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Black Island Prison

2026

A detective infiltrates a notorious prison to investigate disappearances while a retired soldier enters to rescue a mother and daughter, forcing the two enemies to work together against a criminal conspiracy.

Ramsey Faragallah

Ramsey Faragallah is an actor, writer, voice over artist & teacher. Onstage he has appeared at the Kennedy Center, The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theater Club, Rikers Island and other minimum and maximum security prisons, Yale University, Sundance, Woolley Mammoth, The Guthrie Theater, American Repertory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare, Play Co, The McCarter, The Culture Project, Williamstown, Hartford Stage, Red Bull, New York Stage & Film, The New Vic (London) and numerous theaters internationally. His many television appearances include recurring and guest star roles in Tommy, Bull, Mozart in the Jungle, Taken, Madame Secretary, The Black List, Homeland, and the Law & Order trifecta, He has worked alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Kenneth Branagh and appeared in the films of Sidney Pollack, Sidney Lumet and several films of Woody Allen among others and is in the upcoming Rupert Wyatt epic Desert Warrior. Voice over work for Radio Lab, This American Life, Playing on Air, NOVA, Random House, Penguin and & thirteen seasons on the Late Show with David Letterman. Ramsey studied with Ms. Stella Adler, is a member of The Actors Center. He enjoys shooting skeet, trap and sporting clays and is enthusiastically dedicated to restoring, driving & racing vintage automobiles-sometimes even legally.

Johnny Cash

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll—especially early in his career—as well as blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Late in his career, Cash covered songs by several rock artists, among them the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails and he covered the synthpop band Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice; for the "boom-chicka-boom" freight train sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for his rebelliousness, coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor; for providing free concerts inside prison walls; and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." and usually following it up with his standard "Folsom Prison Blues." Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation and redemption. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers, including "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson"; as well as railroad songs including "Hey, Porter" and "Rock Island Line". Cash, a devout but troubled Christian, has been characterized as a "lens through which to view American contradictions and challenges." A Biblical scholar, he penned a Christian novel titled Man in White, and he made a spoken word recording of the entire New King James Version of the New Testament. Even so, Cash declared that he was "the biggest sinner of them all", and viewed himself overall as a complicated and contradictory man. Accordingly, Cash is said to have "contained multitudes", and has been deemed "the philosopher-prince of American country music". Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Cash, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Clyde Kusatsu

Cast · Known for Fantastic Four, Magnum, P.I., American Pie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clyde Kusatsu (born September 13, 1948) is a U.S. actor. Kusatsu was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he attended ʻIolani School. Kusatsu began acting in Honolulu summer stock, and after studying theatre at Northwestern University, started to make his mark on the small screen in the mid-1970s. Usually mustachioed, with a dapper, professional air, he has most often played doctors, but his repertoire has included a generous sampling of teachers (usually college professors), businessmen, detectives, church ministers and other intelligent, middle-class types. With his quiet, wry line delivery, Kusatsu made a memorably clever and hilarious sparring partner for Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) on several episodes of All in the Family as the Reverend Chong, refusing to baptize Archie's grandson without the permission of the boy's parents. During this period Kusatsu also worked with the Asian American theatre group East West Players in Los Angeles. Kusatsu was subsequently a regular on several series, but neither the adventure Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982–83) nor the Hawaiian-set medical drama Island Son (1989–90) (in which he played one of Richard Chamberlain's colleagues) lasted very long. His many television movies have included the film adaptation of Farewell to Manzanar (1976), about Japanese American internment during World War II. Other M.O.W.s and mini-series have been "And The Sea Will Tell", and "American Tragedy" playing Judge Lance Ito. He had a memorable role in the "Baa Baa Black Sheep" episode "Prisoners of War" as a downed Japanese fighter pilot in the Pacific (1976). (Kusatsu also guest-starred on an episode of Lou Grant on Japanese internment in the U.S.); Golden Land (1988), a Hollywood-set drama based on a William Faulkner story; and the AIDS drama And the Band Played On (1993). He appeared in four M*A*S*H episodes and later starred in the short-lived A.B.C. series All American Girl (1994–1995), the first East Asian familiar sitcom in the U.S. Feature roles, beginning with Midway (1976), have generally been small, but in the 1990s Kusatsu had roles in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993, as a history teacher) and In the Line of Fire (1993, as a Secret Service agent). He appeared as a high school English teacher in American Pie (1999). Other recent films have been "ShopGirl" as Mr. Agasa, and in Sydney Pollack's The Interpreter (2005) as Lee Wu, head of security for the United Nations Headquarters. He currently plays the recurring role of Dr. Dennis Okamura on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Kusatsu starred in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) as Mr. Lee. Kusatsu is married to Gayle Kusatsu; they have two sons, Kevin and Andrew. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clyde Kusatsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Don Chaffey

