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Malka Aronow

Malka Aronow (2019)

**Malka Aronow** (born August 4, 1979) - is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

## Biography

### Early Life

Malka Aronow was born on August 4, 1979 in Queens, New York, to Sangita (née Kumari), an Indian-American optician, and Ethan Aronow, a Jewish-American archaeologist. All of her paternal great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Germany. Her mother after marriage converted to Judaism, and Malka was also raised Jewish. Aronow had bat mitzvah. She has two younger sisters, Lea born in May 1981 and Romi born in July 1984. She and her sister growing up with Indian and Jewish culture, and all of them can speak, Hindi, Hebrew and Yiddish in addiction to their native English language. She attended Townsend Harris High School. From the age of four to sixteen she attended piano lessons. At the age of 16, she started working as a singer at the bat mitzvah.

### Career

After working as a singer at the bat mitzvah for five years, she decided to become a recording artist. In the middle of 2000, she signed to Blue Note. In same year Aronow released her first single Brunette. In 2001, she released her first EP entilted I'm starting..., on which there was four songs, including Bench Thinking, which was Aronow's most popular song at this time. In 2002, she released album Let's Go, who peaked fourth on Rock Charts and eleventh on Billboard 200. In 2003, she released second EP Passion Will Give You A Chance, and in the same year had her first American tour which she named Rock & Jazz, stating she choose that name, cause of genres she is making. In 2004 she won a Grammy award for the Best Of The Year for her song Storm of Thought. In 2007, she had her second American Tour which she named Little Artist. In 2010, she released her second album Focused. In 2011, she got her second Grammy award for the Best Music Video to her song Wedding History. In 2012, she had an offer to sing Oscar-winning song Wait For Me in animated film Fate. In 2015, she had her third American tour entitled Jokes and Laughter, and one year later had her first European tour named Swords. In 2017, she announced that she is joining jury panel in American The Voice. In 2019, she was the special guest in one of the episodes of American The Voice Kids. In December 2020, she released her third album Bevakasha all in Hebrew, album had a listening party held on January 5, 2021 in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

### Personal Life

From 1997 to 2005, Aronow was in relationship with Francis Kirby, whom she met in High School. Their daughter Noa was born on April 3, 2001. In 2008, she announced her relationship with director Louis Foster. They got engaged in autumn 2015, and wed on August 4, 2016 in Malibu at the day of Aronow's 37 birthday. Their son Tyler was born on September 29, 2017. She resides in Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Siena Logan

Siena Logan (2015)

**Siena Mindy Logan** (born January 15, 1982) - is an American actress and writer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Siena Mindy Logan was born on January 15, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona, the second child born to Abigail (née Barry) and politician Ted Logan. She has an older brother Greg Edward born in 1976. Her name was inspired by a visit to the Siena city in Italy, during a Easter 1979. Her father became governor of Arizona in November 1982, was reelected in November 1986 and served in this role until 1990. She is of Danish, English and Luxembourgish descent. She attended to Arizona School for the Arts which she graduated in 1998. She graduated from Arizona State University in degree of Arts in 2004.

### Career

In 2003, she portrayed her mother in youth in a biographical movie of her parents entitled The Logans. As she then stated, she very liked acting and would like to continue her career. In 2004, she played in thriller Eyes of the Rain, which got Oscar for the Best Original Script. In May 2005, she released her first mystery book entitled American Dream. Year later, she released book's continuation, American Blonde. In June 2007, she asked director Marco Stone to made a film based on her two books and he agreed. Logan and Stone were writing script together. American Dream film had a premiere on July 6, 2008 and became succesful, same as American Blonde, which had premiere on December 14, 2011. In 2012, she played in adventure film Waterfall Travel. In 2013, she released her third mystery book, Detective. In 2014, she took part in American Your Face Sounds Similiar and came second. In 2015, she played in romance film Bouquet of Roses. In 2016, she got an Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress for film Fuller's Cafe. From 2017 to 2019 she was playing in American television series Daisy Hills. In 2020, she played in western film Don't Lose Your Hat. In 2021, she appeared in MasterChef Stars.

### Personal Life

She wed actor Dominic McClain on August 6, 2013 in a private ceremony held in Marrakech, Morocco. Their first child, a daughter Celeste Robin McClain was born on December 2, 2014. They welcomed their second child, a son Nicholas Earl on June 17, 2017. Their third child and second son, Colin Daniel was born on March 27, 2021. She resides in San Francisco.
Lori Hancock

Lori Hancock (2018)

**Lori Carmela Sweeney** (née **Hancock**, born January 8, 1965) - is an American former model and fashion designer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Lori Carmela Hancock was born on January 8, 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the only child born to Rosalinda (née Manuel), a Filipino-American tour guide, and Johnny Hancock, an Australian financial manager of Yapese ancestry. She was learnt Tagalog from her mother. In 1967, her family moved to Canberra, Australia and was living ther until their move out to New York City in 1975. Her parents divorced in 1976, and her after that her father moved to Florida. Lori's mother remarried in 1978 and gave birth to a son Lauro on October 4, 1979, when she was thirty eight. Her mother's second marriage ended up on divorce in 1984. After Lauro turned five, their mother started working as a seamstress to maintain family. Soon after Rosalinda started working, Lori's maternal grandparents moved to them to help her raising children. She was often visiting her mother at work and was helping her, thanks to that she got really into sewing and fashion. She attended Stuyvesant High School.

