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European-born actress/writer Masiela Lusha portrayed "Carmen Lopez" for five seasons as George Lopez's rebellious and passionate daughter on the syndicated ABC series, George Lopez (2002). She was born on October 23, 1985 to parents Max and Daniela. Raised in Tirana, Albania; Budapest, Hungary; and Vienna, Austria, Masiela settled in Michigan at the age of seven; English is her fourth language. Her acting talents span well into films, voice-overs, print work with Ben Affleck and, of course, television. Among other roles, Masiela portrayed the voice of "Nina", the lovable and energetic best friend on the popular animated PBS series, Clifford's Puppy Days (2003). Film work include "My Father's Eulogy", a biographical drama in which she portrayed "Lisa", the reflective lead who reminisces on her experiences with her father; Sony Picture's Blood: The Last Vampire (2009), where she portrayed a demon vampire, Pathe's Time of the Comet (2008), in which she starred as "Saint Agnes", and Muertas (2007), in which she plays the determined and sensitive lead, "Aracelli". Masiela has been named "The Youngest Author in the World" to publish a book in two languages. She designed the cover herself at the age of twelve, and was also named as one of "The Best Top Ten Talented Poets for North America", for her first book "Inner Thoughts." She views writing as an expression of herself where she can "reach into humanity", and her second book of poetry "Drinking the Moon" was recently released in print this summer by Dorrance Publishing. Masiela's writing also includes screenplays, short stories, and her first completed novel, The Besa. Masiela founded Illuminary Pictures at the age of 23, and has since wrapped two films under the company name. Illuminary Pictures has a full slate of diverse film and television projects in various stages of production. Three important aspects of Masiela's life are 1736 Family Crisis Center based in Los Angeles, UNICEF, and her own 501(c)3 Children of the World Foundation. For Children of the World, she is starting close to home in southern California where she donated ten acres of land for the cause. Other chapters will develop across the United States and eventually expand in other parts of the world. Masiela graduated from high school at 15, and was accepted as a junior to UCLA at the age of eighteen, majoring in English. Before becoming an actor, she was named by Teen Magazine as one of five to "Most Likely to Succeed". After arriving in Michigan, Masiela first gained attention by modeling. She was discovered among 600 aspiring actors by a Los Angeles based talent agent, and shortly there after was one of three invited to Hollywood at the age of thirteen. She loves honing her craft in front of the camera and exploring different characters, and continues to pave her path to success as an actress and author.- Eva Cela was born on 17 February 1995 in Durrës, Albania. She is an actress, known for Esterno notte (2022), Supersex (2024) and Palazzina Laf (2023).
- Eva Gabriel was born on 12 June 1985 in Tirana, Albania. She is an actress, known for True Detective (2014), The Player (2015) and Interior. Leather Bar. (2013). She is married to Javier Gabriel. They have one child.
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Bleona, the Albanian pop icon, redefines the word "DIVA" in her uncontainable rise to global stardom.
She is the most influential pop star of her generation while being one of the most influential cultural icons of today.
Bleona broke the cultural mold of Albania by encouraging Albanians to be open minded. In doing so, she's one of the pioneers of the female empowerment movement in Albania, and a strong supporter of the gay community.
In 2009 she came to the United States in with a vision to merge her career into a global stage without the benefits of entering through the American system of the music industry. Bleona had to pave the road with her bare hands and make a success for herself without a big team, and without any American corporation's help or guidance.
Today she is a multiple award-winning, multi-lingual recording artist, having sold more than 7 million records worldwide, graced over forty magazine covers, and performed for millions of fans - all while operating as a completely independent artist.
Her powerful vocals, charmingly brash persona, and reputation as an electrifying performer, have lifted her to the top of the Billboard music charts. In the past few years alone, Bleona has broken the Top Ten Billboard Dance Club Songs chart most recently with her #1 Hit "I Don't Need Your Love" and #3 Hit "Take You Over".
Bleona is one of the stars of the new upcoming series, Paper Empire, and her new album, produced by Grammy Award winning producer and icon, Timbaland will be releasing during the spring of 2024.
A beloved luminary, drawing record crowds of up to 70,000 in her native Albania, she continues to perform to consistent sold-out, standing room only shows.
Through it all, Bleona has embraced the thrill of playing by her own rules, while at the same time respecting her craft and embracing her ever-growing fan base.
Bleona's native creative ability has transformed her into a triple-threat phenomenon that has presented no limits to her larger-than-life talents.
For more follow @Bleona- Evis Xheneti was born on 22 August 1979 in Tirana, Albania. She is an actress, known for The O.C. (2003), My Sexiest Year (2007) and Hell Hath No Fury (2015). She has been married to James 'Munky' Shaffer since 2 January 2012. They have three children.
