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Taylor Russell was born on 18 July 1994 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and director, known for Bones and All (2022), Waves (2019) and The Heart Still Hums (2020).- Actress
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Ellen Wong was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Her first role was on the award winning television series "This Is Wonderland". She is best known for her role as Knives Chau in "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World", starring alongside Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Schwartzman. She auditioned against many hopefuls through an international talent search to fill the role of Knives Chau. Edgar Wright wanted to work with Ellen as she was able to showcase herself as a unique actress, with the ability to also take on intense fight choreography. During training for "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World", the on-set trainer nicknamed Ellen, The Ellen-nator.- Actress
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Zazie Beetz (born c. 1991) is a German-American actress known for the role of Vanessa on Atlanta (2016), as well as for starring in Deadpool 2 (2018), Joker (2019), and Nine Days (2020).
Born in Berlin to a German father and an African-American mother, Beetz was raised in New York speaking both German and English at home. Performing in community theaters and local stages since childhood, Zazie found her joy in grade school and grew up acting. She attended LaGuardia Arts High school, where she continued to engage her love for performing arts, but decided to not pursue a conservatory program afterward. Instead, she went to Skidmore College, where she received a bachelor's degree in French. Beetz currently resides in her hometown, New York.- Actress
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Ciara Renee (born 19 October 1990), is a NYC actress, model, singer and dancer. Renée replaced Patina Miller in the Tony-Award winning Broadway revival of Pippin as Leading Player. She also appeared in Big Fish on Broadway, as The Witch, as well as regional productions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Broadway workshops of Hamilton and Bull Durham. Highly active in the New York City concert circuit, Renée often plays Joe's Pub, 54 Below, Le Poisson Rouge, and Highline Ballroom.- Jessica Parker Kennedy is a Canadian actress of film and television. Born in Calgary, Alberta her first string of screen work began with the television film, Santa Baby (2006), as Lucy the Elf, a role she reprises in the television film sequel, Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009). With a repertoire of television credits, Jessica's continuing work ties with series such as V (2009), Undercovers (2010) and Smallville (2001). She made several supporting role appearances in television-made features, including Behemoth (2011) and Collision Earth (2011). Jessica has also appeared in high-profile movies, such as the biographical comedy 50/50 (2011), starring rising stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick. She also had a role in the action film, In Time (2011), starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. Jessica is best known for her roles on Smallville and, more recently, on the supernatural drama, The Secret Circle (2011), as "Melissa". Jessica can be seen in the hit STARZ show, Black Sails (2014), and will be appearing in The Perfect Guy (2015) with Michael Ealy (2015). Jessica Parker Kennedy is also a trained singer and splits her time between Vancouver and Los Angeles.
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In 2023 Bethany was nominated for two Leo Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for her work in A Christmas to Savour, and the other for Best Performance in an Animation Series for her work in Peacock's animated series The Supernatural Academy. She was also asked to co-host the event. In 2022 Bethany won Best Supporting Actress in the Paris Short Film Festival and Best Actor in the Symbiotic Film Festival and IndieX Film Festival along with 7 other awards for her work in the short film Gnaw. She was nominated for a UBCP/ACTRA Award for Best Voice for her work in Peacock's animated series Supernatural Academy. She was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Television Movie for her work in the Hallmark production of Journey of My Heart. In 2021 Bethany was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance By a Female in a Dramatic Series for her work in the Imagine/ Nickelodeon production of The Astronauts (2020-2021). She was also nominated for Jessie Award in 2020 for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in the stage production of 'Disgraced' by Ayad Akhtar.
Born in Burnaby BC, Bethany grew up in the Okanagan on a 100 acre farm milking cows, collecting eggs, riding horses, husking corn, and churning butter. She attended Classical Musical School from the age of 3 becoming a multi-award winning professional violinist by the age of 9. She continues to play multiple instruments and sing on multiple projects and in 2021 was nominated into the large pool for Grammy and Juno nominated singers for her work in children's music project The Treebees (2021-2022 with over 10 million views per episode on Youtube), which she has gone on to direct. She moved to Vancouver at the age of 17 to play collegiate soccer in the NAIA (Simon Fraser University). When a foot injury ended her soccer career Bethany returned to her passion for the arts focusing her efforts on acting.- Actress
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Bernadette Saquibal is known for Cruel & Unusual (2014), Starship Patrol (2020) and The Flash (2014).- Actress
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Nadeen Lightbody is a film, television and voice over actor born in Toronto, Canada to parents of Jamaican decent.
Nadeen's first role was that of Shyanne in the 2007 series, "The Kink in My Hair." She then went on to co-star on Discovery Channel's "Natural Born Dealers" where she appeared as herself. This show, classified as a documentary, also aired on Planet Green. Following Natural Born Dealers, Nadeen was featured in a short film called "Avalanche," where she played Janice, a middle-aged mother, wife and homemaker extremely concerned for her son. This short film premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival in 2014. Directed by Thyrone Tommy, the film was picked up by several other festivals including Toronto's Reelworld Film Festival in 2015.
More than a film and television actor, Nadeen is the voice behind Amphibia, a much loved sea-creature character in The Cartoon Network's "Monster Beach." Monster Beach is airing in Australia and Asia with dates soon to be announced in North America.- Rhianna Jagpal was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1995. Post secondary, her passion for acting became even more serious as she then moved to LA where she attended The New York Film Academy and enrolled in their intensive acting programs. Performing has been a huge part of Rhianna's life since she was very little and she looks forward to all the experiences that are ahead of her.
- Chantal Bui Viet is known for Teeth and Blood (2015), Amanda & The Guardian (2011) and The Flash (2014).
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Georgina Campbell was born in Maidstone, Kent, England. Georgina is an actor and producer, known for Barbarian (2022), Black Mirror (2011) and Bird Box: Barcelona (2023).- Actress
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Named for the Zulu and Xhosa word for "power," Amandla was born in Los Angeles, California, to Karen Brailsford, a writer, and Tom Stenberg, a businessman. Her mother is African-American and her father is Danish (and of part Inuit-Greenlandic ancestry).
In the summer and fall of 2010, she shot her first feature, Colombiana (2011), an action-thriller starring Zoe Saldana whose character, the avenging assassin Cataleya Restrepo, Amandla plays as a child. In April 2011, Lionsgate announced that Amandla had landed the role of Rue in the screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' popular young adult series, The Hunger Games (2012). For her heart-breaking performance, Amandla earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. She also won (with Jennifer Lawrence) a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Chemistry.
Amandla starred in the recurring role of Macey, the daughter of Captain Frank Irving (Orlando Jones), on season one of Fox's Sleepy Hollow (2013). In the summer of 2015, Amandla played series regular Halle Foster on Mr. Robinson (2015) opposite Craig Robinson. She made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the teen angst drama As You Are (2016) which won a Special Jury prize. Amandla appears in several sequences in the visual album Lemonade (2016). In March 2016 Fox 2000 won a heated bidding war for Angela Thomas' debut novel, The Hate U Give (2018) with Amandla attached to star. The actor also nabbed lead roles in the YA adaptation Everything, Everything (2017); the Amma Asante World War II drama, Where Hands Touch (2018); and in the film adaptation of The Darkest Minds (2018) series by Alexandra Bracken.
In May 2019 it was announced that Amandla would appear in the Netflix series The Eddy (2020) opposite André Holland (Moonlight (2016)). Damien Chazelle serves as executive producer of the Paris-set show.
In addition to on-camera jobs, Amandla put her sensitive ear to work in voice-over gigs for both film and television. She lent her voice to Rio 2 (2014) in the role of Bia, a high-flying feathery spawn of Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and Jewel (Anne Hathaway). A gifted musician, Amandla plays the violin, drums and guitar. In 2013 she began performing on the violin and singing harmonies at LA venues with singer/songwriter Zander Hawley. The folk-rock duo, known as Honeywater, released their first EP in August 2015 and a second in November 2016. Amandla's cover of Mac DeMarco's "Let My Baby Stay" is featured on the Everything, Everything soundtrack and in the closing credits. She appears in and directed the accompanying video. For the soundtrack of The Hate U Give (2018) Amandla wrote and sings "Always."
When she's not making music, Amandla is making noise on social media. She was declared "one of the most incendiary voices of her generation" by Dazed magazine, which featured Amandla on the cover of its Autumn 2015 issue. Amandla helped catapult the topic of cultural appropriation into public discourse when she posted her school project video, "Don't Cash Crop My Cornrows," onto her Tumblr in 2014. Oprah Winfrey took note of her activism and invited Amandla to give a talk ("My Authenticity Is My Activism") for SuperSoul Sessions Series 2 at UCLA's Royce Hall in April 2016. Highlights were featured on Super Soul Sunday (2011). "Black Girls Rock!" (2016)_ Inc honored Amandla with the Young, Gifted and Black award and she is also the winner of the "BET Awards 2016" (2016)_ YoungStars award. The Ms. Foundation for Women named Amandla, along with Rowan Blanchard "Feminist Celebrity of the Year" in 2016.
In 2016, the young actor-activist came out as non-binary on her Tumblr blog.
The actor-activist landed a spot on Time magazine's list of the 30 Most Influential Teens in 2015 and 2016; was declared one of W Magazine's Royals in 2017; and was the featured call-out in Forbes 30 Under 30, also in 2017. Amandla made her American magazine cover debut with Teen Vogue's February 2016 issue for which she co-directed a trio of videos about black women. For her second Teen Vogue cover - the Icons issue in September 2017 - Amandla wrote and directed a meditation video. Time magazine put her on its cover in 2018, making her a Next Generation Leader honoree.
