a flash flood. The film was nominated for three AACTA Awards, without ever winning. The film was negatively received by critics for overemphasizing Eberhardt's femininity and sexuality, while mostly ignoring the political context of her activities in North Africa, and her status as a social outcast.
That same year, May played the female lead in the erotic drama "Naked Tango". The film depicted the life of an Eastern European young woman who was forced into prostitution in 1920s Buenos Aires. The film was largely inspired by the activities of the Zwi Migdal (1867-1939), an international sex trafficking organization which controlled about 2,000 brothels in Argentina during the interwar period.
May also had the lead role in "Becoming Colette" (1991). The film dramatized the early life of the actress, journalist, and novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954). The real Colette is primarily remembered for her vivid depictions of the French demimonde of elite courtesans, and for her lesbian affairs with the fellow writer Natalie Clifford Barney and the aristocratic artist Mathilde de Morny.
May next had the female lead role in the crime drama "Toutes peines confondues" (1992). She played Jeanne Gardella, the wife of a shady businessman. She genuinely loves her husband, but fails to inform him that she is an Interpol agent who was assigned to spy on him. The film was an adaptation of a novel by Andrew Coburn (1932-2018).
May had the female lead in the romantic comedy "The Tit and the Moon" (1994), playing the beautiful French dancer Estrellita. In the film a preadolescent boy is fascinated with Estrellita and her breasts, but finds himself competing for her attention with Estrellita's husband and with an adolescent singer.
In 1996,. May had her first role in a video game, cast in the space flight simulation "Privateer 2: The Darkening". The main plot featured an amnesiac man who chose a new life as a privateer, while trying to find out why there was no record of his past life. The game was introduced as a spin-off of the space combat series "Wing Commander" (1990-2007), but had little resemblance to its predecessors.
May had her final major role in the 1990s in the action thriller film "The Jackal" (1997). She played Isabella Celia Zancona, a retired member of the Basque terrorist organization ETA. Zancona becomes a key witness for the FBI, as she is thought to be the only person able to identify the wanted assassin "The Jackal" (played by Bruce Willis). The assassin is an old foe of Zancona, who wounded her during a past encounter and caused her to miscarry their unborn child. She agrees to help, partly because she is promised safe haven, and partly because she wants revenge. The film was a minor box office hit.
During the early 2000s, May regularly appeared in television films and television series. Her theatrical roles were few in this period. She was eventually cast in a supporting role in the comedy thriller "A Girl Cut in Two" (2007). The film depicts a love triangle which results in the murder of one suitor by the other one. May's next significant film role was in the anthology film "The Players" (2012), which depicted various tales of male infidelity. The film attracted controversy for the sexually suggestive posters of its release, which were seen as violating France's regulations for advertising.
May continued regularly appearing in television roles throughout the 2010s, and was part of the main cast in the television series "Access" She resumed playing in theatrical films in 2019, initially cast in the World War II-themed drama "An Irrepressible Woman". By 2022, May was 57-years-old. She has never retired, and remains a well-known face in the European film market.- Actress
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María Botto was born on 10 February 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress and writer, known for Hustle (2022), Risen (2016) and Code Name Emperor (2022).- Actress
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Marsha Thomason is a British television and film actress who is known for playing Sara Evers in Disney's The Haunted Mansion, Naomi Dorrit on the ABC series Lost, FBI agent Diana Berrigan on the USA Network series White Collar, Francine Bridge on Sky's Cobra and DS Jenn Townsend in ITV crime series The Bay.- Actress
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Mary Steenburgen is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
She was born in Newport, Arkansas, USA. Her mother, Nellie May (Wall) Steenburgen, was a school-board secretary, and her father, Maurice H. Steenburgen, was a freight-train conductor. Her surname comes from distant Dutch ancestry, and her roots also include English, Scottish, and Welsh.
Young Steenburgen was fond of arts and literature. Mary grew up tap-dancing her way through talent shows and school functions. She was active in her school drama class. After appearing in a number of high school plays, she enrolled at Hendrix College, a highly progressive Southern School located in Conway, Arkansas. Upon the recommendation of her drama professor, she left college in 1972 and moved to New York to study acting professionally. In the past several years, Mary Steenburgen has emerged as one of the most accomplished and sought-after screen actresses. Ever since Jack Nicholson discovered her and cast her as a sassy adventuress in his rollicking western, Goin' South (1978), her career has skyrocketed and she has won acclaim for exceptional performances in each of her diverse film roles. In Nicholas Meyer's Time After Time (1979), Steenburgen was afforded critical praise for her portrayal of a somewhat dippy but liberated young bank clerk in San Francisco who crosses paths, via time machine, with English author H.G. Wells (played by Malcolm McDowell, who later became her husband). In 1980 she shot to fame with her role as Lynda Dummar in Melvin and Howard (1980) for which she won Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Steenburgen again impressed audiences and critics alike with her stunning performance as the strong-willed turn-of-the-century mother in Ragtime (1981).
