Question: When did one of the stars in The Gift began acting on television?
Context: Elizabeth Benson (born 1966) is a Nigerian evangelist and actress.  She began acting when she was just a kid.  She became popular when she featured in Fortunes, a television soap opera in 1993.  Liz Benson played the part of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in the soap, which ran for about two years on the Nigerian Television Authority network.In 1994, her role in "Glamour Girls", a very successful home video film that focused on the theme of prostitution, literally changed her fortune after "Fortunes".  The movie shot her into prominence and gradually she warmed her way into the minds of millions of Nigerian movie fans.  Surprisingly, just when her rating as a leading actress had begun to rise even higher than expected, Benson suddenly quit acting in 1996.  She became a born-again Christian and started preaching the gospel.  The Efik-born actress, took another shot at marriage after her conversion.  In a quiet court ceremony in Abuja, She got married to Bishop Great Emeya in 2009 at the Rainbow Christian Assembly in Warri, Delta State.  The couple are deeply involved in a Christian evangelical ministry.  While Benson is an evangelist, her husband, Emeya, is a pastor in Warri, Delta State. Alicia Amanda Vikander ; ] ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress and former dancer.  Born and raised in Gothenburg, she began acting as a child in minor stage productions at The Göteborg Opera and trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and the School of American Ballet in New York.  She began her professional acting career by appearing in Swedish short films and television series and first gained recognition in Northern Europe for her role as Josefin Björn-Tegebrandt in the TV drama "Andra Avenyn" (2008–10). Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 – June 10, 1989) was an American stage, film, and radio actor and, later, a film director.  He began acting as a child in radio, vaudeville and in stage productions before being signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in his early 20s.  When his acting career began to wane after World War II, Quine began working as a film director.  He later moved into producing and directing television.  Quine directed several well known films including "Bell Book and Candle" (1958), "The World of Suzie Wong" (1960), "Paris When It Sizzles" (1964), "How to Murder Your Wife" (1965), and "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1979). The Gift is a 2015 American-Australian psychological horror-thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Joel Edgerton in his directorial debut, and co-produced by Jason Blum and Rebecca Yeldham.  The film stars Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall as a couple intimidated by a past figure played by Edgerton. Shin So-yul (born Kim Jung-min on August 5, 1985) is a South Korean actress.  Shin began acting in 2006, and appeared in supporting roles in films and television series such as "Hello My Love", "Jungle Fish 2", and "Penny Pinchers".  But her breakthrough would come in 2012 with the popular cable dramedy "Reply 1997".  In 2013, she received acting nominations from the Baeksang Arts Awards and the Grand Bell Awards for her risque role in romantic comedy film "My PS Partner", and became one of the hosts of talk show "Talk Club Actors".  Shin played the leading role in the 2014 daily drama "Sweet Secret". Park Joo-mi (born October 5, 1972) is a South Korean actress.  Park made her entertainment debut as an Asiana Airlines model, then began acting in 1991, starring in television dramas such as "Beautiful Seoul" (1999) and "Feels Good" (2000).  After appearing in "Ladies of the Palace", Park married businessman Lee Jang-won in 2001 and temporarily retired from acting to focus on her family (she gave birth to her sons in 2002 and 2007).  During this time, Park intermittently appeared in commercials and co-hosted the variety show "Yeo Yoo Man Man" from 2003 to 2005.  After a nine-year absence, she made her screen comeback in the thriller "Man of Vendetta" (2010) and the family drama "Believe in Love" (2011).  In 2012, Park had been playing Queen Seondeok in the period drama "The King's Dream" for 18 episodes (of a projected 70), when a car accident on the way to the set resulted in internal injuries, and she had to drop out of the series to undergo medical treatment.  Upon her recovery, Park returned to television in 2014 with "The Story of Kang-gu". John J. Boylan (January 31, 1912 – November 16, 1994) was an American film, television, and theatrical actor.  One of three children born in Canton, Ohio to an Irish-American immigrant family, he began acting in 1932 when he helped found the Players' Guild for a local community theater.  His working life was spent in the Ohio and Pennsylvania steel industries, but he continued acting whenever the opportunity arose, often travelling to Greenwich Village in New York City the 1930s and 1940s when regular employment was scarce.  It was during these periods spent in New York that he performed on Broadway, becoming acquainted with fellow actors Burgess Meredith and John Ireland while there. Raden Ajeng Titien Sumarni (28 December 1932 – 15 May 1966) was an Indonesian film actress active in the 1950s.  Born in Surabaya, she moved to Tasikmalaya as a child and developed an interest in stage acting, trained by her uncle and future husband Mustari, later acting for republican troops during the Indonesian National Revolution.  Sumarni began acting in film in 1951, making her debut with "Seruni Laju".  Over her five-year career Sumarni acted in thirty films, established her own film production company, and became one of the most popular Indonesian actresses of her time.  Following her final film, "Djandjiku" (1956), Sumarni fell out of the spotlight, eventually dying in poverty. Sumiko Fuji (富司 純子 , Fuji Sumiko , born 1 December 1945) is a Japanese actress.  The daughter of a producer at the Tōei studios, she originally began acting under the name Junko Fuji (藤 純子), becoming famous as the female lead in yakuza films against such stars as Ken Takakura and Kōji Tsuruta.  She even starred in her own series as the knife-wielding gambler Red Peony (the "Hibotan Bakuto" or "Red Peony Gambler" series).  Initially retiring in 1972 after getting married, she began appearing on TV in 1974 using the name "Sumiko Fuji."  She later returned to films and expanded her acting repertoire.  She won a Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress in 1999 and 2006.  She is married to the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII and is the mother of the actress Shinobu Terajima and the kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V. Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor, director, and producer.  He began acting on television in the early 1980s on "Little House on the Prairie", and in the sitcoms "Silver Spoons" and "The Hogan Family".  In the 2000s, he became known for his role of Michael Bluth using deadpan comedy in the critically acclaimed sitcom "Arrested Development", for which he won a Golden Globe and a Satellite Award.  He has had starring roles in the films "Juno" (2007), "Hancock" (2008), "Up in the Air" (2009), "The Switch" (2010), "Paul" (2011), "Horrible Bosses" (2011), "The Change-Up" (2011), "Identity Thief" (2013), "Bad Words" (2013), "Horrible Bosses 2" (2014), "The Gift" (2015), and "Zootopia" (2016), as well as the 2017 Netflix series "Ozark".
Answer: early 1980s