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Christian James

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Christian James was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Growing up, he excelled both musically and athletically, playing saxophone and competing in multiple sports. At age 20, he started acting and has studied with respected teachers Michael Woolsen and June Barfield. He recently had a guest-starring role on "Nashville" and after he quickly crossed over into films in leading roles. Earlier this year he starred in "Legal Action" as well as CBS Films' highly anticipated "Hellfest."
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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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Jarasrawee Thiemrat

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"Tintin" Jarasrawee Thiemrat is a musician from Chonburi, Thailand. He's a member of the band New Country (นิวคันทรี่) under Grammy Gold(แกรมมี่ โกลด์). Presently, he studies at Mahidol University. Tintin first entered the entertainment industry competing in numerous singing competitions such as "Luk Thung Idol Season 2" (ลูกทุ่งไอดอล ซีซั่นที่ 2). In 2022, his band New Country began to take off after the release of their first hit single "Stand by Lo" (Stand by หล่อ) featuring the band's four male members Tintin, Mbow, Nu and Guitar.
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Prariyapit Yu

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JingJing Prariyapit Yu is a supermodel and actor of Chinese-Thai descendant (Chinese father and Thai mother). Since January 2024, she's an artist under GMMTV (จีเอ็มเอ็มทีวี). She studied higher education at Assumption University. JingJing had wanted to be an international model since childhood. Her dream came true when she began to enter this path at the age of fifteen, winning the Thai Super Model Contest 2012. In 2021, she was part of a five-member girl group project under White Music, 2021 Ratri. She was previously an artist under QOW Entertainment, a subsidiary of 4NOLOGUE.
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Enrico Sabbatini

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Enrico Sabbatini (January 1, 1932 – November 25, 1998) was an Italian costume designer and production designer for the theater and cinema industries. Sabbatini was born in Spoleto, in the province of Umbria. His creations were usually very lavish and detailed, made for epoch movies. In 1986, he won the award for best costume design by the British Academy, as well as a nomination for the Oscar for his work in The Mission. He also produced Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Cutthroat Island (1995), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987), Bloodline (1979), Giordano Bruno (1973), Sacco and Vanzetti (1971), Camille 2000, The Lickerish Quartet, the Marco Polo TV miniseries, and many others. Specifically, he was costume designer and production designer for a large series of biblical-inspired TV series in the TNT network, such as Moses, Joseph, Jesus of Nazareth, Jacob, Abraham, David, Genesis and Samson and Delilah, as well as, in his last work just before he died, in the TV series Cleopatra. He died in a road accident in Ouarzazate, Morocco, while filming on location for Cleopatra. Description above from the Wikipedia article Enrico Sabbatini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Maribel Verdú

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María Isabel Verdú Rollán (born 2 October 1970), better known as Maribel Verdú, is a Spanish actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades throughout her career spanning nearly four decades, including two Goya Awards for Best Actress, an Ariel Award for Best Actress, the Gold Medal of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain in 2008 and the National Cinematography Award in 2009. Verdú made her acting debut at the age of thirteen in Captain Sánchez's Crime (1985). Some of her film credits include performances in Lovers (1991), Belle Époque (1992), Y tu mamá también (2001), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), The Blind Sunflowers (2008), Tetro (2009), Snow White (2012) and Raymond & Ray (2022). She also appeared as Nora Allen in the DC Extended Universe film The Flash, her second superhero film credit after Superlópez (2018).
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Joyce Grant

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Joyce Grant (23 January 1924 – 11 July 2006) was a UK-based South African actress known for her comedic roles. Grant was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and her father encouraged her to move to London to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. When she returned to South Africa, her roles included: "Lola" in William Inge's Come Back Little Sheba and as "Laura Wingfield" in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. At the end of the 1950s she returned permanently to London and appeared in: The Happy Apple, Something’s Afoot, The Club, Deathtrap and Tonight at Eight-thirty. On television she was in Gideon's Way "How to Retire without Really Working". She appeared in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969 and played opposite Frankie Howerd on Broadway in Rockefeller and the Red Indians. In 1980, she appeared in the first episode of Hi-de-Hi! playing the mother of Jeffrey Fairbrother. In 1987, Joyce became a member of The National Theatre Company, appearing in three productions, Ting Tang Mine, Fathers and Sons and Six Characters in Search of an Author. In 1988, she played Aunt Em/Glinda in the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Wizard of Oz and Mother Superior in Black Adder S1E3-The Archbishop.She was in the episode Spy Probe of 'The Professionals' television series.
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Sheila Ruskin

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Sheila Ruskin (born 28 March 1946) is an English actress. She played Vipsania in the BBC adaptation of I, Claudius (1976), Kassia in the Doctor Who serial The Keeper of Traken (1981) and Alta One in the Blake's 7 episode "Redemption" (1979). Her other TV credits include: MacKenzie, Special Branch, The Pallisers, How Green Was My Valley, The Sweeney, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, Minder, Bergerac, Boon, Taggart, Miss Marple, Parnell and the English woman, Casualty, Rumpole of the Bailey, Strangers and Brothers, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, The Intruder, and The Lost Boys.
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Milla Jovovich

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Milla Jovovich (born December 17, 1975) is an American actress, supermodel, musician, and fashion designer of Serbian and Russian descent. She was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. In essence, she began in a number of science fiction and action films, for which the music channel VH1 called her "the reigning royal of strikes." She has appeared on the cover of more than a hundred magazines, and has also starred in films such as The Fifth Element (1997), Ultraviolet (2006), and the 'Resident Evil' franchise. Jovovich began modeling at eleven, when Richard Avedon featured her in Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements, and she continued her career with other campaigns for L'Oréal cosmetics, Banana Republic, Christian Dior, Donna Karan, and Versace. In 1988, she had her first professional acting role in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu, and later that year she appeared in her first feature film, Two Moon Junction. Following more small television appearances such as the "Fair Exchange" (1989) and a 1989 role as a French girl (she was 14 at the time then) on a Married with Children episode and film roles, she gained notoriety with the romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). She appeared in 1993's Dazed and Confused alongside Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey. Jovovich then acted alongside Bruce Willis in the science fiction film The Fifth Element (1997), and later played the title role in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). In 2002, she starred in the video game adaptation Resident Evil, which spawned five sequels: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016). In addition to her modelling and acting career, Jovovich released a music album, The Divine Comedy in 1994. She continues to release demos for other songs on her official website and contributes to film soundtracks as well; Jovovich has yet to release another album. In 2003, she and model Carmen Hawk created the clothing line Jovovich-Hawk, which ceased operations in early 2008. In its third season prior to its demise, the pieces could be found at Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Harvey Nichols, and over 50 stores around the world.
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Nathalie Biancheri

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Nathalie Biancheri is an Italian film director and screenwriter based in London. She is known for directing the films Wolf and Nocturnal. Nathalie graduated from King's College London and began her career as a documentary researcher at the BBC. She co-founded the production company Feline Films with Jessie Fisk. Nathalie's feature film directorial debut, Nocturnal, premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019. Her second feature film Wolf, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021. She was named one of IndieWire's "22 Rising Female Filmmakers to Watch" in 2022 and the Irish Times's "50 people to watch" in 2021.
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