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Zalman King

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zalman King (born Zalman King Lefkowitz; May 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica. He was born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Memo from Purgatory" written by Harlan Ellison) with James Caan and Walter Koenig. In 1967 he played the outlaw Muley in "Muley", an episode of the TV show Gunsmoke. His character shoots Marshall Matt Dillon as part of a plan to rob the Dodge City Bank, but as he and his gang are waiting for Dillon to recover (so they can try again to kill him), Muley falls in love with one of the girls at the Long Branch Saloon, which thwarts the plan. From September 1970 until May 1971, King played attorney Aaron Silverman on the drama The Young Lawyers, broadcast on the ABC television network. King later contributed a unique delivery to Trip with the Teacher (1975), portraying the psychopathic Al, a narcoleptic murdering motorbiker. King has directed several commercially successful films, including Two Moon Junction (1988), Wild Orchid (1990), and Red Shoe Diaries (1992), which became a long-running television series for Showtime network. It spawned many sequels. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Adrian Lyne on the film 9½ Weeks which starred Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. He produced (and usually directed) the television series and film ChromiumBlue.com and Showtime series Body Language. He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle. Other work as director includes the 1995 film Delta of Venus based on the book by Anaïs Nin and starring Audie England. The film about an American girl living in Paris in 1939 is in many ways reminiscent of European art house films where erotica forms a centerpiece to a plot which is nevertheless about greater issues. He is married to writer/producer Patricia Louisianna Knop. They have collaborated on many projects, such as writing Wild Orchid, Delta of Venus and 9½ Weeks as well as many episodes of Red Shoe Diaries. They have two daughters, Chloe King and Gillian Lefkowitz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zalman King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Ursula Reuter Christiansen

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Ursula Reuter Christiansen is a German-Danish artist whose work oscillates between symbolism and mythology, desire and hatred, beauty and abysses. Throughout her practice, she incorporates various media, from painting, filmmaking and performance to ceramics and sculpture. Having studied literature in Marburg, DE, she later graduated from the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts in 1969, where she studied under Professor Joseph Beuys and became active in the emerging women’s movement, which was to have a strong influence on her oeuvre. From 1992 to 1996, Reuter Christiansen worked as a professor at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, DE, and as the first female professor of painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1997 to 2006. She is considered one of Denmark’s most influential artists in the post-war period, whose works are widely represented across Denmark – in art institutions, as well as public commissions, and is one of the founding members of Kunsthal 44Møn.
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Kim Sun-young

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Kim Sun-young (born April 10, 1976) is a South Korean actress. She has performed in a variety of popular dramas, including Reply 1988 (2015), Because This is My First Life (2018), Romance is a Bonus Book (2019), When the Camellia Blooms (2019), Vagabond (2019), Crash Landing On You (2019), and Backstreet Rookie (2020). She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Chunsa Film Art Awards and Wildflower Film Awards for her performance in Communications and Lies. Kim has received the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role on Crash Landing On You.
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Ursula Burton

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Ursula Burton is an American actor, director and producer best known for her work on The Office. With her Five Sisters Productions company banner she has produced films including Just Friends (1997), Temps (1999), Manna From Heaven (2002), which the L.A. Times called a "warmhearted comedic fable" and in which she played the role of Theresa. Manna From Heaven was invited to screen for Congress at the MPAA by Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Karen McCarthy, and hosted by Jack Valenti.
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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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Flora Gomes

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Flora Gomes is a Bissau-Guinean film director. He was born in Cadique, Guinea-Bissau on 31 December 1949 and after high school in Cuba, he decided to study film at the Instituto Cubano del Arte y la Industria Cinematográficos in Havana. Shot fourteen years after independence, Gomes's Mortu Nega (Death Denied) (1988) was the first fiction film and the second feature film ever made in Guinea-Bissau. (The first feature film was N’tturudu, by director Umban u’Kest in 1987.) Description above from the Wikipedia article Flora Gomes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Chris Pybus

