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- Sarah Jones is an American actress, best known for her starring roles as NASA astronaut Tracy Stevens in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind and as Detective Rebecca Madsen in the Fox TV drama series Alcatraz. Jones was born in Winter Springs, Florida, and graduated from Winter Springs High School in 2001. She "grew up dancing" with the expectation that it would become her career, but she turned to acting as "the next best thing" after her dancing ended because of injuries. She had gotten her first break working as a dancer for the MTV Movie Awards.
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Arielle Kebbel is quickly emerging as one of Hollywood's most sought after talents. With her combination of raw talent and natural charm, Arielle is poised to become one of the most dynamic and versatile actresses of her generation. Kebbel plays the lead role of "Amelia" in the NBC series "Lincoln" opposite Russell Hornsby. The series is based on the highly popular Jeffrey Deaver crimes novel, The Bone Collector.
Recently, Kebbel starred on the NBC series, "Midnight, Texas," based on the bestselling supernatural trilogy by Charlaine Harris of the same name and ABC's "Grand Hotel," for producer Eva Longoria.
On the big screen, Kebbel played Gia Matteo in the final installment of the Fifty Shades of Grey saga, Fifty Shades Freed, which premiered in February 2018 breaking box office records.
On the small screen, Kebbel starred opposite Dwayne Johnson on HBO's hit series, "Ballers," which focuses on a group of young athletes working on making a name for themselves with the misguided advice of their agents and financial advisors. Kebbel caught the attention of critics and audiences alike in her scene stealing turn as the villainous Britney in Lifetime's critically acclaimed series, "UnREAL", a performance which Entertainment Weekly sited as one of the "Best of 2015".
Kebbel is perhaps most familiar to television audiences from her role on the CW's "The Vampire Diaries" in which she played the charismatic and wise beyond her 300 years, Lexi Branson. In addition to her role on the hit show, Kebbel hosted the CW's "The Vampire Diaries: Rehash," an interactive weekly recap of the show.
Additional television credits include recurring roles on "Gilmore Girls", "Life Unexpected", "Grounded for Life", "The League", "The Grinder", CW's "90210", as well as guest starring roles on "True Blood", "Hawaii 5 0," and "Law & Order: SVU".
Over the years, Kebbel has starred in a number of films which made their debuts at prestigious film festivals such as Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best, directed by Ryan O'Nan which premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival; I Melt with You, starring Rob Lowe and Jeremy Piven which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival; and Supporting Characters, directed by Daniel Schecter and also starring Lena Dunham, which premiered at the 2012 Tribeca International Film Festival. Her other film credits include John Tucker Must Die, The Uninvited, The Grudge 2, Think Like a Man, and Aquamarine.
Kebbel currently resides in Los Angele- Actress
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Brooklynn Prince started acting since she was the age of two and knew she loved it. She gained popularity from her iconic, adorable role as Moonee in the beloved The Florida project. She is also well known for her roles as the inspiring Hilde Lisko in the new AppleTV+ show Home Before Dark and as Flora in The Turning from the horror book adaption "The Turning of the Screw". Since then, she has been working on several projects and wants to be a director when she is older.- Writer
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Beau DeMayo was born on 7 September 1982 in Winter Park, Florida, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021), X-Men '97 (2024) and The Witcher (2019).- Actress
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Amanda Bearse was born on 9 August 1958 in Winter Park, Florida, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Fright Night (1985), Married... with Children (1987) and Bros (2022). She has been married to Carrie Schenken since 2010. They have two children.- Actress
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Born on December 10, 1978. Summer Joy Phoenix is the fifth and youngest child of Arlyn Phoenix and John Bottom, a carpenter. Summer was raised in Southern California, but spent her teen years in Central Florida, where she was born. She is an active supporter of numerous charities and activist groups, mainly concerning the environment, animal rights and vegetarianism. Summer has also appeared in many print ads in Europe.
Summer was married to actor Casey Affleck. She filed for divorce in July 2017.- Born in 1991 in Winter Park, Florida, Spencer began to show an interest in the arts at a young age. When asked in school to draw what she would be when she got older, 6 year old Spencer drew herself on-stage with a star over her head. Two years later, she had enrolled in acting classes and immediately started booking numerous television commercials in the Orlando, Florida area.
With sights set high, 11 year-old Spencer and family set off to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams. Within a year's time, she booked a guest starring role on CBS's Without a Trace (2002) and a role in Sony Pictures' feature film Spanglish (2004). Shortly thereafter, Spencer began recurring as "Bitsy" on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004).
