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jill wagner American television actress

Jill Suzanne Wagner born January 13, 1979, Winston-Salem, North Carolina is an American television actress, model, and game show personality.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Filmography
* 4 References
* 5 External links
early life
Wagner was raised primarily by her father, David Wagner, a Marine, and her grandmother. She attended Ledford Senior High School in Wallburg, North Carolina and graduated from North Carolina State University in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in business management.
Career
After completing college, Wagner moved to California to further her modeling career. In 2003, she was selected as a cast member on the MTV series Punk'd, participating in about a dozen sketches.
She appeared in Stuff magazine following her appearances Punk'd. Wagner was ranked #90 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004. She posed in the American July 2006 issue of FHM magazine.
She has been featured as the Mercury vehicle spokesmodel in television ads since 2005 and has become known as "The Mercury Girl". In 2006, she co-starred in the Spike TV television show Blade: The Series as Krista Starr.
In January 2007, Wagner stated that she had been interviewed about the possibility of portraying Wonder Woman in the upcoming movie version, saying, “I met with the guys over at Silver pictures about some things and Wonder Woman was one of them”.
In the summer of 2008, Jill became a co-host for the ABC summer reality show Wipeout.
Filmography
* Punk'd (6 episodes, "#2.1", "#2.2", "#2.3", "#2.4", "#2.5" and "#2.6", 2003) .... Field Agent
* Monk (1 episode, "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month", 2004) .... Crystal
* Dr. Vegas (2 episodes, "Dead Man, Live Bet" and "All In", 2004) .... Roxanne
* Quintuplets (1 episode, "Thanksgiving Day Charade", 2004) .... Cammie
* Junebug (2005) .... Millicent, friend at shower
* Shifted (2006) .... Rachel
* Blade: The Series (12 episodes, 2006) .... Krista Starr
* Turning Blade (2007) (V) .... Herself
* Stargate Atlantis (2 episodes, "Travelers" and "Be All My Sins Remember'd", 2007–2008) .... Larrin
* Bones (1 episode, "The Man in the Outhouse", 2008) .... Holly Markwell
* Splinter (2008) .... Polly Watt
* Wipeout (40 episodes, 2008–2010) .... Herself - Host
* Attack of the Show! (1 episode, "#1.853", 2008) .... Herself
* Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode, "24 June 2009", 2009) .... Herself
* Dancing with the Stars (1 episode, "Round Ten: Final Results", 2009) .... Herself
* Entertainment Tonight (1 episode, "8 February 2010", 2010) .... Herself
References
1. ^ a b c Lopez, Robert (September 11, 2009). "'Wipeout' co-host Jill Wagner likes going full steam ahead". News and Record (Greensboro, NC). http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/09/10/article/wipeout_co_host_jill_wagner_likes_going_full_speed_ahead. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
2. ^ "Jill Wagner". FHM. http://www.fhmus.com/Site/Girls/CoverGirls/Article.aspx?Gallery=4603&Picture=1&GirlID=34209. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
3. ^ "FreeJose.com". Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2004. http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2004. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
4. ^ "flickdirect.com". Interview with Jill Wagner, Blade the Series. http://www.flickdirect.com/movie-interviews/jill-wagner-blade.aspx. Retrieved 2007.
5. ^ "ABC Wipeout". http://abc.go.com/summer/wipeout/index. Retrieved 2008.
External links
* Jill Wagner at the Internet Movie Database
* Playboy.com Interview
* Gateship-One Interview

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connie nielsen Danish actress career

Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen born 3 July 1965 is a Danish actress. She is known for her roles in the English language films Gladiator, The Devil's Advocate, Basic, and The Ice Harvest.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 Television
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Early life
Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn. Her father, Bent Nielsen, was a bus driver, and her mother was an insurance clerk who also acted and wrote musical revues. She was raised a Mormonand grew up in a small village named Elling. She began her acting career working alongside her mother on the local revue and variety scene. At 18, she traveled to Paris, France, where she worked as an actress and model, which led to further work and study in Italy—at drama school in Rome and in master classes with Lydia Styx, a teacher at il Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan. She lived in Italy for many years, before moving to the United States, where she still resides.
Career
Nielsen's feature film debut was the Jerry Lewis French film Par Où T'es Rentré? On T'a Pas Vu Sortir in 1984, followed by a role in the Italian mini-series Colletti Bianchi in 1988. She appeared in the Italian film Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991) and the French film Le Paradis Absolument (1993).
She moved to the United States in 1996 and made her first appearance in a major English-language film in 1997 as Christabella Andreoli in The Devil's Advocate, starring opposite Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves. This first minor breakthrough led to roles in the films Permanent Midnight (1998), Rushmore (1998), and Soldier (1998).
In 2000, Nielsen became known to worldwide audiences as Lucilla in Ridley Scott's internationally acclaimed Academy Award–winning epic Gladiator, starring opposite Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. Since then, she has starred in some notable American films, including Mission to Mars (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), The Hunted (2003), and Basic (2003). She also starred in the acclaimed French thriller Demonlover (2002), directed by Olivier Assayas.
In 2004, Nielsen made her Danish film debut in the drama, Brødre (also known as Brothers) for which she won the Danish Best Actress Award, the Bodil, as well as Best Actress at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. She was also nominated for Best Actress at the European Film Awards. In 2006, Nielsen appeared in several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Det. Dani Beck. She filled in for Mariska Hargitay who was on maternity leave at the time of filming.
Personal life
Nielsen has a son, Sebastian (born 2 June 1990), from a previous relationship. Since 2003, Nielsen has been dating Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, and on 21 May 2007, they welcomed a boy, named Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen. The couple and their son, Bryce, as well as Ulrich's two children from a previous marriage, Myles and Layne, currently reside in the San Francisco area.
Nielsen's favorite band is The Clash, and she is a big fan of Danish movie directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. The latter directed Metallica's music video for their song The Day That Never Comes.
She speaks eight languages: Danish, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish.
Filmography
Film Role Notes
1984 Par Où T'es Rentré? On T'a Pas Vu Sortir Eva
1991 Vacanze di Natale '91 Brunilde/Vanessa
1993 Voyage Ronnie Freeland Television movie
1994 Le paradis absolument Sarah Television movie
1997 The Devil's Advocate Christabella Andreoli
1998 Permanent Midnight Dagmar
Rushmore Mrs. Calloway
Soldier Sandra
2000 Dark Summer Megan Denright
Mission to Mars Terri Fisher
Gladiator Lucilla
2002 One Hour Photo Nina Yorkin
Demonlover Diane de Monx
2003 The Hunted Abby Durrell
Basic Osborne
2004 Brødre Sarah
Return to Sender Charlotte Cory
2005 The Great Raid Margaret Utinsky
The Ice Harvest Renata
2006 The Situation Anna Molyneux
2007 Battle in Seattle Jean
2008 Danny Fricke Danny Fricke
2009 A Shine of Rainbows Maire
Tonight at Noon Laura Post-production
2010 Mellem linierne Cora Pre-production
The Last Word Post-production

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Drew Barrymore rebellious era

