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Model Citizen

2026

Former police officer Steven Bay is haunted by amnesia and fragments of a life he can no longer remember. When seeking treatment, Steven finds himself trapped in an increasingly unsettling world of constant surveillance, mounting suspicion, and unexplained instincts that suggest someone is controlling far more than his recovery.

Lara Taillon

Lara Taillon is a Canadian Actress,Singer, Dancer, writer and producer originally from Saskatchewan, Canada. She grew up in the small city of Estevan. Her father was an accountant, her mother a stay at home mom, and she has one older brother. Lara danced all her life (ballet, tap, jazz) and taught/choreographed for many years before and after starting a career in Acting. After graduating high school, Lara attended college to pursue a career in physical training and development before auditioning and attaining a role in "Prairie Lilies" by Ron Ror. After her first year, she left college to pursue a career in film and theatre. She has toured Canada in many stage plays, musicals and bands as well as teaching voice, piano, dance and drama through most of the prairies. In film and television, Lara has shot from Vancouver to Los Angeles in features like Neil Johnson's "STARSHIP: Rising" and it's sequel, as well as television shows like "Corner Gas" and "Model Citizen" with Angie Everhart. As of 2012, Lara resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Los Angeles, California.

Djimon Hounsou

Cast · Known for Shazam!, Gladiator, The King's Man

Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese-American actor and model. He began his career appearing in music videos, made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing and earned widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad. As an actor, Hounsou has been nominated for two Academy Awards. Hounsou became a naturalized American citizen in 2007. He was reluctant to renounce his Beninese citizenship and therefore opted to become a dual citizen of both Benin and the United States, effectively rendering him a Beninese-American. Djimon Hounsou was born in Cotonou, Benin, in 1964, to lbertine and Pierre Hounsou. He immigrated to Lyon in France at the age of thirteen with his brother, Edmond. In 1987, he became a model and established a career in Paris. He moved to the U.S. in 1990. One year before obtaining his college degree, he dropped out of school. In 1989, he appeared in a music video of Straight Up by Paula Abdul. Hounsou's film debut was in the 1990 Sandra Bernhard film Without You I’m Nothing, and he has had television roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 and ER and a guest starring role on Alias, but received a larger role in the science fiction film Stargate. His first on-screen appearance was in the 1990 Janet Jackson video “Love Will Never Do (Without You).” He also starred in a 2002 Gap commercial directed by Peter Lindbergh, dancing to a rendition of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" by Arrested Development's Baba Oje. He received wide critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his role as Cinqué in the 1997 Steven Spielberg film Amistad. He gained further notice as Juba, in the 2000 film Gladiator. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for In America, in 2004, becoming the fourth African male to be nominated for an Oscar (along with Basil Rathbone, Cecil Kellaway and Omar Sharif). In 2006, he won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Blood Diamond; he received Broadcast Film Critics Association, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Academy Award nominations for this performance. In 2007, Hounsou began dating model/CEO of Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons. In 2008 Hounsou and Simmons visited Hounsou's family and while there, the two participated in a traditional commitment ceremony. On May 30, 2009, Simmons gave birth to their son, Kenzo Lee Hounsou, reportedly named because Kenzo means 3 (Kimora's third child).

Wilma Elles

Wilma Elles (born 18 October 1986) is a Turkish-German actress, model and fashion designer. Elles is the second of a family of five children. Her father and mother are in the engineering distribution business. She graduated from school with Abitur at the French-German bilingual Burgau-Gymnasium in Düren with a 1,8 grade. Since the age of ten, she engaged in school theatre plays, took acting, guitar and dance classes. She also studies at the University of Cologne. She got the Turkish citizenship next to her German citizenship in 2016.

Choi Si-won

Cast · Known for Bloodhounds

Choi Si-won is a South Korean singer, songwriter, model, and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and its Mandopop subgroup, Super Junior-M. Aside from being a member of Super Junior, Choi has also ventured into solo activities, mainly acting. He played lead roles in the Korean dramas Oh! My Lady (2010), Poseidon (2011), Revolutionary Love (2017), and My Fellow Citizens! (2019) and had supporting roles in Athena: Goddess of War (2010), The King of Dramas (2012) and She Was Pretty (2015). Choi has also participated in various Chinese language films such as Helios, To the Fore and Dragon Blade.

