All Time Sexiest Actresses Vol 18
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Kay Parker was born on 28 August 1944 in Birmingham, England, UK. She was an actress. She died on 14 October 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Throughout the 1980s Honey Wilder represented the "older woman" segment of X-films. Often cast in supporting roles, she was known for her good acting, good body and energetic performances. Her best work was often as a "mother"-type figure, which she played in such films as the "Taboo" series (I-V) where she starred opposite Kay Parker, and as Traci Lords' mother in It's My Body (1985). She also distinguished herself as the scorned wife in Wild Dallas Honey (1982). Her voice has long been used for the "Surgeon General" disclaimer on VCA Pictures.- Joanna Storm was born in San Diego, California. Storm was initially raised by foster parents who adopted her when she was four days old. Joanna's adoptive mother died when she was only five years old while her adoptive father was a former bootlegger who entered the military at age fifteen and served in the Navy for twenty years as well as worked as both a detective and a bodyguard for the mafia. Joanna grew up as a tomboy who enjoyed doing such things as bicycling, riding horses, and roller-skating. Moreover, Storm grew up in a variety of different families throughout her tumultuous childhood. Joanna left home at age thirteen and spent the bulk of her teenage years growing up on the streets. During this time Storm also made angel dust, sold marijuana to sailors on the pier, and even transported machine guns across the Mexican border. Joana married a seventeen-year-old man at age fifteen. After her husband got arrested and sent to prison, Storm went off to Cody, Wyoming and got a job as a bartender prior to moving again to Texas where she worked at a bar called The Water Hole.
Joanna eventually moved a third time to Houston, Texas and got a job at a bar where she first started dancing. Storm not only worked the dance circuit in such states as Texas, Alaska, and Washington, but also was briefly involved with a nude magic act in Las Vegas, Nevada. Joanna eventually returned to San Diego in the early 1980's and became involved with the adult film industry after a San Diego club owner set her up for a porn movie audition in Los Angeles. Storm went on to perform in explicit X-rated features and posed for assorted men's magazine layouts. Moreover, Joanna moved to New York where she worked as a feature dancer on 42nd Street as well as continued to perform in hardcore films. In the wake of retiring from porn circa 1987, Storm moved to New Mexico and worked as a substitute teacher at a public school and a graveyard shift gig loading newspapers onto trucks as well as sold mobile homes and life insurance before resuming her previous career as a feature dancer once again and making a short-lived comeback in the porn industry in the late 2000's. Joanna has since retired from the porn industry and now lives in an artistic community. Storm also has three daughters and a grandson. - Cara Lott grew up in a middle-class Catholic family in Huntington Beach, California. Cara's career in the adult entertainment industry began at age eighteen after she asked a friend to snap a Polaroid photo of her wearing lingerie atop the family piano. Lott sent said photo to Hustler magazine and within several months went on to be the centerfold and cover girl for the December, 1981 issue. Cara subsequently signed up with the top talent and nude modeling agency World Modeling Agency in Sherman Oaks, California and posed for photo shoots for such men's magazines as Club, Cheri, Velvet, Genesis, and High Society. Lott soon thereafter began performing in explicit hardcore movies and, in the wake of establishing herself in the adult industry, took to the road as a feature dancer at gentlemen's clubs in America, Canada, and Japan. In 1991 Cara took a hiatus from porn so she could return to college and acquire a degree in Health Sciences. Cara then returned to performing in hardcore movies in 1997. Following another hiatus, Lott made a second comeback in January, 2005 as both an over forty model in men's magazines and a MILF/cougar performer in X-rated fare. Cara was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2006. Her hobbies included fishing, surfing, camping, hiking, skiing, scuba diving, kayaking, and open-water swimming. Lott died at age 56 after a long battle with a debilitating illness on March 19, 2018.
- Jada Fire was born on 1 September 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress.
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A gorgeous, pneumatic blonde rival to pouty sex kitten Ann-Margret, singer/dancer/actress Joey Heatherton was also a product of the swinging 60s and taunted the film and TV variety scenes with her own version of a purring young sexpot. Born in 1944 as "Davenie Johanna Heatherton" and the daughter of veteran song-and-dance man Ray Heatherton (1909-1997), Joey trained in ballet as a youngster and started her career off as a teen performer on the New York stage as one of the children in "The Sound of Music". She also began recording about that same time. She went on to gain national exposure as a regular on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948), portraying an innocent young coed who developed a crush on the star. The gimmick worked and Joey eventually tried to parlay this success into an acting career.
The payoff worked. She started to appear in such TV dramas as The Virginian (1962), The Doctors and the Nurses (1962) and Route 66 (1960). For a time, she showed extreme promise, playing troubled, vulnerable, often neurotic young girls opposite cinema's established or up-and-coming talent of the day, including the films, Twilight of Honor (1963) with Richard Chamberlain and Nick Adams, Where Love Has Gone (1964) starring Bette Davis and Susan Hayward, and My Blood Runs Cold (1965) opposite Troy Donahue. The promise was short-lived, however, but since music was deemed her forte anyway, Joey wisely refocused on her musical gifts and went on to project a mod, sulky "Lolita" image fully-decked out in mini-skirts and go-go boots. A much better singer than Ann-Margret and an equally good dancer, she appealed to the male masses in droves with her high-octane dance moves and saucy glances as huge selling points. By the late 60s, the talented, all-round entertainer had developed into a solid Vegas showroom and TV variety favorite. On the plus side as well, she had soldiers swooning on both land and sea as she toured with Bob Hope on his USO tours. She proved quite fetching in the TV movie, The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969) with Lee Majors, and was part of the eclectic casting in Of Mice and Men (1968) that toplined George Segal and Nicol Williamson. On top of all this, she was seductively pitching RC Cola and Serta mattresses in TV ads on a regular basis.
Joey's problems began in 1971, stemming with a major tabloid-troubled marriage and divorce from Lance Rentzel. The 70s also saw a radical change in audience taste as witnessed by her diminishing popularity. Despite showing extreme potential as a Billboard chart-maker with a "Top 40" pop hit in the Ferlin Husky song, "Gone", in 1972, Hollywood made it nearly impossible for her to escape the blast-from-the-past image, finding herself more and more unemployable as the decade wore on. She did enjoy a fun, short-lived fling on a summer variety series, that co-starred her beloved dad Ray Heatherton, (Joey & Dad (1975)).
Unfortunately, Joey encountered other problems in the throes of her career decline, with a life-threatening substance addiction and eating disorder which deeply hindered any game attempts to climb back into favor. She was crassly featured in the critically-panned Richard Burton starrer, Bluebeard (1972); portrayed Xaviera Hollander in the lurid The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977) to little fanfare; and then pretty much disappeared, except as eccentric tabloid fodder or popping up unexpectedly in the cult John Waters film, Cry-Baby (1990), or the April 1997 Playboy spread.
On her side, however, she is a survivor and Hollywood has always encouraged big comeback stories. If anybody has ever proven to be a certifiable talent deserving of such, it's Joey Heatherton. She remains, however, a prime example of how devastating and destructive a fickle entertainment business can be.- Actress
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Shyla Stylez was born on September 23, 1982 in Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada. Of German heritage, Shyla first became interested in a career in porn when she was a teenager. Stylez started out in the adult industry doing nude photo shoots and live web-cam shows on adult websites as well as working as a stripper. Shyla eventually moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her career and was formally introduced to the adult film industry by Erik Everhard. Stylez did her first hardcore movie in her late teens in 2000 for the top company Anabolic Video. Shyla subsequently became a contract girl for Jill Kelly Productions and married company CEO Bob Friedland in 2002 (the couple divorced in August, 2003). Stylez was nominated for an AVN Award for Best New Starlet in 2003. Following a brief hiatus, Shyla made a comeback in 2006 sporting significantly larger surgically enhanced 36DD breasts. Stylez was named one of the top 12 female stars in porn by Maxim magazine in 2010 and was inducted into the Urban X Awards Hall of Fame in 2011. She was subsequently inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2016. Shyla died at age 35 on November 9, 2017.- Actress
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Carré Otis was born on 28 September 1968 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Wild Orchid (1989), Exit in Red (1996) and Under Heavy Fire (2001). She has been married to Matthew Sutton since 17 December 2005. They have two children. She was previously married to Mickey Rourke.- Actress
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One of the most popular black stars in porn, Heather Hunter began her adult-film career on her 18th birthday, shooting Heather Hunter on Fire (1988) in 1988. Born and raised in New York City, she shot a few adult films there before journeying to Los Angeles. A former dancer on the TV show Soul Train (1971), she was at one time under contract to Vivid Video and became one of that company's select crop of "Vivid Video Girls". She has made small appearances in several "mainstream" films, and has at times dated comedian Bill Maher and actor Charlie Sheen.- Actress
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Cleo Pires had her television debut at the age of eleven in a role in "Memorial de Maria Moura" (1994) (Maria Moura's Memorial). In the miniseries, she portrayed the protagonist Maria Moura as a child. The character in adulthood was played by her mother, Gloria Pires. Nine years later, she met director Monique Gardenberg by chance and was invited to star in the movie "Benjamin" (2004) whose screenplay was based on the book by Chico Buarque. Cleo won the award for Best Actress at the Rio Film Festival for her performance, this was an incentive for her to pursue acting. Her next role was Lurdinha, in "America" (2005), a soap-opera produced by Globo Television, written by Gloria Perez. The role gave her international recognition, and for this Cleo received the award for "Best New Actress" from Contigo! Magazine. Lurdinha was a sensual and spontaneous girl who won the heart of Glauco (Edson Celulari), a much older man. In the same year, she played Cleopatra in the children's' special "Clara e o Chuveiro do Tempo" (2005) (Claire and the Time Shower). In the following year, 2006, she played the rebellious Leticia in the soap-opera "Cobras e Lagartos" (2006) (Snakes and Lizards), a role for which she received the "Best of the Year" award from TV Globo. She presented the "Cineview" program on channel Telecine Premium, a show about the cinematic universe and its backstage. Her second role in a feature film was on "Meu Nome Não e Johnny" (2008) (My Name is Not Johnny), she played Sofia, girlfriend of the protagonist Joao (Selton Mello). The film, directed by Mauro Lima, was based on Guilherme Fiuza's book with the same title. In 2008, Cleo gave life to the young teacher Margarida in the remake of "Ciranda de Pedra" (Rock Ciranda). In the following year, she was in the cast of the soap-opera "Caminho das Indias" (2009) (India - A Love Story), she portrayed the indian Surya, her first villain. When that soap-opera ended, she worked on the movie "Lula, o filho do Brasil" (2010) (Lula, son of Brazil), based on the biography of the President Lula, written by Denise Parana. In the movie, Cleo played Lula's first wife, Lourdes. Between 2010 and 2011, she played the native brazilian Estela, protagonist of the soap-opera "Araguaia"(Destiny River). She also filmed the romantic comedy "Qualquer gato vira-lata" (2010) (Any Stray Cat), directed by Tomas Portella and adapted, by Daniela Carlo, from a play written by Juca de Oliveira. In the following year, she starred in the episode "O Anjo de Alagoas" (The Angel from Alagoas), from the series "As Brasileiras" (The Brazilians), directed by Daniel Filho. In her last soap-opera, "Salve Jorge" (2013) (Brave Woman), she played urban and free Bianca. Her latest character in cinema was Ana Terra, heroine of the first part of Erico Verissimo's work "O Tempo e o Vento" (The Time and the Wind), directed by Jayme Monjardim. In 2014, she returned to television in the series "O Cacador" (The Hunter), directed by Jose Alvarenga. In this police drama, she plays Katia, an emotionally unstable woman who lives a love triangle with her husband Alexandre (Alejandro Claveaux) and his brother Andre (Caua Reymond). She has just finished working on the movie "Boletim de Ocorrencia" (Police Report), in which she plays the leading role of Francis. The film is directed by Tomas Portella.- Actress
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Actress Jacqueline Obradors is currently enjoying the success of her latest feature, 'Palm Springs,' in which she appears with Andy Samberg and Oscar-winner JK Simmons. Just like the record-breaking summer temperatures of the titular city, the film broke records after a bidding war ensued dating back to Sundance where Hulu won out. No stranger to coveted roles on a streaming service, Obradors has also starred opposite Titus Welliver in the last three seasons of Amazon's acclaimed 'Bosch' drama series.