Steenburgen is a notable patron of arts. She is also an active supporter of humanitarian causes. She has two children from her previous marriage to actor Malcolm McDowell. Since 1995 she has been married to actor Ted Danson, and the couple is living in the Los Angeles area.- Actress
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Mary McCormack began her acting career performing in a stage production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors". "I was twelve but looked like an eight-year-old boy" she recalls. "As luck would have it, none of the boys in town could sing, so I got the part and wore a hat". Mary continued working regionally throughout New Jersey and continued her education at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. At Trinity, she majored in English and painting and continued her stage work in many more musicals. Mary finished an acting program at the William Esper Studio. She has worked in many New York theaters, some of which include The Atlantic Theatre Company, Alice's 4th Floor and Naked Angels, where she recently appeared in Jon Robin Baitz's "A Fair Country".- Actress
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Marcy McCusker recurred as "Quendra" on NBC's "Community". She has guest starred on "CSI:NY", "New Adventures of Old Christine", "Monk", the ABC sitcom pilot "Who Gets the Parents" and stars in the new comedy series, "MILFriend" streaming on Elizabeth Banks' platform Whohaha. As a professional dancer, she had the pleasure of dancing with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, N'Sync, Jessica Simpson, and Usher. She also appeared in the TV shows "Ratched", "Castle", "How I Met Your Mother", "American Dreams", the Grammy Awards, the MTV VMA's, and numerous commercials and films such as "Southland Tales" with Justin Timberlake, and "Gangster Squad" with Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Sean Penn.- Actress
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Marketa Janska, born in the Czech Republic, is an actress, singer, and songwriter currently living in Los Angeles. She began her career as a model, living throughout Europe, and eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue her true passions: music and theater. Marketa is a lyrical soprano, and has recorded one EP to date, entitled "How to Stay True". Her songs have been featured in independent films. She appears in various television commercials and films. She enjoys hiking and yoga, which are her two main sources of inspiration.- Actress
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She was the standard prototype of the porcelain-pretty collegiate and starry-eyed romantic interest in a host of Depression-era films and although her name may not ring a bell to most, Mary Carlisle enjoyed a fairly solid decade in the cinematic limelight.
The petite Boston-born, blue-eyed blonde was born on February 3, 1914, and brought to Hollywood in 1918, at age 4, by her mother after her father passed away. The story goes that the 14-year-old and her mother were having lunch at the Universal commissary when she was noticed by producer Carl Laemmle Jr., who immediately gave her a screen test. Her age was a hindering factor, however, and Mary completed her high school studies before moving into the acting arena. An uncle connected to MGM helped give the young hopeful her break into the movies as a singer/dancer a few years later.
Mary started out typically as an extra and bit player in such films as Madam Satan (1930), The Great Lover (1931) and in Grand Hotel (1932) in which she played a honeymooner. The glamorous, vibrant beauty's career was given a build-up as a "Wampas Baby Star" in 1933 and soon she began finding work in films playing stylish, well-mannered young co-eds. Although she performed as a topline actress in a number of lightweight pictures such as Night Court (1932) with Anita Page, Murder in the Private Car (1934) starring Charles Ruggles, and It's in the Air (1935) alongside Jack Benny, she is perhaps best remembered as a breezy co-star to Bing Crosby in three of his earlier, lightweight '30s musicals: College Humor (1933), Double or Nothing (1937) and Doctor Rhythm (1938). In the last picture mentioned she is the lovely focus of his song "My Heart Is Taking Lessons". Her participation in weightier material such as Kind Lady (1935) was often overshadowed by her even weightier co-stars, in this case Basil Rathbone and Aline MacMahon.
Disappointed with the momentum of her career and her inability to extricate herself from the picture-pretty, paragon-of-virtue stereotype, Mary traveled and lived in London for a time in the late '30s. Following her damsel-in-distress role in the horror opus Dead Men Walk (1943) with George Zucco and Dwight Frye, Mary retired from the screen, prompted by her marriage to James Blakeley, a flying supervisor, the year before. The Beverly Hills couple had one son. Her husband, a former actor who also appeared in '30s musicals with Crosby as a dapper second lead (e.g., in Two for Tonight (1935)), later became an important executive (producer, editor, etc.) at Twentieth Century-Fox.