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Chris Pybus grew up in Penny Lane, Liverpool but was born in Southport. His first professional job was a small role in Shameless (Channel 4) and working with the National Youth Theatre. After graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Chris earned his first film role in an Italian B-Movie Horror title Wrath of the Crows playing a deranged addict since then Chris has consistently been working in Film and Theatre. Chris features in the new summer comedy film The Festival by Iain Morris (The Inbetweeners) and written by Keith Akushie (Fresh Meat) and Joe Parnham.
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Park Bo-young

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Park Bo-young (박보영) is a South Korean actress. Born on February 12, 1990, she first debuted with a supporting role in the television series Secret Campus (2006) and continued playing minor roles in television until her breakout role in the comedy film Scandal Makers (2008). In 2010, she took a short hiatus after being involved in legal disputes with her then-management agency and a film production company. The fantasy romance A Werewolf Boy (2012) marked Park's return to the spotlight, becoming one of the most successful Korean melodramas of all time. In 2015, she made her comeback to television, with dual roles in supernatural romance Oh My Ghost, making Park one of the highest paid actresses on television. Other notable works include one of the highest-rated Korean cable dramas of all time, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017), and romantic film On Your Wedding Day (2018), which became the most watched romance film in South Korea the year it was released. Park had an eventful 2023, starring in the disaster thriller Concrete Utopia, South Korea's official international feature submission for the 96th Academy Awards, and the Netflix Original series Daily Dose of Sunshine— receiving a number of Best Actress nominations for both, the latter garnering her a win at the 3rd Blue Dragon Series Awards. She followed it by co-leading the ensemble cast of the Disney+ Original series Light Shop (2024). In 2025, Park starred in the Netflix Original series Melo Movie, and played twin sisters who switch lives in the television series Our Unwritten Seoul. Her performance in the latter earned her critical acclaim and multiple accolades, including the Best Actress award at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards in 2026. In the same year, she portrayed a young woman involved in a gold-smuggling plot in Gold Land (2026).
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Lloyd Everitt

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The youngest actor to play Othello at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Lloyd Everitt was also Nominated for Best New Comer at the British National Television Awards 2017 for his role as 'Jez' in BBC1's Casualty. He was also added to Tony Hall's and Idris Elba's Hot Emerging Talent list the same year and has gone on to work with Oscar Winner Anna Pacquin in new 2019 American TV Series 'Flack' He was born in Cardiff to a Jamaican mother, Pauline Everitt and Welsh father, Haydn Everitt. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Lloyd began his career, at the Donmar Warehouse working with Michael Grandage. Following his Debut at the Donmar, Lloyd sought after becoming a leading actor on some of Britain's most revered stages before embarking on a television and film career. Over the years he has had the privilege of working alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Felicity Jones, James Earl Jones, Tim Piggott Smith and Mark Rylance. Lloyd has performed at The National Theatre, The Old Vic, West-End's Gielgud and played numerous roles on screen. During one of his performances at the Bush Theatre (Perseverance Drive) , Lloyd was spotted by a BBC casting director and had a role specifically written for him 'Jez' which made him a National Television Nominee.
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Leroy Brito

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Leroy Brito is a versatile comedian, writer and presenter who has been captivating audiences worldwide for over 14 years. An accomplished stand-up comedian, Leroy has toured alongside industry heavyweights such as Mo Gilligan, Rhod Gilbert, and Guz Khan. In May this year, Leroy will launch his highly anticipated tour, LEROY BRITO - ALL IN. Leroy has recently appeared in Netflix’s critically acclaimed global smash hit Baby Reindeer and has also served as a judge for the BBC New Comedy Award. As a presenter and voiceover artist, Leroy has contributed to a variety of projects, including 6 Nations Sin Bin, Elis James: Football Nation, and the BAFTA-winning documentary Black and Welsh. Beyond his on-screen and on-air work, Leroy is an accomplished writer. He has contributed to the award-winning preschool animation JoJo & Gran Gran and Late Night Football Club. Leroy’s debut self produced stand-up special, Live in Cardiff, is now available for streaming on BBC iPlayer and his Moment of Truth podcast returns for a second series in January 2025.
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