100 Notable alumni of
New York Film Academy
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New York Film Academy is 406th in the world, 162nd in North America, and 151st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from New York Film Academy sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Shaquille O'Neal
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- basketball playerreal estate entrepreneurrapperpodcastertelevision producer
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Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, known commonly as Shaq, is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. He is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg) center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time NBA champion. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and centers of all time.
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Aubrey Plaza
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- voice actoractoraudiobook narratorNBC pagetelevision actor
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Aubrey Christina Plaza is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She starred as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), played Julie Powers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023), and featured as the Shadow King and Lenny Busker in the FX superhero series Legion (2017–2019). In 2022, she starred in the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus, for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.
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Naya Rivera
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- film actormodeltelevision actorsingeractor
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Naya Marie Rivera was an American actress, singer, and model. She received various awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for two Grammy Awards.
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Bill Hader
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- screenwritercomedianactorfilm directorvoice actor
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William Thomas Hader Jr. is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. Hader gained widespread attention for his eight-year stint as a cast member on the long-running NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award. He became known for his impressions and especially for his work on the Weekend Update segments, where he played Stefon Meyers, a flamboyant New York City nightclub tour guide.
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Paul Dano
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- television actoractorstage actorvoice actormusician
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Paul Franklin Dano is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and gained wider recognition for playing a troubled teenager in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For playing identical twins in Paul Thomas Anderson's period drama There Will Be Blood (2007), he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Damon Wayans
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- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorcomedianfilm producer
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Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a year-long stint on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. He later became a writer and performer on Fox's sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990-1992), on his animated series Waynehead (1996-1997) and on his TV series Damon (1998). Since then, he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including Beverly Hills Cop, Mo Money, The Last Boy Scout, Major Payne, Bulletproof, and the sitcom My Wife and Kids. From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Roger Murtaugh in the Fox television series Lethal Weapon. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers.
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Kangana Ranaut
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- actor
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Kangna Amardeep Ranaut is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works primarily in Hindi films. Known for her portrayals of strong-willed, unconventional women in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including four National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards, and has featured six times in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list. In 2020, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian award.
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Naga Chaitanya
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- actor
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Akkineni Naga Chaitanya, known professionally as Naga Chaitanya, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He has received one Filmfare Award South and one Nandi Award for his work.
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Alfonso Ribeiro
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- television actoractorsingerstage actorvoice actor
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Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro is an American actor and television host. He is best known for his roles as Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Alfonso Spears on the sitcom Silver Spoons, and Maxwell Stanton on In the House. He is the current host of ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos, taking over for Tom Bergeron, who left after 15 years. Ribeiro has hosted the GSN game show Catch 21, the ABC Family show Spell-Mageddon, and the television show Dance 360. At the beginning of his career, he starred in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and later took part in the 13th season of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Ribeiro won season 19 of Dancing with the Stars with professional partner Witney Carson, then later became the co-host alongside Tyra Banks starting from season 31. Ribeiro has served as the main host of Dancing with the Stars alongside co-host Julianne Hough beginning with season 32 in 2023.
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Lana Condor
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- film actortelevision actoractorvoice actorballet dancer
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Lana Therese Condor is an American actress and YouTuber. She made her acting debut starring as Jubilee in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and gained international recognition for portraying Lara Jean Covey in the romantic comedy To All the Boys film series (2018–2021). She has also portrayed Saya Kuroki in the television series Deadly Class (2019) and Koyomi in the film Alita: Battle Angel (2019). More recently, Condor voiced the titular character in the animated film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023).
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Camilla Luddington
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- television actorfilm actoractormotion capture actingvoice actor
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Camilla Anne Luddington is a British actress, best known for her role as Dr Josephine "Jo" Wilson in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy. She is also known for voicing Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider video games, for which she provided the motion capture.
