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Keshia Knight Pulliam Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979) is an American actress. She is most recognized for her childhood role as Rudy Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Currently, she appears as reformed con artist Miranda Lucas-Payne on the TBS comedy-drama Tyler Perry's House of Payne. Personal life Keshia Knight Pulliam was born in Newark, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Denise and James Pulliam Sr, a manager.[1] She has 3 younger brothers. Pulliam attended Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, New Jersey. After The Cosby Show ended her family moved to Virginia, where Pulliam attended the Potomac School (McLean, Virginia) and Foxcrof…
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Bridgit Mendler Bridgit Claire Mendler[1] (born December 18, 1992)[2] is an American actress, singer, and musician. She is best known for her lead role as Teddy Duncan on the Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck Charlie and her recurring role as Juliet Van Heusen on Wizards of Waverly Place. Mendler was born in Washington, D.C. and moved with her family to the San Francisco area town of Mill Valley at age eight. It was there where she first expressed interest in acting and began working in plays.[3] She has a younger brother. She landed a San Francisco agent when she was 11 years old.[4] When she was thirteen, she began working in the Los Angeles market, signing with…
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Masiela Lusha Masiela Lusha (pronounced /ˌmɑːsiˈɛlə ˈluːʃə/; born October 23, 1985)[1] is an American author, actress and humanitarian. Born in Tirana, Albania, Lusha spent her childhood chiefly in Albania, Hungary and Austria. She studied ballet in Vienna, and then moved to Michigan in 1993, where she continued to train in various forms of dance.[2] After starring in local productions and television commercials in her childhood, Lusha and her family moved to Los Angeles at the suggestion of a Hollywood talent agent.[2] Lusha rose to fame when she portrayed the passionate and rebellious character, Carmen Lopez, on the globally syndicated Warner Brothers series,…
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Alyson Stoner Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993)[1] is an American actress, dancer and singer. Stoner is known for her roles in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (as Max), Cheaper By The Dozen (as Sarah Baker), Step Up (as Camille Gage), and Camp Rock (as Caitlyn Gellar). She has been a background dancer for several stars, such as Missy Elliott, Eminem, Outkast and Will Smith. She is also known as the voice of Isabella in the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb. Dancing After choreography training in Los Angeles, Stoner appeared as a background dancer in the music video for Missy Elliott's "Work It", "Gossip Folks", and "I'm Really Hot", and a background da…
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Caroline Sunshine Caroline Sunshine (born September 5, 1995) is an American actress. She has a recurring role as the flashy European exchange student Tinka Hessenheffer on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up! In 2006, Sunshine began going on professional auditions when she was 11 years old, and landed her first role in a commercial for Amazing Allysen the talking doll, as well as commercial work for Yoplait Go-Gurt, and Cap'n Crunch.[1][2][3] In 2010, Sunshine filmed her first pilot for the CBS sitcom, Team Spitz, starring Rob Riggle of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart as a high school coach and her father on the show.[2][5][6] Later that same year, she gai…
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Anna Belknap (born on May 22, 1972 in Damariscotta, Maine U.S.) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lindsay Monroe on CSI: NY. Personal life Belknap graduated from Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine, received her B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont, and a Masters in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater. Belknap is married to Eric Siegel, a colleague from the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company. They have two children: a daughter named Cassie (born on January 14, 2007) and a son named George (born on February 6, 2009).[1] During filming for the show CSI: NY, an episode describes her being bitten by a cobra. This event was used to reduce her …
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Gillian Jacobs Gillian Jacobs (born October 20th, 1982)[1] is an American film, theatre and television actress, best known for her role as Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series Community Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. She made her name locally at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. There she was a perennial contender in the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest, which led to her being cast as Titania in its production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[2] After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, Jacobs moved to New York City, New York, to study acting at The Juilliard School, where she wa…
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Troian Bellisario Troian Avery Bellisario (born October 28, 1985) is an American actress. She currently stars as Spencer Hastings in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars. Bellisario made her acting debut in 1988 film Last Rites at the age of 3.[1] From 1990 to 2007, She guest starred on Quantum Leap, Tequila and Bonetti, JAG, First Monday and NCIS, television series that were produced by her father Donald Bellisario. In 1998, she co-starred with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in the film Billboard Dad. Beginning in 2006, Bellisario began appearing in a number of independent short films namely, Unspoken, Archer House and Intersect. In November 2009, Bellisario was cas…
