25 Notable alumni of
Marymount Manhattan College
Marymount Manhattan College is 961st in the world, 358th in North America, and 336th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Marymount Manhattan College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Alexandra Daddario
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Alexandra Anna Daddario is an American actress. She had her breakthrough portraying Annabeth Chase in the Percy Jackson film series (2010–2013). She has since starred as Paige in Hall Pass (2011), Heather Miller in Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013), Blake Gaines in San Andreas (2015), Summer Quinn in Baywatch (2017), and Alexis Butler in We Summon the Darkness (2019). She has also guest starred in television series such as White Collar, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, True Detective, New Girl, and American Horror Story: Hotel.
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Alexander Skarsgård
- Enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College
- In 1997 studied theatre
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- actorfilm directorfilm actorscreenwritertelevision actor
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Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is best known for his roles as Brad "Iceman" Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill (2008), Eric Northman in the television series True Blood (2008–2014), Randall Flagg in the miniseries The Stand, and Perry Wright in the television series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), which earned him a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has also appeared in films, notably Melancholia (2011), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).
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Melissa Benoist
- Enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College
- In 2011 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in theater arts
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- actorsingerdancertelevision director
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Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy-drama Glee (2013–2014), where she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on The CW superhero series Supergirl (2015–present), along with related media in the Arrowverse franchise.
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Laverne Cox
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- television producerfilm actortelevision actorLGBTIQ+ rights activistfilm producer
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Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBTQ+ advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in any acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, making her the first transgender woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on US broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt.
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Melissa Rauch
- Enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College
- Studied in 2002
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- stage actorfilm actortelevision actorcomedianvoice actor
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Melissa Ivy Rauch is an American actress. She is known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013. From 2004 to 2008, Rauch worked as a regular contributor on the VH1 series Best Week Ever. Rauch's other acting credits include playing Tina on the American remake of Kath & Kim and Summer on the HBO fantasy horror drama True Blood. Rauch also starred in, co-wrote and co-produced the 2015 sports comedy-drama film The Bronze and provided the voice of DC character Harley Quinn in the 2017 animated film Batman and Harley Quinn. Rauch also had supporting roles in I Love You, Man (2009), Ice Age: Collision Course and Flock of Dudes (both 2016), and Ode to Joy and The Laundromat (both 2019).
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Andrew Rannells
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- actorstage actortelevision actorvoice actorsinger
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Andrew Scott Rannells is an American film, stage, television and voice actor.
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Tika Sumpter
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- actormodelfilm actortelevision actor
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Tika Sumpter is an American actress, singer, producer, television host, and model. Sumpter began her career as host of Best Friend's Date (2004–2005), a reality series on The N. In 2005, she landed the role of Layla Williamson in the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live, where she starred regularly through 2010. In the same year, Sumpter made her movie debut in her leading female role in the musical drama Stomp the Yard: Homecoming.
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Emin Agalarov
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- singersongwriterentrepreneurjazz musician
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Emin Araz oglu Agalarov, also known as Emin Arazovich Agalarov, is an Azerbaijani-Russian singer and businessman. He writes and performs songs in English and Russian and is widely popular in Azerbaijan and Russia.
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Geraldine Ferraro
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- politicianlawyerdiplomatwriterautobiographer
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Geraldine Anne Ferraro was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in 1984, running alongside former vice president Walter Mondale; this made her the first female vice-presidential nominee representing a major American political party. She was also a journalist, author, and businesswoman.
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Vanessa Trump
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- modelfilm actorpsychologistfashion designersocialite
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Vanessa Kay Trump is an American former model. She married Donald Trump Jr. in 2005 and they divorced in 2018. She was born in New York City.
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Jenna Ushkowitz
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- singeractormusicianstage actortelevision actor
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Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz is a Korean-born American actress, singer, producer and podcast host. She is known for her performances in Broadway musicals such as The King and I and Waitress; and in the role of Tina Cohen-Chang on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee. She won a Tony Award as a producer of the Broadway musical Once on This Island.
