Category Archive: Films and theatre

Gareth David-Lloyd is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Yanto Jones in the British sci-fi series Torchwood.
The future actor was born on March 28, 1981 in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom. He first appeared on stage as a robot in a school production, and as a teenager joined the troupe of the Gwent Young People’s Theater in Abergavenny. And later he joined the troupe of The Dolman Youth Theater in Newport. There he worked with actor Matthew Woodyatt and singer Nia Lynn. You know, there he took part in several productions, and in Macbeth, Threepenny Opera and King Henry V played the main roles. When former Labor leader Neil Kinnock saw young Gareth in a performance at Monmouth Castle, he sent him £ 250 to develop his acting career.
While attending Coleg Gwent Gareth appeared in various local productions at the Dolman Theater in Newport and the Sherman Theater in Cardiff.
Before moving to Reading to continue his acting studies at The Rep College, Gareth completed an internship at the National Youth Theater. Among others, he played the role of Sebastian in the Twelfth Night production, and also took part in the television shows Absolute Power, Catastrophe, Rosemary & Thyme and A Very English Murder.
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Ava Gardner was one of the most prominent American actresses and most beautiful woman of the twentieth century. In the 1950s she was the brightest star in Hollywood. Her husbands were famous actor Mickey Rooney and legendary singer Frank Sinatra, and billionaire Howard Hughes sought her favor. But she spent her last years alone. One day she received a call from a film studio and was offered to play the role of a rich and lonely woman. She hung up the phone and said: “I’ve been playing it all my life!”
Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922 to a Puritan family of farmers in a small town in North Carolina. The only book in their house was the Bible, the children were brought up in the most severe obedience and severity. Daughters were not allowed to wear makeup, buy new dresses, or think about anything other than school. For the slightest offense, the mother threatened them with terrible punishment and God’s wrath. Ava’s only passion was cinema.
As soon as the girl turned 18, she moved to a nearby town and enrolled in secretarial courses. A year later, her sister offered to come to New York, where her husband had his own photo studio. Soon, his windows were decorated with photos of Ava, and one day they were seen by an employee of the Metro Goldwyn Mayer film company. He was amazed at the beauty of the girl and invited her to come to screen tests and enroll in acting classes. So her film career began.
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Eve Myles is a Welsh actress best known for her leading roles in the television series Belonging and Torchwood.
The future actress was born on July 26, 1978, Eastradginlays, Powys, Wales. She received her primary education at the same school as her colleague Steve Meo – Ysgol Maes Y Dderwen. Pretty girl prepared to become an actress and continued her education at the Royal Wales College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. In 2000 Eve graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Then she left for London. Since then, the actress has combined a career in television and theater.
In 2001, Eve starred in the film Score and the mini-series Tales from Pleasure Beach. A year later she got the lead role of Carey in the BBC’s Welsh television drama Belonging. In the EastEnders spin-off Dot’s Story the actress played the role of young Gwen. Also in 2003, Eve played the role of Lavinia at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in the production of Titus Andronicus.
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Victoria Ruffo is a Mexican actress and TV presenter.
Maria Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martinez del Rio Moreno Ruffo was born on May 31, 1962 in Mexico City. She has 2 sisters: Marcela, who became a producer, and Gabriela, who works on television.
Victoria began her career in 1980 with the telenovela Conflictos de un medico. Soon she already starred in the TV series Victoria (1987) and Simlemente Maria (1989).
On the set of Simplemente Maria Victoria met Eugenio Derbez. His mother, the famous Mexican actress Silvia Derbez, played Matilde Carreño and her son came to chat with her and other friends. Of course, he couldn’t miss the beauty of Victoria. By that time, he was already a star. She only stood on the verge of fame, and she was flattered by Eugenio’s attention. They got married in 1991, and a year later Victoria gave birth to a pretty little boy. The son was named Jose Eduardo. However, quiet family happiness was not enough for the newly made father. He had a lot of women. Over time, Victoria realized that she no longer wanted such a family.
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James Marsters is an American singer and actor, best known for his role of Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. He won the Saturn Award twice.
James Wesley Marsters was born on August 20, 1962 in Greenville, California, USA. James, along with his brother and sister, grew up in the city of Modesto, California. When he studied in the fourth grade, James decided to become an actor, playing a role in the school play Winnie the Pooh. After that, he joined the school theater group and played a lot in various plays and musicals. After leaving school in 1982, James moved to New York, where he studied at Juilliard School for two years.
In 1987, Marsters moved to Chicago. The first serious role in the theater was the role of Ferdinand. For the role of Robespierre in 1989, Marsters was nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award.
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Sandra Bullock is one of Hollywood’s most highly paid actresses, the owner of her own production company and restaurant, a bright and charismatic woman.
Sandra Annette Bullock was born on July 26, 1964 in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. She was the elder daughter of a vocal coach and an opera singer. Sandra spent the first twelve years of her live living between Austria, Germany and the USA. She grew up on the road with her parents and younger sister. At the young age of 8, she performed on stage for the first time, assuming the role of a gypsy child in a play with her mother. The girl attended high school in Virginia and was a popular cheerleader. In 1982, she graduated from school and entered the East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. There she performed in Chekhov’s Three Sisters. After moving to New York she began concentrating on an acting career. She dishonestly attained a bartending job, and later fled to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
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Jean Marais was a great French actor, who played many wonderful roles. In addition, he is known as a director, writer, artist, sculptor, stuntman.
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais was born on December 11, 1913 in Cherbourg into the family of a veterinarian. But he almost did not remember his father, because his parents divorced when he was only five years old. At the age of six little Jean went to the cinema and immediately decided to become an actor. But the dream was not realized at once. He had to work at a small factory. The talented young man didn’t like the life of a simple worker. So, he became a pupil of the photographer. Having received the necessary experience, Jean Marais began to make photo-reports for the Paris fashion magazines and unexpectedly received an offer to work as a demonstrator of fashionable clothes. On the podium Jean felt himself confident.
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