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Eve Hewson
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- film actoractor
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Memphis Eve Sunny Day Iris Hewson is an Irish actress. Her first major role was in the 2011 drama film This Must Be the Place, and she made her television debut as Nurse Lucy Elkins in the 2014 Steven Soderbergh series The Knick. She has appeared in films such as Blood Ties (2013), Bridge of Spies (2015), and Robin Hood (2018). In 2020, she starred in the miniseries The Luminaries. In 2021 she starred as Adele in the Netflix miniseries Behind Her Eyes, then in 2022 she played Becka in the Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters, which won a Peabody Award, and in 2023 she played the lead Flora in the Apple TV+ movie Flora and Son.
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Alanna Masterson
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Alanna Masterson is an American actress, best known for her role as Tara Chambler in the AMC television series The Walking Dead.
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Issa Rae
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- film directorYouTuberfilm actorscreenwritertelevision producer
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Jo-Issa Rae Diop, credited professionally as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, and producer. Rae first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. Since 2011, Rae has continued to develop her YouTube channel, which features various short films, web series, and other content created by black people.
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Damon Wayans Jr
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- television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractorvoice actor
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Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. is an American actor and comedian. He starred as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom Happy Endings, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012, and as Coach in the Fox sitcom New Girl. In 2014, he starred in the comedy film Let's Be Cops, and provided the voice of Wasabi in Big Hero 6.
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Ruby Lin
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- television actorsingerfilm actortelevision producerrecording artist
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Ruby Lin Xin-ru is a Taiwanese actress, television and film producer, and pop singer. American entertainment critic Derek Elley named Lin as "Taiwan's TV Drama Queen".
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Athiya Shetty
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- film actoractor
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Athiya Shetty is an Indian actress. The daughter of actor Suniel Shetty, she has played the leading lady in the Hindi films Hero (2015), Mubarakan (2017), and Motichoor Chaknachoor (2019).
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D. B. Woodside
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- television actorfilm actoractordirector
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David Bryan Woodside is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as the bass singer Melvin Franklin in The Temptations, Robin Wood in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm Franks in Single Ladies, and Jeff Malone in Suits, Dr. Joseph Prestridge in Parenthood, the angel Amenadiel in Lucifer, as well as Wayne Palmer in the thriller series 24.
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Hannah Quinlivan
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- television actormodeltelevision presenterfilm actoractor
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Hannah Quinlivan or Jen Wu (武誼蓁; 武谊蓁; Wǔ Yìzhēn), known professionally as Kun Ling (昆凌; Kūn Líng), is a Taiwanese actress and model.
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Chord Overstreet
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- film actorguitaristmusiciansinger-songwriteractor
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Chord Paul Overstreet is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Sam Evans on the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015). He has starred in the Apple TV+ comedy series Acapulco since 2021.
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Andrew Bachelor
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- content creatorInternet celebritytelevision produceractor
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Andrew Byron Bachelor, better known by his stage name King Bach, is a Canadian-born American Internet comedian and actor who rose to fame on the now-defunct video sharing service Vine, on which he was the most-followed user with 16.2 million followers.
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Joshua Leonard
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- television actorfilm directorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
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Joshua Granville Leonard is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his role in The Blair Witch Project (1999). He has since starred in films such as Madhouse (2004), The Shaggy Dog (2006), Higher Ground (2011), The Motel Life (2012), Snake and Mongoose (2013), If I Stay (2014), The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014), 6 Years (2015), and Unsane (2018).
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Shirley Setia
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- singerYouTubertelevision producer
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Shirley Setia is a New Zealand singer and actress known for her work in the Indian film and music industries.
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Glen Hansard
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- singer-songwriteractormusicianfilm score composersinger
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Glen Hansard is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician. Since 1990, he has been the frontman of the Irish rock band The Frames, with whom he has released six studio albums, four of which have charted in the top ten of the Irish Album Charts. In the 2000s, he was one half of folk rock duo The Swell Season before releasing his debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose, in 2012. His 2015 second album Didn't He Ramble was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.
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Nag Ashwin
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- screenwriterfilm director
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Nag Ashwin Reddy is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the coming-of-age philosophical drama film Yevade Subramanyam.