In later years Mary managed an Elizabeth Arden Salon in Beverly Hills and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her husband passed away in 2007. Mary herself lived to the ripe old age of 104 on August 1, 2018.- Actress
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On the viewing horizon since the late 1980s, actress Maura Tierney has been a steady product of independent features, some hits and some misses, for close to a decade and a half. An odd and compelling beauty, she came from an upscale Bostonian family and was raised in the Hyde Park district.
Born February 3, 1965, the eldest child of three of Pat, a real estate agent, and Joseph M. Tierney, a prosperous politician and city councilman, Maura Lynn Tierney initially studied at New York University. She left school prior to graduation when she hooked up with the Circle-in-the-Square theater school. Following some stage plays including "Baby with the Bathwater" and "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," she moved to the West Coast in the late 1980s finding minor roles here and there in TV-movies and making the rounds on episodic shows such as Growing Pains (1985), Family Ties (1982) and Law & Order (1990). She met actor/husband Billy Morrissette after both were fired from the set of an eventually-scrapped Ralph Macchio series.
After a few other failed pilots and a short-lived TV series, Maura made a minor film debut with The Linguini Incident (1991) and progressed to leading lady status in the B-movie spoof Dead Women in Lingerie (1991), which didn't go over well. She finally hit paydirt on TV when she won a female co-lead as smart but insecure newswriter Lisa Miller on the comedy series NewsRadio (1995). The show sailed along for a number of seasons due to the fine comedy instincts of David Foley, Andy Dick and the late Saturday Night Live (1975) player Phil Hartman. The show lost its oomph, however, as well as its audience after Hartman's tragic 1998 gunshot slaying, despite an assured replacement in fellow Saturday Night Live (1975) alumni Jon Lovitz. The show couldn't escape its bad aura, and it was gone the following year.
Maura's work on the TV sitcom thrust her into the film comedy limelight with prominent roles in such films as the Jim Carrey vehicle Liar Liar (1997). She also showed up as sly, darker-edged femmes in the thriller Primal Fear (1996), Primary Colors (1998) and Instinct (1999).
Into the millennium, Maura received one of her best art-house roles as a heavy in her husband's feature Scotland, Pa. (2001) which he wrote and directed. Following that came a mixture of offbeat parts in such films as the mystery thriller Insomnia (2002) starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams; the romantic comedy Welcome to Mooseport (2004) with Gene Hackman and Ray Romano; the Paul Rudd dramedy Diggers (2006); the sports comedy Semi-Pro (2008) with Will Ferrell and Steve Guttenberg; the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler slapstick comedy Baby Mama (2008); and, more recently, Nature Calls (2012), Anything (2017) and Beautiful Boy (2018) opposite Steve Carell.
She also found steady TV work with the role of Abby, who was first a nurse and then a doctor, in the long-established and critically-acclaimed medical drama series ER (1994), where she remained on the staff until the show left the air in 2009. She also found recurring roles on Rescue Me (2004), The Good Wife (2009) and The Affair (2014), and co-starred in the short-lived legal drama The Whole Truth (2010) with Rob Morrow.- Actress
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Marta Kristen was born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen, on February 26, 1945, in Oslo, Norway, to a Finnish mother and a German soldier who was killed towards the end of World War II in Europe. Marta was only two months old when she was left in an orphanage. In 1949, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Soderquist of Detroit, Michigan adopted her, and brought her to America; she was renamed Martha Soderquist.
In 1959, the family moved to L.A. and she attended Santa Monica High School for a year; she later graduated from Hollywood Professional School. Producer/director James B. Harris discovered the pretty, petite aspiring actress; he arranged for her to get an agent, and she was quickly booked for TV programs, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Loretta Young Show (1953) (aka "The New Loretta Young Show"). In 1963, Marta met a graduate student and, 6 months later, they got married. Her career took off and she made a splash as the mermaid "Lorelei" in Beach Blanket Bingo (1965). She would be best-known and remembered, however, for her signature role of "Judy Robinson" in Lost in Space (1965). However, the show was not as great as expected. Marta later said in an interview, "The show had so much promise. When it started to be silly, we all began to look at each other and say, 'We're in an episode with talking vegetables?' Five years of the Actors Studio, and I'm doing this?" Even worse, the show did not feature her prominently -- in the most popular episode, The Sky Pirate (1966), in which actor Albert Salmi (like Marta, of Finnish descent) guest-starred, she had only one word of dialogue (she gets to say "good-bye" to the pirate).
