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Alison Lohman

**Alison Marion Lohman** (born September 18, 1979)[1][2][3] is an American actress. She starred as Astrid in *White Oleander* (2002), and has appeared in *Matchstick Men* (2003), *Where the Truth Lies* (2005), *The Big White* (2005), *Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind* (2005), *Flicka* (2006), and Sam Raimi's *Drag Me to Hell* (2009); as well as smaller parts in *Big Fish* (2003), *Beowulf* (2007), and *Gamer* (2009). She has also been on television shows such as *Tucker* and *Pasadena*.
Cedric the Entertainer

**Cedric Antonio Kyles** (born April 24, 1964) better known by his stage name **Cedric the Entertainer**, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host. He hosted BET's *ComicView* during the 1993–94 season and *Def Comedy Jam* in 1995. He is best known for co-starring with Steve Harvey on The WB sitcom *The Steve Harvey Show*, as one of *The Original Kings of Comedy*, and for starring as Eddie Walker in *Barbershop*. He can also be seen starring on the CBS show *“The Neighborhood”*. He hosted the 12th season of the daytime version of *Who Wants to Be a Millionaire* in 2013–14 and starred in the TV Land original series *The Soul Man*, which aired from 2012 until 2016. He has also done voice work for *Ice Age*, the *Madagascar* film series, *Charlotte's Web* and the *Planes* franchise. In 2019, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2]
Angela Lansbury

**Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury** DBE (born October 16, 1925) is a British-American-Irish actress who has appeared in theatre, television, and film. Her career has spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work has attracted international acclaim.

Lansbury was born to Irish actress Moyna Macgill and English politician Edgar Lansbury, an upper-middle-class family in Regent's Park, central London. To escape the Blitz, in 1940 she moved to the United States with her mother and two brothers, and studied acting in New York City. Proceeding to Hollywood in 1942, she signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerand obtained her first film roles, in *Gaslight* (1944) and *The Picture of Dorian Gray* (1945), earning her two Oscarnominations and a Golden Globe Award. She appeared in eleven further films for MGM, mostly in supporting roles, and after her contract ended in 1952 she began supplementing her cinematic work with theatrical appearances. Although largely seen as a B-list star during this period, her appearance in the film *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962) received widespread acclaim and is cited as being one of her finest performances. Moving into musical theatre, Lansbury finally gained stardom for playing the leading role in the Broadway musical *Mame* (1966), which earned her a range of awards.

Amid difficulties in her personal life, Lansbury moved from California to County Cork, Ireland in 1970, and continued with a variety of theatrical and cinematic appearances throughout that decade. These included leading roles in the stage musicals *Gypsy*, originating the role of Mrs. Lovett in *Sweeney Todd*, and *The King and I*, as well as in the hit Disney film *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (1971). Moving into television, she achieved worldwide fame as fictional writer and sleuth Jessica Fletcher in the American whodunit series *Murder, She Wrote*, which ran for twelve seasons from 1984 until 1996, becoming one of the longest-running and most popular detective drama series in television history. Through Corymore Productions, a company that she co-owned with her husband Peter Shaw, Lansbury assumed ownership of the series and was its executive producer for the final four seasons. She also moved into voice work, thereby contributing to animated films such as Disney's *Beauty and the Beast* (1991). Since then, she has toured in a variety of international theatrical productions and continued to make occasional film appearances.

Lansbury has received an Honorary Oscar and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and has won five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, and an Olivier Award. She has also been nominated for numerous other industry awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on three occasions, and various Primetime Emmy Awards on eighteen occasions, as well as a Grammy award for her work on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the 1991 Disney animated film *Beauty and the Beast*. In 2014, Lansbury was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. She has been the subject of three biographies.
Adrianne Palicki

**Adrianne Lee Palicki** (born May 6, 1983) is an American actress best known for her roles as Tyra Collette on the NBCseries *Friday Night Lights* (2006–2011) and as Barbara "Bobbi" Morse on the ABC series *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2014–2016). She also played supporting roles in the films *Legion* (2010), *Red Dawn* (2012), *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), and *John Wick* (2014). She currently stars as Commander Kelly Grayson in the Fox show *The Orville* (2017–present).[2]
Colin Firth

**Colin Andrew Firth** CBE (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's *The King's Speech* won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Identified in the late 1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising, young British actors, it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's *Pride and Prejudice* that he received more widespread attention. This led to roles in films, such as *The English Patient*, *Bridget Jones's Diary,* for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award, *Shakespeare in Love*, and *Love Actually*. In 2009, Firth received widespread critical acclaim for his leading role in *A Single Man*, for which he gained his first Academy Award nomination, and won a BAFTA Award. In 2014, Firth portrayed secret agent Harry Hart in the film *Kingsman: The Secret Service*; he later reprised the role in the 2017 sequel *Kingsman: The Golden Circle*. In 2018, he co-starred as William "Weatherall" Wilkins in the musical fantasy *Mary Poppins Returns*.

