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- Jeanne Eagels, one of the most intriguing stars of late silent films and the early talkies, was born Amelia Jean Eagles on June 26, 1890 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Edward and Julia Sullivan Eagles. Young Jean was part of an impoverished family of eight, with three brothers and two sisters. She likely stopped going to school when she was 11 years old.
As a girl, she decided to become an actress after appearing in a Shakespearen play. Of that performance, she said, "I played the grave-digger in 'Hamlet,' first, at the age of seven. They gave me the chance to play Shakespeare because nobody else of the tender age of seven would do so. They wouldn't say the rather amazing words...the other kiddies. I took it all quite seriously and said ALL the words without a quiver. Once I had begun I could not be stopped. I was ill when I was not on the stage. It seemed to me I couldn't breathe in any other atmosphere."
She followed up the experience up by playing bit parts in local theatrical productions. When she was 12 years old, she became a member of the Dubinsky Brothers' traveling stock company, appearing at first as a dancer, but eventually working her way into speaking roles. Eagels soon was playing leading roles in the stock company's repertory, including "Camille," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Later, a myth arose that Eagels' began her career as a circus performer. The 1957 biographical film "The Jeanne Eagels Story" erroneously depicts Eagels' beginning as a hootchie-kootchie dancer in a carnival. The Dubinsky Brothers did use a tent to put on their shows, but they did not present carnival acts but performed popular comedies, musicals, and dramas. The tent was only used during the spring and summer months, while during the colder months, the company performed in theaters and halls in the Midwest.
Jeanne Eagels married the scion of the Dubinsky family, Morris, the oldest of the brothers. She was likely in her teens, and probably had a baby by Morris. Stories about Eagels' past diverge, and in one account, the child was adopted by family friends, while in another, Eagels' baby boy died in infancy, triggering a nervous breakdown for the bereft mother. Eagels and Dubinky separated, likely due to his infidelity. Jeanne eventually left the Dubinksy company and joined another touring stock company, which eventually brought her to New York City.
Eagels decided to make herself over in New York as she fought her way up in the fiercely competitive theatrical world. A brunette, Eagels dyed her hair blonde and said that she was of Spanish and Irish lineage, and that her surname was originally "Aguilar," which loosely translates into English as "eagle." She changed the spelling of her name from "Eagles" to "Eagels," reputedly as she thought it looked better on a marquee. Eliminating her past, she presented herself as an ingÃffÃ'©nue rather than as a divorced woman and mother of a dead infant. She also adopted an English accent as David Belasco, the legendary theatrical impresario, had commented that she spoke like an "earl's daughter."
She began her climb up the greasy pole of Broadway stardom by appearing as a chorus girl. She even served a stint as a Ziegfield girl, but Eagels was determined to establish herself as a dramatic roles, wining bit parts in the plays "Jumping Jupiter" and "The Mind the Paint Girl."
Eagels took a trip to Paris, where she likely studied acting with Beverly Sitgreaves, an expatriate American actress who had appeared with Sarah Bernhardt, Eagels' idol. After Jeanne Eagels' death, there arose a myth that she was a "raw," untrained talent who just happened to have the spark of genius on stage. This is demonstrably false as she had a thorough grounding in technique in her six-year apprenticeship in regional stock companies. She also studied acting with Sitgreaves and with acting coaches in New York. The myth likely is rooted in the biography of Eagels' stage co-star Leslie Howard that was written by his children. Howard was of the opinion that Eagels was untrained, but that likely was rooted in English snobbery vis-ÃffÃ'Â -vis America actors as he had the same opinion of the great Bette Davis. What Howard likely meant that the emotionally erratic Eagels was undisciplined rather than untrained. George Arliss, considered one of the great stage actors at the time he appeared on Broadway with Eagels, would hardly have chosen her to appear in three of his productions if she were not trained and up to giving a fine performance. Arliss was full of praise for Eagels.
In Paris, Eagels attracted the attention of Julian Eltinge, the famous Broadway female impersonator, though they were not introduced. Ironically, when he returned to New York, Eltinge found out that Eagels was to be his co-star in what turned out to be a long tour of the play "The Crinoline Girl." The two became good friends.
Eagels won the role of a prostitute who becomes a faith-healer in the touring company of the play "Outcast" by modeling herself after the play's star, Elsie Ferguson, for her audition. She won the part, and also won great reviews during the tour's swing through the South. When the touring company returned to New York for an off-Broadway engagement, some critics were there to see if Eagels actually did live up to the road reviews of her "Outcast" performance. She did, and the critics were suitably impressed.
The Thanhouser Film Co. cast Eagles in the film of "Outcast" in 1916, which was entitled The World and the Woman (1916) upon its release. Eagels was working during the daytime in films and at night on the stage. Suffering from fatigue and insomnia, she sought treatment and likely became hooked on drugs during this period. With the aid of physician-prescribed dope, Jeanne Eagels continued her hectic dual-career of making movies during the day while acting on stage at night. The routine continued until 1920. Suffering from chronic sinusitis and other maladies, Eagels descended the slippery slope of self-medicating her ills, an unfortunate situation exacerbated by her fondness for drink.
Eagels received great reviews when she starred with George Arliss in the Broadway hit "The Professor's Love Story" in 1917. She followed up their joint triumph with two more co-starring ventures with Arliss, "Disraeli" and the even-more-popular play "Hamilton." Of his co-star, Arliss said that each of the three distinctly different parts she acted were "played with unerring judgment and artistry."
In 1918, she appeared in Belasco's production of "Daddies," an original play about the plight of war orphans starring George Abbott. She quit the hit show either due to exhaustion or because, as rumor had it, she was fed up with Belasco's sexual harassment, though she praised him as a producer.
"Often in the theater there is a feeling of commercialism in every detail; it may not touch one directly, but it is there, and the consciousness that the financial success of the play is perhaps of first importance is decidedly unpleasant. Now, Mr. Belasco puts acting, like every other element of a production, upon an artistic basis. He makes you feel that a thing is important artistically or not at all. Money seems never to be a consideration, yet the making of it follows as a result of making the production as nearly perfect as possible.... That point of view on the producer's part means a great deal to the actor; it leaves him free to do so much, and is an incentive to work toward a faithful portrayal of character. To me everything about Mr. Belasco's theater points toward that one ideal of his -- perfection."
She next appeared in the comedy "A Young Man's Fancy" (1919), followed up by "The Wonderful Thing" (1920). By the time she appeared in the latter, a modest success that played for 120 performances, she had become a true Broadway diva, having to wait for the applause to die down after her entrance before she could deliver her lines. She had her own distinctive ideas on how to give a fresh impression to the audience for each performance:
"Audiences mean as much to an actress as the acoustics of a concert hall mean to a musician. The musician must vary his playing according to his acoustics--according to the sort of room in which his concert is given.... A sort of sixth sense enables me to discern the character of an audience within a few minutes after I have begun to play, and it is only the people for whom I am making this lovable girl live at that one performance that matter. Former audiences are swept from my thought as though they had never been. As far as the audience of the moment is concerned others have never been. What I have done, or have not done, for them doesn't matter to the folk who have come to see the play to-night. I am so very conscious of this that I am able to play to them as though I were creating the part for the first time... I do wrong in speaking of 'playing to an audience,' however. A true artist never 'plays to the audience.' Rather he or she keeps his or her own vision true, and the creation evolves itself."
Her next Broadway appearance, "In the Night Watch" (1921), was another modest success, but she soon was to appear in the play that would make her lasting reputation. The opportunity came her way when another actress turned down the role of the prostitute Sadie Thompson in the theatrical adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's short story "Rain."
On the road in Philidelphia, the play received discouraging reviews, necessitating a rewrite of the second act. By the time the rewritten "Rain" debuted on Broadway on November 7, 1922, at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, all the kinks had been worked out, and the play was a smash, running for 256 performances. When the company returned to Broadway after the road show, re-opening at the Gaiety Theatre on September 1, 1924, "Rain" starring Jeanne Eagels ran for another 648 performances, transferring to the New Park Theatre on December 15, 1924. "Rain" elevated Jeanne Eagels into the pantheon of American theater greats.
John D. Williams, the director of "Rain" said, "In my score of years in the theater Miss Eagels was one of the two or three highest types of interpretive acting intelligences I have met. To work with her on a play was once more to feel one's self in the theater when it was in its finest estate; when a play was not a 'show,' nor even a performance, but a work, which because it had something to say that might clarify life, was a living thing and simply demanded to be heard. It was then that somebody, known or unknown, wrote something that deserved fanatically true fulfillment--and somebody else of magic touch acted it.... Miss Eagels had that touch of magic in character interpretation- the quick exchange of ideas as to the sense of the scene. And then would come the superbly tragic entrance, for example, of Sadie Thompson in the last act of 'Rain,' with its flawless blend of bitter disillusionment, irony, revenge, terror."