Bad-ass detective roles seem to be one of her fortes, as Obradors previously starred for Steven Bochco on four seasons of his acclaimed, 'NYPD Blue' which garnered her a prestigious ALMA Award nomination, and paved the way for her role opposite Freddie Prinze, Jr. in his 'Freddie' comedy series. She's also enjoyed memorable recurring arcs beginning with 'Jesse' opposite Christina Applegate, 'Battery Park' with Frank Grillo, 'NCIS,' 'Franklin & Bash 'alongside Kumal Nanjiani, and finally 'Lopez' opposite the show's namesake, George Lopez.
Obradors has also made her mark on the big screen since her debut in the action film, 'Red Sun Rising'. She since transitioned into Ivan Reitman's romantic comedy 'Six Days Seven Nights' opposite Harrison Ford which garnered her a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination. She more recently reunited with Ford in 'Crossing Over' which co-starred Ray Liotta. Other notable film roles include 'Deuce Bigelow' with Adam Sandler and Amy Poehler, 'A Man Apart' in which she starred opposite Vin Diesel, 'Unstoppable' with Wesley Snipes, and the drama 'Windows on the World' with Oscar nominee Edward James Olmos. She earned her second ALMA Award nomination for her turn as Hector Elizondo's daughter in the acclaimed, 'Tortilla Soup.'
When not paving her own way, Obradors helps guide her sons' careers as they too quickly accumulate a worthy list of credits. The family currently resides in Los Angeles where she was also born and raised.- Actress
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Judy Landers' pleasing personality and physical attributes have made this former Juilliard music student one of the popular character actresses in both action series like B.J. and the Bear (1978) and Vega$ (1978), as well as in a multitude of situation comedies during the 1980s. Although a student of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, her ability to play naive, innocent or sometimes even dimwitted characters, the blonde bombshell seems to have excelled more in comedies. She has appeared in series such as Night Court (1984) and The Love Boat (1977), and in films such as Stewardess School (1986) and Dr. Alien (1989). She is married to baseball player Tom Niedenfuer and they have two daughters, Lindsey and Kristy. Judy and her older sister Audrey Landers have appeared together in many projects, but one of the projects nearest and dearest to them seems to have been The Huggabug Club (1995), a children's series which they produced for Public Broadcasting. The duo not only starred in the series, they (along with their mother Ruth Landers) produced the series, and contributed most of the music to it, as well.- Slender and enticing 5'7" blonde bombshell Tawny Roberts was born Adrienne Carol Almond on October 9, 1979 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tawny was raised in a Mormon household in Dallas, Texas and was a golf, basketball, and volleyball star in high school. Roberts studied retail management in college for two years. After completing her college education Roberts then went to Los Angeles, California and got a job as a retail manager in a department store. Tawny was encouraged to model for some glamor photos and subsequently developed an interest in the adult entertainment industry. She started performing in explicit hardcore movies in her early 20s in 2000. Roberts signed a two year contract with VCA Pictures, but split with VCA right away and signed up with Vivid instead in 2002. Moreover, Tawny has been featured in such magazines as FHM, Playboy, and Revolver. She has a pierced navel and has been nominated for several AVN Awards.
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Ciara Renee (born 19 October 1990), is a NYC actress, model, singer and dancer. Renée replaced Patina Miller in the Tony-Award winning Broadway revival of Pippin as Leading Player. She also appeared in Big Fish on Broadway, as The Witch, as well as regional productions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Broadway workshops of Hamilton and Bull Durham. Highly active in the New York City concert circuit, Renée often plays Joe's Pub, 54 Below, Le Poisson Rouge, and Highline Ballroom.- Actress
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Elena Chernyakova is an actress living in Los Angeles, CA. She started her acting career in July 2012 after graduating from Northwestern University with a degree in Communication Studies, Business Institutions Program, and International Studies. Over the past several years Elena has appeared in numerous films, webseries and TV shows. She is currently studying full-time at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in Los Angeles.- Miranda Ko was born on 20 October 1991 in Hong Kong. She is an actress, known for Blood Shot (2009).
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Alona Tal, an Israeli-American singer and actress, was born in Herzliya, Israel. She began her career after serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. Her big break came in 2003 starring in an Israeli film. At the time she also starred in two television series in the country, and also dabbled in music, recording several songs with the Israeli rapper Subliminal. Tal moved in with her sister in New York to take a break from her career. There, she collaborated with Haitian artist Wyclef Jean in the song "Party to Damascus". She also managed to establish herself on American television, beginning with a recurring role in the series Veronica Mars: She originally auditioned for the lead role, but creator Rob Thomas wrote a new character just for her. Tal later snagged a regular role in the short-lived CBS series.- Actress
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Andrea Kelley was born on 20 October 1982 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Diary of a Teenage Nobody (2012), Gaytown (2008) and Lost Angelas (2019).- Little Mary Miles Minter was a child star who was dominated by her mother. At the age of 5 she first appeared on the stage in the play "Cameo Kirby". From that time on she worked steadily without a single vacation. Her greatest stage success was in "The Littlest Rebel", with William Farnum and Dustin Farnum. In 1911, at the age of 9, a New York paper described her as " . . . a ragged, straight-haired, woman-faced little one". She continued on the stage until 1915, when she started her film career. She was being groomed as a Mary Pickford star - a child of innocence. Her early pictures carried this theme with such titles as Lovely Mary (1916), Faith (1916) and Dimples (1916). Mary was described by the press as "of the screen as a sweet, pretty little girl with an abundance of blonde curls, a picture actress slightly bigger than a faint recollection, a little queen with delicate features and endearing young charms". She later worked for Adolph Zukor at Realart Pictures and one of her favorite directors was William Desmond Taylor. While at Realart Mary made a number of films including Anne of Green Gables (1919), Judy of Rogues' Harbor (1920), Jenny Be Good (1920) and The Little Clown (1921). Her salary, which started at $150 per week in 1915, increased to $2250 per week. At that time she also became involved with Taylor, but it is not known whether Taylor was looking out for his biggest star or if there was any real romance.
Then everything crumbled. On February 1, 1922, Taylor was shot to death in his Hollywood bungalow. His unsolved murder was one of Hollywood's major scandals, coming at the same time as the Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle incident. Though she was never considered a suspect in the murder, when the public learned of Mary's involvement with a man who had questionable dealings with women and was more than twice her age, they boycotted her films. The discovery of her belongings in Taylor's bungalow effectually killed her career in pictures. Mary was so weak from grief that she was barricaded in her home for a month. By the next year she had moved out of the home she shared with her mother and was out of pictures forever. - Actress
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Maria Shamkalian (maiden name - Breyman) was born in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). She has a dual Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Communication and a Master's Degree in Education. Maria is a Vice Chair of Pennsylvania Film Industry Association, award-winning filmmaker, writer, SAG-AFTRA actress, and diversity and anti-bullying activist. She also hosts masterclasses with film industry professionals to help aspiring actors and filmmakers turn their dreams into full-time jobs, runs a network of educational centers, organizes annual charity events, and manages a food program that provides free healthy homemade-style meals to over 1200 children from struggling families. Maria also published a rhyming anti-bullying picture book that teaches kids to embrace the beauty of diversity, produced several commercials in support of early childhood education, and directed an award-winning musical short film "Fine Wine" that celebrates the youth of one's spirit at any age.- Actress
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Rebecca Lovett was born on 21 October 1976 in Opelika, Alabama, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Witches of Oz (2011), Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2011) and Xtacy (2005).- BethAnn Bonner was born on 22 October 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for All My Children (1970), One Life to Live (1968) and Crackers (2012).
- Along the picturesque banks of the Danube River where Strauss and Mozart once frolicked, Maria Valentinova was born in 1979 into a family of devout Communists; her father, an officer in the local KGB, and her mother, a schoolteacher.
Raised by her grandparents as her parents tended to affairs of the State, Maria was taught such fin-de-siecle delights as waltzing, oil painting, poetry and sculpture by her timeless and genteel elders, who also saw fit to educate young Maria in more ancient albeit practical pursuits, such as the study of the dexterous Chinese fighting discipline WuShu.
Grounded in, and with a firm appreciation for the arts, a teen-aged Maria took to the streets in the town square of her beloved Rousse, and would perform impromptu skits with a fellow troupe of merrymakers and actors. Crowds grew and word spread quickly...
Stints in the theater soon followed, and by the time she reached 17, Maria had two starring roles for Bulgarian State TV under her belt, 'Miss Marley' and 'The Phone Call' respectively.
Feeling she needed to journey to America to expand her career, Maria enrolled in Lawrence Conservatory where she studied theater and dance. Not one to shy away from a challenge, Maria broke both school policy and convention by becoming the first sophomore student to both direct and star in her own stage production of 'Dangerous Liaisons', complete with Christopher Hampton's blessing and amusement at the young star in waiting.
Having successfully scandalized the small Midwestern town where Lawrence U. resides with the successful run of 'Liaisons', Maria moved west to Los Angeles where her meteoric rise is sure to delight both new and old fans alike. - Lee Meredith was born on 22 October 1947 in River Edge, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for The Producers (1967), Great Performances (1971) and The Sunshine Boys (1975). She has been married to Bert Stratford since 1969. They have two children.
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Briana was born on October 23rd, in Los Angeles, California. Her nationality is American and ethnicity is mixed (Polish and Italian). Born to actor Greg Evigan, and Dancer Pam Evigan, raised with her two siblings, music producer Jason Evigan, and actress Vanessa Evigan. This Husky-Voiced Evigan started off performing with her band Moorish idol singing and playing keys.
Evigan also undertook a speech and communications degree at Los Angeles Valley College competing on the speech and debate team becoming one of the number one speakers in the country.
Having studied dance since she was 7 she landed her first major feature debut as the star of the box office hit Step Up 2: The Streets in 2008, and reprized her role in a 2014 installment of the franchise, Step Up: All In. She also played starring roles in a number of films, including Sorority Row, S. Darko, and Burning Bright. On the television front, Briana starred in Season 2 of From Dusk Till Dawn for Robert Rodriguez, Jerry Bruckheimer's pilot, Trooper, TNT's acclaimed drama Longmire, and in the indie world, starred in festival darling, ToY, and Love is All You Need? For which she received Best Actor accolades. Some other credits include She Loves Me Not, starring Cary Elwes, Mothers Day, starring Rebecca Demornay, and Rites of Passage, starring Wes Bentley and Christian Slater.