Leslie Bibb

Cast · Known for The White Lotus, Iron Man, Law Abiding Citizen

Leslie Louise Bibb (born November 17, 1973) is an American actress and former fashion model. She transitioned into film and television in late 1990s. She appeared in television shows such as Home Improvement (1996), before she appeared in her first film, the comedy Private Parts (1997), which was followed by her first show The Big Easy. She received a role in This Space Between Us (1999). Her role as Brooke McQueen on the WB Network comedy–drama series Popular (1999–2001) brought her to the attention of a wider audience, and received a Teen Choice Award for Television Choice Actress. During the series, she also gained recognition for her roles in the thriller The Skulls (2000) and in the comedy See Spot Run (2001). She had a recurring role in the medical–drama show ER (2002–2003), Crossing Jordan, and on the sitcoms The League and American Housewife. She had a starring role on the drama GCB, the sitcom Burning Love and the fantasy series Jupiter's Legacy as well as God's Favorite Idiot. Bibb was cast as Carley Bobby, in the comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). She had a minor supporting role in the hit action film Iron Man (2008) and appeared in the crime-thriller Law Abiding Citizen (2009). She reprised her role in the sequel Iron Man 2 (2010). She appeared in the family–comedy Zookeeper (2011) as Miranda Davis. She also appeared in Confessions of a Shopaholic, Law Abiding Citizen, A Good Old-Fashioned Orgy, Movie 43, No Good Deed, To the Bone, and Tag, among others.

Woodlene Alexis

Woodlene originally moved to New York City to pursue a career as an elementary school teacher through the New York City Teaching Fellows Master's Program. As anything can happen in the Big Apple, and she found herself occasionally attending casting sessions thus beginning a journey in entertainment as a New York City model. She is featured in major national and international print and commercial campaigns such as Coca Cola, Disney, Amazon, IBM, Starbucks, and Remy Martin to name a few. She's collaborated with Jay Manuel of America's Top Model for Jay Manuel Beauty Cosmetics, as well as modeling for various fashion editorials. On a quest to expand her talent to television, film, and voice over acting, she began studying under renowned acting teacher, Anthony Abeson. She studies with Ted Sluberski and has improv experience from Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater. Today, Woodlene can be seen as a guest or recurring on network and streaming TV shows such as The Bite, Elementary, and The Good Fight. Woodlene is a lead in the pilot, Divorce School, which won Best TV Series at the Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Web Series at the New York Film Awards, and Best Pilot at the Garden State Festival.

Julienne Davis

Cast · Known for Eyes Wide Shut

Julienne Davis (born September 26, 1963) is an American actress, singer, and model. She was born in Los Angeles. She left home at seventeen and moved to New York to pursue a career in classical ballet. When she grew too tall to audition for the corps de ballet, she made the tough decision to quit dance and began a modeling career. As a successful international model, Julienne's career led to her living and working in many cities, including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Milan, Athens, Munich, Barcelona, Madrid, Tokyo, and Bangkok. Because London's vibrant cosmopolitan culture held a special allure for her, she made that her main home base for many years and during that time also became a British citizen. Whilst in the city, she became involved in other ventures, including fashion stylist, club promoter, singer/songwriter, and producer. In 1998, she auditioned as an extra in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, but instead landed the pivotal role of Mandy Curran in the film. From that point on, her life changed drastically, and she consequently became an "It" girl in London, leading the celebrity lifestyle, with parties, press, and paparazzi. Her acting, voiceover, and music careers continued to flourish. Highlights include major roles in the films House of 9 starring Dennis Hopper and Come Together starring James D'Arcy. As for TV, she was a series regular for the BBC comedy Too Much Sun starring Mark Addy and Lee Majors, as well as various guest star roles, the most notable being The Bill--which was practically a UK institution. During this time, her band Sophisticated Savage was busy recording and performing live. She sang, wrote and co-produced the band's album "Strange Paradise," now on iTunes. Based mainly in Los Angeles, she is with her new band: The Midnight Candy, and she continues to work as an actor, vo artist, writer and producer.

Maite Kelly

Cast · Known for Hier und heute

Maite Star Kelly (born 4 December 1979) is a German-born Irish singer and actress. The second youngest child of The Kelly Family, she is the only one born in Germany. When she was younger, Kelly worked singing with her family. Later she started a solo career. Kelly was born in West Berlin to Daniel and Barbara Kelly. She is one of The Kelly Family, a music group made up of members of the extended Kelly family. Their style of music is folk, pop and pop rock. Her siblings first appeared as Kelly Kids in 1974 and they traveled through the USA and Europe under the name The Kelly Family from 1978 and performed numerous free concerts in public places and pedestrian zones as street musicians. Though she was born in Germany, Kelly was educated in the USA. However she lives in Cologne. She was married to model Florent Michel Raimond with whom she had three children. Her first solo album was released in 2007. She went on to take part in the German version of the musical Hairspray and appear in Dancing with the stars. Kelly wrote the children's book, Die kleine Hummel Bommel which was published in 2015. In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for "her role model as an artist and socially committed citizen" and in 2019 she was given an award by SWR4. Source: Article "Maite Kelly" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Rachel Blakely