Director · Known for Charlie's Angels

Donald Chaffey (5 August 1917 – 13 November 1990) was a British film director, writer, producer, and art director. Chaffey's film career began as an art director in 1947, and his directorial debut was in 1953. He remained active in the industry until his death in 1990 from heart failure. His film Charley One-Eye (1973) was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. He is chiefly remembered for his fantasy films, which include Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963), One Million Years B.C. (1966), The Viking Queen (1967), Creatures the World Forgot (1971), Pete's Dragon (1977), and C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979), his final feature film. Concurrent with his theatrically released films, Chaffey directed episodes of numerous British television series, including multiple installments of Danger Man, The Prisoner, and The Avengers. From the 1980s until his death, all of his work was in American made-for-TV movies, and in such TV series as Fantasy Island, Stingray, MacGyver, Vega$, T. J. Hooker, Matt Houston, and Charlie's Angels. Chaffey began his career in the art department of Gainsborough Pictures where he worked as a draftsman on Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945), The Rake's Progress (1945), and Caravan (1946). He was art director of The Adventures of Dusty Bates (1947) and The Little Ballerina (1948). He directed the documentary shorts Thames Tideway (1948) and Cape Cargoes (1948). Chaffey directed the short features The Mysterious Poacher (1950) and The Case of the Missing Scene (1950). He returned to the art department for King of the Underworld (1950), The Stolen Plans (1952), Murder at the Grange (1952), Murder at Scotland Yard (1952), and Black 13 (1953). Chaffey resumed his directing career with the family film Skid Kids (1953). He made the short Watch Out (1953), then did Strange Stories (1953), Bouncer Breaks Up (1953, a short), The Mask (1952), and A Good Pull Up (1953). Chaffey directed Time Is My Enemy (1954). After the short Dead on Time (1955) he made The Secret Tent (1956), The Flesh Is Weak (1957) and The Girl in the Picture (1957). He directed episodes of TV series like Theatre Royal, The Adventures of the Big Man, Chevron Hall of Stars, The Errol Flynn Theatre, Assignment Foreign Legion, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dial 999, and The New Adventures of Charlie Chan. He interspersed these with features like A Question of Adultery (1958), The Man Upstairs (1958), Danger Within (1959), Dentist in the Chair (1960), Lies My Father Told Me (1960), and Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961).

Bart Shatto

Broadway credits include: Tony-nominated  War Paint (opposite three-time Tony winner Patti Lupone), Valjean in  Les Miserables, Tony-nominated original cast shows of The Civil War and Hands-on a Hardbody, Quincey Morris in Dracula: The Musical. National Tours: Les Miserables, The Civil War, Cats. Vocalist for symphonic rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra (since 2002). World premieres of Tammy Ryan's play Tar Beach (Luna Stage), Martin Casella’s play Black Tom Island (Premiere Stages), musical Treasure Island as Long John Silver (The Rev Theatre Company), The Remarkable Mr. Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (North Coast Rep), and Stephen Schwartz's  Children of Eden (Papermill Playhouse (Original Cast Recording). Other Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Bucks County Playhouse and Casa Manana. TV: Law & Order (NBC), Chicago  Fire (NBC) Chicago Med (NBC), Murphy Brown reboot (CBS), Gaspard and Lisa (Disney Jr.) Film: Freedom (opposite Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding Jr), Life of an Actress (opposite Tony-nominated Orfeh and Taylor Louderman - cast album produced by Broadway Records). Awards: 2024 Best Actor Winner (Chicago Indie Film Awards and New York Arthouse Film Festival), Best Ensemble Winner, for Indecent (Connecticut Critics Circle Award) and a Helen Hayes nomination for The Civil War - Ford’s Theatre) Bart’s solo show Backto Broadway: Heroes, Villains, and Dreamers is seen all over the country. Upcoming projects: The Life and Adventures of Davy Crockett (Davy Crockett) and the World Premieres of Pre-Broadway/Canadian Premiere of The Ballad of Johnny and June (Johnny Cash Musical) directed by Two-Time Tony winner and 4-time Tony nominee Des McAnuff.   www.bartshatto @iambartshatto