When she's not working, Briana spends much of her time traveling, with the last 8 years being dedicated to non-profit efforts in Asia and Africa. She strives to bring home stories to tell on the big screen. She has deep dived into the anti-poaching world, fighting the ivory trade and protecting South African animals and rangers. She also has worked closely with Cambodian organization, Somaly Mam, teaching and serving as a role model to young victims of sex trafficking. Most recently, Briana has ventured into producing and directing, with 3 projects in development.
Briana's first foray into the development world came following a traumatic experience where she was painfully struck by the ubiquitous mistreatment of elephants in Southeast Asia, so much so that it became unimaginable to step back into Hollywood, role playing as she once saw it. It was clear for her at that point, that her life's mission was to make use of her background, her network, and most importantly, her voice, to advocate on behalf of those without.
Over the years that followed, countless campaigns, fundraisers, speaking events, and mission trips affirmed Briana's allegiance to animal advocacy, ultimately positioning her as a global voice of authority in this space. She is most excited about her upcoming completed films, Just Below Sunset, and Love and Communication.- Actress
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European-born actress/writer Masiela Lusha portrayed "Carmen Lopez" for five seasons as George Lopez's rebellious and passionate daughter on the syndicated ABC series, George Lopez (2002). She was born on October 23, 1985 to parents Max and Daniela. Raised in Tirana, Albania; Budapest, Hungary; and Vienna, Austria, Masiela settled in Michigan at the age of seven; English is her fourth language. Her acting talents span well into films, voice-overs, print work with Ben Affleck and, of course, television. Among other roles, Masiela portrayed the voice of "Nina", the lovable and energetic best friend on the popular animated PBS series, Clifford's Puppy Days (2003). Film work include "My Father's Eulogy", a biographical drama in which she portrayed "Lisa", the reflective lead who reminisces on her experiences with her father; Sony Picture's Blood: The Last Vampire (2009), where she portrayed a demon vampire, Pathe's Time of the Comet (2008), in which she starred as "Saint Agnes", and Muertas (2007), in which she plays the determined and sensitive lead, "Aracelli". Masiela has been named "The Youngest Author in the World" to publish a book in two languages. She designed the cover herself at the age of twelve, and was also named as one of "The Best Top Ten Talented Poets for North America", for her first book "Inner Thoughts." She views writing as an expression of herself where she can "reach into humanity", and her second book of poetry "Drinking the Moon" was recently released in print this summer by Dorrance Publishing. Masiela's writing also includes screenplays, short stories, and her first completed novel, The Besa. Masiela founded Illuminary Pictures at the age of 23, and has since wrapped two films under the company name. Illuminary Pictures has a full slate of diverse film and television projects in various stages of production. Three important aspects of Masiela's life are 1736 Family Crisis Center based in Los Angeles, UNICEF, and her own 501(c)3 Children of the World Foundation. For Children of the World, she is starting close to home in southern California where she donated ten acres of land for the cause. Other chapters will develop across the United States and eventually expand in other parts of the world. Masiela graduated from high school at 15, and was accepted as a junior to UCLA at the age of eighteen, majoring in English. Before becoming an actor, she was named by Teen Magazine as one of five to "Most Likely to Succeed". After arriving in Michigan, Masiela first gained attention by modeling. She was discovered among 600 aspiring actors by a Los Angeles based talent agent, and shortly there after was one of three invited to Hollywood at the age of thirteen. She loves honing her craft in front of the camera and exploring different characters, and continues to pave her path to success as an actress and author.- Actress
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Sheila Shah is an actress, producer, advocate and humanitarian. She landed her first role as an FBI Agent in the highly successful franchise "Saw V" (2008) directed by David Hackl.
Sheila Shah grew up in Montreal, Canada, and relocated to Toronto when she was thirteen. She speaks fluent Farsi, French and English. Sheila's passion for the performing arts was evident throughout her early years, from dance performances to theatre, and in 2001, she won the title of Miss Iran, Canada.
Sheila is focus on projects with social impact and social change. The sister of twin brothers, one with cerebral palsy, Sheila has become the ambassador of March of Dimes of Canada and helped create awareness for the disease by attending and speaking at the celebrity golf classic tournaments and other events throughout the years. She is a member of the Global Advisory Council and an Advocate and Ambassador for CARE to help fight poverty by empowering women and girls. Among her efforts to bring awareness to this cause, she attended the National Conference to advocate for CARE in Capitol Hill, Washington, DC and the CAN summit in Atlanta in 2015. She has done campaigns for CARE for International Women's day. Sheila is a strong advocate and an ambassador of White Ribbon USA and White Ribbon Canada, which is the largest in the world MALE initiative, to help against violence towards women and children. She attended the UK Parliament on behalf of White Ribbon USA for The Miranda Brawn Leadership Foundation and met with John Bercow speaker of House of Commons to bring awareness to the cause. she is producing an advocacy short film "Reunited" to advocate for the legislative change of the Hague Convention on the civil aspects of International Child Abduction in the US and in Hague in Domestic violence aspects. In collaboration with White Ribbon Sheila wants to give a voice to thousands of women immigrants and refugee victims of domestic violence who seek asylum for a safer and better path and to protect themselves and their children from their abuser. She has helped and given her voice to other organization such as David Lynch Foundation and Go Campaign. Sheila did a campaign for the United Nation Environment program called "World Is In Our Hands" to raise awareness for climate change. In addition she has also hosted many NGOs including a CARE event for a group of diverse pre-school kids among who were visually impaired or had secondary impairments.
Besides her acting career, sheila earned a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry, a Post Graduate Degree in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, and subsequently worked in the pharmaceutical industry in both Toronto and Miami. While in Los Angeles, she fulfilled another passion of hers, graduating with an Associate of Arts Degree in Merchandise Marketing from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.- Siyan Huo was born on 23 October 1980 in Beijing, China. She is an actress, known for My Name Is Fame (2006), Cao Mao Jing Cha (2014) and Pin zui Zhang Damin de xing fu sheng huo (1999). She has been married to Jiang Du since 2013. They have one child.
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Manuela Velasco is a Spanish TV hostess and actress. Velasco is best known for starred in the Spanish horror films REC (2007), REC 2 (2009), REC 4: Apocalypse (2014), and the Spanish television series Velvet.
She make her film debut in Pedro Almodovar's Law of Desire (1987).
In 2007, she won the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in REC.- Actress
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Mexican actress Kate del Castillo broke through in America as a result of her award-winning performance in the hit Fox Searchlight/Weinstein movie Under the Same Moon (2007), which is to date the highest-grossing Spanish-language theatrical release in U.S. history.
Kate starred as "Queen of the South" in La Reina del Sur (2011) a short form prime-time telenovela for Telemundo (NBC/Universal) and Antena 3 (Spain.) This adaptation of the bestseller by Spanish novelist Arturo Perez-Reverte drew more than 8.1 million viewers in its debut week, making it the most successful telenovela premiere week in the web's history. It continues to break records attracting male viewers and non-Spanish speaking viewers.
Del Castillo appeared as a guest star in six episodes of the fifth season of the Showtime hit comedy series _Weeds_. She starred as 'Pilar Zuazo,' a powerful Mexican crime boss who threatened Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) and Esteban's romance and was then hit with a mallet by Nancy's son.
Del Castillo recently starred in Univision.com's first-ever webnovela (which she co-produced), "Vidas Cruzadas" (Crossed Lives). The series was a huge success and generated more than two million video streams through September 15, 2009 making it one of the three most-watched online properties ever according to the network.
L'Oréal Paris signed del Castillo to an exclusive U.S. contract as a spokesperson for the company and its beauty brands. The advertising was shot in Los Angeles and Paris and appeared in the U.S. and Mexico. The California Ford dealers tapped her as its spokesperson to star in their television and radio ads. The History Channel named her Network Spokesperson for Hispanic Heritage Month in 2007.
Kate del Castillo, was appointed Ambassador for the Mexican Commission on Human Rights to combat human trafficking in 2009, and launched the Blue Heart campaign in Mexico City with U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Mira Sorvino in 2010..
She began her acting career as a child, but it wasn't until the enormously successful telenovela "Muchachitas" that she became a full-fledged star in Mexico. She went on to become the leading ingénue of nine telenovelas, including "Ramona" and "La Mentira" taking them to the top of the Nielsen charts every time. Her telenovelas have aired multiple times in more than 100 countries worldwide. Kate received various accolades for her critically acclaimed performance as a Bolivian dancer in American Visa (2005) including "Best Actress" awards in film festivals in Spain and Brazil, and a "Best Actress" nomination at the Ariel Awards, Mexico's equivalent to the Oscars. In the United States, the movie premiered at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles, to a sold-out crowd. She also did a cameo in Bordertown (2007) as Antonio Banderas's long-suffering wife.
Kate returned to her theater roots in Mexico for a sold-out eight week theatre run in the two character David Harrower play "Blackbird" ("Pájaro Negro.) She won the "Best Actress" award from the Theatre Critics Association in Mexico.
Among her many awards, Kate received the "Outstanding Performance in a Motion Picture" award for her performances in Trade (2007) and Under the Same Moon (2007) by the National Hispanic Media under the umbrella of the National Latino Media Council. In August 2008, she won the Imagen "Best Actress" award for "Under the Same Moon."
Kate has graced the covers of the top Spanish-language magazines, and was People en Español's 2007 cover Actress of the Year, as well as one of their "Most Beautiful People." On September 13, 2009, Kate served as Grand Marshall in Los Angeles' Mexican Independence Day Parade.
Kate was the voice of Sally Carrera in the Spanish version of Pixar/Disney's Cars (2006) and will soon appear in the animated Rio (2011)_ as a bird/wife to George Lopez. She made her crossover debut on television in the U.S. in the Golden Globe-nominated PBS series American Family (2002) alongside Edward James Olmos.
She is developing a project for television, which she hopes will showcase her love of extreme sports. She published her first novel "Tuya," which is based on her screenplay, and it is now in its third printing.- Actress
Cora Gwynn was born on 23 October 1963 in Suffern, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Clouds (2000), Just One Night (2000) and Roller Hole (2002).- Actress
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Diana Dors was born Diana Mary Fluck on October 23, 1931 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. She and her mother both nearly died from the traumatic birth. Because of the trauma, her mother lavished on Diana anything and everything she wanted--clothes, toys and dance lessons were the order of the day. Diana's love of films began when her mother took her to the local movies theaters. The actresses on the screen caught Diana's attention and she said, herself, that from the age of three she wanted to be an actress. She was educated in the finest private schools, much to the chagrin of her father (apparently he thought private education was a waste of money). Physically, Diana grew up fast. At age 12, she looked and acted much older than what she was. Much of this was due to the actresses she studied on the silver screen and Diana trying to emulate them. She wanted nothing more than to go to the United States and Hollywood to have a chance to make her place in film history. After placing well in a local beauty contest, Diana was offered a role in a thespian group (she was 13).
The following year, Diana enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) to hone her acting skills. She was the youngest in her class. Her first fling at the camera was in The Shop at Sly Corner (1947). She did not care that it was a small, uncredited role; she was on film and at age 16, that's all that mattered. That was quickly followed by Dancing with Crime (1947), which consisted of nothing more than a walk-on role. Up until this time, Diana had pretended to be 17 years old (if producers had known her true age, they probably would not have let her test for the role). However, since she looked and acted older, this was no problem. Diana's future dawned bright in 1948, and she appeared in no less than six films. Some were uncredited, but some had some meat to the roles. The best of the lot was the role of Charlotte in the classic Oliver Twist (1948). Throughout the 1950s, she appeared in more films and became more popular in Britain. Diana was a pleasant version of Marilyn Monroe, who had taken the United States by storm. Britain now had its own version.