Drew Blyth Barrymore born February 22, 1975 is an American actress, film producer and film director. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered States in 1980. Afterwards, she starred in her breakout role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actors, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.
Following a turbulent childhood which was marked by drug and alcohol abuse and two stints in rehab, Barrymore wrote the 1990 autobiography, Little Girl Lost. She successfully made the transition from child star to adult actress with a number of films including Poison Ivy, Bad Girls, Boys on the Side, and Everyone Says I Love You. Subsequently, she established herself in romantic comedies such as The Wedding Singer and Lucky You.
In 1995, she and business partner Nancy Juvonen formed the production company Flower Films,[3] with its first production the 1999 Barrymore film Never Been Kissed. Flower Films has gone on to produce the Barrymore vehicle films Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates, and Music and Lyrics, as well as the cult film Donnie Darko. Barrymore's more recent projects include He's Just Not That into You, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Everybody's Fine and Going the Distance. A recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Barrymore appeared on the cover of the 2007 People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful issue.
Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, she has donated over $1 million to the program. In 2007, she became both CoverGirl's newest model and spokeswoman for the cosmetic and the face for Gucci's newest jewelry line. In 2010, she was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens.
Contents
* 1 Early life
o 1.1 Early career
o 1.2 Rebellious era
o 1.3 New image
* 2 Return to prominence
* 3 Flower Films and recent work
* 4 Other career highlights
* 5 Personal life
* 6 Filmography
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 Further reading
* 10 External links
Early life
Barrymore was born in Culver City, California, the daughter of American actor John Drew Barrymore and Ildikó Jaid Barrymore (née Makó), an aspiring actress. Barrymore's mother was born in a Displaced Persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany to Hungarian World War II refugees. Barrymore's father was of mainly English, as well as Irish, ancestry.Her parents divorced after she was born. She has one half-brother, John Blyth Barrymore, also an actor, and two half-sisters, Blyth Dolores Barrymore and (Brahma) Jessica Blyth Barrymore.
Barrymore was born into acting: her great-grandparents Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore, Maurice Costello and Mae Costello (née Altschuk) and her grandparents John Barrymore and Dolores Costello, were all actors; John Barrymore was arguably the most acclaimed actor of his generation. She is the niece of Diana Barrymore and the grandniece of Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and Helene Costello, the great-great-granddaughter of John Drew and actress Louisa Lane Drew, and the great grandniece of silent film actor/writer/director Sidney Drew. She is also the god-daughter of director Steven Spielberg, and Sophia Loren.
Her first name, Drew, was the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother, Georgie Drew Barrymore; her middle name, Blyth, was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great-grandfather, Maurice Barrymore.
Early career
Pinkish granite star on blue granite sidewalk
Drew Barrymore's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Barrymore's career began when she was auditioned for a dog food commercial at eleven months old. When she was bitten by her canine co-star, the producers were afraid she would cry, but she merely laughed, and was hired for the job. She made her film debut in Altered States (1980), in which she got a small part. A year later, she landed the role of Gertie, the younger sister of Elliott, in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which made her famous. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1984 for her role in Irreconcilable Differences, in which she starred as a young girl divorcing her parents. In a review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert states: "Barrymore is the right actress for this role precisely because she approaches it with such grave calm." He concludes with saying that "The Drew Barrymore character sees right through all of this. She doesn't care about careers, she wants to be given a happy home and her minimum daily requirement of love, and, in a way, the movie is about how Hollywood (and American success in general) tends to cut adults off from the natural functions of parents."
Rebellious era
In the wake of this sudden stardom, Barrymore endured a notoriously troubled childhood. She was already a regular at the famed Studio 54 when she was a little girl, smoking cigarettes at age nine, drinking alcohol by the time she was 11, smoking marijuana at 12, and snorting cocaine at 13. at age 13. A suicide attempt at age 14 put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife. The stay was precipitated, Crosby said, because she "needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety."Barrymore later described this period of her life in her autobiography, Little Girl Lost. The next year, following a successful juvenile court petition for emancipation, she moved into her own apartment.

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famke janssen Dutch actress and former fashion model