Jonah Coppolelli

Jonah Coppolelli is an actor from Rhode Island. He has been acting since he was eight years old. He began acting with the Rhode Island Youth Theatre and has since been in eight of their productions. He also as a strong film background were he has had principal, featured and background roles. He recently filmed his first commercial and performed his first voice over. He has received education from Trinity Repertory Theatre and Rhode Island Youth Theatre. Besides acting, Jonah is a first degree black belt in karate and takes Guitar lessons.

Amy Schumer

Amy Beth Schumer was born in Manhattan and grew up on Long Island, New York. She attended South Side High School and was voted both "Class Clown" and "Teacher's Worst Nightmare" upon graduation in 1999. Schumer graduated from Towson University in 2003 with a degree in theater. She moved to New York City after college, where she studied at the William Esper Studio for two years and worked as a bartender and a waitress. Through her father, she is the niece of Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator from New York. Amy Schumer portrayed a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer in the off-Broadway black comedy Keeping Abreast. She started doing stand-up comedy on June 1, 2004, when she first performed at Gotham Comedy Club. She recorded a special for Comedy Central before appearing on Last Comic Standing; she said in August 2012 that she thought of the special as her "big break". After not passing an audition for an earlier season, she advanced to the finals of the fifth season of the NBC reality television talent show Last Comic Standing and placed fourth. Schumer said in April 2011, "Last Comic was totally fun. I had a great time because there was no pressure on me; I had been doing stand-up around two years. I wasn't supposed to do well. So every time I advanced it was a happy surprise. I kept it honest on the show and it served me well." (Wikipedia)

Adam Horowitz

Writer · Known for Lost, Once Upon a Time

​Adam Horowitz is the writer of the television shows Felicity, Black Sash, One Tree Hill, Popular, Fantasy Island, Birds of Prey, Life As We Know It, and Lost. Horowitz attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he met his future collaborator, Edward Kitsis. Horowitz was a very prolific writer and reporter for the Daily Cardinal student newspaper. After graduating, Kitsis and Horowitz traveled together to Los Angeles, and worked together on Fantasy Island, Felicity, and Popular, before joining the Lost team halfway through the first season. Horowitz and the Lost writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. He was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2007 ceremony for his work on the second and third seasons, at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season of Lost and at the February 2010 ceremony for the fifth season. He also wrote Confessions of an American Bride, a made for television movie. Horowitz worked as a Writer on the Universal project Ouija Board and co-wrote Tron: Legacy. He is married to Erin Barrett Horowitz and they have two children.

Andy On Chi-kit

Cast · Known for Blackhat

Andy On Chi-kit (Cantonese: 安志傑) (born 11 May 1977 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States) is a Chinese American actor and martial artist. He was born Andy Tien and as a child, he idolized Jackie Chan and would perform back flips and attempt to do martial arts in his backyard. While working as a bartender, someone suggested he go to Hong Kong to pursue a film career. Tien would leave and was discovered by Charles Heung and Tsui Hark, who cast Tien and gave him the new name "On Chi-Kit". Andy scored the titular role in Black Mask 2: City of Masks. To prepare for the role, On went to Shaolin Temple to train in wushu for a month. Andy is a practitioner of kickboxing and Wing Chun Kung Fu under friend and fellow actor Philip Ng. He is married to Jessica Cambensy, whom he met on the set of Zombie Fight Club. The couple have two children, daughter Tessa and son Elvis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy On, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Nicholas J. Coleman