### Career

In 1985, while helping her mother in work she was saw by tailor factory owner who was raning a New York Miss copmetition, and suggested Lori to took part in it and Hancock agreed. During show, on June 16, 1985, she won and became Miss New York, thus getting into Miss USA. During training ballet as her talent to show during competition she broke her ankle, but did not give up and taught herself to sing opera. Miss USA took place on August 17, 1985 in Las Vegas. Hancock took a chance and was singing opera and dancing ballet at the same time. During her speech she spoke about World problems and finally she won, and became first ever Miss USA of Yapese descent. She won $50,000, from which she bought her family apartament in centre of New York City. From 1986 to 1991 she was a pageant coach. In 1991, she announced that she is quitting modeling, and in the same year she found her fashion company Rosa, in honor of her mother. As of March 2020, her net worth is $987 000 000.

### Personal Life

On June 4, 1986 she gave birth to son, Dante Jaime Rivers, whose father is her ex-partner, Ed Rivers. In July 1989, she began relationship with actor, Dale Sweeney. They got engaged in 1990 and wed on February 5, 1991. Together, they have three children, Nelly Juliet born on April 17, 1992, Ross born on October 7, 1998 and Janie born on May 19, 2003. They reside in San Diego, California. She is aunt of Cherri Tae Acosta.
Barbara Yastar

**Barbara Yastar** - is an American fashion clothes designer and co-judge on *Celebrity Project Runway*.

## Early life

Barbara Yastar was the last child of Antonio and Elisa. Her father Antonio was of Argentinian descent and worked as a bus driver. And her mother was a native American and as Barbara said was *hurled* by the job agencies. She was working in the art industry as a fashion designer, sewer, etc. Her father died in 1986, because of liver cancer, and her mother died one year later, without any diseases. Her 2 brothers died in 2001 in the World Trade Center disaster. As Yastar says "I bring a lot of sentiments from my childhood to my works".

## Career

Yastar finished Las Vegas Arts School in 1959, although she got her local fame before that. In 1957 she was designing clothes for the Miss Nevada competition. In 1961 she released her first collection called *Pastellor*. Her worldwide fame came in 1972 when she created the galaxy-inspired collection, she got hatred for the rocket outfit for being campy, and that was the reason the collection wasn't presented on New York Fashion Week. In 2000 she created a collection called *19th Century* and that was her first real success. She was invited to 4 fashion weeks: New York, Los Angeles, Rome, and China. In 2003 she found the most popular model of the 2000s - Sarah Rowan. In 2015 she was the main judge on *Celebrity's Project Runway* and been called faithful and showstopping by a lot of designers.

## Perosnal life

Yastar came out as a lesbian in 1989, which brought a lot of controversies to her. In 1997 at a press conference she brang a tie, which was also a big controversy. After 20 years of dating, when Damian Stone became a president and legalized same-sex marriages, she and Marilyn Rose married. They adopted a child called Nicolas, they gave him his last name after Barbara and his name is Nicolas Yastar. Barbara has 2 dogs called Sulphur and Cyan.
Shae Hawkes

Shae Hawkes (2021)

**Shae Damietta Hawkes** (born August 16, 2000) - is an English singer and model.

## Biography

### Early Life

Shae Damietta Hawkes was born on August 16, 2000 in Cambridge, England. Her father, Gordon Hawkes (February 9, 1947 - January 10, 2016), was a well-known English singer known by his stage name Gordy Eagle. Her mother, Arwa Saad Hawkes (born July 26, 1960), is an Yemeni-English model and entrepreneur. Her first name was chosen by her father and her middle name by her mother. Her middle name is also a city in Egypt, where mother grew up. She has three paternal half-siblings, sisters Andrea (born March 8, 1974) and Stella (born July 26, 1978) and brother Felix (born November 14, 1980), from her father's previous marriage to actress Betty Watkins. Her parents met in August 1994, her father was then 47, and her mother was 34. They married on September 8, 1997. Before her birth, her mother suffered two miscarriages. She attended Netherhall School. Since young age, she wanted to follow her mother's steps and became a model, later she also wanted to become a singer like her father, and started attending singing lessons at the age of five. She knows basics of Arabic. Her father's songs, ''My Princess'' and ''Butterflies'' are about her.

### Career

She released her first single, ''It's Snowing'' on December 24, 2017. In February 2018, she had a winter campaign with Swedish fashion house Hjärta, campaign was mainly for coats and scarfs and took place in Stockholm. On May 15, she released her second single, ''Springtime in Hawaii''. In summer, she had a campaign with fashion brands such as Austin, Bocca and Brillo. In September, she announced that she will be releasing an album in November. Her first album, *Calendar Days*, was released on November 6, 2018. At the beginning of March 2018, she made her debut at runway in Italy. Later that year she appeared as a special guest in Britain's Next Top Model and Designer. In June 2019, she announced her work on second album, one month later she announced that album will be entitled *My Pleasure*. *My Pleasure* was released on January 1, 2020. In June 2020, she appeared as a special guest in The Voice UK. In December 2020, she released mini-album with her versions of famous Christmas songs. In May 2021 she became jury in Designer.

