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Kento Yamazaki

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Kento Yamazaki (山﨑賢人), born on September 7, 1994, in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, is a renowned Japanese actor and model. He was scouted during his junior high school years and began his career as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon. Shortly after, he transitioned into acting, making his debut in the TV series Atami no Sousakan in 2010. Yamazaki is best known for his roles in live-action adaptations of popular manga and anime. Some of his notable works include Your Lie in April (2016), Orange (2015), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017), and Kingdom (2019). He also gained international recognition for his role as Ryōhei Arisu in the Netflix series Alice in Borderland (2020–present).
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Kim Jee-woon

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Kim Jee-woon (Korean: 김지운; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a theater actor and director before debuting with his self-written and directed film, The Quiet Family in 1998. Kim has worked with increasing levels of success in cinema, showing accomplished acting and a detailed stylization in his films. He is currently one of the most recognized screenwriters/directors in the Korean film industry. His films A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and A Bittersweet Life (2005) were both critical and commercial successes. He is also known for the films The Foul King (2000), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) and I Saw the Devil (2010).
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Denee Baptiste

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Dnay Baptiste is known to many (the Beyhive, mostly) as Beyoncé's fierce and talented dancer. She's stood side by side with the queen during her most iconic performances. She has lent her sultry moves to other music heavyweights like Kelly Rowland, Tinashe, and, most recently, Megan Thee Stallion. Her path to success wasn't necessarily conventional, but the Harlem bred star knew that she was destined for greatness and never took no for an answer. “I’ve loved to dance since I can remember, so I knew I had to be a performer,” Dnay told us. At 17, the Harlem native danced in a group with friends at a local P.A.L. center when someone told her that there was an open call happening in the city that she should attend. No questions asked, Dnay headed downtown and auditioned for Remy Ma. After dancing in Remy's "Whatever" music video, Dnay realized that becoming a professional dancer was inevitable. Although she didn't have technical training, she would show up to auditions and leave it all on the floor. She loves seeing the result, which is the overall performance, but she enjoys the auditions and long hours of rehearsals just as much. "I think the journey is always the gift because you get so many things that you keep with you forever,” she said. A mom, a professional dancer, and an entrepreneur, Dnay evokes a very endearing humility. The highly accomplished dancer values family and being a mom first. She wants women to know that they can follow dreams and not feel guilty about it. She's also an advocate for women suffering from postpartum depression after realizing that she went through it the first few months post-pregnancy. She says, "If you can, take as much time with your baby as possible. And don't feel guilty that you're missing out on a job or you're missing out on fulfilling your dream.” Dnay recently received choreography credits in "Black Is King," Beyoncé's new visual album inspired by music from "The Ling King: The Gift." Wearing many hats, Dnay is also an entrepreneur. While we're in the height of a global pandemic, and many of us are fighting for racial justice in our country, Dnay and her business partner launched the Harlem Parade. This non-profit organization highlights Black-owned Harlem businesses. "I'm so proud of where I'm from. I'm inspired by the people in Harlem, and I thought it would be great to have a directory of all of the Black-owned businesses in my community."
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Laine Mägi

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Laine Mägi (born Laine Michelson-Adamson; February 3, 1959) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress, dancer and choreographer and dance pedagogue who began her career as a teenager. She is the founder of the Laine Mägi School of Dance, based in Pärnu. Laine Michelson-Adamson was born in Kehra to Peeter and Elli-Anniki Michelson-Adamson (née Pennie). She has one brother who is two years younger. Her first cousin is actress Terje Pennie-Kolberg. She became interested in ballet at an early age and began taking lessons at the Tallinn Ballet School at age nine, taking the train from Kehra to Tallinn. She made her debut at the Estonia Theatre at the age of ten in a stage production of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking. She later had to abandon ballet classes in 1973 due to poor health. From 1976 until 1981, she performed as a dancer in various venues throughout Tallinn. She attended secondary school in Tallinn, graduating in 1977, then enrolling in the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) to study acting under instruction of Aarne Üksküla, graduating in 1982. Among her graduating classmates were Margus Oopkaup, Jaan Rekkor, Anu Lamp, Sulev Teppart, Andrus Vaarik, and Viire Valdma.
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Krista Marchand