With Stranger Comics' Sebastian Jones, Amandla wrote the comic books "Niobe: She is Life" and "Niobe: She is Death." An ambassador for No Kid Hungry, Amandla also supports the Ubuntu Education Fund, which nurtures children "from cradle to career" in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.- Actress
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Anjali Patil (born 26 September 1987) is an international film and theater actress. She has earned rave reviews for her work in Delhi in a Day, Chakravyuh and Sri Lankan film With You Without You. She received the Silver Peacock Award for Best Actress at International Film Festival of India in Goa in November 2012 for With You Without You.In 2013, she was starred in the Telugu film, Na Bangaaru Talli for which she has received the National Film Award - Special Mention.
Patil was born in Mahrsahtra,India. Patil attended a local high school and by age 14, she had decided to pursue acting as her career. She persuaded her parents to send her to Center for Performing Arts at University of Pune. In June 2007, she earned Bachelor's Degree in Arts with a gold medal for her excellence. Later that year, Patil was chosen to pursue Masters in Theater Design at National School of Drama in New Delhi.
Patil is trained in various indian martial arts/ dance forms like Kalari, Chhau and Thang-Ta. She is also trained in Indian classical dance form,Kathak but has shifted her focus to contemporary body works.- Actress
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Christina Jackson was born on 14 July 1987 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Night House (2020), Devotion (2022) and Deception (2013).- Actress
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Sofia Hublitz is an American actress. She appeared with Jason Bateman and Laura Linney as their daughter, in the American television series Ozark. Sofia Hublitz made her debut television appearance in 2013, where she was one of the contestants on MasterChef Junior, finishing in 8th place. Despite only being on the show for three episodes, she became popular with viewers.
In 2014, Hublitz landed the role of Danielle Hoffman in two episodes of the American television series Louie. She followed this in 2016 with an appearance as the "Young" Sylvia in a single episode of the American television series Horace and Pete. In 2017, Hublitz landed her first major role as Charlotte Byrde, the daughter of financial planner Marty Byrde played by Jason Bateman, and mom played by Laura Linney, in the American television series Ozark, where the family from Chicago find themselves involved in business with a large Mexican drug cartel. Hublitz also acts alongside co-stars Julia Garner and Skylar Gaertner. In 2016, Hublitz signed up with the United Talent Agency (UTA).- Emily Tosta was born on 26 March 1998 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She is an actress, known for Mayans M.C. (2018), Party of Five (2020) and Willy's Wonderland (2021).
- Elizabeth Grullon is a first generation American, born in Queens, NY to Dominican parents. Her mother is a school teacher and her father is a postal worker. She is the youngest of 3 children. She is an actress known for Scandal, The Catch and Criminal Minds as well as a voice actor known for Cartoon Network's Close Enough.
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Nayeli Esparza is known for The Tax Collector (2020), The Kominsky Method (2018) and S.W.A.T. (2017).- Actress
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Anna Diop is a Senegalese-American actress.
Diop was born in Senegal, but moved to United States when she was six. In 2006, she made her television debut, appearing on Everybody Hates Chris. In the following years, she guest starred on Lincoln Heights, Whitney, and Touch. In film, Diop had a role opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Moment (2013). In 2015, Diop starred as Rose Arvale in the short-lived The CW supernatural drama series, The Messengers. Later that year, she appeared in the ABC thriller series Quantico and was cast in a recurring role on the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. In 2016, Diop was cast as a series regular in the Fox series 24: Legacy opposite Corey Hawkins and Miranda Otto. In 2017, Diop was cast as the alien super-heroine Kory Anders / Starfire in the DC Universe superhero series Titans, which premiered in October 2018.- Actress
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Caroline Chikezie was born in London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Æon Flux (2005), Eragon (2006) and The Double Deal (2014).- Bahia Watson was born in Carman, Manitoba, Canada. She grew up in Winnipeg. An actress, artist and storyteller when she is not on stage or in front of the cameras, Bahia is always writing as well as always imagining. A selection of her stage credits include playing the young princess Elizabeth in "The Virgin Trial" and Bess in "The Last Wife" at Stratford and at Soulpepper. In addition, she was in the casts of "The Seagull" and "Someone Else", both at the Crow's Theatre/Company Theatre, "The Penelopiad" at the Nightwood Theatre, DISS at Mixed Company, and "A Raisin in the Sun" at Soulpepper. Her films and television credits include The Handmaid's Tale (MGM), Saving Hope (CTV), "Flush", Remedy (Global), and Star Trek: Discovery (CBS). She won a Dora Award for Outstanding Performance Ensemble for her work in The Penelopiad; the RBC Footprint Award, presented by Obsidian Theatre. She was the playwright behind "The Numbers Game" at the Storefront Theatre/Pulp Collective and "pomme" is French for apple for Paul Watson Productions. She played Brianna in eleven episodes of the television series "The Handmaid's Tale" and plays May in the series "Star Trek: Discovery" which is shot in Toronto.
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Tinashe was born on 6 February 1993 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Masked and Anonymous (2003), Out of Jimmy's Head (2007) and Two and a Half Men (2003).- Actress
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Diane Guerrero (born July 21, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Maritza Ramos on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Lina on Jane the Virgin. Among her other roles was a recurring role on Are We There Yet? Guerrero grew up in Boston and remained there after the rest of her family was deported to Colombia. She is an advocate for immigration reform. Her role on Orange Is the New Black has twice contributed to wins for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Guerrero was born in New Jersey to Colombian parents and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. As the only member of her immediate family with United States citizenship (by virtue of being born in the country), she remained in the U.S. when her parents and older brother were deported back to Colombia when she was 14. Her parents had pursued legal citizenship, but had been fraudulently represented. Guerrero's niece, who also grew up without a strong family support system, later served time in jail.
Guerrero was raised in the Jamaica Plain and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston after being taken in by other Colombian families. She has had an interest in acting since a young age and took advantage of free opportunities in the neighborhood or at school. Then she attended Boston Arts Academy, a performing arts high school, where she was in the music department. Among her high school activities was singing with a jazz group, but she anticipated pursuing political science and communications in college. In 2010, she appeared in the Faces music video that was shot in Norwood, Massachusetts for Louie Bello. Her first job after college was in a law office. At age 24, she decided to pursue a career in acting. In 2011, she moved to New York City and studied acting at the Susan Batson Studios where she met her manager Josh Taylor. Guerrero's life experience compels her to advocate for immigration reform and is an influence that she draws upon in her acting.
She auditioned for a role on Devious Maids, but was cast in Orange is the New Black, where she plays a Bronx-bred character that is Colombian. For season 2, she was part of the cast that earned recognition for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards. The cast earned recognition for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series again at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has had a recurring role on Are We There Yet?.
In 2014, she appeared in Emoticon ;), a comedy about a May-December romance in which her character's father is involved with a doctoral candidate. Her performance in this film as Amanda ("Mandy") Nevins, an adopted teenage child, elicited positive criticism such as a description of a "well-drawn smaller moment" that was "beautifully rendered" according to Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter and a performance that "command sympathy" according to Inkoo Kang of the Los Angeles Times.
One of her upcoming roles is as an 1800s Cuban confederate spy, loosely based on the life of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, for Peter and John. She was cast in The CW's series Jane the Virgin in a recurring role. In February 2015, Guerrero was cast as the female lead in CBS' television pilot for Super Clyde, but the show was not picked up for series when CBS announced its fall schedule in May. Guerrero has upcoming film roles in Happy Yummy Chicken, Beyond Control and The Godmother.
In 2016, Guerrero released In the Country We Love: My Family Divided a memoir about her parents being detained and deported when she was fourteen. The book's written with Michelle Burford and published by Henry Holt and Co.- Actress
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Golshifteh started her acting career in theater at the age of 6 and has always kept a strong link with theater, but it was at the age of 14 that she acted in her first film The Pear Tree (1998), for which she won the prize for the Best Actress from the international section of the Fajr film festival, immediately making her one of the stars of Iranian cinema. Since then she has played in more than 15 films, many of which have been screened or awarded at international festivals. Amongst her latest films are Bahman Ghobadi's Half Moon (2006) (winner of the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastián film festival 2006), Dariush Mehrjui's controversial The Music Man (2007), still banned in Iran, and the late Rasool Mollagholi Poor's M like Mother (2006), which after a huge success in Iran was chosen to represent Iran for the Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards in 2008. After playing in Body of Lies (2008) by Ridley Scott, Golshifteh became the first Iranian star to act in a major Hollywood production. Subsequently she was banned from her country. Her last film in Iran About Elly (2009) won a Silver Bear in Berlin and the Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca (2009). Golshifteh graduated from music school, she sings and plays the piano amongst other instruments. She is also fluent in French and English and lives in Paris now.- Actress
Diana Toshiko is known for Starborn, The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022) and ABC Discovers: Los Angeles Talent Showcase (2020).- Shalyn Ferdinand, or Shay for short, is a Canadian-born actress known for her roles on The Midnight Club (2022), Resident Alien (2022), The Good Doctor (2021), Motherland: Fort Salem (2020), The Twilight Zone (2019), See (2019), The Inbetween (2019), Batwoman (2019), The Chronicle Mysteries (2019), and Mother on the Brink (2019).
- Born and raised in Vancouver, Khamisa found her love for performing through musical theatre as a teen, and has since established herself as a sought-after actress, model, & singer/songwriter in the Canadian market.
Some of Khamisa's notable network credits include her recurring roles on CW's Charmed and Netflix's Wu Assassins, and she can also be found on hit shows such as Firefly Lane, The Flash, The Twilight Zone & Supergirl. She got her start on the big screen starring alongside Valter Skarsgård in horror flick Funhouse and is proud to be on the cast of Polaris, a dystopian fantasy thriller shot in the Canadian Arctic, in the role of Frozen Girl. Most recently, Khamisa shot a supporting lead on A Royal Run Away Romance (Hallmark) and will appear on season two of AppleTV+'s musical parody, Schmigadoon!