In 2004, Spencer stole the hearts of producers Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, and director Gil Kenan and won the lead role of "Jenny" in Sony Pictures / Imagemovers' feature film, Monster House (2006). This was one of the first "Motion Capture" films of the time. She was nominated for an Annie Award for her role role as "Jenny". At 14 years of age, Spencer booked the lead role of "K-Mart" in Resident Evil: Extinction (2007). Her character lived to see the 4th installment, Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), which was released in 2010. Spencer has guest starred in numerous television shows throughout this time such as Cougar Town (2009), In Plain Sight (2008), The Vampire Diaries (2009), Cold Case (2003), and Love Bites (2011). She most recently filmed a movie for Lifetime called The Bling Ring (2011), which airs this summer. In 2008, Spencer filmed an independent mini-series called Twentysixmiles (2010) which is looking for distribution. Spencer has also had the opportunity to be a part of a couple of independent films such as Karaoke Man (2012), and has a lead role in Joseph Kahn's Detention (2011), which has recently been acquired by Sony Films for worldwide distribution. Spencer lives in Los Angeles with her family and looks forward to a bright future. - Anna Navarro was born on August 18, 1933 in Winter Park, Orange, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Last Action Hero (1993), Topaz (1969) and The First Deadly Sin (1980). She was married to George Pappas and Thomas F. Foley. She died on December 27, 2006 in Studio City, California, USA.
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Chris McKay was born on 11 November 1973 in Winter Park, Florida, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Renfield (2023), The Tomorrow War (2021) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017).- Actress
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Television audiences were introduced to Denée Benton in the role of Ruby Carter, the outspoken yet somewhat naive reality show contestant in the Emmy-nominated Lifetime series, UnREAL (2015). In just over two years since graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014, Benton will be making her Broadway debut in the titular role of Natasha opposite Josh Groban in "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" at the Imperial Theatre in October 2016. She is reprising the role she played at Boston's American Repertory Theater the previous winter. Benton has also starred as Nabulungi in the West End production of "The Book of Mormon" as well as its U.S. national tour.- Actress
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Lala Sloatman was born Lala Cassandra Sloatman in Winterpark, Florida on October 12, 1970. The name Lala is Hawiian for Laura and Lala is named after her grandmother, Laura who was born in Hawaii, and still lives there. She has one younger brother, John Sloatman IV, who is 12 years her junior.- Actress
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Born in Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Gloria's first job was as an assistant to the legal secretary in the New York office of the NAACP. She also became a model around this time and worked at the Playboy Club as a "Bunny." This exposure led to her being cast in her first movie, For Love of Ivy (1968). In the 1970s, she became a popular star of black actioners such as Black Caesar (1973) and Black Belt Jones (1974). She has completed her first CD and also produced The Paul Robeson Story.- Producer
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Paul Sutera was born on 24 September 1979 in Winter Park, Florida, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), True Romance (1993) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996).- Writer
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Laeta Kalogridis was born on 30 August 1965 in Winter Haven, Florida, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Shutter Island (2010), Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and Alexander (2004).- Actor
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Will Shadley was born on 6 October 1999 in Winter Park, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for The Spy Next Door (2010), Dirty Sexy Money (2007) and The Benchwarmers (2006).- Actor
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Born James Wayne Stafford on January 16, 1944, in Winter Haven, Florida, Jim is an American comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, and actor.
His songs include: "Spiders & Snakes", "Swamp Witch", "Under The Scotsman's Kilt", "My Girl Bill", and "Turn Loose of My Leg". Stafford has his own theater in Branson, Missouri, since 1990, and still performs there three nights a week. He is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ and harmonica.
He was the supervising writer for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", which aired on NBC in 1988.- Myles Vincent Perez was born in Winter Park, Florida. His family moved from the neighboring town of Maitland (part of the Greater Orlando area) to the Santa Clarita Valley in Los Angeles County, California when he was a toddler. He moved with two older brothers Zachary and Justin along with his younger sister Priscilla. His Puerto Rican father, born in Brooklyn, New York met his mother who was originally from Manila, Philippines in NorCal's Bay Area. His parents relocated the family to Southern California after the 2007 housing market crash distressed their mortgage company.
Myles grew up in a household where loud music and performing was encouraged. His interest in acting, singing and dancing peaked in third grade when he was chosen by his teacher to play one of the leads in a musical play which led to one of his passions as a choreographer. Soon after, he entered acting with his siblings and worked recurring roles for Disney and DreamWorks TV as a host. He danced his way winning a spot on Nickelodeon's Lip Sync Battle Shorties for two seasons after a tedious audition process and landed guest roles on the kid show networks. His comeback role with Netflix big budget spooky thriller, "The Curse of Bridge Hollow" alongside actor/producer Marlon Wayans and "Stranger Things" Priah Ferguson can be streamed in time for Halloween 2022. Find him in Ali Novak's hit teen novel turned Netflix series "My Life with the Walter Boys," coming soon. - Actor
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Shane Hartline is an American actor, writer and comedian. His acting credits include "Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi", "Rock of Ages," "Station 19," "the Disney Channel Series "Stuck in the Middle," and more.