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zendaya coleman Zendaya (born Zendaya Janae Coleman; September 1, 1996) is an American actress. She stars as the aspiring young dancer Rocky Blue on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up!. Zendaya, which means "to give thanks" in Shona, was born "Zendaya Janae Coleman" on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, California.[1][2][3] She grew up as part of the California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California where her mother worked as the House Manager.[1][2][3] In addition to training at the theater's student conservatory program, and later performing in numerous stage productions, Zendaya helped her mother seat patrons and sell raffle tickets to benefit the theat…
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Bettina Zimmermann Bettina Zimmermann (* March 31 1975 in Großburgwedel in Hannover ) is a German actress . Zimmerman attended the Realschule Burgwedel. [1] Then she made in 1994 at the Leibniz-Gymnasium in Hannover her high school. [2] During her acting training in Hamburg, she was a model act. After working for commercials (including Vodafone and WMF ) in 1998, she received her first role in the theatrical production Fisimatenten . The actress is working for German TV productions of the private stations such as RTL and Sat.1 and for public service broadcasters such as ZDF . She was in several television dramas (eg, as Angélique in the historical film "The in…
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Anjelah Johnson Anjelah Nicole Johnson (born May 14, 1982) is an American actress, comedian, & former NFL cheerleader. Johnson is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv during its 13th Season. Her characters include a rude flight attendant named Bon Qui Qui and a Vietnamese nail salon employee Johnson was born and raised in San Jose, California in a devout Christian family.[1] She is of Mexican-American and Native American descent.[2] After three years of college Johnson moved to Los Angeles to pursue an entertainment career. She subsequently became a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders. As a member of the…
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Jennifer Freeman Jennifer Nicole Freeman (born October 20, 1985) is an American actress. Often credited as Jennifer N. Freeman. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Freeman is best known for playing the role of Claire Kyle in the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids.[1][2] She has also made guest appearances on television (such as the shows 7th Heaven, Switched, One on One, and The OC). She is a spokesmodel for the Neutrogena skin care products company. Jennifer's television credits include My Wife and Kids, 7th Heaven,All That, Lizzie McGuire, Disney's Even Stevens and Disney movie Surfers. Her movie credits include feature roles in Johnson Family Vacation, You Got Served[…
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Sheridan Smith Sheridan Smith (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress and singer who is best known for her contributions to British sitcoms Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Gavin & Stacey and Benidorm. She has also become a recognised face within West End theatre who has appeared in musicals Little Shop of Horrors and Legally Blonde. She won the 2011 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in Legally Blonde From 1999 to 2000, Smith played Emma, the girlfriend of Antony (Ralf Little) in The Royle Family, but has not appeared in later episodes; she has also played Janet in the long running series Two Pints of Lager and a Packet o…
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Busy Philipps Elizabeth Jean Philipps (born June 25, 1979), known professionally as Busy Philipps, is an American film actress, perhaps best known for her supporting roles on the television series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek. She has also performed significant roles in films like The Smokers (2000), as Karen Carter, the drama film Home Room (2002) as Alicia Browning, she appeared in White Chicks (2004), played a supporting role in Made of Honor (2008) and appeared in He's Just Not That Into You (2009), starring Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore. Currently, she plays Laurie Keller in the television series Cougar Town. Philipps worked the toy-f…
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Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is an English actress and former model. She is perhaps best known for playing Mia Bennett in the BBC's Doctor Who The Waters of Mars with David Tennant and Lindsay Duncan and Soo Lin in Sherlock, the modern day adaptation of Sherlock Holmes for BBC One with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. She currently stars as Charlotte in season 4 of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. In 2010 she was seen in the World War II drama Shanghai directed by Mikael Hafstrom, alongside John Cusack, Chow Yun-fat and Gong Li. She can also be seen in the BAFTA nominated psychological thriller Exam directed by Stuart Hazeldine, alongside Jimi Mistry, Colin Salm…
