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Emily Mae Young

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Emily Mae Young (born February 14, 1990) is an American actress who starred on the television series Step by Step from 1996 to 1998. Emily Mae Young started her career at the age of six. She first appeared on television in a number of commercials and is well known for her Welch's juice and Sears ads. Young's television credits include All My Children, Loving, and numerous appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Step By Step was her first television series. Emily starred with Yasmine Bleeth and Dean Winters in the 1999 romantic comedy Undercover Angel. She and her family reside in Pennsylvania and California. Emily Mae Young has been married to Kristian Garcia since July 2021. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Mae Young, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Isabel Coixet

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Isabel Coixet Castillo (Catalan: [izəˈβɛl kuˈʃɛt]; born 9 April 1960; Sant Adrià del Besòs) is a Spanish filmmaker. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur.”
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Lalita Thawisakulrat

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Lalita Thawisakulrat was born on December 8, 2001. She began her career in the film industry as an actress in 2018, at the age of 17. Initially, she performed in school theater productions before transitioning to independent acting. Her screen debut came in the 2020 short film "Bonne en rouge," where she starring the lead character, Pim, significantly increasing her recognition in the Thai short film scene. Her early experiences as an actress in music videos and commercials ignited her passion for storytelling through film, prompting her to pursue a degree in Film at Chulalongkorn University, where she recently graduated with first honors. Stepping out of her comfort zone, she wrote and directed her personal story for a filmmaking assignment in her sophomore year, titled “I Love You Very Much (2022).” This project earned her her first nomination at the 26th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, helping her realize the power of storytelling and deepening her passion for it. In 2023, she joined CYPH.Film as a director trainee, where she worked under the mentorship of Thanaram Prameboon. "Linn Linn Linn (2024)" is her thesis short film, where she leverages her experiences and insights from both acting and directing.
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Magnus Samuelsson

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Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. The son of a former Swedish arm wrestling champion, he has also been ranked among the best arm wrestlers in the world and was a European Arm Wrestling champion before becoming a professional strongman. Samuelsson holds the record for reaching the World's Strongest Man finals 10 times, a feat which he achieved over a 13-year span from 1995–2007. He has also achieved a podium place in WSM on five separate occasions. Magnus Samuelsson was offered a role in the film Gladiator but declined. One of the reasons he declined was that he believed the film was going to be a B movie. The agent who had phoned him to offer the role had told him that he would "fight with swords and so", and also named a couple of actors in the cast, which Magnus Samuelsson did not recognize. In 2009 Samuelsson won the Swedish version of the television series Dancing with the Stars, beating songwriter Laila Bagge in the final. Samuelsson plays Gunnar Nyberg, a detective in the 2011 Swedish crime thriller series Arne Dahl. It has also been aired in Germany and UK. The series is now available on Amazon Prime.
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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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Jean-Marc Boivin

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Jean-Marc Boivin, born April 6, 1951 in Dijon and died February 17, 1990, in Venezuela near Salto Angel, was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, paraglider, caver and base jumper. He has directed several award-winning films. He holds altitude records in hang gliding and paragliding; he was also the first to descend Everest by paraglider. This "adventurer of modern times" as he has defined himself is of Dijon origin and made his debut as climbers in Fissin and the difficult limestone cliffs of the Cormot rocks. A true jack-of-all-trades for adventure, Jean-Marc Boivin stands out for the diversity of his talents: climber, mountain guide, glacier climber, paraglider, steep slope skier, this man, known for his kindness and warmth holy energy! His twenty years of adventure know the major stages that punctuate his career. The winter of 1977 was conducive to extreme skiing: he succeeded in his first 8 descents. The following summer, he opened a new route on the Extremely Difficult side of Mont Blanc du Tacul. In 1980, his lightning ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn in solo leaves dreamer: 4h10mns. On September 26, 1986, "the bird-man" flew from the summit of Everest, to descend from the roof of the world in a paraglider for 12 minutes of "happiness" in his own words. But the general public has especially remembered the fantastic spectacle played by Jean-Marc in March 1986 when he succeeded in chaining the four winter north faces of Mont-Blanc in less than twenty hours, combining both his talents as an extreme skier , mountaineer, parachutist and delta wing virtuoso. In hang-gliding, he holds several world records, notably jumping from the summit of Aconcagua and covering some 34 km in a paraglider from the summit of Mont-Blanc. On February 16, 1990, followed by a television crew filming for the show Ushuaïa, the extreme magazine, Jean-Marc Boivin managed a jump of nearly 1,000 meters in base-jump from the Salto Angel waterfall, the highest waterfall in the world, on the Auyan Tepuy, in Venezuela. The next day, he decides to repeat the feat from, this time, the top of the fall itself, at 979 meters. Or, a woman, Catherine, who had jumped just before him having injured herself after his fall, Jean-Marc Boivin jumped just after to help him. But, at the end of the jump, he collided with a tree. To the team that came to rescue him by helicopter, he told them to go first to rescue the person who had jumped before him. When the team returned to him, he had died of internal bleeding at the age of 38. He is the first Frenchman to die in Base Jump.
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Anna Jobling