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Stephanie Cayo
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- dancermodelactorsinger
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Stephanie Cristina Cayo Sanguinetti is a Peruvian actress, singer and songwriter.
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Lio Tipton
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- modelfigure skaterfilm actoractor
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Lio Tipton is an American actor and fashion model. Tipton is known for being the last eliminated on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model and for their roles in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Warm Bodies (2013), and Two Night Stand (2014).
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Kushal Tandon
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- actormodeltelevision actor
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Kushal Tandon is an Indian model and actor known for his portrayal of Virat Singh Vadhera in Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai and Arjun Sharma in Beyhadh. He also participated in Nach Baliye, Bigg Boss and Khatron Ke Khiladi. In 2023, he started portraying Reyansh "Rey" Lamba in Barsatein – Mausam Pyaar Ka.
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Sharad Malhotra
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Sharad Malhotra is an Indian actor, who primarily works in Hindi television and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 2004 with the role of Prince Goldy in Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag. His first major role was the lead role of Sagarpratap Singh in Banoo Main Teri Dulhann.
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Sasha Cohen
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- actorfigure skater
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Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 U.S. Champion. She is known for her artistry, flexibility and body lines, and musical interpretation. As of 2022, Cohen is the most recent American woman to medal individually in figure skating at the Olympics.
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Somy Ali
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- actorjournalistmodel
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Somy Ali is a Pakistani-American actress, writer, filmmaker, model and activist who has worked in Bollywood films. She runs a non-profit organization named No More Tears.
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Maisa Silva
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- actormodeltelevision actor
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Maisa da Silva Andrade is a Brazilian television presenter and actress. She first gained fame for hosting the children's TV program Bom Dia & Cia from the age of six years old, and for playing the role of Valéria Ferreira in the Carrossel franchise, including a telenovela and two films. In 2022, she began playing the character Anita in the Netflix teen drama series Back to 15.
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Arunoday Singh
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- actor
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Arunoday Singh is an Indian actor. He made his debut with Sikandar. He has appeared in films like Aisha (2010), Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), Jism 2 (2012), Main Tera Hero (2014), Mr X (2015), Mohenjo Daro (2016) and Blackmail (2018). He also appeared in the web series Apaharan (2018-2022).
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Luis D. Ortiz
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- presenterbusinessperson
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Luis D. Ortiz is a licensed real estate salesperson who worked for Douglas Elliman. Ortiz co-starred in the Bravo reality television series Million Dollar Listing New York, alongside Fredrik Eklund and Ryan Serhant, who remained from the prior season, and has continued with Eklund and Serhant to subsequent seasons.
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Pietro Sermonti
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- actorstage actortelevision actor
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Pietro Sermonti is an Italian stage, film and television actor.
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Rafael de La Fuente
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- television actorfilm actorsingeractor
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Rafael de la Fuente is a Venezuelan actor and singer. He is known for his roles in the fantasy television series Grachi (2011–2013) and the soap opera reboot Dynasty (2017–2022) as Sam "Sammy Jo" Jones. His other notable role was in the first and second seasons of the drama series Empire (2015–2016).
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Oskar Kuchera
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- radio personalityactorsingertelevision actormusician
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Oskar Aleksandrovich Kuchera is a Russian actor, TV presenter and radio host. He was born in Moscow. He has made appearances in movies such as Unreal Love and Soldiers and is a presenter on Top Gear Russia. He is an active supporter of the Russian invasion to Ukraine.
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Kamie Crawford
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- beauty pageant contestantmodel
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Kameran "Kamie" Crawford is an American television host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2010 on July 24, 2010 at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas. Crawford is currently the co-host of Catfish: The TV Show.
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Dayana Mendoza
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- beauty pageant contestantmodelactorfilm producer
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Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada is a Venezuelan actress, model, film producer, director and beauty queen. She winner of the titles of Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008.
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Pevita Pearce
- Enrolled in New York Film Academy
- Studied in 2011-2011
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- actormodel
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Pevita Cleo Eileen Pearce is a British-Indonesian actress and model of mixed Welsh and Banjar descent.
