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N. Azhagamperumal

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Azhagam Perumal is a Tamil film director and actor. He worked as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam from Thalapathi to Iruvar, before leaving to make his independent project. When Mani Ratnam was shooting Alaipayuthey, he was looking for someone like Jagathy Sreekumar to play the quirky house owner, which Azhagam Perumal eventually did, making his acting debut. He had initially announced his directorial debut in 1998 as Mudhal Mudhalaaga, a romantic film featuring Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor in the lead roles, which failed to take off. He then started shooting the film Udhaya in 1999 with Vijay and Simran in the lead roles but the film saw massive delays and Azhagam Perumal, meanwhile, began another film, the romantic comedy Dumm Dumm Dumm with R. Madhavan and Jyothika in the lead roles, in which his mentor Mani Ratnam worked as the screenwriter and producer. The film released in 2001 and was a success. After Alaipayuthey, he was offered acting offers but he declined as he wanted to revive and complete Udhaya.
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Reno Collier

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Reno Collier is a stand up comedian who gained celebrity as the opening act for Larry the Cable Guy and with his own Comedy Central Presents special. He was also featured as a roaster for the Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy. Collier was featured on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Next Generation. Reno Collier is a graduate of Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia. Reno was on the football team he provided hours of comic relief on his many hours of tours in the front parapet of the school. He received his undergraduate degree from Elon College now in North Carolina. He is married with two children, Gatlin and Emily, and lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In July 2009, Collier hosted The Great American Road Trip on NBC. He is the host of the new Animal Planet reality competition show Top Hooker.
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Regīna Razuma

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Regīna Razuma (born Regīna Vesere; September 22, 1951 – May 14, 2023) was a Latvian actress and ballerina. Razuma was born into a large family in Riga on 22 September 1951. In 1968, she graduated from the Riga Choreographic School. From 1968 to 1974, Razuma was a ballerina of the Daile State Song and Dance Ensemble. In 1971, she began acting in films. She retired as a ballerina in 1975. From 1975 to 1978 she studied at the People's Film Actor Studio at the Riga Film Studio. In 1982, she graduated from the acting department of the theater department of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. From 1980 to 1992 she was an actress at the Dailes Theatre. From 1992 to 2023, she was an actress at the New Riga Theatre.
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Menhaj Huda

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia His first directing job was the 1993 television series Hypnosis. He directed Jump Boy in 1999, which won an award for 'Best Feature Film' at the Mediawave awards. Other directing credits include Queer as Folk 2, Is Harry on the Boat?, Murphy's Law, Murder in Mind, The Bill, Blue Murder and HolbyBlue. Huda produced as well as directed Kidulthood and West 10 LDN, both written by Noel Clarke. Kidulthood won the 'Douglas Hickox Award' at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards. He's currently working on the psycho flick Comedown which stars Martin Compston, Adam Deacon, Geoff Bell, Red Madrell and Duane Henry, the filming begins in March 2010 in London, as well as his own "spiritual follow-up" to Kidulthood, "Everywhere and Nowhere" based around the London DJ scene, currently in post-production Description above from the Wikipedia article Menhaj Huda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Priya Jain

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Priya Jain is an American film actress of Indian descent born in Orange County, California. She portrays a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant opposite Josh Duhamel in writer/director Joe Carnahan's thriller Not Without Hope, starring Zachary Levi. She also plays the role of Sam in director Vaughn Stein's survival thriller The Canyon. In addition, Priya has secured the financing and is a producer on The Canyon. Priya gets a chance to showcase her fighting skills in the TV mini-series Knock Out, and she also plays a flight attendant in director Renny Harlin's thriller Deep Water, starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley. An Orange County, California native, Priya began her career as a fashion model, an occupation that also became entrepreneurial when she started her own clothing line - Naked Lynx. Naked Lynx has been featured in several fashion magazines, articles, and has been seen on celebrities and influencers. After receiving initial acting training with the Upright Citizens Brigade, Lesly Khan, Killian, and Judy Kain, she made her film debut in 2017 as Mariam in director Mike Hermos's action/mystery/drama Wildflower. In the same year, she also portrayed a dancer in Dr. Dre's series Vital Signs for Apple TV. Moving to New York in 2019, Priya continued her actor training while also modeling and engaging in intensive stage fighting. In 2020 she started her clothing line Naked Lynx which is still manufactured and sold out of the New York City garment district. Returning to California in 2023 she emerged back into acting when she filmed Not Without Hope, Deep Water and The Canyon all in 2023. She also took the role of Natalie in writer/director/star Caylee Cowan's drama short, Running to Stand Still. While juggling her career as an actress, Priya manages to keep her clothing line thriving and hone her impressive mixed martial arts abilities.
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Nam Gyu-ri