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Genevieve Cortese Genevieve Nicole Padalecki (née Cortese) (born January 8, 1981) is an American actress known for her breakout role on the television series Wildfire as Kris Furillo. She is also known for her recurring role in Supernatural as Ruby. She married Supernatural star Jared Padalecki in 2010 She is of Italian, French and Flemish descent. She grew up in Sun Valley, Idaho. Before making her television debut as Kris Furillo, Genevieve was known as an experienced stage actress. She has performed in regional productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Crimes of the Heart, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. A graduat…
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Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut. After successful appearances on The Garry Moore Show, Carol moved to Los Angeles and began an eleven-year run on The Carol Burnett Show which was aired on CBS television from 1967 to 1978. With roots in vaudeville, The Carol Burnett Show was a variety show which combined comedy sketches, song, and dance. The comedy sketches ranged from film parodies to character pieces. Burnett created many endearing characters during the show's television run. Early life Burn…
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Christian Serratos Christian Marie Serratos (born September 21, 1990) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for portraying Angela Weber in Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse, which are based on the best-selling Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer. She is also known for playing Suzie Crabgrass in the Nickelodeon TV series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. Her TV credits include a recurring role as Suzie Crabgrass on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Zoey 101, and a 7th Heaven episode called "Broken Hearts and Promises." . She portrayed Angela Weber in the movie Twilight. Serratos reprised her role as Angela Weber in Twilig…
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Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman; March 1, 1954) is an American actress. She is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and Margo Dutton in African Skies. Bach's professional debut was as one of the children in a production of The Sound of Music. Bach's first screen appearance was in the Burt Lancaster murder mystery, The Midnight Man, shot in Upstate South Carolina in 1973, in which she played the murdered coed, Natalie Claiburn. Her next role was Melody in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. She heard about the audition for The Dukes of Hazzard through her husband. When she arrived there, she found the producers were look…
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Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She is known for her roles as Alexandra "Alex" Owens in the 1983 film Flashdance, and as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word. She earned an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the former. She has appeared in more than 50 films. Early life Beals was born on the southside of Chicago, the daughter of Jeanne, an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Beals, who owned a grocery store. She is biracial as her father was African-American and her mother is Irish American. She has two brothers, Bobby and Gregory. Her father died when Beals was nine years o…
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Cassandra Peterson Date of Birth: September 17,1951 Place of Birth: Manhattan,Kansas,U.S. Actress and TV hostess Height: 1.70cm All Movie: 66 Cassandra Peterson is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror hostess character Elvira,Mistress of the Dark.She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black,gothic,cleavage-enhancing gown as host of Movie Macabre,a weekly horror movie presentation.Her wickedly vampish appearance is offset by her comical character,quirky/quick-witted personality,and valley girl-type speech. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_Macabre...:_Movie_Macabre http://www.elvira.com
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Emma Pierson Date of Birth: 30 April,1981 Place of Birth: Plymouth,Devon,England Height: 1.60cm All Movie: 31 Emma Jane Pierson ,better known as Emma Pierson,is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Anna Thornton - Wilton in the BBC television drama 'Hotel Babylon'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Pierson
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Angelique Boyer Angelique Boyer (born July 4, 1988) is a French-born Mexican actress, model and singer. She is best known for her roles in the Mexican television series Rebelde, Corazón Salvaje and Teresa.Biography Boyer was born in Saint-Claude, Jura, France.[1] In 1988, Boyer's family moved to Mexico. At a very young age, she became a member of the musical group Rabanitos Verdes (Little Green Radishes). Later, she continued on with a dream of becoming an actress. At the age of fourteen she enrolled in the Centro de Educación Artística. [edit] Career Boyer was cast in the Mexican television series Rebelde, which became popular throughout Latin America. In the program…
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Ivonne Montero Ivonne Montero (born Ivonne Garcia Macedo Montero on April 25, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actress and model best known for her leading role in ¡Anita, no te rajes! (Anita don't Give Up!) in 2004. She has portrayed various other roles in telenovelas, and has appeared in several serials, including Rosalinda, Las vías del amor, Decisiones, and El Juego de la Vida. She plays the struggling single mom Maité Contreras in Telemundo's Sin Vergüenza. In 2008, she appeared in the Sci-Fi Original, The Wild Reporter. In May 2008 she posed nude for the men's magazine H Extremo the uncensored version of H. In October 2008 she returned to Mexico to star alon…
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