Aside from acting, Khamisa has modelled for brands such as Native Shoes, Londre Bodywear, Bahhgoose, KSLAM Clothing & Forever Yours Lingerie. She also showcases her musical talents by performing all around Vancouver and you can find her debut single "One More Time" on Spotify & Apple Music. - Amara was born to Sri Lankan parents who had moved to England from Zambia to further her father's work opportunities. She went to the Wimbledon High School and, although she enjoyed drama, she regarded acting as a risky profession and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University, graduating with a 2:1 degree. She then spent two years working in the City of London dealing in mergers and acquisitions. Whilst at Oxford she had directed and appeared in plays and finally decided to go to drama school. Within a month of graduation she was auditioning for Wes Anderson's film 'The Darjeeling Limited'.
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Diarra Kilpatrick is known for American Koko (2017), The Twilight Zone (2019) and The Last O.G. (2018). She has been married to Miles Orion Feldsott since 11 April 2015.- Actress
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Hana is a Canadian actress of middle-eastern descent. Although she was raised in Ontario, her love of all things film brought her to Hollywood North at a young age. She studied film and acting at Toronto Film School and continued learning at various BC schools. She is known for her passion for art and her desire to always work hard and do her best.- Actress
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Milaina is a dancer and actress originally from Calgary, Alberta and moved to Vancouver, BC after high school to pursue a career in film and television. She has been dancing for 18+ years training in many styles including Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz Funk. As well as dance training Milaina is constantly taking acting classes to hone in on her craft and grow in the industry.
Milaina has had opportunities to work on many sets from networks such as Disney, SyFy, NBC, Freeform and CW to name a few. Milaina has been a TV series lead on family channel's The Next Step and an actor role on Freeform's Motherland, as well as a dancer in Descendants 3, Riverdale and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.
Milaina has been fortunate to travel international and perform. She performed on several Greek islands, she has performed for Harlem Globe Trotters, the Briar Cup, Continental Cup, Sharing Dance, WE Day, BMW's Cabriolet Gala and Family Channel's Big Ticket Summer Concert.
Along with being a dancer and actor, Milaina also loves sharing her passion for dance and teaches throughout BC and travels across Canada teaching and adjudicating a variety of styles to a mix of levels.- Actress
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Canadian-born actor Katie Findlay received rave reviews in 2017 for their work as "Lucy" opposite Jay Baruchel in the final season of FXX's critically-acclaimed comedy series Man Seeking Woman (2015).
Television audiences may also know Findlay as "Rebecca" from the first season of How to Get Away with Murder (2014) or their previous starring role of "Maggie Landers" on the CW's The Carrie Diaries (2013). They first garnered attention in 2011 as "Rosie Larsen" in the AMC series The Killing (2011), and was used as the face of the marketing campaign for the show's breakthrough first season. They have guest starred on multiple television shows, including the CBS All Access's re-imagined The Twilight Zone (2019), co-developed and narrated by Jordan Peele.
They're always happy to find musical projects, and appeared as "Rizzo" in a limited engagement production of the musical Grease, hosted at Toronto's historic Winter Garden Theatre in the winter of 2018. They also starred in Lost Generation, a musical project for digital platform Go90 with music and lyrics written by Grammy and Tony award-winning composer Duncan Sheik.- Actress
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Jaymee Mak is a Vancouver-based actor, filmmaker and marathon runner.
In 2020, she released "It's Not You, It's Not Me.", a groundbreaking film about an asexual man (Lee Shorten from Man in the High Castle & AMC's The Terror) and sexual woman (Jaymee Mak from Supergirl), and their struggle to reconcile their different needs with their love for each other.
In 2019, she won Best Film and Best Actress at Vancouver's Run N' Gun: Vancouver's 48-hour filmmaking competition, with her dramatic revenge film, "DeLISHH."
Jaymee is a Senior Producer at Brace Yourself Games, an independent game studio best known as the creators of Crypt of the NecroDancer.- Actress
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China Shavers was born on 16 June 1977. She is an actress and producer, known for Not Another Teen Movie (2001), The Glass House (2001) and Beginners (2010).- Actor
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Teya Wild is no stranger to the limelight. As a child, Teya was introduced to the entertainment industry through a love for acting. As a youth, she worked on the projects Head Over Heels, A Storm In Summer, The Outer Limits, Radio Disney, Kohl's Clothing, AmSouth, Kodak, and Crystal Light.
While working in film, television and commercials, Teya started training in dance, and it quickly became a passion. She began a professional dance career at a young age and as a passionate learner, she used every opportunity as a means to better herself and her craft. Teya's expertise includes a wide variety of styles such as, hip hop, foundations (popping, locking, house, breaking), jazz, lyrical, theatre, contemporary, tap, and pointe. Teya is also a R.A.D. ballet honours graduate.
Teya's hard work and drive has led to many opportunities worldwide. Credits include Hailee Steinfeld (US Tour), Taylor Swift, Laura Marano (Asst Choreographer), PSY (MMVAs), and Victoria Duffield (Western Canada Tour). Her extensive film and television credits include Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC), Work It, The Christmas Chronicles 2, Julie And The Phantoms (Netflix), Descendants 2 and 3 (Disney), Riverdale, DC's Legends of Tomorrow (CW), and The Twilight Zone (CBS). Feature films include Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Step Up 5: All In, Centre Stage 2: Turn It Up, and Spectacular! Teya has also graced the stages of The American Music Awards, The Grammy Awards, and was a finalist in So You Think You Can Dance Canada in season 4.
Teya is a judge and adjudicator for competitions across North America. She has toured all over Canada and the US teaching the history of hip hop. She is known for pushing her dancers to new heights and teaching them the skills and importance of being a well-rounded dancer and performer.
Teya splits her time between Los Angeles, California and Vancouver, BC. Since obtaining her O-1 visa and moving to LA, she has been fortunate enough to work closely with leading industry choreographers Luther Brown, Kenny Ortega, Christopher Scott, Aakomon Jones, Jamal Sims, Draico Johnson, Nappytabs, Rosero McCoy, Teresa Espinosa, Tony Testa, and Keone & Mari.- Artrece Johnson is known for A Thousand and One (2023), P-Valley (2020) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
- Elarica Johnson was born in London, England. A British Actress, known for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) A Discovery of Witches (2018) and P-Valley US series with Starz (2020). Elarica began her career in her teens, landing her first role in the Harry Potter franchise.
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Naomi Ackie was born on 22 August 1991 in Camden, London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Lady Macbeth (2016), Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022).- Actress
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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to learn Spanish. She read film studies at Hampshire College, Massachusetts and, after working as a production assistant on several films, graduated from the Yale School of Drama's acting program. In 2013, she impressed cinema audiences in her film debut, as brutalized slave Patsey in acclaimed director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013). She was also the lead in MTV's award-winning drama series, Shuga (2009), appeared in the thriller Non-Stop (2014) and had roles in the big-budget films Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and The Jungle Book (2016).
Lupita's stage credits include playing "Perdita" in "The Winter's Tale", (Yale Repertory Theater), "Sonya" in "Uncle Vanya", "Katherine" in "The Taming of the Shrew", as well as being in the original production of Michael Mitnick's "Elijah".
Lupita played the female lead, Nakia, in the 2018 superhero film Black Panther (2018).- Actress
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Yadira Guevara-Prip was born on 22 May 1995. She is an actress and producer, known for See (2019), Supernatural (2005) and Star Trek: Discovery (2017).- Actress
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Cassandra Naud (SHE/HER), a queer Canadian actor, dancer and entrepreneur known for her role of CW in Influencer (Shudder). She is the second eldest of four children; two boys and two girls. She left her hometown of Fort McMurray, Alberta at the age of 19 and headed straight to Hollywood where she tackled her endeavors head on. After receiving her Bachelors of Fine Arts and a couple solid dance credits she decided to relocate to Vancouver where she began acting. She made her television debut as Fiona in Snowpiercer (TBS/Netflix), followed by recurring roles in "See" (Apple TV) and "The Good Doctor" (ABC).
Alongside her acting career Cassandra co-Founded Somedays. A queer owned mission driven brand helping people manage menstrual pain through innovative products, health literacy and community advocacy. They've made their mark with their viral campaign entitled "People Have Periods" which celebrates queer and trans folks by including them in everything Somedays.
Inclusion is something that Cassandra is passionate about. Having faced adversity herself she fully understands the power of media and the important part it plays in today's society. The narrative around "beauty" has changed drastically these past few years, and she feels unbelievably lucky to be a part of it.- Actress
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Nesta Cooper was born on 11 December 1993 in Mississauga, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Bliss (2021), The Edge of Seventeen (2016) and #Realityhigh (2017).- Actress
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Sophie Okonedo is a British actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Tatiana Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda (2004).
Okonedo was born within London in 1968. Her parents were Henry Okonedo (1939-2009) and Joan Allman. Her father was British Nigerian employed as a government worker. Her mother was a British Jew employed as a Pilates teacher. Sophie's maternal grandparents were Yiddish-speaking emigrants to the United Kingdom, one from Poland and the other from Russia.
Henry Okonedo abandoned his family around 1973, when Sophie was 5. Joan raised her daughter as a single mother in the Chalkhill Estate, a large council estate within the Wembley Park district of the London Borough of Brent. The Chalkhill Estate consisted of "about 1900 houses and flats" and was located at a short distance from the Wembley Stadium. The Chalkhill Estate was often vandalized by football hooligans during during the 1970s and suffered from high crime rates from the 1970s to the 1990s. The Estate's buildings were eventually demolished in 2000.
Sophie was raised as a practicing Jew, and always had access to books despite her family's relative poverty. She chose to follow acting as a profession, and was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, one of the oldest and most prestigious drama schools in the United Kingdom.