Eagels' great performance was acknowledged as responsible for the great success of the play, and although Gloria Swanson had some success playing Sadie in the silent movie version of the play in 1928, Joan Crawford did less well in the role in the 1931 talkie version. Both Swanson and particularly Crawford were upstaged by their leading men, Lionel Barrymore and Walter Huston, respectively. Rita Hayworth's version in 1953, opposite José Ferrer, is barely remembered. Sadie Thompson belonged to Jeanne Eagels, and the touring company of "Rain" toured for four years.
In 1917, Eagels had said, "I am timid and afraid of men and far too busy to become well acquainted with them. My work fills my life, and I should not care to fall in love or marry before I am very, very old -- about thirty-five -- because a woman gives too much of herself when she loves, and that would interfere with her career."
By the time Eagels married her second husband, the stockbroker Edward H. Coy, in 1925 at the age of 35, she had developed a reputation as a temperamental actress who was a hard drinker. Coy had achieved Ivy League gridiron immortality as a 6-foot, 195-pound fullback at Yale, where he was named an All-American in 1908 and 1909 but had turned to the sauce for solace now that the cheers had faded. The incompatibility between the two did nothing to ameliorate her problems with her mood swings or with drink.
After "Rain," she took time off, either turning down offers such as the role of Roxie Hart in "Chicago" (1926) or quitting plays she did sign up for during rehearsals. Finally, she made her Broadway return in the George Cukor-directed light comedy "Her Cardboard Lover" (1926) opposite Leslie Howard. Broadway critics and audiences had grown accustomed to Eagels in more substantial fare, and on opening night, it was Leslie Howard whom the audience cheered, calling for Howard to take curtain calls. Controversially, Eagels took Howard's curtain calls, thanking the audience "on behalf of my Cardboard Lover." The critics, too, wound up praising Howard rather than Eagels.
Eagels fondness for medicating herself and for drink caused problems during the run of the show. Her on-stage behavior could be egregious, as when she stepped out of character and, thirty for the sauce, asked Howard's character for a drink of "water." This caused the stage manager more than once to bring down the curtain during a performance, and Howard left the stage in a huff at one point.
About bad acting, Eagels blamed it on "...[N]ot being a good listener. So few people are. For instance, when you and I are talking here and I say 'no' very deeply and quietly, your reply will be 'yes' with something of a rising inflection, a lighter modulation. You have listened to me and have made a correct tonal reply. On the stage, most of the actors and actresses know their cue words and take their cues, but they haven't listened to the speech preceding their own. The result is a correct enough answer as to word, but not as to tone. There is not tonal intelligence in the reply. Good listeners...so rare."
John D. Williams, her director in "Rain," attributed her greatness on the stage to her great ability to listen while on stage.
"First off, she knew to perfection, and adhered to as to a religion, the art of listening in acting. At every performance, whether the first, or the hundredth, the speeches of the character addressing her were not merely heard but listened to. Hence there was always thought and belief and conviction behind every speech and scene of her own-- the essence of theater illusion."
The drink and drugs apparently were eroding that greatness. However, despite her on-stage antics, "Her Cardboard Lover" was another modest success, playing for 152 performances. After shooting the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Man, Woman and Sin (1927) with John Gilbert, she toured with the play in the large cities.
Eagels' behavior during the filming of Man, Woman and Sin (1927) was atrocious. Gilbert, whom she reportedly had an affair with, said Eagels was the most temperamental actress he had ever worked with. She would appear late at the studio, and once, she disappeared for several days. The Hollywood trade press credited Eagels disappearance to a drink binge, and at one point, she took off on a two-week vacation to Santa Barbara without informing her director, Monta Bell. Bell asked studio management to terminate Eagels' contract, which they did. Fortunately, there was enough footage so Bell could salvage the film without re-shooting.
John Gilbert said of Eagels, "She seemed to hate the movies for a popularity they could not give her....[The] blind, unreasoning adulation of the movie fans was a type of popularity she spurned. Fundamentally, Jeanne was much superior to us. Movie actors are crazy to be worshiped. Jeanne Eagels wanted to be understood and appreciated."
When the film was released, Eagels' performance received mixed reviews, but the picture was a failure primarily due to the poor reviews garnered by Gilbert. Critics rejected the great lover playing a naive mama's boy in this film. Gilbert's career was salvaged shortly thereafter by the release of his second film with Great Garbo, Love (1927), which was a smash hit at the box office.
When Eagels began touring the East Coast in "Her Cardboard Lover," the Boston engagement was cut in half to one week as Eagels reportedly was ill. After the play moved to Chicago with a revivified Eagels, she divorced Coy in 1928, citing physically abuse and accusing him of breaking her jaw. Eagels claimed that Coy had threatened to wreck her budding movie career by ruining her face. Coy, a heavy boozer like his soon-to-be ex-wife, pleaded no contest and the divorce was granted.
The Mid-Western tour of "Her Cardboard Lover" moved on to Milwaukee, but Eagels was a no-show at both the Milwaukee and the subsequent St. Louis performances. She claimed that she was suffering from ptomaine poisoning, but eye-witness accounts placed her in Chicago on a long boozing binge when she was supposed to have been in Milwaukee. Her indefensible and unprofessional behavior brought her an 18-month suspension from Actor's Equity, which banned her from performing on stage with any other Equity actor for the length of the suspension. The ban essentially ended her stage career in New York and the rest of the country, although it could not stop her from appearing by herself on stage in non-Equity venues. Eagels hit the vaudeville circuit, performing scenes from "Rain." She also appeared in movies as producers were desperate for trained stage people with the advent of sound, and she eventually made more money from the film industry and vaudeville than she ever had from the "legitimate" stage.
Ironically, it was Monta Bell, now working at Paramount's Astoria Studios in New York, who hired Jeanne Eagels for her film comeback. In 1929, Bell announced that even though Equity didn't want Eagels, he wanted her, for she had been the consummate professional during the making of Man, Woman and Sin (1927). The man who had urged the MGM brass to fire her now told the press that he had actually urged MGM to sign Eagels to long-term contract for more pictures.
The first movie Eagels made for Paramount was the Monta Bell-produced The Letter (1929), which reunited Eagels with W. Somerset Maugham. Katharine Cornell had had a Broadway hit with Maugham's play as the murderous adulteress, and Eagels delivered an electrifying, legendary performance in the role on film. After Eagels received rave reviews for her The Letter (1929), Paramount took Bell's advice and signed her to a contract for two more pictures, Jealousy (1929) and The Laughing Lady (1929).
She began shooting "Jealousy" (1929) with the English actor Anthony Bushnell, whom she had hand-picked to be her leading man, but during filming it was apparent that Bushnell's voice was not registering well on the sound equipment. Bushnell was replaced by the up-and-coming star Fredric March, who later said Eagels was "great" to work with, but that the movie they made together was a "stinker." There were rumors that Eagels had suffered a nervous breakdown while filming "Jealousy", but Paramount denied there had been any trouble with their new diva. However, Eagels asked to be let out of her contract for "The Laughing Lady" on the grounds that she was either ill or because she didn't like the script, and the studio obliged, replacing her with Ruth Chatterton.
About her management of her personal affairs, Eagels said, "I cannot bear to transact any of my own business or make any of my own professional arrangements. I have an aversion to it I cannot overcome. I can't read the papers, either. Mention of my personal life, even tho I expect it, acts terribly on my nerves. I suppose I'm an odd person."
It was reported that now that the Actors Equity ban was due to expire in the fall of 1929, Eagels was preparing to return to Broadway. In September, Eagles underwent successful surgery to treat ulcers on her eyes, a condition was caused by her sinusitis. Two weeks after surgery, on the night of October 3, 1929, as Eagels was preparing for a night out on the town, she fell ill and was taken to a private 5th Avenue hospital. In the hospital waiting room, she suffered a convulsion and died.
Three autopsies were conducted over the following three months and reached three different conclusions as to the cause of her death, which was variously attributed as an overdose of alcohol, the tranquilizer chloral hydrate, and heroin in the successive autopsy reports. All three substances likely were in her system when she died, and it was suggested that the unconscious Eagels had received a sedative from the first doctor to treat her, and that subsequently a second doctor, not knowing she had already been sedated, had unknowingly given the unconscious actress a second shot, thus causing the overdose that killed her.
When her estate went through probate, it was worth an estimated $52,000 (approximately $562,000 in 2005 dollars) after her debts and funeral costs were deducted. Dying intestate, the estate went to her mother. A wake was held at Campbell's funeral home in New York City, the same establishment that had handled Rudolph Valentino's funeral. Reportedly, her movie "Jealousy" was playing across the street from the funeral home as she lay in her casket, finally at peace. Her body was sent to Kansas City, where a Catholic mass and requiem was held, and she was laid to rest with her father and a brother.
