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Rosamund Pike

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Born in 1979 in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is the only child of a classically trained violinist's mother, Caroline (Friend), and a opera father of a singer, Julian Pike. Due to their work, she spent her early childhood traveling around Europe. Pike attended Badminton School in Bristol, England and was a part of the National Youth Theatre. As a performer in the National Youth Theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet", she was first spotted and contracted by an agent. However, she continued her studies at Wadham College, Oxford, where she took classes in English Literature, eventually graduating with an upper second-class with an honors degree.Pike appeared in a number of UK TV shows that included Wives and Daughters (1999), before scoring an auspicious movie debut as the stunning beauty "Miranda Frost" in the James Bond film, Die Another Day (2002); when the film was released in 2002, she was only 23 years old. Although her first film wa...

Tracy Spiridakos

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Tracy Spiridakos, a Canadian actress. She appeared in the Teletoon children's comedy series Majority Rules as Becky Richards. From 2009 to 2010, she played Becky Richards on the Teletoon children's comedy show Majority Rules! She played the role from 2009 until the year 2010. Annika Johnson was the character Annika on the A&E TV series Bates Motel. Spiridakos appeared as Detective Hailey Upton on the A&E TV drama Bates Motel. as Detective Hailey Upton, Spiridakos is the lead character. Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba by George Spiridakos and Anastasia Spiridakos, Greek-born restaurant owners. She has two brothers. The family moved to her father's hometown, Skala, Greece south of Sparta only a few years after she was born in Canada. They returned to Canada in 1992. Spiridakos is deeply connected to her Greek roots and speaks fluent Greek. Spiridakos began acting when she was in junior high school and attended the Actors Training Centre of Manitoba. ...

Sarah Hyland

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Sarah Hyland was the daughter of actors Melissa D. Canaday (New York City) and Edward James Hyland (New York City). When she was just four years old she got into the industry by doing voice overs as well as commercial work. Private Parts was her first film. She then moved on to The Object of My Affection (1998) followed by time on Another World (1964) as "Rain Wolfe" A child who was discovered in the park and fostered by Josie and Gary. Sarah would work with Amy Carlson ("Josie") for a few more episodes: Falcone (2000). Law & Order (1990). Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005). Sarah was cast as one of the young "Audrey Hepburns" in Jennifer Love Hewitt's The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) in the same year that she was also cast in the role of "Molly" in ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney: Annie (1999) with Kathy Bates, Audra McDonald, Alan Cumming, Victor Garber and Kristin Chenoweth. Joe Gould's Secret (2000) and Falcone (...

Rosie Perez

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  Rosie Perez was the daughter of Lydia Perez, a merchant marine and Ismael Serano. She was born in Bushwick Brooklyn, New York City. She is Puerto Rican. Rosie was educated at Grover Cleveland High School, Ridgewood, Queens, New York. Then she began her studies at Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, California. Rosie Perez was in her sophomore year of college and about to move back to New York from Los Angeles. Her friends had invited her to a going-away party. She accepted the offer of Spike Lee to appear in his film Do the Right Thing (1989). This was her first major role as an actor. She was then nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo (Peter Weir’s Fearless 1993). (She lost to Anna Paquin for The Piano (1993).) The Latin community was the root of most of my criticism early in my career. They would take me out to lunch and ask, "Can I go and take some lessons to reduce my accent?" Or, "When it's a talk show, ho...

Sandra Shine

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Sandra Shine was born on September 9, 1981, in Budapest, Hungary as Judit Barbara Dios. She is a director as well as an actress. Although she was born Judit Barba Dios, Sandra Shine is an adult actress. She is probably best famous for being Penthouse's Babe of the Month of August 2003. Also, she was a Viv Thomas Babe in March 2006. A few fans might recognize her from "Every Man's Dream 2" or "Golden High Heels 2," an assortment of titles. She is sometimes referred to as Judith Divine, or simply Sandra. She's 36C-25-36. Growing up, Sandra Shine knew she always dreamed of becoming a model. According to legend her aunt was a famous fashion model from Hungary. After spending two years in fashion in her teens, she decided to get into the world of cosmetics. "I realized it wasn't enough for my needs and so I began to shoot HC images and solo lesbian scenes," blog.freeones.com. She also stated that fashion modeling wasn't something she wanted ...

Charisma Carpenter

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Charisma Carpenter, born July 23rd 1970 is an American actress. Cordelia Chase was a character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer's supernatural drama series (1997-1999), and its spin-off series Angel (1999-04). She was also in Charmed (2004) as well as Kendall Casablanca's role in Veronica Mars (2006). Rebecca Sewell was in The Lying Game (2012)-2013. Lacy was part of The Expendables film franchise (2010)-2012. Carpenter was born in Las Vegas (Nevada), the daughter of Christine Carpenter who is the bird sanctuary's worker, as well as Don Carpenter, an entrepreneur. Carpenter is of Spanish (from her maternal grandfather), French and German descent. Carpenter attended the Bishop Gorman high school in Las Vegas. Carpenter was an active member of a troupe that performed in song and dance that performed in Las Vegas Valley. Carpenter's family moved to Rosario Beach (Baja California, Mexico) when Carpenter was 15 years old. She was a student at Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vi...

Alona Tal

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Alona Tal, an Israeli American performer and actress, was born October 20, 1983 in Herzliya. She started her career after her service in the Israeli Defense Forces. Her big break was in 2003 when she starred in an Israeli film. In addition to her roles in Israeli films, she composed numerous songs with Subliminal. Tal moved in with her sister in New York in order to be away from her professional career. She collaborated with Wyclef Jean who is one of the Haitian artist for the track "Party to Damascus". American television also saw her make a name for herself, beginning by playing a regular part in the show Veronica Mars. She initially auditioned for the role of lead but the creator Rob Thomas created a new character for her. Tal then was able to secure an ongoing role in the short-lived CBS series. She was on two television shows in Israel before moving to New York. Recorded a song in collaboration with the singer Wyclef Jean. Hebrew is her first language. Came in second for...