Okonedo made her film debut at 23, in the coming-of-age film "Young Soul Rebels" (1991). The film was a historical fiction work, examining the youth culture of London in the late 1970s, and the interactions between different culture movements: the skinheads, the punks, and the soul-boys. Sophie Okonedo played Tracy, the girlfriend of the main character Chris (Valentine Nonyela).
In 1995, Okonedo gained the role of Moira Levitt in the first season of the prison drama "The Governor" (1995-1996). The series primarily concerned the lives of a prison's staff members. Also in 1995, Okonedo played the role of the Wachati Princess, Ace Ventura's love interest in the comedy film "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls". In the film, the virgin princess of an African tribe has been engaged to a heir from another tribe, but disagrees with the arranged marriage and attempts to seduce pet detective Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) instead. Ace has recently become a Buddhist monk and has taken an oath of celibacy, but feels tempted by the offer.
From 1996 to 1997, Okonedo played the main role of Kelly Booth in the medical drama series "Staying Alive". In 2000, Okonedo played a main role in the legal drama mini-series "In Defence". While originally planned to be a multi-season television series, the series was cut short due to poor ratings.
In 2000, Okonedo co-stared in the dramatic television film "Never Never". She was nominated for a "Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor - Female", for her role in the film. In 2002, Okonedo played the role of the prostitute Juliette in the social thriller film "Dirty Pretty Things", which depicted the lives of impoverished immigrants in London.
In 2003, Okonedo voiced the role of Alison Cheney in the flash-animated series "Scream of the Shalka", a spin-off of "Doctor Who". In the series, Alison is a barmaid at a Lancashire village who becomes the newest time-traveling companion of the Doctor (played by Richard E. Grant). Alison also befriends the Master (played by Derek Jacobi), an arch-enemy-turned-assistant of the Doctor who is permanently trapped within the time machine known as the Tardis.
In 2004, 36-year-old Okonedo had her breakthrough role as the co-star of the historical drama film "Hotel Rwanda", depicting the Rwandan genocide (1994). Okonedo played the historical figure Tatiana Rusesabagina (1958-), a professional nurse from the Tutsi ethnic group who helped over a 1000 individuals to escape the massacre. Okonedo won a Black Reel Award for Best Actress for her role. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but the Award for that year was won by rival actress Cate Blanchett (1969-).
In 2005, Okonedo had the role of Sithandra in the science fiction film "Æon Flux". The film was set in the 25th century, within the fictional city-state of Bregna. The characters Æon Flux (played by Charlize Theron) and Sithandra are female assassins, tasked with assassinating Trevor Goodchild, the local head-of-state. But in the process, Æon finds out that the city-state's main rebel-organization is actually a tool for a coup d'état orchestrated by other politicians. And also discovers some dark secrets about the city's past. The film gained a worldwide box office total of 52 million dollars, smaller than its actual budget,
In 2006, Okonedo played the intelligence agent "Mrs. Jones" in the spy film "Stormbreaker", an adaptation of the "Alex Rider" novel series by Anthony Horowitz (1955-). In the film, Mrs. Jones (full name "Tulip Jones" in the novels) is an an agent of the Special Operations Division of MI6, and the de facto second-in-command of MI6. When subordinate agent Ian Rider gets assassinated by enemy agents, Mrs. Jones recruits Ian's nephew and surrogate son Alex Rider as a replacement agent. Blackmailing the boy by threatening to deport his housekeeper and primary caretaker Jack Starbright (played by Alicia Silverstone) if he refuses to serve the agency. The film gained about 24 million dollars at the international box office, receiving only a limited release in the United States.
Also in 2006, Okonedo played the role of Anna in the British comedy-drama film "Scenes of a Sexual Nature", an anthology film depicting seven loosely connected stories, all set in the nature reserve of Hampstead Heath within Greater London. Anna was depicted as a woman suffering from extreme mood swings, which convince her boyfriend to leave her alone in the nature reserve. The depressed Anna is approached by the weirdly-acting stranger Noel (played by Tom Hardy) who attempts to cheer her up and befriend her. Anna is at turns amused and annoyed by Noel, attempts to have sex with him, and then abruptly abandons him due to another sudden change in her mood. The film opened in niche cinemas.
Also in 2006, Okonedo played the role of Susie Carter in the mini-series "Tsunami: The Aftermath", which depicted the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. In the film, Susie is a young mother who is searching for her daughter Martha Carter (Jazmyn Maraso). Martha was swept away by the tsunami, and her whereabouts are unknown for most of the series. Okonedo won an "NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special" for this role, and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Okonedo's next films were the comedy-drama "Martian Child" (2007), the drama film "The Secret Life of Bees" (2008), and the biographical film "Skin" (2008). The last two films allowed Okonedo to be nominated for several Black Reel Awards, NAACP Image Awards, Satellite Awards, and British Independent Film Award. Despite the critical acclaim for her acting roles, Okonedo never actually won these awards.
In 2010, 42-year-old Okonedo was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire, a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences. The Order was established in 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom (reigned 1910-1936) and counts among its members several actors.
In 2010, Okonedo returned to the Doctor Who franchise, playing another character in the most recent "Doctor Who" television series. She was cast as Elizabeth X (nicknaned "Liz Ten"), a Queen regnant of the United Kingdom in the 29th century. In the series, Elizabeth is immortal, but has limited access to her own memories due to a series of mind-wipes. She was depicted as still alive and reigning in an episode set in the 52nd century, at which point she was over 2300 years old.
Okonedo was limited to television roles for much of the early 2010s, but returned to theatrical films with the post-apocalyptic science fiction film "After Earth" (2013). The film is set in the 31st century, when the planet Earth has long been abandoned by humanity. Most humans live in the colony world Nova Prime, which is protected from alien threats by the Ranger Corps. Okonedo was cast in the role of Faia Raige, wife of the General Cypher Raige (Will Smith), the commanding officer of the Rangers. Early in the film, Faia convinces Cypher to take their son Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) with him in mission, as a bonding experience. Young Kitai's application to become a Ranger has already being rejected due to reckless behavior, Kitai suffers from survivor's guilt for playing a part in his sister's death, and his father sees him as a failure. Faia's request for a bonding experience results in father and son being left stranded on planet Earth, the only two humans alive on the planet. The film was poorly received by critics, but earned about 244 million dollars at the worldwide box office. Becoming the commercially most successful film in Okonedo's entire career at this point.
Okonedo's next film was the political drama "War Book" (2014). The film depicts British civil servants who participate in a war-game, concerning government reactions in a potential nuclear war. In 2016, Okonedo had a major role in the mini-series "The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses", depicting the historical Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), a series of English civil wars involving rival branches of the royal family. Okonedo was cast in the role of Queen consort Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482, terms as Queen 1445-1461, 1470-1471). The historical Margaret was the wife and consort of Henry VI of England (1421-1471, reigned 1422-1461, 1470-1471), the mother of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453-1471), and the mother-in-law of Anne Neville (1456-1485). Due to Henry's health problems and Edward's underage status, Margaret served as the de facto head of the House of Lancaster and the Lancastrian military faction in early phases of the war. The defeat of her army at the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471) caused the deaths of both her husband and her son, and allowed the rival House of York to dominate the English throne until 1485.
In 2018, Okonedo returned to voice acting. She voiced Kanga the kangaroo of the Hundred Acre Wood in the fantasy film "Christopher Robin", a sequel to the Winnie-the-Pooh novels of Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956). The film depicts an adult Christopher Robin as a World War II veteran and aging businessman. He thinks that his childhood friends from the Hundred Acre Wood were imaginary, until said friends come searching for him. He has aged, but they have not. The film earned about 198 million dollars at the worldwide box office, becoming the highest-grossing film in Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise.
In 2019, Okonedo played the seer Lady Hatton in the superhero film "Hellboy", the first superhero film of her career. The film earned about 40 million dollars at the worldwide box office, lower than its own budget. The film was criticized for its excessive gore, including an opening scene where King Arthur mutilates the corpse of his enemy Nimue.
Also in 2019, Okonedo was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2010, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2019., for her services in drama. She is living with her only daughter Aoife Okonedo Martin in Muswell Hill, a suburban district of north London. Aoife is employed as a Personal Trainer. At 51, Okonedo continues to work regularly in her chosen field.- Pisay Pao is a Cambodian American actress best known for playing Cassandra on the Syfy series "Z Nation." She was born in Thailand after her parents escaped Cambodia at the end of their country's civil war. Pisay's family were eventually sponsored to the US and settled in Seattle, Washington. Here, she attempted to balance her parents' traditional expectations with her love for the performing arts. At the suggestion of a classmate Pisay auditioned for and booked her first feature film. This lead to her first agent and additional film and TV roles in Seattle. Upon moving to Los Angeles in 2011 Pisay booked her first job, working with Oscar Winning Director Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu. This was followed by a series regular role and guest star roles working alongside Scott Bakula, Sir Timonthy Dalton, and Renee Russo.
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England. Her father, Patrick Mbatha, is a Black South African doctor, and her mother, Anne Raw, is a Caucasian English nurse. Her parents separated when she was a year old, and she was brought up by her mother in the town of Witney, Oxfordshire (she is still close to her father). She joined the local acting group Dramascope and, from the age of eleven, appeared in the pantomime at Oxford Playhouse every year. A talented singer and dancer as well as playing the saxophone, she joined the Oxford Youth Music Theatre in her teens.
In 2001, she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. Since graduation in 2004, she has appeared in all media, including as an acclaimed Juliet Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet" at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre in 2005, opposite Andrew Garfield as Romeo Montague. Mbatha-Raw was nominated for Best Actress in the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for her portrayal of Juliet Capulet. She also appeared as Octavia in "Antony and Cleopatra" at the same theatre in 2005. In 2009, she was cast as Ophelia in "Hamlet" on London's West End and Broadway, opposite Jude Law as the title role.
