Thursday, 13 January 2022

Sofia Margarita Vergara

Sofia Margarita Vergara (Spanish:, born July 10, 1972) is a Colombian-American actor TV producer, presenter and model. Vergara was the highest-paid actor on American television between 2013 between 2013 and 2020. Vergara rose in prominence when she hosted two programs on Univision's Spanish-language television network in the early 1990s. Chasing Papi (2003) was her first big acting performance in English. The following year, she appeared in Four Brothers (2005) and Tyler Perry's comedies Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009), receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the later. She made her debut as Gloria Delgado–Pritchett on ABC's comedy series Modern Family in 2009. In the role she was honored with four Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Vergara also voiced roles in animated films Happy Feet Two (2011). Escape from Planet Earth (2013). and The Emoji Movie (2018). Vergara was also a highest-paid Hollywood actress in 2020 [citation required]. Vergara is America's Got Talent judge since 2020. Vergara was born into an Roman Catholic family in Barranquilla. Vergara's mom Margarita Vergara Devergara was a homemaker, while her father Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo worked as an animal rancher in the meat industry. Her nickname was "Toti" by her siblings and numerous cousins. Vergara studied three years of dental school at the National University of Colombia. However, she decided to quit two semesters earlier to explore opportunities in show business and modeling.



Tuesday, 11 January 2022

Kaitlyn Anne Vincie

Kaitlyn Ann Vincie (born on the 10th of December, 1987) is an American journalist and sportscaster. She works for the Fox NASCAR team as a reporter, and is a presenter on their news and updates on a daily basis. show NASCAR Race Hub. Vincie was first drawn to stock car racing after she was granted a pit-lane pass. She then graduated from Christopher Newport University and worked as a reporter at Langley Speedway. Her self-made NASCAR video blogs were made available on SceneDaily the stock car racing site. Vincie was born on the 10th of December of 1987 in Harrisonburg. She was raised in Bridgewater, Virginia before her family relocated to Warrenton to start Vincie's high school. Vincie is the youngest child of John and Margaret Vincie. Vincie's mother, Eleanor N. Logan was a fifth-grade teacher, while her grandfather was a member of the faculty of Bridgewater College. Journalism was something she had always been interested in from a young age. Vincie completed her studies at Fauquier High School in 2006. Vincie was a track and field competitor and served as the school's director for four years. Vincie was the winner of the 800m race of the AAA Cedar Run District. Vincie was introduced to the journalist Al Pearce who mentored her and provided Vincie with a wealth of information. In 2010, Vincie graduated from Christopher Newport University with a bachelor's in communications. Vincie worked as an intern for the athletics department of the university. She also worked for Charlotte Motor Speedway's USAR Pro Cup Series. She wrote a senior dissertation on auto racing gender disparity that focused on female race car driver Danica Patrick. She became interested in the sport once she got a pit-lane pass for the NASCAR All-Star Race. Her inspirations are Wendy Venturini, Krista Volda as well as Wendy Venturini.



Monday, 10 January 2022

Magda Apanowicz

Magda Apanowicz is a Canadian actress. Her most famous work is her role on ABC Family's Kyle XY as Andy Jensen and Syfy's Caprica science fiction drama as Lacy Rand. Emily Hartwell, a science fiction actress was born Maya Hartwell. Recently, she starred as Sandy in the Netflix thriller series You. Apanowicz she is a Polish-American, spent the ninth year in Poland. She lived with her uncle in Poland, and was a student at Jelenia Gola School. Later, she attended Vancouver Film School. She started her acting career at 10 years old when her brother introduced her to Pulp Fiction. In 2002, she began her first acting appearances on the TV series Jeremiah. She also appeared briefly on John Doe's TV series. From 2007 to 2009, she played the Kyle XY role of Andy Jensen. In 2008, she starred as Andy Jensen in Every Second Counts on the Hallmark Channel. In 2009, Apanowicz was cast to as Lacy Rand in Caprica's TV drama starring Eric Stoltz & Alessandra Turresani. In the following season, she appeared on Hellcats. In 2012, she was an actress in Jane Espenson's second season of the romance web series Husbands. In 2013, Apanowicz played Emily in the show Continuum. She was also Samantha in The Green Inferno horror film written by Eli Roth. The Green Inferno was originally shot in 2012. It was released internationally in the year 2015. Apanowicz was cast in Volition as Angela. The film came out in 2020.In 2019, Apanowicz was cast in the role of Sandy in the second season of the Netflix thriller You.