A skilled sketch comedy actor, Shane's online sketches and videos have gone viral, receiving 20+ million likes on "Tik Tok" and millions of views on Instagram. (They've also gotten the attention of A-list stars like Chris Pratt & The Rock).
Shane is soon to star in the family comedy "Furry Fortune". Last year, Shane also wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical short film "Cookie," which tells the story of an aspiring actor who suffers from the rare neurological condition "Spasmodic Dysphonia." Shane has had a mild case of the condition since he was five.- Actress
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Sally Wheeler was born on 19 May 1970 in Winter Haven, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Two of a Kind (1998), Blue Bloods (2010) and As the World Turns (1956).- Actress
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Lauren Benz Phillips was born on 19 October 1981 in Winter Park, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for God Bless America (2011), Where's This Party? (2014) and Go On (2012).- Brittany Paige Bouck was born on 12 October 1984 in Winter Park, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for The Specialist (1994), Parenthood (1989) and Ellen (1994).
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Gram Parsons was born on 5 November 1946 in Winter Haven, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Jerry Maguire (1996), Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987). He was married to Gretchen Carpenter. He died on 19 September 1973 in Joshua Tree, California, USA.- Actor
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Kinsey McLean was born in Winter Park, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Thor (2011), Greek (2007) and Justified (2010).- Producer
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Writer/Director/Producer/Actor/Stand-Up Comedian "Del Shores is a master of the Texas comedy." Los Angeles Times
Del Shores has written, directed and produced successfully across studio and independent film, network and cable television and regional and national touring theatre.
Shores' career took off with the play Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got The Will?) in 1987, which ran two years, winning many Los Angeles theatre awards, including LA Weekly's Best Production and Best Writing. The play has subsequently been produced in over 2,500 theatres worldwide. A movie version of Daddy's Dyin' was released in 1990 by MGM starring Beau Bridges, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Keith Carradine and Beverly D'Angelo. Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the film.
Sordid Lives, his fourth play, opened in Los Angeles in 1996 and ran 13 sold-out months. The play went on to win 14 Drama-Logue Theatre Awards, including three for Shores for wring, directing and producing. There have since been over 300 additional stage productions of the play.
In 1999, Shores wrote and directed the film version of Sordid Lives starring Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, Olivia Newton-John, Bonnie Bedelia, Leslie Jordan and Beth Grant along with most of the cast from the play. Opening in only eight theatres across the country, the little film that could took in nearly two million dollars in its limited release. The movie became a cult phenomenon and became the longest running film in the history of Palm Springs with a record ninety-six weeks.
The movie won many festival awards including Best Film at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival, Atlanta Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, South Beach Film Festival, Memphis International Film Festival and the San Diego International Film Festival and won a total of thirteen "Audience Awards." In 2002 Twentieth Century Fox released the DVD/Video, which has now sold over 300,000 units.
His play Southern Baptist Sissies followed, and it enjoyed a ten-month sold-out run in Los Angeles in 2000. Revived in 2002, Sissies had another six month sold-out run. Shores received the LA Weekly, Robby and Maddy for Best Direction and the Backstage West Garland, Robby and Maddy for Best Writing. The play was also awarded the prestigious GLAAD Award for Outstanding Production of the Year.
In 2003, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife became Shores' most critically acclaimed play. After a six-month sold-out run in Los Angeles, Shores won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's Ted Schmitt Award for Best World Premiere of an Outstanding New Play. The Circle also awarded the play Best Production and Best Lead Performance to Beth Grant. Trials also won five Back Stage West Garland Awards, two NAACP Awards, an LA Stage Alliance Ovation and three LA Weekly Awards.
In 2006, Shores revived three of his plays (Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife) in Los Angeles before taking to the road for a successful six city national tour, starring Delta Burke and Leslie Jordan, which played in 1000-1700 seat houses.
Sordid Lives: The Series, a television series prequel to the film, premiered on Viacom's LOGO network in 2008 starring Olivia Newton-John, Rue McClanahan, Leslie Jordan, Beth Grant, Caroline Rhea and many of the original stage and film cast. Shores created, wrote, directed and executive produced all twelve episodes. The series became LOGO's biggest hit to date, and was distributed internationally through IMG worldwide in syndication in seventeen countries.
