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Award-winning actor Mark Ruffalo was born on November 22, 1967, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, of humble means to father Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, a construction painter and Marie Rose (Hebert), a stylist and hairdresser; his father's ancestry is Italian and his mother is of half French-Canadian and half Italian descent. Mark moved with his family to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he lived out most of his teenage years. Following high school, Mark moved with his family to San Diego and soon migrated north, eventually settling in Los Angeles.
Mark first took classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory and subsequently co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company, an Equity-Waiver establishment, where he worked in nearly every capacity. From acting, writing, directing and producing to running the lights and building sets while building his resume.
Moving into film and TV, Mark's inauspicious movie debut was the drifter role of Christian in the horror opus Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994) and returned to the film series in the role of Joey with Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur (1995). He continued on through the 1990's rather indistinctly with more secondary roles in the horror film The Dentist (1996) starring madman Corbin Bernsen; an amusing perf in the obscure dramedy The Last Big Thing (1996); a third billed role in the Jerry Stiller/Anne Meara bickering senior comedy A Fish in the Bathtub (1998); and the war drama Ceremony... The Ritual of Love (1976) directed by Ang Lee.
Bartending for nearly nearly a decade to make ends meet and discouraged enough to give it up, a chance meeting and resulting collaboration with playwright/screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan approaching the millennium changed everything. Ruffalo won NY success in Lonergan's 1996 off-Broadway play "This Is Our Youth," a story about troubled young adults. This led to his male lead in Lonergan's Oscar-winning film drama You Can Count on Me (2000), playing the ne'er-do-well brother of Laura Linney. The performance drew rave reviews and invited comparisons to an early Marlon Brando.
Ruffalo never looked back. Notable roles in The Last Castle (2001), XX/XY (2002), and Windtalkers (2002) followed, although in 2002 Ruffalo was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a type of brain tumor. Though the tumor was benign, the resulting surgery led to a period of partial facial paralysis, from which he fully recovered. In 2003, Ruffalo scored leading roles alongside two popular female stars, playing a police detective opposite Meg Ryan in In the Cut (2003) and the love interest of Gwyneth Paltrow in the comedy View from the Top (2003).
Though both films were high-profile box office disappointments, Ruffalo went on to four notable (if highly disparate) films in 2004 -- We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), 13 Going on 30 (2004), and Collateral (2004) -- which solidified his ability to be both a popular leading man and an acclaimed ensemble player in either comedy or drama.
After 2004, Ruffalo was consistently at work, with leads in popular Hollywood films and independent productions that continued to solidify him as one of film's most consistently strong actors: Just Like Heaven (2005), All the King's Men (2006), Zodiac (2007), Reservation Road (2007), and The Brothers Bloom (2008). He also made his Broadway debut as Moe Axelrod in the play "Awake and Sing!"
In 2010 Ruffalo achieved something of a breakthrough, by directing the indie film Sympathy for Delicious (2010), which won him the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and co-starring as the sperm-donor father to lesbian couple Annette Bening and Julianne Moore in The Kids Are All Right (2010). His role in the idiosyncratic domestic comedy/drama earned him Academy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to earn two more Best Supporting Actor nominations as an Olympic-winning wrestling champion in Foxcatcher (2014) and as a journalist working to uncover the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in Spotlight (2015). In 2017, the actor returned to Broadway in Arthur Miller's "The Price."
High-profile roles in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010) and Longeran's long-delayed film Margaret (2011) followed before Ruffalo's appearance as Dr. Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, in Joss Whedon's movie blockbuster The Avengers (2012). Garnering highly positive reviews for a role in which actors Eric Bana and Edward Norton could not find success in previous films made Ruffalo a box office action star in addition to a critically-acclaimed actor. He returned to the Banner/Hulk role frequently in such Marvel movies as Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) and Avengers: Endgame (2019),
Reunited with former co-star Gwyneth Paltrow in the sex-addiction comedy-drama Thanks for Sharing (2012), he went on to earn a Golden Globe nomination for playing a bipolar Dad in Infinitely Polar Bear (2014). Ruffalo also took on the lead in Ryan Murphy's adaptation of Larry Kramer's AIDS-drama play The Normal Heart (2014) and earned a SAG Award and Emmy Nomination. He later took home the Emmy playing twin brothers, one a paranoid schizophrenic, in I Know This Much Is True (2020).
