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Briga Heelan

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   Heelan was born in Andover (Massachusetts) to Kimball Heelan, actress and Lowell Public Schools teacher, and Kevin Heelan playwright. Conor is her older brother. His father is a professional dramatist who has been an instructor at the Phillips Andover Academy teacher since 1983. Heelan was a student at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and then spent an entire year at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Heelan moved to the University of Southern California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2009. When she graduated, Heelan received the James B. Pendleton Award for outstanding contribution to the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Heelan determined to focus her attention on musical theatre. Skylar Astin who was her Ground Floor co-star was met by Heelan at a musical theatre convention. Cougar Town was Heelan's debut TV role. She was credited as an unrepeatable character on Undateable, appearing in three episodes and the pilot. Because both Bill Lawrence's Ground Floor a...

Amy Poehler

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  Amy Poehler, born September 16, 1971 was an American actress, comedian, and writer. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and Improv Olympic in the early 1990s, Poehler co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group moved to New York City in 1996 where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Poehler was the first member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She also joined the Saturday Night Live cast in 2001. From 2004 when she was a co-anchor for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, to 2008 when she left the series to play Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation. She was also a voice actor for the films Shrek the Third (with Horton Hears a Who Free Birds), Inside Out, as well as the television show The Mighty B! which she also co-created. Poehler is the executive producer for the television series Welcome to Sweden. She also produces the television show Broad City, Difficult People. Duncanvill...

Linda Cardellini

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   Linda Edna Cardellini, born 25th June 1975, is an American actress. Her TV appearances include the teen drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), the drama thriller Bloodline (2015)-17 and the tragicomedy Dead to Me (2018). The latter part of her role resulted in her being nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in an Comedy Series. She was also a part of Mad Men (2013-15), which resulted in an Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Her voice-over work includes the animated show Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated (2010-13), Regular Show (2012-15), Gravity Falls (2012-16) as well as Sanjay and Craig (2013-16). The most well-known role in her film career is the one of Velma dinkley in Scooby-Doo (2002). She was also in the sequel Scooby-Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed (2006). Her supporting parts included Legally Blonde (2001), Brokeback Mountains (2005), Kill the Irishman (2011) and Avengers: Endgame (2016). Return (2011) was her leading role. She was awarded the Indepe...

Jessica Camacho

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   Jessica Lisa Camacho, born on November 26, 1982 was an American actor. Her role as a regular Gypsy on The CW's superhero show The Flash is among her most popular. Camacho was also featured in the second season of the drama series on NBC Taken. Camacho was born in Chicago and started acting at the age of eight when a friend suggested she attend an acting class. Camacho was immediately in love with the art, and moved to San Francisco where she worked as a waitress, and also took evening classes at the American Conservatory Theater. After she completed her studies in Chicago theater and on television and film, she was able to obtain her Screen Actors Guild membership card. Then she settled in Los Angeles. American actor Jessica Camacho has gained fame for her role in Sophie Foster, a Fox supernatural drama, Gypsy in the CW's superhero show The Flash' and Michelle Vargas in Netflix's science-fiction series Another Life'. Camacho, who is originally from Chicago was in...

Bianca Kajlich

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  Bianca Maria Kajlich, born on the 26th of March, 1977 is an American actress. Kajlich has appeared in leading and supporting roles in film and television as Jennifer, for instance in CBS' Rules of Engagement (2007-2013). Kajlich played the character of Christina Henry on Bosch in Season 5. Kajlich was the daughter of Patti Kajlich and Dr. Aurel Jan “Relo” Kajlich. Her father is Slovak, and her mother was Italian. Kajlich completed her studies at Bishop Blanchet High School in Seattle, Washington and attended Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Kajlich began her dance career with the Olympic Ballet Theater in Edmonds, Washington. She made the decision to go into acting after just seven years. She was already acting in lead roles in The River and Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Kajlich was first recognized in an ad for Kragen Auto Parts. Since then, she's been in films such as Bring It On and 10 Things I Hate About You. Kajlich played recurring roles on the show Bos...

Teri Hatcher

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   Teri Lynn Hatcher was born in December 8 in 1964. Her roles include Lois Lane on Lois & Clark The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997). Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives 2004-2012. For her roles, she received three Screen Actors Guild Awards as in addition to the Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy and the Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of the best actress in a musical/comedy Series. Hatcher was born December 8 1984 in Palo Alto (California), the sole child of Esther, a computer programmer, and Owen Walker Hatcher Jr. A nuclear physicist, as well as an electrician. Her father is of English, Welsh and Irish origin (Hatcher has said that he also has Choctaw ancestry), and her mother is of Syrian, Czech and Irish heritage. Hatcher was born in Sunnyvale in California and was a ballet student at the San Juan School of Dance, Los Altos. She pursued a degree in engineering and math at De Anza College. In March 2006, she alleged she had been se...

Suzanne Pleshette

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   Suzanne Pleshette, born January 31, 1937, passed away on January 19th 2008. She was an American voice actress, actor film, and television actor. Pleshette began her acting career in the theater and was a part of films in the 1950s and later. Later, she appeared in films that were notable, such as Rome Adventure (1962), Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), or Spirited Away (192001). In later years, she appeared in numerous television productions. She was frequently an actor in guest roles and was Emily Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show, 1972-78. She was awarded numerous Emmy Award nominations. Pleshette was the daughter of Geraldine (nee Kaplan), and Eugene Pleshette. She was born in Brooklyn Heights, New York on the 31st of January, 1937. The parents of her were Jewish immigrants from Russia and Austria-Hungary. Her mother was an artist, dancer and choreographer, who was stage-named Geraldine Rivers. Her father was a stage director and director of the Paramount Theater, New Y...

miesha tate

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   Miesha Theresa Tate is an American professional mixed martial artist. She was born on August 18, 1986. She is currently in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) which is where she is a past UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Tate was earlier a Strikeforce female bantamweight champion. Tate was vice president for ONE Championship. In July 18th 2022, 2022, Tate is 13th in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings. Tate was born to Michelle Tate in Tacoma Washington and raised by Robert Schmidt and Michelle. In her early years Tate would often hang out in the playground with boys from her local area. Tate was a Franklin Pierce High School senior and sought out a sport to take part in. It was then that she decided to go for amateur wrestling. In her first year through her graduation, she was a wrestler for the boys’ team. "I was pretty proficient in being kicked in the butt for the first couple of weeks. Tate recalls that she wasn't sure what was happening. "I felt ...