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Hu Nuoyan
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Wu No-yin is a Hong Kong actor, singer and program host. He is currently an artist under Shaw Brothers and a basic artist contract artist of TVB.
H Hu Xuehua Film & TV · United StatesHu Xuehua (1961-), a native of Shanghai, is a Chinese drama, film and television director, dean and professor of the School of Film and Television of Shanghai Theater Academy. The eldest son of Chinese dramatist Hu Weimin and the brother of director Hu Xueyang. While he was at the Shanghai Theater Academy, he embezzled tens of millions of project funds and fled with the money, which led to the dismissal of the then Dean Han Sheng.
Shu Qi
Film & TV · Republic of China
Shu Qi, whose real name is Lin Lihui, is a Taiwanese actress and director. In 1996, she began to attract widespread attention for her performance in the movie "Erotic Man and Woman", and was nominated for the 33rd and 35th Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress respectively for this film and "The Romance of Young and Dangerous", and the latter won the award. Later, she starred in "Flying Love Novel", "Millennium Mambo", "The Best Time", "I Will Never Let You Be Lonely Again", "Journey to the West." "Conquering the Demon", "Assassin Nie Yinniang", "Forgetful Village" and other works have been nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress many times. Among them, she won the 42nd Golden Horse Award for "The Best Time". In 2025, his first directorial film "Girl" will be released.
c comfortable Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaShu Chang (December 1, 1987 -), formerly known as Dong Lili, was born in Baishan City, Jilin Province, China, and now lives in Beijing. Mainland Chinese actor, singer, host, and child star.
Comfort (April 19, 1916 - June 26, 2015), whose real name is Shu Changge, is a Chinese film actor, screenwriter and director.
Ellen DeGeneres
Film & TV · United States
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (English: Ellen Lee DeGeneres, January 26, 1958 -) is an American actor, comedian, host, writer and producer. She currently hosts the talk show "Ellen Gossip" and serves as a judge on the ninth season of "American Idol". Hosted the 79th and 86th Academy Awards, and has won Emmy Awards multiple times for "Ellen is Joking". In November 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Obama.
Al Pacino
Film & TV · United States
Alfredo James Pacino (English: Alfredo James Pacino, April 25, 1940 -), also known by his stage name Al Pacino (Al Pacino), is an American actor. Pacino's career spanned more than 50 years, during which he received many accolades and honors, including an Academy Award for Best Actor, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the American Film Institute's AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, the Ceci DeMille Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. He is also one of the few performers to win the Oscar, Emmy and Tony Awards, known as the acting Grand Slams. He is a method actor and former student of HB Studios and the Actors Studio in New York City, where he was taught by Charles Laughton and Lee Strasberg. Pacino made his film debut in a small role in "The Virgin Mary" (1969), and received critical acclaim for his role as the heroin-addicted protagonist in "The Virgin" (1971). He received international acclaim and recognition for his breakthrough role as Michael Corleone in Frances Copra's The Godfather (1972), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination and reprized the role in the equally successful sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990). Pacino's performance as Corleone is regarded as one of the greatest film performances in film history, and has been followed by many masterpieces, such as "The Wire", "3D Lies", "The Devil's Advocate", and "The Insider". In 1992, he finally won the Best Actor Award at the 65th Academy Awards for his superb acting skills in the classic film "Scent of a Woman". In the film, he plays a grumpy, extreme retired officer who was blinded in a grenade accident, but he can rely on his sensitive nose to identify the scent of women around him. Accompanied by Charlie, a high school student hired to take care of him, he prepares to enjoy his last luxurious trip to New York. In 2003, he starred in the HBO adaptation of the TV miniseries "Angels in America", playing the notorious McCarthyist Roy Cohn in American history. His outstanding acting skills brought him the 61st Golden Globe Award and the 56th Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Television Series. In 2007, Pacino won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute
Ed Spiller
Film & TV · U.K.
Edward John "Ed" Speleers (born April 7, 1988) is a British actor and producer. He is better known for starring in the 2006 film "Shadow".
Ace Cooper
Film & TV · United States
O'Shea Jackson, Sr. (English: O'Shea Jackson, Sr., June 15, 1969 -), whose stage name is Ice Cube, also known as Sanitary Ice Cube, was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is a famous American rapper, actor, playwright, film director and producer. Ice Cube was originally a member of the rap group C.I.A., and later joined the rap gang group Niggaz Wit' Attitude (N.W.A). After leaving N.W.A. in December 1989, he began his own glorious journey in music, and expanded into the film and television industry, becoming a playwright, actor, director and producer.
Emma Stone
Film & TV · United States
Emily Jane Stone, American actress. Stone, a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe winner, became the world's highest-paid actress in 2017. She was listed on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities in the World in 2013 and the Time 100 in 2017, and was hailed by the media as one of the most talented actresses of our time.
