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Mia Wasikowska
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Mia Wasikowska (/ˌvʌʃɪˈkɒfskə/ VUSH-i-KOF-skə; born 25 October 1989) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut on the Australian television drama All Saints in 2004, followed by her feature film debut in Suburban Mayhem (2006). She became known to a wider audience following her critically acclaimed work on the HBO television series In Treatment (2008). She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for the film That Evening Sun (2009).
Wasikowska gained worldwide recognition in 2010 after starring as Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and appearing in the comedy-drama film The Kids Are All Right. She starred in Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre (2011), Gus Van Sant's Restless (2011), Park Chan-wook's Stoker (2013), Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), John Curran's Tracks (2013), Richard Ayoade's The Double (2013), David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars (2014), and Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak (2015). In 2016, she reprised her role as Alice in the film Alice Through the Looking Glass and has since appeared in several independent films, including Damsel (2018), Judy and Punch (2019), and Bergman Island (2021).
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William Chan
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William Chan Wai-Ting (born 21 November 1985) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. In 2003, he participated in New Talent Singing Awards where he won several awards. He was then signed under Emperor Entertainment Group. He began his singing career by joining Cantopop group Sun Boy'z in 2006 and left the group in 2008 to pursue a solo career, releasing his debut solo album in the same year. Since then, he has released a total of 7 albums and 6 singles.
Since 2013, he gradually shifted his career focus to mainland China. He is known for his roles in television series Swords of Legends (2014), The Mystic Nine (2016), Lost Love in Times (2017), Age of Legends (2018) and Novoland: Pearl Eclipse (2021).
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Frank Doubleday
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Thin, intense, antsy, and often unnerving character actor Frank Doubleday usually portrayed creepy villains in both movies and TV shows alike from the mid-1970's up until the early 1990's. Frank was born on January 28, 1945 in Norwich, Connecticut and came with his family to Los Angeles, California at age six. Doubleday made his film debut as an aggressive switchblade-wielding punk thug in the hilariously raunchy comedy The First Nudie Musical (1976). Doubleday's lean, hollow-eyed, sunken-cheeked face, closely cropped light blonde hair, skinny limbs, and slim build gave him a striking and potent screen presence that was put to especially effective use in two pictures for director John Carpenter: He's genuinely scary as the vicious street gang leader who kills little girl Kim Richards in cold blood in the terrific urban action classic Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and was likewise memorably freaky as Isaac Hayes' ghoulish flunky "Romero" in the excellent futuristic science fiction cult favorite Escape from New York (1981). Doubleday's other noteworthy parts are a mob kingpin's conceited jerk son in Avenging Angel (1985), a fidgety prison inmate in the nifty science fiction item Space Rage (1985), a ferocious member of a roving murderous band of supernatural Eskimo spirits in the spooky Nomads (1986), a mercenary in Broadcast News (1987), and a sweaty, twitchy hoodlum who holds a bunch of fat ladies hostage in a laundromat in the funky urban science fiction hoot Dollman (1991). Among the TV shows Doubleday did guest appearances on are Amazing Stories (1985), Sledge Hammer! (1986), Stingray (1985), T.J. Hooker (1982), Hill Street Blues (1981), CHiPs (1977), The Incredible Hulk (1978), Charlie's Angels (1976), Wonder Woman (1975) and Starsky and Hutch (1975). Outside of acting, Frank also directed stage plays and taught acting at the Hollywood Court Theater. Doubleday died at age 73 from esophageal cancer on March 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
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Dulcie Gray
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Dulcie Gray, CBE (born Dulcie Winifred Catherine Bailey, 20 November 1915 – 15 November 2011) was a British singer and actress of stage, screen and television, a mystery writer and lepidopterist.
Gray was born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1915, although she would later shave four years off her age, and attended school in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, later returning to Malaya to teach. After her father's death, she came back to Britain. Following a brief period at art school, she enrolled at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she met fellow actor Michael Denison, whom she married in 1939. The couple were together for 59 years before his death from cancer in 1998. They had no children. The couple's professional careers were intertwined and they frequently appeared on stage together. Between them they starred in more than 100 West End plays and in the 1940s and 1950s, were familiar figures in British films. Onscreen they co-starred in My Brother Jonathan and The Glass Mountain in 1948, The Franchise Affair in 1950 and the Battle of Britain movie Angels One Five in 1952.