Mbatha-Raw appeared on such varied television series as Bad Girls (1999), Doctor Who (2005), Marple (2004) and Touch (2012). She had a supporting role in the romantic comedy Larry Crowne (2011), written and directed by Tom Hanks, who also played the title role. She was acclaimed for her performance of Dido Elizabeth Belle in Amma Asante's Belle (2013), which earned her a British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, and a nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. She was also nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Actress.
She starred in the romantic drama Beyond the Lights (2014) and was nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Actress for her performance. In 2015, she was nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award. That same year, she had a supporting role in Jupiter Ascending (2015), played Prema Mutiso, the wife of Dr. Bennet Omalu (played by Will Smith) in the biopic Concussion (2015), and the title role in Jessica Swale's play "Nell Gwynn", playing the actress who became the mistress of King Charles II of England. She was nominated for an Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in the play.
She played Rachel in Newton Knight's biopic Free State of Jones (2016), directed by Gary Ross, playing Knight's common-law wife, a freedwoman he had a family with after the Civil War. She also played Esme Manucharian in Miss Sloane (2016), Sophie on Netflix's series Easy (2016), and played Kelly, one of the leads in "San Junipero", the fourth episode of Season 3 of Black Mirror (2011). Her other films are the live-action remake Beauty and the Beast (2017), playing Plumette, A Wrinkle in Time (2018), directed by Ava DuVernay, and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018).
Gugu Mbatha-Raw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2017 Birthday Honours for her services to drama.- Actress
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Storm Reid is an Emmy-nominated actress, producer, and current student at USC. With numerous credits to her name, Reid has emerged as one of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. She recently earned her first Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series" for her work as Riley in the Max hit series THE LAST OF US.
Previous film projects include: TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE (2013), SLEIGHT (2016), A HAPPENING OF MONUMENTAL PROPORTIONS (2017), A WRINKLE IN TIME (2018), DON'T LET GO (2019), THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020), THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021), ONE WAY (2022), MISSING (2023). Previous television projects include: WHEN THEY SEE US (2019), EUPHORIA (2019-), THE BRAVEST KNIGHT (2019), THE LAST OF US (2023).
In 2013, Reid and her mother, Robyn Simpson launched A SEED & WINGS Productions, an independent multimedia production house rooted in narratives that forge multi-cultural conversations, entertain, educate, and uplift. Their desire is to create authentic storytelling that is impactful, honest, and reflects the perspectives of all people. In 2021, Reid starred in Facebook Watch's "Chop it Up," a conversation series by way of cooking. The series was created and produced by Reid and her mother, Robyn Simpson, through their production company. It was announced that Reid will star and produce, alongside Simpson under their banner, the Paramount feature BECOMING NOBLE.
Additionally, Reid created the brand ArashiBlu, which she continues to expand and now includes her philanthropic endeavor, ArashiBlu 1720. Reid launched ArashiBlu 1720 with the intent to advocate and support the next generation of creators by being of service to her community. Reid recently launched 1720 ONE PARK AT A TIME, a new initiative under ArashiBlu 1720, with the mission to restore parks and playgrounds in underprivileged neighborhoods across the country. The first park being restored is Brownwood Park in Reid's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Reid held a groundbreaking event at the park with partners Coco Gauff and New Balance in July 2023.
Reid's next film project, Warner Bros' THE NUN 2, is set to be released in theaters on September 8, 2023.- Actress
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Nika King was born in Miami, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Euphoria (2019), Greenleaf (2016) and Best Friends Whenever (2015).- Actress
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Natalia Reyes is a Colombian actress, producer and activist known for her starring role in James Cameron's Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) as Dani Ramos, she's also known for her role in the acclaimed award-winning Birds of Passage (2018) and Sony's hit TV series Lady, La Vendedora de Rosas (2015) (2015 most seen series in Colombia and Netflix Latin America). She has also also worked in Sticks and Stones (2018), Pickpockets (2018), Running with the Devil (2019) and Sumergible (2020). She was born in Bogotá, where she started acting when she was only 9 years old and after participating in numerous theatre plays, TV series and films moved to New York in 2011 where she graduated from The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She lives between USA and Colombia.- Meagan Tandy was born on 3 May 1985 in Fremont, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Piranha 3DD (2012), Unstoppable (2010) and Teen Wolf (2011).
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Greenwood was born and raised in Toronto. She studied dance in school and is also well-versed in martial arts. She attended several voice and musical theater schools in Canada. She began acting training at multiple schools including the "Professional Actors Lab", "Jason Fraser Studios", "Etobicoke School of the Arts" and also at "University Settlement Drama Group". She attained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto in 2006. Her first role onscreen was in a low-budget Canadian movie called Pinkville. She made her first television debut on an episode of The Listener. She made many guest appearances on television such as Rookie Blue, Flashpoint, Being Erica, Covert Affairs, Lost Girl and Saving Hope. She has also appeared in minor roles in short-movies such as Little Phoenix and the Fists of Fury and as Jen in The Exit which she feels was her favorite role. She was also cast in This Movie Is Broken. Her career took off in 2011 when she was cast in a recurring role as Sonya on the hit CW's, Nikita. After the success of season 2 of Nikita, she was retained for season 3 and season 4. In August 2013, she was cast in a recurring role on FOX's, Sleepy Hollow. In January 2014, she was promoted to series regular for season 2.- Actress
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Christina Vidal was born on 18 November 1981 in Whitestone, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for See No Evil (2006), The Guilty (2021) and Life with Mikey (1993). She has been married to Marcus Mitchell since 25 September 2016. They have two children.- Shadia Simmons was born on 28 June 1986 in Toronto, Canada. She is an actress, known for Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2002), The Color of Friendship (2000) and Zenon: The Zequel (2001).
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Sibongile Mlambo was born on 25 June 1990 in Zimbabwe. She is an actress and producer, known for Lost in Space (2018), Siren (2018) and Teen Wolf (2011).- At an early age Francoise passed on an opportunity to study in music and chose to persue a degree in Political Science. It was during those years, Francoise started with modeling. That career didn't last long, but she did get the opportunity to star with Jackie Chan in Rumble in the Bronx. For her work, she earned two Hong Kong Film Award nominations and a star was born.
Francoise was not a martial artist, but she trained in screen-fighting. With her athletic skills she ended up doing various martial arts movies, including two with the legendary Jet Li. - Actress
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Camille Hyde is an American actress and singer hailing from Washington D.C. She has starred in various television series and films such as American Vandal, Katy Keene and the Netflix hit All American: Homecoming. Camille graduated with a biology degree from Chapman University in Orange, CA where she also started the school's Equestrian Team and served as captain for 2 years. Camille is also a talented singer and songwriter with music transcending ethereal pop and Afro-pop genres. Having spent a small stint of her life in Italy, the multi-talented starlet also speaks Italian fluently.- Actress
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Ashleigh Murray portrays Josie McCoy in the CW's new teen drama Riverdale. Ashleigh was born in Kansas City, Missouri. In the 5th grade, she went to Oakland, California, to live with her aunt for 2 years, where Murray enjoyed studying piano, jazz and hip-hop. After graduating high school back in Kansas City, Missouri, she moved to New York city where she studied at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, graduating in 2009.
Previously, while studying at NYCDA, she starred in an off-Broadway production of "Child of the Movement," based on a true story, on that of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, one who preceded Rosa Parks's involvement with the NAACP, was in a Coke commercial with Diggy Simmons which debuted during the 2013 BET Awards, as well as Lady Gaga's MTV VMA 2013 promo video. Murray worked on the WB's The Following, appeared in two episodes of TVLand's Younger and stars in a Netflix Original Movie "Deidra & Laney Rob a Train" (starring Rachel Crow, David Sullivan, Tim Blake Nelson, Danielle Nicolet, Sasheer Zamata and Arturo Castro).- Amuka-Bird was born in Nigeria, but grew up in the UK and in Antigua. She abandoned her dancing aspirations after suffering a back injury. After attending LAMDA, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Whilst on tour with the RSC in Japan, she met her husband, actor Geoffrey Streatfield. In addition to her numerous television roles and the RSC, she has performed onstage with the National Theatre and the Oxford Stage Company, amongst others.
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Lenora Crichlow was born on 4 January 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Fast Girls (2012), Sugar Rush (2005) and Being Human (2008).- Actress
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Priyanga Burford was born in March 1973. She is an actress and writer, known for Industry (2020), No Time to Die (2021) and Press (2018).- Díana Bermudez is a British actor of Indigenous American heritage who moved to London as a child from her native Colombia. Although a shy and academic child, Diana found herself drawn to performing arts and in her early teens enrolled into a weekend drama club which fueled her passion for acting.
Continuing with drama throughout school, Diana studied Drama at Richmond Upon Thames college before a gap year took her touring Italy with an English theatre company. Diana was then enrolled into the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with alumni such as Lawrence Olivier, Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Carrie Fisher, Riz Ahmed, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kit Harrington and Andrew Garfield.
Post-graduation, Diana performed in 5*, sold-out, political play Valiant, which debuted at Edinburgh Fringe and detailed the untold and often hidden stories of women in war.
Diana then went on to forge a career in TV with debut performances in guest lead roles for popular BBC dramas as well as playing roles in Karen Carpenter: Goodbye to Love (ITV), Sylvester Stallone's Rambo 5: The Last Blood, Mindy Kaling's Four Weddings and a Funeral remake on Hulu, and upcoming feature "The Emigrants" directed by Erik Poppe. - Actress
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Rachel Handshaw is known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021).- Additional Crew
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Monica Wong is a Model, Digital Influencer (www.thewongblog.com) and Stunt Double. She began her career at the age of sixteen cast as a real-life murdered victim on BBC's reconstruction programme, Crimewatch. She has been the face in commercial adverts with ASOS, Sainsbury's, HSBC and Avon.