Ruffalo has been married to actress Sunrise Coigney since 2000; the couple has three children, two sons and a daughter.- Sunrise Coigney was born on 17 September 1972 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress, known for In the Cut (2003), Campfire Stories (2001) and 100 Centre Street (2001). She has been married to Mark Ruffalo since 11 June 2000. They have three children.
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Actor Stanley Tucci was born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New York. He is the son of Joan (Tropiano), a writer, and Stanley Tucci, an art teacher. His family is Italian-American, with origins in Calabria.
Tucci took an interest in acting while in high school, and went on to attend the State University of New York's Conservatory of Theater Arts in Purchase. He began his professional career on the stage, making his Broadway debut in 1982, and then made his film debut in Prizzi's Honor (1985).
In 2009, Tucci received his first Academy Award nomination for his turn as a child murderer in The Lovely Bones (2009). He also received a BAFTA nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for the same role. Other than The Lovely Bones, Tucci has recently had noteworthy supporting turns in a broad range of movies including Lucky Number Slevin (2006), The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Tucci reached his widest audience yet when he played Caesar Flickerman in box office sensation The Hunger Games (2012).
While maintaining an active career in movies, Tucci received major accolades for some work in television. He won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role in TV movie Winchell (1998), an Emmy for a guest turn on Monk (2002), and a Golden Globe for his role in HBO movie Conspiracy (2001).
Tucci has also had an extensive career behind the camera. His directorial efforts include Big Night (1996), The Impostors (1998), Joe Gould's Secret (2000) and Blind Date (2007), and he did credited work on all of those screenplays with the exception of Joe Gould's Secret (2000).
Tucci has three children with Kate Tucci, who passed away in 2009. Tucci married Felicity Blunt in August 2012.- Director
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Jonathan Demme was born on 22 February 1944 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and Philadelphia (1993). He was married to Joanne Howard and Evelyn Purcell. He died on 26 April 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Alessandra Corine Ambrosio was born in the Brazilian town of Erichim, Rio Grande do Sul, to petrol station-owning parents of Italian, Polish and Portuguese ancestry. She took up local modeling classes at the age of 12 and participated in Brazil's legendary 'Elite Model Look' competition two years later in 1996, where she landed among the 20 finalists. At the age of 15, she debuted in modeling for Dilson Stein, who's credited for discovering top models Gisele Bündchen and Caroline Trentini. Her modeling job took the right path when she appeared on the cover page of Brazilian Elle magazine. Thereafter, she was signed by Guess for its Fall 2000 Millennium Campaign. She was hired by the American lingerie brand 'Victoria's Secret' in 2000 and made her runway appearance at its fashion show. In 2004, she launched her own swimwear line, Alessandra Ambrosio by Sais, as a division of Rosa Cha, and was well received with 10,000 units being sold in its first month. She modeled at the The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2005), dressed in lingerie made completely from candy. In 2009, she featured on the cover of Marie Claire's July edition, along with Sacha Baron Cohen to promote his film Brüno (2009).
She appeared in an ad campaign with American model-cum-actor Ashton Kutcher for Brazilian sportswear company, Colcci, for its Spring/Summer 2012 collection, thus becoming the brand's new face.She introduced her own fashion and lifestyle brand, Ale by Alessandra, partnered with US retailer Cherokee, offering a range of women's formal wear for age group 18-25 years.She is the ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, involved with offering help to the needy, through public announcements and using her name and image.She has been the face of several big-name brands, including Christian Dior, Rolex, Armani Exchange, Revlon, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, Escada, Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi and Next. She has ramp-walked for various high-profile designers, such as Prada, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs, Kenzo, Vivienne Westwood, and Giles Deacon. In 2006, she made her debut on the silver screen with the hit James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), essaying the role of a tennis player.
