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Molly Ranson

Molly Ranson is an American actress and singer. She was born in New York City. Ranson made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning production of August: Osage County in 2007. She joined the cast of Jerusalem on Broadway in 2011, as Pea. The show started in 2009 at the Royal Court Theatre in London and moved to the Apollo Theatre in the West End in 2010, and starred Mark Rylance both in the UK and on Broadway. She originated the role of Melody in the play Bad Jews in 2013 Ranson took part as Carrie White in the 2009 reading of the revival of the musical Carrie, alongside Sutton Foster and Marin Mazzie. The hope was to make the show ready for Broadway, after its flop in 1988, when it closed after only 5 performances. After the new reading the show finally opened Off Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2010. In 2015 Ranson was cast as Natalie Drexel in the comedy Fish in the Dark, with Larry David playing Norman Drexel. When the show was extended, the role was taken over for six weeks by Jason Alexander. In 2022 Ranson starred as the character Molly in Prayer for the French Republic, while rehearsing for Plaza Suite, which opened right after the first closed. She was asked to take part in Prayer back when in grad school by playwright Joshua Harmon, who had just started writing the play at the time. The show is a family drama, presenting various aspects of the life of the Jewish Benhamous in contemporary Paris (2016-2017) as well as the earlier generation of the Salomons, using the same apartment space during WWII. Ranson reprised this role when MTC mounted the play again in 2024 on Broadway.

Natalie J. Robb

Natalie Joy Robb is a Scottish actor and singer, best known for playing Moira Barton / Dingle in Emmerdale from 2009, as well as her roles as Trish McDonald in Take the High Road, Lizzie Conlon in Dream Team, Dr. Jude Carlyle in Doctors and PC Andrea Dunbar in The Bill among other roles in British drama and soap.

Natalie Wood

Cast · Known for Sex and the Single Girl, Intimate Portrait

Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role at age 8 in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), followed by a role in John Ford's The Searchers (1956). Wood starred in the musical films West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962) and received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Splendor in the Grass (1961) and Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). Her career continued with films such as Sex and the Single Girl (1964), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). During the 1970s, Wood began a hiatus from film and had two daughters: one with her second husband Richard Gregson, and one with Robert Wagner, her first husband whom she married again after divorcing Gregson. She acted in only two feature films throughout the decade, but she appeared slightly more often in television productions, including a remake of From Here to Eternity (1979) for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Wood's films represented a "coming of age" for her and for Hollywood films in general. Critics have suggested that her cinematic career represents a portrait of modern American womanhood in transition, as she was one of the few to take both child roles and those of middle-aged characters. Wood died off the coast of Santa Catalina Island on November 29, 1981, at age 43, during a holiday break from the production of her would-be comeback film Brainstorm (1983) with Christopher Walken. The events surrounding her death have been the subject of conflicting witness statements, prompting the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, under the instruction of the coroner's office, to list her cause of death as "drowning and other undetermined factors" in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natalie Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Howard Ward

Howard has taken leading roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Exchange Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, The Almeida, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Hampstead and Headlong. Howard’s versatility means he is used for a huge variety of voice projects from cartoons to documentaries. Howard has been in the original cast of Warhorse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, and Oslo, all which originated at the National Theatre, and then transferred to the West End. He was also in the original cast of the multi award winning musical London Road at the National Theatre which was subsequently made into a movie. He has worked extensively on television, playing Sergeant Willis for two series of Downton Abbey, the Mayor of Weatherfield in Coronation Street, several appearances on EastEnders, Casualty, Holby City, and Doctors. He appeared opposite Martin Clunes in Manhunt, as well as roles in Midsomer Murders and Little Boy Blue. Howard has appeared in over 50 productions for BBC Radio including two guest appearances on The Archers, and has produced 2 x 90 minute plays for Radio 4 including the Sony award nominated, The Taxman. He is a regular voice over on TV and radio, having fronted many campaigns including a Nike commercial, which was awarded second place in Campaign magazine’s top ten radio ads. He voiced one of the main characters in the children’s animated series, Underground Ernie (starring Gary Lineker) and he has narrated several series for National Geographic, Discovery Channel and Channel 4.

Maroc Rey

Maroc Rey Known for Taken (2017), Dare Me (2020), Bedtime Stories for Men (2017), Gangland Undercover (2016), was born in Canada and grew up a middle child. At a young age he developed a passion for acting and performing as a child. He attended University of Waterloo For Fine Arts where he majored in Music Theatre and Drama Focus.