Eagels was posthumously nominated for a 1929 Best Actress Academy Award for her role in "The Letter," the first actor to be so honored. She lost out to superstar Mary Pickford, one of the founders of the Academy, who took the Oscar home to Pickfair for her performance in "Coquette," her first talkie.
Jeanne Eagels' life was limned in the 1957 film _Jeanne Eagels_, which starred Kim Novak. This film is fictionalized biography that whitewashed the truth about Eagels' life. In recent years, there have been rumors that Eagels enjoyed same-sex relationships with other women, but the rumors remain unsubstantiated. In her lifetime, she was romantically linked to many famous men, including the conductor Arthur Fiedler, the gambler "Nick the Greek" Dandalos, and the theater critic Ward Morehouse. She was pursued by producer David Belasco, theater owner Lee Shubert, and the Prince of Wales, the future Duke of Windsor.
About actors, Jeanne Eagels was quoted as saying, "We are glorious, unearthly people, set above all others because of our genius, our capacity to sway others, to make them laugh and cry, or make them live a romance we but play." In the Academy Award-winning All About Eve (1950), writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz has the critic Addison DeWitt tell the great fictional diva Margo Channing (played by Leslie Howard's other great "untrained" co-star, Bette Davis), "Margo, as you know, I have lived in the theater as a Trappist monk lives in his faith. I have no other world, no other life -- and once in a great while I experience that moment of revelation for which all true believers wait and pray. You were one. Jeanne Eagels another."
The actor playwright Noël Coward said, "Of all the actresses I have ever seen, there was never one quite like Jeanne Eagels," while actress-playwright-Academy Award-nominated-screenwriter Ruth Gordon, a friend of Eagels, said of her, "Jeanne Eagels was the most beautiful person I ever saw and if you ever saw her, she was the most beautiful person YOU ever saw."
Kathleen Kennedy, her co-star in "Rain," said, "I sincerely doubt if Jeanne Eagels really knew, in spite of her pretensions, that she was a great actress. She was. Many times backstage I'd be waiting for my entrance cue and suddenly Jeanne would start to build a scene, and [we] would look up from our books at once. Some damn thing- some power, something- would take hold of your heart, you senses, as you listened to her, and you'd thrill to the sound of her."
John D. Williams, the director of "Rain," called her an acting genius. "Acting genius--that is, the power of enhancing a written character to a plane that neither author nor director can lay claim to -- Miss Eagels had at her beck and call, whether in tragedy or in comedy." - Holly Huddleston is known for Mankillers (1987), Battling Amazons (1987) and Tomorrow's Yesterday (2006).
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Laura Jacobs was born in the heart of the Canadian prairies. Her upbringing included classical Opera training, violin lessons and theatre acting training. Laura attended McGill University and with a dual degree in classical theatre studies and psychology. She got her start in the entertainment business as an internationally represented fashion model and worked all over the world, garnering success in Asia, New York, and Europe. Moving to the USA in 2010, Laura then began acting and singing in major productions earning notable performances in Daydream Nation with Kat Dennings, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Muck with Kane Hodder, and the last season of iZombie.
Becoming a mom has been a new and exciting recent chapter of her life, her and her husband welcomed healthy and beautiful twin baby boys in June of 2022, and have another set of twin boys on the way in November 2023!
Laura also appeared in the Roku Original Series "Match Me in Miami" in June of 2023 as she is also a top Celebrity Matchmaker and has gained notoriety in this field.- Actress
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- Natalia was born in New York, however she spent her young childhood in the small South American country of Uruguay where her parents were born and raised. When her family moved back to New York she only spoke Spanish and learned English in school. Doing so helped her maintain both languages without an accent. As a teen the family moved to Los Angeles where she was discovered by a talent manager at her school's fashion show. The Raising the Bar (2008) star, originally of Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993), Odd Man Out (1999), and Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) fame, has been featured in prominent Spanish magazines, such as Estylo and the cover of Latino Future. She returns to Uruguay to visit her family every year.
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Kissa Sins was born on 22 June 1987 in Pasadena, California, USA. She is an actress and writer.- Actress
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Born in Russian Empire to a Ukrainian father and a Swedish mother, Anna Sten studied at the Russian Film Academy and joined the Moscow Art Theater. Strikingly beautiful, she went on to appear in a number of Russian silent films, but it was in the German film Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff (1931) that Anna gained notice. Samuel Goldwyn saw a picture of Anna in the paper and rushed to view the film. After the first reel he sent word to sign her, hoping to develop her into a star of the magnitude of Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich. His agent signed Anna to a contract but forgot to mention the fact that she didn't speak a word of English, which made her appearance in sound pictures questionable. She spent a year studying English every day and working out makeup and acting. Goldwyn publicity called her "The Passionate Peasant" and sold her image to papers all over America. However, her first American picture, Nana (1934), even though almost completely rewritten and re-shot from the original, didn't bring audiences into the theaters. While Anna was looked great, the script and picture were average. Her second film, We Live Again (1934), marginally better suited to her style, also died within weeks at the box office. After her third film for Goldwyn, The Wedding Night (1935), also flopped, she and Goldwyn parted company after it became known around Hollywood as "Goldwyn's Last Sten." Anna made a few more movies, but by the end of the decade she was forgotten.- Actress
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Brittany Shaw earned her reputation as a versatile actress, producer and screenwriter. She has predominantly featured in television dramas.
Her journey in front of the camera began with guest spots on notable series such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Monk," and "NCIS." Her presence graced the screen in popular shows including "Entourage" and "Bones."
Throughout the 2000s and into the 2010s, Shaw maintained a consistent presence on the small screen, with roles in "Royal Pains," "The Glades," and "Body of Proof." More recent performances include "State of Georgia," "Nashville," and "Masters of Sex." On the big screen, she was seen in "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension" and the 2017 action movie "The Shadow Effect," where she starred alongside Cam Gigandet.
In addition to acting, Shaw expanded her creative portfolio by serving as a producer on the 2022 film "Peace in the Valley."- Actress
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Lindsay Lamb was born on 8 January 1991 in the USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Haunted Mansion (2023), Just Beyond (2021) and Lady of the Manor (2021).- Rachel Travers was born on 9 June 1978 in England, UK. She is an actress.
- Tall (5'10"), buxom, and shapely knockout Fantasia was born Tonya Simone Manley on December 25, 1966 in Detroit, Michigan. She's of Australian descent. Fantasia first began performing in explicit hardcore fare in her late teens in 1985. A popular big bust pin-up model and exotic dancer, she has been featured in such notable men's magazines as Gent, Score, Bra Busters, Top Heavy, Bust Out!, and Hustler's Busty Beauties. Moreover, Fantasia has also briefly worked as an escort in Los Angeles, California and runs her own official website.
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Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian as well as Lebanese and Portuguese/Brazilian descent. She moved to New York at the age of 10, when her father was transferred there. She attended the LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts and then the Juilliard School.
Staying in New York she worked in the theater, notably in the Central Park production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" where she was also Natalie Portman's understudy, and also appeared in several movies. After making Roger Dodger (2002), she moved to Los Angeles where she came to the attention of Joss Whedon, who cast her in his short-lived cult sci-fi show Firefly (2002). Since then she has rarely been off our TV screens.- Actress
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Caryn Ward is a professionally trained dancer/choreographer who studied at the prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Academy in New York City, NY. She danced on stage, screen and video with Janet Jackson, Usher, Rosie Perez, Debbie Allen to name a few. Caryn has recurred and co-starred on HBO's Entourage, The Shield, General Hospital, and The Game. Guest star appearances include Love That Girl and a recurring stint on One Love for the Bounce Tv Network. Caryn has starred in numerous independent films. Next up, Caryn will star in "Daddy's Home" for the Up TV Network and season 3 of BlackandSexyTV's "Roomie Lover Friends" series.- Kendra Kirchner is known for Android (1982).
- Deliciously lithe, busty, and enticing brunette knockout Hiromi Oshima was born on January 6, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. Oshima has a B.A. in communications and speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Japanese. She eventually moved to Miami Beach, Florida and first tried out for "Playboy" magazine scouts for the 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt. After posing for a couple of newsstand special editions and being featured in a pictorial in the December, 2003 issue of the famous men's magazine, Hiromi was chosen to be the Playmate of the Month for June, 2004. Oshima has the distinction of being the first Japanese woman to be a Playmate. She went on to pose for a few more newsstand special editions and has appeared in several "Playboy" videos. Moreover, Hiromi was the January girl in the 2005 "Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion" swimsuit calendar. Outside of modeling, Oshima has also worked as a photo production coordinator, stylist, and producer for a number of magazine covers and photo shoots. She appeared as herself both in the comedy film "The House Bunny" and on the realty TV series "The Girls Next Door." Hiromi is featured in the music video for "Shake Ya Tailfeather" by Nelly, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, and Murphy Lee. She has small roles in the movies "Bchelor Party 2: The Last Temptation" and "Race to Witch Mountain."
