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Fan Bingbing
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Fan Bingbing, born September 16, 1981, in Qingdao, Shandong, is a Chinese actress, producer, singer and businesswoman. She launched her acting career in the mid‑1990s and rose to fame in 1998 as Jinsuo in My Fair Princess, later shifting focus from television to film and exploring diverse genres.
In the 2000s, Fan appeared in Fall in Love at First Sight (2002) and Battle of the Warriors (2006). She won Best Actress at the 27th Hundred Flowers Awards for Cell Phone (2003) in 2004. After founding her own studio in 2007, she became involved in producing television dramas including Rouge Snow (2008) and Memoirs of Madam Jin (2009). Her film work during this period included Lost in Beijing (2007), which competed at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival, and The Matrimony (2007), for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 44th Golden Horse Awards. For her performance in I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016), she received several acting awards and nominations, including those from the 31st Golden Rooster Awards, the 11th Asian Film Awards and the 8th China Film Directors’ Guild Awards.
From the 2010s onward, Fan Bingbing became increasingly active in international cinema, appearing at major film festivals and serving on festival juries.In 2010, Chongqing Blues (2010) competed at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival and she won Best Actress at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival for Buddha Mountain (2010). She served on the main competition jury of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2011. In 2016, she won Best Actress at the 64th San Sebastián International Film Festival for I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016), becoming the third Chinese-language actress to win Best Actress at two international A-category film festivals. In 2017, she featured on the Asia edition cover of Time and was listed among its 100 Most Influential People. That year, she joined the jury of the 70th Cannes Film Festival and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with lifetime Oscar voting rights.
Beyond Chinese-language cinema, her international credits include Stretch (2011), My Way (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and The Lady in the Portrait (2017). In 2018, she was investigated by Chinese tax authorities over tax-related violations and was ordered to pay back taxes, late fees and fines. Afterwards, she reduced public activities in mainland China’s entertainment sector but kept working on overseas film projects.
In recent years, Fan has starred in international productions, served as festival jury member and received multiple international acting honours. Her recent works include South Korean Green Night (2023), Hollywood productions The 355 (2022) and Ice Road: Vengeance (2025), Singaporean short She Said (2026), and international co-production Diary of a Mad Old Man (2026). Many of her works have been selected for major international festivals, including Busan, Toronto, and Tokyo. In 2023, she joined the main competition jury of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival. In 2025, she won Best Actress at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards for Malaysian film Mother Bhumi (2025) and served on the jury of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.
Fan Bingbing’s career spans television, film, production and international cinema, with work across Chinese-language and international productions.
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Lauren Francesca
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Lauren Francesca is originally from Queens, New York but currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Lauren is currently best known for running her own YouTube Channel called 'iwantmylauren' featuring comedy, Vlogs, beauty advice and much more. Her channel has gained over 200,000 subscribers and 27 Million views worldwide, mostly from the USA, UK and Europe.
Before her channel, Lauren became famous through one of the largest YouTube channels in the United States, Barely Productions (Formerly Barely Political). Lauren portrayed Lady Gaga in most of their parodies, and also acted as other celebrities including Iggy Azalea.
Lauren has also created her own YouTube character and series known as 'Space Girl', that has been shown on both her channel and Barely Productions. It follows the day to day adventures of a human girl who has ventured into space, conquering evil aliens and creatures. Two YouTube 360 videos of Space Girl have been published and have since became viral across the web.
Besides YouTube, Lauren is also an actress. She is know for her roles on indie horror movies.
Lauren has modeled for various non-nude shoots with Playboy inc. She has shared her shoots via Playboy to her vine account, including posing with classic cars, and most notably, as her own character Space Girl.
She is an American citizen.
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Ralph Foody
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Ralph Wesley Foody was an American character actor.
He has several screen credits from the 1980s, but is probably best known for his bit part in the 1990 film Home Alone and its 1992 sequel as a stereotypical 1930s mobster "Johnny" in two black-and-white gangster films-within-the-films Angels with Filthy Souls and its sequel Angels with Even Filthier Souls (both are a parody of the 1938 film Angels with Dirty Faces by Warner Bros.), along with his famous catchphrases 'Keep the change ya filthy animal/Merry Christmas ya filthy animal and a Happy New Year'.
Foody also played "Det. Cragie", the alcoholic and the negligent Chicago cop in Code of Silence, as well as the police dispatcher in The Blues Brothers. He was also known for his incredible wit and was often referred to as "The Witster" on set.
Foody died of cancer in 1999 at age 71.