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Emmy Raver-Lampman
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- actor
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Emmy Raver-Lampman is an American actress and singer. She began her career working in musical theater, and has performed in various Broadway and national touring productions such as Hair, Jekyll & Hyde, Wicked, and Hamilton. She has played Allison Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy since 2019.
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Annaleigh Ashford
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- actorsingerstage actorfilm actor
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Annaleigh Amanda Ashford is an American actress, singer, and dancer.
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Kari Wuhrer
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- actorfilm producermusiciansingertelevision actor
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Kari Samantha Wuhrer is an American actress and singer. Wuhrer began her career as a teenager, and is best known for her time as a cast member on MTV's Remote Control, as well as her roles as Maggie Beckett in the television series Sliders and as Sheriff Samantha Parker in the horror comedy film Eight Legged Freaks.
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Charlotte Kate Fox
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- actortelevision actorfilm actor
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Charlotte Kate Fox is an American film, TV, and theatrical actress and musician. She was cast as the first non-Japanese heroine of an NHK Asadora: the series Massan broadcast on Japanese television.
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Princess Marie of Denmark
- Enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College
- 1997-1999 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
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- aristocrat
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Princess Marie of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, is a member of the Danish royal family. She is the second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
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Candace Bailey
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- actortelevision actorvoice actor
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Candace Kaye Bailey is an American actress and television personality best known as a co-host of the former television program Attack of the Show! on G4.
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Vanessa Estelle Williams
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- actortelevision actorfilm actor
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Vanessa Estelle Williams, sometimes professionally credited as Vanessa A. Williams, is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Maxine Joseph–Chadway in the Showtime drama series, Soul Food (2000–04), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series and as Nino Brown's feisty gun moll, Keisha in the 1991 crime drama film, New Jack City. Williams also is known for her role as Anne-Marie McCoy in the first and fourth films in the Candyman film series, and as Rhonda Blair in the first season of the Fox prime time soap opera, Melrose Place (1992–93).
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Erin Kelly
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- actorstage actortelevision actorfilm actor
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Erin Kelly is an American film, theater and television actress, best known for her role as Annabelle Tillman in Katherine Brooks' 2006 film Loving Annabelle.
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Kelly Piquet
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- columnistbloggerpublicist
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Kelly Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior is a Brazilian model, columnist, blogger and public relations.
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Kelly-Anne Lyons
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- actormodeltelevision actor
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Kelly-Anne Lyons is an American actress, television presenter, writer and model. Lyons' breakthrough role was as the female lead, Kelly-Anne Manhattan, in the BBC comedy Dick and Dom's Funny Business. Before this, Lyons played the title role in Chelsey: OMG!, produced by British comedy and entertainment company Channel X. She is known for her characters in hidden camera sketch shows such as ITV1’s "Fool Britannia" with Dom Joly and BBC1’s "Richard Hammond’s Secret Service", as well as MTV’s "Flash Prank", Channel 5 (UK) ’s "Secret Interview", and National Geographic’s "Ape Man". She plays news anchor "Felicity Bond" in the BAFTA nominated BBC comedy "DNN" and "Tess" in BBC’s sitcom "Badults".
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Chris Bashinelli
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- actor
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Christopher Stephen Peter “Bash” Bashinelli is an American actor, producer, explorer, and television host. He is best known as the executive producer and host of the television series, Bridge the Gap, which currently airs on PBS and the National Geographic channel. Bashinelli is also known for being one of the youngest people to ever moderate an event at the United Nations General Assembly Hall.
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Raghib Allie-Brennan
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- politician
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Raghib Ismail Allie-Brennan is an American politician and former political aide serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 2nd district.
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Desmond Devenish
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United States - Occupations
- actor
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Desmond Thomas Devenish is an English-American filmmaker, producer, actor, and screenwriter.
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Dotty Lynch
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- journalist
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Dotty Lynch was an academic, journalist and political pollster, best known for being the first woman to be chief polltaker for a presidential campaign when she worked for Gary Hart. She also served as political advisor to George McGovern and Jimmy Carter.