In addition to Sordid Lives: The Series, in television Shores has written and produced for many shows including Dharma and Greg and the last three seasons of the ground-breaking Showtime series Queer as Folk. He also wrote, directed and produced the Showtime movie The Wilde Girls, starring Olivia Newton-John and Swoosie Kurtz.
In 2009, Shores hit the road and played 34 cities to sold-out houses with his one-man show Del Shores: My Sordid Life. The DVD was filmed and released in 2012 by Breaking Glass Pictures. He also performed stand-up with various Sordid Lives stars including Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea and Leslie Jordan in A Sordid Affair, playing large theatres in Dallas, Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale and Raleigh as well as four nights at Comix in New York City.
The world premiere of Shores' newest play, Yellow, opened June 11, 2010 to rave reviews and ran six sold-out months. Yellow followed in the unmatched footsteps of Shores' six previous world premiere productions that have run collectively for over eight years and won over one hundred Los Angeles theatre awards. The production swept various Los Angeles theatre awards including Best World Premiere, Best Production, Best Direction for Del Shores himself (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Backstage Garland, LA Weekly, Broadway World.) The play became Shores' seventh Samuel French published play and just played to sold-out houses for Uptown Players in Dallas at the historic Kalita Humpheys. He also directed the Dallas production.
Shores wrote, directed and produced the film version of his play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife with the entire original stage cast: Beth Grant (Sordid Lives, Little Miss Sunshine, No Country For Old Men) Octavia Spencer (Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG Award Winner "Minnie" in The Help), Dale Dickey (Spirit Award Winner, Best Supporting Actress Winter's Bone), David Steen (Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained) and top 10 Billboard dance artist Debby Holiday. The film adaption is entitled Blues For Willadean and was released in select theatres in late 2012. It is now available on iTunes and other pay per view services.
In the summer of 2011, Shores took to the road again, selling out his new stand-up show Del Shores: Sordid Confessions in 40 cities. Shores returned to his home state of Texas in January of 2012 to film the show at the famous Rose Room in Dallas. Breaking Glass Pictures released the DVD to rave reviews. His stand-up career continued to explode and he launched his third national tour in 2012 with Del Shores: Naked.Sordid.Reality which he performed over fifty times then was filmed The Rose Room. His fourth stand-up tour Del Sores: SINgularly Sordid addresses his abrupt single life in his fifties, along with more stories, political rants and his signatory P.S. F.U. letters.
Shores film of his play Southern Baptist Sissies stormed the film festival circuit in 2013 and won ten major awards, including many for Shores. The film stars Emerson Collins, Willam Belli, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Luke Stratte-McClure, Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander, Bobbie Eakes, Ann Walker, Dale Dickey and Leslie Jordan.
Shores returned to acting in 2013, co-starring in the independent feature Cry.
Shores final chapter of his Sordid Lives franchise - A Very Sordid Wedding gained rave reviews, has a 83% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes and a 96% Audience Score. The film sold out in most cities where it opened, and is now available on DVD/BluRay/VOD/iTunes and most other platforms. It was Gravitas Ventures #1 selling title of 2017 and was Amazon's #1 LGBT title for fifteen weeks. The film stars many of the Sordid veterans including Bonnie Bedelia, Leslie Jordan, Caroline Rhea, Dale Dickey and Ann Walker with cameos by Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Mapa and Carole Cook. The story advances the characters seventeen years, posing the question: What happens when marriage equality comes marching into Winters, Texas." The film had its world premiere in Palm Springs March 10, 2017 and won nine film festival awards.
In 2018, Shores returned to the stage, performing his new one-man play Six Characters In Search Of A Play and toured the country to rave reviews.
Del is represented by Cindy Mintz at The Kaplan-Stahler Agency as a writer-director, by Linda McAlister Talent as an actor and is managed by Michael Warwick for personal appearances. His publisher for all of his plays is Samuel French, Inc. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram: DelShores and visit his fan page at facebook: delshoresfanclub.- Director
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He holds a Master's Degree in Film Direction from The American Film Institute (AFI)'s Center for Advanced Film & Television Studies. Early education includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater arts/performance from Rollins College, acting apprenticeships at New York Stage & Film's Powerhouse Theater at Vassar, and at Actors Theater of Louisville. Original member of the award wining Off Broadway Company, Zena Group. Film and television writing, production and consulting work for Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Bros., ABC Television, the Disney channel, AMC and Showtime Networks. He has served as Special Guest Director for the Florida Film Festival, on the film and theater faculties of Rollins College and the University of Central Florida School of Visual Art and Design, and is currently a Professor of film and Television at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).