Emma Watson
Film & TV · U.K.
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (English: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson, April 15, 1990 -), British actress, model, director, and social activist. She is known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films as well as her feminist work, and has received a series of honors, including a Young Artist Award and an MTV Video Music Award. Watson has been named one of the world's highest-paid actresses by Forbes and Vanity Fair, and in 2015 was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Born in Paris and raised in Oxfordshire, England, Watson attended the Dragon School as a child and received acting training at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach School of Dramatic Arts. She became famous at the age of 10 when she played the role of Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" series. Previously, she had only performed in school plays, and performed in eight "Harry Potter" series of movies released from 2001 to 2011, making her a well-known actress around the world. While performing in the "Harry Potter" film series, Watson also performed in the 2007 film adaptation of the novel "Ballet Shoes" and provided voice acting for the 2008 film "The Big Eared Boy". After the final Harry Potter film, Watson had a supporting role in the 2011 film 7 Days Before Marilyn, and she later achieved critical success playing the flighty, free-spirited student Sam in the 2012 film Diary of a Teenager. Her subsequent accolades came from playing Alexis Niles in Sofia Kopra's 2013 film "Beauty," and as the adopted daughter of the title character in Darren Elonsky's biblical epic "Noah." In the same year, Watson was awarded "British Entertainer of the Year" by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. Watson later played Belle in the 2017 live-action musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast, which ranks among the highest-grossing films of all time, and Meg in Kitty Garden's 2019 coming-of-age drama Little Women. From 2011 to 2014, Watson divided her time between continuing her studies and working in film, graduating from Brown University in May 2014 with a BA in English Literature. That year, she was named a goodwill ambassador for UN Women and helped launch a coalition advocating for gender equality.
Emma Corrin
Film & TV · U.K.
Emma-Louise Corrin (English: Emma-Louise Corrin, December 13, 1995 -) is a British actress. She is best known for her role as the young Diana, Princess of Wales, in the fourth season of the Netflix original series The Crown. In 2021, Colin won the 78th Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for this drama.
A Amy Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaAmy (July 13, 2008 - ), whose real name is Amy Chen, was born in Beijing and is an actress in mainland China. Famous works include Changfengdu and Bird Bones
Amy Poehler
Film & TV · United States
Amy Meredith Poehler (English: Amy Meredith Poehler, September 16, 1971 -) is an American actress. Poehler is best known for her role as one of the cast members of NBC's long-running variety show "Saturday Night Live" from 2001 to 2008, and as the female lead in the sitcom "Parks and Recreation" which aired from 2009 to 2015. She has won multiple Emmy Award nominations for the two shows. She has also appeared in numerous films with fellow Saturday Night Live comedian and comedian Tiana Fey, such as 2004's "Hot Girl," 2008's "Surrogate," and 2015's "The Girl."
Alyson Hannigan
Film & TV · United States
Alyson Lee Hannigan (English: Alyson Lee Hannigan, March 24, 1974 -) is an American actress who started filming commercials at the age of 4. She is best known for her roles as Rosenberg in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Lily Aldrin in "How I Met Your Mother" and Michelle in the movie "American Pie" series.
Allison Janney
Film & TV · United States
Allison Janney (English: Allison Janney, November 19, 1959-), is an American actress. He is famous for his role as C.J. Gray in the American TV series "The West Wing". Other famous works include the movies "American Heart", "All the Time", "Finding Dory", "Hairspray", "Big Pregnancy", "Sisters", "The Lost Way" and "My Name Is Tanya"; the TV series "Moms", "Masters of Sex", etc. Jenny has so far won 8 Emmy Awards (16 nominations), 7 Screen Actors Guild Awards (18 nominations), and 1 Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and British Academy Film Award each.
Eddie Murphy
Film & TV · United States
Eddie Murphy (English: Eddie Murphy, April 3, 1961 -), whose real name is Edward Regan Murphy (English: Edward Regan Murphy), was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American male comedian, singer and actor. Murphy began his career as a comedian at the age of 16. At the age of 19, shortly after graduating from Roosevelt High School, he became a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live. His roles include imitating Fred Rogers and the character Buckwait in the film Rugrats. Murphy left the show midway through the 1983–1984 season, appearing in film sketches for the remainder of the season. Murphy then appeared in numerous comedy films, including "Beverly Hills Cop," for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy. Other film appearances included "You Fuck Me, I'll Fuck You" and "Coming to America" in the following years. He is a famous voice actor who once voiced Donkey in the movie "Shrek" series and "Mushu" in the Disney movie "Mulan". Murphy has also appeared in many movie sequels, including 1987's "Thunder", 1990's "48 Hours", 1994's "Thunderbolt", 2001's "Dolittle 2" and 2000's "Dolittle 2". In many of his films, in addition to starring in leading roles, he also played many supporting roles. One example is "Beginning with You", a remake of the original Jolie Louis film. Murphy played many members of the Klopp family, as well as Sherman Klopp's confidant, Buddy Lauf. In addition, one of Murphy's signature moves is his deep, contagious, yet slightly silly smile. Murphy was voted one of the 50 greatest comedians of all time by young comedians and others in the comedy industry in a 2005 poll looking for "Comedians' Comedians." Eddie Murphy's brother, Charlie Murphy, is also an actor, most recently famous for his role in "Chappell's Show." In 2016, Murphy won the Hollywood Career Achievement Award. In 2023, he won the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 80th Golden Globe Awards.