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Born in Toronto, raised outside of Halifax and in Ottawa, and formally trained as an actor at Vancouver Film School, Krista has called each end of Canada home. Krista is a Canadian film, TV, and stage actress with a passion for creating - both in-front of the camera and onstage, as well as through innovative content and programs-creation for artists. Since becoming a mom in 2013, Krista can be seen in Nikita, Gangland Undercover, and Hemlock Grove shot in Toronto, The Psycho She Met Online , Mommy's Little Angel, and The Queen of Spades shot in Ottawa, and Canadian Detective, Mean Queen, Radio Silence, and Deadly Secrets out of Montreal. Dedicated to living fully as an artist, Krista has been developing a platform to help guide and direct actors to live wildly fulfilling lives and careers which is set to launch late summer 2019.
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Keiko Takahashi

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Born in Hokkaido, 1955. In 1970, she made her acting debut in "Kōkōsei Burusu" in her original stage name Keiko Sekine. Since then, she has appeared in numerous films over a 50 year career in television, film, stage and commercials. Her hit films include "Tattoo Ari" (1982), "Hana monogatari" (1989) and "Fumiko no Umi" (2007). She has received awards including the 3rd Asahi Performing Arts Award, the Akiyama Matsushiyo Award (2004), the 62nd Mainichi Film Competition, Supporting Actress Award (2008), and the 64th Mainichi Film Competition Tanaka Kinuyo Award (2010).
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Florián Rey

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Florián Rey, real name Antonio Martínez del Castillo (La Almunia de Doña Godina, Zaragoza, January 25, 1894-Benidorm, April 11, 1962), was a Spanish film director, one of the greatest representatives of silent films and the Spanish film industry of the Second Republic. His film La aldea maldita (1930) is considered the masterpiece of Spanish cinema of the silent stage and some of his popular works of the Republican stage, such as Nobleza baturra (1935) or Morena Clara (1936), starring Imperio Argentina, were very successful, which led him to compete even with the American film industry and opened the possibility of developing a genuinely Spanish film industry, although it was aborted with the outbreak of the Civil War. Since 1996, the Florián Rey Association created in his hometown has held the La Almunia Film Festival (FESCILA) every May in honor of this Aragonese filmmaker. This festival hosts a short film contest, a screenplay contest, the Villa de La Almunia award to a person related to the film world who is also related to this town and the Florián Rey award to the professional career.
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Tyler Ritter

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Tyler Ritter (born January 31, 1985) is an American actor best known as the star of The McCarthys. Ritter is the son of the late John Ritter (1948-2003) and brother of Jason Ritter. He grew up in Los Angeles. He acted in high school plays and student films, but did not immediately pursue acting professionally. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, he worked for three years as a teacher in Argentina, where he married director Lelia Parma. He returned to Los Angeles and began a career as an actor at age 25, and has had guest roles on Modern Family and Grey's Anatomy. He landed the starring role on the 2014 sitcom The McCarthys, playing Ronny McCarthy, the openly gay son in a family of six.
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Rae Kelly Hill

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Actress Rae Kelly Hill, best known for playing 'June' in Life on Mars (2006), was born in a British military hospital in Germany where her parents were both stationed in the army. After a move to Carnoustie, Scotland, Rae started her career in performance early when her parents enrolled her into the local dance school at the age of 3. She continued her study of ballet and tap when her family moved to Barnsley, South Yorkshire and participated in numerous dance festivals and exams. After realising her love for acting she studied a range of qualification in the genre and gained a BA (hons) degree in Performance & Professional Practice at Sheffield Hallam University. Rae attended an intensive acting and musical theatre school in Manchester, England and was taught under David Johnson; one of the most successful British independent acting tutors to date. She was determined to forge a career within the acting industry and after her final showcase; Rae landed representation with Amber Personal Management Ltd, and her first job on the BAFTA winning comedy drama Cold Feet (1997). Her professional introduction to the industry saw her working with respected actors such as Robert Bathurst, Hermione Norris and Sean Pertwee. More TV, film and radio work followed; most notably the BBC 4 Radio play 'Writing the Century' where she played 'Lydia Reece' with a cast that included one of her inspirations; Toby Jones. Rae was then cast as 'Anne de Bourgh' along with Hugh Bonneville and Alex Kingston in the period drama Lost in Austen (2008). It was Rae's second period drama where she enjoyed playing high society and wearing luxurious costumes. Rae made the move to Melbourne, Australia in 2012 where her acting career continues.
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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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