### Personal Life

As of June 2021, she lives in an apartament in London with her boyfriend, Scottish actor Ewan Milligan (born July 1, 1997), whom she is dating since March 2019.
Yael Key

Yael Key (2019)

**Yael Key** (born December 27, 1994) is an American former gymnast, actress and businesswoman.

## Biography

### Early Life

Yael Key was born on December 27, 1994 in Charleston, West Virginia, the second child born to Natalia (née Lake), a high school physical education teacher, and Charles Key, a footballer. Her mother was born in Israel to an American father and Israeli mother and was raised as a Christian, and her father is of English and Scottish descent. She has an older brother Eyal born in June 1992. Her parents decided to give her and her brother Hebrew names to be more unique. She began gymnastics when she was four years old. Since childhood she wanted to become sportswoman. She attended South Charleston High School.

### Career

In May 2009, Key competed at the American Classic in San Francisco, where she placed eight in the all-round. In August, same year she competed in American Cup in Orlando, Florida and placed fifth in the all-round. She and her team placed third at 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At the beginning of March 2012, Key competed at the American Cup in New York City, placing second. In 2013, she and her team Strong Six placed third at London Olympics. In 2014, she placed first in American Classic in Los Angeles. In 2016, she competed at Rio de Janeiro Olympics and placed second. In 2017, she announced that she is retiring from gymnastics. In May same year, she opened her chain of sport shops Shapely. In 2018, she played in *Present Chapter*, alongside Martha Lugo. In 2019, she had her own mini-series entitled *Sporty Girl*. In 2020, she played in Oscar-winning film *Stupid Theft*. As of June 2021, her net worth is $15 000 000.

### Personal Life

In August 2016, she announced her relationship with baseballist Shane Avery, eleven years senior. They got engaged in July 2017 during their vacations in Rome, and wed in a private ceremony held in Marbella, Spain on April 19, 2018. During wedding, Key was wearing dress especially made for her lined with rubies and sapphires. Their daughter Zephyr was born on September 16, 2020. Their second child, a son Lavi was born on April 6, 2022. As of May 2019, she lives in villa in Miami, Florida.
Margie Shu

Margie Shu (1930)

**Shu Mei-Ling** (January 5, 1905 - February 2, 1961) known professionally as **Margie Shu**, was an American actress considered to be the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star.

## Biography

### Early Life

Margie Shu was born Shu Mei-Ling (舒美玲) on January 5, 1905 in Chinatown, Los Angeles. She was the third of five children born to Shu  Qiang and Leng Lian. Shu Qiang (1869-1930) was born in Beijing, China into an upper-class noble family, he moved to New York in 1894 and started working as librarian there. Leng Lian (1874-1956) was a third generation Chinese American with her ancestors hailing from Shanghai, she was born and raised in Chinatown, New York. Her parents wed in summer 1898, and moved to Los Angeles following year. Family moved out from Chinatown to Echo Park, the neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1911. As neighborhoods were only 1,9 miles from each other, she and her siblings continued to attend Chinese-language schools in Chinatown. Shu got interested in acting after seeing bunch of theatre acts and silent movies.

### Personal Life

She started dating Chinese American banker Joshua Liang in January 1927, two months after their meet in park. Margie, who was twelve years him junior, moved to his mansion in May 1927, four months after starting relationship with Liang. Couple got engaged during Christmas 1927. Althought it was believed that couple married on March 28, 1928, they did not marry until July 1934. Couple had two children together, son Jimmy Francis Shu-Liang (b. October 18, 1934), and a daughter Cherry Diane Shu-Liang (b. February 27, 1936). Through Jimmy, she had two grandsons born in 1958 and 1960, and through Cherry had one granddaughter and two grandsons born in 1955, 1958 and 1959. She and Liang moved to Santa Cruz at the beginning of 1955. Her great-granddaughter is an actress Effie Boyd.

### Death

She died of kidney failure on February 2, 1961, aged 56. Shu was buried at Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles.

## References

1. ↑ In this Chinese name, the family name is *Shu*.
Annette Packer

Аннетт Пакер

Annette Packer (1967)

**Annette Borodina** (Russian: **Аннет Бородина**; *née* Packer; born January 8, 1946) - is an American-Russian opera singer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Annette Packer was born on January 8, 1946 in Winchester, Kentucky to lawyer Randy Packer (1920-1989) and a stewardess Harriet (*née* Hammond; 1921-2001). Packer has two brothers, older Timothy (born 1942) and younger Mike (born 1950). She is fluent in Russian and Italian. Packer in her childhood was playing chess in her school chess club. In summer she often flew planes with her mother and visited for example Italy, Russia (then Soviet Union), Mexico and France. In 1969 Packer moved to Moscow.

### Career

She graduated from Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and quickly got her job in Moscow Theatre. Packer has played several roles as an actress but most of her performances were operas. She had european tour in which she visited Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom and Ireland.

