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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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JeeJa Yanin
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Jeeja Chanthathanisa Tang, formerly Yanin Vismitananda, is an actress and martial artist specialising in Muay Thai from Bangkok, Thailand. She holds a 4th Dan Black belt in Taekwondo and received a bachelor's degree from Kasem Bundit University.
Jeeja's film debut was the starring role in the 2008 film "Chocolate" (ช็อคโกแลต).
On 29 August 2012, Yanin revealed that she was five months pregnant and married Andrian Robert Bowden, a co-star in her previous films and younger brother of singer Pamela Bowden. On 22 January 2013, she gave birth to her son, Jayden Bowden Vismitananda. They are now divorced.
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Bronisław Cieślak
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Bronisław Emil Cieślak (8 October 1943 – 2 May 2021) was a Polish actor, journalist, media presenter and politician. He was born in Kraków.
He was best known for his role as Sławomir Borewicz, the main hero of a popular Polish TV series 07 zgłoś się (filmed in the 1970s and 1980s).
He was a deputy to Polish parliament (Sejm) from 1997 to 2005 as a member of the Democratic Left Alliance party.
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John Hodgkinson
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John Hodgkinson is an English actor. He is known predominantly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for his performance as Tom Kettle in The Ferryman, for which he has been nominated as Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the 2018 Laurence Olivier Awards. In 2011, he was named The Journal's Performing Artist of the Year for the part of Chris Mullin in Michael Chaplin's A Walk on Part with the Live Theatre Company.
Hodgkinson was born in Surbiton, Greater London. He attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
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Chihiro Kawakami
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Chihiro Kawakami (川上 千尋, Kawakami Chihiro, born January 27) is a Japanese voice actress and illustrator from Saitama prefecture. She is affiliated with Space Craft Group. She was previously affiliated with Baobab from April 2010 to November 2015 and with Object from April 2016 to October 2018. She has been a member of Space Craft Group (formerly Space Craft Entertainment) since March 2019.
*** Not to be confused with Chihiro Kawakami, a member of the idol group NMB48 with the same kanji.
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Kostas Kenteris
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Konstantinos "Kostas" Kenteris, also spelled as Konstadinos "Costas" Kederis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Κεντέρης born July 11, 1973) is a Greek former athlete. He won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, making him the only European sprinter (along with Linford Christie) to win the gold medal in all three major competitions and the only European World Champion in the 200 metres races. Additionally, he has won two gold, three silver and two bronze medals in the European Cup, as well as three gold medals in the 200 metres at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria. He is also a 14-time golden medalist at the Greek Athletics Championships and a five-time golden medalist at the Greek Indoor Athletics Championships. He withdrew from the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in his home country, after a doping violation (failed to attend drug test).
Kenteris was named the Greek Male Athlete of the Year three times, for the years 2000, 2001, and 2002. He was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year two times, for the years 2000 and 2001.
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Noura
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Noura Mostafa Qadry (Arabic: نورا مصطفى قدري) (Egyptian pronunciation:Noura Mostafa Adry), more commonly known simply as Noura, (born in June 18, 1954 as Elweya Mostafa Mohamed Adry) is a retired Egyptian actress. She began her career in Egyptian cinema during the 1970s and continued acting until she retired in the 1990s, and wore the Hijab (Islamic Scarf), living a religious life now.
Noura is born in Cairo to Egyptian parents in the middle class district of Shubra. She is the sister of the actress Poussi. Since the 1990s, she rejected any media appearance and is living a quiet life as a devout Muslim.
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Charada Imraporn
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Piglet Charada Imraporn is a Thai actress, singer and model. She graduated at Faculty of Architecture from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. Piglet has two older twin sisters, members of the ex-group "Neko Jump": Jam Charattha Imraporn and Noey Warattha Imraporn.
Piglet was the winner of the Disney Talent Contest Young Talent 2004, the 2nd runner up for the Future Junior Talent Award 2004, the 2nd runner up for the SF Junior Singing Contest, the finalist of C-SA Contest 2009, and the final of two finalists in audition for JYP's JYP WORLD TOUR 2007.
After having participated in various music competitions, in 2010 he made his debut with the girl group 'Sugar Eyes',, remaining there until the dissolution in 2015; she continued her solo career, notably recording soundtracks for television series.
Since 2013, she has also embarked on an acting career; among her roles played René in 'U-Prince Series', along Chatchawit Techarukpong (Victor), and Pan in 'Water Boyy: The Series', with Nawat Phumphothingam (White).
She is currently in a relationship with actor, MC and singer Chatchawit Techarukpong (Victor) since 2017, who happens to be his co-star in 'U-Prince Series: Badass Baker'.
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Nelson Frazier Jr.
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Nelson Frazier, Jr. is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring names Mabel, Viscera and Big Daddy V. He is best known for his work with WWE and All Japan Pro Wrestling. Throughout his career, he has held championships in a number of promotions, including the top titles of the United States Wrestling Association off-shoots Memphis Wrestling and Memphis Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Council promotion of Puerto Rico. He held the Hardcore and World Tag Team titles in WWE, and was the 1995 King of The Ring.
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Jérôme Seydoux
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Jérôme Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne known as Jérôme Seydoux , born on September 21, 1934 in Paris, is a French businessman, film producer and billionaire.
He is the brother of Nicolas and Michel Seydoux, the grandfather of Léa Seydoux, the father of Henri Seydoux and the stepfather of Farida Khelfa.
In 1986, he participated in the creation of the television channel La Cinq , which he chaired with Silvio Berlusconi. In 1991, he launched into the cinema industry by purchasing the Pathé group. His brother Nicolas has chaired Gaumont cinemas since 1975. In 2001, the two brothers merged their companies into a new entity, Europalaces, of which Jérôme has been the sole shareholder since 2017.
His fortune is estimated at 1.4 billion euros in 2023.
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