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Maxi Rodríguez
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Maxi Rodríguez (Mieres, 1965) is a Spanish actor, playwright, screenwriter and stage director. He has been a scriptwriter for famous series such as “Siete Vidas” and the feature film “Carne de Gallina”. On television, he has acted in series such as “Policías", “Periodistas”, “Hospital Central”, “Aquí no hay quien viva” or “Doctor Mateo”. He has also worked in films such as “Gordos”, “Los muertos no se tocan, nene” or “Carne de gallina”. In addition, he has directed performances for independent groups and the Centro Dramático Nacional, collaborates in magazines such as Interviú or Atlántica XXII and in the newspaper La Nueva España. He is author of several books.
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Mélanie Leray
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Mélanie Leray is a French actress and theater director. After the school of the National Theater of Brittany where from 1991 to 1994 she took lessons from B. Bayen and H. P. Cloos, Mélanie Leray entered the Théâtre des Lucioles where she was an actress until 1997 with directors such as Christophe Lemaître. , Jean Deloche, Gilles Dao and François Rancillac. The same year, she also began a career in the cinema, under the aegis of Western by Manuel Poirier, a film crowned with the Jury Prize at Cannes. Her business card is also marked by high standards since she has worked under the direction of some of the most talented directors of contemporary French cinema: Xavier Beauvois (Selon Matthieu, Le Petit Lieutenant), Marion Vernoux (Reines d' one day) and Benoît Jacquot (No Scandal). In the early 2000s, she began to flourish in theater directing, continuing work with the Rennes penitentiary center that she had started when she was a member of the Théâtre des Lucioles (I was in the house and I was waiting for the rain to come, 2001). After a punk operetta (Erma et moi) and adaptations of texts by Lars Norén (La Veillée), she returned to the Théâtre National de Bretagne in 2009 with Lucy Caldwell's play Leaves (leaves).
In 2012, she created her own company, La Compagnie 2052. She began directing at the Women's Penitentiary Center in Rennes in 2000. She co-directed two plays by Lars Norén: Autumn and Winter then La Veillée with Pierre Maillet at the Theater de la Bastille. It features two young French authors: Erma et moi by Mario Batista at the Festival Corps de Texte in Rouen then La Chaise by musician Florian Parra at the Théâtre du Rond-Point. In association with the TNB, she created 3 British texts: Leaves by Lucy Caldwell 2009, Contractions by Mike Bartlett 2012-2013 (Théâtre de la Ville and Théâtre National de Bretagne) and La Mégère taming (How to tame the rebellious) by William Shakespeare then Tribus by Nina Raine in 2017. She directs promotion 9 of the school of the National Theater of Brittany around an adaptation of Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being. In 2019, Girls and Boys by Dennis Kelly at the Théâtre du Petit St Martin won the Molière for best solo on stage, the Laurent Terzieff prize from the Syndicat de la Critique and the J-C Brialy prize at the Anjou festival. In 2020, she created Viviane, a theatrical and cinematographic adaptation of Julia Deck's novel. The show is repeated at the Monfort Théâtre. In 2022, she creates at the Comédie de Caen Le Mérite a play that she co-wrote with Maëlle Puéchoultres. Mélanie has been an associate artist there since 2021. In January 2024, Mélanie Leray will create Together by Denis Kelly, at the Théâtre de l'Atelier.
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Nestor Paiva
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Nestor Paiva (June 30, 1905 - September 9, 1966) was a prolific American actor of Portuguese descent who portrayed the innkeeper on Walt Disney's live-action television series Zorro by ABC and its feature film The Sign of Zorro which was shot in Burbank's Walt Disney Studios.
