38 Notable alumni of
Marymount Manhattan College
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Marymount Manhattan College is 1021st in the world, 374th in North America, and 352nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 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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- television actormodelfilm actoractor
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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, Why Women Kill and American Horror Story: Hotel. In 2021, she starred in the first season of the HBO series The White Lotus, for which she received critical acclaim and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2022. In 2023 she began playing the lead role of Dr. Rowan Fielding in the AMC series Mayfair Witches based on a series of novels written by author Anne Rice.
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Alexander Skarsgård
- Enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College
- In 1997 studied theatre
- Occupations
- television actorfilm directorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
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Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. Born in Stockholm, son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at age seven but quit at 13. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in the US comedy film Zoolander (2001). He played Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill (2008), and had his breakthrough for portraying vampire Eric Northman in the television series True Blood (2008–2014).
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Laverne Cox
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- television actorLGBTQI+ rights activistfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBT 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 an 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 trans woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on U.S. broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt.
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Melissa Benoist
- Enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College
- In 2011 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in theater arts
- Occupations
- dancerfilm producertelevision directorvoice actortelevision producer
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Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress, singer and producer. Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), in which she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the CBS / CW superhero series Supergirl (2015–2021), along with related media in the Arrowverse franchise.
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Melissa Rauch
- Enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College
- Studied in 2002
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorcomedianstage actor
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Melissa Ivy Rauch is an American actress. She is known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS 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, Summer on the HBO fantasy horror drama True Blood, and currently plays the lead role on NBC's revival of Night Court.
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Andrew Rannells
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- television actorstage actorsingeractorvoice actor
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Andrew Scott Rannells is an American actor. He is best known for originating the role of Elder Kevin Price in the 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He received his second Tony nomination in 2017 for his performance as Whizzer in the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos. Other Broadway credits include Hairspray (2005), Jersey Boys (2009), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014), Hamilton (2015), The Boys in the Band (2018), and Gutenberg! The Musical! (2023).
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Chris Messina
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- television actorfilm directorstage actorfilm actoractor
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Christopher Messina is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Danny Castellano in the series The Mindy Project (2012–2017), which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
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Tika Sumpter
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- film actormodeltelevision actoractorsinger
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Euphemia LatiQue "Tika" Sumpter is an American actress and producer. Sumpter began her career as the host of Best Friend's Date. From 2005 to 2010, she appeared in the daytime soap opera One Life to Live. In 2010, she made her film debut in Stomp the Yard: Homecoming and later featured in supporting roles for What's Your Number? (2011), Sparkle (2012), and A Madea Christmas (2013).
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Spencer Grammer
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- television actorvoice actordub actoractor
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Spencer Karen Grammer is an American actress best known for her roles as the voice of Summer Smith in the Adult Swim animated science-fiction series Rick and Morty and as Casey Cartwright in the ABC Family college comedy-drama series Greek.
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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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Abby Elliott
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- voice actorwriteractortelevision actorscreenwriter
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Abby Elliott is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2008 to 2012, and has since starred on the Bravo comedy Odd Mom Out and the NBC sitcom Indebted. She is the daughter of actor and comedian Chris Elliott and sister of Bridey Elliott.
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Kelly Piquet
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- socialitemodelcolumnistbloggerpublicist
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Kelly Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior is a Brazilian model, columnist, blogger and public relations professional.
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Annaleigh Ashford
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- stage actorfilm actoractorsinger
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Annaleigh Amanda Ashford is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her early roles on Broadway include in the musicals Wicked (2007), Legally Blonde (2007), and Hair (2010). She received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for playing Essie Carmichael in You Can't Take It With You (2014–2015). Her other Tony-nominated roles include Lauren in Kinky Boots (2013) and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023). She also starred in the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George (2017).
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Geraldine Ferraro
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- diplomatlawyerwriterpoliticianautobiographer
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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 the 1984 presidential election, running alongside 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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- socialitemodelfilm actorfashion designerpsychologist
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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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- film actortelevision actorsingeractormusician
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Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz is an 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 musical comedy-drama series Glee, for which she received a Grammy Award nomination. She is a two-time Tony Award winner for her work as a producer of the Broadway musical Once on This Island and the Broadway play The Inheritance.
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Emin Agalarov
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- jazz musiciansongwritersingerentrepreneur
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Emin Aras oghlu Agalarov, also known as Emin Arazovich Agalarov, is an Azerbaijani singer and businessperson. He is the son of Aras Agalarov, a billionaire. From 2006 to 2015, he was married to Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev.
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Paige Spara
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- film actortelevision actor
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Paige Spara is an American actress best known for her main roles as Audrey Piatigorsky in the ABC Family sitcom Kevin from Work and Lea Dilallo in the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor.