### Personal Life

Since September 27, 1976 Annette is married to russian director Vasiliy Borodin. Their only child, a daughter Alyona was born on March 6, 1978. Her niece is an actress and author Lynne Packer.
Danielle Palmer

**Danielle Palmer**, actualy **Danielle** **Sharaf** (*née* Pawlak; born November 4, 1981) - is an american actress.

## Biography

### Early Life

Danielle was born on November 4, 1981 in New York City, the eldest child of Ernest Pawlak and Darinka Antunović. Her father is Polish and her mother is Croatian. She has younger sister Melissa and younger brother Anthony. She is fluent in polish, croatian and french. In her childhood she often visited Poland and Croatia while vacations.

### Career

In 1997 she went for a casting to movie ''Bad Candy'' and won it. Danielle decided that her stage name will be Danielle Palmer, because Palmer is easier for Americans to say than Pawlak. She played main role of Jenna McMinty in this movie and played also in movie sequel ''Worst Candies'' in 1999. In 1998 she started playing Amber Sailor in television teen series ''Seaside'', series has ended in 2004. Later she graduated from Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. In 2007 she played in movie hit ''Nine''. In same year she got Golden Palm Award in category best actress of year, she was 26 at this time. She has also played in french movie ''Art de lièvre'' in 2017.

### Personal Life

In 2000 at the plan of series ''Seaside'' she met Nathan Clarke (b.1981). They started dating same year. Nathan engaged to her in May 2003 and they wed on January 21, 2004. They have been in separation two times; from December 2004 to January 2005 and from June 2009 to their divorce in August same year. In 2013 while her vacations in France she met egyptian-born french actor Moataz Sharaf (b.1978). They started dating same year and moved to Los Angeles. They married in private ceremony in Giza, Egypt in July 2016. They welcomed their daughter Amira Jeweley on December 2, 2017.
Nadine Ballerio

Nadine Ballerio (2006)

**Nadine** **Mariotti** (*née* Kania; born May 26, 1961) - is a Monegasque-Italian actress and singer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Nadine Kania was born on May 26, 1961 to Gilbert Kania and Roberta (*née* Ballerio). On her father's side Nadine is of polish and french descent and on her mother's side she is of italian-monegasque descent. Nadine has an younger brother Pascal born in December, 1962. In 1965 with family she moved to Bologna, Italy.

### Career

She attended Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. Nadine decided to perform under her mother's maiden surname. In 1976 at the age of fifteen she participated in ''Concorso per giovani artisti'' and placed second. One year later she released album ''Nuovi sogni'' on which her most popular song ''Gioventù'' is. In 1980 when she was only nineteen she had european tour in which she visited Albania, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Yugoslavia. In 1981 she released her second album ''Lacrime colorate''. Nadine made her movie debut in 1984 in movie ''Sono io''. She has also played in movies like ''Non mentire'', ''Il potere della natura'' and ''Cittadina''.

### Personal Life

Ballerio can speak french, italian and english fluently. In 1987 she started dating journalist Aurelio Mariotti, who engaged to her three years later in 1990 and the two married in June 1992. Nadine and Aurelio have two children together, son Claudio born in 1994 and daughter Caterina born in 1997. They are residing in Rome.
Patti Wu

Patti Wu (2016)

Greg Logan (m.2011)

**Patti Wu Logan** (née **Wu**, born October 15, 1972) - is an American actress.

## Biography

### Early Life

Patti Wu was born on October 15, 1972 in Seattle, Washington. She is the oldest of three children born to Faye (née Ren), a physics teacher, and Martin Wu, a financial advisor. Both her parents are Chinese-Americans. She and her younger siblings grew up learning Mandarin and English. She attended to West Seattle High School which she graduated in 1990. Wu later attended University of Washington where she earned bachelor's degree in Asian languages and literature.

### Career

In 1994, while travelling on the bus, she was discovered by an agent, who suggested her role in one of his spectacles entitled *Earth and Air*, and Wu agreed. Show was premiered in Paramount Theatre on September 6, 1994. After that, she moved to New York. In December 1994, she made her first big-screen debut in drama film *You Should Not*, playing minor role of secretary. In April 1995, was only supposed to appear in one episode of television series *Scars*, as a Chinese tourist, but due to the high audience ratings of her character, she became a regular cast member until series end in 1999. In 1996, she was cast in a main role of Nora Lucas in an action film *Manager*. In 1997, she got role in a new-created television series *Neighborhood*, when she played one of the main roles. In 1998, she received a nommination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and gained Primetime Emmy Award. *Neighborhood* ended in 2004. In 2005, she played in a crime film *Planned Crime*. In 2007, she played supporting role in *Company*, and got an Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress. In 2009, she joined cast of the television series *Unusual*, but quitted series in 2012. In 2013, she made her Broadway debut in *Where Are You Going?*, alongside Olivia Bendarski. In 2016, she played in comedy-drama film *Dinner with the Moyers*. She has also played in films like *Be Careful* (2017), *Real Souls* (2019) and *Great Agent* (2021).