His films have grossed more than $3 billion from 42 releases worldwide.[1] In 2011, Firth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was also selected as one of the *Time 100*.[2] He was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Winchester in 2007, and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 2012. He has campaigned for the rights of indigenous tribal people, and is a member of Survival International. Firth has campaigned on issues of asylum seekers, refugees' rights, and the environment. He commissioned and co-authored a scientific paper on a study into the differences in brain structure between people of differing political orientations.[3]
Casey Affleck

**Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt** (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and director. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the PBS television film *Lemon Sky* (1988) and the miniseries *The Kennedys of Massachusetts*(1990). He later appeared in three Gus Van Sant films – *To Die For* (1995), *Good Will Hunting* (1997), and *Gerry* (2002) – and in Steven Soderbergh's comedy heist trilogy *Ocean's Eleven* (2001), *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), and *Ocean's Thirteen*(2007). His first leading role was in Steve Buscemi's independent comedy-drama *Lonesome Jim* (2006).

Affleck's breakthrough was in 2007, when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Western drama *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford* and acted in the crime drama *Gone Baby Gone*, directed by his brother Ben Affleck. In 2010, he directed the mockumentary *I'm Still Here*. He then had a string of successful films in the early 2010s, with *Tower Heist*, *ParaNorman*, and *Interstellar*, and received particular praise for his performance as an outlaw in the indie film *Ain't Them Bodies Saints*.

In 2016, Affleck starred as the lead in the drama film *Manchester by the Sea*. For his performance as Lee Chandler, a man grieving the loss of his children, he won the Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Actor, and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2017, Affleck received critical acclaim for his leading role in the supernatural drama film *A Ghost Story*.
Bob Odenkirk

**Robert John Odenkirk** (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as smooth-talking lawyer Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill on the AMC crime drama series *Breaking Bad*and its spin-off *Better Call Saul*, and for the HBO sketch comedy series *Mr. Show with Bob and David*, which he co-created and starred in with fellow comic and friend David Cross.[1]

From the late 1980s to 1990s, Odenkirk worked as a writer for television shows *Saturday Night Live* and *The Ben Stiller Show*, winning two Emmys for his work. He also wrote for *Late Night with Conan O'Brien*, *Get a Life*, and acted in a recurring role as Agent Stevie Grant in *The Larry Sanders Show*. In the early 2000s, Odenkirk discovered the comedy duo Tim & Eric and produced their television series *Tom Goes to the Mayor* and *Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!*He directed three films, *Melvin Goes to Dinner* (2003), *Let's Go to Prison* (2006), and *The Brothers Solomon* (2007). He was also an executive producer of the sketch comedy show *The Birthday Boys*, developing the show with the comedy group after seeing their work at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2015, he and David Crossreunited, along with the rest of the *Mr. Show* cast, for *W/ Bob & David* on Netflix. Odenkirk co-wrote, produced and starred in the Netflix original film *Girlfriend's Day* which was released in 2017.

The success of *Breaking Bad* and *Better Call Saul* led to acting work in high-profile projects, such as *Nebraska*, directed by Alexander Payne, *Fargo*, written by Noah Hawley, *The Post*, directed by Steven Spielberg, and Disney/Pixar's *Incredibles 2*, written and directed by Brad Bird.
Buddy Ebsen

**Buddy Ebsen**, (born **Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr.**,[1] April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003; also known as **Frank "Buddy" Ebsen**[2]) was an American actor and dancer whose career spanned seven decades. His most famous role was as Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962–1971); afterwards he starred as the title character in the television detective drama *Barnaby Jones* (1973–1980).[3]

Originally a dancer, Ebsen began his career in *Broadway Melody of 1936.* He also appeared as a dancer with child star Shirley Temple in *Captain January* (1936). Ebsen was the original choice for the role of the Tin Man in *The Wizard of Oz*, but fell ill due to the aluminum dust in his makeup and was forced to drop out. He appeared with Maureen O'Hara in *They Met in Argentina* (1941) and June Havoc in *Sing Your Worries Away* (1942). In *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1961), he portrayed Doc Golightly, the much older husband of Audrey Hepburn's character. Before his starring role in *The Beverly Hillbillies*, Ebsen had a successful television career, the highlight of which was his role as Davy Crockett's sidekick, George Russell, in Walt Disney's *Davy Crockett* miniseries (1953–54).
Aaron Paul