She has made special appearances on the television on Entourage (2004), Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993), and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999), apart from being a guest judge on The Tyra Banks Show (2005) and Project Runway (2004).She acted in The Yips (2007) episode of How I Met Your Mother (2005) drama series in 2007, along with her fellow Victoria's Secret Angels - Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima, Marisa Miller, Heidi Klum and Selita Ebanks. She has featured as a cover model in numerous fashion magazines, such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Ocean Drive, Lui, Wiener, Self, GQ, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Flair, Vanity Fair, Russh, Marie Claire, Numero, and Grazia.This Brazilian babe has appeared in a variety of high-end editorials, which include Ocean Drive, Vogue, Glamour, Love, W, Lui France, V, Harper's Bazaar, S Moda for El Pais, and Interview.She has worked with various international model agencies, like DNA Models (New York), Way Model Management (Sao Paulo), Viva Model Management (Paris and London), and Priscilla's Model Management (Sydney).She has been a host on award shows, like The MTV Music Awards and Fashion Rocks. - Hilary Rhoda was born on 6 April 1987 in Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA. She has been married to Sean Avery since 10 October 2015. They have one child.
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Federico Riccardo Rossi is known for Flash: la storia di Giovanni Parisi (2020), New Order (2012) and Inside the Wine (2014).- Marianna started her career as a model when she was only fifteen years old, working with top brands like Ermanno Scervino, Fendi, Giorgio Armani and appearing in magazines such as Vogue, Elle and L'Officiel. In 2008 Marianna participated at the competition for the title of Miss Italia, gaining the silver medal. Soon after she left for New York City to attend acting classes at The Lee Strasberg's Theatre and Film Institute. Back to Rome, Marianna started her career as an actress starring in popular TV series such as Come un Delfino (1 & 2), Benvenuti a Tavola 2 and Matrimoni e altre follie. Her outstanding performance in her first film leading role, Un Fantastico Via Vai (by L. Pieraccioni), got her to win the Oscar dei Giovani 2013 given by the Italian Presidency. Her performance in Guy Ritchie's film, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., gave Marianna the opportunity to reach a worldwide audience, overwhelming Italy's borders. We recently saw her leading role in the independent movie Come Saltano i Pesci and in Hundred to go, futuristic mini-serie produced by Fox International in collaboration with BMW, where she plays a rough tattoo artist who's indispensable to save mankind's future. In autumn she'll be starring (again as a leading) in the Italo-Canadian production Voice of the Wolf, a thriller feature movie about the werewolf's's legend also starring Christopher Lambert.
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Marina Ripa di Meana was born on 21 October 1941 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was a writer and actress, known for Bad Girls (1992), Assassination on the Tiber (1979) and La più bella del reame (1989). She was married to Carlo Ripa di Meana and Don Alessandro Lante Montefeltro della Rovere. She died on 5 January 2018 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Fiammetta Cicogna was born on 17 May 1988 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for L'amor fuggente, Holidays on Mars (2020) and Sapore di te (2014).
- Eleonora Carisi is known for Zoolander 2 (2016) and Girls Just Want to Have Fun at Moschino (2015).
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Alan Cappelli Goetz was born in Brasschaat, Antwerp, Belgium, from Heidi Goetz (from Belgium) and Alessandro Cappelli (from Italy). He grew up between the two countries and attended the CEIS, Italian-Switzerland School in Rimini. By the time he graduated from the communication-based high school, Liceo della Comunicazione, he was already experiencing work on local television and radio stations. Meanwhile, he also discovered his passion for theater and expanded his musical knowledge with modern piano, drum and singing lessons. After living in Toronto for half a year, Alan returned to Italy and entered first the Department of Architecture and then Psychology at La Sapienza University in Rome. It was here in Rome that he was first introduced to a professional career in acting. In the Fall of 2008, he was accepted into the Italian National Cinema School, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, during which he took part in theater projects and several movies. He is currently living and working between Los Angeles and Rome.