Nick is an actor, writer, and commercial photographer whose television credits include the hit series Blue Bloods, Billions, The Night Of, Orange Is the New Black, Mr. Mercedes, 30 Rock, Inside Amy Schumer, and The Looming Tower. His film work includes The Paragon Cortex, for which he received Best Actor honors at the Wild Rose Film Festival, as well as Larva and Maid of Honor, winner of Best Short at the Long Island Film Festival. A longtime stage performer, Nick has originated numerous roles in productions Off and Off-Off Broadway in New York City. His voice has also appeared in national campaigns for major brands including Purina, Coors, Verizon, AT&T, Heinz, Pfizer, and others. Originally from the hills of the Ozark Mountains, Nick brings a grounded, lived-in quality to his work that reflects the culture and contradictions of the region where he was raised. The The New York Times praised his “easy comic timing,” while the New York Post called him “undeniably funny.”

Alex Carter

Cast · Known for Burn Notice

Alex Carter (born Alex Apostolopoulos, November 12, 1964) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as LVPD Homicide Detective Lou Vartann on CSI. His television roles have included starring roles on Family Passions, Black Harbour, Traders, Made in Canada, Taking the Falls, These Arms of Mine, The Mermaid Chair, and Veritas: The Quest, as well as guest roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Jericho, Point Pleasant, Due South, Leverage and Burn Notice. His film roles have included Out of Time and The Island.

Jordan Harrison

Writer · Known for Orange Is the New Black

Jordan Harrison is an American playwright. He grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. His play Marjorie Prime was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Harrison received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1999 and an M.F.A. from Brown University, where he studied with Paula Vogel. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Shortly after graduating from Brown, his play Kid-Simple, which he wrote while in grad school, was produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2004. The Actors Theatre of Louisville subsequently premiered his plays Act a Lady (2006) and Maple and Vine, both of which were directed by Anne Kauffman, and The Grown-Up, which was directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. Act a Lady, after being developed at the PlayPenn New Play Conference in 2005, was subsequently produced in several venues including the New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco in April 2009. The Museum Play had workshops at Brown University (2003), readings at Playwrights Horizons (2003) and Signature Theatre Company (2005) and a production at Red Eye Theatre, Minneapolis (2004). Finn in the Underworld premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California, in 2005, directed by Les Waters. His Off-Broadway plays include Doris to Darlene (2007) and Maple and Vine at Playwrights Horizons (2011), Amazons and their Men (2008) by Clubbed Thumb at the Ohio Theatre and Futura (2010) at National Asian American Theater Company. He wrote the book for a children's musical, The Flea and the Professor, with music composed by Richard Gray and lyrics by Harrison and Gray. The musical was commissioned by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation and received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. It was performed by the Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May to June 2011, directed by Anne Kauffman. Suprema is a musical, with music and lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik and book and lyrics by Harrison. The musical had a reading at Ars Nova in May 2012, directed by Leigh Silverman. The musical was developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2011 Music Theatre Conference. The Amateurs premiered Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre on February 8, 2018, in previews and closed on March 29, 2018. Directed by Oliver Butler the play featured Kyle Beltran, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Michael Cyril Creighton, Greg Keller, Jennifer Kim and Thomas Jay Ryan. The play was nominated for the 2018 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best New Play and the 2018 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play (Bernstine). His play Log Cabin premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on June 1, 2018, in previews, officially on June 25. The play involves a tight-knit group of gays and lesbians and is directed by Pam MacKinnon with Jesse Tyler Ferguson starring. Harrison writes for the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.

Astrid Coppens

Astrid Coppens (born Astrid Maria Maurice Nuyens; 25 January 1983) is a Flemish Belgian singer and songwriter. She traveled the world as a model and moved to Los Angeles in 2004. In 2013 she became creative director of the clothing line Astrid Black Label sold in her home country Belgium. Coppens is known in Belgium for her reality shows. She married director Bram Coppens December 6 2016 on the island of Turks and Caicos.