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Inva Mula was born on 27 June 1963 in Tirana, Albania. She is an actress, known for The Fifth Element (1997), 22 Bullets (2010) and Falstaff (2001).- Kasem Hoxha was born on 12 August 1968 in Tirana, the capital of Albania. During that time, the Albanian people was suffering from the dictatorship of the communist tyrant Enver Hoxha, who led the country into bankruptcy and didn't tolerate any influence from other countries. The population feared his cruel methods such as death sentences without previous trials, torture and prison. Under his rule, Kasem Hoxha grew up in deep poverty as one of five children.
Because of family reasons Kasem spent his childhood between the age of four and six with his grandparents in the mountains and only came back home when he had to start school. At the age of 16, he went to grammar school.
It was this time that he began to look critically into the political situation in his country and his longing for freedom started.
As Kasems father died from lung cancer at an early age, the family had to stick together even more in order to survive. Love and active participation in acting gave Kasem the strength to master this hard life.
In 1988, Kasem did his military service in the most northern part of Albania within the mountains. Here, each of the soldier's will and motivation were decisive in surviving these hard times. The rough rule along with lack of food and poor medical provision, inadequate clothing against the cold, snow and rain in winter and the hotness in summer were detrimental to any but the strongest of the men. Those who deserted were sentenced to death. Kasem was excellent at sending messages in Morse code and telegraphing. For this reason, he was sent to do a job in telegraphing.
After the military service in 1990, Kasem joined a protest group, whose members planned to flee from Albania. Encouraged by the revolts and uprisings in Eastern Europe, which were directed against the communist regimes, the group decided - along with other refugees - to try to reach the German embassy in Albania. Kasem had to leave his family and friends behind without being able to say good-bye. It was against all odds that he was able to succeed and get to the embassy. There, thousands of refugees were squashed and awaiting their fate under extreme conditions. Finally, the Albanian fighters for freedom were rescued by the NATO, taken out of Albania and sent to a number of other countries. This way, Kasem came to Aschaffenburg in Germany in 1990 and stepped into an entirely new world. Although he didn't speak a word of German, he tried to find a job and got his first employment with a company producing paper, where he soon developed his skills and was promoted to a more senior position. In 1993, he met his girlfriend. She and her family welcomed him heartily and encouraged him in his development. He then trained to become a dental technician and finally he started a career as an actor.
From 1998 to 2002, Kasem studied acting at the Actor's Company Aschaffenburg and did a number of further qualifications until 2005, among them the Method Acting, Sens Memory (Strasberg / Hagen) with John Costopoulos, Actor's Studio N.Y.; Acting according to Uta Hagen (state of the art) in Frankfurt; The Sage Experience, experiencing the inner truth, acting in front of a camera and trainings for actors, Camera Acting in Cologne. Along his activities as an actor, Kasem Hoxha is also occupied as an entrepreneur. - Nik Xhelilaj was born on 5 March 1983 in Tirana, Albania. He is an actor, known for Der Albaner (2010), Seven Lucky Gods (2014) and 3 Yol (2013).
- Stilian Keli was born on February 22, 1980 in Tirana, the capital of Albania. In 1995 he came to Belgium with his parents as a political refugee. Eventually he developed a great interest in film and immersed himself into acting. He is an actor, known for Spider in the Web (2019), Rookie (2021) and Kanun, la loi du sang (2022).
- Vasillaq Godo was born on 15 February 1943 in Vlora, Albania. He was an actor, known for The Return of the Dead Army (1989) and Der Albaner (2010). He died on 21 May 2024 in Vlorë, Albania.
- Francesca Romana Coluzzi was born on 20 May 1943 in Tirana, Albania. She was an actress, known for Come Have Coffee with Us (1970), Red Sonja (1985) and Rome (2005). She died on 15 July 2009 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Dijonis Biba is a singer. He started his dream for music in 2018. This year he managed to publish his first song on: November 5, 2018 entitled "Bella". His project "Bella" achieved a dizzying figure in a few days, it reached about 1 million views in a few days. Dijonis Biba continues with this dream for music and will never stop He reveals few details about his life. How did you learn from other singers the style of tires and I managed to create my own style, after I created it everything went as I imagined.
- Kristjan Sokoli was born on 24 September 1991 in Puke, Albania. He is an actor, known for Pushover (2023), Messenger 666 and Devil's Island (2021).