Diana continued to play sexy sirens and kept seats in British theaters filled. She really came into her own as an actress. She was more than a woman who exuded her sexy side, she was a very fine actress as her films showed. As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, she began to play more mature roles with an effectiveness that was hard to match. Films such as Craze (1974), Swedish Wildcats (1972), The Amorous Milkman (1975) and Three for All (1975) helped fill out her resume. After filming Steaming (1985), Diana was diagnosed with cancer, which was too much for her to overcome. The British were saddened when word came of her death at age 52 on May 4, 1984 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.- Actress
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Asin was born in Cochin, Kerala, India in the Malayalam-speaking Thottumkal family which consists of her businessman dad, Joseph, and mom, Dr. Seline, who practices in Ernakulam. She attended Naval Public School in Cochin, and after obtaining her Matriculation, was enrolled in St. Theresa's Higher Secondary School. After successfully obtaining her Higher Secondary School Certificate, she enrolled in St. Theresa's College to continue studying in the Arts Faculty. After obtaining a Degree in B.A. English Literature, she assisted her dad in his business (which includes software, export of furniture and antiques) and also took up modeling on the side. Her modeling assignments included Colgate Toothpaste, and Fairever Cream.
This exposure got her noticed and she made her debut on the tinsel screen through director Sathyan Anthikad's "Narendaran Makan" with Malayalyee actor Kunjachacko Boban.
After her initial success, she was offered Telugu movies, and warmly welcomed in the Telugu film industry. It was a smooth transition from Telugu to Tamil with the film "M Kumaran s/o Mahalakshmi". Asin starred in the original Telugu version, so she was the obvious choice for the Tamil remake, opposite Jeyam Ravi. The movie was a super hit. What makes Asin hot in the Tamil film industry, apart from her looks, is that she has teamed up with all the top heroes -- Vijay, Ajith, Surya and now Vikram, in "Maja".
She speaks a wide range of languages such as Malyalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, English, French, and may well be the only Indian actress with a Blogspot in French. She is very active in various functions throughout Southern India, and credits her good upbringing to her parents, who she considers her role models. She was the winner of an entrepreneurial award as a teenager. She is fond of reading and has a huge collection of books.
Asin, along with her mom and dad, have left their Harrington Road apartment at Chetpet, Chennai, and have re-located to an apartment in Lokhandwala Complex, in Andheri (West), Mumbai, in order to enable her to debut in Bollywood movies.
She has had a taste of success at a very young age in Indian regional movies, it remains to be seen if her success will continue in Bollywood also.- Actress
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Allyson Floyd is best known as cynical investigative blogger Erin White in indie sci-fi feature "Altered Spirits." Her dedicated work has resulted in roles in features such as "Another Girl" and "The Good Shepherd," as well as a recurring co-star gig on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" An NYU Tisch grad with a degree in Dramatic Writing for Film and Television, Allyson thrives in cerebral, independent woman dramatic roles and quirky girl-next-door comedic roles.- Actress
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Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff) is an American actress, singer, and film producer from Los Angeles. Her ancestry is primarily Greek and Bulgarian. She was granted Greek citizenship in 2019, in honor of her efforts to assist Greece by appealing for international aid after a devastating wildfire in Mati, Attica. Also in 2019, Wilson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For several decades, Wilson has been an activist for additional funding to combat women's cancers. She has served as an honorary co-chair of the Women's Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
In 1956, Wilson was born in Los Angeles. Her father, Hassan Halilov Ibrahimoff (1920-2009), was a bartender. He was born to a Pomak family in Oraio, Greece. The Pomaks being a Bulgarian Muslim minority population in northeastern Greece. Ibrahimoff migrated to the United States in 1949, and legally changed his name to Allan Wilson in 1960. Ibrahimoff was born to a Muslim family, but converted to Orthodox Christianity upon his marriage. Wilson's mother was Dorothea Tzigkou. She was an ethnic Greek woman from Sotirë in southern Albania. Dorothea was part of a Greek minority population in Gjirokastër County. Wilson was brought up as an Orthodox Christian by her parents, and has continued practicing her religion into adulthood.
In 1972, Wilson made her television debut in an episode of the sitcom "The Brady Bunch" (1969-1974). She portrayed Pat Conway, one of the candidates for the position of head cheerleader. Her character was depicted as a one-shot rival for the regular character Marcia Brady (played by Maureen McCormick). Afterwards, she started regularly appearing in guest-star roles in television.
In 1977, Wilson had her film debut in the science fiction horror film "The Day It Came to Earth" (1977). It depicted an alien who arrived to planet Earth on a falling meteor, and re-animated the corpse of a recent murder victim. The film was shot in Arkansas, and used a primarily local cast of actors. It was one of several B-Movies distributed by the company Howco, primarily to drive-in theaters. The film found moderate success, and later became available in syndicated television through an early episode of the horror television series "Elvira's Movie Macabre" (1981-1986).
In 1981, Wilson had a guest role in the sitcom "Bosom Buddies" (1980-1982), which depicted two men who regularly cross-dressed as women. She was introduced to fellow actor Tom Hanks (1956-), who was one of the series' protagonists. The two met again when they co-starred in the comedy film "Volunteers" (1985). They portrayed Lawrence Bourne III and Beth Wexler, two volunteers of the Peace Corps who fall for each other during a dangerous mission in Thailand. Wilson and Hanks eventually started a real-life romantic relationship, and Hanks converted to Orthodox Christianity to be able to marry her. The couple were married in 1988, and eventually had two sons: Chester Marlon "Chet" Hanks (born in 1990) and Truman Theodore Hanks (born in 1995). Chet eventually followed in his parents' footsteps as an actor.
During the 1980s, Wilson had continued to regularly appear in guest-star roles in television. She portrayed Nurse Lacey in two episodes of the war drama "M*A*S*H" and portrayed two different characters in episodes of the sitcom "Happy Days". Her other appearances included then-popular series, such as "Three's Company", "Who's the Boss?", and "Moonlighting". She had relatively few film roles in this period. In the 1990s, she started appearing frequently in films. She portrayed the supporting character of Suzy Baldwin in the romantic comedy "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993), the sister of co-protagonist Sam Baldwin (played by Tom Hanks). In one of the film's subplots, Suzy is mistaken for Sam's new girlfriend.
Wilson portrayed Catherine O'Shaughnessy in the Christmas-themed black comedy "Mixed Nuts" (1994). Her character was the overly emotional and empathetic supervisor of a suicide-prevention hot-line, who was unaware that her boss was nearly bankrupt. After her boss Philip (played by Steve Martin) confessed his love for her, Catherine became his new fiancee. The film was a remake of the French comedy film "Santa Claus Is a Stinker" (1982), but added several new subplots to the basic story.
Wilson portrayed the adult version of co-protagonist Chrissy DeWitt in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film "Now and Then". The preteen version of the character was portrayed by Ashleigh Aston Moore. The film's followed the lives of four 12-year-old girls in 1970, and their reunion as adults in 1995. Chrissy was portrayed as the sexually repressed and overly naive member of the group, the product of an overprotective mother. During their reunion, Chrissy was a pregnant homemaker who had never left her hometown, and was still a naive "good girl". Her friends had become successful career women, and two of them had moved away.
Wilson had a supporting role in the comedy film "That Thing You Do!" (1996). She portrayed the waitress Marguerite, an employee at a jazz club. Marguerite tried to romance professional drummer Guy Patterson (played by Tom Everett Scott), but he ignored her when he had a chance to meet his idol, Del Paxton (played by Bill Cobbs). Guy's night out with his idol resulted in him suffering from a hangover in his performance. His music group fell apart soon after, and Guy started a romantic relationship with Faye Dolan (played by Liv Tyler), an assistant of the band members.
Wilson had a supporting role in the Christmas-themed comedy film "Jingle All the Way" (1996). She portrayed Liz Langston, the wife of workaholic salesman Howard Langston (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger). Howard loved his wife and son but neglected them. When he remembered that Liz instructed him to buy a Christmas gift for his son, it was already Christmas Eve and most shops had sold out their toys. Howard started obsessively searching for his son's favorite action figure, in the apparent belief that it will cheer up his heartbroken son. Meanwhile, Liz had to face the unwanted romantic advances of their neighbor, Ted Maltin (played by Phil Hartman). By the end of the film, Howard realized that he never bought a Christmas gift for Liz. The film was in part a satire of the commercialization of Christmas, and in part a quest for a parent to apologize for neglect through a single gift to his son. The film earned 129.8 million dollars at the worldwide box office. Wilson was nominated for the "Stinkers Bad Movie Award" for Worst Supporting Actress for this role, but lost to actress Jami Gertz (1965-).
In the psychological horror film "Psycho" (1998), Wilson portrayed Caroline, the office co-worker of Marion Crane (played by Anne Heche). The film was a remake of "Psycho" (1960), where the role of Caroline had been played by Pat Hitchcock. Caroline is remembered primarily for offering to share her tranquilizers with Marion. Caroline apparently considered them superior to aspirins in dealing with common headaches. Caroline also made references to her nagging mother, making her one of several characters in the film who had a problematic relationship with their mother.
Wilson portrayed Ellie Graham in the romantic comedy "Runaway Bride" (1999). Her character was both the ex-wife and the editor of news reporter Homer Eisenhower "Ike" Graham (played by Richard Gere). In the film, Ike had undermined his own career by publishing an inaccurate biographical article on a woman, using as his only source the ramblings of a casual acquaintance. In an effort to restore his reputation, Ike decided to write an in-depth biographical article. He systematically interviewed the woman's friends, family, and several of her ex-fiances. In the process, Ike became romantically interested in the woman. The film earned 309.5 million dollars at the worldwide box office.
Wilson produced the hit comedy film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002), in her debut as a producer. She had helped the lead actress and playwright Nia Vardalos to secure a film contract for her script. Wilson won the "Visionary Award" at the "Producers Guild of America Award". She subsequently served as an executive producer for the spin-off television series "My Big Fat Greek Life". Wilson subsequently served as one of the producers in several films. Her films include "Connie and Carla" (2004), "Mamma Mia!" (2008), "My Life in Ruins" (2009), "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" (2016), "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" (2018), and "A Simple Wedding" (2018).
In 2012, Wilson released her debut solo album as a singer, "AM/FM". The album included several classic songs from the 1960s and the 1970s, such as ""Angel of the Morning" and ""Faithless Love"". In 2014, Wilson performed for President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington, DC . In 2016, Wilson released the eponymous album "Rita Wilson". It included mostly new material, including song written by Wilson herself. She joined the music band Chicago on tour in order to promote the album. Her subsequent albums included "Bigger Picture" (2018), "Halfway to Home" (2019), and "Now & Forever: Duets" (2022).
In 2015, Wilson had a month-long hiatus in her performing career. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and the hiatus was intended to help her deal with her health problems. She subsequently had a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. In 2020, Wilson and her husband contracted COVID-19 during their stay in Australia. They were experiencing only minor symptoms, but they were admitted to the Gold Coast University Hospital. After their recovery, the couple decided to donate their blood antibodies for virus research.