- Amanda Setton was born on 16 December 1985 in Great Neck, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Sex and the City (2008), General Hospital (1963) and What Happens in Vegas (2008).
- Dayana Garroz is known for El Rostro de la Venganza (2012), Perro Amor (2010) and El Señor de los Cielos (2013).
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Alicen Holden began her career as a singer having won dozens of contests throughout the South by age 12. She began opening concerts at 12 for huge stars such as Kenny Rogers, Alabma, Diamond Rio, Mark Chesnutt, and Merle Haggard. In 1999 she performed at Carnegie Hall as part of a Music Extravaganza. She continued her music career by signing a West-Coast record deal and charting two Top-40 songs, and having a top- 100 CD in the summer of 2003. Alicen has been featured on the cover of three national magazines. Alicen has shared stages with most of America's top singers at some point in her career, including Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Joe Nichols, John Michael Montgomery, Andy Griggs, Lonestar, Brooks & Dunn, Kevin Sharp, and Brad Paisley. Alicen made a seamless transition to film in 2004 and immediately made an impact with her stunning looks and poise. The Duke's crew compared her to a young Heather Locklear or a blonde Elizabeth Hurley: beauty, poise, and voice--a fabulous combination.- Actress
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Jennifer Rovero aka Camraface is a photographer based in Los Angeles. She has played on both sides of the lens and never leaves home without her camera. Her style leans towards reportage and real. A personal photographer for A-list celebrities over the past 10 years, has taught her how to run and gun with the best of the them. Raised on the idea that studio can never really beat honest moments, she loves to take a journalistic approach in all her work.
She has traveled the world to find and capture visual narratives of people from all walks of life. She is an innovative thinker, a soul searcher, and someone who prides herself on using photography as a healing tool in what she likes to call photo-therapy. In 2013, Jennifer's career took a turn when she met Lauren Wasser a young woman who suffered Toxic Shock Syndrome. In 2015 Jennifer used photo-therapy to heal and tell her story to Vice, one of the most ground breaking and most viewed stories of the year.- Claudia Lee was born in West Lafayette, Indiana. As a little girl watching TV and film, she dreamed of being an actress, and loved performing. She began acting as a child in minor stage productions, as well studying dance. Lee also speaks Polish. Growing up listening to her father and her older relatives converse, she realized that they wouldn't be around forever. Lee was adamant about connecting with her Polish roots, so her parents sent her to a school in Poznan, Poland for one month each summer to study the language.
At the age of thirteen, Lee studied acting and filmmaking with the New York Film Academy at the School of Cinema and Performing Arts in Vermont. In 2009, Lee and her family made the move to Los Angeles where she began taking acting classes and working immediately. Her first job was a national TV commercial for "Comcast", with Zachary Levi. Next came the recurring role of "Bridget" on the Disney XD series, Zeke and Luther.
More recently, Lee recurred on Freeform's drama Famous In Love opposite Bella Thorne. She had Series Regular roles on both Verizon Go90's comedy In The Vault, as well as Fox comedy Surviving Jack. Prior to which she spent four seasons on The CW's Hart Of Dixie.
In film, Lee appears in Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr's Wild Indian which premiered at the 2021 Sundance film festival and stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kate Bosworth. Lee is also known for her Co-Starring role opposite Chloë Grace Moretz in Universal's Kick-Ass 2.
In addition to acting, Lee is also a country music singer. She recorded her first song, "It Gets Better", which was inspired by the "It Gets Better" campaign against bullying in schools. After completing "It Gets Better", Lee recorded a country music album which was released in 2012. - Actress
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Estelle Merle Thompson was born in India on February 19, 1911 of Welsh and Ceylonese (now Sri Lankan) descent. She was educated in that country until the age of 17, when she left for London. She began her career in British films with mostly forgettable roles or bit parts. She appeared in an uncredited role in Alf's Button (1930), a pattern that would unfortunately repeat itself regularly over the next three years.
However, movie moguls eventually saw an untapped talent in their midst and began grooming Oberon for something bigger. Finally she landed a part with substance: the role of Ysobel d'Aunay in Men of Tomorrow (1932). That was quickly followed by The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). After her portrayal of Lady Marguerite Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), Hollywood beckoned and she left to try her hand in US films. American movie executives already had some idea of her talent due to her role in Vagabond Violinist (1934) (US title: Vagabond Violinist) was a success in that country. With her nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress as Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel (1935), Oberon became a star in both the UK and the USA.
Her work in that film resulted in offers for more quality pictures, and she appeared in several well received films, such as These Three (1936), Over the Moon (1939) and The Divorce of Lady X (1938). Her most critically acclaimed performance--hailed by some critics as "masterful" -- was as Cathy Linton in Wuthering Heights (1939). The 1940s proved to be a very busy decade for her, as she appeared in no less than 15 films. After her role in Berlin Express (1948) she would not be seen on the screen again until four years later, as Elizabeth Rockwell in Pardon My French (1951). She was off the screen again for more than a year, returning in Désirée (1954).
Unfortunately, Oberon began appearing in fewer and fewer films over the ensuing years. There were no films for her in 1955, only one in 1956 and then none until Of Love and Desire (1963). In between she did appear on television to host Assignment Foreign Legion (1956). Her final film was Interval (1973). After her career finally ended she lived in quiet retirement until her death of a massive stroke on November 23, 1979, in Malibu, California. Oberon was 68 and had kept her beauty to the end.- Tiffany Taylor was born on 17 July 1977 in Leesburg, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for True Blood (2008), Hot Babes Doing Stuff Naked (2007) and Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss November 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998).
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Meredith Prunty was first introduced to the world of acting in her role as "Abigail" in a theater production of "Huckleberry Finn" and was so determined after that experience to become an actress that she convinced her mother to let her pursue her dream. Acting in every opportunity that came her way including movies, music videos and Boston University student films, Indies and Major productions. Meredith delivered a poignant performance in her first break out role in the internationally viewed "The Same" anti-bullying music video by singing sensations Michael and Marissa. Viewed on such sites as Yahoo!Kids and PBSGoKids!, Meredith won global recognition and received fan letters from all over the world.- Actress
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Judi Bowker was born on 6 April 1954 in Shawford, Hampshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Clash of the Titans (1981), Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) and Count Dracula (1977). She has been married to Harry Meacher since 1979.- Actress
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Claudia Lee Black was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. Her parents Jules and Judy Black are both Australian Medical Academics Doctors. She has lived in Australia, New Zealand, England and the US. Throughout her career Black has played in many Australian and New Zealand films and guested on such Australian series as Police Rescue (1989) and Water Rats (1996), the American and New Zealand series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995), and a leading role in the New Zealand soap opera City Life (1996). Since then she has mostly played in science-fiction and fantastic series. She is probably best known for her roles as Aeryn Sun in the Australian series Farscape (1999) and Vala Mal Doran in the American series Stargate SG-1 (1997), in which she co-starred with Ben Browder.- Actress
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Benita Robledo was born on 28 June 1984 in Edinburg, Texas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for What Happens in Vegas (2008), Dependent's Day (2016) and Going the Distance (2010). She has been married to Jason Hoenich since 2017. They have one child.- Alma Rubens was born Alma Genevieve Reubens in San Francisco, California. She was interested in entertaining at an early age. Like most young girls, she enjoyed fantasy play acting and by the time she was 19 had become a full-fledged star. She didn't have to wait long like some of the starlets who haunted casting offices continually. Her break came in 1916 in the film Reggie Mixes In (1916). Six more films followed that year, and she won critical acclaim in The Half-Breed (1916). In 1917 she again starred in a box-office smash, The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917). She became a busy young actress with role after role and hit after hit. In 1924, as Mildred Gower, she performed magnificently in The Price She Paid (1924). After a busy 1925, Alma suddenly found it difficult to obtain work, but it was not because her star had suddenly dimmed--it was because of her addiction to heroin. The money she made dwindled away in search of the next high. She was in and out of mental asylums, but it didn't really help much because she was still dabbling in drugs. Weakened by her habit, she died in Los Angeles in 1931, of pneumonia. She was less than a month away from her 34th birthday. Her final two films were two years earlier, Show Boat (1929) and She Goes to War (1929).
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Maria Di Angelis was born on 25 May 1967 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Going the Distance (2010), Welcome to New York (2014) and Rob the Mob (2014).- Actress
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Hanna Griffiths is an Australian actress and producer, best known for her angel like character in the 27 time Award-winning and 38 time award-nominated television series Underbelly. Featured by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the 12 Women in the UNICEF campaign for International Women's Day. Recognised by Screen Producers Australia as a "Ones To Watch" Australia's most prestigious program for film and television creators. Known for her work in both studio and independent films, she has received various accolades and international awards.
Chosen by Women in Film Los Angeles as the Breakout Producer of 2021, and by Pinewood Studios London as the Best Female Filmmaker of 2022. Hanna shepherded independent features American Cherry and The Sinners to successful completion by first-time female feature directors, picking up numerous accolades, including the Cannes, Jury Prize award for Best Picture and Best YA Drama at the Berlin Film Festival.
