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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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Payman Maadi

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Peyman Maadi (پیمان معادی) was born in 1970 in New York City to an Iranian couple. His father was a lawyer. Peyman Maadi's family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. He graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Karaj Azad University. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. He is the writer of several famous Iranian films. Peyman Maadi started his acting career in Asghar Farhadi's film About Elly (2009). Two years later, he received the Silver Bear award for Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance as Nader in Farhadi's A Separation (2011) from the Berlin International Film Fest.
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Jung Si-a

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Jung Si Ah is a South Korean actress born in Seoul, South Korea, on August 29, 1981. She studied at Sejong University in Seoul, and made her drama debut in 1999 when she appeared in “School 2.” She has also appeared in long-running variety shows such as “Infinity Girls” and “Modern Farmer.” More recently, she has featured in drama series such as “Terrius Behind Me” (2018) and “Golden Garden” (2019). She married fellow actor Baek Do Bin in 2009 after the pair met on the set of “Survival” (2008), a movie they both starred in. The couple has two children.
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Efe Can Güleç

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Efe Can Güleç (born February 2, 1998) is a Turkish filmmaker and writer best know for directing the OTM best movie of the year-winning sci-fi film Mon: First Try (2022). Efe Can's work draws heavily on sources as diverse as science fiction, fantasy and war, and has been characterized by a strong connection to cultural tales and cliches with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the 70s low budget B Movie visuality. He also has never finished and published movies like first meta-verse movie Girl Kidnapper (2012), animated web series İdris and the Anchovy (2017) and the dramatic puppet movie Laz-Er: A Story Of The Man Who Is Always Late (2019).
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Roger Delgado

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Roger Delgado (1 March 1918 - 18 June 1973), full name Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto, was a British actor, who will forever be known for being the first actor to play The Master in Doctor Who. Born in Whitechapel, within the sound of Bow Bells, to a Belgian mother and a Spanish father, Delgado was brought up in Bedford Park and attended the LSE before WWII was declared. His war service saw him rise to the rank of a major, serving with both the Leicestershire Regiment and the Royal Signals, despite his dislike of guns. He made his TV debut in 1948 and starred in several TV and film productions before his untimely death at the age of 55 in a car accident whilst filming the Franco/German TV production La Cloche tibétaine in Turkey. He had married twice, firstly to Olga Anthonisz and then, following his divorce. to Kismet Shahani who survived him.
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Juanpa Zurita

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Juan Pablo Martínez-Zurita Arellano (born March 29, 1996), commonly known as Juanpa Zurita, is a Mexican internet personality, actor and model. He became known in 2013 through making comedy videos on the Vine app. Later, he diversified his activities by publishing vlogs and entertainment videos on the YouTube platform, and most recently he started his own water company in the middle of a drought, exploiting the resources of his own country. He created various campaigns in favor of humanitarian aid, in one of which he raised 25 million Mexican pesos through donations to make houses to several victims of an earthquake in Mexico City, in September 2017. In 2016, he began modelling for fashion brands including Pull&Bear, Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein.
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Genelle Williams

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Genelle Williams (born February 18, 1984, height 5' 5" (1,65 m) ) is a Canadian actress who is best known for her roles as Kim Carlisle in Radio Free Roscoe, as DJ in The Latest Buzz, and as Leena in Warehouse 13. Initially drawn to sports and considering a career in physiotherapy, she discovered her passion for acting during a high school musical, catching the attention of a part-time actress. Her career kicked off shortly after. She gained prominence with her debut on "Radio Free Roscoe" (2002-2004), garnering national recognition. Williams is notably recognized for portraying Leena in the series "Warehouse 13."
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Vilho Siivola

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Vilho Siivola (10 April 1910 in Valkeakoski, Finland – 28 November 1984 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre. His career included theatre, where he was both an actor and a director, motion pictures and television. Notably, in 1953 he was one of the founders of 'Kivi-juhlat’ (a theatre festival based in the childhood town of Aleksis Kivi) and was its first director. In addition he authored two books, Myllykylästä Maailmalle (1975) and Maailmassa Maailmaa (1983). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carola Häggkvist

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Carola Maria Häggkvist (born 8 September 1966), also known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. Her debut album, Främling (1983), sold around one million copies and remains the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history. She has also worked as a songwriter. During her career, she has recorded many top-selling albums and singles and is referred to as Sweden's most prominent female singer. Some of her biggest hits are "Främling", "Tommy tycker om mig", "Fångad av en stormvind", "All the Reasons to Live", "I Believe in Love", "Genom allt", and "Evighet". She has released records in various languages: Swedish, Dutch, German, English, Norwegian and Japanese. Häggkvist has represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions: in 1983, finishing third; in 1991, winning the contest; and in 2006, finishing fifth.
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Geraldine Dulex

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Géraldine is an American-Swiss actress living in NYC. She speaks English, German, Swiss German and French, and is a member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA and AGMA. After earning her degree from Northwestern’s Theater Department, Géraldine dove into Chicago’s vibrant theater scene, taking on roles that spanned from edgy European pieces to beloved American classics, bringing her energy to renowned stages like Steppenwolf and the Lyric Opera along the way. She then returned to New York City, the place where she had spent her teenage years and first stepped onto the stage. Here, she found a home with Broken Box Mime Theater and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, and has been seen at theaters including La Mama, Big Apple Circus, TILT at FIAF, ART/NY theaters, The PIT, the Kraine, HERE Arts, Dixon Place, the TANK and numerous creative corners of the city. Géraldine is a passionate international performer, having taken the stage at Teatro Real in Madrid, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and across parts of Switzerland, most notably at the Zürcher Festspiele, as well as nationally at Wolf Trap, the Tennessee Williams Festival Ptown, Minnesota Fringe, Florida Grand Opera, and Michigan Opera Theater. Géraldine plays in the award winning short films: the German A Cycle, and the French Creative Block, as well as in the webseries Downtown Girls and the lead role in an episode of the TV mini series I’d Kill For You.
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