By 2022, Wilson was 66-years-old. The veteran actress has no apparent plans to retire yet, and her singing career has been adding to her fame. Despite a number of health scares, she remains remarkably active and energetic. Though she is better known for supporting roles rather than lead roles, Wilson is familiar to several generations of viewers through her performances in films with enduring popularity.- Actress
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Jaclyn Smith was born Jacquelyn Ellen Smith on October 26, 1945 in Houston, Texas. She graduated from high school and originally aspired to be a famous ballerina. In 1973, she landed a job as a Breck shampoo model. In 1976, she was offered a chance to star in a new pilot for a planned television series, entitled Charlie's Angels (1976). The pilot was slick and the show was an instant hit when it debuted on September 22, 1976 on ABC.
Smith is the only original "Angel" to stay with the show through its entire five-season run (1976-81). She is also the only "Angel" from the television series to make an appearance in either of the movie adaptations. (She had an uncredited cameo in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) as "Kelly Garrett", offering advice to the new generation of angels.)
After Charlie's Angels (1976), she went the TV-movie route and starred in such TV films as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981) for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, and such miniseries as The Bourne Identity (1988), Rage of Angels (1983) and Windmills of the Gods (1988). She has had her own extremely successful clothing line at Kmart since 1985, and is often a spokesperson.
Her first two marriages to actors Roger Davis and Dennis Cole ended in divorce. She has two children from her third marriage to cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond (they divorced in 1989). Her fourth marriage is to physician Dr. Brad Allen. She married him in 1997; the two created the skincare line which Smith promotes.- Actress
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Briana Lane is known for her various appearances in television shows and films but most notably, for her role on ABC's 'General Hospital', for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2021. She grew up in Los Angeles, California and performs and writes in two local indie bands. Two of her songs were featured in the film 'Luce' starring Octavia Spencer and Naomi Watts and Netflix's coming of age show 'Never Have I Ever.'- Actress
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Sammi Hanratty has been acting for more than half her life. She's had the pleasure of working with some of Hollywood's biggest names including Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, Simon West, Barry Sonnenfeld, Jim Carrey, Robin Wright, Gary Oldman, Cary Elwes, Ray Liotta, Cuba Gooding Jr, Jon Hamm, and Tim Allen.
2013 was a busy year form Sammi. She wrapped principal production on three feature films, playing Patricia Heaton's daughter in the Sony film Mom's Night Out, the main character in the indie film Zoe Gone, and most recently, she starred alongside Olympia Dukakis and Nicolette Sheridan in The Christmas Spirit.
In addition to the big screen, Sammi's extensive television credits include guest starring on AMC's award-winning series Mad Men, David E. Kelley's series Monday Mornings, working with director Simon West on The Saint, and starring in three concurrent recurring roles on CBS's The Unit, ABC's Pushing Daisies, and Disney's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.- Actress
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Samantha Gail Weinstein was born on March 20, 1995 in Toronto, Canada. An actor since the age of six, she was best known for her roles as Heather in MGM's remake of Carrie (2013), Audrey in Jesus Henry Christ (2011), and Josephine in the TIFF award winning short film, Big Girl (2005). Big Girl also won Samantha the 2006 ACTRA award for Best Performance-Female. Having won the award at age ten, she was the youngest recipient to date.
Other notable film roles include Brooke in the independent feature, Reign (2015), Violet in The Rocker (2008), and young Hagar in Margaret Atwood's The Stone Angel (2007). Some of Samantha's television credits include guest roles on Being Erica, Less Than Kind, Copper, and Darknet. Darknet marked Samantha's second project with Canadian director Vincenzo Natali, the first being the independent feature, Haunter (2013). She was also an avid voice performer and had voiced numerous animated characters during her career.
As lead singer/songwriter and lead guitarist, Samantha founded the Toronto based, garage rock band, Killer Virgins, in April of 2016. On May 14th, 2023 Samantha died from ovarian cancer after bravely fighting for two and a half years. She died at Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital surrounded by her loved ones.- Eisley was born on October 29, 1993, in Los Angeles, California, to musician David Glen Eisley and actress Olivia Hussey. Her grandfather was actor Anthony Eisley. Eisley and her mother appeared together in the movie Headspace (2005). After small roles in various independent films, Eisley gained a major role in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008). She played Ashley Juergens, younger sister of teen mother Amy Juergens.
Eisley starred as Sawa in the action film Kite (2014), opposite Samuel L. Jackson. At the end of 2014, she filmed Social Suicide (2015), a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet. At the beginning of 2015, she also filmed the dark fantasy film The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016) as Briar Rose. Eisley also appears in the film adaptation of V.C. Andrews' book My Sweet Audrina (2016) in the title role of Audrina. - Actress
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You just might get lost in her mesmerizing eyes.... and you also may be wondering why they look remarkably familiar. Dead ringer for her gorgeous mother and aunt - The Landers Sisters (Audrey Landers and Judy Landers were the "hottest sisters" in Hollywood in the 80s). Kristy Landers is veritable Hollywood royalty -- dad, Tom Niedenfuer, was a Los Angeles Dodger baseball player who pitched his way to winning a World Series. Growing up with the spotlight all around her, Kristy turned to singing and creating music for enjoyment at a very early age. Together with her sister, Lindsey Landers, she penned and performed her first song at age 5 on a children's television show called The Huggabug Club (1995), and has been unstoppable ever since. She is a self-taught musician, playing guitar, bass, drums and piano. She grew up commuting between the tropical southern tip of Florida and Hollywood. Hard work and discipline are values that were instilled in her from her parents' work ethic. With her sister, Kristy attended the Pine View School for the Gifted just outside Sarasota, Florida where they left early in order to concentrate full time on their music. Her hobbies are playing beach volleyball, dancing and flying the trapeze.- Actress
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Dominique Davalos was born on 5 November 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Howard the Duck (1986), A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Salvation! (1987).- Rosalyn Mitchell was born on 16 November 1984 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Black 2 Sugars (2014), Seven Devils (2015) and Today's Detectives (2014).
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Missi Pyle was born Andrea Kay Pyle on November 16, 1972 in Houston, Texas, and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. The daughter of Linda and Frank Pyle, she has four older siblings, sisters Debbie and Julie, and brothers Sam and Paul. Pyle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated in 1995. Since then, Pyle has had a significant career in many films and television series. She has also established in parallel a singing career as a member of the country-rock band Smith & Pyle with actress Shawnee Smith.
Pyle has started an acting career playing a minor role in the comedy film As Good as It Gets (1997) starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. Her following notable roles were in the sci-fi parody Galaxy Quest (1999), Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002) where she played her first role as a villain, Tim Burton films Big Fish (2003) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) starring Johnny Depp and Christopher Lee, Just My Luck (2006) starring Lindsay Lohan, and Soccer Mom (2008) where she had a double role. Pyle has also played guest roles on many television series such as Mad About You (1992) also starring Helen Hunt, Frasier (1993), The One with Ross' Teeth (1999), Ally McBeal (1997), three episodes of Two and a Half Men (2003), three episodes of Boston Legal (2004), Grey's Anatomy (2005), two episodes of Heroes (2006), and two episodes of The Mentalist (2008). Pyle is also an occasional voice actress, and has voiced characters in one episode of series Family Guy (1999) and two episodes of American Dad! (2005).
Pyle began a career as a singer when she met Shawnee Smith in 2007 while filming an ABC comedy pilot. Pyle stated that her dream was to be in a rock band, and Smith gave her the opportunity by creating the country-rock band Smith & Pyle in Los Angeles, California. Their debut album "It's OK to Be Happy" (2008) was recorded in Joshua Tree, California and was released under their own record label when they became business partners. Their first live performance was in Texas on January 18, 2008 and since then, the band performed in many other states, especially in West Virginia, until May 29, 2010 in California. In 2011, the actresses officially disbanded before their second album was completed.- Actress
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Eva Pope was born on 16 November 1967. She is an actress and producer, known for Somewhere Boy (2022), Maternal (2023) and Waterloo Road (2006). She is married to Laurence Lassalle. They have one child. She was previously married to Laurence Lassalle.- Actress
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Webster's Dictionary defines a polymath as a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. It would probably be easier to change that definition to simply read "Sheila Lussier". Sheila was born in La Mesa, CA but spent a great deal of her childhood in Los Angeles, CA where her mother was a go go dancer on the TV show Hullabaloo. Because they lived upstairs above the club, Sheila was immersed in the vibrant world of music and show business at the early age of three and it changed her life. After moving back to San Diego a few years later, Sheila discovered her love for horses and quickly added a new skill to her growing list of talents. She devoted her time and energy to riding and her discipline soon paid off: she began appearing in parades and winning horse shows, including 1st place in the San Diego Columbus Day parade along with a childhood friend when they were only 12 years old. The following year found both girls invited back to act as Grand Marshalls. Not too long after that, she started modeling and found herself in demand for national campaigns, fashion shows, print work, and TV commercials. While she was still 12, she moved back to Los Angeles during summer vacations making it easier to book additional jobs. Because of her busy life and developing career, Sheila split her time living with two of her mother's best friends, one of whom lived in the Valley while the other lived in Bel Air. Since both of these women were also in the entertainment business, she continued to learn more about The Biz. And through it all her star kept rising. Sheila continued her modeling throughout high school and after graduating at 17, she attended The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. But simply modeling for the camera wasn't enough; Sheila wanted to act as well. After studying with some of Hollywood's finest acting coaches, Sheila was lucky enough to be privately coached by Helena Sorrell, the famous coach to such Hollywood icons as John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe. After excelling as a horsewoman, model and actress, most people would be happy to just sit back and coast for a while...but then again, Sheila's not most people. When the opportunity arose to model for Playboy, Sheila grabbed it. Though her beauty and grace as a 20 year-old model did well for her, she declined to be a centerfold because it would have limited her bookings on commercials and other TV projects. In the years that followed, Sheila stayed busy working, continuing to develop, refine and perfect her skills at acting, show hosting, modeling, dancing, stunt work, writing, producing, and directing. It was only natural that given how much time she had spent in front of the camera, she would eventually step behind it, where she found her abilities in the production side of the entertainment business were just as strong as her performing skills. She began writing, covering various areas in the international music and entertainment scenes. Even an unfortunate car accident couldn't keep her down; while recovering from her injuries she wrote a booklet titled How To Get Your Children Into Show Biz. From writing, she naturally moved into directing and producing commercials and other projects. Her first documentary was on R&B legend James Brown and his wife. The project, Life On the Road with Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, would soon be known as the last footage taken of James before he died. At present, Sheila is working in all areas of her talents. She has even managed to raise three beautiful children throughout this very full career while remaining very active in their lives and the community where she resides.- Actress
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Born in Sugar Land, Texas, Allison Tolman earned a BFA in theatrical performance from Baylor University. After graduation, she moved to Dallas where she helped found and foster the independent ensemble based non-profit Second Thought Theatre while also learning that the whole being an adult thing is like, super hard. In 2009, she was accepted into Second City's Conservatory Training Program and later went on to write and perform sketch and satire with several groups throughout Chicago, most notably the monthly comedy podcast The City Life Supplement.
Throughout her career, Tolman has played a veterinary receptionist, personal assistant, children's theatre teacher, vocal coach, phone sales associate, client services representative, and dog walker - never on film, but in her actual life in order to pay her rent and be able to afford more tank tops from Target than any human actually needs.