Nestor appeared in motion pictures and television shows from the 1930s to the 1960s such as Get Smart, Bonanza, I Spy, Family Affair, Gunsmoke, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Addams Family. In 1943, he played the Italian Major in the 20th Century Fox wartime movie Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas. He played the part of Lucas (the boat captain) in the 1954 horror film The Creature from the Black Lagoon starring Ben Chapman as the title monster; Paiva would reprise this role in that film's sequel Revenge of the Creature the following year. He appeared in more than 250 movies. Paiva married in 1941 and had two children, Joseph and Caetana, who appeared with him in the 1956 movie Comanche with Dana Andrews.
Paiva died of cancer in 1966. He is buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
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Jaclyn Victor
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Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor, popularly known as Jaclyn Victor, is a Malaysian singer and actress who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol and Ikon Malaysia. As the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. She is under the management of The 8 Unit. She represented Malaysia in the first Asian Idol and Ikon Asean. She has been dubbed "Asia's Divette" for her vocal prowess.
Her debut album "Gemilang" under the label Sony BMG won the "Best Pop Album" & "Album of the Year" awards in Anugerah Industri Muzik 2005, while her titular single won the Anugerah Juara Lagu in 2005.
In 2012, Jaclyn Victor signed a recording deal with KRU Music and recorded a Malay language album entitled "Ikut Rentakku". After winning a number of awards, she signed a new agreement with KRU Music and released an English language EP entitled "Unleashed" in 2014.
At the 2017 Anugerah Juara Lagu, Jaclyn performed as an 'opening act'. She performed at the SEA Games 2017.
As of 2017, Jaclyn has won total of 9 Anugerah Industry Muzik awards (Malaysia's equivalent of the Grammy awards) in her career. She also has won total 5 awards of various categories in Anugerah Juara Lagu.
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Megha Sandhu
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Megha Sandhu (born 20 July 1996) is a Canadian actress and model.
Born in Montréal to Indian immigrant parents, Sandhu was crowned Miss Teenage Canada in 2012. She earned 3rd place at the Miss Universe Canada pageant in 2018, and was crowned Miss International Canada in 2019. She represented her country at the 59th Miss International pageant in Tokyo, Japan where she came 23rd place.
She trained in classical ballet, modern dance, and Indian classical dance, and earned a diploma in Behavioural Neuroscience with a minor in Theatre.
Prior to her Star Trek role, Sandhu co-starred in the 2021 Lifetime romantic comedy TV movie An Ice Wine Christmas, which also featured Patrick Kwok-Choon, Maria del Mar, and Nck Name in the cast. In 2022, she starred in the independent drama film Arranged Marriage in which her father was played by Kavi Raz.
In 2022, Sandhu starred in another holiday-themed romantic TV movie, Mistletoe Time Machine. She also guested in episodes of Hudson & Rex, Pretty Hard Cases (with Daniel Kash), and the miniseries Painkiller (with Sam Anderson, John Ales, Kyle Gatehouse, and Lisa Auguste).
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John C. Reilly
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John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is known for his character acting, taking on leading and supporting roles in independent drama films and studio comedies. He gained exposure through his supporting roles in Tony Scott's Days of Thunder (1990), Paul Thomas Anderson's films Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997) and Magnolia (1999), and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004). Reilly was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award for his role in the musical film Chicago (2002). Reilly's other notable films include The River Wild (1994), The Thin Red Line (1998), and The Hours (2002).
Reilly gained prominence for his roles in comedy films such as Cal Naughton in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). He then went on to play the title character in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Dale Doback, one of the two stepbrothers, in Step Brothers (2008). Meanwhile, Reilly began co-starring as Dr. Steve Brule in the comedic television series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007–2010), which led to the spin-off series Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (2010–2016). He voiced the title character in the Wreck-It Ralph film series (2012–2018). Reilly is also known for his work in the independent films Cyrus, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Carnage (all in 2011), The Lobster (2015), and The Sisters Brothers (2018). He combined his comedic and dramatic abilities for his portrayal of comedian Oliver Hardy in the biopic Stan and Ollie (2018), earning nominations for the Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Award.