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Alaya F
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- actormodel
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Aalia Furniturewala, known by her stage name Alaya F, is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Born into the Bedi family, she is the daughter of actor Pooja Bedi. She made her acting debut in 2020 with the comedy film Jawaani Jaaneman, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She has since starred in the thriller Freddy (2022).
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Imran Khan
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- actor
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Imran Khan is an American former actor of Indian origin who worked in Hindi films. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and director-producer Mansoor Khan, and the grandson of director-producer Nasir Hussain. He appeared as a child artist in the films Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992).
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Nara Rohit
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- actor
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Nara Rohith is an Indian actor and producer works in Telugu films. An alumnus of New York Film Academy, Rohit is known for works such as Baanam (2009), Solo (2011), Prathinidhi (2014), Rowdy Fellow (2014), Asura (2015) and Jyo Achyutananda (2016). He owns the production house Aran Media Works.
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Giorgio Pasotti
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- television actorfilm directorstage actorfilm actoractor
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Giorgio Pasotti is an Italian actor and former martial arts athlete.
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Mariano Di Vaio
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- fashion designermodel
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Mariano Di Vaio is an Italian blogger, fashion designer and actor. He has been a brand ambassador for Hugo Boss, Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein. His first published book is My Dream Job. He launched his line of jewels, MDV Jewels, a collection of shoes, MDV Shoes, and his Eyewear collection, MDV Eyewear. The first movie he appeared in is Deported, a Hollywood production by Yoram Globus.
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Adinia Wirasti
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- actormodel
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Adinia Wirasti Wahr, better known as Adinia Wirasti, is an Indonesian actress of Javanese descent. In 2008, she graduated from the New York Film Academy one year Screenwriting Program in Los Angeles, CA.
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Gauri Shinde
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- authorfilm directorscreenwriter
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Gauri Shinde is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Shinde made her directorial debut with the highly acclaimed English Vinglish (2012), which marked the comeback of actress Sridevi. Shinde featured in the Financial Times 2012 list of '25 Indians To Watch'. She also featured on Rediff's list of 'Bollywood's 5 Best Directors of 2012'.
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Lex Scott Davis
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Alexis Scott Davis is an American actress. She is known for playing Nya in The First Purge and Toni Braxton in the 2016 Lifetime television film Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart. In 2017, she had a starring role in the short-lived CBS drama series Training Day. She played Quiara in The L Word: Generation Q.
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Mark Normand
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- stand-up comediantelevision actorcomedianactor
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Mark Normand is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He began performing stand-up in his hometown New Orleans in 2006. He has performed across the United States and abroad and has appeared on Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Niharica Raizada
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- film actor
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Niharica Raizada is a Luxembourger actress. She was crowned as Miss India UK 2010 and was runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2010. She is the granddaughter of former Bollywood musician O. P. Nayyar. She has worked in films like IB71, Masaan, 6-5=2, Damadol, Total Dhamaal (2018) and Sooryavanshi (2021).
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Jessica Lee Rose
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- television actortelevision producerfilm actoractor
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Jessica Lee Rose is an American-New Zealand actress who first gained popularity after playing the role of lonelygirl15, a fictional teenage homeschooled character named Bree who appeared in YouTube video blogs, beginning in June 2006. In September 2006, the Los Angeles Times outed the character, destroying any mystery surrounding the possible fictionality of lonelygirl15, which thrust Rose into the mainstream spotlight while also increasing the viewership of the series. In 2007, Rose won a Webby for this role.
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Nicolas Prattes
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- television actoractor
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Nicolas Prattes Bittencourt Pires is a Brazilian actor.
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Matthew Cardarople
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- actorcomedian
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Matty Cardarople is an American actor and comedian. He has appeared in the ABC television series Selfie, the 2015 film Jurassic World, the 2016 TV series Stranger Things, and as the "Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender" in the TV series Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. In 2021, he played Keith in the film Free Guy. His supporting roles include appearances in Michael Showalter's 2017 romantic comedy The Big Sick, and Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi's TV series Reservation Dogs, set in an Indigenous community in Oklahoma.