(2014) Tolman lives in Chicago with a portly cat named Annie who enjoys staring at her blankly whenever there is a house centipede in the kitchen.- Actress
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Savannah Haske was born on 18 November 1977 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Onion Movie (2008) and Third Watch (1999).- Actress
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Robin Arcuri is an American fashion model and actor. Whether you're talking about her body of work as an actress, model, philanthropist, or, yes, her actual body, the best word to describe Robin Arcuri is "passion."
From the time she burst onto the Hollywood scene as a teen sensation from Huntington Beach, California, Robin Arcuri took on every turn in her career with steely-eyed zeal and passion. Passion has been what has driven the success of Robin Arcuri and passion is what shows in her work. Over her career, Robin has modeled for Maybelline, FUZZI, Joe Rocket, HJC, Marvel, Calvin Klein, Life Fitness, Flayva Fashions, Emanuel Ungaro, Teen, Vogue, Glamour, Orange Coast, Muscle & Fitness, Shape, Business Week, Cover Models, and Cosmopolitan just to name a few. Told by many that, at 5'6", she was too short to make it in the rough and tumble world of fashion modeling, rather than reining her back it only spurred her forward. Arcuri became a main stay in fashion print, runway, editorial, catalog, print, swim wear, and fitness apparel. Over the years, her interest in cultural diversity has motivated her to model overseas where she walked the runways in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and Mexico. In Japan, while modeling for MAD (Models Against Drugs) she learned how to speak the Japanese language of Nihongo.
While in film school at CSUF she met Illusionist 'Shahrooz Mystere' and began assisting him in performing at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles and The Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California. A small, but fun stage for the young model. Later, Robin got the attention of television executives and, in 1992, made her small screen debut in Miracle Beach as Miss Germany. To date, her television resume includes a guest appearance with Rick Dees on Into the Night as well as a cameo appearance in season three of HBO's hit series Entourage (Adios, Amigos). Arcuri's diverse talent made her a natural for TV commercials and she has appeared in ads for Mountain Dew, L'Oreal, Evian, Body Glove, Associates National Bank, Badger, and Budweiser. Television led to movies. In 2007, she landed small roles in Ripple Effect and Frank & Ava in 2018.
As Arcuri matured in age, she did so as well in life. As an adult, she has decided to use her number one asset - her passion - to speak out on causes in which she believes. Arcuri has become a supporter for several animal rights organizations and at the age of seven began rescuing animals. She has since founded and operates her own self funded, private animal rescue group. She is a supporter of ASAP, Blind Start Of America, Compassionate Care ALS, the Gavin R. Stevens Foundation, Toys For Tots Foundation, Mea Ola's Place, Cowboy 911, Half The Sky, and Entertainment Industry Foundation for women with cancer. On April 26, 2011 Arcuri received an award from the city of Redondo Beach for her participation in cleaning up the King Harbor fish die-off. Having experienced real childhood hardships and indigence, Arcuri has on numerous occasions expressed that she feels she has a philanthropic duty to those less fortunate and that is exactly what drives her to a greater level of success.- Actress
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Cleo Massey was born on 19 November 1993 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for H2O: Just Add Water (2006), Shaz and Trace (2014) and The Bureau of Magical Things (2018). She has been married to Luke Dempsey-Ceh since 12 November 2021. They have one child.- Actress
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Erin Micklow is an American model, SAG-AFTRA actress, wardrobe stylist and host, best known for her popular weekly show on YouTube, Last Rockers TV, where she travels the world covering punk rock festivals and giving punk rock bands a voice to tell their stories and promote their music and projects. In a short period of time, the show has amassed millions of channel views. Erin started her channel from the ground up with the punk rock DIY ethos, where she directs, films, produces, stars in and edits the show all herself. Regarded as one of the punk queens of the modern-day subculture because of her ties to the bands and her DIY self-made fashion designs, Erin is also a poplar model and fashion icon boasting a large online audience. Beginning a career as an actress and model in 2005, Erin has easily transitioned into the wave of the future, fully utilizing the invention of social media not only to her advantage, but to build herself into a legitimate brand, which has also resulted in numerous directors in recent years writing roles specifically for Erin in their films. With over 17 years of professional acting training at institutions such as Anthony Meindl, UCB, Groundlings, Howard Fine, Killian's Commercial Workshop and more, companies and musicians hire her services as an actress and model to promote and advertise their products on her pages to her broad audience. Paralleling her career as a model, host and actress, Erin also works as a professional wardrobe stylist. In 2013, Erin branched out on her own as an independent stylist and image consultant putting looks together for clients for TV, film, music videos, editorial photo shoots, as well as red carpet events. Her styling work has been featured on The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Insider, TMZ, Entertainment Tonight, UsWeekly, Yahoo!, AOL, Huffington Post and MTV. Among her services outside of entertainment jobs, Erin offers personal shopping trips, closet raids, travel packing, and customized, hand made designs that she sews and creates herself. With all of that, Erin has also authored numerous fashion columns giving tips and advice to thousands of readers for publications such as wikiHow, Naluda Magazine, DirtyandThirty.com, CafeYak.com, TheStyleGlossy.com and AngryYoungandPoor.com.- Actor
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Studied Psychology in college and is a Board Certified Hypnotherapist. Has an Associates Degree in Psychology and thought about becoming a MFT. Has visited Mariah Carey's home and enjoyed the candy room. Have one thing in common other than acting: Hypnotherapy. Rescues animals, trains them and turns them into service animals for Veterans as a hobby.- Actress
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Heather Blossom Brown was born on 19 November 1980 in Hudson, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Temptress (2003), TV Terror (2003) and Of Theatre & Bikinis (2006).- Actress
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Nadine Velazquez stars in History Channel's new drama, Six (2017), as "Jackie Ortiz", a strong wife of a Navy SEAL who holds the Ortiz family together. Known for her role as "Sophia" on FXX's The League (2009)--which ended its successful seven year run in 2015--and as "Catalina", the sexy hotel maid/stripper/illegal immigrant with a heart of gold, on the People's Choice-winning NBC comedy series My Name Is Earl (2005), for which she received four Alma Award nominations in the Best Supporting Actress category, She also plays "Deputy DA Emma Rios" on TNT's Major Crimes (2012).
Moviegoers know her well from seeing her dramatic side starring opposite Denzel Washington in the Robert Zemeckis-directed Flight (2012), as well as in the action thriller Snitch (2013), where she starred as "'Analisa". Dwayne Johnson's wife. In 2016 moviegoers got a chance to see her in Universal's box-office hit [tt2869728 opposite Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, as well as in her first romantic comedy, The Bounce Back (2016) opposite Shemar Moore.
"Daily Variety" singled her out as one of "Ten Actors to Watch" and "USA Today" named her "One of Five Rising Stars to Watch Closely". She was additionally picked by "Entertainment Weekly" for its "Summer 'Must' List" and was included in "People En Espanol" for its "50 Most Beautiful People".
A Chicago native of Puerto Rican descent, Nadine resides in Los Angeles. She is a supporter of charities that provide education and shelter to disenfranchised women. Her dedication to these charities come from her personal experience.- Actress
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Darcy Donavan is an American born Film and Television Actress and Recording Artist with a German, Italian and Brazilian ancestry. Born in Miami, Florida and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Darcy began her career in the entertainment industry as a child actor and starred in a number of national television commercials at a very young age. Darcy started performing in children's hospitals and raising money for charities in her hometown. She later competed in talent and beauty competitions, winning the title of Ms. Nashville, Tennessee.
Darcy has appeared in roles for hit movies and television shows including, "Anchorman", "Modern Family", "Parks and Recreation", "Secret Agent", "Bones", "Six Feet Under", "Entourage", "Cult", "All My Children", "My Name is Earl", "Las Vegas" and "Nip/Tuck", to name a few. With her extensive knowledge in the business, Darcy is now producing her own projects in addition to her acting. Her work in film and television are only a few of Darcy's passions. As a platinum selling Recording Artist, Darcy's release of her first album had catapulted her singing career and enabled her to tour with well-known artists across the nation. Gaining worldwide recognition with a number of tracks off of her second album, "Distraction," Darcy's songs became number one ringtone downloads across North America. Darcy's most recent single, "It's My Life," charted in the top 100 Dance Billboard Charts in four countries and she is currently working on a new song, slated for release in the Fall of 2024.
Apart from her career endeavors, Darcy has dedicated her life to inspiring others through her charity work and through her huge social media presence, sending words of inspiration to her millions of loyal fans daily. After prompting from her fans and friends, Darcy became an author, penning a best-selling inspirational guide book called, "Darcy's Daily Dose of Inspiration". From the sales of her book, she donated part of the proceeds to several deserving Charities including, Protect.org and Valley View Vaulters. Through her philanthropic career, she has raised awareness and supported hundreds of charities. Darcy was recognized for her work and named a World Peace Ambassador.
Darcy is currently writing her second book, a spiritual autobiography that major studio producers are looking to make into a feature film.
In addition to her extensive accolades, Darcy is also a savvy entrepreneur. Darcy keeps busy with her businesses and investments in Cryptocurrency, NFTs, the Metaverse, and projects throughout Web3. Coined the #CryptoQueen of Web3, she is a Co-Owner of the #1 Metaverse "Income Island". She is a prominent figure in Defi and Web3, being seen on top Television News Media Outlets such as ABC News, KCal9 News, Forbes, FinTech, Dazed and Confused, Celebrity Society Magazine, That's Entertainment and many others.
She is an Advisor in the Crypto Magazine resource guide, as well as an Advisor on the Global Blockchain Council. She is a public speaker as well as a savvy entrepreneur in Web3, with her focus on Tech, AI, Cryptocurrency, NFTs and the Metaverse.
She is also well connected in the Entertainment Industry and in development of several Film and Television Projects. Darcy is currently in pre-production on a $30 Million Dollar Feature Film that she is Producing and Starring in, alongside an All-Star, A-List Cast and Director, with World-Wide Distribution already in place. The Movie is slated for Theatrical release in Winter of 2024 and is tied to her NFT line,"StarDawgs".- Actress
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Marisa Ryan was born on 20 November 1974 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) and Cold Hearts (1999). She has been married to Nathan Graf since 19 June 2008. She was previously married to Jeremy Sisto.- Johanna Nicosia is a Canadian/American actress. Born in Brampton, Ontario Canada. Known for her role as 'Staci' The Madam on the HBO hit series Entourage and a series regular on Punk'd, Johanna enjoys both comedic and dramatic roles. (Although she would love to make you laugh more!) She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.
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Allison was raised 20 miles south of Lake Erie, in the small rural farming town of Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
At the age of 14, Allison was discovered in a doctor's office by a model scout/agent. She started modeling in Toronto and spent subsequent summers in Manhattan. After completing high school, Allison moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to study Theatre at the University of Pittsburgh. She also then spent a semester abroad studying theatre in London.
Upon graduation, Allison moved to New York City where she landed roles in several Off Broadway shows. Soon after, she broke into television garnishing small roles on 'Rescue Me' opposite Dennis Leary and 'Stella' with Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter. Allison then began dividing her time between New York and Los Angeles.
In 2008 Allison starred opposite Michael Madsen and Dennis Hopper in Quentin Tarantino's: 'Hell Ride'. That same year she starred opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow in Jon Favreau's: 'Iron Man'. In 2010, she starred in the indie 'Bloomington', which quickly became a cult classic. Next was a recurring role starring opposite David Duchovny on Showtime's: 'Californication'; proceeded by a series regular role opposite John Schneider and Tika Sumpter on Tyler Perry's: 'The Haves and the Have Nots' on OWN.- Actress
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Alexandra Bartee was born on 7 December 1990 in Canton, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Endless Love (2014), Ivide (2015) and Powers (2015).- Ida Nowakowska was born on 7 December 1990 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Out of Reach (2004), Suicide Room (2011) and Television Theater (1953).