**Aaron Paul Sturtevant** (born August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series *Breaking Bad*, for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. This made him one of only two actors to win the latter category three times (2010, 2012, 2014), since its separation into comedy and drama.[note 1]He has also won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television three times (2009, 2011, 2013), more than any other actor in that category.[2]

Paul began his career with roles in several music videos and guest roles in television, before taking minor roles in films such as *Mission: Impossible III* (2006) and *The Last House on the Left* (2009). In 2007, he had a recurring role as Scott Quittman on the HBO series *Big Love*. Following his breakthrough, he began starring in films such as *Need for Speed*(2014), *A Long Way Down* (2014), and *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014). Since 2014, he has been the voice of Todd Chavez on the Netflix animated series *BoJack Horseman*, on which he is also an executive producer, and portrayed Eddie Lane in the Hulu drama series *The Path* from 2016 to 2018.

He will reprise the role of Jesse Pinkman in the upcoming film *El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie*, set to be released on Netflix on October 11, 2019.[3]
Amy Poehler

**Amy Meredith Poehler** (/ˈpoʊlər/; born September 16, 1971)[1][2] is an American actress, comedian, director, producer, and writer. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, she Co-founded the Chicago-based improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group moved to New York City in 1996 where their act became a half-hour sketch comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

She is best known for starring as Leslie Knope in the NBC sitcom *Parks and Recreation*, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Musical or Comedy Series in 2014 and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 2012. She was a cast member on the NBC television series *Saturday Night Live* from 2001 to 2008 and became co-anchor of SNL's *Weekend Update* in 2004. She and Tina Fey both won the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for co-hosting *Saturday Night Live*.

She is also known for voicing Joy in *Inside Out*, Sally O'Malley in the *Horton Hears a Who!* movie adaptation, and Bessie Higgenbottom in the Nickelodeon series *The Mighty B!* from 2008 to 2011. Poehler is an executive producer on the televisions series *Welcome to Sweden*, *Broad City,* *Difficult People,* and *Russian Doll*. In December 2015, Poehler received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions in television.
Andrew Garfield

**Andrew Russell Garfield** (born 20 August 1983)[2] is a British-American actor.[3][4][5][6] He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Tony Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and two British Academy Film Awards.

Born in Los Angeles and raised in Epsom, England, Garfield began his career on the UK stage and in television productions. He made his feature-film debut in the 2007 ensemble drama *Lions for Lambs*. Also that year, his performance in the television film *Boy A* earned him a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. He came to international attention in 2010 with supporting roles in the drama *The Social Network*, for which he received a BAFTAnomination for his portrayal of Eduardo Saverin, and the science fiction romance *Never Let Me Go*. Garfield subsequently gained wider recognition for playing Spider-Man in the 2012 superhero film *The Amazing Spider-Man* and its 2014 sequel. In 2016, Garfield starred in two critically acclaimed historical dramas, *Hacksaw Ridge* and *Silence*. His portrayal of Desmond T. Doss in the former earned him nominations for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

On stage, Garfield has played Biff in a 2012 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's play *Death of a Salesman*, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In 2017, he starred as Prior Walter in a production of *Angels in America* at the Royal National Theatre in London, a role for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role on Broadway in 2018, for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Catherine Zeta-Jones

**Catherine Zeta-Jones** CBE (/ˈziːtə/; born 25 September 1969)[a] is a Welsh actress. Born and raised in Swansea, Zeta-Jones aspired to be an actress from a young age. As a child, she played roles in the West End productions of the musicals *Annie* and *Bugsy Malone*. She studied musical theatre at the Arts Educational Schools, London and made her stage breakthrough with a leading role in a 1987 production of *42nd Street*. Her screen debut came in the unsuccessful French-Italian film *1001 Nights* (1990), and she went on to find greater success as a regular in the British television series *The Darling Buds of May* (1991–1993). Dismayed at being typecast as the token pretty girl in British films, Zeta-Jones relocated to Los Angeles.

Zeta-Jones established herself in Hollywood with roles that highlighted her sex appeal, such as in the action film *The Mask of Zorro* (1998) and the heist film *Entrapment* (1999). She received acclaim for her performances as a vengeful pregnant woman in *Traffic* (2000) and a murderous singer in the musical *Chicago* (2002); for the latter she won Academyand BAFTA Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in high-profile films for much of the decade, including the black comedy *Intolerable Cruelty* (2003), the heist film *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), the comedy *The Terminal* (2004), and the romantic comedy *No Reservations* (2007). Parts in smaller-scale features were followed by a decrease in workload, during which she returned to stage and played an ageing actress in *A Little Night Music* (2009), winning a Tony Award. Zeta-Jones continued to work intermittently in the 2010s, starring in the psychological thriller *Side Effects* (2013) and the action film *Red 2* (2013), and portrayed actress Olivia de Havilland in the FX television series *Feud* (2017).