Near the end of his education Alan was selected as lead role for two tv series, "La Famiglia Gabardella" and "Notte Prima degli Esami". First discovered by "De Agostini" for the commercial of Giovanni Minoli, he took role in a series of television advertisements for the international Italian phone company TIM, working with the world known Italian director Gabriele Muccino and the major Sugar, the musical producer Caterina Caselli. During this time he was invited to Montepulciano to serve as Robert Pattinson's body double in the Twilight sequel "NewMoon". Annual theater and stage experience has promoted Alan's artistic growth and in September 2009, after the earthquake in L'Aquila, he was given his first lead role for the feature length film, "La Citta' Invisible", shot in the emergency field of the hitted city. In 2011 he was casted for the role of a exuberant french artist in the tv series "Tutti Pazzi per Amore" and as the antagonist in the tv show "Come un Delfino", the story of a roman swim team, and in the movie "Come non Detto", which has been recognized as a brilliant debout for the young director Ivan Silvestrini from both publics and critics. During summer 2012 he has been shooting "Che Dio ci Aiuti" and "A un Passo dal Cielo", a tv show for Rai1 entirely located on the Italian Dolomiti mountains. In 2013 Alan was Prince Geretz in Alessandro Siani's directing debut "Il Principe Abusivo", which with his strong cast of italian stars, such as Christian De Sica, Sarah Felberbaum and Alessandro Siani itself, has been one of the highest grossing for the italian box office surpassing even Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit". On TV, he was Antonio in "Crossing Lines" a new Crime show produced by Tandem and TF1 starring Donald Sutherland and William Fichtner. Nontheless Alan has kept himself busy with a some Independent projects, such as "Elavia", a new ambitious fantasy-based film, and "LARpers" an irreverent web series.- Producer
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Tom McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for direct and write The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Director.
McCarthy co-wrote the film Up (2009) with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, for which they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He also served as a director and executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017).- Producer
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Tiziana Rocca is known for American Night (2021), À la Recherche (2023) and Don Matteo (2000). She has been married to Giulio Base since 1 December 2001. They have two children.- Actress
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Chiara Martegiani was born on 12 August 1987 in Rimini, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Ride (2018), Maternity Blues (2011) and Antonia (2024).- Actor
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Born in Biella (Italy) on February 20th 1950. After graduating in Modern Literature with a thesis on History and Criticism of Film at the University of Torino, he began his collaboration with the A.I.A.C.E. (the Italian association of Friends of Art-House Films), for which he served as president from 1977 to 1989.
From 1980 to 1983 he was the film critic for the daily newspaper "La Gazzetta del Popolo", and since 1982 he is a member of the Journalists Guild. He has collaborated with many daylies and magazines (Città, La Stampa, Essai, Altro Cinema, Bianco & Nero, Cineforum), television and radio programs as CinemaScoop (RAI 3), La lampada di Aladino (RAI - DSE), Hollywood Party (Radio3 RAI).
In 1985, he co-directed a documentary, Cineasti del Nord-Ovest (Filmmakers from the North-West) for RAI 3. In 1982 he began his collaboration with the Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani (now Torino Film Festival), first as Head of the Press Office (1982), then as Secretary General and Programmer from 1984 to 1988. From 1989 to 1998, he served as Director of the same festival.
From December 1998 to April 2002 he was the Director of the Venice International Film Festival. From 2002 to 2006 he served as co-director of "RING! Festival of Film Criticism" in Alessandria. In 2002, he started to work as a consultant for the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Torino. Since June 2004 till December 2016 he was its Director.
From 2008 till 2016, he was the President of the Advisory Board of the TorinoFilmLab. In 2010, he served as a jury member for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival (Tim Burton, President of the Jury). Since 2012, he is again the Director of the Venice International Film Festival.- Talent Agent
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Felicity Blunt has been married to Stanley Tucci since 4 August 2012. They have two children.- Manager
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Wendy Merry was born in Marin County, California, USA. She is a writer, actress and former film executive known for Spotlight (2015). She studied film at the University of Michigan and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for writing. She is married to Tom McCarthy. They have two children and live in New York City.- Actor
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Paolo Stella is known for Un ciclone in famiglia (2005), Emma: Effetto domino (2018) and Emma: Mi parli piano (2018).