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Natalie St. Peter is an actress known for General Hospital (2017), CSI: Cyber (2015) and Revive (2015). In addition to acting, she works as a producer on feature films and commercials.
Natalie is a graduate of the University of North Carolina with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and has worked in a number of marketing positions for a wide variety of national clients. She currently resides in Los Angeles.- Producer
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Christa Campbell is the CEO of Campbell Grobman Films. Partner Lati Grobman. They have produced films such as Hitman's Bodyguard, Texas Chainsaw Massacure, Hellboy, Chuck, Rambo, and the upcoming Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard. They were nominated for 2 Emmys and and Oscar for their work on Winter on Fire Film and production Company- Comely, buxom, and slender brunette Gia DiMarco was born on December 8, 1986 in San Francisco, California. DiMarco started out in the adult entertainment industry using the pseudonym Haley Wilde. Among the notable companies Gia has appeared in X-rated features for are Elegant Angel, Bang Productions, Evil Angel, and Pure Play Media. Moreover, DiMarco has also worked for various adult websites that include BrangBros, Brazzers, and Kink.com. She has several tattoos as well as a pierced left nostril.
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Kim Sill was born on 8 December 1963 in Tifton, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Bad Blood (1994), Carnal Fate (1998) and Lap Dancing (1995). She is married to Joel Sill.- Jennie Linden was born on 8 December 1939 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Women in Love (1969), Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Dick Turpin (1979). She has been married to Chris Mann since 1962. They have one child.
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After starring in 8 Days, a non-profit film about human trafficking, Nicole traveled to eight cities across America to raise awareness. She ventured to Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town in South Africa. In addition to speaking at benefits, she championed local anti-trafficking organizations and was later interviewed on Steve Harvey. She has also appeared on shows across ABC, CBS, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon, most notably Criminal Minds and Brothers & Sisters.
In Summer 2017, she received a certificate in Contemporary Drama from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Along with classical methods, she has also studied those pioneered by George Morrison, Jack Waltzer, and Ivana Chubbuck.
Nicole was an actor first, so this informs her process at Verve Casting. Since 2018, she has found the right performers for commercials, print jobs, music videos, and a wide range of theatrical projects. Most recently, she cast 150+ performers in the 8-episode revival of the cult classic, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, hosted by Jonathan Frakes. She also associate-produced season 5 and wrote an original story in the premiere.
Nicole has a passion for telling stories that raise important questions and challenge viewers to look beneath the surface. In addition to top-tier commercials and music videos, she has produced several award-winning films, many of which have debuted at acclaimed festivals ranging from Palm Springs International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival to the Cannes Short Film Corner. Besides being certified in AVID Media Composer, she specializes in Movie Magic Budgeting/Scheduling, Final Cut Pro, Google Drive, and the Adobe Suite.
In 2023, Nicole founded the full-service creative studio Smolder® to help artists and makers bring their unique visions to life.- Producer
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Roxanna Bina was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was raised in Michigan and Rhode Island. She attended Rhode Island College and graduated in 2000 with a degree in Communications, Biology and Theater. Roxanna started modeling at the age of 17 in New York, Boston and Providence. She also starred in an MTV commercial, as well as a horror movie called 'Scarecrow' (with a cult following).After designing several collections under her label 'Roxanna Bina Couture' and 'Mooshibear', Roxanna turned to writing freelance for several magazines. She was the fashion editor at Buzzine.com and also has a fashion blog called 'Teacups and Couture', which focuses on unusual fashion from emerging designers and artists. In addition to being a writer, she also covers movie junkets as a international television journalist for the French territory on a regular basis. You may see her interviews on You Tube. Roxanna resides in California. She has 3 sons and 4 cats.- Actress
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Emmanuelle Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Moroccan Jewish immigrants, Liliane (Benisty) and Albert Chriqui. Her family moved to Toronto when she was two years old. At the age of 10, Chriqui appeared in a McDonald's commercial. She moved to Vancouver, guest-starring in series such as Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990), Forever Knight (1992), Once a Thief (1996) and PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996). Her first Hollywood role was in Detroit Rock City (1999). Her breakout performance came in 2000's Snow Day (2000), in which she played the foxy "Claire Bonner." She appeared in rock band Hinder's "Lips of an Angel" music video in 2006. Emmanuelle later starred in several films and was nominated for a DVD Exclusive Award as Best Actress for her performance in 100 Girls (2000). She also starred in the movie, Adam and Eve (2005), opposite Cameron Douglas. Chriqui increased her visibility by playing "Sloan" on the HBO hit show, Entourage (2004), and by starring opposite Adam Sandler in You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008). She reprise her role as Sloan in Entourage (2015).- Actress
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Mary Rachel Gardner, an award-winning independent filmmaker, was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area by a big Greek family. She graduated from USC in 2013 with major studies in Acting, Business and Film Production; she also spent a semester abroad studying at a London theatre conservatory (BADA). Mary Rachel has been performing since she was six years old; constantly active with dance, musical theatre, and filmmaking. She has trained in Classical Theatre (Shakespeare, High Comedy), Dance (Jazz, Tap, Hip-hop, Lyrical Freestyle) and Improv (Second City, UCB).
While theatre and film were significant players in her life, she was also passionate about the development process. Mary Rachel gained hands on experience and knowledge working at independent production companies and talent agencies (Zucker Productions, Carousel Productions and WME). She also had an incredible opportunity to work at The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she learned about the production and operation elements of running a live television show. All of these opportunities further fueled her passion for entertainment, which is why she is currently pursuing her acting, producing and directing career in Los Angeles.
Mary Rachel founded her own film company Kalliste Zoe Productions to explore, create and share original content through visual art and storytelling. Since graduating from USC, she has developed many independent projects including music videos, parodies, comedy sketches, pilots and short films. She has received honorary awards at academy-qualifying film festivals and successfully licensed a few films she produced overseas. A few of the short films she produced have received honorary recognition and awards at academy-qualifying film festivals, as well as were successfully licensed with Shorts.Tv, the world's first and only 24/7 HD TV channel dedicated to short movies. The channel currently has featured her films on TV screens across the US, Europe and Asia.
Mary Rachel is eager and ready to contribute her talents and collaborate professionally with others in the entertainment industry. She truly feels at home when entertaining others, whether she is on the stage, in front of or behind the camera.
"Having a dream is what keeps you alive, and overcoming the challenges is what makes life worth living." - Mary Tyler Moore1st Person- Actress
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Mary Gallagher is an actor, stand-up comedian and writer. She is best known for appearances on Friends, The West Wing and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as well as films, including Flightplan and How Do You Know.
Originally from Elm Grove, Wisconsin, Mary graduated from The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, receiving the Chancellor's Medallion for her acting, writing and directing. She and Amy (Ketchum) Holterman formed "The Flying Napkins" presenting comedy to promote social awareness in health and sex education. In 2021, Mary was presented with UWGB's Distinguished Alumni Award.
As a stage actor, her performances of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, King Lear, Tartuffe, and In Circles gained her a nomination for the American College Theatre Festival's Irene Ryan Award, and she also took first place in the 15 Minutes of FEM competition at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, playing her character Shelby Gratt.
After graduating from UWGB, Mary trained at Second City of Chicago and toured nationally with the improvisation group Wavelength. She was a lead in Rob Reiner's NBC pilot Everyday Life and Jason Alexander's Let Bob Do It for Nickelodeon, and she was the host of the pilot The Short Show for E! Networks, the co-host of Game Show Network's cult classic Faux Pause, and co-host of NBC/PAX-TV's World Cup Comedy (with Dan O'Connor), produced by Kelsey Grammer.
In 2018 Mary had her national television stand-up comedy debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Other filmed stand-up comedy performances include Amazon's Laugh After Dark and a 2022 Dry Bar Comedy special. In 2019, her series Be My Therapist (co-created with Brian Kiley) was a finalist at The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, and she's been a semi-finalist in Comedy Central's Laugh Riots competition and in the Andy Kaufman Award competition for The New York Comedy Festival as a stand-up comedian.- Actress
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Camilla Luddington was born in Ascot, Berkshire, England. She has traveled to the U.S. as a teenager and has lived in Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, and California.
She was educated at an all-girls school in Ascot, Berkshire, later attending the American School in England at Thorpe in Surrey. She also lived in suburban Austin, Texas for a year when she was fourteen, and attended Westwood High School.
When she was eighteen, she enrolled in Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, before moving to New York City, and studying at New York Film Academy. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
She has since appeared at several high profile TV shows, before rising to prominence as Catherine Princess of Wales in the Lifetime TV movie, William & Kate (2011). She went on to appear in Californication (2007) and True Blood (2008). Luddington was a guest star during the ninth season of ABC's Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Dr. Jo Wilson. She was upgraded to series regular for the tenth season. In June 2012, Crystal Dynamics confirmed Luddington would voice Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider (2013) video game reboot. She did both the voice and the motion capture in the course of three years. She is set to appear in The Pact II (2014) in 2014. She is also returning to the role of Lara Croft for the latest Tomb Raider Game, Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015).- Tall (5'8"), buxom, and shapely blonde bombshell Staci Thorn was born Laci Thornton on December 15, 1983 in Alabama. She's of mixed Irish and Austrian descent. Thorn first started performing in explicit hardcore movies in her early 20s in 2004; she has worked for such notable companies as Vivid, Metro, Hustler, Sin City, Wildlife, Pure Filth, and Adam & Eve. Staci has three tattoos and piercings in her tongue and left nostril. Thorn won an AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene - Video in 2005. Moreover, Staci was also nominated for AVN Awards for Best Group Sex Scene - Video in 2007 and Best Anal Sex Scene - Film in 2008. She resides in Los Angeles, California.
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Michelle Suzanne Dockery (born 15 December 1981) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey (2010-2015), for which she has been nominated for three consecutive Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. She made her professional stage debut in His Dark Materials in 2004. For her role as Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 London revival of Pygmalion, she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award.- Nelitza Vallellanes was born on 15 December 1969 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is an actress, known for Brinke's Tales of Horror (2007), Light of Blood (2005) and Grub (2005).
- 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).