Friday, 7 January 2022

Thora Birch

Thora Birch, born March 11, 1982 was an American actress. In 1988 she made her feature film debut with Purple People Eater. For this role, she received the Young Artist Award as "Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age". Birch was a child-star who was in films like All I Want For Christmas (1991) as well as the Patriot Games(1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Monkey Trouble (94), Now and Then (1995) as well as Alaska (1996). She received a Young Artist Award for "Best Young Actress Under Nine Years Old." In 1999, Birch played Jane Burnham in American Beauty. This film brought her an BAFTA nomination. In 2001, she played Enid in the cult classic Ghost World (2001), getting a nomination to the Golden Globe for Best Actress. Birch was also nominated for an Emmy Award in 2003 for her role as the title character in Homeless to Harvard:The Liz Murray Story. Other films she has appeared in include Dungeons & Dragons (2000), The Hole (2001), Silver City (2004), Dark Corners (2006), Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009), and Petunia (2012).After having a break from acting, Birch was back in the spotlight in 2016 and has since been in a number of independent films. Birch also played the character of Whisperer Maryas well as Gamma on the Walking Dead's season 10. Birch was the oldest of the children born to Jack Birch (and Carol Connors) in Los Angeles. Birch her family, which originally included the surname Biersch is German-Jewish and Scandinavian. She also has French-Canadian, French, and Italian ancestry. [6] Her name, Thora , is the name that comes from Thora, the Norse god thunder and lightning ("Thor"), which could have been her name if she was a boy. Kian Bolt Birch is her younger brother. Both of her parents were former actors in adult films and appeared in Deep Throat. Based on their own experiences in the entertainment business it was difficult for them initially to support Thora. But, her photograph was shown to agents when a babysitter spotted her fake commercials. Birch was given her first major break at the age of four, when the babysitter took her to a successful audition for a Quaker Oats commercial.



Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Noureen deWulf

Noureen DeWulf (nee Ahmed) is an American actress. Her most notable roles are in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) and West Bank Story (2006). Also, she was Lacey on the sitcom Anger Management (2012 - 2014). DeWulf was a noureen Ahmed the daughter of Gujarati Indian parents in Pune, Maharashtra. She was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. She was educated Nizari Ismaili Muslim. She is the younger sister of two. Aziza her elder sister, is a Boston-based professor of law at Northeastern University. Sara her younger sister practices law in San Francisco. DeWulf studied theatre and international relations at Boston University's School for the Arts. Following graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She speaks fluently in Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati. DeWulf started her acting career with the Oscar Award-winning short film West Bank Story. She was Fatima an emcee and singing Palestinian cashier who falls in love with an Israeli soldier. Since then, she's appeared in comedy TV shows and films. She played recurring roles on the NBC series Outsourced as well as TNT's Hawthorne from 2009-11. DeWulf also appeared in Maneater which is an Lifetime mini-series. She starred opposite Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) as well as portrayed Jeremy Piven in The Goods: Live Hard and Sell Hard (2009). She starred in The Taqwacores (2010), that premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2010. She co-starred with Charlie Sheen in the television sitcom Anger Management, which ran from 2012 to 2014 on FX.In 2014, DeWulf won Best Actress at the Comedy Ninja Film and Screenplay Festival for her role as a murderous temp in the independent film Coffee, Kill Boss.In 2014, DeWulf was ranked #93 in Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" for the second time (the first time in 2007) she was listed as one of the most attractive women in the world according to readers of the magazine. [10] In 2009, she was listed in the "Top 30 under 30' for Nylon magazine. [citation requiredIt is important to note that DeWulf has also been included in photo shoots in Details Magazine, Men's Health magazine, Zink and Giant magazines and Complex.



Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Emily Swallow

Emily Swallow (born December 18 1979) is an American actor from America. She is well-known for her role as Kim Fischer on The Mentalist and as Amara / the Darkness in the eleventh season of Supernatural. She also appears as the Armorer in the live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian as well as a role as Emily in the video game The Last of Us Part II. Swallow was born on December 18 1979 in Washington, D.C. Her family lived in Sterling, Virginia, as also in Jacksonville, Florida. While at Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville the actress began performing in a variety of college, amateur, and professional theatre productions. In 2001, she graduated with a degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Virginia, and later pursued an MFA in Acting from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts.Swallow started her professional career on Broadway theatre and was a part of numerous productions including High Fidelity, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Guthrie Theater, Much Ado About Nothing for Shakespeare in the Park, and the world premiere of off-Broadway productions Romantic Poetry and Measure for Pleasure.In 2008, Swallow made her film debut in the military drama The Lucky Ones. She was in two world premieres: Donald Margulies' play The Country House, Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse; and Mark Rylance's The play Nice Fish, at the Guthrie Theatre. She was awarded the Falstaff Award for best Female Performer in 2010 for her portrayal of Kate in the play Taming of the Shrew.In 2012, Swallow and fellow singer/comedian Jac Huberman conceived a stage show called Jac N Swallow and performed it in New York at the Laurie Beeckman Theater and Joe's Pub. The show is about their hilarious misadventures as they confront various life situations.