In celebration of International Women's Day, The Hollywood Reporter featured Hanna as one of Twelve Women to watch for her work on film and television projects promoting equity, empowerment and diverse expression. Hanna is being mentored by industry heavyweights, Polly Staniford and Angie Fielder of Aquarius Films, whose credits include the Academy Award® and Golden Globe-nominated Lion.- Amy Grabow was born on 18 December 1979 in Huntington Beach, California, USA. She is an actress, known for General Hospital (1963), Though None Go with Me (2006) and Supernatural (2005). She is married to Dale Allen Freeman. They have two children.
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McGhee Monteith is known for He Could've Gone Pro (2016), Walk the Line (2005) and Jesus & Jimmy Ray (2019).- Actress
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Nancy Carroll was born Ann Veronica Lahiff on November 19, 1903 in New York City. Nancy was the youngest of seven children. At the age of sixteen she dropped out of high school to work as a stenographer. Then she began performing in local talent competitions. She was a gifted dancer and appeared in several Broadway musicals. In 1925 she married writer Jack Kirkland and had a daughter named Patricia. Nancy made her film debut in the 1927 comedy Ladies Must Dress and was offered a contract with Paramount. She starred in a string of successful talkies including The Shopworn Angel, Laughter, and Close Harmony. With her red hair and big smile she quickly became one of Hollywood's most popular actresses. Her marriage to Jack ended in 1930. That same year she was nominated for Academy Award for her role in Devil's Holiday. After a brief affair with Joseph P. Kennedy she married Francis Bolton Mallory, a Life magazine editor in 1931. By this time she was receiving more fan mail than any other star! Unfortunately she had developed a reputation for being difficult and often complained about the parts she was given.
Paramount released her from her contract in 1933. Nancy continued to make movies but she was no longer an A-list star. She costarred with George Murphy in the dramas Jealousy and After The Dance. In 1935 she divorced her husband after four years of marriage. Unhappy with the way her career was going she decided to quit making movies. Her final film was the 1938 comedy There Goes My Heart. She returned to the stage starring in the Broadway show For Heaven's Sake Mother. During the 1950s she made guest appearances on numerous television shows. She also costarred with her daughter, Patricia Kirkland, in the series The Egg And I. Nancy married international businessman C.H. "Jappe" Groen in 1953. The couple split their time between Mexico and Indonesia. At the age of fifty-nine Nancy was cast in the play Never Too Late. It was a success and she toured with the show for two years. On the evening August 6, 1965 she didn't show up for her performance. Tragically she was found dead in her New York apartment. Nancy had died of an aneurysm at the age of sixty-one. She was buried with her parents at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.- Actress
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Clare Grant first appeared on film, opposite Joaquin Phoenix, in a small, but pivotal role in the Academy-winning film, Walk the Line (2005), while still earning her theater degree in Memphis, TN, where she grew up. While in college, she met Craig Brewer, who cast her in her several indy films, before casting her in Black Snake Moan (2006), and later as the lead in his MTV series, $5 Cover (2009). Before moving to LA to pursue acting full-time, Clare modeled in Europe for Elite Model Management. Quickly after her move, she landed a leading role on the Emmy- winning Showtime series, Masters of Horror (2005), followed by several film, television and voice-over roles.
As a producer, Clare co-created and starred in the short film, Saber (2009), which won two LucasFilm Fan Film Awards for Best Action and Audience Choice. With her creative partners in "Team Unicorn", she creates and produces viral sensations, such "G33K & G4M3R Girls", which stirred controversy over its sexy portrayal of the geek girls, and an animation, live-action hybrid television show for "Adult Swim".- Sandra McCoy was born and raised in San Jose, California. Her mother, Madeline McCoy, was a high school P.E. teacher, tennis coach, and aerobics instructor. Her father, Gary McCoy, was the director of database management at the county Sherrif's Department and a private pilot. Her brother, who was two years her junior, enjoyed playing basketball and wrestling. All three passed away in the fall of 1993 in a tragic airplane accident that left Sandra as the sole survivor. Thanks to the values, aspirations, and love for life that her family had instilled in her, Sandra managed to endure with flying colors. She had trained in dance and gymnastics since she was eight years old, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business after attaining a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Santa Clara University. Though her first attempt at Hollywood success, a four-girl pop group, fell through, Sandra has continued to to enjoy several other successes in the film industry as both an actress and a dancer. Her first real break into the business was booking the lead role in the NSYNC "Pop" music video, from which she will forever be known as the "Dirty Pop" Girl. In addition, she also cheered for the Los Angeles Lakers in the season of 2002-2003, and appeared in Music Video Beauties of 2004, her calendar debut. She currently resides in Los Angeles pursuing an acting career. In her spare time, Sandra enjoys hanging out with her girlfriends, jogging, watching movies, doing volunteer work, and eating chocolate!
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Debra Mayer was born on 8 July 1968 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Half Past Twelve at Night (2013), Blood Dolls (1999) and Speck (2002). She died on 5 May 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Louise Griffiths was born on 31 July 1978 in Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Chastity Bites (2013), Lovesick (2014) and The Night Is Young (2019).- Chloë Crampton was born on 19 June 1989 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Chastity Bites (2013), Hollyoaks: The Morning After the Night Before (2009) and Princess Kaiulani (2009).
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Beginning as a chorus girl at age 14, Ruth Chatterton became a Broadway star with "Daddy Long Legs" in 1914. She appeared in such shows as "Mary Rose" and "Come Out of the Kitchen" before moving to Hollywood in 1925. As her film career faded in the late 1930s, she returned to the stage in revivals, and radio and TV performances, including "Hamlet." In the 1950s, she began a successful writing career. She had no children.- Veronica Varekova was born on 1 June 1977 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She has been married to Petr Nedved since July 2004.
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Diane Kruger was born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, near Hildesheim, Germany, to Maria-Theresa, a bank employee, and Hans-Heinrich Heidkrüger, a computer specialist. She studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before an injury ended her career. She returned to Germany and became a top fashion model. She later pursued acting and relocated to Paris at the suggestion of filmmaker Luc Besson (The Fifth Element (1997)). She married French actor Guillaume Canet (The Beach (2000)) in 2001.- Amanda Schull is an American actress and former professional ballet dancer. She is known for her lead role in the 2000 film Center Stage, and for her recurring roles on the American television series One Tree Hill and Pretty Little Liars. She starred in the Syfy television series 12 Monkeys, and played a recurring role on the USA television series Suits before being promoted to series regular for the show's eighth and ninth seasons.
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Nancy Nave was born in El Paso, TX and she is the youngest of three children. She was born to a Mexican-American mother and a father from Canton, China. She attended the University of Texas at El Paso on a volleyball scholarship, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. After college, she worked as an engineer and project manager for Procter & Gamble and AT&T.
Nancy made her big-screen debut in the feature film Hours (2013), which premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival. The movie was directed by Oscar-nominated Eric Heisserer and starred Paul Walker, of The Fast and the Furious fame. She continued her success in other films such as The Hollars (2016), directed by John Krasinski, and Bayou Caviar (2018), starring Richard Dreyfuss.
Nancy has also worked on Grey's Anatomy (2005), Lethal Weapon (2016), and Life in Pieces (2015), to name a few of her TV appearances. She's done over 100 commercials, including national spots for Walgreens, Jimmy Dean and Honda.
She is the co-founder of Chew Angry Productions, alongside her husband, Jason. Together they write, direct, produce and cast all projects, giving actors the opportunity to get involved and contribute their talents to independent film.
Nancy started out in the corporate world, but decided to leave and start an at-home business to care for her three young sons. At the urging of her husband, she ventured into modeling, and soon caught the acting bug after being selected as a finalist for Season 2 of the modeling reality show, She's Got the Look (2008), in 2007.
Through unexpected, life-altering events, Nancy became an advocate for actors in the film and television industry and eventually became a professional Career Coach for Actors. She's the owner and founder of The Crafty Actor, which guides actors in their careers through the industry.
Nancy lives just outside Los Angeles and in her free time loves to run on the beach, watch old movies, and travel.- Actress
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Imogen Bailey was born on 7 July 1977 in Australia. She is an actress, known for Man-Thing (2005), Neighbours (1985) and The 7th Hunt (2009).- Natasha Yi was born on 25 March 1979 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular (2003), Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Speed-Dating (2009).
- Natalia Vodianova was born on 28 February 1982 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Clash of the Titans (2010), Belle Du Seigneur (2012) and Together Forever. She is married to Antoine Arnault. She was previously married to Justin Portman.