Su Tong
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Su Tong (January 23, 1963 -), formerly known as Tong Zhonggui, was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and was originally from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. He is a contemporary Chinese writer. Graduated from the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University, now lives in Nanjing, and served as vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Writers Association. His major works include "A Group of Wives and Concubines", "Flying Over My Hometown of Maple and Poplar Trees", "Poppy House", "Rice", "Escape in 1934", "My Life as an Emperor", etc. Su Tong is one of the representatives of contemporary Chinese avant-garde neorealism.
Sophie Marceau
Film & TV · France
Sophie Marceau (French: Sophie Marceau, November 17, 1966 -), formerly known as Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu (French: Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu), is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and writer, known as the "Kiss of France". Marceau has appeared on the covers of more than 300 magazines around the world and has become the spokesperson for many luxury brands. In 2003, she was named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (Officier) by the French Minister of Culture. In 2015, it was revealed that she refused the French Order of the Legion of Honor (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur).
S Suri Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaSu Li (1919 - May 2, 2005), formerly known as Xia Chuanyao, male, native of Dangtu, Anhui Province, Chinese film actor and director, former deputy director of Changchun Film Studio, director of the China Film Association, and representative of the Fourth National People's Congress.
M Miao Yaning Film & TV · Unknown nationalityMiao Yaning (December 14, 2000 -), Chinese actor, is a child star in film and television. Representative roles include Hong Haier in "New Journey to the West", Ding Xiao in "Heroes from Ancient Times" and Li Xiaotian in "Out of the Sky".
Ingrid Bergman (Swedish: Ingrid Bergman, August 29, 1915 - August 29, 1982), born in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is a Swedish national treasure actress. She has won 3 Academy Awards (two Oscars for Best Actress and one Oscar for Best Supporting Actress), and starred in the classic film "The Spies of North Africa". In 1999, the American Film Institute selected her as No. 4 on the AFI's 100 Greatest Stars of the Century. On the occasion of her 100th birthday in 2015, the main visual of the poster for the 68th Cannes Film Festival commemorated her with her refreshing smile. The Cannes Film Festival said she was a modern icon, a free woman and a bold actress. She is a Hollywood star and an important figure in Italian neorealism. She has played a variety of roles and settled in various countries, but she has never lost her elegance and simplicity. Freedom, fearlessness and modernism are the values that the festival emphasizes year after year through award-winning artists and films. Ingrid Bergman, who served as the president of the jury of the 26th Cannes Film Festival in 1973, also encouraged the film festival to move in the direction of this value. During the film festival, the documentary "Ingrid Bergman" was played, reviewing Ingrid Bergman's life along with the memories of her children.
Ingmar Bergman
Film & TV · Sweden
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (Swedish: Ernst Ingmar Bergman, July 14, 1918 - July 30, 2007) was a Swedish director and screenwriter. Born into a family of Lutheran preachers, his most famous works include "The Seventh Seal" (1957) and "Wild Strawberries" (1957), "Persona" (1966), "Cries and Whispers" (1972) and "Fanny and Alexander" (1982). In his exploration of the human condition, Bergman discovered melancholy and despair, but also comedy and hope. In addition to directing, Bergman also wrote the screenplays for most of his films. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential directors of modern cinema. He has directed 62 films, most of which he wrote himself, and has directed more than 170 plays. Among his favorite internationally renowned actors are Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow. Most of his films were shot in his native Sweden, and their themes are often grim, dealing with pain and madness. Bergmann was active for more than 60 years, but his career suffered a serious setback in 1976, when he was accused of income tax evasion. After a botched criminal investigation, he terminated a series of pending productions, closed his studio, and went into self-imposed exile in Germany for eight years.
Vin Diesel
Film & TV · United States
Vin Diesel (July 18, 1967 -), whose real name is Mark Sinclair Vincent, is an American actor and producer. In 1995, the short film "The Man with a Thousand Faces" that he wrote, directed and acted in participated in the Cannes Film Festival and was appreciated by Steven Spielberg, who invited him to participate in the war film "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). Later, he starred in "Fat and Furious" (2001-2023), which became his masterpiece, allowing Diesel to perform in many well-known movies, such as "Star Wars" (2000), "X-Men" (2002) and "Striders" (2014).