Robert Pattinson is a famous British actor, model and musician. His full name is Robert Thomas Pattinson but friends call him Rob.
Robert was born on May 13, 1986 in London, England. At the age of 12 he began working as a model. Rob said that success came to him at that age, because he was “quite tall and looked like a girl.” He worked for the modeling agency South China Morning Post Magazine. Robert has two older sisters – Victoria and Lizzy. Lizzy is singer-songwriter, she performed backing vocals for a number of soundtracks for the film Twilight: Breaking Dawn. Victoria, on the contrary, is far from show business, she is engaged in politics, but sometimes appears on the red carpet to support her younger brother.
Robert played in the company of London’s Barnes Theatre. His professional career began after a leading role in the play Tess of the d’Urbervilles based on the novel by Thomas Hardy.
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Antonio Banderas, famous Hollywood actor, was born on August 10, 1960 in Malaga, Spain into a family of a police officer and a teacher. His full name is Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas. The boy wanted to become a professional football player. At the age of 14 he had a foot injury. So his sports career was over, but the boy didn’t want to give up. He decided to attend drama classes and soon realized his love for acting. At the age of 15 he worked at the theatre company in Malaga, carrying stage-property and sweeping the floor. Sometimes he performed very small parts. Later he formed a travelling theatre company and toured through Spain. In Madrid Banderas joined the National Theatre of Spain, where he was discovered by the famous film director Pedro Almodovar. Very soon he started acting in his movies.
Antonio graduated from the School of Dramatic Arts in Malaga.
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Audrey Hepburn was a British and American actress, model and the brightest star of cinema of the twentieth century.
She was not only a beautiful woman and a great actress, but also the humanitarian activist. Audrey received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award. Fragile and mysterious Audrey starred in 31 films and all her roles were memorable.
Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels. Six years later, her parents, Joseph and Ella, divorced.
Audrey was a veteran of World War II. As a teenager, the girl survived the occupation of the city of Arnhem, where they lived. The girl dreamed of becoming a ballerina and entered the conservatory. She and the other children gave private concerts and secretly collected money and information for the resistance groups.
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Drew Barrymore is a great actress. Almost all her relatives are actors: John Drew Barrymore, Jr. (actor); mother: Ildiko Jaid Barrymore (actress); brother: John (actor); great-uncle: Lionel Barrymore (actor); Great-aunt: Ethel Barrymore (actress); grandfather: John Barrymore, Sr. (actor); godfather: Steven Spielberg (film director); fiance: Tom Green (Canadian comic).
Drew was born on February 22, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents divorced when she was a few months old. The girl made her first commercial at nine months and her first TV film at the age of two. She always wanted to become an actress and at five she made her feature-film debut. At the age of seven she played in Steven Spielberg’s The Extra Terrestrial, and became a true celebrity.
It isn’t easy to be world-famous for the 7-year-old child. After appearing in the film Drew gave interviews, signed her autographs, posed for pictures and went to lots of Hollywood parties. She had to behave like a grown-up.
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Haley Joel Osment is an American actor. He is a very talented boy. At three, he could pronounce words like paleontologist. At five, he shot his first TV commercial. At the tender age of 12 he was one of the most successful actors in the USA.
He was born on born April 10, 1988. His mother is a teacher and his father is an actor.
At the age of five he got into acting. One day the boy was in a shop with his parents. A casting director who was doing his shopping thought he was cute. A month later the boy shot his first commercial.
His first film role was Forrest Gump Junior in Forrest Gump with Tom Hanks. His next feature film was Bogus with Gerard Depardieu and Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost). Then he was in The Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis.
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John Travolta is an American actor, dancer, singer, and producer. “Travolta” means “high voltage” in Italian.
John Joseph Travolta was born on February 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. He was the youngest of six children. His father was a former semi-pro football player and his mother was a high school drama teacher.
At an early age John began to think about show business. At the age of 8 he won a twisting contest, and by the age of 12 he had already joined a local actors’ group, and was soon appearing in musicals. He also took tap-dancing lessons from a very good teacher.
John went to a Catholic school. His classmates nicknamed him “Bone” (because he was skinny) and “Brat” (because he was spoiled).
At the age of 16, he dropped out of high school to take up acting full-time. In fact, he had tried a lot of jobs: he worked as a ticket man, a luggage handler, a cashier.
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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York.
Tom Cruise is a bright actor, film director and producer. He is one of the most successful Hollywood stars, but his road to stardom wasn’t an easy one. Tom grew up in a poor family dominated by a cruel father, who often beat him. Tom’s mother struggled to support her four children. Tom has three sisters – Lee Anne, Marian and Cass.
In his childhood Tom had a form of dyslexia and it was difficult for him to study at school. And it was also difficult to make friends, so his childhood was extremely lonely. His father was an engineer, and his mother was an actress. His father moved the family around looking for a job and Tom had changed 15 schools by the time he was fourteen. Finally, Tom’s mother had the courage to stand up to her husband and leave him. His mother created her own life and made it possible for her children to survive. And the little boy decided that he could create his own life, too.
At first Tom wanted to become an athlete. He was engaged in many sports and was very good at wrestling but a knee injury closed the door on any athletic career. So Tom decided to try acting. His role in a high school musical Guys and Dolls was successful, and he made up his mind to become a professional actor.
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