Jason Leavy

Cast · Producer · Known for Terrifier, Terrifier 2

The path that Jason Leavy has taken to get to this point has been very similar to that of his older brother Michael Leavy. Jason has been at his brother's side from the beginning and will be to the end. Nothing to this point would have been possible without Jason's willingness to help and do whatever is asked of him in order to better the project. Jason plays a large role in rounding out the Fuzz on the Lens team, because whereas Steven Della Salla and Mike Leavy approach filmmaking more from the production standpoint, Jason approaches filmmaking more from an acting standpoint. He brings a different character driven perspective that is necessary to push our creativity and writing to a new level. Like his brother, Jason excels both behind the camera as well as in front of it. He was Michael's successor at Monsignor Farrell's television studio, WFBN-TV. He ran the studio and anchored the show each morning. Once he graduated, Jason went on to Kean University where he is studied to get his Bachelor's Degree in Communications with a concentration in TV & Film.

Paul Karmiryan

Paul Karmiryan's career as a performer has taken him all over the world. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, he began dancing at the age of 17. In his first three years of training, he became a national champion of Latin ballroom and was crowned winner of So You Think You Can Dance, Armenia.

Martin Reeve

Martin Reeve is a British actor who has taken guest roles on some of the UK's leading series, including: Simon Markham in Little Bird, Alistair Mulgan in Dalziel and Pascoe, Mike Peters in Judge John Deed, Arthur Peters in Holby City, Piggot in The Royal, DAC in Murphy's Law, Brian Addyman in Emmerdale. He has also appeared in Coronation Street, Heartbeat, Shameless, Casualty, Hollyoaks, Eleventh Hour and Downton Abbey. In February 2022, he portrayed Clive Waters in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors. Reeve is also known for his stage work including appearing as Pete in Beehive's recreation of the power station accident at Eddington B alongside fellow actor Jonathan Morris.

J. Kenneth Campbell

Cast · Known for The Abyss

J. Kenneth Campbell's acting career has taken him from Broadway to feature films and television. His many films include Bulworth, Ulee's Gold, Guess Who?, Mars Attacks and The Abyss. He recently completed filming director Kevin Willmott's upcoming feature The Only Good Indian, in which Campbell plays a lead role, alongside Wes Studi (Avatar, Last of the Mohicans). On television, Campbell has appeared in Commander in Chief, Frasier, Charmed, Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, Matlock, L.A. Law and many other series. Campbell was born in Flushing, New York, in 1947 the second of seven children. He was raised on Long Island and graduated from Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. It was at The University of Arizona where he discovered his calling. Forsaking the "security" of a college degree, he entered "The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater" to study acting with Sanford Miesner. Non-academic acting students in 1967 became automatically eligible for the Selective Service and in the middle of his second year at the Playhouse, Campbell was drafted into the U.S. Army. He retaliated, by joining the Marines. He was wounded in action, and after months of recuperation, he returned to The Playhouse and finished the program. Campbell has worked, on stage, in film and on television ever since.

Jeremy Neumark Jones

Jeremy Barrington Neumark Jones (born 1989 in Enfield) is an English actor who has taken lead roles on the BBC television series The Last Post (2017) and on the ITV drama series Belgravia (2020).

Kirsty McGregor

Casting · Known for Evil Dead Burn, Evil Dead Rise, San Andreas

Little is known about the first few years of Kirsty’s life though certain assumptions can be made from a photograph taken of her performing in a 1200 seat theatre in roller skates. Born into a large and creative family, Kirsty was forced to learn varied and obscure tricks to be able to get any attention. By the age of 6 people were paying her for it. Growing up she performed in various theatre and television shows culminating in the Australian cult hit Bride’s of Christ, where her acting talents were stretched to the limit when she took on playing the role of a good catholic girl. In her late twenties Kirsty got jack of being cast as a teenager and discovered a passion for casting. She worked for various people around Sydney until she discovered that starting your own business and working from home meant you got to sleep in and wear pyjamas to work. Thus McGregor Casting was born and Kirsty slogged away creating what is now one of Sydney’s most highly respected Casting agencies. Today Kirsty works with Australia’s top directors….and she still roller skates.

Collins Key

Since he appeared on the 8th season of America's Got Talent, Collins has taken the magic world by storm. Dubbed Magics first Pop Star, Collins has a magnetic personality and a smile that will melt your heart.

Moni Ogunsuyi

Moni Ogunsuyi is known for Vanished in an Instant (2026), Memory of a Killer (2026) and Taken at a Basketball Game (2025). Awards: 6 wins & 3 nominations total.