### Personal Life

In May 1993, she began dating jeweler Willard Bolton. He engaged to her in June 1997 and the two wed in April 1999. They announced their separation in October 2007 and divorced in July 2008. In March 2009, she started her relationship with banker Greg Logan, who is the son of former Arizona governor Ted Logan, and brother of actress and writer Siena Logan. They engaged on New Year's Eve 2010, and wed on August 5, 2011 in Hawaii. Their first child, a son Jay Preston Logan was born on March 6, 2012. Their second child, daughter Vanessa Kelli was born on August 1, 2015. She resides in San Diego.
War Cry

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Gardboral

**Title:** The Chimeric Maelstrom

**Energies:** Air, Life

**Traits:** Every minute there is a 1/20 chance that a tiny black orb will appear in an area. You must make a DC 20 reflex save or take 30 damage

Essentially a rotating black disk. Extremely rude and protective of its "treasures." Real winner here. Gatria wants to steal its treasures if the opportunity somehow arises.
Tanika

Tanika (2021)

**Tanika Colletté Maynard** (born October 7, 1993) known simply as **Tanika** - is a British singer-songwriter.

## Biography

### Early Life

Tanika Colletté Maynard was born on October 7, 1993 in Bristol, England, to Maureen (née Grassi), a dancer and choreographer, and Jerome Maynard, an art critic. Her father comes from Trinidad and Tobago and has French-African ancestry, while her mother is of Hungarian, Italian and Thai descent. Her younger brother Lyndon Timothy was born in June 1996. She began taking guitar lessons at the age of 8 at the encouragement of her father. She attended to Orchard School Bristol, where she excelled her voice and writing skills. After graduation in 2011, she moved to London, where she started working as a waitress.

### Career

In December 2011, while her work, she was taking order and hummed Niesha Dominguez's song, *Bells & Hats*. Her humming was noticed by a record producer, Jeremy Watts, who then suggested her to come with him to his studio. Maynard agreed, and in same day thanks to Watts, she started working on her first song. Her single *Coffee* was released in January 2012, and in the same time she signed contract with Watts's studio. *Coffee* became very popular in Europe and charted on UK's Billboard. In November 2012, Tanika has released her first album *Colletté*. At the beginning of 2013, she released single *Red Times*, which currently has over 15 million views on YouTube. In 2014, she released her second album, *Queen Bee*, which was nomminated for a Grammy for the album of the year. In 2015 she became jury in The Voice UK. In 2016, Tanika released her third album, *Eyeliner*, which currently is her most famous album. In 2017 she and Graciela Montes sang at Super Bowl 2017. As of 2021, she is working on her fourth album.

### Personal Life

In 2014, during her work on her song *Lovely Candy* with British band The Snakes, she met Terence Shields, a keyboardist of band. They started dating in Summer same year. In June 2017, they announced that they are expecting, their first child together. On January 20, 2018 she gave birth to their son Deon Malcolm. Tanika and Terence announced their engagement in August 2019. The two wed on March 26, 2021 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They reside in London. On June 20, 2021 she gave birth to daughter, Emmi Quartz.
Lashay Knight

Lashay Knight (2015)

Fahd Awad

(m.2007; div.2015)

**Lashay Tricia Knight** (born May 25, 1966) - is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and fashion designer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Lashay Tricia Knight was born on May 25, 1966 in Baton Rogue, Louisiana, the youngest of five children born to Roberta (née Chaney) and Ernie Knight. The Knights were middle class family. In 1967 family moved to Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles. Through her father she is of Creole descent. As a child she wanted to become lawyer by the time she saw Riri Grimm's performance in 1978, which inspired her to work in showbusiness.

### Career

In 1979, at the age of thirteen, she got a role in soap opera *Happiness Days*, where she was playing until age of fifteen in 1981. In 1983, she signed contract with C&S Records. In 1984, she released her debut album *Lashay*, which peaked sixth on R&B albums chart. In 1986, she released her second album, *Tricia*, which reached second place on the Billboard 200, giving Knight a lot of popularity. In 1987, she recorded soundtrack for a romance film *First Look*. In 1988, she released album *Loca Party*, for which she got a Grammy award for Album of The Year. In 1989, she had her first American tour entitled *Stripes and Glitter*. After tour, she moved to Beverly Hills. In 1991, she found her fashion brand Noble Knight, which is known for designing sunglasses and bags. Knight's fourth album, *Sugar Woman* was released in 1994 and peaked first place on Billboard 200, making Knight first ever female artist signed to C&S records to do so. *Sugar Woman* sold over 15 million copies worldwide. In 1995, she came back to acting, playing main role in comedy film, *Cash Race*. From 1996 to 2004, she was playing in television series *The Grahams*. During time when she was playing in series, she also played in films like *Light of the Past* (1997) and *Wish* (2002). In 2005, she released her fifth album, *Heels in LA*. In 2006, alongside Calida Narvaez, she performed at Super Bowl XXXVIII, she sang US anthem and her songs including, *Diamond Shorts*, *Laser* and *I'm Not Your Bitch*. She announced her career break in 2007, due to her marriage. She came back to performing in 2014. In 2015, she released her sixth album, *Kissing By The River*. From 2016 to 2019 she was the hostess in American Idol. In July 2021, she announced that she is working on her seventh album.