Justino Díaz

Justino Díaz (born January 29, 1940) is a Puerto Rican operatic bass-baritone. In 1963, Díaz won an annual contest held at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, becoming the first Puerto Rican to obtain such an honor and as a consequence, made his Metropolitan debut in October 1963 in Verdi's Rigoletto as Monterone. Díaz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the capital of the island, but lived and was raised in the town of Cataño. He attended Robinson Elementary School where, at the age of 8, he started to participate in the school's activities as a singer. In his first school play, when he was 10 years old, he sang the song "Old Black Joe", which became his favorite. After finishing his primary education, Díaz attended the University of Puerto Rico High School in Río Piedras. While in high school, he took singing classes and participated in various presentations around the island. Díaz joined the choir of the University of Puerto Rico, under the direction of Augusto Rodríguez, where he sang solo. His operatic debut was in 1957 as Ben in Gian Carlo Menotti's The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois. It wasn't long before Díaz enrolled in New England Conservatory in Massachusetts. One of his professors was Boris Goldovsky, who would be very influential in his career. Díaz made his professional debut as an opera singer at the Opera Theater of New England. In 1960, Goldovsky asked Díaz to join his opera company on a 20-state tour. After the tour, he entered and participated in a competition celebrated at the Metropolitan Opera House, winning third place in the New England region. Díaz moved to New York upon finishing his studies at the conservatory. Goldovsky recommended that he be represented by Hans J. Hoffman, a talent agent. Soon, Díaz was singing alongside other artists at the American Opera Society. He also sang with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. On March 29, 1963, Díaz won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, becoming the "first" Puerto Rican to obtain such an honor. As a consequence, Díaz made his Metropolitan debut in October 1963 in Verdi's Rigoletto as Monterone. He went on to sing 400 performances in 28 roles at the Metropolitan Opera, his final appearance there being Baron Scarpia in Tosca, in 1994. Among the opera houses in which Díaz has performed are: Paris Opera, The Vienna Staatsoper; the Opera House of Salzburg; the Opera of Spoleto; the Opera of Rome; The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden; the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires; the Zarzuela Theater of Madrid, Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu and others. In 1966 he helped to inaugurate the Lincoln Center in New York City by starring opposite Leontyne Price in the opening night performance of Antony and Cleopatra by Samuel Barber. The bass-baritone was seen at La Scala in two operas of Rossini, L'assedio di Corinto (with Beverly Sills and Marilyn Horne, 1969) and La pietra del paragone (at the Piccola Scala Arturo Toscanini, 1983 and 1983). He first appeared at the New York City Opera in Ginastera's dodecaphonic Beatrix Cenci, opposite Arlene Saunders, in 1973. ... Source: Article "Justino Díaz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Sean Bean

Cast · Known for Jupiter Ascending, National Treasure, Troy

Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series Sharpe, which originally ran from 1993 to 1997. Bean's film roles include Patriot Games (1992), GoldenEye (1995), Ronin (1998), Don't Say a Word (2001), The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), Equilibrium (2002), National Treasure (2004), Troy (2004), Flightplan (2005), North Country (2005), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Black Death (2010), Jupiter Ascending (2015), and The Martian (2015). His television roles include the BBC anthology series Accused, Broken, Game of Thrones, and the ITV historical drama series Henry VIII and Legends. As a voice actor, Bean has been featured in the video games The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, and the feature films Wolfwalkers and Mummies among others. Bean has also been the main voice over for O2 and their adverts for over 20 years having originally taken the job in 2002. In 2022, Bean won the British Academy Television Award as Leading Actor in Time, a BBC One drama.