Reilly is also known for his work on television. He created and starred in the Showtime comedy series Moonbase 8 (2020) and led an ensemble cast for the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022–2023). Reilly performs with his band, John Reilly and Friends. For his role in the Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's play True West (2000), he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
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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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Dany Carrel
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Yvonne Suzanne Chazelles de Chaxel, better known as Dany Carrel, (born 20 September 1932 or 20 September 1935) is a French actress. She was born in Vietnam - then French Indochina - to French father Aimé Chazelles de Chaxel and his Vietnamese mistress, Kim. She gradually retired starting from the eighties due to two bouts of cancer. In 2021, she was hospitalized for three weeks after contracting COVID-19.
Source: Article "Dany Carrel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Benjamin Alves
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Benjamin Sapida, whose previous screen name was Vince Saldaña and current screen name is Benjamin Alves, is a Filipino actor and model under the management of GMA Network.
Alves is a nephew of Filipino actor Piolo Pascual.
In 2006, Alves went to the Philippines to pursue a modeling career. He entered showbusiness with the screen name Vince Saldaña back in 2008 and appeared in ABS-CBN's reality model-search competition Close-Up to Fame where he eventually became a finalist. He then signed up in VIVA and got his first acting gig in QTV's teen series Posh in 2007. In that same year, he appeared in other Viva Films movies like Ang Cute ng Ina Mo and Apat Dapat, Dapat Apat. He also starred on soap operas Dalawang Tisoy in RPN 9, Ysabella on ABS-CBN and Impostora on GMA Network. Apart from his work on television series and films, Alves also appeared in various TV commercials and magazines. He was supposed to be one of the cast of GMA Network's L.U.V. Pow but was withdrawn after the cast reboot. Alves left show business in 2009 to continue his studies.
In 2012, Alves graduated Summa cum laude at the University of Guam with a degree in English Literature. From a press interview, he revealed that he wanted to pursue a master's degree but decided to stay on with his showbiz career.
Saldaña was relaunched into show business as Benjamin Alves by Mercator Model and Artist Management. He signed an exclusive contract to GMA Network signing a 3 movie outfit and soap operas. He was officially launched in a Sunday variety show, Party Pilipinas on June 25, 2012, as the newest Kapuso star, and was also dubbed as the newest Kapuso heartthrob. His first movie was under Regal Films and GMA Films entitled Guni-Guni playing as Paolo Lopez. He acted as a love interest of actress, Lovi Poe. He also appeared on GMA Films's entry to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival, Coño Problems. In August 2012, Alves was announced as one of the casts for the remake of the famous Korean television series, Coffee Prince. He acted as Errol, a record-producer and half-brother of Abrenica.
In 2013, he starred in the film Sana Dati an Independent film starring TJ Trinidad, Lovi Poe and Paulo Avelino under GMA Films.
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Alex Kruz
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Alex Kruz is an American actor known for roles in television, theater and film. He was born in New Jersey, his father is a Native American Indian of the Kañari (Quichua) Nation, and Alex is a recognized warrior of the Mescalero Apache Shadow Wolf Clan. Alex is multi-ethnic and multi-lingual, playing multiple ethnicities seamlessly across media in several languages having worked in film/tv in France, Italy, Brazil, Sweden, Israel, Germany, and Japan. He is best known for his role in the film “Red Cloud: Deliverance” as Jake Red Cloud and “Tom in America”. He has received Best Actor awards from the Mexico International Film Festival, Bare Bones International Film Festival, DC Independent Film Festival, Amiens International Film Festival, and nominated for best performance by the Maverick Movie Awards. Outside of his acting credits, Alex has worked on behalf of several charities and causes which benefit children and aid those affected by human trafficking. In addition to the charities he helps run, he has produced documentary features and shorts which help make the world aware of issues touching children without voices against war, female circumcision, and other issues from which the West is usually removed from such as “Godka Cirka” (Sundance Premiere), “Madina’s Dream” (SXSW Premiere), and “Fight Church” acquired by LionsGate Films and available on Netflix.
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