### Personal Life

She married journalist Ronald Wilcox on December 5, 1993. On December 8, 1994, Knight gave birth to their daughter Joy-Nichole Tori. In April 1997, Knight and Wilcox announced their separation, and their divorce was finalized in February 1998. In 2002, she announced her relationship with Kuwaiti-American actor Fahd Awad. Awad engaged to her in May 2006 and the two wed on January 14, 2007. Their daughter, Amal Denisé was born on June 1, 2008. Knight and Awad divorced in November 2015, having equal rights to care for their daughter. She lives in Beverly Hills with her daughter, but also has a summer residence in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Delia Moncherry

Delia Moncherry (2019)

**Delia Emeliné Moncherry** (born September 8, 1987) - is a Canadian singer-songwriter and model.

## Biography

### Early Life

Delia Emeliné Moncherry was born on September 8, 1987 in Castries, Saint Lucia to a family of french-indian ancestry. Her father Bernard Moncherry was a lawyer and her mother Bertha (*née* Barley) was a biology teacher. Delia has an older brother Roy born in 1984. In 2000 with family she moved to Montreal, Canada. Delia can speak french fluently.

### Career

In 2004 she wanted to participate in canadian Top Model but she didn't get to programme, so she tried to get to american version and this time she got it to the programme and placed fourth. After that she was asked to photo sessions to marks like Gucci or Versace. Moncherry has been in fashion exhibitions in e.g. Italy, France, China, Japan. In 2006 she released first song ''Don't Try'' which charted on billboards, later she released album of the same name. One of most popular Delia's songs are ''Lulla'', ''Sleeping in Vegas'' or ''Even''.

### Personal Life

In 2010 she started dating Jake Myers. He engaged to her in 2018 and the two wed on May 29, 2019 in a private ceremony in Saint Lucia. They welcomed their daughter Kezia Ianthe Myers on December 27, 2019.
Regina Adam

Regina Adam (2020)

**Regina Adomaitytė** (born May 12, 1986) known by her stage name **Regina Adam** - is a lithuanian-british singer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Regina Adomaitytė was born on May 12, 1986 in Šiauliai, Lithuania, the daughter of firefighter Artūras Adomaitis and dentist Sigita *(née* Vaitkutė). She has an older brother Edgaras born in April 1981. She can speak russian, english and french fluently in addition of her native lithuanian language.

### Career

She graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 2004 she participated in Lithuanian Idol and placed third, one year later in 2005 she took part in Russian Idol and then placed fifth. In 2006 she released album ''Regina''. In 2008 took part in British Idol which brought her biggest fame. In same year she released her second album ''Pigeon'' on which are her most popular songs ''Love Is A Lie'' or ''Can I Just Fly?''. Since 2017 she is jury in lithuanian Your Face Sounds Similar and lithuanian The Voice.

### Personal Life

In 2008 she moved to Glasgow, Scotland. In 2009 she met violinist Conor Goodwin, they started dating one year later. Goodwin engaged to her in June 2011 and the two married in December 2012. Regina announced that they are in separation in August 2015, and they divorced in March 2016. After divorce she returned to Lithuania and moved to Vilnius. Since October 2019 she is dating Eduardas Simonavičius. Regina is a vegetarian, she has two siamese cats named Lucy and Lucky.
William Shaibel

**William Shaibel** - was a janitor in the *Orpheliant de Paris*.

## Early life

Shaibel was born in Orlando, Florida, USA on June 18, 1900. She was born to a Ukrainian father who worked as a diplomat and an Israeli-Kazakh mother. His family settled in the USA in 1896, when his father and his mother sailed to New York for a meeting (Shaibel was representing Russian Empire) with Ronald Clifford. As a child, William was able to speak Russian fluently. When Shaibel was 3 his mother died from cancer.

## Career

Shaibel was working the *Orpheliant de Paris* since 1921, when he met Helen Deardorff in Paris, she offered him the job. As he claimed later his best friend in the orphanage was Oliver Fergussen, who later became a writer. Until 1924 he was training physical education in the shelter, but later, because of medical reasons, Shaibel became a janitor. He was working until he tragically died in the orphanage by falling from the ladder.

## Personal life

Shaibel said once "I don't want to have a romantic life" as Jolene Nelson claims. Although there is a high possibility he and Helen Deardorff had a romance.
Marcia Oxley

Marcia Oxley (2017)

Isaac Morkel

(m.1994; div.2003)

Russ Barton

(m.2008; div.2011)

**Marcia Suzette Oxley** (born January 4, 1966) - is an American actress.

## Biography

### Early Life

Marcia Suzette Oxley was born on January 4, 1966 in Columbus, Ohio. Her mother Louise (née Charlton) worked as a secretary and was of Dutch and Scottish ancestry. Her father Ramon Oxley was Barbadian of African and English descent and worked as mechanic. Oxley has younger brother Corey born in August 1968. Soon after her brother's birth, family moved to Springfield, Illinois. She attended Springfield High School and was a cheerleader and editor of the school newspaper. She graduated high school in 1984. She later attended Illinois State University and studied art history. Oxley graduated Univeristy in 1988. After that, she moved to New York to pursue her acting career and to support herself she worked as curator in museum.