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Mya Marie Harrison was born on October 10, 1979 in Washington D.C. She's an American R&B/pop singer, entertainer, philanthropist & actress known professionally as Mýa. She started taking ballet lessons at 2, adding jazz & tap dancing lessons 2 years later. As a teen, she began to shift her focus to music. Gifted & musically-inclined, she put together a demo tape at 15 w/ the help of her parents, garnering the interest of a record label. At 16, she began recording her first solo album, which was later released on Interscope Records in spring April 1998. It sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. & produced the gold-certified top 10 single It's All About Me featuring Sisqó.- Actress
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Catrinel Marlon is born in Iasi (Romania) October 1, 1985. Footsteps of her father, champion in the 400 meters hurdles Olympic, Catrinel becomes an athlete before being discovered at the age of sixteen from a local agent during a school trip to Bucharest. After six months she moves to the capital of Romania where she started her career as a model. The Italian-Romanian origins captured the attention of many major maison including Giorgio Armani and Lise Charmel. Catrinel began her acting career by participating in various films, including La città ideale directed by Luigi Lo Cascio and Tutti i rumori del mare directed by Federico Brugia.
Cinema, theater and television, after reciting the next steps are photography and painting. Her passion for painting led Catrinel to open an art gallery at Studios in Rome, a studio for film productions that have seen some of the most important groups in the history of international cinema, a synergy that incorporates the magic of cinema and the unpredictability of painting. In 2013 Catrinel launched Catherinelle, a line of handbags inspired by memories, childhood, ideas that the cinema and Rome involve her continuously. Each bag is a story, a film that belongs to us, concealed by a door but spied through a keyhole.
Fashion, acting, photography and painting are the means by which Catrinel expresses herself, inspired by everything that is art and involves everything that surrounds her.- Linda Vojtová was born on 22 June 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- Danielle Mathers was born on 5 January 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Bold and the Beautiful (1987), Kill Her Goats (2023) and Thrilling Contradictions (2014).
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For more than 30 years, Debbie Gibson has proven she's an entertainer of immeasurable talent. From singer, songwriter and musician to actress and dancer, she embodies what it truly means to be an entertainer. A music prodigy, Gibson burst on the Billboard Pop Charts at the tender age of 16 with the self-penned "Only In My Dreams." The "Original Pop Princess" quickly became the youngest artist ever to write, produce and perform a No. 1 hit song, "Foolish Beat," and entered the Guinness Book of World Records. To date, she is still the youngest female to hold that record and has sold more than 16 million albums worldwide.
After conquering the pop world with three consecutive albums and world tours, she set her sights on the theater and starred in 17 musicals in 17 years. Gibson made her mark in the Broadway production of Les Miserables as Eponine. She broke box office records in the London West End production of Grease as Sandy. She then took the stage in the U.S. Broadway tours of Grease as Rizzo and Funny Girl as Fanny Brice. Gibson also wowed critics as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy, The Narrator in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cinderella in the national production of Cinderella with Eartha Kitt, Velma Kelly in Chicago, and, Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of Cabaret with Neil Patrick Harris.
In 2016, Gibson created, executive produced and starred in Hallmark Channel's "Summer of Dreams," which featured her new, original song "Wonderland" and a new acoustic version of her self-penned, debut, hit single "Only In My Dreams." The original movie was the highest-rated and most-watched movie premiere in the network's "Summer Nights" franchise with 2.5 Million total viewers, becoming the No. 1 rated program and telecast on August 27. "Summer of Dreams" was also the week's most social original movie premiere across broadcast and cable, attracting the most Unique and Interactions on Facebook and Twitter combined than any other original movie premiere. She reunited with Robert Gant to walk down the aisle in the sequel, "Wedding of Dreams," that premiered September 8, 2018 on Hallmark Channel.
She celebrated the 30-year anniversary of her pop career, including her mega-hit album Electric Youth and biggest single "Lost In Your Eyes," with her commemorative, retrospective 10 CD / 3 DVD box set We Could Be Together. In 2019, Gibson launched her bi-weekly radio show, "Debbie Gibson's Mixtape," on SiriusXM The Blend Channel 16 and performed 55 shows on the mega successful 53-city North American Mixtape Tour that sold 600,000 tickets with New Kids On The Block, Tiffany, Naughty by Nature and Salt-N-Pepa. She also served as a celebrity judge on Nickelodeon's first ever competition show "America's Most Musical Family."
Gibson shows no signs of slowing down. On January 10, 2020, "Girls Night Out" (Tracy Young Remixes) were digitally released. The #VegasVibe remix was the most added record and No. 1 breakout hit making its debut on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart at No. 44. The song soared to No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard and U.K. MusicWeek charts. The official music video for the song was released February 13, 2020 and subsequent remixes were released from Dirty Werk, John Hohman, Dave Matthias, Kevsi, and Until Dawn. In fall of 2020, Gibson's debut album Out of the Blue was reissued on blue vinyl as an exclusive to Barnes & Noble and skyrocketed to #1 in SALES during its preorder run. She has two original Broadway musicals in the works, one with Jimmy Van Patten entitled "Flunkytown" and the other entitled "Skirts" as composer and lyricist with Hilary Carlip and Katie Ford. In 2021, she will appear in the musical episode of "Lucifer" on Netflix. From No. 1 hits and platinum albums to starring roles on stage and screen, Gibson is a true entertainer with timeless talent and charisma.- Esther Ku is a stand-up comedian born and improperly raised in Chicago. By the age of thirteen, she became the first chair oboe player in the state of Illinois. She always wrote funny columns for her school paper until she got censored by the administration. Early in her career, she moved to Boston to get her comedy start at local comedy clubs and stages. She then moved to New York City to pursue stand-up full time. She has sold out the Apollo Theater, is a member of the Friars Club, and can be heard on several radio programs on Sirius XM Radio. Ku spends her days rewriting lyrics to her favorite oldies songs and is excited to share her first comedy music album Oldies Parodies on iTunes. She is the host of her own podcast Ku and the Gang. In her spare time, she manages to dedicate her energy to a serious and troublesome cause - to end tickling forever. "Tickling is forcing someone to laugh when you're not being funny. Tickling is the opposite of comedy. If you've ever tickled anyone, you're a fraud!" she warns.
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Inma Cuesta was born on 25 June 1980 in València, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Bride (2015), Águila Roja (2009) and Three Many Weddings (2013).- Michelle Deighton was born on 8 December 1984 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WrestleMania XXVII (2011) and WWE Raw (1993). She has been married to Bobby Carlsen since 2 April 2015. She was previously married to Jon Dalton.
- Bailey Noble was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She was raised there by her mother and father, Lynn and John Noble. She has one older sister, Casey Noble. Bailey is best known for portraying Adilyn Bellefleur on HBO's True Blood (2008). She's also known for Amazon's The Last Tycoon (2016), NBC's Law & Order True Crime (2017), and The Archer (2016). Her most recent works include the feature film Flag Day (2021) and Amazon's Them (2021).
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Serena Scott Thomas was born on 21 September 1961 in Nether Compton, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Inherent Vice (2014), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Hostage (2005). She was previously married to Scott J. Tepper.- A highly photogenic blonde starlet of the 1950s, petite, buxom Vera Day was once touted as Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe. Having dropped out of school at the age of 15, she had tried her hand in retail and hospitality before finding steadier employment as a beauty parlour assistant and hairdresser's model. Modelling then became her full-time occupation, but Vera had loftier ambitions. Answering an ad for showgirls in a theatrical publication, she went on to audition for bandleader and impresario Jack Hylton. Hylton was sufficiently impressed by her looks and self-assurance to cast her in his West End stage production of Wish You Were Here at the London Casino in 1953. This was followed a year later by a small supporting part (Valerie) in Pal Joey at the Princes Theatre. That same year, Vera married pugilist and bodybuilder Arthur Mason, took on the role of his manager and made her motion picture debut in Dance Little Lady (1954).
Resisting offers for grittier, more down-to-earth roles, Vera was happy to be typecast on the screen as glamour girls and dizzy blondes: Mimi in A Kid for Two Farthings (1955), Marilyn's colleague Betty in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) (wearing a brown wig, so as not to upstage her illustrious co-star), Sheila, a local barmaid, in Quatermass 2 (1957), a hooker in The Flesh Is Weak (1957) and a singer who falls victim to Boris Karloff in The Haunted Strangler (1958). A rare leading role came her way in The Woman Eater (1958), a rather ludicrous low-budget horror offering about a carnivorous tree and (of course) a mad scientist (played by George Coulouris). Little is remembered about this film, except for Vera's tight-fitting sweater and bullet bra.
For television, Vera first appeared in an episode of Britain's first soap opera, The Grove Family (1954). Her later guest spots included Dixon of Dock Green (1955), No Hiding Place (1959), The Saint (1962) and The Bill (1984). After a hiatus of 34 years, Vera came out of retirement to play the role of Tanya in Guy Ritchie's gangster epic Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).