Monday, 3 January 2022

Elizabeth Leigh Vassey

Elizabeth Leigh Vassey (born August 9th in 1972) is an American actress. Her credits include Emily Ann Sago in the television series All My Children, Captain Liberty in the 2001 television show The Tick, Wendy Simms in the tv series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Nikki Beaumont in the web series Nikki & Nora. Vassey was a teenager Emily Ann Sago on the soap drama All My Children from 1988 until 1991. Vassey appeared as a regular actor on the show Tru Calling from 2004 to 2005, playing the character Dr. Carrie Allen. Vassey played Wendy Simms' recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2005 to 2010. Vassey started appearing in the opening credits of the show's Crime Scene Investigation as a regular cast member and was then promoted to a permanent role with the tenth season. Entertainment Weekly reported on June 1st that Vassey would not be returning for the eleventh season of the show. Vassey was guest on one episode during that season. Vassey got married to David Emmerichs who is a camera operator. In 2002, Vassey founded Neurosis to T(ee) which sells slogan-adorned T-shirts designed for women. The slogans poke fun at the neuroses and worries of women. They are often based on relationships.



Friday, 31 December 2021

Yvonne Joyce Craig

Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16 1936 until August 17 in 2015), was an American dancer, actress and choreographer. She is best known for her role in Batman's 1960s TV series Batman as well as Marta who played an Orion slave girl with green skin, from Star Trek's 1969 episode "Whom Gods Destruction". The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer in female superheroes" for the screen. Yvonne Craig was raised in Columbus and was born in Taylorville in Illinois. In 1951 her family moved from Illinois to Dallas. In Dallas, she attended W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas and Sunset High School. However she didn't finish her education because she had only "one credits for PE". Craig was identified by Alexandra Danilova (a ballerina and teacher) and joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1951, becoming the youngest corps de ballet member. It was a great training that helped her perform stunts in the role of Batgirl. She left the ballet troupe in 1957 "over an argument over casting decisions" and relocated to Los Angeles in the hopes of pursuing her dance career, but she was acting in films. One of her earliest television roles was in an episode from the TV series Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lazy Lover" 1958) with Neil Hamilton, who played her stepfather (later Hamilton played Police Commissioner James Gordon, Batgirl's father). After that, she appeared in three films - The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story and Gidget (all 1959)--and as a guest in the TV series Mr. Lucky as Beverly Mills in the episode "Little Miss Wow" (also 1959). Craig was seen with Bing Crosby and Seven Women from Hell (1960), in which she was cast alongside Cesar Romero. In 1962, she appeared on the Western Laramie in the episode "The Long Road Back".Craig appeared in roles with Elvis Presley in two films which included It Happened At the World's Fair (1963) and Kissin' Cousins (1964). In 1966, she appeared in Mars Needs Women. In 1967, she appeared as a Russian dancer on In Like Flint.



Wednesday, 29 December 2021

Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker was born August 2nd in 1964. She is an American actress. After her Broadway debut in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss (1990) and for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, Parker rose to fame for performances in films such as Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (94), Bullets over Broadway (94), A Place for Annie (94), Bullets over Broadway (94), Bullets over Broadway (94), Bullets over Broadway (94), Bullets over Broadway (94), Bullets over Broadway ( 1994), A Place for Annie (94), Boys on the Side (1996), The Portrait of a Lady (1996) and The Portrait of a Lady (1996) and The Maker (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances afterward, Parker received the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in the Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's Proof as well as other awards. In the NBC television show The West Wing she starred as Amy Gardner, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sustained actress in a Drama Series. Her role as Harper Pitt in HBO's acclaimed mini-series Angels in America in 2002 brought her an award of a Primetime Emmy Award as well as an award from the Golden Globe. In 2006, Parker won the Golden Globe Award. In 2006, Parker was nominated to the Primetime Emmy Award. (2013), and Red 2 (2013). Parker was back on Broadway in 2019 and she was in The Sound Inside. This production won her her second Tony Award for Best Actress. Since 2007, Parker has contributed articles to Esquire magazine, and also published her memoir Dear Mr. You, in the year 2015. The show was a starring role for Roma Guy in the ABC miniseries "When We Rise" in 2017. In 2018, she was an advisor to the political on Billions which is the Showtime series.