Zeta-Jones is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a Tony Award, and in 2010, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her film and humanitarian endeavours. She supports various charities and causes, and is a prominent celebrity endorser of brands. Her struggle with depression and bipolar II disorder has been well documented by the media. She is married to American actor Michael Douglas, with whom she has two children.
Brenda Blethyn

**Brenda Anne Blethyn** OBE (*née* **Bottle**; 20 February 1946) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayals of working class women with eccentric qualities. She is the recipient of several accolades, including one Golden Globe, one BAFTA, and two Academy Award nominations.

Blethyn pursued an administrative career before enrolling in the Guildford School of Acting in her late 20s. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre and gained attention for her performances in *Troilus and Cressida* (1976), *Mysteries* (1979), *Steaming* (1981), and *Benefactors* (1984), receiving an Olivier nomination for the latter.

In 1980, Blethyn made her television debut in Mike Leigh's *Grown-Ups*. She later won leading roles on the short-run sitcoms *Chance in a Million* (1984–86) and *The Labours of Erica* (1989–90). She made her big-screen debut with a small role in Nicolas Roeg's 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's *The Witches*. She experienced a major career breakthrough with her leading role in Mike Leigh's 1996 drama *Secrets & Lies*, for which she received multiple awards, including Best Actress at Cannes, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award nomination. She earned her second Academy Award nomination two years later, for her performance in *Little Voice* (1998).

Blethyn has since appeared in a range of big-budget and independent features, including *Girls' Night*, *Music from Another Room*, *Night Train* (all 1998), *Saving Grace* (2000), *Lovely and Amazing* (2001), *Pumpkin*, *Sonny*, *Plots with a View* (all 2002), *Beyond the Sea*, *A Way of Life* (both 2004), *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), *Clubland*, and *Atonement* (both 2007). In addition, she has continued to appear frequently on television, in productions such as *Anne Frank: The Whole Story*(2001) and *War and Peace* (2007). Since 2011, she has played the title role of DCI Vera Stanhope in the British crime drama series *Vera*.
Anna Paquin

**Anna Hélène Paquin** (/ˈpækwɪn/ *PAK-win*; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand-Canadian actress.[1][2][3][4] She was born in Manitoba and brought up in Wellington, New Zealand, before moving to Los Angeles during her youth. She completed a year at Columbia University, before leaving to focus on her acting career. As a child, she played the role of Flora McGrath in Jane Campion's romantic drama film *The Piano* (1993), despite having had little acting experience. For her performance, she garnered critical acclaim and received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history.[5][6]

Paquin was a successful child actress, receiving multiple Young Artist Award nominations for her roles in *Fly Away Home*(1996), *The Member of the Wedding* (1997), and *A Walk on the Moon* (1999), and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for appearing in Cameron Crowe's comedy-drama film *Almost Famous* (2000). She played mutant superheroine Rogue in multiple films of the *X-Men* franchise(2000–2014) and was nominated for a Saturn Award for her performance in the first installment. Her other film credits include *Jane Eyre* (1996), *Amistad* (1997), *25th Hour* (2002), *Trick 'r Treat* (2007), *Margaret* (2011), *The Good Dinosaur*(2015), and *The Irishman* (2019).

Paquin played the lead role of Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO vampire drama television series *True Blood* (2008–2014). For her performance in the series, Paquin won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama in 2009,[7] and was nominated for an additional Golden Globe Award in 2010,[7] as well as three Saturn Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2010. Among other accolades, Paquin has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work on the 2007 television film *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* and a Golden Globe Award for her work on the 2009 television film *The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler*.
Cuba Gooding Jr.

**Cuba Mark Gooding Jr.** (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor and director. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), he appeared in *A Few Good Men* (1992), *The Tuskegee Airmen* (1995), *Outbreak*(1995), and *Jerry Maguire* (1996), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He gained later attention for his roles in *Men of Honor* (2000) as Carl Brashear, and in Michael Bay's World War II epic *Pearl Harbor*(2001) as Doris Miller. His other notable films include *As Good as It Gets* (1997), the ensemble farce *Rat Race* (2001),*American Gangster* (2007), *Lee Daniels' The Butler* (2013), and *Selma* (2014), playing civil rights attorney Fred Gray. In 2016, he portrayed O.J. Simpson in the FX drama series *The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story*, and co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series *American Horror Story*, subtitled *Roanoke*.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson

**Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson** (né **Johnson**;[2] born 13 June 1990[3][4]) is an English actor and screenwriter, best known as the titular character in the *Kick-Ass* films and his role as Lieutenant Ford in *Godzilla* (2014).

Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six and has appeared in films such as *Shanghai Knights* (2003), playing a young Charlie Chaplin, *The Illusionist* (2006) and *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging* (2008). He had his breakthrough performance in the John Lennon biopic *Nowhere Boy* (2009). He went on to portray Ben in the Oliver Stone-directed crime thriller *Savages* (2012), Russian aristocrat Count Vronsky in Joe Wright's adaptation of *Anna Karenina* (2012) and Lt. Brody in Gareth Edwards' monster movie *Godzilla* (2014). For his performance as the mentally ill kidnapper Ray Marcus in Tom Ford's thriller *Nocturnal Animals* (2016), he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

He was initially credited as Aaron Johnson, but began being billed as Aaron Taylor-Johnson in 2013, with *Kick-Ass 2*. He legally changed his name after marrying director Sam Taylor-Wood.[5]
Chris Sarandon

**Christopher Sarandon Jr.** (/səˈrændən/; born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is known best for playing Prince Humperdinck in the movie *The Princess Bride*, the vampire Jerry Dandrige in *Fright Night*, Detective Mike Norris in *Child's Play* (1988), and for providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington in *The Nightmare Before Christmas*. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in *Dog Day Afternoon*.
Annie Potts

**Anne Hampton Potts** (born October 28, 1952)[1] is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Awardfor *Corvette Summer* (1978) and won a Genie Award for *Heartaches* (1981), before appearing in *Ghostbusters* (1984), *Pretty in Pink* (1986), *Jumpin' Jack Flash* (1986), *Who's Harry Crumb?* (1989), and *Ghostbusters II* (1989). She also voiced Bo Peep in the Disney and Pixar animated films *Toy Story* (1995), *Toy Story 2* (1999), and *Toy Story 4* (2019).

Potts is also known for playing Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom *Designing Women* (1986–93). She went on to be nominated for a 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom *Love & War* (1993–95), and was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1998 and 1999 for playing Mary Elizabeth Sims in the Lifetimedrama series *Any Day Now* (1998–2002). Her other television credits include *GCB* (2012), *The Fosters* (2013–18), and *Young Sheldon* (2017–present).
Amber Riley

**Amber Patrice Riley** (born February 15, 1986) is an American actress, singer and author. She is best known for her portrayal of Mercedes Jones on the Fox comedy-drama series *Glee* (2009–2015). For her performance on the series, she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for three Teen Choice Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, and a Grammy Award.

In November 2016, Riley led the West End debut of *Dreamgirls*,[1] playing the lead role of Effie White.[1] She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2017 for her role in *Dreamgirls*.[1][2]

Riley won season 17 of *Dancing with the Stars* in 2013.[3] In 2017, Riley appeared as a judge on BBC One musical theatre talent show *Let It Shine* and formed a musical theatre supergroup with Beverley Knight and Cassidy Janson, known collectively as Leading Ladies and signed to East West Records/Warner. Their debut album, *Songs from the Stage*, was released on November 17, 2017.
Chris O'Donnell

**Christopher Eugene O'Donnell** (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and former model. He played Charlie Simms in *Scent of a Woman*, Chris Reece in *School Ties*, D'Artagnan in *The Three Musketeers*, Jack Foley in the drama film*Circle of Friends*, Dick Grayson/Robin in *Batman Forever* and *Batman & Robin*, Jason Brown in Robert Altman's *Cookie's Fortune*, Peter Garrett in *Vertical Limit*, and Wardell Pomeroy in *Kinsey*. O'Donnell currently stars as special Agent G. Callen on the CBS crime drama television series *NCIS: Los Angeles*, a spin-off of *NCIS*.
Claire Danes

**Claire Catherine Danes** (born April 12, 1979)[1] is an American actor. She is the recipient of three Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, *Time* named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015.[2]

Danes gained early recognition as Angela Chase in the 1994 teen drama series *My So-Called Life*.[3] The role won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She made her film debut the same year in *Little Women* (1994). Her other films include *Home for the Holidays*(1995), *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), *The Rainmaker* (1997), *Les Misérables* (1998), *Brokedown Palace* (1999), *The Hours*(2002), *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), *Shopgirl* (2005), *Stardust* (2007), and *A Kid Like Jake* (2018).