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Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir
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- actorswimmer
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Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir, also known as Ragga Ragnars is an Icelandic actress and former swimmer, who specialised in sprint freestyle events. She is a multiple-time Icelandic record holder in both long and short course freestyle (both 50 metres and 100 metres). After retiring from swimming, Ragnheiður studied acting and has played the role of Gunnhild on the TV series Vikings since 2018.
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Elyfer Torres
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- film actorartisttelevision actor
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Elvia Fernanda Torres Pérez most known as Elyfer Torres, is a Mexican actress. Her first major role was in the Telemundo telenovela's Betty en NY (2019). Although previously she stood out for series like La rosa de Guadalupe (2012–2017), La Piloto (2018), El secreto de Selena (2018), and Nicky Jam: El Ganador (2018). Torres began her artistic training as a child taking workshops at the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa. later she specialized in acting for cinema at the renowned New York Film Academy in Los Angeles; returning to Mexico to continue her training at the CasAzul of Argos school, and finally, she finished her classical dance training at the Royal Academy of Dance in England.
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Alma Jodorowsky
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- actorfilm actormodel
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Alma Jodorowsky is a French actress, fashion model and singer.
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Bankole Wellington
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- songwriterpoliticiansingeractorrapper
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Olubankole Wellington//, popularly known by his stage name Banky W and credited in film as Banky Wellington, is a Nigerian singer, rapper, actor, entrepreneur and politician.
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Mohamed Diab
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- film directorwriterscreenwriteractor
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Mohamed Diab is an Egyptian screenwriter and director whose work often centers on pressing issues concerning Egyptian society. He is known for his directorial debut film Cairo 678 (Les Femmes du bus 678), which was released a month before the Egyptian revolution, and for directing Disney's Marvel series Moon Knight.
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Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam
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- actorfilm directorscreenwriter
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Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam is an Indian film director, writer, actor, and television presenter who works in Telugu Film Industry. He directed the critically acclaimed romantic comedy film Pelli Choopulu (2016), which won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Screenplay – Dialogues. He later directed Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi (2018), and made his debut in a lead role with Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019).
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Saadet Aksoy
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- film actoractor
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Saadet Işıl Aksoy is a Turkish actress, who received critical acclaim with her portrayal of Aska, a red-haired punk trumpet player in Italian actor-director Sergio Castellitto's film Twice Born, in which she co-starred with Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch. Christy Lemire described her as "the striking Saadet Aksoy" in her Twice Born review, and film critic David Rooney stated, "Saadet Aksoy brings a subdued fieriness to her scenes as a Bosnian woman" in The Hollywood Reporter. In his article on Variety, Boyd Van Hoeij wrote, "Turkish thesp Saadet Aksoy impresses in a supporting role as a spunky Yugoslav local" about her performance in Twice Born.
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Domiziana Giordano
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- film actorwriterpoetactorphotographer
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Domiziana Giordano is an Italian artist, actress, photographer, and video artist. Giordano has played roles in work directed by Mauro Bolognini, Jean-Luc Godard, Neil Jordan, Ken McMullen, Nicolas Roeg, and Andrei Tarkovsky, amongst others.
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Oshri Cohen
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- stage actormodelfilm actoractor
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Oshri Cohen is an Israeli actor.
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Julie Tan
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- actor
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Julie Tan Shao Yin is a Singaporean actress and video game streamer. She was the female lead in That Girl in Pinafore. Tan left MediaCorp as a full-time artiste in 2017.
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Travis Fine
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- writertelevision actorfilm directorfilm actoractor
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Travis Lane Fine is an American actor, writer, director and producer, perhaps best known for his film Any Day Now, and for his roles in Girl, Interrupted and The Young Riders.
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Hannah Lux Davis
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- film directordirector
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Hannah Lux Davis is an American music video, commercial and film director. She's known for her work especially with female artists, such as Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, Hilary Duff and Fifth Harmony.