Sunday, 26 December 2021

Jillian Noel Hennessy

Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25 in 1968) is a Canadian actor and a singer from Canada. Her most notable roles include those on American television's Law & Order where she was the prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons and Crossing Jordan for six. She was also acting in movies like RoboCop 3 or Most Wanted as well as independent films Chutney Popcorn, which she co-directed. Hennessy was brought up in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy, her father was a meat-salesman, as well as a marketing/sales executive. His job required extensive traveling, which meant many changes for the family. Her mother, Maxine, a secretary was a divorcee in 1982 and left her daughter to be partially taken care of by her paternal grandmother Eleanor and her family in Kitchener, Ontario. John Paul Hennessy Jr., her younger brother, is Jacqueline Hennessy who is an identical twin, who is a journalist in a magazine as well as a host on TV in Canada. Hennessy is from Irish, French and Swedish descent, with some Ukrainian Roma and Austrian ancestry. She attended Stanley Park Senior Public School and graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute, both of which are located in Kitchener, Ontario, and used to busk on the Toronto subway. Hennessy as well as her sister, and their first acting role was as twin call-girls in 1988's Dead Ringers. Gillian Anderson, Gillian Anderson's sister, revealed that she was chosen for The X-Files for Dana Scully's role. Hennessy also played the character of Dr. Marie Lazarus on RoboCop 3. In 1993 Dick Wolf signed Hennessy to the role of Claire Kincaid assistant district attorney in the show Law & Order. She played this role for three seasons, before ending the series as an actress in 1996.



Wednesday, 22 December 2021

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs, born on October 19, 1982 was an American actress. Her roles include Britta Perry (NBC comedy series 2009-2015), Mickey Dobbs (Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016)-2018) as well as Atom Eve (Amazon animated series Invincible 2021). Mimi-Rose Howard was her recurring part in the fourth season of the HBO comedy-drama Girls (2012-2017). She has also been in films such as Life Partners (2014), Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) and Don't Think Twice (2016). Gillian MacLaren Jacobs, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 19th, 1982. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, is a member of the alumni relations department at Carnegie Mellon University, while her father, William F. Jacobs Jr. was an investment banker. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr. passed away in 2013. Her mother raised her in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She performed regularly in the Pittsburgh Public Theater. This enabled her to be a part in Titania's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After graduation from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, she relocated to New York City to attend the Juilliard School, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2004.



Monday, 20 December 2021

Bonnie Wright

Bonnie Francesca Wright, born 17 February 1991 is an English actress. She also works as an actor, director, activist as well as an actress. Her most famous role is that of Ginny Weasley, the Harry Potter film series's main character. Born in London, Wright portrayed the role for ten consecutive years until she was cast in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011). Wright appeared in several independent films after the film series. The films received not well-received. In 2013 she made her stage debut in Peter Ustinov’s The Moment of Truth at the Southwark Playhouse. She also received a bachelor’s degree in filmmaking from the University of the Arts London. In 2012, Wright established BonBonLumiere and began making short films. Her first directorial project was the coming-of-age-drama Separate We Come, Separate We Go (2012) which starred David Thewlis, which was released at the Cannes Film Festival to critical applause. She directed Know Thyself (2016), featuring Christian Coulson, and Sextant (2016), both of which featured landscape and emotion as the main themes. Wright's trilogy Phone Calls, which was presented at Tribeca Film Festival 2017, featured three episodes. Medusa’s Ankles (2018) featuring Kerry Fox, Jason Isaacs and based upon A. S. Byatt's The Matisse Stories. She also produced music videos for Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn and Sophie Lowe. Wright has been recognized for her environmental activism; she also acts as an ambassador for the charity Greenpeace and Lumos.



Monday, 13 December 2021

Alyson Le Hannigan

Alyson Lee Hannigan was born on March 24, 1974. American actress and television host, she is a native of the United States. Her roles include Willow Rosenberg (1997-2003) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lily Aldrin (2005-2014), for which she received a People's Choice Award in 2009 and Michelle Flaherty (1999-2012). Hannigan hosts Penn Teller: Fool Us since 2016. Teller: The Fool Us has been on the air since the year of 2016. Hannigan is also Claire Clancy, an animated character from Fancy Nick (2018-2018). Hannigan is the sole child of Emilie (Posner) Haas (a real estate agent) and Alan Hannigan (a Teamsters worker). Hannigan's mother is Jewish and her father is Irish. At age four, Hannigan began appearing in commercials. She moved to Hollywood with her mom at the age of eleven old. Her father was an agent for casting in Santa Barbara while she was there. She auditioned. She went to California State University Northridge after high school. She was part of the Alpha Chi Omega fraternity in Northridge and received the degree of psychologist. Hannigan's first movie appearance was in the movie My Stepmother Is an Alien in 1988. Seth Green was also one of her co-stars. He was later her co-star in Buffy. Her first TV series role came in 1989 in which she was cast as an actress in the ABC sitcom Free Spirit. Hannigan is her How I Met Your Mother character, was just an teen when Hannigan became a babysitter for the children of Bob Saget. Hannigan was then picked to be the character Willow Rosenberg (Buffy Summers' best friend) in the tv show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show was awarded her famed national spotlight in 1997. She also cared for Bob Saget's family in How I Met Your Mom. Angel permitted her to play Willow's role in a couple of episodes.