After divorcing Mason in 1961, Vera married fashion photographer Terry O'Neill two years later. The couple divorced in 1976, O'Neill moving on to marry American star actress Faye Dunaway. - Stunts
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Jaimarie Bjorge is known for Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), House (2004) and Viva Laughlin (2007). She has been married to Nick Gold since 2014.- Actress
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Kristen Brockman was born on 4 July 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), George Lopez (2002) and Deal or No Deal (2006).- Stunts
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Nancy McCrumb was born on 2 January 1984 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Public Enemies (2009), Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) and Man of Steel (2013). She has been married to Joseph Fuenger since 1 July 2017. They have two children. She was previously married to Christopher Bradley.- Actress
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Samantha Colburn was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Best Night Ever (2013). She has been married to C.J. Schmidt since 14 July 2012.- Notoriously charming and beautiful, Trishelle was raised in a small, ultra-conservative town in the bayou of Louisiana. Her mother, a devout Christian, was a pillar of the community and took her family to church three or four times a week. When she was just 14, her mother died from a brain tumor. After her mother passed away, Trishelle turned away from the church and sought out other means of coping with her loss. Despite this family trauma, she managed to maintain a strong GPA and a presence on several athletic teams throughout high school. With her beautiful sandy blonde hair and bikini model's body, there is never a shortage of men flocking around her.
- Jen Johnson was born on 25 April 1984 in Orange County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Night Club (2011), The Last Man Standing (2010) and Hitting the Nuts (2010).
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Ryan Starr was born on 21 November 1982 in Sunland, California, USA. She is an actress, known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), What I Like About You (2002) and Ring of Darkness (2004).- Make-Up Department
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Tall (5'9"), busty and luscious stunner Qiana Chanel Chase was born on February 12, 1981, in Los Angeles, California. The exceptionally leggy and statuesque beauty first began modeling in her early 20s. Qiana was featured in two "Playboy" newsstand special editions prior to becoming the Playmate of the Month in the July 2005 issue of the famous men's magazine. Chase went on to appear in a couple of "Playboy" videos. She appears in the music video "P.I.M.P." by rap artist 50 Cent and was featured in the 2005 Lingerie Bowl. Moreover, Qiana has small acting roles in Epic Movie (2007) and Funny People (2009) and popped up as herself on the reality TV series The Girls Next Door (2005). Outside of modeling, Chase is also a professional make-up artist who enjoys dancing in her spare time.- Yvette Nelson was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Las Vegas (2003), The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (2003) and Carnal Crimes (1991). She was previously married to Matthew Nelson.
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Guinevere Turner was born on 23 May 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for American Psycho (2000), The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) and Go Fish (1994).- Heather Mazur was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Heather is an actor, known for Over Her Dead Body (2008), Night of the Living Dead (1990) and Pretty Little Liars (2010).
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Janine is originally from Yorkshire, in the North of England and she now resides in Los Angeles. She started dancing at the age of 7 and has been performing ever since!
She was first cast in the historical 'York Mystery Plays' in Yorkshire, UK. The same place where Dame Judy Dench started her career. Janine was then offered a place at the prestigious Drama School - 'The Arts Educational School', London. There she studied the techniques of many renowned playwrights.
Janine's successful theater work includes Twelfth Night at The Tabard Theatre (London), Ducking Smith in 'Our Country's Good' at York Theater Royal, UK. Her West End credits include 'Studs' at The Soho Theater and 'Red Devils' at The Criterion Theater. She also starred in the new comedy 'Forget Me Knot' at The Courtyard Theater. Recently Janine has starred as Samantha McCallister in 'Turn Off The Lights' at McCadden Place Theater, Hollywood. She played Samantha, an entertainment lawyer alongside Dennis Delsing (Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys). The show was a sell out and Janine received outstanding reviews for her performance.
Janine has gone on to star in many films and television shows including a leading role as 'Tiffany Forbes' for horror movie 'F***, Marry, Kill, working alongside Timothy Carhart (Thelma & Louise) and Lora Scott (Wanted). The film premiered at Sunscreen Film Festival in Hermosa Beach, CA. It has continued to win awards at many festivals including Los Angeles Movie Awards in Hollywood, Hollywood Verge Film Awards and Los Angeles Cinefest.
She's played the female lead role in 'Modern American Nightmare', playing a therapist which went on Amazon Prime UK and won several awards. Janine had a critical role in TV Pilot 'Illville'. The pilot was nominated at several film festivals including Rhode Island International Film Festival and Las Vegas Black Film Festival.
In addition, Janine was in the TV series 'To The Bitter End: Behind Closed Doors', playing female lead Evelyn Bishop. The show also went on Amazon Prime UK. She then went on to play Sharice in the comedy 'Covert Activity'. The film won 12 WINS! Including Best Comedy and Assemble at Golden State Film Festival and Vegas Movie Awards.
During the pandemic Janine had the pleasure of being a narrator for a special EMMY nominated documentary 'Heartprints In The Snow'. The documentary did so well that it is on Apple TV, Prime, Tubi, BuddiTV and it was on The Muskegon Channel, channel 96 in Michigan and Roku.
Her latest work is the comedy TV series 'Girl, Chill'. The show has won Janine an Accolade Award of Excellence for Best Acting in a leading role. Accolade awardees have won Oscars and Emmys! Janine plays Amy in the show, a 30-something looking for love in Los Angeles in all the wrong places. And she's getting desperate! Shot throughout 2021 during the pandemic, the show has gone from strength to strength. Now on Amazon Prime, Apple TV and other streaming networks, it has won many awards for Best Acting, Best Show and Best Assembly Performance at Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival, IndieFEST Film Awards, London International Monthly Film Festival and Janine won an Accolade Award of Excellence for Best Acting in a leading role for a comedy series.
Janine had a crucial role in the TV movie 'Oblivious', starring alongside Golden Globe nominee Nikki Blonski (Hairspray) and Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story). Janine plays Grace Devareux, a lost soul who guides Collin through his grief to reconcile a past regret with her brother.
Janine is a judge and member of the Television Academy & NATAS, SAG-AFTRA, BAFTA LA and Equity UK- Actress
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Schuyler Helford was born in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Lopez vs. Lopez (2022), Call Me Kat (2021) and Anger Management (2012).- Brandi Burkhardt was born on 25 June 1979 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Hart of Dixie (2011) and Then We Got Help! (2009). She was previously married to Douglas Michael Kazanjian.
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Born Dorothy Lee Perrins in Los Angeles, California on March 11, 1943, Angelique Pettyjohn began modeling at a very young age. She also took advantage of her living in the locus of "American Dreams" by studying acting. Pettyjohn made her movie debut at age 21, under the name "Angelique", in the low-budget The Love Rebellion (1967), before tasting the big-time, co-starring opposite "The King", Elvis Presley, in Clambake (1967). This was her first appearance in an A-list movie, and this led to small roles in other big-budget films.
However, her fame as a thespian lies with her work on the small screen, appearing in memorable roles on Get Smart (1965) and Star Trek (1966). In 1967, she appeared on the former in two appearances as "Charlie Watkins", (Charlie was a male CONTROL agent who disguised himself as a gorgeous woman). After testing for the role of Nova in Planet of the Apes (1968), she won the role that made her an immortal among fans of science fiction: Shahna in the episode The Gamesters of Triskelion (1968).
The episode is a favorite of Star Trek fans and, although Pettyjohn would later reap the benefits of the role by appearing in countless Star Trek fan conventions in the distant future, at the time, this led exactly nowhere for her career. She continued in the bimbo sexual desire in such cinematic horrors as Hell's Belles (1969), The Curious Female (1969) and Bordello (1974). Her career was strictly in movies churned out for drive-ins and the exploitation circuit. In the early 1980s, she appeared as a stripper in Las Vegas, Nevada but soon abandoned her avocation as a stripper and softcore star for hardcore porn. Titillation (1982), Stalag 69 (1982) and Body Talk (1982) featured Pettyjohn, billed as either "Angel St. John", "Heaven St. John", or under her old moniker, "Angelique".
The burgeoning Star Trek cult, bolstered by the series of movies released by Paramount beginning in 1979, allowed Pettyjohn to quickly ditch her hardcore career. She began working Star Trek conventions to earn her keep, selling posters of herself, in and out of her sexy outfit from "The Gamesters of Triskelion". Her appearance on the circuit raised her profile in the movie industry. Indie film directors, who knew of her earlier work in low-budget exploitation fare, began hiring her for small roles in their films. She appeared in such indie features as Repo Man (1984), Biohazard (1985) and The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988).
Eventually, Pettyjohn's fame grew and she began headlining science fiction conventions as the main guest of honor. She overcame alcoholism and drug abuse to put her life on an even keel, overcoming the low self-esteem that had led her to her pornographic appearances. Pettyjohn appeared at her last science fiction convention in autumn 1989. Las Vegas had offered her a chance to cash in on her cult notoriety as an exotic dancer, and she took this; she was 46 years old, but still beautiful and vivacious, doing what made her happy, performing for a live audience.