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Carla Baratta
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Carla Baratta Sarcinelli is a Venezuelan actress, model, and artist. She is most well known for being the star of the digital series Bleep, broadcast by the mobile phone company Digitel GSM. Since she was young, she has studied stage acting in places such as Estudio 7 Alfredo Aparicio in San Cristobal-Venezuela, the New York Film Academy and the New Collective in Los Angeles, as well as the Actors Gym in Caracas.
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Lea Gabrielle
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- naval aviatorjournalist
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Lea Gabrielle is a former U.S. Diplomat who served as the Special Envoy and Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center at the U.S. Department of State from 2019-2021. She formerly served in the United States Navy for twelve years as a combat naval aviator and intelligence officer. As a civilian, she worked as a journalist and correspondent for the Fox News Channel and as a general-assignment reporter for Shepard Smith Reporting. On February 7, 2019, it was announced she would head up the U.S. Department of State's Global Engagement Center (GEC), tasked with countering propaganda from foreign actors such as Russia, China, North Korea, and ISIS. She has served in the position of Special Envoy and Coordinator of the GEC since February 11, 2019.
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Kunle Afolayan
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- film directorcelebrityactorfilm producer
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Kunle Afolayan is a Nigerian actor, producer and director. He is widely credited for elevating the quality of Nollywood movies through larger budgets, shooting on 35mm, releasing in cinemas, and improving cliché Nollywood storylines. After starting his film career as an actor in the 1999 political drama Saworoide, Afolayan made his directorial debut in 2006 with Irapada, a Nigerian supernatural thriller, which won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film in an African Language. His follow-on directing credits include The Figurine, Phone Swap, October 1, and Citation. 1 October was the winner of 16 major African movie awards in 2015 and the second highest grossing Nigerian film in Nigerian cinemas at the time of its release, a feat Afolayan was to repeat two years later with The CEO. In 2021, the director signed a three-picture deal with Netflix. Swallow, the screen adaption of Sefi Atta's book of the same name was the first to be released in October 2021, followed by Aníkúlápó, an epic Nigerian fantasy released in September 2022. Afolayan has described the work as a "Game of Thrones recreated in Nigeria but with a better representation of our culture”. Eleven days after its release, it was the #1 most-watched non-English Netflix original film.
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Chika Ike
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- modelentrepreneurscreenwriteractorfilm producer
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Chika 'Nancy' Ike // is a Nigerian actress, television personality, producer, business woman, philanthropist and former model.
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Stephanie Okereke
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- film directormodelscreenwriteractor
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Stephanie Okereke Linus // is a Nigerian actress, film director and model. She has received several awards and nominations for her work as an actress, including the 2003 Reel Award for Best Actress, the 2006 Afro Hollywood Award for Best Actress, and three nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2005, 2009 and 2010. She was also the runner up for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant of 2002. In 2011, she was honoured by the Nigerian government with a national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, MFR.
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Jean Paul Lal
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- actorfilm directorscreenwriter
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Jean Paul Lal, better known by his stage name Lal Jr., is an Indian film director and actor who mainly works in the Malayalam film industry. He is the son of actor-director Lal. His directorial debut movie was Honey Bee starring Asif Ali which was a hit. He also played his acting debut as Solomon main villain in the movie Under World. He played a significant role in 2023 priyadarshan movie Corona Papers.
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Ini Dima-Okojie
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- actormodel
- Biography
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Ini Dima-Okojie is a Nigerian actress from Edo State, Nigeria. She resigned from her job in investment banking to enroll at the New York Film Academy. She started her career with the first television appearance on Taste of Love and she has featured on many films including the multicultural romcom, Namaste Wahala in 2021 and the Netflix Nigerian original thriller, Blood Sisters (2022 series) in 2022.
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Omoni Oboli
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- brand ambassadorfilm directorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Omoni Oboli listen is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine (2009), Anchor Baby (2010), Fatal Imagination, Being Mrs Elliott, The First Lady and Wives on Strike (2016). In 2018 she starred and directed the comedy film, Moms at War.
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Alyssa Nicole Pallett
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- actormodel
- Biography
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Alyssa Nicole Pallett is a Canadian model, actress, and businesswoman. She is the former owner of "The Sweet Ones", a vintage store in New York City.