Lin Tucci

Lin Tucci (born Linda Petrucci, February 8, 1960) is an American actress. Tucci is known for her performance as Henrietta "Mama" Bazoom in the film Showgirls (1995). She also performed in the number of theater productions, and co-starred in several films. Tucci became interested in acting while in High School in Rhode Island. She later attended Community College of Rhode Island and Boston Conservatory of Music, where she received a fine arts degree in theater. Afterwards, Tucci moved to New York to pursue a career in acting. In 2013, Tucci began appearing in a recurring role in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black. She plays the role of Anita DeMarco, an outspoken Jersey-Italian inmate. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lucie Arnaz

Emmy Award winner Lucie Arnaz is the daughter of television legends Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball and sister of actor Desi Arnaz Jr. Lucie Arnaz appeared from an early age on her mother's TV shows and was prominently featured as Ms Ball's daughter in Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974. Arnaz branched out into television roles independent of her family from the mid-1970s. In 1975, she played murder victim Elizabeth Short in an NBC telefilm of Who is the Black Dahlia?, and she starred with Lyle Waggoner and Tommy Tune in Welcome to the "World," The Wonderful World of Disney special commemorating the grand opening of Space Mountain at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In 1978, she appeared in an episode of Fantasy Island as a woman desperately trying to save her marriage. She has continued to make appearances in a number of popular television series over the years, including Murder, She Wrote, Marcus Welby, M.D., Sons and Daughters (CBS, 1991), Will & Grace and Law & Order. Arnaz also had a short-lived series of her own, The Lucie Arnaz Show, on CBS in 1985. The show was about psychologist Dr. Jane Lucas who answers questions from the public on her radio show called "The Jane Lucas Show" and in a magazine. The show first premiered on April 2, 1985, but was pulled off the air after 4 episodes aired. The remaining two episodes aired on June 4 and June 11, 1985. Another eponymous series, this one a late-night-style talk show, aired for one season from 1995 to 1996. It was unsuccessful, but The Rosie O'Donnell Show would use the same format a year later to much greater success. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special, in 1993 for her documentary about her parents, Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie. Arnaz has made numerous feature-film appearances, but is best remembered for her debut in The Jazz Singer (1980) in which she co-starred with Neil Diamond and Laurence Olivier. She earned a nomination for the 1981 Golden Globe Award, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. However Arnaz' greatest success has come in the theatre, where she has worked continually since the mid-1970s. She made her Broadway debut in February 1979 in the musical They're Playing Our Song. Arnaz won the Theatre World Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Sonia Walsk. In 1986, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her tour with Tommy Tune in the international company of the musical My One and Only. In 2000 she made her London debut in the new musical The Witches Of Eastwick.

Helena Betancourt

Helena Betancourt is a Colombian born American actor whose real-life immigrant story is as rich as many of the characters that she has brought to life on both the large and small screen. Her latest, a larger-than-life Latina named "Conchi" in the upcoming Netflix holiday movie "Christmas with You" starring Freddie Prinze Jr. Betancourt's Conchi is a scene stealing meddling tía (aunt) on a mission. The made for tv movie adds yet another classic character to her list of credits that include Showtimes "Billions", "Orange Is The New Black" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". Without a doubt Helena Betancourt is living her best life nurturing an acting bug she's had since she was five years old. A career she hopes helps her fulfill another lifelong dream of visiting every Caribbean Island during her lifetime.

Katie Cassidy

Cast · Known for Arrow, Taken

Katherine Evelyn Anita "Katie" Cassidy (born November 25, 1986) is an American actress who has performed in The CW TV series Melrose Place, Supernatural, and Gossip Girl, and is considered to be a modern-day Scream queen for her roles in When a Stranger Calls, Black Christmas, A Nightmare on Elm Street and the horror TV series, Harper's Island. Cassidy also starred in Taken, and has roles in the upcoming films Fencewalker and Monte Carlo. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael Shaw

Production Design · Known for Billions, Daredevil: Born Again, Orange Is the New Black

Michael Shaw is a production designer. He began his artistic journey studying painting, sculpture, and film at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he earned a BFA cum laude. His transition into production design was sparked when a short film he worked on, The Room (1993), won top honours at Cannes, Sundance, and MoMA. That early success solidified his conviction that production design offered the ability to unify all his creative passions in one discipline. In the realm of independent cinema, Shaw lent his design sensibilities to a number of emotionally resonant films. His credits include Heavy (1995), James Mangold's feature debut; Boys Don't Cry (1999), which earned Hilary Swank her first Academy Award; You Can Count on Me (2000), starring Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo; A Home at the End of the World (2004), based on Michael Cunningham's novel; August Rush (2007); Cop Out (2010); The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009); The Night Listener (2006); Trust (2010); The English Teacher (2013); The Other Woman (2009); Double Whammy (2001); People I Know (2002); and Available Light (1990). Shaw's television work has been equally impactful, with defining runs on several celebrated series. He served as production designer on The Big C (2010–2013), Orange Is the New Black (2013–2015, seasons 1–3), Billions (2016–2017, seasons 1–2), Lodge 49 (2018–2019, seasons 1–2), and the limited series The Staircase (2022).

