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Monica Bellucci – Italian actress and model

Monica Bellucci - Italian actress and model

Monica Bellucci – Italian actress and model

Monica Bellucci is an Italian actress and fashion model. She is one of the world’s most beautiful women.
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci was born on September 30, 1964 in provincial Italian town of Città di Castello. Since childhood, she wanted to become a lawyer. To study at the University of Perugia (Faculty of Law), 16-year-old Monica worked as a model. However, the girl was fond of the glamorous lifestyle and decided to give up her childhood dream in favor of secular life. Monica is fluent in English and French, as well as Spanish.
In 1988, Monica moved to Milan, where she signed a contract with Elite Model Management. In 1989, Monica was already a famous model in Paris and New York. She posed for the famous design magazines Dolce & Gabbana and Elle modeling (France).
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Nastassja Kinski – German actress

Nastassja Kinski - German actress

Nastassja Kinski – German actress

Nastassja Kinski is a German actress, Golden Globe winner (1981). In 1975 and 1983 she was awarded Deutscher Filmpreis prize. The actress is known for the title role in the film Tess (1979) and her roles in Wim Wenders’ films.
Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski (her real name) was born on January 24, 1961 in Berlin to German actor Klaus Kinski and Ruth Brigitte. Her mother worked as a shop assistant when Klaus met her. The father named his daughter Nastassja Aglaia after two characters of Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot. Nastassja’s parents divorced in 1968 and the girl lived with her mother in Munich. The actress said that the family had financial difficulties at that time and she shoplifted food and small things. She was also caught for ticketless travel on buses. Kinski didn’t pay fines and court summons. Later, in 1978, she was arrested at the airport and had to spend about three months in prison for juveniles.
At the age of 15 the girl had a love affair with film director Roman Polanski. In 1976, Kinski posed for French magazine Vogue.
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Kylie Minogue – Australian singer and actress

Kylie Minogue - Australian singer and actress

Kylie Minogue – Australian singer and actress

Kylie Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She became popular in the mid-1980s after her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours – even before the beginning of her career as a pop singer. Her album Fever, released in 2001, entered the top 50 best albums according to BBC version, and in 2004 she received her first Grammy statuette.
Kylie Ann Minogue was born on May 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. Kylie is the eldest of three children, her sister Dannii Minogue is also a well-known pop singer.
Minogue participated in soap operas Skyways, The Sullivans and The Henderson Kids. In 1986 she began starring in the soap opera Neighbours. On the set of the series she began an affair with actor Jason Donovan.
In 1986 Minogue signed a contract with Mushroom Records. The single Locomotion spent seven weeks on the first place in the Australian music charts and became the biggest selling single of the year. She was invited to London to work with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Her first album Kylie (a collection of dance songs) took first place in the UK album chart and became the bestselling album of the year. In late 1988, Minogue stopped acting in the TV series Neighbours to concentrate on her music career.
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Benedict Cumberbatch – British actor

Benedict Cumberbatch - British actor

Benedict Cumberbatch – British actor

Benedict Cumberbatch is a British theater, cinema and television actor. He is a winner of the Laurence Olivier Award (2012) and Emmy Award (2014), two-time nominee for Golden Globe and also was nominated for Oscar. In 2015 Benedict became Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Cumberbatch is best known for his roles of Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock (2010), Khan Noonien Singh in the science fiction film Star Trek: Nemesis (2013), journalist Julian Assange in the biographical thriller The Fifth Estate (2013) and the mathematician Alan Turing the historical drama The Imitation Game (2014). In 2016 the actor played the main role in the fantasy film Doctor Strange.
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born on July 19, 1976 in London, UK. He is a son of actors Timothy Carlton (full name Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch) and Wanda Ventham, a descendant of King Edward III of the Plantagenet dynasty.
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Emir Kusturica – great film director

Emir Kusturica – great film director

Emir Kusturica – great film director

Emir Kusturica is a Yugoslav and Serbian film director. He was a winner at the largest film festivals in Europe, including two Palme d’Or awards at the Cannes Film Festival. He is a Cavalier of the Order of the Legion of Honor, a foreign member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Kusturica is also known as a member of the folk-rock band The No Smoking Orchestra.
Emir Kusturica was born on November 24, 1954 in Sarajevo (now it is the capital of an independent state Bosnia and Herzegovina).
At the age of 18 Kusturica left Sarajevo to receive education. He studied in the prestigious Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Czechoslovakia), whose graduates at different times were Milos Forman, Jiri Menzel and Goran Paskaljevic. Kusturica made his first films while studying in Prague – short films Part of the truth (1971) and Autumn (1972).
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Florence Henderson – American actress

Florence Henderson - American actress

Florence Henderson – American actress

Florence Henderson is an American actress and singer, best known for her role in the sitcom The Brady Bunch.
Florence Agnes Henderson was born on February 14, 1934 in small town Dale, Indiana. She was the youngest of ten children in the family of Joseph and Elizabeth Henderson. Her mother was a housewife, and her father was engaged in the cultivation of tobacco. After graduating from the Saint Francis Catholic Academy in Owensboro, Kentucky, she moved to New York and entered the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. During her studies, the actress became a member of Delta Zeta women’s fraternity.
In 1952, Henderson debuted on Broadway. Her first role was in the musical Wish You Were Here. In 1954, the actress played in the musical Fanny, and in 1963 she played a leading role in The Girl Who Came to Supper. On the Broadway stage Florence met many of the great American actors.
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Selena Gomez- American singer and actress

Selena Gomez- American singer and actress

Selena Gomez- American singer and actress

Selena Gomez is an American film and television actress, singer, composer, producer, designer, songwriter, model, philanthropist, and Goodwill Ambassador. For the role of Alex Russo in the television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007) Selena received Kids’ Choice Awards (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and ALMA Award (2009). Since 2009 she is a singer of pop rock band Selena Gomez & the Scene. In 2012, Gomez began her solo career. Selena is engaged in charitable activities. In 2009 she became the youngest UNICEF member in history.
Selena Marie Gomez was born on July 22, 1992 in Grand Prairie, Texas. The girl was named in honor of the popular singer Selena. When she was 5 years old, her parents divorced. Her mother, a theater actress, inspired Selena and the girl decided to become an actress.
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