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Dennis maeheail
- Occupations
- television producerbusinessperson
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Dennis Michael Lynch better known to friends and fans as "DML", is an American businessman, documentary film maker, podcast host and news personality. Currently, he is the founder and CEO of TeamDML Inc, a company specializing in the distribution of news programming, podcasts and digital films. He is also the founder of TeamDML.com, an online membership-based service for people who wish to watch his daily podcast about politics and news. Lynch is also the co-owner of a CBD brand that bears his name, DML CBD.
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Kemi Adetiba
- Occupations
- television directormusic video directorfilmmakerfilm directorcinematography
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Kemi Adetiba listen is a Nigerian filmmaker, television director and music video director, whose works have appeared on Channel O, MTV Base, Sound City TV, BET and Netflix.
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Chris Attoh
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Chris Attoh is a Ghanaian actor, film director, on-air personality, television presenter and producer. He is best known as "Kwame Mensah" in Nigerian soap opera Tinsel.
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Zoltán Várkonyi
- Occupations
- pedagogueactordirectorfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Zoltán Várkonyi was a Hungarian actor and film director. In 1961, he was a member of the jury at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Four years later, he was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.
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O. C. Ukeje
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- actormodelmusician
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Okechukwu Ukeje//, known as OC Ukeje is Nigerian actor,model and musician. He came into prominence after winning the Amstel Malta Box Office reality show. He has received several awards including Africa Movie Academy Awards, Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, Nollywood Movies Awards, Best of Nollywood Awards, Nigeria Entertainment Awards and Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards. He has featured in several award-winning films including Two Brides and a Baby, Hoodrush, Alan Poza, Confusion Na Wa and Half of a Yellow Sun.
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Ahd Kamel
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- film directoractor
- Biography
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Ahd Hassan Kamel is an actress and filmmaker from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is known for her role in the BAFTA-nominated film, Wadjda (2014) and for her role as Fatima in BBC Two's Collateral (2018).
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Eku Edewor
- Occupations
- film producermodelactortelevision presenter
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Georgina Chloe Eku Edewor-Thorley, otherwise known as Eku Edewor, is a British Nigerian actress, television presenter, and model. She is best known for her work as host of the entertainment television program 53 Extra on Africa Magic.
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Kunle Remi
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- television actormodelstunt performeractorfilm producer
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Oyekunle Opeyemi Oluwaremi Listen, professionally known as Kunle Remi, is a Nigerian actor, producer, filmmaker, content creator, host, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and model. He was known for his appearance in Falling, Family Forever, Tinsel, and Aníkúlápó. He won the 7th edition of Gulder Ultimate Search in 2010. While studying at the New York Film Academy, he was simultaneously hosting an Internet Television Channel, Celebville 360. He made his first significant hosting appearance at the Academy Awards nomination event in Beverly Hills. By 2012, he was cast in his first movie, Heavy Beauty, produced by Grace Edwin Okon and directed by Stanlee Ohikhuare. Though he graduated in 2014, he returned to study filmmaking and directing, and graduated in 2015.
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Nirmal Sahadev
- Born in
- India
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Nirmal Sahadev is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is best known for his directorial debut film Ranam.
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Michel van der Aa
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- film directorcomposerrecord producerlibrettist
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Michel van der Aa is a Dutch composer of contemporary classical music.
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Dharani Dharan
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- screenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Dharani Dharan is an Indian film director and screenwriter, working primarily in the Tamil film industry.
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Abi Varghese
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- television directorfilm director
- Biography
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Abi Varghese is an Indian-American writer-director-producer who most recently directed season 2 of Eros Now's Metro Park.
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Carter Smith
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- film directorscreenwriterphotographeractor
- Biography
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Carter Smith is an American filmmaker and fashion photographer. He is best known for directing the films The Ruins (2008), Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014) and Swallowed (2022).
