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Nicole Kidman – Australian and American actress

Nicole Kidman - Australian and American actress

Nicole Kidman – Australian and American actress

Nicole Kidman is an Australian and American actress, singer and producer. She was a winner of Oscar in 2003 for her role in The Hours (the first actress from Australia to receive the award in Best Actress category). Nicole also received three Golden Globe awards (1996, 2002, 2003).
Nicole Mary Kidman was born on June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her parents were born in Australia. For a while Nicole’s father worked as a specialist in the study of cancer cells in the Washington, DC, USA. When the future actress was 4 years old, her family moved back to Australia: Nicole’s father got a job at the Technical University of Sydney. She has a younger sister – Antonia Kidman (born in 1970) – journalist and television presenter.
At the age of four Nicole started practicing ballet. Passion for dance led her to the Australian Theatre for Young People and then to Philip Street Theater. Nicole had to leave school as her mother fell ill with breast cancer, and the girl was forced to devote herself to the care of the family.
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Tom Hanks – brilliant American actor

Tom Hanks – brilliant American actor

Tom Hanks – brilliant American actor

Tom Hanks is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career in family comedies, but by the age of forty he has achieved universal recognition as a serious dramatic actor and won two Oscar awards for his main roles in the films Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks is also known for collaborations with director Steven Spielberg.
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born on July 9, 1956 in Concord, California. His father was a chef at the local restaurant, and his mother worked as a waitress. Tommy was the third of four children in the family. Five years after his birth his parents divorced and the children were brought up by their father.
Tom took judo lessons and participated in Little League. In high school, Hanks, with encouragement from a friend, joined the school’s drama program. He appeared in a number of plays under the direction of the school’s drama teacher, Rawley Farnsworth.
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Vanessa Paradis – French actress and singer

Vanessa Paradis - French actress and singer

Vanessa Paradis – French actress and singer

Vanessa Paradis is a French actress, singer and model.
Vanessa Chantal Paradis was born on December 22, 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Paris. She was born to filmmakers André and Corinne Paradis. Vanessa has sister Allison Paradis, who also became an actress. Since childhood, Vanessa was fond of singing and dancing. At the initiative of her uncle, actor and producer Didier Payne, 7-year-old girl appeared on French television in a TV contest L’école des fans with the song Emilie Jolie. In 1987, at the age of 14, Vanessa won European fame with the song Joe le taxi. The following year she released her debut album M&J, which became platinum.
In 1989, Vanessa made her debut in the film Noce Blanche by Jean-Claude Brissot where she played the main female role. It is said that this role brought the actress the hate of French female population for erotic scenes. For five years Vanessa didn’t play in films, but recorded three albums Variation Sur Le Même T’aime (1990), Vanessa Paradis (1992), Vanessa Paradis Live (1994).
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Mila Kunis – American film actress

Mila Kunis - American film actress

Mila Kunis – American film actress

Mila Kunis is an American actress. She began her acting career in 1993 when she appeared in several commercials. The following year she made her debut in the episode of the soap opera Days of Our Lives, but the role in the film Flight became her breakthrough in career. One of her the most important roles is the role of the ballerina in the film Black Swan, for which she was awarded Saturn and was nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award. She is also engaged in the modeling business, her photos repeatedly appear on the covers of many magazines including Complex, Nylon, Cosmopolitan, W, Harper’s Bazaar and Glamour.
Milena Markovna Kunis was born on August 14, 1983 in Chernovtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Her mother Elvira is a former physics teacher and her father is a former mechanical engineer. Mila has an elder brother Mikhail.
In 1991, the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles where Mila attended Bancroft Middle School.
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Jennifer Lawrence – American actress and producer

Jennifer Lawrence - American actress and producer

Jennifer Lawrence – American actress and producer

Jennifer Lawrence is an American actress and producer. She is Oscar (2013) and BAFTA (2014) winner. Jennifer is an owner of three Golden Globe awards (2013, 2014, 2016), two Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013, 2014) and Saturn Award (2013).
Jennifer started her acting career in 2006. Her first major role she played in the drama The Poker House. The actress became known as young Mystique in the sci-fi movie X-men: First Class. And after her role as Katniss Everdeen in the film adaptation The Hunger Games she became popular.
For her role in the film Silver Linings Playbook Jennifer received numerous awards, including Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award.
In 2014/2015 she became the highest paid actress according to Forbes.
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Evan Rachel Wood – actress and singer

Evan Rachel Wood - actress and singer

Evan Rachel Wood – actress and singer

Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress and singer, Emmy and Golden Globe awards nominee.
Evan Rachel Wood was born on September 7, 1987 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The girl was born in the acting family of German and French origin. Evan’s mother, Sara Lynn Moore, is an actress and director and her father is an actor, director, screenwriter, theater director and singer. Wood’s brother is also an actor.
Wood began her acting career in the late 1990s. She played in the television series Once and Again with Sela Ward.
In 2002, she played her first leading role in the film Little Secrets and won the Young Hollywood award in the same year.
One of her most significant roles was the role of the teenager in the drama Thirteen. Evan received several awards, including Golden Globe nomination for this role. In the film-musical Across the Universe Wood performed several songs of The Beatles.
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Anna Faris – American comedienne

Anna Faris - American comedienne

Anna Faris – American comedienne

Anna Faris is an American comedienne, singer and producer. She is best known for her role as Cindy Campbell in a series of Scary Movie films.
Anna Kay Faris was born on November 29, 1976 in Baltimore. Her mother Karen worked as a teacher in Seaview Elementary School, and her father Jack Faris worked as a sociologist at Washington University. She has a younger brother, Robert, who is also a professor of sociology at the University of California in Davis. Faris has Scottish, Irish, English, German and French roots. When Anna was 6 years old her family moved to Edmonds.
Since childhood Anna wanted to become an actress, and at the age of 9 she played her first role in Seattle theater. 14-year-old girl, while studying at Edmond high school, appeared in television commercials of frozen yogurt. After high school she entered the University of Washington, where she studied English literature.
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