From 1998 to 2000, Danes attended Yale University before dropping out to return to acting. She appeared in an Off-Broadway production of *The Vagina Monologues* in 2000, and made her Broadway debut playing Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 revival of *Pygmalion*. In 2010, she portrayed Temple Grandin in the highly acclaimed HBO TV film *Temple Grandin*, which won her a second Golden Globe and her first Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Since 2011, she has starred as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime drama series *Homeland*, for which she has won two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, two Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.[4][5]
Billy Campbell

**William Oliver Campbell**[1] (born July 7, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He first gained recognition for his recurring role as Luke Fuller in the TV series *Dynasty*. Since then, he became known for playing Rick Sammler on *Once and Again*, Det. Joey Indelli on *Crime Story*, Jordan Collier on *The 4400*, and Dr. Jon Fielding on the *Tales of the City*miniseries. His most notable films include *The Rocketeer*, *Bram Stoker's Dracula* and *Enough.*[2] He portrayed Darren Richmond on the AMC television series *The Killing*, and played Dr. Alan Farragut in the SyFy series *Helix*.
Christopher Reeve

**Christopher D'Olier Reeve**[2] (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor who played DC comicbook superhero Superman, beginning with the acclaimed *Superman* (1978), for which he won a BAFTA Award.

Reeve appeared in other critically acclaimed films such as *The Bostonians* (1984), *Street Smart* (1987) and *The Remains of the Day* (1993). He received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the television remake of *Rear Window* (1998).

On May 27, 1995, Reeve was left quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, Virginia. He used a wheelchair and needed a portable ventilator to breathe for the rest of his life. He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries and for human embryonic stem cell research, founding the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founding the Reeve-Irvine Research Center.[3]
Bradley Whitford

**Bradley Whitford** (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and political activist. He portrayed White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television drama *The West Wing*, for which he was nominated for three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from 2001 to 2003, winning in 2001. This role also earned him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations.

Whitford also played Danny Tripp in *Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip*, Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy-comedy *The Good Guys*, Timothy Carter, a character who was believed to be Red John, in the CBS series *The Mentalist*, antagonist Eric Gordon in the film *Billy Madison*, Arthur Parsons in *The Post*, Dean Armitage in the horror film *Get Out* and Roger Peralta in *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*.

In 2015 he won a second Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Marcy in *Transparent* and later garnered a fifth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Magnus Hirschfeld in the same series. He was an occasional columnist for *The Huffington Post* until November 2009.[1]
Barry Bostwick

**Barry Knapp Bostwick** (born February 24, 1945) is an American stage and screen actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in the musical comedy horror *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom *Spin City* (1996–2002). Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in the musical *The Robber Bridegroom*.
Candice Bergen

**Candice Patricia Bergen** (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her eleven seasons as the title character on the CBS sitcom *Murphy Brown*(1988–98, 2018). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama *Boston Legal* (2005–08). She was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for *Starting Over* (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for *Gandhi* (1982).

Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the front cover of *Vogue* before she made her screen debut in the 1966 film *The Group*. She went on to star in *The Sand Pebbles* (1966), *Soldier Blue* (1970), *Carnal Knowledge* (1971), and *The Wind and the Lion* (1975). She made her Broadway debut in the 1984 play *Hurlyburly*, and went on to star in the revivals of *The Best Man* (2012) and *Love Letters* (2014). From 2002 to 2004, she appeared in three episodes of the HBO series *Sex and the City*. Her other film roles include *Miss Congeniality* (2000), *Sweet Home Alabama* (2002), *The Women* (2008), *Bride Wars* (2009), and *Book Club* (2018).
Barbara Streisand

**Barbara Joan** "**Barbra**" **Streisand** (/ˈstraɪsænd/; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards,[1] ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award,[2] five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy,[3] a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize,[4] four Peabody Awards,[5] the Presidential Medal of Freedom,[6] and nine Golden Globes.[7] She is among a small group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award – though only three were competitive awards – and is one of only two artists in that group who have also won a Peabody.[8]

After beginning a successful recording career in the 1960s, Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade.[9] She starred in the critically acclaimed *Funny Girl*, for which she won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.[10] Her other films include *The Owl and the Pussycat*, *The Way We Were*, and *A Star Is Born*, for which she received her second Academy Award, composing music for the love theme "Evergreen", the first woman to be honored as a composer.[11] With the release of *Yentl* in 1983, Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film.[12] The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical. Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and to date only) woman to win that award.

Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with more than 68.5 million albums in the U.S. and with a total of 150 million records sold worldwide[13][14] making her the best-selling female artist among top-selling artists recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[14][15] The RIAA and *Billboard* recognize Streisand as holding the record for the most top 10 albums of any female recording artist: a total of 34 since 1963. According to *Billboard*, she holds the record for the female with the most number one albums (11).[16] *Billboard* also recognizes her as the greatest female of all time on its 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Hot 100 chart.[17][18] Streisand is the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades, having released 53 gold albums, 31 platinum albums, and 14 multi-platinum albums in the United States.[2]
Amanda Plummer

**Amanda Michael Plummer**[1] (born March 23, 1957)[2] is an American actress. She is known for her work on stage and for her roles in such films as *Joe Versus the Volcano* (1990), *The Fisher King* (1991), *Pulp Fiction* (1994), and *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013). Plummer won a Tony Award in 1982 for her performance in *Agnes of God*.
Angelina Jolie

**Angelina Jolie** (/dʒoʊˈliː/; née **Voight**, formerly **Jolie Pitt**,[3] born June 4, 1975)[4] is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. The recipient of such accolades as an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.

Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in *Lookin' to Get Out* (1982), and her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production *Cyborg 2* (1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film, *Hackers* (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films *George Wallace* (1997) and *Gia*(1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama *Girl, Interrupted*(1999). Her starring role as the video game heroine Lara Croft in *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001) established her as a leading Hollywood actress. She continued her action-star career with *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), *Wanted* (2008), and *Salt*(2010), and received critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas *A Mighty Heart* (2007) and *Changeling* (2008), which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Her biggest commercial success came with the fantasy picture *Maleficent* (2014). In the 2010s, Jolie expanded her career into directing, screenwriting, and producing, with the war dramas *In the Land of Blood and Honey* (2011), *Unbroken* (2014), and *First They Killed My Father* (2017).

In addition to her film career, Jolie is noted for her humanitarian efforts, for which she has received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG), among other honors. She promotes various causes, including conservation, education, and women's rights, and is most noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR).

As a public figure, Jolie has been cited as one of the most influential and powerful people in the American entertainment industry. For a number of years, she was cited as the world's most beautiful woman by various media outlets, and her personal life is the subject of wide publicity. She is divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton and Brad Pitt; she and Pitt have six children together, three of whom were adopted internationally.
Brittany Murphy

**Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack**[2] (born **Brittany Anne Bertolotti**; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. A native of Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in *Clueless* (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent filmssuch as *Freeway* (1996) and *Bongwater* (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's *A View from the Bridge* in 1997, before appearing as Daisy Randone in *Girl, Interrupted* (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999).

In the 2000s Murphy appeared in *Don't Say a Word* (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in *8 Mile*(2002), for which she gained critical recognition.[3] Her later roles included *Riding in Cars with Boys* (2001), *Spun* (2002), Just Married (2003), *Uptown Girls* (2003), *Sin City* (2005), and *Happy Feet* (2006). Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series *King of the Hill* (1997–2009). Her final film, *Something Wicked*, was released in April 2014.

In December 2009, Murphy died of pneumonia at the age of 32.
Charlotte Rampling

**Tessa Charlotte Rampling** OBE (born 5 February 1946)[*citation needed*] is an English actress, model and singer, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian.[2][3] An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model and later became a fashion icon and muse.[4]

She was cast in the role of Meredith in the 1966 film *Georgy Girl,* which starred Lynn Redgrave. She soon began making French and Italian arthouse films, most notably during this time in Luchino Visconti's *The Damned* (1969) and Liliana Cavani's *The Night Porter* (1974). She went on to star in *Zardoz* (1974), *Farewell, My Lovely* (1975), Woody Allen's *Stardust Memories* (1980), opposite Paul Newman in *The Verdict* (1982), *Long Live Life* (1984), *Max, Mon Amour* (1986), *Angel Heart* (1987) and *The Wings of the Dove* (1997). In 2002 she released an album of recordings in the style of cabaret, titled *As A Woman.*[5]

In the 2000s, she became the muse of French director François Ozon, appearing in his films *Under the Sand* (2000), *Swimming Pool* (2003) and *Angel* (2007). On television, she is known for her role as Evelyn Vogel in *Dexter* (2013). In 2012 she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, both for her performance in the miniseries *Restless.* Other television roles include work in *Broadchurch* and *London Spy,* for the latter of which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. For her performance in the 2015 film *45 Years,* she won the Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress, the European Film Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 74th Venice International Film Festival for *Hannah*.[6]

A four-time César Award nominee, she received an Honorary César in 2001 and France's Legion of Honour in 2002. She was made an OBE in 2000 for her services to the arts, and received the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Film Awards. In 2015, she released her autobiography, which she wrote in French, titled *Qui Je Suis,* or *Who I Am.*[7] She later worked on an English translation, which was published in March 2017.
Blake Lively

**Blake Ellender Lively** (née **Brown**; August 25, 1987)[2] is an American actress.

Lively is known for starring as Serena van der Woodsen in the CW drama television series *Gossip Girl* (2007–2012).[3][4]She also starred in a number of films, including *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* (2005), *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2* (2008), *The Town* (2010), *Green Lantern* (2011), *Savages* (2012), *The Age of Adaline* (2015), *The Shallows* (2016) and *A Simple Favor* (2018).

