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Yvonne Joyce Craig

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Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16 1937 - August 17 15th, 2015) was an American dancer and actress most well-known for her performance as Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman and as the green-skinned Orion slave girl Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer of female superheroes" for the screen. Yvonne Craig was born in Taylorville, Illinois, and was raised in Columbus, Ohio. In 1951 , her family relocated from Illinois to Dallas. In Dallas, she attended W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas as well as Sunset High School. However she was not able to get a degree because she did not have "one PE credit". Craig joined Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as the most junior ballerina in the company after being discovered by Alexandra Danilova who is a dancer and teacher. While she was performing as Batgirl in the film, her training proved to be very helpful. She left the ballet company in 1957 "over disag...

Mary-Louise Parker

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Mary-Louise Parker, born August 2 1964 was an American actress. Following her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 (for which she won an Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for roles in films such as Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Bullets over Broadway (1994), A Place for Annie (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996) and The Maker (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances in the following years, Parker received the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's Proof in addition to other awards. In the NBC television show The West Wing she starred as Amy Gardner, and was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sustained Actress in the Drama Series. She was awarded a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance of Harper Pitt in the acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America in 200...

Jillian Noel Hennessy

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Jillian Noel Hennessy is a Canadian actress and singer. Most well-known for her roles in the American television series Law & Order (where she played Claire Kincaid, a prosecutor) and Crossing Jordan (where she played Jordan Cavanaugh for six seasons). She also appeared as an actor in films such as RoboCop 3 or Most Wanted as well as independent films like Chutney Popcorn, which she co-directed. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. John Hennessy, her father, was a meat-salesman and an executive in marketing and sales. His work required a lot of travel, which resulted in many moves for the family. The mother of her child, Maxine, a secretary was a divorcee in 1982 and left her daughter to be partially raised by her maternal grandmother, Eleanor and her family located in Kitchener, Ontario. John Paul Hennessy Jr., her younger brother, is Jacqueline Hennessy, an identical twin who works as a journalist for a magazine as well as a host on TV in Canada. Hennessy is of Irish, Fren...

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs

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Gillian MacLaren Jacobs, born October 19, 1982, is an American actress. She is well-known for her role as Britta Perry in the NBC comedy series Community (2009-2015), Mickey Dobbs on the Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016-2018) and Atom Eve on the Amazon animated series Invincible (2021). Mimi Rose Howard played a regular part in the fourth season of the HBO comedy series Girls (2012 until 2017). Gillian MacLaren Jacobs, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 19 1982. Martina Magenau Jacobs is her mother and works at Carnegie Mellon University in alumni relations. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr. was an investment banker. The death of her father occurred in the year 2013. She was raised in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Her family owned Erie Brewing Company (not the same as the brewery later with that name). When she was a kid, Jacobs attended weekend acting classes at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. She was a regular performer in the Pittsburgh Public Theater. This led to her ...

Bonnie Wright

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Bonnie Francesca Wright (born 17 February 1991) is an English model, actress as well as a director and activist. Wright is best known for her part in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The actress remained in the role for 10 years before stepping into Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011). After the series, Wright appeared in a number of independent films, including Before I Sleep (2013), The Sea (2013) and After the Dark (2014) The films received mixed reviews. Wright was the stage's first lead actress in Peter Ustinov's The Moment of Truth at the Southwark Playhouse in 2013.Wright graduated from University of the Arts London in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in filmmaking. In 2012, Wright established BonBonLumiere and began making short films. Her first film as a director was the coming-of age drama Separate We Come, Separate We Go (2012) featuring David Thewlis, which was released at the Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. She directed Know T...

Alyson Lee Hannigan

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Alyson Lee Hannigan was conceived on the 24th of March 1974. Hannigan is an American actor and host on television. Her credits include Willow Rosenberg (1997-2003) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lily Aldrin (2005-2014), for which she won an People's Choice Award in 2009 and Michelle Flaherty (1999-2012). Hannigan hosts Penn Teller: Fool Us since 2016. Teller the Fool us has been running since the year 2016. Hannigan is also the voice actor of Claire Clancy in the TV show Fancy Nancy (2018-2018). Hannigan was the sole child of Emilie (Posner) Haas, an agent in real estate, and Alan Hannigan, a Teamsters worker. Hannigan's mother, who is Jewish as well, is Irish. At age four, Hannigan began appearing in commercials. Hannigan relocated to Hollywood in her 12th year with her mother. Her father, who was a casting agent, was there with her in Santa Barbara. She auditioned. She went to California State University Northridge after high school. In Northridge she was an Alpha Chi Omega sor...

Katy Kellner Bio

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Have you heard this quote: Money and fame can be very insignificant and difficult to obtain? This is the case for Shannon Sharpe, who apparently could not protect the relationship he had with Katy Kellner.No amount of money and fame can purchase you true love. It is easy to get smitten by someone you love, no matter how much or how little. This article does not discuss Shannon's life, but rather his one-time time girlfriend, Katy. The couple were initially together, but they came to see their lives in a different way and decided to separate. Despite that, it is obvious that she's an American. Actually, we can verify her nationality from her education details.It is surprising how out of all the things on the internet, it is clear her educational background. After that, the American was a student at Elmhurst College to obtain a degree in Arts.Further she attended Troy University, where the famous Caucasian was awarded an M.A. in Instructional Technology. The American then went on...