Angelique Pettyjohn died of cervical cancer at age 48 on February 14, 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada.- Actress
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Ecstasia Sanders was born in San Diego, California on July 15, 1985. The elder of two to an African American father and a Scottish/English mother, Ecstasia was raised in a very artistic household and grew up watching her parents performing on the stage. Her mother, singer/songwriter Dayle Tomson, and her father, musical-theatre performer and current member of "The Sojuorners" Will Sanders, saw the same passion for performing in Ecstasia at an early age and decided to get her an agent and give her the opportunity to audition for film and television.
Ecstasia's vibrancy landed her first commercial at 7 years old, and she went on to star in many commercials such as Perfume Princess (1994), Alphabets (1995), Polly Pocket (1996), and Operation (1999). She landed her first big part in a feature film as a supporting lead alongside Michele Lee in Color Me Perfect (1996).
Ecstasia was very involved in the theatre program at her high school and when she graduated she continued to craft her art form at Lyric School of Acting where she as trained by Michelle Lonsdale Smith, specializing in the Meisner technique and Method Acting. Ecstasia moved to Los Angeles to continue her studies at Lyric School of Acting and went on to star in feature films such as Catwoman (2004), Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006), and Final Destination 3 (2006), as well as television series such as Smallville (2001), Psych (2006), and Supernatural (2005).
Ecstasia continues to work on various film and television productions. She has appeared on productions such as Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Motive (2013), Arctic Air (2012), and Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016).- Actress
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Penny Flame was born in Aurora, Colorado, but was raised in the San Fransisco Bay area. She went to San Diego State to study business administration, planning for a career in hotel management. She began her modeling career by responding to an ad in the San Diego State newspaper. At one of the modeling jobs that followed she met an agent. Her stage name was inspired by The Beatles' song "Penny Lane".
In 2003 she decided to make adult features to help pay for her schooling. By working four days a month she could earn enough money to allow her to focus on her studies the rest of the time. Penny began by only appearing in solo still photography. Her first scene in an adult film was in "Indian Givers" (2003), directed by Robby D. for Digital Playgound. During these early years Penny would only work in solo or all-girl scenes. In 2005 she began to work with men, and in that year won the AVN Award for "Best Solo Sex Scene" for Repo Girl (2003). This boosted her confidence in her work and helped her make the transition to working with men.
Later in 2005 she appeared in her first big-budget film, DarkSide (2005) (which was also Red Light District's first feature film). She went on to win two more AVN Awards for her work in "Darkside", one for "Best Couples Sex Scene--Film" with Herschel Savage and the other for "Best Group Sex Scene--Film". However, Penny prefers and works primarily in gonzo films and signed an exclusive directing contract with Shane's World Studios. With Shane's World she began producing her own line of films title "Blazed and Confused". These movies display Penny's advocacy for marijuana.
In 2009 she entered the Pasadena Recovery Center for sex addiction, on the TV series Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew (2009). Initially she was going to use the series to gain publicity for her porn career, but in the end she accepted that she had a problem. She has since quit the porn business and is living in California in a committed relationship. She now goes by her real name, Jennie Ketcham. She writes a blog called "Becoming Jennie" and also writes for the Huffington Post. She also paints in her spare time and is working on a memoir. In March 2010 she appeared on the TV series Sober House (2009). She has stated that she has no regrets about her career in porn.- Actress
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New York City-born Erin Moriarty launched her acting career in a way many hopefuls dream of: with an awards-recognized project. Erin first appeared on screen in the Emmy-nominated soap opera One Life to Live (1968) in 2010, playing the character Whitney Bennett in six episodes. In 2011 she built on her TV work with a guest role in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
The following year, Erin landed a small part in her first feature film. Acting alongside Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill, she appeared in the sci-fi comedy The Watch (2012). In 2013, she took another supporting gig in a movie. The coming-of-age drama The Kings of Summer (2013) follows three teenagers who hatch a plan to part ways with their parents and live off the land in a house built by themselves. Portraying Natalie Walraven, the daughter of Radha Mitchell's character, Erin also worked on the 2013 TV series Red Widow (2013).
She stayed in TV in 2014 and played the daughter of Woody Harrelson's hard character Marty Hart in the first season of the Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated True Detective (2014). It was a role that required her to appear in three episodes. Since the show wrapped, Erin has said playing a Goth was "fun... because it's the opposite of how I present myself, and is the opposite of any role I'd been considered for." In 2015, Erin landed a recurring guest role on hit Netflix crime action series Jessica Jones (2015). In 2016's Captain Fantastic (2016), starring Viggo Mortensen, she played the supporting role of Claire in the film festival favorite about the changing dynamics of a unique family. Erin followed that up with the action thriller Blood Father (2016), starring Mel Gibson and William H. Macy. She went on to play a starring role as Kelly in the biopic The Miracle Season (2018) (2018), alongside Helen Hunt. As of 2019, she is co-starring in Amazon Prime's 'The Boys'.- Actress
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Victoria De Mare (d'Mar) is one of Hollywood's reigning "Hottest Horror Scream Queens" for over a decade according to the cover feature editorial article, interview, & pictorial of the January 2017 issue of Hustler Magazine with over 3 million subscribers worldwide. She has over 140 Film & TV credits including music & counting. She is best known for her creation & portrayal of the original sexy demon succubus clown, "Batty Boop" from the horror/comedy feature film series franchise, 'Killjoy', which is now available as a resin doll statue/action figure(her tail moves) courtesy of Full Moon Collectables(November 2017) at Walmart, Nightmare Toys, on Ebay & Full Moon Horror.com. In November 2018 & again in January 2019, Full Moon Comix released 2 "Dollman Kills the Full Moon Universe-Killjoy #4" comic books featuring "Batty Boop" on the covers with both censored & uncensored versions worldwide now both sold out. A 3rd "Dollman Kills the Full Moon Universe-Killjoy #4" including "Hideous" comic book is now available worldwide featuring both "Killjoy" & "Batty Boop" on the cover. Watch Victoria featured in 4 scenes opposite Scott Speedman in Golden Globe winner Lena Dunham's Sundance premiered(1/22/22) comedy feature film 'Sharp Stick', which opened in theaters nationwide in the U.S. on 8/5/22 courtesy of FilmNation Entertainment, Good Thing Going Productions(Dunham's production company), & UTOPIA.
Victoria is a graduate of New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts and Broadcast Journalism. In addition to being an award-winning character actor, she is also a published award-winning poet, published writer, published professional model, LACMA(Los Angeles County Museum of Art) exhibit art model, live TV talk show host & producer(SKY Channel U.K. & Europe) as well as a professional dancer. She is a former member of the Hart Pulse Dance Company(principal), Wilmington Ballet Company(principal), & Joffrey Ballet Company(apprentice) with guest artist performances at the St. Croix Ballet Company Academy in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She's also a special guest DJ/Host on RockRageRadio.com, which is the largest online indie radio station worldwide in 18 countries. Her popular show "Groove Time With Victoria De Mare" aired for two hours on Friday nights at 6pE/5pC/3pP to a million weekly listeners from 1/26/18-9/28/18.
Victoria is also a professional lead, back-up, harmony, & ghost vocalist as well as an award-winning songwriter, composer, artist & music producer in addition to being an arranger, engineer, & ASCAP lyricist & publisher. She is a catalog artist & songwriter on the Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing catalogs with over 75 songs in 12 different genres. Rap legend DMX's "DMX X Caliber" mixtape including Victoria's hip-hop/dance song "Flip Side" dropped digitally worldwide on 2/4/21 & is now available to stream or download for free on SoundCloud, Datpiff, & TopMixtapes.com. Her 2022 5th studio album "Righteous Kunt" mixing pop, pop/hip-hop/rap, & acoustic singer/songwriter folk rock as well as an additional EP & singles are all available to download or stream on iTunes, AppleMusic, Amazon Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, iHeartRadio, YouTube, & everywhere digitally online with ringtones available exclusively on the iPhone worldwide. Listen for one of her pop ballads featured in the upcoming dramatic action feature film 'Darkness Of Man' starring action legend Jean-Claude Van Damme & Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts.- Raine Michaels was born on 20 May 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018), Six Days in Evergreen (2024) and Bret Michaels: Raine (2003).
- Busty, slender, and adorable 5'3" brunette sprite Ella Milano was born on December 28, 1989 in Long Beach, California. She's of Puerto Rican descent. Milano lost her virginity at age fifteen. Ella worked as a waitress and as a delivery girl prior to her involvement in the adult entertainment industry. Milano first began performing in explicit hardcore movies in 2010; she has appeared in X-rated features for such top companies as FM Concepts, Evil Angel, Filly Films, Digital Sin, New Sensations, and Kick Ass Pictures. Ella was the Pet of the Month in the March, 2011 issue of Penthouse magazine. Moreover, Milano has also modeled for the popular adult website Twistys. Her hobbies include snowboarding and skateboarding.