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Mawar de Jongh

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Mawar Eva de Jongh (born September 26, 2001, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is a popular Indonesian actress, singer, and model. She rose to prominence through her portrayal of Annelies Mellema in the 2019 film adaptation Bumi Manusia (This Earth of Mankind), based on the acclaimed novel by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Her career in the entertainment industry began at an early age—as a child model—and continued through numerous TV movies (FTV), soap operas, and her musical debut with the singles “Heartbeat” (2018) and “Lebih Dari Egoku” (2019), the latter of which reached number two on the Billboard Indonesia Top 100. Although she comes from a Dutch–Karo heritage and was raised in Medan and Bekasi, Mawar has achieved success across multiple creative fields: as an actress, singer, and model. She is currently pursuing a distance-learning program in Communication Studies at Pelita Harapan University, all while continuing to thrive in film, television, and music to this day.
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Churni Ganguly

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Churni Ganguly is an Indian TV and film actress who mainly works in Bengali cinema and TV series. The actress who spent most of her childhood in Kolkata started acting while she was studying at the Jadavpur University; she joined a local theater group and after gaining experience in acting, she later moved to Mumbai to pursue a full-time career in acting. She started her journey with her roles in TV serials like Debi, a Bengali series, Chhoti Si Asha and Umeed, Hindi series, which was aired on Zee TV. She got her first break on the silver screen in 2004 as she was roped in by spouse and director Kaushik Ganguly to play one of the lead roles in Waarish. After her debut, she eventually starred in films like Shunyo E Buke (2005), Sakaler Rang (2009), Laptop (2012), Shabdo (2013), Chaya O Chobi (2017), and Lokkhi Chhele (2022). Apart from acting, the actress has also directed a couple films titled Nirabshito (2014) and Tarikh (2019). Her 2023 release includes Ardhangini and Kaberi Antardhan.
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Jeet

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Jeet (born Jeetendra Madnani on 11/30/1975) is an Indian film actor, film producer and television presenter who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. He started as a model and then shifted to TV serials such as Bishabriksha, Janani and Daughters of the Century. He made his cinematic debut in Chandu a Telugu film. Then in 2002 he made his Bengali debut with Sathi. Jeet's first success came in 2002, opposite Priyanka Trivedi, through Sathi, a highly successful romantic drama, directed by Haranath Chakraborty, for which he won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Promising Actor Award and Anandalok Awards for Best Actor. In the same year, he acted in the Bengali remake of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. This initial success was followed by other critical and commercial successes, including Nater Guru, Sangee, Bandhan and Yuddho. In 2005, he acted alongside Koel Mallick in Nater Guru, which released to critical and commercial success and fetched him his second Anandalok Award for Best Actor. This success was short-lived as Jeet starred in some commercial failures, including Saathihara, Priyotoma and Ghatak but this failure was short-lived as Jeet starred in Jor, which became a box office hit. 2010 proved to be a commercially successful year for Jeet as he starred in Wanted and Dui Prithibi (2010), both of which were critically and commercially successful ventures; the latter being the highest grosser of 2010, according to a study conducted by FICCI & Deloitte. In 2013, he appeared in the crime thriller Boss: Born to Rule, which was Jeet's first pan-India release. The film proved to be one of the biggest hits of 2013, grossing ₹6.75 crore (US$1.0 million) and also earned him his first Filmfare Awards East nomination.
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Salah Mansour

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Salaah Mansour (1923 – 1979) is an Egyptian actor born in Shebeen al-Kanaater – Kalyoubeyya (Delta of Egypt). He began his career in the theater school; he also participated in establishing the Ministry of Education School theater in 1938. After graduating in 1940, Salaah worked as editor at Rose al-Youssef magazine. He then joined the High Institute of Dramatic Arts under the supervision of the great Zaky Tolaymaat, before graduating in 1947. In 1954, he founded “Al-masrah al-horr i.e. The free theatre”along with his colleagues Abdul Mon’em Madbouly, Sa’d Ardash and Muhammad Reda. Mansour played various stage role like; “Malek al-shahhateen i.e. The king of beggars”, “Al-nass elly that i.e. Downstairs people”, “Bora’y ba’d al-tahseenaat i.e. Bora’y after modifications”, “Zokaak al-medakk i.e. Medakk alley”, “Rumulos al-‘azeem i.e. Rumulos the great” and “Zeyaarat al-sayyeda al-‘agouz i.e. Visit of the old lady”. Salaah Mansour began his film career in 1946 with the actor Baheega Haafez in “Al-zahra i.e. The flower”. He also participated in the film “Habeeb al-rowh i.e. XXX (1949)”with Anwar Wagdy and Youssef Wahby. In 1950, he played Henry Barakaat’s “Shaate’ al-gharaam i.e. Beach of love” with Layla Mouraad and Hussein Sedky. Among his famous films are; “Bedaaya wa nehaaya i.e. Dead among the livings”, “Ma’ al-thekrayaat i.e. With memories”, “Haareb men al-ayyaam i.e. Fugitive of time”, “Kandeel Om-Haashem i.e. The lamp of Om-Haashem”, “Al-bostagy i.e. The postman” and “Shay’ fee sadry i.e. Something in my heart”. Although he has been locked in second roles throughout his career, yet he won many awards for his performance. He is one of the most famous “Villains” of Egyptian cinema, he is the “’Omdet al-cinema al-Masreyya i.e. The Mayor of Egyptian cinema” after his great role of mayor in the film “Al-zawga al-thaaneya i.e. The second wife”, with Souaad Hosny, Shoukry Sarhaan and Sanaa Gameel. One can never forget her famous phrase “El-leila ya ‘omda i.e. Tonight O mayor”. Salaah Mansour won many awards for his roles in radio, cinema and theatre; best radio actor (1954), best actor for his role in the film “Lan a’taref i.e. I will not confess (1963)” and the film “Al-zawga al-thaaneya (1968)”. He was also awarded Egyptian order of Merit (1978). Salaah worked as a consultant, Department of Theatre Education at the Ministry of Education until his death.
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Michael Joseph Thomas Ward