Offscreen, Marta tried to find her roots, but it was not until 1969, pregnant with her first child and traveling alone through Europe looking for her long-lost relatives, that Marta was able to find her biological mother in Finland; she also met her older sister for the first time, whom she didn't know about. Later that year, Marta returned to the USA, and her daughter Laura was born. Marta concentrated on raising her daughter, and instead of doing television or films, she appeared in over 40 TV commercials, which required less time away from home. Marta and her first husband divorced in 1973. In 1974, she met Kevin Kane, an attorney; they were married until his death in 2016.
Marta has remained moderately active in TV and movies, even appearing in the big screen version of Lost in Space (1998). And she discovered more family members in 1997, half-siblings -- a younger brother in Australia and a sister in Finland -- about whom she had known nothing.
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Marla Jeannette Rubinoff was born in the Midwest and moved to California as a baby in the late 1960s. Her father, Dr. Malcolm Rubinoff, and her mother had three children. Marla has two sisters Tammy and Danita Rubinoff. Her parents divorced when she was 8 years old and both remarried. Dr. Rubinoff married Ginny and had a son named Charles Rubinoff. Marla's great uncle is the famous violin player Dave Rubinoff. Further, Marla is the second cousin of 'Mike Fleiss' , the creator of "The Bachelor" (2002). Marla got her BA from UCLA and MA from Pepperdine University. Marla loves to perform and had her first series by 1984 called Down to Earth (1984). Her parents were happy for her but stressed the need for higher education. While she was starring on a 'David Lynch' series called "On the Air" (1992) she was also signed to be a co-star on "The New WKRP in Cincinnati" (1991). At the same time, she continued on to Graduate School to complete her MA in Clinical Psychology and got her MFT license in October 2002. Marla married Duane French on October 19, 2001 and had her first baby, Amber Skye French, in 2003. Marla had a second baby in 2006, Summer Rain French. Besides frequent radio appearances as a Marriage and Family therapist, she continues to pursue acting and plays- Actress
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Marissa Jaret Winokur was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Bupkis (2023), What We Do in the Shadows (2019) and Celebrity Big Brother (2018). She has been married to Judah Miller since 7 October 2006. They have one child.- Leanne Wilson was born in 1980 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Tracker (2001), Casualty (1986) and Workshop (2009).
- Marisa Petroro is an American film and television actress from Elizabeth, New Jersey, who is of Italian and Argentine descent. She is recognized for developing a diverse range of on-screen personalities. It's no wonder this Jersey girl has made a spot for herself in Hollywood.
At the tender age of four, Marisa started participating in East Coast beauty pageants. By eight, this young starlet was taking trips to New York City to study acting at the highly acclaimed HB Studio. After making the pageant circuit as a teenager, Marisa won the title of Miss Italia USA and then retired her pageant days after she went on to place top five in Miss Italia World in 1996.
Marisa then crafted a five-year road-map, packed her bags and convinced a good friend to join her on a 3,000 mile cross-country drive that ended in Los Angeles. Within the first few years, Marisa was landing principal roles in hit films such as MGM's 'Pumpkin' and Columbia Pictures' 'Tomcats'. Also during this breakout period, she built notable television credits on NBC's 'The Pretender', CBS's 'The Young and the Restless', a national commercial directed by David Lynch and starred opposite Rick Schroder in the award-winning country music video, Whiskey Lullaby, sung by Allison Krause and Brad Paisley.
2007-2008 were banner years for this seasoned actor as she starred in Roadside Attraction's feature film, 'Everybody Wants to Be Italian', the story of the struggle of two Italians and their quest to win each other's hearts in Boston's famed North End. She had also returned for her fourth season as one of the most recognized briefcase models (#18) on NBC's top game show 'Deal or No Deal', as well as landed roles on CBS's popular sitcom 'Rules of Engagement', acting alongside David Spade and ABC's award winning comedy drama series 'Desperate Housewives', acting alongside Eva Longoria Parker.
2011-2012 were also banner years with guest star roles on TNT's 'Franklin & Bash', Fox's 'Touch', Lifetime's 'Drop Dead Diva' and a co-star on Disney's 'Kickin' It'.
