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Anita Ekberg

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  Kerstin Marianne Ekberg (Swedish pronunciation (listen) 29 September 1931-11 January 2015.) was an Swedish actress, famous for her stunning physique and attractive appearance. She gained notoriety for her character in the role of Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (1960). Ekberg was born in Sweden on 29 September 1931. She was the sixth child of eight. As a teenager, Anita worked as a fashion model. Ekberg entered the Miss Malmo competition in 1950 at her mother's urging. She took home the Miss Sweden contest. Despite not speaking much English the contestant traveled to the United States to compete for the 1951 Miss Universe title (an unofficial pageant in that period, the pageant became official in 1952). Ekberg was not the Miss Universe winner, but she was one of six finalists. She did however earn the contract of Universal Studios as a starlet. Ekberg was an Universal starletin which she learned acting, dancing, and drama. She did a brief appearance in The Missi...

Naomi Watts

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  Naomi Ellen Watts was born 28 September 1968. When her family moved to Australia, Watts made her film film debut there with For Love Alone (1986). She later appeared on three TV series: Hey Dad.. (1990), Brides of Christ(91) as well as Home and Away (91) as well as Flirting (1991). Watts was an unsuccessful actor when she first came to the United States. She acted in small-scale movies and eventually was a professional actress. Watts became famous internationally for this role. Watts played the part of the journalist who is depressed in The Ring, a horror film remake. Her performance as grieving mother in Alejandro's 21 Grams (2003) was nominated for an Academy Award. She continued to climb the ranks of fame with her the roles in I Heart Huckabees (2004) and King Kong (2005) as in Eastern Promises (2007) and The International (2009). For her performance as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012), Watts got another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In the...

Kim Cattrall

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  Kim Victoria Cattrall was born 21 August 1956. She is a British actor and actress, as well as a Canadian actor. She is most famous for her role in the role of Samantha Jones on HBO's Sex and the City (1998-2004) and for which she was awarded five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in the movies Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2011). Cattrall's film debut was in Rosebud (1975) and she went on to play numerous roles on TV. She gained acclaim in the 1980s , with films like Ticket to Heaven (1981), Police Academy (1984), Hold-Up (1985), City Limits (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Mannequin (1987), Masquerade (1988), Midnight Crossing (1988) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989). Tribute (1980), Porky's(1981), Turk 182 (85) and Baby Geniuses(1999) were just a few of her appearances. Other film credits include The Bonfire of the Vanities (1...

Mila Kunis

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American actress born on August 14th 1984. When she was 14 years old she was cast as Jackie Burkhart in the Fox television show That's 70s Show (1998-1906). From 1999 on, Kunis has voiced Meg Griffin on the Fox animated show Family Guy. Kunis's first film appearance came in 2008, playing Rachel in the romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She gained further critical acclaim and recognition for her performance in the psychological thriller Black Swan (2010), where she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress, as well as nominations for the SAG Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include Max Payne (2008) and The Book of Eli (2011) and the romantic comedy Friends with Benefits (2010), the fantasy movie Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) where she appears as the Wicked Witch of the West. Ted (2012) and Bad Moms (2016) are two of her most-loved films. Milena Markovna Kunis was the child of an Ukrainian Je...