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Amelda Brown

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Amelda Brown is a British actress of stage, film, and television. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1980, and became known for her work in fringe theatre. She played leading roles in the premieres of Caryl Churchill's Fen (1983) and A Mouthful of Birds (1986) as well as appearing in leading roles in revivals of Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire at the Royal National Theatre (1996) and Heart's Desire at the Orange Tree Theatre (2016). Her other stage roles have included Lady Macbeth for the Royal National Theatre's 1989 US tour of Macbeth; Maudlin in A Chaste Maid in Cheapside at Shakespeare's Globe in 1997; and Gibb in the 2014 world premiere of Tim Crouch's Adler and Gibb at the Royal Court theatre. Amongst her television roles are Brenda Parkin in Backup, Mrs. Roach in Soldier Soldier, Pauline Cook in A Touch of Frost, and Sue Barnes in Peak Practice, and she has also appeared in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Morse, The Bill, Lovejoy, Holby City, The Story of Tracy Beaker, and Doctors. In 2009, she appeared in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Mrs. Cole. Her other film work includes Fanny in Little Dorrit (1987), and the small roles of Hope in Hope and Glory (1987) and the Visitor in Sister My Sister (1994). (wikipedia)
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Ferguson Jenkins

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Ferguson Arthur 'Fergie' Jenkins OC (born December 13, 1942) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher and coach. He played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1965 to 1983 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. He played most of his career with the Cubs. He was a National League (NL) and Cubs All-Star for three seasons, and in 1971, he was the first Canadian and Cubs pitcher to win a Cy Young Award. He was a 20-game winner for seven seasons, including six consecutive seasons for the Cubs. He was the NL leader in wins, in 1971, and the American League (AL) leader in wins, in 1974. He was also the NL leader in complete games in 1967, 1970, and 1971, and the AL leader in complete games in 1974. He led the NL in strikeouts in 1969 and had over 3,000 strikeouts during his career. His 284 victories are the most by a black pitcher in major league history. He played basketball in the off-season for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1967 to 1969, and pitched two seasons in Canada for the minor league London Majors following his major league career. He became the first Canadian to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991; he remained the only one until Larry Walker's election in 2020.
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Juliette Plumecocq-Mech

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Juliette Plumecocq-Mech is a French actress. Originally from Bordeaux, she entered the Bordeaux Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. She then joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil troupe. There she met the actor Christophe Rauck who created the Compagnie Terrain Vague in 1995, which Juliette joined. Because of her androgynous physique, Christophe Rauck also entrusted her with male roles (Lancelot in Le Dragon, Khlestakov in Le Révizor, Aristarque in Cœur ardent), and in 2016 directed her in an original text where she plays, lying down, a man assaulted in a cafe. Juliette Plumecocq-Mech is also pursuing a career in cinema (with Romain Goupil, and Jean-Pierre Améris) and television (the series Cherif, Le Tueur du lac). In 2021, she appeared in the play A la vie by Élise Chatauret, Thomas Pondevie and the Compagnie Babel. Source: Article "Juliette Plumecocq-Mech" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Poppi Fella Pellegrino

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Poppi Fella Pellegrino is a Toronto-based filmmaker interested in telling personal stories about connection, identity, and mental health. They graduated with high honors and a Silver Medal from Sheridan College’s Bachelor of Film and Television Program. Poppi’s films have played at many festivals including the Whistler Film Festival, the Oakville Film Festival, and the New West Film Fest. Poppi has also worked with Canada’s Walk of Fame as part of the Future Storytellers Program directing a short segment on inductee Lorraine Segato. On and off set, she is passionate about creating a kind, positive, and welcoming atmosphere for art.
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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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Noah Centineo

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Noah Gregory Centineo (/ˌsɛntɪˈneɪ.oʊ/ SEN-tih-NAY-oh; born May 9, 1996) is an American actor. He began his career performing on television, featuring on Disney Channel in Austin & Ally (2011–2012). He had a main role in the television series The Fosters from 2015 to 2018. He achieved wider recognition by starring in the Netflix romantic comedy films To All the Boys franchise (2018–2021), Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018), and The Perfect Date (2019). Centineo has since played Atom Smasher in the superhero film Black Adam (2022) and the title role in the Netflix spy-adventure series The Recruit (2022–2025). Off-screen, he is a co-founder of the charity Favored Nations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noah Centineo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Phoebe Augustine

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Phoebe Ellen Ceresia (born April 1, 1967) (known professionally as Phoebe Augustine) is an American actress best known for playing Ronette Pulaski in Twin Peaks. She portrayed Laura Palmer's friend Ronette Pulaski in several episodes of the original 1990 series Twin Peaks. The pilot episode featured a scene of her walking across train tracks. The image was used widely for promotional and marketing purposes, including on the VHS cover of the original Pilot, which was released as a movie in Europe, and became iconic in pop culture. She reprised her role in the 1992 prequel movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Other roles include the movie Plain Clothes (1987) and two notable short-lived sitcoms from the early 90s: The Elvira Show and Frannie's Turn. Around the same time, she also appeared in the TV movie Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story. She was a musician/singer in the band "Cling". After a break of many years, she returned to acting in 2017, working again with David Lynch on the Twin Peaks revival, Twin Peaks: The Return, playing "American Girl" in Part 3, a mysterious entity that may or may not be related to her previous role as Ronette.
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Asad Qizilbash

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Asad Qizilbash is a senior executive at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), serving as the Senior Vice President of Product within the Studio Business Group and Head of PlayStation Productions. With over 18 years of experience at SIE, Qizilbash has played a pivotal role in expanding the company's entertainment footprint beyond gaming. In 2019, he was instrumental in establishing PlayStation Productions, a division dedicated to adapting SIE's video game franchises into film and television projects. Under his leadership, PlayStation Productions has brought several major titles to the screen, including the film Uncharted (2022) and the television series The Last of Us (2023–present). The latter has been particularly successful, becoming the most-watched show in the history of HBO Max in both Europe and Latin America. In his capacity as Head of Product at PlayStation Studios, Qizilbash oversees portfolio and strategy planning for PlayStation's exclusive games lineup. He previously served as Vice President of Games Marketing, where he was responsible for growing PlayStation Studios' gaming brands into global entertainment franchises. Qizilbash's efforts have been recognised with multiple nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for his role as an executive producer on The Last of Us (2023 and 2025).
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Tim Russert

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Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He was a senior vice president at NBC News and Washington bureau chief, and also hosted an eponymous CNBC/MSNBC weekend interview program. He was a frequent correspondent and guest on NBC's The Today Show and Hardball. Russert covered several presidential elections, and he presented the NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey on the NBC Nightly News during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Timemagazine included Russert in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. Russert was posthumously revealed as a 30-year source for syndicated columnist Robert Novak. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Russert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Saeed Jaffrey

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Saeed Jaffrey OBE (1929 - 2015) was an Indian-born British actor, who made numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits included The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977), Gandhi (1982), A Passage to India (1965 BBC version and 1984 film) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). He also appeared in many Bollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s. For television he has starred in Gangsters (1975–1978), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994). He also appeared as Ravi Desai on Coronation Street as the father of Vikram Desai, the cousin of Dev Alahan and in Minder (TV series) as Mr Mukerjee in Series 1 episode The Bengal Tiger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saeed Jaffrey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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