Rachel Leigh Blakely was born on 28 July 1968 in Borneo. Her father, Harold Blakely, is an American, and her mother was Australian. Due to her father's oil business, the family, including younger sister Ruth, moved to several countries over the years until settling on an Australian farm when Blakely was twelve. Before she became an actress, Blakely worked as a nightclub bouncer, a model and a short order cook; it was her ex-husband's suggestion that she audition for a role on Neighbours In her spare time, Blakely enjoys camping, sewing, painting, cooking and sleeping. Her favourite authors are Margaret Atwood and Tracy Chevalier, and her favourite movies are Queen Margot and Breaking the Waves. Blakely married fellow actor Peter Craig in 1990, but they divorced some years later. She met her current partner, stuntman Sean Rigby, on the set of Tales of the South Seas. Their first child, Cooper Lee Rigby, was born in September 2003, and their second child, Nash Rigby, was born in early 2009. Blakely splits her time between Australia and Los Angeles. She possesses dual American-Australian citizenship.

Vida Ghaffari

Multi award-winning actress Vida Ghaffari was born and raised in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The daughter of a NASA scientist and an artist, Vida was infused with a diverse artistic and analytical upbringing. Vida graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) with a major in Economics (to please her strict Persian father) and minored in theatre and communication for her own artistic growth and expression. While at UMCP, Vida performed in a lot of improv shows at the school’s avant garde black box theatre and participated in a few plays. After college,she started training with a number of acting coaches and completed the full improv program at the prestigious Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), which was created by Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) and some of her colleagues. At this time, she began acting in feature films and TV. This acting powerhouse landed a great co-starring role in Mindy Kaling's humorous and much buzzed about show The Mindy Project as well as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. She has also starred in Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia. These projects cap off a number of successes for the versatile starlet. She recently featured Variety for her work in multi award-winning filmmaker Harley Wallen’s Abeyance opposite an impressive ensemble cast consisting of Scout Taylor-Compton, Richard Tyson, Billy Wirth, Mel Novak, Kaiti Wallen and Yan Birch. Vida played the role of the cunning and powerful, femme fatale scientist Nikita, which garnered her international coverage given the power of the story, the cast and Vida portraying a scientist like her famous father. Vida is also a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Dustin Ferguson, who has been awarded numerous awards for his innovative films. In the upcoming sci-fi thriller Robowoman, she was cast alongside a stellar ensemble cast consisting of Dawna Lee Heising, Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), Mel Novak, Sue Price (Nemesis 5: The New Model), Gregory Blair and Peter Stickles. In this film, she once again played an educated medical researcher Hannah. She also worked played the badass, hold no prisoners role of Becky in Ferguson’s Horndog’s Beach Party opposite Lee Heising and Saved By the Bell’s Troy Fromin. She also starred in the pivotal role of school security guard Joan in Nation’s Fire with two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern, Gil Bellows, UFC fighter Chuck Liddell, Krista Grotte and many others. The ultimate horror scream queen, she then played the role of the possessed Hayley in Holy Terror opposite Kristine DeBell (Meatballs) and Mel Novak (Bruce Lee's Game of Death, Black Belt Jones). For her compelling performance in that film, she was billed as the “Persian Linda Blair” by prominent journalist Maurice Dwayne Smith. She also portrayed the role of serious reporter Sabrina Sanchez in noted filmmaker Romane Simon’s Hybristophilia alongside Quinton Aaron (the Blindside with Sandra Bullock). She also recently shot Levin Garbisch’s Miranda Veil, where she plays the touching role of Alice Veil, a concerned mother who may or may not be what she seems.