Over the past decade, Marisa has had a wonderful path working on films opposite Dominic Monaghan in 'The Millionaire Tour,' Richard Tyson in 'Booneville Redemption', French Stewart in 'Hopeless, Romantic' and most recently in 'Ford v. Ferrari' as Mrs. Henry Ford opposite Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas and Jon Bernthal, which won 2 Academy Awards in 2020.
Outside of acting, Marisa holds philanthropy close to her heart. She was the national spokesperson for the Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA), an organization dedicated to increasing sarcoma related research from 2007-2010. In fact, Marisa, a cancer survivor of Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, that affects the muscles, has said that taking on this responsibility allowed her to achieve one of her lifetime goals. She continues to volunteer her time to helping individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy.
Marisa is always involved with charity organizations including the Tomorrow's Children Fund, The Young Storytellers Foundation and Project Angel Food.
In 2007, Marisa was asked to be Commencement Speaker at her alma mater, Kean University in New Jersey and was honored as "Woman of the Year" by The Center for Italian and Italian-American Culture in her home state of New Jersey. She also contributed to the book The Vision Board: The Secret to An Extraordinary Life by Joyce Schwarz. - Actress
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Dani Lennon is a Chicago Native that has been performing most of her life. Originally a classically trained singer, she performed all over Europe, Carnegie Hall, Television and Musical Theatre. Dani took part in stage productions all over Chicago where she worked with many talented actors and Steppenwolf directors.
Dani moved to Los Angeles where she has been working consistently in Television, Soaps, Film, Digital and Voice Over. In addition to acting and singing, Dani's interests and talents are extended behind the camera as a Screenwriter and a Creative Producer. Dani uses her special skills on screen and off. Having been an athlete most of her life, she enjoys performing her own stunts, firearms, boxing and riding horses. As a self proclaimed adventure junkie, Dani loves the outdoors. Hiker, camper, fisherman and equestrian are the few roles she plays in her everyday life.- Actress
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Marisa Berenson was born on 15 February 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Cabaret (1972), Barry Lyndon (1975) and Cinéman (2009). She was previously married to Aaron Richard Golub and Jim Randall.- Actress
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Michelle Lynn Monaghan was born on March 23, 1976, in Winthrop, Iowa. She is the youngest of three children and the only daughter of Sharon (Hamel), who ran a day care center, and Robert L. Monaghan, a factory worker and farmer. She is of mostly Irish and German descent. After graduating from high school in Iowa, she studied journalism for three years at Chicago's Columbia College. In order to pay for college, she took a job as a model. In 1999, she quit college and moved to New York to work full-time as a fashion model. She traveled the world doing stints on the runways in Milan, Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and also appeared in a number of magazines and catalogs.
In 2000, she made her TV debut in two episodes of Young Americans (2000), then appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). She made her big screen debut with a small role of Henrietta in Perfume (2001). Monaghan shot to fame in 2002 when she co-starred as Kimberly Woods for one season on the TV series Boston Public (2000). After appearances in several supporting roles, she starred opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005). Later in 2005, Monaghan was filming in China, Italy, and the United States on Mission: Impossible III (2006), as the female lead opposite Tom Cruise.
In August of 2005, in Sydney, Australia, she married her long-time sweetheart, Peter White, a New York based graphic designer, whom she met at a Manhattan party five years earlier.- Marie Zielcke was born on 3 February 1979 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Silvester Countdown (1997), Agnes and His Brothers (2004) and Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace (2009). She was previously married to Henry Thomas.
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A familiar character actress, Marianna Hill is the daughter of a building contractor. From her native southern California, her family moved around frequently, including to Canada, Spain and Great Britain. As a result, she became familiar with different accents and dialects, whether a French accent (for a guest appearance on My Three Sons (1960), or German Hogan's Heroes (1965). She started acting while a teenager, apprenticing at the La Jolla (Calif.) Playhouse, and also studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Marianna's exotic looks enabled her to portray a variety of types, including a Hawaiian girl, an Irish lass and Greek beauty. She has also been an acting coach and teacher at the Lee Strasberg Institute in London.- Mariana Matthews was born in New York City and raised in a small town in Connecticut. She spent a semester abroad at The University of Sussex in Brighton, England and studied with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. After moving to New York, Mariana took comedy classes and worked at the box office of an improv/comedy theater while auditioning for film and television. She first caught the public eye in the short film Looking Out (2002) in which she portrayed a Lolita type high school girl who carries on a romance with a much older man. The film won two awards at the First Run Film Festival, and an Audience Award at Slamdance, and led to several supporting roles in indie features.