Her performance as the luckless waitress Rose in the original stage production of Brighton Rock at the Garrick Theatre in 1944 led to Gray being offered a contract with Gainsborough Pictures. However, she was passed over for the role of Rose in the 1947 film version of Brighton Rock, in favour of Carol Marsh.
During the 1940s, Gray appeared in Gainsborough melodramas such as They Were Sisters. She was known to television viewers as Kate Harvey in the 1980s BBC drama series Howards' Way (1985–90). Gray and Denison made their joint Broadway debut in the first New York production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, appearing as Lady Markby and the Earl of Caversham from 1 May 1996 until 26 January 1997. Their wedding anniversary was feted by cast and crew at Tavern on the Green.
In 1999, the year after her husband's death, she played Mrs Wilberforce in an 18-city tour of UK theatres in a stage adaptation of the 1955 Ealing classic film, The Ladykillers.
She last appeared on screen in 2000 in an episode of the BBC drama series Doctors.
Dulcie Gray died from bronchial pneumonia in the actors' residential care home, Denville Hall, Northwood, Middlesex, on 15 November 2011, five days before her 96th birthday.
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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Valeria Lukyanova
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Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova is a Moldova-born Ukrainian model and entertainer of Russian origin, famous for her resemblance to a Barbie doll. She currently lives in Mexico. To enhance the Barbie effect Lukyanova uses makeup and contact lenses over her naturally green/gray/blue eyes. She has stated that she has had breast implants, but that the rest of her body is natural and slender due to daily gym workouts and a particular diet. Lukyanova was born 1985, in Tiraspol, in what was then part of Moldavian SSR in the Soviet Union. She is of Russian origin. Lukyanova lived in Odesa, Ukraine from age 16 until 2014, when she moved to Moscow. She had her debut starring role in a feature film in The Doll (2017), a horror movie directed and written by Susannah O’Brien. The film, which also includes Mindy Robinson and Ron Jeremy, revolves around Lukyanova's character, an escort made from doll parts created by a doctor to recruit others to kill, and the two men who requested her.[34][35] The movie presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
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Tristan Barrocks
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A Jamaican-Canadian director, writer, and producer, Tristan Barrocks is redefining Black storytelling on a global scale. Based in Toronto but reaching audiences worldwide, his work is raw, emotional, and deeply human. His critically acclaimed digital release Dear Black Dad struck a chord with audiences, while projects like the 2023 web series Wallflower, the documentary series Connecting the Dots (2019), and Mother to Mother (2022) have further cemented his reputation as a filmmaker who crafts narratives with authenticity and heart.
His latest film, Sugar Dumplin’, a deeply personal and culturally rich exploration of Jamaican and Caribbean identity, is making waves on the festival circuit, premiering at the Oscar-qualifying Pan African Film Festival. This film is a testament to Tristan’s relentless pursuit of storytelling that speaks to culture, history, and the nuances of Black family life.
Tristan’s directorial excellence hasn’t gone unnoticed. He is a W3 Award-winning director, recognized for his visionary approach behind the camera. His films have screened at some of the world’s most prestigious festivals, including The American Black Film Festival, Essence Film Festival, and the Swedish International Film Festival.
Beyond his own filmmaking, Tristan is committed to uplifting the next generation of storytellers. A two-time participant of the Diversity of Voices Initiative, a judge for the CMF Radicalized Production Portfolio, and a professor at Seneca College, he’s dedicated to ensuring that BIPOC creatives not only have a voice but are heard loud and clear. His work has also been featured on major platforms like PlayBlack, Glossy Inc., Loop News, and Medium, showcasing his influence beyond just film.