Wong was born in Manchester, England. She is of Chinese and Vietnamese descent. Both of her parents grew up in Hanoi, Vietnam. Due to the dangers of post-Second Indochina War and the uncertainty for Chinese people living in Vietnam, Wong's parents emigrated to the UK via Hong Kong. Wong has two younger siblings, a brother and sister.
Wong studied at Queen Mary University, London. Following graduation, Wong began her career in Digital Marketing. She left her permanent job at Sky to pursue her career in acting, modelling and blogging while becoming a consultant in Digital.- Malia Pyles was born on 13 July 2000 in Huntington Beach, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Baskets (2016), Memoria (2015) and Bella and the Bulldogs (2015).
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Sherilyn Allen is a Toronto born actress known for her work in Supernatural (2018), iZombie (2018), Girlfriends Guide To Divorce (2016), and Coroner (2019-).
She first gained national notoriety during her time competing in the Miss Universe Canada competition and went on to star in a series of notable modeling campaigns and commercials. She later moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to pursue her dream of acting and made her debut on the show Girlfriends Guide To Divorce as the sexy seductress.
Sherilyn splits her time between Toronto, Los Angeles and Vancouver.- Actress
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With 14 feature films and 6 television series to her name, Grace represents the best of East meets West. Fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, Grace has acted in all three languages on screen in award winning films and blockbusters in the Asia Pacific region and was honored with the Best Actress Award at the 2011 HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles for her portrayal of the vigilante Ava Chen in "Bloodtraffick".
Best known English language projects include 'Independence Day Resurgence', the long awaited sequel to the 1996 blockbuster by director Roland Emmerich, lead female 'Anna' in romantic drama "Lost for Words", 'Claire' the search and rescue team medic in sci-fi thriller "Infini" and the Gemini fighting warrior in action-filled "The Man with the Iron Fists". Dedicated to bring authenticity to every role, Grace trained for a few weeks under (action director) Corey Yuen's team prior to filming and performed over 95% of her action stunts - impressing and earning genuine respect from the stunt team.
Grace's dedication and versatility is unrivaled by her peers whether it be on the screens, on the red carpet or an ambassador for brands.
Born in Taiwan of Cantonese descent and grown up in Sydney Australia, Grace reflects the combination and possesses the sensitivity of that unique cross-cultural upbringing. She also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Sydney, with majors in Accounting & Commercial Law.- Pim Bubear is known for The Asian Connection (2016), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013) and Strike Back (2010).
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A Hong Kong Oscar winner and daughter of martial arts legend 'Pei-pei Cheng', Eugenia Yuan started out her career not as an actress, but as a champion rhythmic gymnast for the U.S. Olympic Team. Eventually, career switching from an athlete to on-screen ingénue, Eugenia made her screen debut co-starring with her mother in the martial arts picture _Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger (2002). She caught the eye of movie executives on both sides of world who offered to groom to take inherit her mother's kung fu crown. Eugenia opted instead to co-star in the dark, low-budget feature Charlotte Sometimes which garnered an honor at the Independent Spirit Awards and was publicly championed by national film critic Roger Ebert and featured in his own film festival. Eugenia returned to Hong Kong to star in the feature collection of three dramatic shorts by heavy weight local directors entitled Three... Extremes where she nabbed the Hong Kong Film Award as "Best Newcomer" (Hong Kong's equivalent of the Academy Awards). Soon after, Hollywood director Doug Liman hand-picked her for the title role of the cult hit mockumentary Mail Order Wife (2004)), which brought her to national attention when she was named as a "Rising Star/Screen Acting Discovery" by the Hamptons International Film Festival where the film premiered. She was later nominated for Hong Kong's prestigious Golden Horse Award for her starring role in The Eye 2 (2004) and made memorable turns in John Dahl's The Great Raid (2005) and, most recently, the Oscar-winning Memoirs of a Geisha. Eugenia continues to shuttle back and forth between Los Angeles, New York, and Hong Kong to take Studio, Chinese-language and American independent roles alike including the 2007 Gotham Awards winning film Choking Man. She also co-stars with Hong Kong icon 'Tony Leung Ka Fai' in the Hong Kong thriller _Zhan. gu (2007). Most recently Eugenia has starred in the Martin Scorsese feature at the Toronto Film Festival, Revenge of the Green Dragons and is wrapping Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2.- Actress
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At fourteen years old, Q'orianka Kilcher emerged into the front ranks of young actresses with her portrayal of Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in Terrence Malick's 'The New World', an epic about the encounter between English and North American societies in the early 1600s. Her performance won her the National Board of Reviews best breakthrough performance of 2006 and the 2006 Alma Award for best Latin American actress in a feature film, as well as numerous nominations and rave reviews.
Kilcher was born in Schweigmatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany to a Peruvian indigenous father of Quechua-Huachipaeri background and an Alaskan-born mother of Swiss-German origin. She was raised in Kapa'a, Hawaii. Having started her performing arts career at six years old, she is not only an award-winning actress with critical acclaim, but an amazing singer, lyricist, and expert dancer. Kilcher is also a committed human rights and environmental activist, as well as a fearless, powerful, young force who uses her voice as tool to bring the need for universal dignity, compassion, environmental justice, and basic Human Rights to the attention of the international community.
Traveling frequently to speak at youth events, colleges, and universities, Kilcher has been invited as a featured keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at many international conferences and events for organizations such as Amnesty International, the I.F.G. (International Forum on Globalization), and Amazon Watch I.F.I.P. (International Funders for Indigenous Peoples). She was a panelist on the "Indigenous Peoples: Human Rights, Dignity and Development with Identity in collaboration with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" United Nations panel. She also lends her energy as spokeswoman, collaborator, and supporter to several international and national NGOs.
In her free time, Kilcher is an accomplished singer/song-writer, and recently launched her own youth driven human rights and environmental organization on Q Initiative, heading campaigns to connect young Hollywood with youth-activist leaders and projects from around the world.
Through her production company, IQ-Films, Kilcher is also producing several cause-driven documentaries and youth-programming projects.- Actress
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Aparna Brielle is an American actress who was born in Portland, Oregon. After an extensive childhood career as a professional dancer, she moved onto theatre, television, and film. She is best known for portraying Sarika Sarkar on the NBC comedy "A.P. Bio" after appearances in series such as "Grimm" (NBC) and "The Librarians" (TNT).- Actress
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Treshelle M. Edmond is an actress, model, and ASL performer that has been described as "a stand-out performer whose words seem to spill directly from the core of her body in waves of grief, anger and vulnerability." Treshelle's passion and expressiveness are un-paralleled which make her a triple threat in this industry. Treshelle was born September 10, 1990 in San Bernardino, California. She is the oldest of 3 children (she has one younger brother and one younger sister). Treshelle was diagnosed with having a severe to profound hearing loss in both ears when she was around 18 months old. Her family moved out of state and she attended Epic Elementary School in Birmingham, Alabama where she learned and became fluent in American Sign Language. It was at Epic Elementary where Treshelle first took the stage and found her love for performing. Treshelle and her family would ultimately move back to Southern California where she went on to graduate from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California. It was at Fairfax where the acting bug appeared. Treshelle auditioned for and landed a guest starring role on House, M.D. From there, she performed in the deaf choir on Glee. Treshelle did not have much acting experience but she had so much passion and natural ability she seemed to "wow" her audiences with every performance. In continuing her education, Treshelle attended California State University, Northridge where she majored in Child and Adolescent Development. It was at CSUN when she decided to audition for Deaf West Theater's production of Spring Awakening. The play launched at Inner City Arts Theater, a 99-seat theater in downtown Los Angeles in September 2014. By February 1, 2015, Treshelle was on the field at Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix, Arizona signing America the Beautiful with John Legend and the National Anthem with Idina Menzel. Treshelle quickly learned that Spring Awakening would re-launch in May 2015 at the Wallis Center for Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, CA and she would reprise her role as Martha Bessel to a 500 seat theater crowd. Spring Awakening has since transferred and running on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. You can see Treshelle Edmond in the cast of Spring Awakening through January 24, 2016.- Kyliegh Curran stepped into the spotlight, starring opposite Ewan McGregor in Warner Bros.' gripping supernatural thriller, "Doctor Sleep." The film, which was released November 8th 2019, is directed by Mike Flanagan from his own screenplay based upon Stephen King's best-selling novel.
"Doctor Sleep" continues the story of Danny Torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the Overlook Hotel in the classic "The Shining." Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has fought to find some semblance of peace. At the heart of the story is Abra Stone (Kyliegh Curran), a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the "shine." Instinctively recognizing that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) and her followers, The True Knot, who feed off the shine of innocents in their quest for immortality.
Forming an unlikely alliance, Dan and Abra engage in a brutal life-or-death battle with Rose. Abra's innocence and fearless embrace of her shine compel Dan to call upon his own powers as never before - at once facing his fears and reawakening the ghosts of the past.
Next for Kyliegh is a starring role in Disney Channel's upcoming "Sulphur Springs," a live-action, time travel mystery series that takes place in a haunted hotel. She portrays 'Harper,' a bright-eyed, mystery obsessed teen whose classmate 'Griffin' has just moved into a hotel rumored to be haunted by a girl who went missing decades ago. Together, they discover a secret portal that allows them to travel back in time to investigate the unsolved mystery. Production is set to begin in early 2020 in New Orleans.
Kyliegh was born in Miami, FL on December 10, 2005 to Traci-Liegh Johnson and Shannon Curran. She is the granddaughter of esteemed writer and Professor Emeritus, Dr. Whittington B. Johnson. She began her professional acting career at the age of seven, performing diverse roles in regional theatre productions for The Miracle Theatre/Actor's Playhouse in Coral Gables, FL.
At ten years old, Kyliegh landed a coveted role on Broadway, starring in the principal role of Young Nala in Disney's award-winning musical "The Lion King." In 2017, Kyliegh appeared in the independent film, "I Can I Will I Did," in the role of Lily opposite Selenis Leyva and Mike Faist. The film won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Asian American International Film Festival.