Nicholas Pinnock

Nicholas Andre Pinnock (born 2 September 1973) is a British actor. He is known for his role as lead character Aaron Wallace in the ABC legal drama For Life and as Truman Dawes in the Peacock crime drama Long Bright River. Nicholas Andre Pinnock was born in Balham, London, and is of Jamaican descent. He spent his early childhood living in Saudi Arabia. On his return to England, he was enrolled at Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London at the age of 12. While there, in his first week, he made his professional debut, landing several jobs as a model and child actor in adverts, music videos, film and television. Continuing his vocational training, Pinnock attended a three-year musical theatre course at the London Studio Centre. After the first year, he decided acting was his first love and in the following years, concentrated on drama and contemporary dance. After graduating, Pinnock joined Lea Anderson's Contemporary Dance Company, the Featherstonehaughs, for several years before pursuing acting full time. In 1986, as a child actor, Pinnock starred in the fantasy drama TV serial Mr Magus is Waiting for You, based on the novel by Gene Kemp and following the adventures of four young children who become trapped in the fantasy world of a mysterious magician. A year later, he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emu's World on CITV. In his 20s he regularly appeared in pantomime. He played guest roles in television programmes such as Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Footballers' Wives and Casualty. TV films followed, such as Kingdom of The Blind with Clive Owen and Diamonds with James Purefoy. Theatre work included As You Like It at Stafford Castle at the Staffordshire Shakespeare Festival, Hampstead Theatre's production of Born Bad directed by Kathy Burke, and San Diego, directed by David Grieg and Marisa Zanotti in the Edinburgh Festival. He appeared in Topdog/Underdog in Glasgow's Citizens Theatre in 2009. Pinnock appeared in his first Hollywood feature film, the 2011 summer blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger, as a SHIELD Tech. That same year, he went on to play the role of Leon in a four-part drama Top Boy, which was broadcast on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights from 31 October 2011. After the 2011 England riots in London, Pinnock appeared in the BBC docudrama The Riots: In Their Own Words, The Rioters. The following year, Pinnock portrayed the role of Evan in the ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls. The three-part drama aired in April 2013. Pinnock portrayed a young Nelson Mandela in the ITV docudrama Mandela: The Prison Years, which aired on 15 December 2013, the day Mandela was buried.

George Tounas

George Tounas is an award-winning actor and filmmaker, best known for City Rush 4 (2025) with Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts, Achilles Returns (2026), Reloaded 3 (2025), Dr. Jason II: Lights & Shadows (2024), Reloaded 2 (2024), City Rush 3 (2023), Dr. Jason (2022) and Reloaded (2021). All these movies are licensed by major international distributors like Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, Plex, Fawesome, and many more. He has appeared in numerous films, TV series, and commercials produced by others. George attended the New York Film Academy in New York City, where he completed a four-week full-time actor training program and received a diploma in 2005. In 2009 he completed a two-month full-time professional actor training program at the TVI Actors Studio, also located in New York City. During this time, he resided in the Upper West Side of Manhattan for four months. In 2010 George briefly visited Los Angeles and participated in a one-day intensive master class at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Hollywood. In fact George graduated from the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences in Communication Design in 2004 with a Diplom, which is equivalent to a Master of Fine Arts degree, and excellent grades. His art portfolio was rated the best and after an additional successful on-site exam, he was accepted in 1998. Additionally he pursued studies at the TEI of Athens in Greece. During his high school graduation (Abitur) in 1997, he received the Art Prize for being the top graduate in Visual Arts. After his studies, George got employed as an art director, media designer, front-end and software developer, and has worked and is still working for various companies and agencies, mostly full-time for over 20 years since 2004. He also received design awards. George is Greek and was born and grew up in Germany. His official name is Georgios Tounas. He more often uses the more international English version of his first name. George holds dual citizenship in Greece and Germany. He is multilingual and fluent in English, Greek and German, and has a working knowledge of French. In 2010/11 he voluntarily served as a soldier in the Greek Army. George maintains a strong athletic physique and excels in various sports. Despite starting very late, at the age of 21, he became one of the top long jumpers in Greece and Germany, achieving jumps well over 7 meters. In training and in some invalid attempts, he even reached around 8 meters. He reached the finals of the Greek Athletics Championships, South German Athletics Championships and the Baden-Württemberg Athletics Championships, placing in the top 10 multiple times. George was also Regional Champion in long jump 2002, District Champion in combined events 2002, Regional Champion in javelin throw 2000, District Champion in long jump 2000 and District 2nd Place in high jump 2000. He stopped competing a few years later due to the demands of his professional career, but never officially retired and may return to competition in the Masters category, aiming for the long jump M50 world record. The clubs he competed for were Panellinios Athens, MTV Stuttgart, and MTG Mannheim. George also began his career as a model, appearing on runways in the late 1990s. George continues to be occasionally booked for modeling assignments. He has been married since 2012 and has two children.