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Michael Joseph Thomas Ward (born Michael Joseph Ward III, March 10, 1959, in Elmhurst, Illinois) is an American actor of comedic and dramatic range who began his career in radio as a deejay, reporter, newsman, and sports director before turning to acting in 1988 after being cast in the title role of The Nerd at a local Cincinnati theater. The son of journalist and PR executive Michael J. Ward Jr. and nurse Harriet M. Ward, he is the second of five children. He earned his SAG card in 1997 through a series of Giant Eagle Supermarket commercials, and his first co-star role came on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. On stage he has performed extensively in Cincinnati and Dayton, including A Streetcar Named Desire (as Stanley), Much Ado About Nothing (as Verges), 12 Angry Men (as Juror 12), Buried Child, Pericles, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (as Marley), and The Mark Twain Show (as Mark Twain). His most notable film credits include the Shipping Clerk in Carol (2015, directed by Todd Haynes, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara), the DOW Lawyer in Dark Waters (2019, also directed by Todd Haynes, with Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway), Doctor Prowler in A Kind of Murder (2016, starring Patrick Wilson and Jessica Biel), Principal Geibel in Graduation (2007, with Adam Arkin), Dad in Blue Car (2002, with David Strathairn), and a role in Echo Boomers (2020, starring Michael Shannon). His television highlight was a starring role as Arthur in the sci-fi comedy web series Dark Age (2013–2015), and he is serving as associate producer on the upcoming crime dramedy Silent Bark (2027).
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Kim Ah-young

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Kim Ah Young is a South Korean actress and comedian. She graduated from Yongin University with a bachelor's degree in Theater. In 2022, she started appearing as a fixed crew member in SNL Korea where she takes the role of an office worker of the MZ generation who pursues personal convenience rather than work while smiling brightly with clear eyes and stares at her fellow cast member Joo Hyun Young who plays the role of her superior. She also runs a personal YouTube channel called "Ayoung World" with many uploads of her daily life and behind-the-scenes stories of short script shoots.
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Sean Connery

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. On October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Salina EsTitties

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Salina EsTitties is the stage name of Jason De Puy (born October 8, 1990), an American drag queen who competed on the fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In West Hollywood, Salina EsTitties has performed at The Abbey and Micky's. She is also a musician. She’s appeared in #NoFilter, Vida, Dance Moms, and AJ and the Queen. In 2018, she performed in the ensemble of the Los Angeles production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Salina EsTitties competed on the fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, placing in the bottom two four times before being eliminated in the episode "Wigloose: The Rusical". Salina EsTitties is based in Los Angeles. She is of Nicaraguan, Panamanian, and Honduran descent. She has quit drag multiple times due to how expensive the profession is. Her drag name is inspired by Selena Quintanilla Pérez
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Sharon Clark

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Sharon Clark was born Sharon Olivia Weber on October 15, 1943 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Sharon studied sociology at the University of Oklahoma and worked as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in St. Louis. Moreover, Clark served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia, where she was a teacher. She married actor Bob Clark in 1968. Sharon was the Playmate of the Month in the August, 1970 issue of "Playboy." She was named Playmate of the Year in 1971. At age 27 Clark was the oldest women to be a Playmate of the Year; she held this record for fifteen years. Sharon Clark not only made guest appearances on episodes of the TV shows "Charlie's Angels" and "CHiPs," but also had co-starring roles in the theatrical features "Lifeguard," "The Billion Dollar Hobo," and "The Little Dragons."
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Henry Lau

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Henry Lau, commonly referred to as Henry, is a Canadian singer, dancer, musician, songwriter, composer, entertainer, model and actor mostly active in South Korea and China. He debuted in 2008 as a member of Super Junior-M. Aside from group activities, he has also produced several songs for various artists, television dramas and is a part of a composing team Noize Bank. In June 2013, Lau debuted as a solo artist with his first extended play, Trap. It peaked at #2 on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart and spawned the single with the same name, which peaked at 28 on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, also peaked at #18 on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Weekly singles. In April 2018, Lau left SM Entertainment following the expiration of his contract with them and effectively left Super Junior-M. In July 2018, Lau established his own studio, Henry Workshop. Later that year, he joined Monster Entertainment Group and signed with Korean label AXIS.
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