A triple threat, Kyliegh loves to sing, dance and act, and she also enjoys writing. She is a passionate young advocate and looks forward to aligning with organizations that support early literacy and storytelling in schools, as well as animal causes. Her varied interests range from studying foreign languages, to baking and gardening, to knitting and crocheting. Additionally, Kyliegh is vegan and is environmentally conscious.
Follow her journey on Instagram @kylieghcurran. - Originally from the US Virgin Island of St. Croix, actress Selena Anduze is the youngest of three children. She has been a performing artist since age 7. At age 9 she was the youngest performer to win the title of "Miss U.S. Virgin Islands" at the World Modeling Association (WMA) talent awards in New York City. Selena moved to the US as a teenager and performed in numerous regional theaters, while concentrating on an arts and sciences education. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and a Masters/PhD in Health Sciences from Clayton College. She also holds certifications in healing arts and writing. In addition to coaching and career consulting for fellow actors and artists, Selena sits on the Atlanta SAG-AFTRA board and two TV/Film committees as an advocate for diversity both in front of and behind the lens.
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Madeleine Madden was born on 29 January 1997 in Australia. She is an actress, known for Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019), Mystery Road (2018) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018).- Actress
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Cassandra Freeman was born on 1 October 1978 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Inside Man (2006), Luke Cage (2016) and Atlanta (2016). She is married to Tom Paul. They have one child.- Actress
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Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, actress and writer. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and This American Life. She serves as ACLU's Celebrity Ambassador for Women's Rights. She hosts a live variety show called Sasheer Zamata Party Time, and you can watch her standup special Pizza Mind on Amazon Prime and Starz, and listen to it on iTunes and Spotify.
She's been listed in Time Out New York's Top 10 Funniest Women in NYC, Brooklyn Magazine's 50 Funniest People in Brooklyn, and Complex Magazine's Women in Comedy You Should Be Paying Attention to Right Now.
She co-created and co-starred in the webseries Pursuit of Sexiness, which was named one of the Top 10 Web Series of 2013 by Variety, and part of Glamour's 7 Web Series We Can't Stop Watching in 2015.
She's performed at Clusterfest, Just for Laughs (Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver), Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower Comedy Festival, Outside Lands, SF Sketchfest, Vodafone Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, Woodstock Comedy Festival, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, Great American Comedy Festival, and Women in Comedy Festival.- Actress
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Bunbury was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Kristi Novak and Alex Bunbury, a footballer. Her father is Guyanese-Canadian, and her mother is American, of Polish and Swedish descent. She spent her childhood in Europe (England for two years, and seven years on the island of Madeira, Portugal) and Prior Lake, Minnesota, and it is the latter she considers as home. Bunbury originally worked as a model, but then her agency suggested she try acting. She landed her first role as Kathleen in Episode #1.11388 (2010) for one episode. She also had roles in Prom (2011) and The Sitter (2011). .- Actress
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Christina Karis is an African-American biracial film and television actress who hails from the small town of Clanton, Alabama. Deemed "a baby Dorothy Dandridge" by her college theater professor, Christina dreamed of one day following in the steps of America's first Black movie star, achieving artistic excellence with grace, class, elegance, and beauty.
She most recently joined the NBC hit spinoff Law and Order: Organized Crime, co-starring as Dana Wheatly, a deceptively charming mob boss' daughter, opposite Dylan McDermott. She has had the pleasure of sharing the screen with Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor (Miles Ahead), Helen Hunt, Paul Reiser (Mad About You), and boasts a plethora of television credits including This is Us, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Queen of the South, The Resident, and Queen Sugar.
Christina has been tirelessly honing her craft for over a decade, obtaining both BFA and MFA degrees in Theatre Arts and Acting, respectively. In a world of microwave success, Christina is quietly and reservedly establishing herself as an actress to watch. Full of depth, with a wellspring of emotional access, Christina's gift of storytelling is paving the way for a renaissance of old Hollywood artistic charm. She counts Dorothy Dandridge, Elenora Duse, Viola Davis, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington, and Meryl Streep as her inspirations. As many entertainment insiders say, "it's only a matter of time" before this starlet becomes the next Hollywood "overnight success."- Allen was born Aleisha LaNaé Allen in New York City on April 28, 1991, and has been modeling for print and TV ads since the age of 4. As a 6-year-old she appeared on ''Blue's Clues'', and later she became a series regular on ''Out of the Box''.
A singer and ballerina (as well as an actress), Allen most recently starred in ''School of Rock'' with 'Jack Black'. - Shannon Thornton was born on 24 July 1987 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for P-Valley (2020), Power (2014) and Dynasty (2017).
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Brandee Evans is an accomplished actor, advocate, and businesswoman. She appears as a series regular on the Starz network show P-Valley, in the role of "Mercedes" - a performance critics describe as "wonderfully compelling," and for which she was considered the breakout star of the first season. The hit show enjoys record-breaking premiere viewership and cult popularity.
P-Valley's highly anticipated second season premiered in June, 2022 - breaking the network's growth record with an increase of viewership of over 1,000%, representing the largest season-over-season gain in the history of Starz. The show was renewed for a third season, which begins production soon. Brandee received two NAACP Image Award nominations in the 'Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series' category for her work on seasons one and two of the show.
Brandee's additional acting credits include the independent films Thirsty (2023), and B-Boy Blues (BET+, 2022), and television performances on Rolling Into Christmas (BET+, 2022), A Rich Christmas (BET, 2021), The Family Business (BET & BET+ 2020-2022), Games People Play (BET, 2019), Dear Santa I Need a Date (TVOne, 2019), Lethal Weapon (Fox, 2018), and The Bobby Brown Story (BET+, 2018).- Actress
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Montse Hernandez is a Mexican-American actress, singer, writer and director. Born in Dallas, Texas, Montse started her career in national commercials and modeling at the age of 3. At age 8, she landed the role of 'Natalia' on "Barney," prompting her family to move to Los Angeles shortly after. Montse has built a resume of extensive credits including the titular role of Teen Jane in the CW's "Jane the Virgin" and has had several recurring arcs on shows including, NBC's "The Night Shift," USA's "Colony" and the independent film "Lowriders" opposite Eva Longoria, Demian Bichir, Gabriel Chavarria and Melissa Benoist.
Montse stars as the lead in "Student Body" which follows high school student Jane (played by Hernandez) who, after experiencing an inappropriate situation with her math teacher, takes matters into her own hands when the school administration refuses to take action. The film, which also stars Christian Camargo and Harley Quinn Smith, tackles several important topics including the importance of fitting in and the unfortunate reality of young women handling predatory advances from men in power.
Montse is voicing roles in several Cartoon Network shows including 'Gwen Tennyson' in "Ben10," "Victor & Valentino," and "Craig on the Creek." Montse also voices the role of Empress Qiyana on the popular video game "League of Legends" and is one of the stars in Netflix's Emmy-winning, animated series "The Last Kids on Earth" alongside Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson, and Nick Wolfhard. She also stars in the indie drama "Solidarity" alongside Mexican actress, Elpidia Carrillo.
Montse's second passion is writing and directing. In the winter of 2018, she directed an animatic record with an all star voice cast including Josh Keaton, Yuri Lowenthal, Max Mittleman, David Kaye, and Tara Platt. Additionally, Montse has written multiple shorts, shows, and even a full length feature. She is bilingual and when not on set, enjoys singing, writing, dancing, playing video games and watching anime.- Actress
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Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Natasha Marc's mother recognized early on that her daughter's destiny was to entertain. Natasha studied film, theatre and performing arts which eventually led her to her big break - a featured day player role in the movie award winning biopic, Ray, in a scene opposite Jamie Foxx. The ingenue's credits include The Good Lord Bird (Showtime), Timeless (NBC), Ballers (HBO), The Rookie (ABC) as well as leading roles in independent films Dutch and California Love. Natasha has also appeared in several national commercials, notable music videos and has earned titles in fitness competitions.- Ashleigh LaThrop is known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), The Kominsky Method (2018) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018).
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Sasha Bianca Lane is an American actress. She made her film debut in American Honey (2016) directed by Andrea Arnold.
Lane was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in Dallas, Texas. Her father is African-American, and her mother, who is from New Zealand, is of European and Maori descent. After her parents divorced when she was young, Lane went to live with her mother, moving several times near Dallas before settling in Frisco, Texas. Prior to becoming an actress, Lane worked as a waitress at a restaurant in Frisco, Texas and was also a stand-out athlete on basketball, track, and field teams. She attended Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, but left.
Lane made her film debut in the critically acclaimed and award-winning American Honey (2016), a film about magazine crews, written and directed by Andrea Arnold, starring opposite Shia LaBeouf and Riley Keough. Arnold spotted Lane sunbathing on a beach while on spring break. Lane said in an interview that she "felt Arnold's vibe and decided to trust Arnold for an audition."
The film had its world premiere on May 15, 2016 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prix du Jury. The film was released in a limited release on September 30, 2016, by A24. In 2017, Lane starred in Born in the Maelstrom, a short film directed by Meryam Joobeur, In 2018, Lane starred in Hearts Beat Loud, opposite Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons, directed by Brett Haley, and The Miseducation of Cameron Post directed by Desiree Akhavan.
In 2019, Lane will appear in Hellboy, directed by Neil Marshall, and Daniel Isn't Real directed by Adam Eygpt Mortimer.