Matt Walsh

Cast · Known for Little Lorraine, Veep, Ted

Matthew Paul Walsh (born October 13, 1964) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Mike McLintock in Veep for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He is a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, with which he co-starred in its original television series and the 2015 reboot. He also previously starred in short-lived comedy programs such as Dog Bites Man and Players, and was a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has also appeared in films such as Road Trip (2000), Bad Santa (2003), School for Scoundrels (2006), Role Models (2008), The Hangover (2009), and The Do-Over (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Walsh (comedian), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Lisa Leone

Bronx-born and Miami-based Lisa Leone began her career as a photographer, capturing the earliest images of iconic musicians such as Nas, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell. She then expanded into cinematography, shooting music videos for artists including TLC, Heavy D, D'Angelo and The Brand New Heavies. From there, Lisa went on to work with her mentor Stanley Kubrick on his last film Eyes Wide Shut. When Kubrick passed, she dived into a deeper study between the relationship of cinema and imagery, and continued her cinematographic work on independent films and shows for directors: Nancy Savoca’s "Dirt", for Showtime and “Union Square”, theatrical released, Michael Kang’s "The Motel"; Sundance and “Citizen Reno” for Bravo.

K.D. Aubert

Model & Actress KD Aubert started her modeling career with LA Models in 2001. As a runway model working overseas, she soon ventured into print modeling with Elite models (LA) where she was thrust into major campaigns. Soon after KD entered into the world of commercials where again, she was lucky enough into land some very memorable campaigns. In 2002, while hosting the MTV show Kidnapped with Dave Holmes, she landed her first major role, not surprisingly on her first audition, in the cult classic Friday After Next, followed shortly after with a role in The Scorpion King. The following year she replaced a recurring actress on the hit show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (aka Nikki Wood). While shooting Buffy, KD landed a leading role in the movie Hollywood Homicide starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hatrnett. She has also starred on independent movies such as Dysenchanted (starring Jim Belushi) and Easy. KD also starred alongside Kevin Hart, Tom Arnold and many other superstars while on the comedy Soul Plane. After shooting what was one her favorite sci-fi movies Frankenfish in Mobile, Alabama, she returned to LA to snatch a guest star role on FOX's Bones. Life in Politics In 2007, while recording music and partly residing in Chicago, she volunteered at Obama headquarters where she met Arne Duncan and Rahm Emmanuel. As a Democrat, KD will always stand with the people, especially those less fortunate. KD feels what makes America great, is the way we have always been able to look out for one another and lend a helping hand. Charities KD enjoys working alongside some very influential non-profit organizations, such as Urban Born out of Los Angeles, and the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California. Two of KD's sisters live with the Sickle Cell Disease and the foundation truly helped from childhood to now. In addition, KD works closely with the Charlie Mack Foundation out of Philadelphia, PA. Will Smith and his dear friend, Charlie Mack, founded this foundation. Every year KD is called upon to travel to Philly to visit with kids who suffer from illnesses at local medical facilities. She visits young kids and teens that have been incarcerated as well as host fun events for the inner city youths. Hobbies Aubert's hobbies include: playing golf, tennis, watching CNN & MSNBC, traveling, eating exotic foods, writing songs, spending time with family, going to the batting cages, and fishing to name a few. Religion KD's religious views are called "non-denominational" with a Christian foundation. She attends a worship center called "Agape" which means unconditional love.

Graham Reese

Model, Actor, Dancer Walked for Marc by Marc Jacobs & Timo Weiland F/W 12. Shot Italian Vogue with Steven Meisel. And acted in AHS "Pale"

Dani Minnick

Model and actress Dani Minnick started off in small roles on TV, including a part in the Emmy-nominated A Rumor of War (1980). A few guest spots on TV shows followed before she became the face of Virginia Slims cigarettes, a modeling gig which offered her worldwide exposure in both magazines and on TV from 1983 until 1987. Afterward, she continued to act until the mid-90s and had her highest profile part as Rebecca Morrison on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives in 1993. She could also be seen in horror films like From the Dead of Night (1989) and The Sleeping Car (1990). In recent years she's stepped behind the camera with the award-winning independent feature Falling Like This (2001) and has just completed work on the documentary The Needs of Kim Stanley.

Chris Schellenger

Model and actor best known for competing in cycle 20 of the popular CW reality series America's Next Top Model hosted by Tyra Banks. He also appeared as Alex in the 2013 comedy series Black Box.

Cat Deeley

British model, journalist, and TV personality.

Bree Condon

American model and actress who has been featured in advertisements for Guess? jeans and JC Penney. She also appeared in the film Raspberry & Lavender in 2004.

Roxanne McKee

Actress/model Roxanne McKee was born in Canada on August 10, 1980, but was raised in England. Roxanne studied at the University of London, earning a degree in Social Policy and Political Studies. In 2005, she was accepted from an open casting for the tv series Hollyoaks. She had a three-year run with this series, including her character being in several notable story angles. She appeared also on the television series EastEnders: E20 (2010) before joining the cast of the tv series Game of Thrones in 2011.

Arielle Vandenberg

American model and actress.

Caylee Blosenski

Actress & Model