### Career

She made her movie debut in 1989 in *Red Sweatshirts*, as a shop assistant. In 1990, she played in fantasy movie *Magic Dust*, where she got her first supportive role as a sister of main character. In 1993, she got her first main role in action movie *Time Escape*. She has also played in movie's sequel *Time Escape 2* from 1996. *Time Escape 2* won Oscar for best original screenplay. In 1997, she played main role in drama film *Addiction*. In 1998 she got role in television series *The Sun of America* (1995-2004), and was playing there until series ending. During series, she played in movies like *Something Nice* (1999) and *Say What You Want* (2003). Oxley became worldwide famous after her role of Bethany in comedy-drama series *Quiet Street* (2004-2009). Her other famous role is Noelle from action film *Crime Woman* (2011). In 2012 she won an Oscar for actress in a leading role for thriller movie *Risk*. She has also played in movies like *Kingdom of the Forgotten* (2014) and *The River of Lost* (2017). Oxley voiced several characters in animated films, including Bailey from *Tanzania* (2009) and Kay from series of fantasty movies entitled *The Power Of Light* (2013-2018). As she admitted, she helps creating music videos for her daughter's songs.

### Personal Life

In May 1988 she wed Eduardo Lehman, whom she met in 1985 at Illinois State University. Together, they lived in Manhattan. They divorced in June 1991 and stated that they divorced because irreconcilable differences. In December 1991, she met an Afrikaner actor Isaac Morkel. They started dating in February 1992. They engaged at the end of 1993 and wed on September 1994 in Morkel's hometown, Pretoria. Their first child, a daughter Amiah Lotus was born on July 18, 1995. Their second child, son Zyair Forrest was born on March 1, 1997. In Autumn 2002, Oxley and Morkel announced their separation, and divorced at the beginning of 2003. After divorce, with children she moved to San Diego, California. In 2007, she announced her relationship with pilot Russ Barton. They got engaged in Summer 2008, and wed in December same year in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They divorced in 2011. She resides in Los Angeles since May 2012.
Noraini Lai

Noraini Lai (2018)

**Noraini Lai** **Parsons** (born April 21, 1987) - is an American ballet dancer and choreographer.

## Biography

Noraini Lai was born on April 21, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio, United States to a Malaysian-American family. Her father Mat Lai and her mother Farah Teh had a malaysian restaurant. Both her paternal and maternal grandparents moved to United States from Malaysia. Noraini has an older brother Rosli who was born in 1983. Lai can speak malaysian fluently.

### Career

When she was five her parents signed her for ballet lessons which she attended until age of sixteen. Later she moved to Orange, California to study Dance at Chapman University. She has danced in ballets like ''Swan Lake'', ''Red Riding Hood'' and ''The Mouse King''.

### Personal Life

Since 2010 she is in relationship with Clark Parsons, with who she has two daughters Asiah born in 2013 and Rokiah born in 2015. Noraini and Clark wed on May 8, 2021.
Emilia Modrá

Emilia Modrá (2008)

**Emilia Modrá** (*née* Diatta; born December 16, 1977) - is a Slovak actress and businesswoman.

## Biography

### Early Life

Emilia Diatta was bon on December 16, 1977 in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia) to a family of multi-ethnic background. Her father Aliou Diatta is Cameroonian while her mother Matilda Kováčiková is of Greek and Hungarian descent. One of her maternal ancestors were survivors of Greek genocide. She has an older brother Ernest born in 1975. She is fluent in Czech, English, French and Polish in addition to her native Slovak language.

### Career

In 1991 when she was fourteen she got role in television series ''Rodina Sveta'', she was playing role of Hana Ivanová, the adopted daughter of Slavomír and Janka. Emilia played in this series until its end in 2002. In 2003 she started studying at Cours Florent and moved to Paris. After graduating she come back to Slovakia. In 2004 she played in Polish movie ''Zakręceni''. From 2005 to 2014 she was playing in movies like ''Sen alebo nie?'', ''Sviatok pražcov'' or ''Malé tajomstvo''. In 2015 she founded company ''Classique'', company became famous for selling bags and shoes around the Europe.

### Personal Life

On November 6, 1999 she wed Polish author Konrad Kita and moved with him to Cracow. On May 7, 2003 Emilia gave birth to their son Adrian. They divorced in 2007. Since August 1, 2015 she is married to Slovak basketballer Lukáš Modrý, with whom she has a daughter Melania born on February 4, 2016. They reside in Bratislava.
Jalila

Jalila (2010)

**Jalila van Acker** (*née* Oueslati; arabic; جليلة الوسلاتي; born July 25, 1966) - is a Luxembourgish singer-songwriter and theatre actress.

## Biography

### Early Life

Jalila Oueslati was born on July 25, 1966 in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg, the daughter of Tunisian father Mounir Oueslati and Belgian-Luxembourgish mother Mariette Roelandt. She is an only child. Jalila can speak French, German, Italian and Arabic fluently.

### Career

She studied music at Lemmensinstituut, Belgium. Shortly after that she moved to Turin, Italy to work in one of theatres. She was living in Italy from 1988 to 1994. After return to Luxembourg she joined band ''The Masters'' and became their lead singer. In 1997 they were invited to perform in Sopot Festival. In 2001 they sang at Sanremo contest opening. In 2014 band released two albums ''Thank'' and ''U'' which were published for twenty years of their performing.