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Annapurna Sriram
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Annapurna Sriram is an American stage, film and television actress, writer and director. She has spent more than half her life acting in projects of every size - from numerous recurring roles in network programs and independent films, to off-Broadway theater, award-winning Virtual Reality projects, podcast narratives, and audible books.
She is known as the writer-director and star of the 2025 film Fucktoys, which premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate and received positive reviews from critics.
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Olivia Cooke
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Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Alicent Hightower in the fantasy drama television series House of the Dragon (2022–present). In television, she has starred as Emma Decody in the thriller Bates Motel (2013–2017), Becky Sharp in the period drama Vanity Fair (2018), and a spy in the thriller Slow Horses (2022).
In films, Cooke has starred in the horror film Ouija (2014), the comedy-drama film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), the thriller Thoroughbreds (2017), the science fiction film Ready Player One (2018), the comedy thriller Pixie (2020), and the drama Sound of Metal (2020).
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Patricia Vonne
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Patricia Vonne is an American singer and actress. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Vonne, born Patricia Rodriguez, moved to New York City in 1990-2001 to pursue her artistic ambitions. She worked extensively in Europe and America and was featured in national/international commercials, and film work. She formed her own musical band, which performed on the New York circuit from 1998-2001. She then relocated to her native Texas where she currently tours extensively in the U.S., Mexico and Europe. She toured as a member of Tito & Tarantula, the band featured in the film From Dusk Till Dawn in 2002. Her song, "Traeme Paz", was featured in the film Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Her song "Mudpies and Gasoline" is featured in the Quentin Tarantino presented film Hell Ride. She is the sister of Angela Lanza, Marcel Rodriguez and Robert Rodriguez.
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Tito Goya
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Tito Goya (born Andrew Butler; April 4, 1951 – December 1, 1985) was a Puerto Rican actor known for his portrayal of "Cupcake" in the 1977 film Short Eyes. Goya appeared in Marathon Man (1976), Andy Warhol's Bad (1977), All That Jazz (1979), Going in Style (1979), Night of the Juggler (1980) and Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981). His final acting appearance was on Miami Vice (1984) as Carlos Mendez, a drug-dealer's liaison. Goya grew up in Brentwood, New York with his mother Carmen, stepfather Mario, his brothers, Jacob, Hector, Charlie, Richard & his sister Milagros. Goya was arrested in 1984 for a murder that occurred in Austin in 1978. In 1985, Goya died of cirrhosis while free on bond pending trial in Texas. Goya is buried on Long Island NY.
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Daniah De Villiers
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Her love of acting emerged at a tender age. At just 10 years old, she began taking acting and singing classes, taking part in countless festivals and competitions and winning a regional drama prize. In 2013, she was awarded the Junior Grand Champion award for acting at the World Championship of Performing Arts in Hollywood. Daniah is a young, passionate actor who began her career in 2014 in South African and international commercials, and has now amassed a hefty portfolio of on-camera experiences. From 2015 to 2018, she filmed the lead role in Mia and the White Lion, her first silver-screen experience. In parallel, she has also had leading roles in South African television series (“Nul is Nie Niks Nie”, “Vaselinetjie”, “DatingGameKiller”, “Meerkat Maantuig”, “Binnelanders”).
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Hikaru Shida
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Hikaru Shida is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a three-time AEW Women's World Champion and one-time AEW TBS Champion. After starring in the wrestling film Three Count, she made her professional wrestling debut for Ice Ribbon in 2008, becoming an ICE×60 Champion and five-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion before establishing herself as one of Japan's top freelance wrestlers, with title reigns in Pro Wrestling Wave, Oz Academy, and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling further elevating her profile.
Shida joined AEW as one of the promotion's original roster members in 2019 and became the longest-reigning AEW Women's World Champion with a 372-day first title reign before later becoming the first three-time champion in the title's history. She added the AEW TBS Championship in 2026 to become one of the most decorated women in the company's history. In 2020, *Pro Wrestling Illustrated* ranked her No. 6 in the PWI Women's 100.
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John Shelton
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John Shelton (born Edward Sheppard Price; May 18, 1915 – May 17, 1972) was an American actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1936 to 1952.
Shelton was married five times. His first four marriages were childless and ended in divorce, while he and his fifth wife had four children before his death.
He was married to Sally Sage from 1938 to 1940, actress Kathryn Grayson from 1941 to 1946, Marti Stanley from 1946 to 1948, Irene Winston from 1948 to 1953, and Lorraine Ludwig from October 3, 1953 until his death. He and Ludwig had 4 children together.
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