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Kari Wuhrer
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- film actorfilm producermusicianvoice actoractor
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Kari Samantha Wuhrer is an American actress, model, and singer. She is known for her time as hostess of the MTV game show Remote Control (1988–1989), and for her portrayals of Abigail on USA Network's Swamp Thing (1991–1992) and Maggie Beckett on the Fox/Syfy series Sliders (1997–2000). Wuhrer has appeared in horror films such as Anaconda (1997), Eight Legged Freaks (2002), King of the Ants (2003), The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003), Hellraiser: Deader (2005), two entries in the Prophecy series (both 2005), and Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014). She also provided the voice of Maria Hill for Disney XD's The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010–2012).
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Charlotte Kate Fox
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- actorfilm actortelevision 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
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
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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 brother of King Frederik X of Denmark.
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Erik Palladino
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- television actorscreenwritermanufacturerfilm actoractor
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Erik Palladino is an American actor known for his portrayal of Dr. Dave Malucci in the NBC medical drama ER and Frank in the Amazon series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He is also known for his recurring roles as Lt. Michael Daghlian in Joan of Arcadia, Vostanik Sabatino in NCIS: Los Angeles and Kevin Miller on Suits. He has also had major supporting roles in the films Buried, Latter Days and U-571.
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Vanessa Estelle Williams
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- film directortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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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 is also known for her role as Anne-Marie McCoy in the first and fourth of the Candyman films, and as Rhonda Blair in the first season of the Fox prime time soap opera, Melrose Place (1992–93).
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Adrienne Warren
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- stage actortelevision actoractorsinger
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Adrienne Warren is an American actress, singer and dancer. She made her Broadway debut in the 2012 musical Bring It On, and in 2016 received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical nomination for her performance in Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. She was also praised for her role as Tina Turner in the West End production of Tina in 2018, and for the same role in the Broadway production, for which she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2020.
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Candace Bailey
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- actorvoice actortelevision 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 programs U-Pick Live on Nickelodeon and Attack of the Show! on G4.
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Mimi Imfurst
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- drag queenactor
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Mimi Imfurst, the stage name of Braden Stewart Chapman (or Braden Stewart Maurer-Burns), is an American drag performer. She appeared on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars and was a founding member of the girl group Xelle. In 2017, he became the first U.S. drag queen to perform in Cuba, lip-syncing to Madonna's "Express Yourself" with a group of local dancers.
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Manny Pérez
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- television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
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Manuel Pérez "Manny" Batista is a Dominican American actor who has appeared in the television series Third Watch and in the film Washington Heights. He is the cousin of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz.
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Kris Carr
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- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- writertelevision actoractordocumentarianphotographer
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Kris Carr is a multiple New York Times bestselling author, wellness advocate, public speaker and entrepreneur. Carr is best known for her work inspiring people to think outside the box in order to become empowered participants in their health and healing. She is the founder of the Inner Circle Wellness online community and is a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100.
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Lana Cantrell
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- singerentertainment lawyer
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Lana Eleanor Cantrell AM is an Australian-American singer and entertainment lawyer. She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in the Grammy Awards of 1968.
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Erin Kelly
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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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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Travis Flores
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- children's writerwriter
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Travis Michael Flores is an American writer, activist, philanthropist, and motivational speaker. He is a published children's book author and has written for several magazines and publications, including OUT, UpWorthy, and DoSomething. He has been featured in works such as Chicken Soup for the Soul, Reader's Digest: Selections, Charlie's Cancer Rescue and The Lemonade Stand. Flores has cystic fibrosis and has spoken very openly about it, having served as a spokesperson for various cystic fibrosis related organizations and fundraisers. He is very passionate about his charitable work with both the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and has donated a large percentage of his children's book proceeds to the two organizations. Throughout his life and career, he has helped to raise mass amounts of money for both the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Make-A-Wish, among other charities including the Christina Grimmie Foundation, Global Genes, etc. Flores also established his own 501(c)(3) organization in 2005, which provides laptops to chronically ill youth in hospitals.
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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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Marisa Lankester
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- memoirist
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Marisa J. Lankester is a memoirist whose 2014 book, Dangerous Odds, told the story of her life, from growing up privileged in the suburbs of New York City and post-grad years in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to working in the heart of the largest illegal sports betting operation in US history, including arrests in Los Angeles and Dominican Republic), to living a comfortable life in Switzerland. The book won three awards. In January 2015 discussions began for a movie based on the book starring Margot Robbie as Lankester.
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Regina Richards
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- singer
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Regina Richards is an American pop singer born in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for her hit song "Baby Love", which reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986. "Baby Love" was her only song to chart on the Hot 100, making her a one-hit wonder. The song also reached number 50 on the UK Singles Chart that same year.
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Chris Bashinelli
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- television produceractor
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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
- film directoractor
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Desmond Thomas Devenish is an English-American filmmaker, producer, and writer.
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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.