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Almeda Abazi is an Albanian actress, model, beauty queen who was crowned Miss Tirana 2007, Miss Albania 2008, Miss Globe 2008. Almeda Abazi was born in Albania. In the three beauty contests she participated, she was chosen as the queen and won the Miss Tiran, Miss Albania and Miss Globe Universe in 2008. She completed her high school education at Tarhan Private College in Istanbul. She studied in the acting department of the Bil Sanat Academy of Istanbul Aydin University. Almeda Abazi settled in Turkey and decided to continue her professional life in Turkey. She has appeared in the films called Konak, Show Business and also in the TRT series called Ayrilik. She also joined Yok Böyle Dans (Turkish version of the Dancing with the Stars) in 2011 and Survivor Ünlüler-Gönüllüler(Survivor celebrities-volunteers). She played in Muhtesem Yüzyil as Valeria. She appeared in Para Bende with Murat Ceylan as presenter in the tv8 channel and joined the Survivor All Star contest again in 2015. Almeda got married with Turkish actor Tolgahan Sayisman on 14 February 2017 in Los Angeles.- Drita is a hot-tempered Albanian who married into the mob much to the chagrin of her straight-laced immigrant family. Her husband Lee was part of the New Springville Boys gang and is in prison for robbing a Staten Island bank. While she's been married to Lee for 12 years, she's only been able to spend 2 years with him due to his crime sprees and jail time.
- Enver Hoxha was born on 16 October 1908 in Gjirokastër, Albania. He was married to Nexhmije Hoxha. He died on 11 April 1985 in Tirana, Albania.
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Amos Zaharia, aka Amos Muji Zaharia is an Albanian actor. He is the second child of Yllka Mujo, an actress, and Gjergj Zaharia a school teacher. His older sister Elia Zaharia is also involved in acting. Born in 12/08/1987 Amos started acting in movies at the age 14. Since than Amos has been working on movies and also theatre plays.- Bekim Latifi was born on 16 May 1994 in Durrës, Albania. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Stella: A Life (2023) and For Reasons Unknown (2020).
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Luiz Ejlli was born on 12 July 1985 in Shkodër, Albania. He is an actor, known for Within Love (2023), Big Brother Albania VIP (2021) and Festivali i këngës (2004).- Actor
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Faton Tony Millanaj, Raised in Boston Massachusetts begun his film career appearing in a small part for an indie film directed by one of his good friends Marcus Jimenez, he landed his first lead role in two minute horror short titled "Doe" and another short film titled "Freedom which he collaborated again with Marcus Jimenez". He has written a short film turned feature titled "The Mission" which is currently filming in Florida.- Sonila Vjeshta was born on 11 February 1978 in Berat, Albania. She is an actress, known for Moses Jones (2009), Doctor Who (2005) and BBC Proms (2010).
- Antonio Kodrinaj was born in Shkoder (Albania) on 04-22-1989 he lived most of his life in Greece and Italy falling in love with cinema at the age of 15. a self-taught actor, in 2012 he was discovered by the Italian director Fabrizio Favilli where he assigned him one of the leading roles in the Italian film "Villa Triste" After that, the Albanian director Jotti Ejlli call him for another leading role in the film HIJE (shadows) in 2014, who doubted in the cinema in 2016 with great success. In 2018 he is part of another starring film Italian/Albanian film entitled; "Il ritratto incompiuto" (the unfinished portrait) by the Albanian director Namik Ajazi, becoming so an Albanian movie star. Continuing with another starring film "Sofia" November 2022 breaking records as one of the most watched films in Albania in the last 10 years.
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Artur Gorishti is an Albanian-born actor. His first role at age 21 in the controversial Dora e Ngrohte (1983) earned him a national film award for Best Actor. Performances in a number of other landmark films, including Andrea, in the internationally acclaimed film Slogans (2001)winner Best New Talent, Cannes; Grand Prix, Tokyo International Film Festival and Abaz in Father and Godfather (2007), have made him one of the country's best loved actors and helped bring Albanian cinema to the attention of audiences worldwide.
Gorishti lives in Montreal, Canada, where he continues his career in both North American and European productions. Summer 2014 will see him starring as Ben, leading role in the film Bota.
In addition to acting, Gorishti is an artist, with painting exhibitions in North America and overseas. His book of short stories, Dyert (Doors), was published in 2013.- Actor
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Ilir Jacellari was born in Lushnje (Albania) on 07.07.1970. His father, Halil Jacellari, was a well-known writer and publicist. His first studies were in painting and acting, with famous teaching personalities such as Faslli Haliti and Gjergj Lala. His first shows were presented in his city of birth. He left Albania in 1991 to permanently live and working in Rome, Italy. In 2000, he entered University and studied Foreign Literature and Philosophy in La Sapienza University. From 2003, acting in Theatre and TV becomes his main activity. In 2012, he became an Italian citizen, and as such is a dual citizen (Albania and Italy), fluent in Italian, Albanian and Greek.- Enxhi Cuku is an Albanian actress. She got famous for her leading role in the blockbuster albanian movie Femrat (2013), which was her first role in cinema too. She has played in the first albanian horror movie Bloodlands (2017), and has starred in The Internment (2018), a forbidden love story in communism era in Albania. In 2020, Enxhi had her role in Thank you Hague, sharing the scene with the best actor Oscar nominee, Gerard Depardieu. She has the lead role in the first albanian LGBT short movie, The Red Rose Aroma (2023).