She has been married to actor Ryan Reynolds since 2012, with whom she has two children[5] and is expecting a third child.
Catherine Tate

**Catherine Tate** (born **Catherine Ford**; 12 May 1968) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series *The Catherine Tate Show* as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTA. Following the success of *The Catherine Tate Show*, Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of *Doctor Who* and later reprised her role, becoming the Tenth Doctor's regular companion for the fourth series in 2008.[1] In 2011, she began a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U.S. version of *The Office* and was a regular until the series ended.[2] She now provides the voice of Magica De Spell in the 2017 reboot of Disney's *DuckTales* animated series.
Alanna Ubach

**Alanna Noel Ubach** (born October 3, 1975) is an American actress known for her roles in *Coco* as Mama Imelda, *Legally Blonde* as Serena McGuire and *Meet the Fockers* as Isabel Villalobos.

She has provided voices for several characters in a number of animated television shows and movies, such as Liz Allanon *The Spectacular Spider-Man*, the title character on *El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera*, Lola Boa on *Brandy & Mr. Whiskers*, Strudel on *Pound Puppies* and four characters in the Oscar-winning animated film *Rango*. She played the first female assistant, Josie, on *Beakman's World*.  During this stage, she also landed a regular spot as Josie the assistant in the TV series, *Beakman's World*. Her early film roles include *Airborne* (1993), *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit*(1993), *Renaissance Man* (1994) and *The Brady Bunch Movie* (1995). She later had roles in a series of indie films: *Denise Calls Up* (1995), in which she played the title character; *Johns* (1996), playing David Arquette's girlfriend and in *Freeway* (1996), with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland, playing a Latina gang girl. She also played roles in more mainstream films like *Clockwatchers* (1997) and alongside Reese Witherspoon in the two *Legally Blonde* films.[4]

In 2004, Ubach starred in the movie *Waiting...*, alongside Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris and landed the role of a Latina maid/caterer in *Meet The Fockers* (2004). She also had recurring roles in *Hung* (2009) and *Californication* (2013).

Ubach stars with Lisa Edelstein as a regular cast member on Bravo's first-ever scripted series, *Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce*.[5][6] Ubach portrays Jo, who moves to Los Angeles to reinvent herself in the guest house of her just-divorced best friend from college, Abby.[7] Ubach describes the show as "fun and stylish, it's very relatable." The role of Jo was created following the exit of Janeane Garofalo.[8]
Chris Rock

**Christopher Julius Rock** (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director.

After working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in supporting film roles, Rock came to wider prominence as a cast member of *Saturday Night Live* in the early 1990s. He went on to more prominent film appearances, with starring roles in *Down to Earth* (2001), *Head of State* (2003), *The Longest Yard* (2005), the *Madagascar* film series (2005–2012), *Grown Ups* (2010), its sequel *Grown Ups 2* (2013), *Top Five* (2014), and a series of acclaimed stand-up specials for HBO. He developed, wrote, and narrated the sitcom *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005–2009), which was based on his early life.

Rock hosted the 77th Academy Awards in 2005 and the 88th in 2016. He has won four Emmy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He was voted the fifth-greatest stand-up comedian in a poll conducted by Comedy Central. He was also voted in the United Kingdom as the ninth-greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's *100 Greatest Stand-Ups* in 2007, and again in the updated 2010 list as the eighth-greatest stand-up comic.
Ben Foster

**Benjamin A. Foster** (born October 29, 1980)[1] is an American actor. He has had roles in films including *The Punisher*(2004), *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006), *Alpha Dog* (2006), *The Messenger* (2009), *Pandorum* (2009),[2] *The Mechanic*(2011), *Contraband* (2012), *Kill Your Darlings* (2013), *Lone Survivor* (2013), *The Program* (2015), and *Leave No Trace*(2018). He was nominated for a Saturn Award and a Satellite Award for his role in *3:10 to Yuma* (2007)[3] and won an Independent Spirit Award for portraying Tanner Howard in *Hell or High Water* (2016).[4]
Cameron Monaghan

**Cameron Riley Monaghan** (born August 16, 1993) is an American actor and model. Beginning with his professional career as a child model at the age of three, and child actor at the age of seven, Monaghan is best known for his role as Ian Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama series *Shameless*. He has also appeared as twins Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska, characters who explore the mythology of and act as possible origins to DC Comics supervillain the Joker[1] on the Fox crime series *Gotham*.
Chyler Leigh

**Chyler Leigh West** (pronounced /ˈkaɪlər/ *KY-lər*; born **Potts**; April 10, 1982), known professionally as **Chyler Leigh**, is an American actress, singer and model. She is known for portraying Janey Briggs in the comedy film *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), Lexie Grey in the ABC medical drama series *Grey's Anatomy* (2007–2012), and Alex Danvers in the DC Comics superhero series *Supergirl* (2015–present).