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Shin Hye-sun

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Shin Hye Sun is a South Korean actor managed by YNK Entertainment (YNK 엔터테인먼트). Inspired by Won Bin’s performance in the drama “Autumn Tale,” Shin entered the Film Art program at Sejong University and made her acting debut in the 2012 television drama “School 2013” (학교 2013). Her accolades began to accumulate, with the 2016 Scene Stealer Festival awarding her Rookie of the Year. Subsequent years saw her triumphant at the KBS Drama Awards and SBS Drama Awards, securing Excellence and Top Excellence accolades for her performances. In 2021, she was honoured with Close-up Award at the Korean Film Producers Association Awards.
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Shriya Saran

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Shriya Saran also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress, model and presenter. She has worked in mulitple of the regional industries of Indian cinema, including Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada. Saran made her film debut in 2001 with Ishtam and had her first commercial success with the Telugu film Santhosham (2002). She would subsequently appear in several Telugu films, while making in-roads in the Hindi and Tamil film industries. In 2007, Saran starred in Sivaji: The Boss, the highest grossing Tamil film at that time. Her following projects include such Tamil films as Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007) and Kanthaswamy (2009), as well as high-budget Hindi productions like Mission Istanbul (2008), her roles in which have established her as one of the leading actresses in the South Indian film industry. In 2008, Saran played the lead role in the American-Indian co-production The Other End of the Line. Apart from her work in films, Saran has been the brand ambassador for several stores across India, endorsing beauty and health products. Among other activities, she has taken part in a number of charity organisations, and has recently opened a spa employing visually challenged people.
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Marcus Miller

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William Henry Marcus Miller Jr., more commonly known as Marcus Miller, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, but is best known for playing the bass guitar. Born June 14, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up in a family of musicians, specifically his father William Miller, a church organist, and his cousin, jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. Miller plays guitar, saxophone, bass, keyboards, clarinet, and the recorder. Starting in 1975, he performed as a session musician for 15 years, eventually playing the bass on over 500 recordings. He also currently records and tours as a bandleader.
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Ankie Beilke

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Ankie Beilke was born and raised in Germany. Her mother is a well-known Hong Kong actress Lau Heung-Ping and her father Michael Beilke is an art director. Ankie started acting and modeling at an early age, later attending The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York and completing studies in Fine Arts at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She enjoys creating colourful and abstract art, displaying a collection of original artwork internationally, including at Hotel SAV Hong Kong. In Germany she gained recognition for her role as leading actress in the 2009 record breaking box office hit Wickie und die starken Männer , and garnered international acclaim for her role in the TVB series Brothers Keepers. Ankie has over 30 films and dramas to her credit since 2000, attracting large audiences and critics attention. Besides her acting career, Ankie is also a top model and a certified yoga instructor with yoga instructional DVD launched in 2011. She is also a philanthropist and an ongoing supporter of AIDS Concern events.
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Glória Perez

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Glória Maria Cláudia Pires de Morais Perez (born in Rio Claro, September 25, 1948) is a celebrated Brazilian screenwriter and television producer. She is best known for creating and writing some of Brazil’s most iconic telenovelas, including The Clone (2001), India: A Love Story (2009), Brave Woman (2012), and América (2005). Her work often explores complex social themes such as cultural identity, drug addiction, and human trafficking, blending melodrama with powerful social commentary. Over her career, she has written and created more than 20 major television productions, earning widespread acclaim and numerous awards. In addition to her writing, Glória Perez has appeared in documentaries and specials, including A Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez (2022), which revisits the tragic story of her daughter, actress Daniella Perez.
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Nicoletta Braschi

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicoletta Braschi  (born April 14, 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni. Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts where she first met Benigni in 1980. Her first film was with Benigni in 1983, the comedy Tu Mi Turbi ("You Upset Me"). She later appeared in two Jim Jarmusch films, Down by Law and Mystery Train. Braschi's two most successful collaborations with her husband have been Johnny Stecchino (1992) and La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) (1997). The first, an Italian comedy that cast the actress as the girlfriend of a mobster (Benigni), was a huge hit in Italy; while the second, in which Braschi played the wife of an Italian Jew (Benigni) imprisoned in a concentration camp, was a widely-praised success that launched both Braschi and her husband into the international spotlight. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award as a cast member of Life is Beautiful. She is also a David di Donatello award winner (Italy's equivalent of the Oscars). In 2002, she was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2010 she has returned to theatre starring in "Tradimenti". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicoletta Braschi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Virginie Lemoine

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Virginie Lemoine (born 26 February 1961) is a French actress and comedian. Virginie Lemoine attended acting school at the Conservatory in Rouen. From 1982 to 1990, she played theater on stage, and regularly participated in the show Ainsi font font font, hosted by Jacques Martin on France 2. In 1991, she became a radio host in the show C'est aussi bien à l'ombre and Le Vrai Faux Journal. In 1992, Laurent Gerra and Lemoine Virginie became a comedy duo and appeared in many television shows and became very popular. In 1997, they won the Molière Award for Best one man show for their show on the Théâtre Déjazet. Since 1999, she played in several theater productions ans also directed some plays. In 2010, she received a nomination for the Molière Award for Best Musical for the creation of Une diva à Sarcelles, a musical that she wrote and directed. She is best known, for playing Marion Ferrière, the lead role of the TV series Famille d'accueil, broadcast on France 3 from 2001 to 2016. She was married to actor and singer Alexandre Bonstein. By her marriage with him, she also has Swiss nationality. From 1991 to 1997, she was in couple with Laurent Gerra. Today, she share her life with actor Darius Kehtari. Source: Article "Virginie Lemoine" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Gian Maria Volonté

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Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (credited in the USA as "Johnny Wels") and For a Few Dollars More. In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1971), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) and Todo modo (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gian Maria Volonté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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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Fabrizio Bentivoglio

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born January 4, 1957) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and a screenwriter. Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan (his father is Venetian). After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter, he left his sporting career because of an injury to his left knee and attended the school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. He debuted on stage acting in Timone d'Atene by William Shakespeare and also pursued his artistic career in cinema. Continuing his studies in medicine, he then moved to Rome. With Dario de Luca and in association with Studio Universal he founded the Tipota Movie Company. With the band Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel he has staged the show La guerra vista dalla luna. He has also filmed the short film Típota (1999) and has completed a tour performing his own songs. The soundtrack of Eternity and a Day (Italy/France/Greece, 1998) by Theo Angelopoulos contains the track The Poet, with Bentivoglio's voice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fabrizio Bentivoglio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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