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nam Gyu-ri (Hangul: 남규리; born on April 26, 1985 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a former member and leader of the Korean female trio, SeeYa. In 2009, Nam Gyu-ri had a contract dispute with the group's management company and left the group. Nam has also acted, most notably in the film Death Bell and the drama 49 Days. In 2012, she was ranked at #58 on The 23rd Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces.
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Pedro del Rey

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Born in Madrid in 1931. At the age of 17 he entered the world of editing as an assistant to his brother-in-law, the editor José Antonio Rojo. From then until today, more than 200 feature films, television series, documentaries and commercials have passed through his hands. He has collaborated with directors such as Luis Buñuel, Carlos Saura, Francisco Regueiro, Basilio Martín Patino, Miguel Picazo, José Luis Borau, Rafael Moreno Alba, Álvaro Forqué, Fernando Palacios, Aldo Fabrizi, Jaime Chavarri, Paul Naschy, Miguel Littin, Luis María Delgado, Gerardo Vera, Julio Diamante, Antonio Mercero, Pedro Masó, Tony Leblanc, Manuel Mur Oti, Juan Estelrich, Vicente Escrivá and Manolo Summers, among others. He has been nominated on several occasions for national and international awards for his work as chief editor, being responsible for such important titles for Spanish cinema as: Viridiana (1961), Tristana (1970), Carmen (1983), El amor brujo (1986), Los golfos (1960), Atraco a las tres (1962), La gran familia (1962), Las cosas del querer (1989), Sandino (1990), La tía Tula (1964), Crimen de doble filo (1965), Llanto por un bandido (1964) or Pepita Jiménez (1975), among others. At the Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid (ECAM) he was an editing tutor for 13 years, as he had already been in his day at the long-missed Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía. He has also been a member of the board of directors of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España and is a regular speaker at workshops and conferences on his professional specialty.
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Willow Smith

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Willow Camille Reign Smith (born October 31, 2000) is an American child actress and singer who is the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and the younger sister of Jaden Smith. She made her acting debut in 2007 in the film I Am Legend and later appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl alongside Abigail Breslin. She received a Young Artist Award for her performance. Apart from her acting she launched a music career in the fall of 2010 with the release of her single "Whip My Hair" and signing to Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation. The single peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willow Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Diana Hardcastle

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Diana Hardcastle (born July 12, 1949) is a British actress who has appeared largely in television roles. She is married to actor Tom Wilkinson, with whom she has two children. She appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders, Inspector Lynley and Taggart. She played recurring roles in the series First Among Equals and Fortunes of War. In 2011, she and her husband, Tom Wilkinson portrayed real life husband and wife Joe and Rose Kennedy in the mini series The Kennedys, and, in 2012, she had a supporting role in the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in which her husband starred.
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Alaa Safi

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Alaa Safi is a French actor, director, and producer. He was the world champion in Tae Kwon Do at 18, then began his TV/Film career as an action actor and landed his first major role when he partnered with Jackie Chan in the movie Chinese Zodiac (2012). Since then, Alaa Safi has worked with multiple major studios such as Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016), The Mauritanian (2021), and most recently, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). In addition to Alaa's film roles, he is also a series regular on the groundbreaking TV series The Chosen (2017). Alaa Safi began directing in 2020 with the short film Chrysalis (Short 2020), followed by Coming Home (2023), both of which have earned awards in American film festivals.
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