While promoting her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post during the Sundance Film Festival press junket, Lane stated she is gay. She had previously called herself bisexual. She lives in Los Angeles.- Actress
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Paris was born & raised in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Paris started in dance at the age of 4 then competed in gymnastics for 9 years. She started a modeling career when she was 9 with Ford Models Chicago then begun an acting career a few years later. Paris moved to LA at the age of 14 to pursue her acting career. She has 3 younger sisters. Bless, who's also an aspiring actress. Joelie, who's following on her footstep as a gymnast and the youngest, Skye.- Actress
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China Anne McClain comes from an artistic family. Her father, Michael McClain, is a music producer, vocalist, writer and sound engineer. His first production was on Beyonce's younger sister, Solange Knowles (Solo Star CD - track no.16 entitled Sky Away). China Anne's mother, Shontell, is also a vocalist and songwriter. China Anne and her two sisters, Sierra and Lauryn, formed a singing group they lovingly call "3mcclaingirls". They have completed their first song, "Silly Games". The music was produced by their father's production company, Gabesworld Music and co-produced by Larry Nix. The song was also written and co-produced by their mother. China Anne's younger brother, Gabriel (age 4) also acts, sings, dances and does handstands with ease! The family's music production company, GabesWorld Music is named after Gabriel.
Ian Burke, a family friend, was over for dinner and China Anne performed a song from Spy Kids 2. Ian made a phone call to a director named Rob Hardy who was searching for a young girl who could sing and act to play Alexis in his upcoming film, The Gospel. China Anne had her 1st audition with Rob Hardy and discovered months later that she was chosen to play the character, Alexis. China Anne's sisters, Sierra Aylina McClain and Lauryn Alisa McClain, also appear in the Children's Gospel Choir scene of the movie.
Since filming The Gospel, China Anne has continued to audition for casting directors in Georgia, North Carolina, Illinois and California. She appears in a park scene playing with a dog and in an after school scene of the upcoming film, Madea's Family Reunion. She was also recently interviewed by Jacque Reid at BET on the red carpet at The Gospel premiere in Atlanta, Georgia.
China Anne is also an active member of Screen Actors Guild. She is funny, talented, extremely disciplined and has mature self-control. Her favorite part about filming movies is the time she spends in hair and make-up. Her performance and genuine, kind spirit garnered her rave reviews from her fellow actors, cast and crew. Their on-going support inspires China Anne to continue to perform and learn more about her passion - Acting.
China Anne's hobbies are singing, dancing, drawing elaborate greeting cards and going to church with her family. She enjoys memorizing the lines of various Disney movies and loves to audition. China Anne is an exceptional student and reads chapter books with ease. She is an expert with a hula-hoop and just learned to roller-blade this past summer. Her dream is to someday write and direct her own films and to go on the road performing with her sisters.- Actress
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Ginger Gonzaga is an actor, writer, improviser and director. She is best known for her memorable performances on The Duplass Brothers series 'Togetherness,' (as the millennial antagonist Christie opposite Amanda Peete) and their musical for 'Room 104' (as the singing love interest opposite Bryan Tyree Henry) both on HBO. After playing Maggie, the impressionable free spirit on Showtime's 'I'm Dying Up Here' (Opposite Melissa Leo and Clark Duke) she joined their Michel Gondry directed series Kidding as Vivian, a sardonic but soulful cancer patient. For Hulu's 'Chance,' she played the bilingual coyote Lorena (opposite Hugh Laurie and Ethan Suplee) and for Netflix's 'Spaceforce,' a satirical version of AOC dubbed "AYC" (opposite Steve Carrel and John Malkovich). Ginger was also a regular on ABC's Mixology, and TBS's Wrecked, as well as the host of Hulu's comedic daily pop culture recap show 'The Morning After,' for which she also wrote. Other television credits include her recurring roles on Tad Quill's Jane Lynch comedy Angel from Hell, Fx's Legit and Netflix's 'Grace and Frankie,' and 'Blindspotting' for Starz. She starred as Helen in True Lies opposite Steve Howey and Nikki in Marvel's She Hulk for Disney+ opposite Tatiana Maslany
Ginger's film debut was in Seth MacFarlane's popular 2012 comedy Ted, followed by Demetri Martin's dramedy and Tribeca Film Festival Winner Dean (opposite Demetri Martin and Gillian Jacobs), and Henry Phillips's And Punching the Clown, (opposite J.K Simmons and Jim Jefferies).
As a writer she has sold shows to Warner Brothers and HBO, and made her directorial debut with the short film 'Your Day' starring herself and Jason Ritter, which she also wrote.
Ginger also sings and composes. She received B.A in Political Science/International Relations and a minor in Chinese from UC Santa Barbara before training at The Groundings and Second City Theaters.- Actress
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Janina Zione Gavankar (born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician. Gavankar is also trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist. She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Gavankar's roles include Papi, a lesbian lothario in The L Word; Leigh Turner, a police officer on The Gates; Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft branded search engine who commented on the user's searches; Shiva, the namesake of the sought-after trophy on The League; shapeshifter Luna Garza on HBO's True Blood; McKenna Hall on The CW's Arrow; and Meredith Bose on NBC's The Mysteries of Laura. She also played Diana Thomas on FOX's supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow.
Gavankar was born in Joliet, Illinois, to Peter Ganesh Gavankar, an engineer from Mumbai, who first traveled to the U.S. to pursue a master's degree, and Mohra Gavankar, from Pune, Maharashtra, who also emigrated to the U.S. from India. Her mother is half-Indian and half-Dutch.
Gavankar has acted in theatre, film, television, and online. Her most notable roles include Iden Versio, canon Star Wars character, and protagonist of Star Wars: Battlefront II, shapeshifter Luna Garza in True Blood, lesbian lothario Papi in The L Word; Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft live search engine; and Shiva, the namesake of the sought after trophy on The League. She regularly appears in Funny or Die shorts.
In 2006 she joined the cast of The L Word as a series regular, and shot all of the clips used for Ms. Dewey. In 2007, she landed a lead in CW pilot Dash 4 Cash. In 2008, Gavankar appeared in TV series Stargate Atlantis, Grey's Anatomy and NCIS, My Boys, and Factory. In 2009, she appeared in the TV shows The Cleaner, Dollhouse, Three Rivers, and The League, as well as indie movies Men, Interrupted, Indian Gangster, and Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey. Gavankar played the voice of Nikki in Quantum Quest. She landed a lead role in The Gates, since cancelled, on ABC. She appears on CW's Arrow as a vice squad police officer and brief girlfriend to Oliver Queen.
Gavankar is an admitted gamer and has appeared on, as well as co-hosted, G4 TV's Attack of the Show!, Epileptic Gaming's Up All Night, where she helped review Rock Band, Burnout Paradise, and Army of Two.
In 2011 Gavankar became a series regular in HBO's True Blood as a public school teacher and shapeshifter, Luna Garza, who gets romantically involved with one of the main characters of the series.
Her indie movie, Satellite of Love, premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival in 2012, and her 2012 indie I'm Afraid of Virginia Wolf is in post-production. On December 20, 2012, Gavankar was the last person interviewed for the now cancelled Attack of the Show! which aired on G4 TV.
On August 3, 2013, Gavankar landed a role as a witch named Qetsiyah in the fifth season of The Vampire Diaries. She guest starred in the third season of Husbands.
In 2014, she starred as Amita in the video game, Far Cry 4. She also played Detective Meredith Bose on The Mysteries of Laura from 2014 to 2016.
She starred as Iden Versio, the main character in the campaign mode of the 2017 Electronic Arts video game Star Wars Battlefront II.
In 2018, she has two films releasing. Blindspotting is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, and The Vanishing of Sidney Hall is being distributed by A24.
Gavankar returned to music with a cover of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown". Gavankar's former all female singing group, Endera, was signed to Cash Money Records Universal Records.
She collaborated on a project for a song called "Tell Me What" in India with Pratichee Mohapatra of Viva, Deep, and Navraaz. She has had songs licensed to movies and television, and has sung and played marimba on film scores. Gavankar was featured in Russian artist Ella Leya's music video for "Wish I Could", in the music video by San Francisco-based band Recliner for their single "Float Away", as well as the music video for Manu Narayan's band Darunam.
In August 2012, she released the single for her upcoming EP, entitled Waiting for Godot, and in November, Billboard premiered the official music video. It went on to win numerous film festival awards.
While in high school, Gavankar auditioned for the front ensemble of the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps of Rockford, Illinois. Before hearing whether she had made the corps, she was accepted for the Yale School of Drama's summer camp, and went there. "I fell in love with drum corps when I was 13 years old", Gavankar has stated, and remains a strong fan of the activity. When she heard the Martin Garrix/Usher collaboration, "Don't Look Down", she had the idea of performing it as marching music. With assistance from Drum Corps International, she contacted the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps and arranger Colin Bell. She went into the studios in New York with fifty members of Jersey Surf and recorded the music video "Don't Look Down- #JustAddDrumCorps Edition" that was released in April 2015.
On May 20, 2015, Gavankar performed a percussion duet at Carnegie Hall with Questlove for the Best Buddies charity benefit.- Actress
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Tiffany Yvonne Cox was born in Sacramento, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Roadside Assistance (2021), Grey's Anatomy (2005) and Commune (2019).- Actress
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Jenny Tran is a Chinese, Vietnamese, American actor and comedian. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. She is best known for This Is Us (2018), Dognapped (2022) and Interior Chinatown (2023). She has worked alongside Academy Award winners Julia Roberts and Sean Penn in the dramatic series Gaslit. She has also improvised with Steve Carell, and worked with many other incredible talent.
She has been quoted as being part of the "exceptional roster of next generation talent". You can see her work on multiple platforms including Netflix, NBC, YouTube, Hulu, Fox, Disney+ and FXX.
Jenny co-founded Laughtivism and the Diversity program at iO West. Both helped amplify BIPOC producers, writers, actors and directors in the improv and comedy community. She prides herself in her work with domestic violence and sexual assault victims. Developing programs that encourage the healing process through performance and creativity.- Actress
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Aparna Nancherla was born on 22 August 1982 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for A Simple Favor (2018), Mythic Quest (2020) and Crashing (2017).