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Rohit Gupta
- Born in
- India
- Occupations
- film producerfilm director
- Biography
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Rohit Gupta is a film director, film producer and entrepreneur who resides in the United States. He is known for directing Midnight Delight, Life! Camera Action..., Another Day Another Life, winning several awards & nominations. Gupta is the founder and owner of Dot & Feather Entertainment production company, Film Festivals To Go (FFTG), and FFTG Awards Film Fest.
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Ufuoma Ejenobor
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- modeltelevision presenterscreenwriteractorbeauty pageant contestant
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Ufuoma Stacey McDermott is a Nigerian actress, director, former model and beauty pageant titleholder.
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Amleset Muchie
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Amleset Muchie is an Ethiopian model, actress, and filmmaker. She is the wife of Ethiopian singer Teddy Afro since 2012.
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Thishiwe Ziqubu
- Years
- 1985-.. (age 39)
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorfilm director
- Biography
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Thishiwe Ziqubu is a South African film director, writer and actor. He won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards for his portrayal of Tshaka in the romantic comedy Tell Me Sweet Something. In 2019, he directed episodes of MTV Shuga Down South.
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Nana Akua Addo
- Occupations
- film produceractor
- Biography
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Nana Akua Addo is a German-born Ghanaian model, actress, and film producer. She was the second runner-up in Miss Malaika 2003 and the winner of Miss Ghana-Germany in 2005. She has received awards, including the Glitz Style Awards and City People Entertainment Awards.
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Rubaiyat Hossain
- Occupations
- filmmaker
- Biography
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Rubaiyat Hossain is a Bangladeshi film director, writer, and producer. She made the films Meherjaan, Under Construction (2015) and Made in Bangladesh (2019). In 2023, she becomes the second female director to win Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for Made in Bangladesh. Made in Bangladesh was widely released in France on 4 December 2019 and running for several months following the theatrical release worldwide including USA, Canada, Denmark, Portugal, Germany, China, Mexico, Singapore, Australia, Turkey, Bangladesh and Japan.
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Tushar Tyagi
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Tushar Tyagi born on 27 December 1989, is an Indian film Director.
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Anna Rezan
- Occupations
- actorsingerfilm actor
- Biography
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Anna Rezan is a Greek actress and singer. She began her career in her early teens by appearing in Greek films and television series, most notably in the 2010 comedy film Show Bitch which premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
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Rekha Rana
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- actormodel
- Biography
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Rekha Rana is a Bollywood actress, theater artist, winner of Miss Delhi, Photogenic Face and Beautiful Smile titleholder in 2007. She is the brand ambassador for South African NGO called 'Star NGO' and 'Save Our Women' Campaign. Her first movie Ab Hoga Dharna Unlimited which is themed on Anna Hazare's Dharna released on 13 April 2012.
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Vũ Hoàng My
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantmodel
- Biography
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Vũ Thị Hoàng My is a Vietnamese athlete, humanitarian activist, director and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the first Vietnamese beauty pageant titleholder to be chosen to represent the 2 biggest beauty pageants in the world: Miss Universe 2011 and Miss World 2012 and was the strongest representative of Vietnam (2011). Hoang My is considered an icon of healthy lifestyle, and has had success as a model, host, copywriter, and dancer. She consults for beauty pageants, sports projects, NGO organisations and film projects. As a filmmaker, she produces both fiction and documentary features. She speaks Vietnamese and English fluently. Hoang My was one of the 7 main judges of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 and 2022.
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Giorgi Ovashvili
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- film directordirectorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Giorgi Ovashvili is a Georgian film director and screenwriter, known for his 2014 film Corn Island.
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Osasu Igbinedion
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Osasu Igbinedion Ogwuche is a Nigerian British media entrepreneur, philanthropist, and business executive. She is the Chief Executive Officer of TOS TV Network (a pan-African storytelling platform) and co-founder of NatSu Global, a real estate and media investment firm. She is the former host of The Osasu Show, a syndicated TV show focused on development, business, and politics in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
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Adrian Voo
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Adrian Voo is a Malaysian film actor. He came to prominence with supporting roles in the comedy films Amateur Night and Dear Dictator.
