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Lea Michele, born August 29, 1986, is an American actress and singer. Michele began working professionally as a child actor on Broadway in productions such as Les Misérables. She appeared in several more musicals before being selected for the lead role in the hit musical Spring Awakening, earning herself a Drama Desk Award nomination for her performance. She has recently received widespread acclaim, and several award nominations, for her performance as Rachel Berry in the Fox television series Glee, which premiered in May 2009.
Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress. After studying with Uta Hagen, she began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles in television and independent films. Featured roles in films such as The Whole Nine Yards (2000) brought her recognition and she was named one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World". Her subsequent film roles have been more prominent, and include Something's Gotta Give (2003), Syriana (2005), and 2012 (2009).
Evangeline Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan,Alberta, Canada, to a devoutly Protestant family. She is of Irish, Scottish, French, and Italian descent. Her father is an economics teacher, and her mother is a beauty consultant. Lilly also has two sisters. Her youngest sister, Andrea, has been described by Evangeline as "the actor in the family." [1] Before leaving the town of Fort Saskatchewan forAbbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, Evangeline briefly attended three elementary schools, Fort Elementary, Rudolph Hennig and James Mowat Elementary. Lilly recalled, "When I was a kid, the Fort was tiny. I could ride my bike at five years old from one end of town to the other.... To me Fort Saskatchewan holds a lot of really great memories. I just consider it a little happy hideaway."[2] In Abbotsford, Lilly completed her high school years at WJ Mouat Secondary School, and went on to study international relations at theUniversity of British Columbia in Vancouver. Lilly also served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the Philippines. She was offered permanent missionary work there for two years, an offer she nearly accepted but eventually declined because of her parents' wishes.[3] Lilly was a flight attendant with Royal Airlines.[4] She speaks French fairly well.[5] She also worked at Green Bay Bible Camp near Kelowna and at the Earls Restaurant in Abbotsford.
Jenna Fischer, born March 7, 1974, is an American television and film actress. She has appeared in several film comedies, including Blades of Glory, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and The Promotion, but is most widely known for playing Pam Beesly on the NBC situation comedy and mockumentary The Office.
Evangeline Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan,Alberta, Canada, to a devoutly Protestant family. She is of Irish, Scottish, French, and Italian descent. Her father is an economics teacher, and her mother is a beauty consultant. Lilly also has two sisters. Her youngest sister, Andrea, has been described by Evangeline as "the actor in the family." [1] Before leaving the town of Fort Saskatchewan forAbbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, Evangeline briefly attended three elementary schools, Fort Elementary, Rudolph Hennig and James Mowat Elementary. Lilly recalled, "When I was a kid, the Fort was tiny. I could ride my bike at five years old from one end of town to the other.... To me Fort Saskatchewan holds a lot of really great memories. I just consider it a little happy hideaway."[2] In Abbotsford, Lilly completed her high school years at WJ Mouat Secondary School, and went on to study international relations at theUniversity of British Columbia in Vancouver. Lilly also served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the Philippines. She was offered permanent missionary work there for two years, an offer she nearly accepted but eventually declined because of her parents' wishes.[3] Lilly was a flight attendant with Royal Airlines.[4] She speaks French fairly well.[5] She also worked at Green Bay Bible Camp near Kelowna and at the Earls Restaurant in Abbotsford.
Russell Crowe, born 7 April 1964, is a New Zealand-born, naturalized Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began appearing in US films such as the 1997 movie LA Confidential. He has been nominated for three Oscars, and in 2001, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the film Gladiator.
Dennis Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after appearing in several successful films. For his role in Far From Heaven (2002) he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, theOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He received nominations for Best Supporting Actor from the Golden Globe Awards, the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Russell Crowe, born 7 April 1964, is a New Zealand-born, naturalized Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began appearing in US films such as the 1997 movie LA Confidential. He has been nominated for three Oscars, and in 2001, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the film Gladiator.
Michael Bolton (born February 26, 1953) is anAmerican singer-songwriter and a former hard rocksinger. He is best known for his soft rock ballads andtenor vocals. His achievements include selling many albums, eight top ten albums, two number one singles on the Billboard charts, and awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammy Awards. Bolton would achieve his greatest success in the late eighties and early nineties as a singer in the adult contemporary/easy listening genre. One of his first major hits was his 1987 interpretation of the Otis Redding classic, "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay". Always interested in soul and Motownclassics, Bolton's success with that song encouraged him to tackle the standard "Georgia On My Mind," with which he had another hit. In 1991, Bolton released the album "Time, Love & Tenderness", which featured his Grammy award winning cover of "When a Man Loves a Woman"
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