- Lilly Christine, a.k.a. "The Cat Girl," was a famous and beloved burlesque exotic dancer and men's magazine model of the late 1940's up until the early 1960's with a mesmerizing stage presence, a wild mane of long peroxide blonde hair, and a simply spectacular 37C-22-35 voluptuous bombshell body. Lilly was born as Martha Theresa Pompender on December 17, 1923 in Dunkirk, New York. Although there were rumors that she had a Norwegian father and a Swedish mother, Christine in reality was actually of Italian-Polish descent. She first began dancing in 1948 and proved to be a major headliner performing her trademark voodoo love potion dance at Prima's 500 Club in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lilly was prominently featured doing her other signature stalking cat dance in the Broadway stage production of the musical revue "Michael Todd's Peep Show," which ran from June 28, 1950 to February 24, 1951 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. Moreover, Christine graced the covers and/or posed for centerfolds in such adult publications as "Rogue," "He," "Modern Man," "Gala," "Tempo," and "Cover Girls." She had uncredited minor parts in the movies "Two Guys from Texas," "My Wild Irish Rose," "Two Guys from Milwaukee," and "Irish Eyes Are Smiling." Lilly Christine was still dancing and drawing huge crowds in nightclubs down south when she died from peritonitis at the tragically young age of 41 on January 9, 1965 in Broward County, Florida.A pin-up goddess. RIP
- Born Luz Maria Cavazos in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, she moved with her family to Guadalajara when she was 7 years old. At the age of 15 she was bitten by the acting bug, which led her to join a theater group while still finishing her high school years. At 19 she moved to Mexico City to study drama at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) where she learned from teachers Luis de Tavira, Jose Caballero and Ludvik Margules. During her last year in school she auditioned for the role of Tita in Alfonso Arau's "Like Water for Chocolate", which would eventually give her international acclaim and recognition around the globe receiving the Best Actress Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. This led her to pursue a more diverse career in cinema in the U.S., leaving her theater career on hold for a few years, while she was working in independent films such as Wes Anderson's "Bottle Rocket" co-starring Owen and Luke Wilson, Allison Anders' "Sugar Town", Showtime's "In the Time of the Butterflies" with Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos, among many others. While still maintaining her interest in American cinema, she relocated to Mexico City where she is working on film and theater productions. Her last credits include "Las Buenrostro", "Atlético San Pancho" and the critically acclaimed short film "Entre Dos". Currently she's preparing for an international co-production, due to be shot at the end of 2005 in South America.
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Brooke Nevin was born on 22 December 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and director, known for The Comebacks (2007), My Suicide (2009) and Call Me Fitz (2010).- Actress
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Loretta Yu was born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Blood and Water (2015), Save Me (2017) and Between (2015).- Actress
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Born in Bologna, she is an actress and photographer. She has acted, among others, for Michelangelo Antonioni, Liliana Cavani, Marco Tullio Giordana, Gus Van Sant, and Mia Handsen-Love. In 2008 she began to exhibit her photography; in 2011 she was at the Biennale di Venezia, in 2014 her first solo exhibit in Tokyo. She debuted as a director In 2000 with the short Per sempre, which was in competition at the 57a Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia, and won the Nastro d'Argento Prize.- Actress
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Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Elaine Hendrix spent her early years in nearby Knoxville and Morristown. At 15 she moved with her divorced mother to Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended the Northside School of Performing Arts. She started her professional career as a dancer and model but gave up dance after she was hit by a car while bicycling. She officially moved to Los Angeles in 1992 and had an agent within a month. She worked her way from commercials to TV guest shots to a starring role on the 1995 Fox revival of Get Smart (1995) to features. A member of Women in Film, Women in Theatre and Women of Los Angeles, Hendrix has written a short film that she plans to direct at the end of 1999/beginning of 2000 (as soon as she can take a break from her acting schedule). She has two birds and two turtles and in September 1999 added a dog named Tiloc to her family.- Actress
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Alexandra Krosney was born on 28 January 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Last Day of Summer (2007), Psych (2006) and Last Man Standing (2011).- Hannah Greenwood was born in Melbourne, Australia and has been acting since early childhood. Her first television roll was on State Coroner at the age of 11. From here she continued to feature in numerous Australian television productions such as Norah & Saskia, Blue Heelers, Neighbours to name a few. She trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and more recently with Howard Fine Acting Studios, Los Angeles.
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Angelique Cabral was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is an actress and producer, best known for her roles in Big Sky (2022), Maggie (2022), Life in Pieces (2015), Enlisted (2014) and Friends with Benefits (2011). She has been married to Jason Osborn since 2013. They have two children together, Adelaide and Alden.- Vanessa Villela was born on 28 January 1978 in Mexico. She is an actress, known for Selling Sunset (2019), El Señor de los Cielos (2013) and El Cuerpo del Deseo (2005).
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Crystal Dawne gets noticed. Whether it's her blonde allure or that thought-provoking magic in her expression, this Ukrainian Canadian actress/producer stands out in a crowd. Master director Steven Spielberg noticed her on the set of War of the Worlds, after she was pulled out of a group of extras and given the opportunity to be directed in her own scene. Crystal, being Crystal, jumped at the chance and made the most of the opportunity: despite her overwhelming joy at working with the great director, she easily shed tears on command and made a lasting, positive impression. Crystal trained at the Van Mar Academy of Television and Film, and studied under acclaimed West Coast acting coach, Bobby Chance. Her screen credits include the 2005 film Stand Up, with veteran comedian actor Max Alexander, as well as a role co-hosting the Las Vegas talk show It's All Good. Crystal is driven,upbeat, and multi-dimensional in more than just her acting talents. She has been a business entrepreneur, and is the proud author of her first book, Heaven on Planet Earth (HOPE): Seeking All Hungry Spirits. This book, with the appropriate acronym of HOPE, documents her research into life-changing spiritual discoveries and awakenings. HOPE is about co-creating entry into one's kingdom of heaven, right here on earth, through the expansion of one's eternal flame of hope to full illumination. To read excerpts, please visit her website at www.crystaldawne.com. Despite her foray into writing, acting remains and will always be Crystal's first love-ever since her third grade debut in Cinderella, where Crystal played a dust bunny! While she has honed her talents considerably since then, Crystal still brings the same youthful abandon to each role that she brought to making that third-grade dust bunny come alive. With the publication of her book, Crystal now looks forward to focusing on acting and producing. More than just a beautiful face, Crystal's passion for her craft runs deep, and her heartfelt commitment to first-rate work makes her a welcome addition to any set.
Crystal Dawne is unlike any artist you'll likely to hear this year, with her unique blend of rich, majestic and evocative pop together with lush and roomy electro / trip-hop and RnB influences.
Her debut album "Lovelution" was released and available January 21, 2014. One of the songs from the album, "I love you" is featured as the opening music for the web series "The Broken Christmas Toys".- Margarita Levieva is an American actress. Born in Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (now Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), at age three she began the rigorous training program of a competitive rhythmic gymnast. Levieva continued to train for the next 13 years, winning competitions in Russia and eventually going on to compete in the United States after emigrating. When she was 11, Levieva's mother moved her and her twin brother to Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn in New York City. She attended high school in Secaucus, New Jersey. Levieva majored in economics at NYU and worked as a fashion buyer. Her continuing interest in acting led her to be accepted into the Meisner Training Program at the William Esper Studio. In 2005, New York Magazine featured her as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in New York.
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Amber Valletta was born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA as Amber Evangeline Valletta. She is an actress, producer and model. She began her career as a fashion model. Valletta was married to Olympic volleyball player Chip McCaw with whom she has a son, Auden. Valletta endorsed Democrat President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012. In July 2014, Valletta spoke out about her battle with drug and alcohol addiction.- Actress
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Lauren Moore was born on 9 February 1971 in Watchung, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for The Limey (1999), Tomcats (2001) and Days of Our Lives (1965).- Linda Carol was born on 9 February 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Reform School Girls (1986), Future Hunters (1988) and L'amante scomoda (1990).
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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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Jade is an English Actress born in Bournemouth, Dorset.
She is most known as Patricia Williamson in the Belgian/American/British Teen Drama Mystery television series of Nickelodeon: House of Anubis.
She has a twin sister, Nikita Ramsay who is also acting.
Her first professional acting job was X-Men 2 as a X-Kid.
She has appeared in a lot of movies and television shows in which she mostly acts along side her twin, Nikita.- Actress
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Emily Morris was born on 10 February 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Divas (2011), I Kissed a Vampire (2010) and The Dragon (2009).- Born in rural Texas she came out to LA right after high school and has been moving up ever since, although it seems she's still looking for her break. She recently began appearing at comedy clubs and goes up regularly at HaHa Cafe in the Valley and The Icehouse in Pasadena.
- Sarah Aldrich was born on 10 February 1970 in Mission Hills, California, USA. She is an actress, known for General Hospital (1963), The Young and the Restless (1973) and Port Charles (1997).
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Lauren Sweetser was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Winter's Bone (2010), The Riot Act (2018) and Pali Road (2015).- Actress
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Alexi Wasser was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Girls (2012), A Ghost Story (2017) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).- Actress
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Lymari came to Los Angeles in 2001, and at 22 years old finished her Masters degree in Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico, where she also took acting classes.
After graduating, she went on to work in theater in San Juan. Her first TV show, a sitcom based on her own experiences in grad school, was developed by ABC but was never screened, and she is now in the process of re-writing the show.- 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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Alexandra "Alex" Meneses, the ALMA Award-nominated actress known for her smoldering bombshell characters and philanthropic commitment to a wide variety of causes, recently starred on The CW's critically acclaimed series Jane the Virgin (2014). She also recently starred as Isabella, the over-the-top diva actress on NBC's comedy series Telenovela, for which she received an Imagen Award nomination. Eva Longoria produced and starred in it.
Alex first became embraced by audiences playing Teresa Morales in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Her role as Stefania Fogagnolo, Brad Garrett's luscious Italian girlfriend on Everybody Loves Raymond, earned her an ALMA Award and American Comedy Award nominations. Other TV roles include Cookie, Joey Tribiani's sister, on Friends; Sofia on The Goldbergs; and roles on CSI, CSI Miami, Prison Break, NCIS, Psych, Austi & Ally, and The Cleveland Show. She recently starred in the TV movie Unorganized Crime opposite Chazz Palminteri.
On film, the Chicago native and former model has also appeared in Selena, Boyle Heights, Ripped, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award-winning Auto Focus opposite Greg Kinnear. Alex was Mistress of Ceremonies for Ischia Global Film Festival in Italy.
As president and founder of her own production company (Oo La La Productions/L.A.D.S. Entertainment), Alex produced the Sundance Channel hit documentary Damned To Heaven, a gripping look at life inside the FLDS (Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) pluralistic community of Colorado City, Arizona.
She also executive-produced Australians Hit Hollywood, an honest look at Australians and New Zealanders who have turned themselves into prominent players in the Hollywood entertainment scenes.
While still in high school in Chicago, Alex was inspired to pursue an acting career after seeing Rita Moreno's performance in West Side Story and enrolled in the famed Second City Improv program. Following high school, Alex landed a modeling contract and moved to Europe, where she worked regularly in Italy, France and Greece. Upon her return to the US, she entered The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute to hone her acting skills.
She has received acclaim in the Geffen Playhouse's production of Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple by Neil Simon. An adapted revival of The Odd Couple, Simon altered the ethnicity of Oscar & Felix's neighboring sisters to Spanish, which fit Meneses, who is half Mexican-American. Alex has appeared in numerous stage productions, including Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater.
In her ongoing commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism, Alex has served on the Board of Trustees at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles for ten years and has helped to raise tens of millions of dollars for the hospital. She also serves on the boards for United Hope for Animals and The Chicago Symphony and is a member of The Chicago Historical Society.
A proud alumna of Chicago's Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, Alex frequently returns to campus and meets with students to share her insights and commitment to a McAuley education. In 2005 she established the Alexandra Meneses Endowed Scholarship to help ensure a new generation of young women are given the best possible career and life opportunities.
Alex is a devoted mother to her young daughter and divides her time between Los Angeles and Chicago.
Awards: American Comedy Award - Everybody Loves Raymond Alma Award - Everybody Loves Raymond Imagen Award for Best Actress - Telenovela Imagen Award for Best Comedy - Telenovela Latina of Influence - Hispanic Lifestyle 2018 (Won) Idyllwild Film Festival for Best Actress 2018 Idyllwild Film Festival for Best Ensemble Cast 2018 (Won)