With A Letter From the Fathers Chapter II in development and a growing list of accolades, Tristan Barrocks isn’t just telling stories—he’s shaping the future of cinema. His mission? To bring authentic, meaningful Black narratives to the forefront, proving that representation isn’t a trend—it’s a necessity.
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Sepideh Farsi
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Sepideh Farsi (Persian: سپیده فارسی) is an Iranian filmmaker, born in 1965 in Tehran.
Born in 1965 in Tehran, to a father working in civil engineering and an unemployed mother, Sepideh Farsi participated in numerous demonstrations and photographed them. She was arrested at the age of 16 for hiding a political dissident and imprisoned for eight months in Machad. Upon her release, she was banned from university and went into exile in France.
She arrived in Paris in 1984 and studied mathematics. At 19, she was ultimately more drawn to the visual arts. She began creating photographs before making her first short films. One of her first films was a documentary about the Iranian diaspora, The World Is My Home. She continued her work in 2000 with a portrait of an Indian filmmaker, simply titled Homi D. Sethna, Film-maker, which received the FIPRESCI Prize at the Bombay Film Festival. In 2001, she directed Men of Fire, a work of fiction devoted to the Tehran firefighters. In 2003, she directed a work of fiction on the theme of identity, Maryam's Journey, a film somewhere between fiction and reportage that follows the journey of a young Iranian woman living in Paris who returns to search for her father in the streets of Tehran. With a yellowed photo in hand, she interviews passersby and shopkeepers.
In 2007, she shot a new documentary, Harat. In the spring of 2008, once again wandering around Tehran, she made a film with a cell phone (due to government restrictions on filming). This film depicts various aspects of life in the Iranian capital: taxi drivers, women in a hair salon, young men talking about drugs, an Iranian rapper, and more. In 2009, she was a member of the jury for Best First Film at the Locarno International Film Festival. In 2014, she shot a new fiction film in Greece with Iranian actors; Red Rose broke the taboos of Iranian cinema by including sex scenes and evoking the relationships between the young, protesting generation and the generation that had challenged the Shah's regime.
In 2025, Sepideh Farsi released the documentary "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk," which recounts her year of correspondence with Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, who was assassinated during an Israeli army raid on April 16, 2025, while she was scheduled to attend the Cannes Film Festival in May 2025.
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Justin Howell
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Justin Howell is a Canadian-American stunt performer and actor originally from Mississauga, Ontario. Standing at approximately 6′3″ (1.92 m), he has been active in film and television since around 2013. Based in Toronto, he holds dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship and is bilingual in English.
He built his early career performing stunts and serving as a stunt double in numerous well-known genre productions. His credits include roles as a stunt performer in TV series like Arrow, Supergirl, Titans, The Punisher, and Batwoman, as well as utility stunt work in blockbuster films such as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. In 2016, he doubled for Joel Kinnaman in Suicide Squad, and in 2019 took on stunts and doubling work in Shazam!. His résumé also includes high-profile projects such as Dark Phoenix, Bloodshot, Nightmare Alley, Nobody, Fahrenheit 451, and My Spy.
Howell's rising prominence as a stunt double continued through major franchise work. He doubled for Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) and Extraction 2 (2023) and portrayed the stunt double for Master Chief on the series Halo (2022–2024). In 2024, he played a minor acting role as Gio, alongside doubling duties in Extraction 2, and performed stunts in The Man from Toronto, The Killer, and 40 Acres. Moreover, Howell was tapped as the lead stunt double for David Corenswet in James Gunn's Superman.
Off-screen, Howell is married to fellow performer Aurélia Agel; the couple remain active members of the stunt community in Hollywood and Canada, frequently working together and earning attention such as a joint feature in Red Bull's The Red Bulletin.
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Isabel May
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Isabel May (born November 21, 2000) is an American actress. She first gained attention as high school student Katie Cooper, one of the co-lead roles on the Netflix series Alexa & Katie (2018–2020), and gained further attention as co-lead character (and narrator) Elsa Dutton on the Paramount+ series 1883 (2021–2022), reprising the role as the narrator of its sequel series, 1923 (2022–2025), and the series finale of Yellowstone (2024).
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