Toby Kebbell

Cast · Known for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Kong: Skull Island, War for the Planet of the Apes

Tobias Alistair Patrick Kebbel (born 9 July 1982) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in films such as Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Control (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), War Horse (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), Warcraft (2016), A Monster Calls (2016), Ben-Hur (2016), and Gold (2016). He is also known for his work in the Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You" (2011) and starred in the second film of the MonsterVerse film series, Kong: Skull Island (2017), and the Apple TV+ series Servant (2019–2023) and For All Mankind (2023–2024). Kebbell, the fourth of five children, was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, but grew up in Nottinghamshire where he attended The Grove School (now the Newark Academy) in Balderton. He was brought up by his mother, Michelle (née Mathers), a cook and landscape gardener and his father, Robert Kebbell, an engineer from Zimbabwe. He was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic primary school. Kebbell trained in acting at the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham along with Andrew Shim and Vicky McClure.

Jenny Raven

enny Raven is a Hong Kong-born and raised actress and multiple Canadian Screen Award Nominee. She is known for her work on Kims Convenience as Gwen, Irina Wong in the American film Flatliners and Sasha Dixon in the television series Designated Survivor. Another notable performance was as Jasmine in "Arkangel", a Series 4 episode of the British television series Black Mirror. Jenny Raven was born on 2 November in Hong Kong to her Chinese mother and British father. She moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada after graduating from Island School in Hong Kong, and graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in criminology and psychology. n 2003, Raven made her screen debut in the Cantonese-language Hong Kong film Men Suddenly in Black. After moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and graduating, Raven landed a leading role as Margo Dubois in the Canadian children's comedy TV series Majority Rules! for 26 episodes from 2009 to 2011. Raven worked alongside Juno Temple and Rhys Ifans in the American independent comedy-drama film Len and Company, which had its North American premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Raven has made single-episode appearances in numerous TV shows such as Lost Girl (2010), The L.A. Complex (2012), Private Eyes (2016), Shadowhunters and Good Witch (2017). In 2017, Raven appeared as Irina Wong in Flatliners, a remake of the 1990 film of the same name. The same year, she appeared as Jasmine in "Arkangel", an episode of Black Mirror. Raven played a recurring role as Sasha Dixon in 10 episodes of the television series Designated Survivor from 2017 to 2018. In 2019, Raven starred as Caine in the post-apocalyptic horror film Riot Girls. In 2020, Raven landed a guest role in the award-winning comedy series Kim's Convenience as Gwen, potential love interest of Kimchee played by Andrew Phung. In 2021, Raven played a leading role as Emily in the Adam Reider directed Canadian horror film Woodland Grey. In 2022, Raven played a leading role in the romcom television movie Love at sky Gardens. Raven stars as a barista, and her coffee spilling antics, end up starting a romance.

Jackie Torres

Jackie Torres is a Puerto Rican actress, writer, director and producer who gained notoriety while producing the top shows Marcano...El Show and Con lo que cuenta este pais in her native Puerto Rico and La Hora Lunatica in Los Angeles California, all for the Telemundo Television Network. Her move to Los Angeles introduced her to the cinema world. She directed the urban films The Price of the American Dream & East LA King for Laguna Productions and Crossing Frontiers for her own company Jakmar Entertainment. As an actress she has acted in over 20 films and TV series including Domino: Battle of the Bones, After Words, Black Monday, Bosch, ER, The District, Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls, Blood Relatives, and El Güero Estrada. She obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications at the University of Maryland, College Park. After that, she got a Master’s Degree from the University of Puerto Rico.