Reza Diako

Cast · Known for Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Reza Diako is an English/Persian actor of Austrian nationality and Iranian origin. He has taken over the role of 'Apostle Philip' in the worldwide influential TV series "The Chosen." A historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him, the popular series returns in February via its fourth season with a singular viewing experience releasing bi-weekly in theaters. On the big screen, Reza has two upcoming projects: the indie film "The Astronaut" (Kate Mara and Laurence Fishburne) as 'Ethan Marshall' the director of NASA and "Reading Lolita in Tehran" alongside award-winning actress Golshifteh Farahani and Zar Mir Ebrahimi. The film is based on the best-selling memoir, and Reza portrays 'Bahri', an intellectual literature student caught in the middle of his role as a leading member of the student Islamic society at the University of Allameh Tabatabei in Tehran, and his deep love and respect for both literature for his professor, Azar Nafisi (Golshifteh Farahani), under the backdrop of the early days of Iranian Revolution and the Iran/Iraq War in the early 1980s. In 2018, Reza was cast as ' Harry Razavi' in "Transparent," a feature film about homelessness in Central London. He subsequently had lead roles as ' Misha' in "Tummyache," a feature film about an ex-famous child actor struggling with addiction, winning several festival awards, and as 'Eli' in Son of Man, a theatre production reflecting on the life of Jesus Christ during his adolescence. He was later featured in the theatre production, Fatherless Son, a drama about gang violence in the streets of London. Reza then made his way into mainstream TV and Film projects. He was cast as a regular for both seasons of Apple TV's Original International Emmy Award winning drama, "Tehran," in the regular role of 'Shahin.' He also played 'Henri' in ITV's new series, "A Spy Among Friends," and featured in the BBC series, "Around the World in 80 Days" and in "The Son," directed by Florian Zeller. More recently,Reza appeared in Sundance's 2023 Audience Award and Best Screenwriter Award winning film, "The Persian Version," as 'Hamid.' He also played series regular, 'Zak,' in HBO Max and Sky Atlantic's second season of "I Hated Suzie." He can also be seen in MBC1 and Shahid Series, "London Class," in the regular role of 'Aslan,' in a story about an Iranian family close to the King of Iran, the Shah, who was forced to take refuge in London after the Shah's downfall in 1978. Reza also appears in the role of 'Haadee,' in Guy Ritchie's feature, "The Covenant" and in the Netflix Drama, "The Diplomat," in the role of 'Basir.'

Jessica Hobbs

Director · Known for Broadchurch, The Crown

Jessica Hobbs has been working as a drama director for 30 years. Her work has taken her from New Zealand, where she grew up, to Australia, the US and now Europe. She moved with her family to London in 2014 and she has loved getting to know the vast talent that exists in the UK film and TV community. Jessica's background is in television drama and her credits include The Crown, The Split, Apple Tree Yard, River, Broadchurch and The Slap. She has experience as an executive producer and as a commissioning editor for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and she served on the board of the Australian Directors' Guild. In 2021, Jessica was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series.

Robert Bryan Davis

Robert Bryan Davis is an Actor and Producer known for The Highwaymen (2019), Taken 3 (2014) and Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021).

Jamie Bloch

Jamie Bloch is an award-winning Canadian actress and writer. Her 15 year career has taken her across the world to appear in a diverse variety of film, tv, and radio roles.

Amol Rajan

Amol Rajan is the BBC's Media Editor, having taken up the role in December 2016. Rajan was formerly editor of The Independent newspaper from June 2013.