### Personal Life

In March 1988 in Turin she met Belgian Claude van Acker, whom she married on April 2, 1989 in Brussels. They returned to Luxembourg in 1994. Together they have three children, son Bernard born on October 5, 1995 and twins, Josephina and Frank born on August 3, 2000. She resides in her hometown, Ettelbruck.
Li-Hyun

**Leanne Hyun** (korean: 리앤 현; born October 9, 1994) better known by her stage name **Li-Hyun** (korean: 리현) - is a South Korean-Australian singer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Leanne Hyun was born on October 9, 1994 in Busan, South Korea. Her irish-korean father Adrian Hyun (born 1963) is a dentist and her korean mother Ji-Yu (born 1964) is a biology teacher. Leanne has younger sister Tracy (born 1999). She was raised bilingual in english and korean. In 1997 with her parents she moved to Sydney, Australia.

### Career

She graduated from Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2011 she created k-pop band ''Magical'' with other korean-australian girls. Band has released many hits like ''Heart Beating For You'' or ''Wings''. Band split up in 2014. Since this time Leanne is solo singer. Her biggest hit as a solo artist is ''Ever After''.

### Personal Life

In 2009 she started dating her schoolmate George Bowman. On December 2, 2011 when she was 17 she gave birth to their son Ron Busan, shortly after his birth George broke up with Leanne. From 2015 to 2017 she was in relationship with New Zealander-Australian Harry Gryffin. Since 2018 she is in relationship with an Australian drummer Damien Castle. Leanne gave birth to their daughter Margo on May 17, 2020.
Abby Kidane

Abby Kidane (2020)

**Abuk ''Abby'' Kidane** (born October 25, 1995) - is a Canadian model.

## Biography

### Early Life

Abuk Kidane was born on October 25, 1995 in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of an Eritrean father, Samuel Nahom Kidane and a South Sudanese mother, Nyamal Akech. Her parents met in France for the first time. She is third of seven children, and first one who was born in Canada. Since her early childhood, her classmates started to call her Abby. Both her parents are naturalized Canadians. She speaks French in addition to her native English language. She states that she grew up with African culture. When she was six, her parents enrolled her to ballet lessons. At seven, she also started attending gymnastics lessons, but when she started high school she had to refuse both of activities to focus on school. She considers herself as an introvert since her teenage years stating ''I don't mind having touch with other people, but more often I want to be alone, focus and just calmly think and listen to music.'' At 16, she moved out of her family home.

### Career

She was introduced to the modelling industry by her classmate and close friend, Claire Webb, who also is model and gave Abby's photos to agency she was signed to. In 2013, she took part in Canadian Top Model and finished second. She started her professional modelling career in 2016, when she walked the runway for Angie Martez. In 2017, she decided to move to New York in hope that there her career will be easier to expansion. In same year she appeared in several music videos and in magazines. Since 2018, Kidane has been a global ambassador for L'Oreal Paris. In 2019, she appeared in Jamieson's calendar. Since June 2020, she divides her career between runways, campaigns and her upcoming lines of cosmetics.

### Personal Life

She was dating Eritrean-American rapper, Yonas ''YO'' Hagos, since June 2018 until their breakup in March 2020. In August 2020, couple announced that they are dating again. Their daughter, Asmeret, was born on September 20, 2021. They reside in Queens, New York City.
Sayida

**Khadija Shukri** (arabic: خديجة شكري; born May 12, 1979) better known by her stage name **Sayida** (somali: Sayid; arabic: سيدة) - is a Somali-born English singer, actress and social activist.

## Biography

### Early Life

Khadija Shukri was born on May 12, 1979 in Merca, Somalia to Yusuf Shukri and Rahma Garad. She is of kurdish and bajuni descent. She has three brothers, one older Mahad (born 1976) and two younger Abshir (born 1982) and Asad (born 1984). In 1987 she moved with parents to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and in 1993 they settled in London, England, Khadija's brother Mahad decided to stay in Abu Dhabi forever. In addition to her native somali language she is fluent in english and arabic.

### Career

In 2001 she graduated from London Academy of Performing Acts. She got her first role in 2002 in short movie ''My Dear'', later she got role in television comedy series ''Ordinary Neighbors'' in which she played from 2003 to 2009 and thanks to it gained her fame. In 2004 she released her debuting single ''Bath''. One of her famous songs are ''Loco'' and ''Break'' recorded with Meili Keo. Since 2014 she is playing in series ''Crazy Life Of Kay Miller''.

### Personal Life

In 2000 she met american actor Lance Hall and started dating him in September same year. Hall engaged to her in April 2002 the two wed in October same year. Together they have two children, son Dominic Blake Hall (born November 6, 2006) and daughter Erin Audrey (born July 19, 2009). From 2003 to 2011 she was living in Los Angeles. Since 2012 Khadija is living in London with her husband and children. She holds somali and english citizenship. Shukri is teaching her children arabic.

### Activism

Khadija is active in supporting protests against fur farming and is also a vegetarian. In addition, she is active against racism.