Famke Beumer Janssen English pronunciation:born November 5, 1965 is a Dutch actress and former fashion model.
She is best-known for playing the villainess Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye and Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series.
Janssen is also a UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Charitable work
o 2.2 Awards
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Early life
Famke Beumer Janssen was born in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Her first name means little girl in West Frisian, the native language of the Dutch province Friesland. Besides her native Dutch, Janssen speaks English and French. She also learned German, but has not kept up with it. She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer.
Before going to the United States, Janssen studied economics for a year at the University of Amsterdam, which she later called "the stupidest idea I ever had." Janssen moved to the U.S. in 1984 and began her professional career as a fashion model. She signed with Elite Model Management and worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Victoria's Secret. While with the agency, her European measurements were listed as 92–61–92 and 36 dress size. Janssen is noted for being taller than average at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and her looks has been compared to Hedy Lamarr and 1940s films stars. After retiring from modeling in the early 1990s, she enrolled at Columbia University to study creative writing and literature. She also took up acting. Several years later Janssen moved to Los Angeles to establish her acting career.
Career
Upon moving to Los Angeles, Janssen obtained her first parts, appearing in guest roles on television series. She starred in a 1988 commercial for Exclamation Perfume. One of her first appearances was in 1992, when she starred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Perfect Mate" as empathic metamorph Kamala, opposite Patrick Stewart (who would later star with her in the X-Men film series). In that same year, Janssen was offered the role of Jadzia Dax of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but turned it down to pursue film roles.[citation needed] She also appeared in the film Lord of Illusions with Scott Bakula, who would later portray Capt. Jonathan Archer of the chronologically very first Starship Enterprise.
Janssen's first film role was with Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 film Fathers & Sons. In 1995, she appeared in the first Pierce Brosnan James Bond film, GoldenEye, as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp. In an attempt to fight against typecasting after her role in the film, Janssen began seeking out more intriguing support roles, appearing in Woody Allen's Celebrity, Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man, John Irvin's City of Industry and Ted Demme's Monument Ave. Denis Leary, her co-star in Monument Ave., was impressed by how easily she blended in, initially not recognizing her as she was already in character.
Janssen in October 2008
Janssen played superheroine Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix in X-Men, X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. She won a Saturn Award for her role in X-Men: The Last Stand. She also starred in the movies Lord of Illusions, The Faculty, House on Haunted Hill, I Spy, Rounders, Deep Rising, Hide and Seek, Taken and Turn the River, for which she was awarded the Special Jury Best Actress Award at the 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival. addition, Janssen had a prominent role in the second season of the popular TV show, Nip/Tuck, as the seductive and manipulative life coach, Ava Moore. She reprised her role in the final two episodes of the series. She has continued to branch out into television, appearing in TV pilots for NBC and Showtime, 2007's cop drama Winters and 2009's The Farm, a pilot for a potential spinoff of The L Word set in a women's prison. Both were rejected by their respective networks.
Janssen provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all Disney parks.
In July 2010, filming began on Janssen's directorial debut Bringing Up Bobby. Janssen also wrote the screenplay to the film, which stars Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman and Marcia Cross.
Charitable work
On January 28, 2008, Janssen was appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity at the Second Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, held in Nusa Dua, Bali.
Awards
In 2003, Janssen was awarded the International Star of the Year.[citation needed] In 2004, she won the Hollywood Life Breakthrough Artist of the Year for her work on Nip/Tuck.[citation needed] In 2006, the Hamptons International Film Festival awarded her with the Golden Starfish Award for career achievement in acting.[13] For her performance as Jean Grey in X-Men: The Last Stand, she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
life
A black and white dog holding a frisbee in its mouth
Famke Janssen's Boston Terrier Licorice
Janssen lives in West Village in New York City. She was married to writer and director Tod Culpan Williams, son of architect Tod Williams, from 1995 to 2000.
Janssen has a brindle Boston Terrier named Licorice, with which she frequently travels. her dog, she appeared in a 2007 PETA campaign to raise awareness for animal rights. The campaign used the slogan "Be an Angel for Animals.
Filmography
Year↓ Title↓ Role↓
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series) Kamala
1992 Fathers & Sons Kyle Christian
1994 Untouchables, TheThe Untouchables (TV series) Cleo
1994 Melrose Place (TV series) Diane Adamson
1994 Model by Day (TV movie) Lady X
1994 Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
1995 GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp
1995 Lord of Illusions Dorothea Swann
1996 Dead Girl Treasure
1997 City of Industry Rachel Montana
1998 Monument Ave. Katy
1998 Gingerbread Man, TheThe Gingerbread Man Leeanne Magruder
1998 Deep Rising Trillian St. James
1998 RPM Claudia Haggs
1998 Rounders Petra
1998 Celebrity Bonnie
1998 Adventures of Sebastian Cole, TheThe Adventures of Sebastian Cole Fiona
1998 Faculty, TheThe Faculty Miss Elizabeth Burke
1999 House on Haunted Hill Evelyn Stockard-Price
2000 Love & Sex Kate Welles
2000 Circus Lily Garfield
2000 X-Men Jean Grey
2000 Ally McBeal (TV series) Jamie
2001 Made Jessica
2001 Don't Say a Word Aggie Conrad
2002 I Spy Special Agent Rachel Wright
2003 X2 Jean Grey
2004 Nip/Tuck (TV series) Ava Moore
2004 Eulogy Judy Arnolds
2005 Hide and Seek Dr. Katherine Carson
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Jean Grey/Phoenix
2006 Treatment, TheThe Treatment Allegra Marshall
2007 Ten, TheThe Ten Gretchen Reigert
2007 Turn the River Kailey Sullivan
2007 Winters (TV pilot) Christie Winters
2008 Wackness, TheThe Wackness Kristen Squires
2008 Taken Lenore (Lenny)
2008 100 Feet Marnie Watson
2008 Puppy Love (short film) Maya
2009 Farm, TheThe Farm (TV pilot) Valentina Galindo
2010 Nip/Tuck (TV series) Ava Moore
2010 The Chameleon Jennifer Johnson
2010 Down the Shore Mary