Ben Daniels

Cast · Known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is a British actor. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), he has taken on roles in numerous productions. On television he has appeared in, among other shows, The Lost Language of Cranes (1991), Conspiracy (2001), Cutting It (2002–2005), Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005), The Virgin Queen (2005) and The State Within (2006). On the silver screen, Daniels has appeared mostly in supporting roles, including parts in The Bridge (1992), Beautiful Thing (1996), I Want You (1998), Madeline (1998) and Doom (2005). An exception was the 1997 independent film Passion in the Desert, based on a short story by novelist Honoré de Balzac. Daniels was born on 10 June 1964 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.[6] His father was an engineer at Rolls-Royce and later a grocer, while his mother owned a children's clothes shop. He has recalled: "I was quite a shy child, but quite disruptive as well. "I was very sneaky and underhanded." Daniels was educated at Manor Park School, a state comprehensive school in Nuneaton, near Coventry, in Warwickshire (since closed). According to Daniels, drama lessons at O-levels gave him a voice, and when he attended sixth form studies at Stratford College between 1980 and 1982, doing A-levels in theatre studies and English literature, he attended Royal Shakespeare Company performances. A fellow student recalled that Daniels, whom he knew as Dave, "was very serious about his work, and struck me as incredibly intelligent... you got the sense his mind was working; the cogs were ticking over". Daniels subsequently trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) for three years. Daniels has had most success with theatre work. He was nominated for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Awards for 900 Oneonta (1994), for Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for Martin Yesterday (1998), and for Best Supporting Actor in the 15th Laurence Olivier Awards for Never the Sinner (1991). He eventually won the latter award at the 25th Laurence Olivier Awards (2001), as well as the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2001 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Theatre Awards, for his performance in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons. Other theatre credits include Tales From Hollywood (2001), Three Sisters (2003), Iphigenia at Aulis (2004), The God of Hell (2005), The Wild Duck (2005–2006) and Thérèse Raquin (2006). In 2008 Daniels made his Broadway début with American actress Laura Linney in a revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.

Susanne Severeid

Susanne was raised and educated in Southern California. Her father was an accountant and her mother was a secretary. When she was eighteen, a photographer saw some snapshots that had been taken of her by a friend and showed them to a top modelling agent who signed her on the spot. With her healthy California looks and fun personality, she started working right away and was soon a top West Coast model and sought-after TV commercial actress. Her television debut came when she was cast together with Jeff Conaway (Taxi) to co-host two 90-minute TV specials for ABC, "California Jam 2," the rock concert held at Ontario Motor Speedway. Susanne kept busy in popular TV shows and some films, while continuing with modelling, voice-overs, and commercials. She moved to Europe in the 90s where she continued her career very successfully, appearing in several TV shows, including a leading role in a top-rated nighttime European soap, movies, and industrial films. She also had a one-woman cabaret show on the life of Marlene Dietrich which she performed in Europe. She is married to Tony van Renterghem, former assistant cameraman and one of Hollywood's top motion picture researchers.

Jimmy Palumbo

Cast · Known for Taken 3

With over 65 TV and film credits, Jimmy Palumbo has been acting for over 25 years. His recent credits are Taken 3 and a co-starring role in Luc Besson's The Family with Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones. Other credits include A Most Violent Year, 5 Flights Up, Mysteries of Laura, Sex and the City 2, Beer League, Boardwalk Empire, Elementary, Goldenboy, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, 30 Rock, Rescue Me, Entourage, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, Friends, Monk, Law & Order, E.R., and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Jimmy was born and raised in New Jersey and still lives there with his family. Jimmy is a huge fan of all Rutgers sports teams and still plays softball on a team that was started in 1967 by his Dad. IMDb Mini Biography

Adam Kaufman

Cast · Known for Without a Trace

Adam is an American actor, who is best known for his roles as Lucas Newsome in the NBC series State Of Affairs, Charlie Keys in the Steven Spielberg produced mini-series Taken (2002), Parker Abrams on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Ethan on Dawson's Creek (1998) where his and Kerr Smith's characters shared the first gay kiss on a one-hour drama in network history.

Leland Orser

Cast · Known for Taken 2, Taken, Taken 3

Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American film and television actor. He's best known for his role as Sam Gilroy in the Taken film trilogy. Additional roles include Mr. Nevins in Amsterdam, Richard Stratton on the series American Giggolo, Peter Sullivan on I am the Night, Robert Kirsch on Berlin Station, Ansel Roth in the film Faults, Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER, Bernie Teitel in The Good German, Wesley Owen Welch in the film Daredevil, Richard Thompson in The Bone Collector, Major Jackson in Pearl Harbor, Lt. DeWindt in Saving Private Ryan, and Larry Purvis in Alien Resurrection. He's appeared in other films including Runaway Jury, Escape from L.A., Independence Day, Piranha, and Se7en. He has guest starred on TV shows including Ray Donovan, Revolution, Scandal, NCIS: LA, 24, Magic City, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Star Trek: Enterprise, CSI, Law & Order: SVU, The Pretender, NYPD Blue, Married... with Children, Boston Common, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Mad About You, The X-Files, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Cheers, and The Golden Girls. He.has been married to actress Jeanne Tripplehorn since 2000; they have 1 child together. He was previously married to actress Roma Downey (m.1987;d.1989).

Mary Hart

Mary Hart is an American television personality and was the long-running host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight from 1982 to 2011, which is the longest running entertainment magazine show of all time. Taken from Wikipedia..