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Anna Ellisa Gustin Jobling Abdul Rahman (born August 14, 2000), better known as Anna Jobling, is a Malaysian-British model, actress, and television host. Anna was a former contestant of Dewi Remaja 2018/2019, where she placed fourth. She has appeared in several TV dramas such as Shah Alam 40000 and Keluarga Baha Don, but is best known for her role in the drama Melur Untuk Firdaus. Before participating in the Dewi Remaja contest, Anna began her modeling career by competing in several beauty pageants such as Miss Melaka and Miss Pahang. At the age of 15, her mother sent her to a modeling academy run by Amber Chia, and since then, she has been active in modeling, appearing in television advertisements and magazine covers. Anna was selected as one of the 12 contestants of Dewi Remaja 2018/2019, which also featured participants like Haneesya Hanee, Zeera Azizi, Aween Ismail, and Arena Lieya. By the end of the competition, she was crowned fourth-place winner. Anna’s acting career began when she was offered a role in her debut film, Pasal Kau!, directed by Adrian Teh, which also starred Hairul Azreen and Janna Nick. She played the character Emelia. Her first drama appearance was in One Two Hantu, which aired on Awesome TV in Malaysia. She gained widespread attention for her role in the drama Shah Alam 40000, which aired in the Akasia slot on TV3, where she played the character Shafinaz McKenzie. For her role in this drama, Anna trained herself to speak Malay on set. She later starred in her second film, Penunggang Agama 2, playing the character Intan and working under the direction of Syafiq Yusof. In 2022, she was paired with Meerqeen in the drama Melur Untuk Firdaus, where she played the character Melur. The drama gained popularity on social media and became famous even internationally. This increased her recognition and led to numerous invitations to various television shows in Malaysia. In July 2022, her name was listed as one of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2022 by TC Candler, making her the sole representative from Malaysia in the annual campaign.
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Nay Htoo Naing

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Nay Htoo Naing is a Burmese actor and film director. He is one of the most successful actors in Myanmar's B-rated action film industry and has been regarded as the "Burmese Chuck Norris". Throughout his career, he has acted in over 300 films. Nay Htoo Naing was born on 1 January 1979 in Yenangyaung, Magway Region, Myanmar. He applied to Defence Services Academy (D.S.A) after graduating from high school, but he was declined because of failure in some physical tests. Then he moved to Yangon from Yenangyaung to pursue a career in show business. Nay Htoo Naing did not have any connections to the Burmese film industry before starting out his career as a worker, security guard and eventually as an actor. But then, at the age of 20, he grasped his first chance to be in front of a camera. He did not go to any formal school or training courses to study acting; however he says director Aung Min Thein is his mentor and taught him a lot. He entered the film industry with the film Ba Yoke, where he played the lead role. He then starred in the film Amye Mae Dar (Nameless Sword), which led to increased recognition for him. His classic film Mee Lat War (Blazing Palm/Fire Palm) is popular and one of the all-time best films in his career. He acted not only in the several direct-to-videos, but also acted in the big screen films. Throughout his successful career, he has acted in over 300 films. He is also a film director and directing the film Amone Zayike Amone Winkabar. In 2018, he founded the Target Art Training Center in Yangon. Nay Htoo Naing is married to singer Mya Thin Chel in 2011. They have two sons, named Phone Lattyar and Phone Linkar. His wife Mya Thin Chel is also seen in his some films. – Wikipedia
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Robert Firth

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Robert Firth was born in Philadelphia in 1960 into a typical English household, he was the youngest of three. He trained with Jose Quintero, co-founder of the Circle in the Square Theater, in Greenwich Village. In addition to his writing and directing, Firth is also a pop art and voice over artist, and lives in London and Los Angeles. Recent projects include Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn and director Billy Lumby's adaptation of About A Goy. - IMDb Mini Biography
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Giada De Laurentiis

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Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (Italian: [ˈdʒaːda paˈmɛːla de lauˈrɛnti.is]; born Giada Pamela De Benedetti on August 22, 1970) is an Italian American chef, entrepreneur, writer, and television personality. She was the host of Food Network's program called Giada at Home. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's program entitled Today. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods. She is a winner of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host and the Gracie Award for Best Television Host. She was also recognized by the International Hospitality Institute as one of the Global 100 in Hospitality, a list featuring the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giada De Laurentiis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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