Birth Name:
William Chriss Anglin

Height:
6′ (1.83 m)

Mini Biography:

Already an award winning stage actor for his performance as Mike Talman in Fredrick Knott's "Wait Until Dark", Chriss Anglin has made the transition from stage to both the big and small screen with effortless ease. A dynamic presence, Anglin recently starred in David Zucker's "An American Carol" alongside Kelsey Grammar, Dennis Hopper, Jon Voight and Kevin Farley, where he went head to head with these comedy veterans, garnering praise from critics and public alike for his leading man stature and command of the screen with his dead on portrayal of JFK. Born November 19, 1964 in Hamilton, Ohio, Anglin is one of 8 kids. With everyday a struggle for attention, Anglin found himself early on making up plays for his parents or cracking jokes and doing impersonations, a sign of things yet to come. A former law enforcement officer, it was his work as an undercover narcotics officer that led Anglin to his formal theater training which he called upon when assuming personas in executing harrowing assignments. His handsome good looks eventually led him to advertising photo shoots but it but it wasn't until performing for some 200 second graders that he knew acting was his true vocation. Knowing where his destiny lay, Anglin moved to Los Angeles and began studying his craft with a myriad of cold reading and scene study workshops with various acting coaches and casting directors, including Orly Sitowitz. Anglin also spent three years studying improvisational comedy with The Second City/LA, and Robert Easton, who has coached everyone from Sir Lawrence Olivier to Arnold Schwarzenegger, and who served as Anglin's dialect coach for "An American Carol." Steadily working since his arrival in Los Angeles, Anglin has had specialty, feature and commercial roles in, among others, "Collateral" directed by Michael Mann, starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx, "The O.C.", "The Book of Inside Information" with John Cleese, Jan Wellman's "Sex and the USA", Dead Men Walking", T.A. Williams' "Stolen Moments of September" and Leigh Scott's "Pirates of Treasure Island" alongside Lance Henriksen. Anglin recently completed filming on "One in the Gun", "American Asian" and Carey Scott's much anticipated "To the Wall", also starring Stephen Baldwin. In addition to his featured acting roles, Anglin routinely performs his own stunts as well as being a skilled precision driver. With over fifty screen credits, and numerous stage performances, Chriss is a triple threat. He has written and co-written several screenplays that are being aggressively marketed to major studios. He is Executive Producing, acting in and performing the functions of 1st AD for the upcoming horror thriller "Slash", and will soon be stretching his legs as a director.

Height:
5′ 5½" (1.66 m)

Mini Biography:

Daphne Alexander was born in and spent her early years in beautiful Cyprus, partially grew up in London and divided her time between England, France and Greece. This stunning actress has chameleon qualities as she aptly plays characters from around the world, this wonderful versatility has helped Daphne stand out from the crowd and got her noticed by Roman Polanski for the award-winning film 'The Ghost Writer', by Olatunde Osunsanmi for 'The Fourth Kind', by Jim O'Hanlon for 'House of Saddam', by Anthony Maras for the award winning film 'The Palace' and by Simon Curtis for 'The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard'.

Completely trilingual, she read Law at Oxford before training to be an actress at LAMDA, where she played parts such as Masha in Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' and Isabella in 'Measure for Measure'. Just three months after she graduated she landed the role of regular character Nadia Talianos on the BBC's most popular and high rating medical drama 'Casualty'. After enjoying a year playing Nadia Daphne left this wonderful show for new and exciting TV roles including; Janita in 'The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard' directed by Simon Curtis and Sara in 'House of Saddam' directed by Jim O'Hanlon.

Daphne was quickly cast as Connie, legal intern to Timothy Hutton's character in Roman Polanski's award-winning film 'The Ghost Writer', and native Alaskan girl Theresa in 'The Fourth Kind', a film produced by Gold Circle and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. She stars as a beautiful Iraqi novelist in the independently produced film 'Meso Café', directed by Ja'far Al Hamid, which premiered with Raindance Film Festival in Piccadilly Circus. Daphne also stars in the award-winning film 'The Palace', inspired by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, directed by Anthony Maras. The film received Audience Award at Adelaide Film Festival, Best Short Film at Sydney Film Festival, Best Short Film at Melbourne Film Festival and is currently being considered for a 2012 Academy award nomination.

Mini Biography:

Rachel knew by the sixth grade that she would work in the television news industry. Her passion for communicating and love of people are her two main motivations behind her work as a reporter at WTOK.

Rachel graduated from the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music in June of 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electronic Media. By her sophomore year of college she was an intern with the Emmy awarding winning Investigative Team of WCPO, Cincinnati's ABC affiliate. In the summer of 2007 Rachel was positive this chosen career path was for her when she was awarded the WLWT Hearst-Argyle Television Internship Award.

After a taste of local news, Rachel wanted to see the business on a bigger scale. She headed to Atlanta, Georgia for the summer of 2008 where she interned at CNN Headline News. Rachel said it was the time of her life!

During Rachel's junior and senior years of college, she acted as a correspondent for Palestra.net. Through this work she learned how to edit her own stories, write them, report on them, and shoot them. It helped her earn the title of UC's campus television station anchor. All of her internships, jobs, and education lead Rachel to be named one of UWIRE's Top 100 College Journalists in 2009.

Rachel loves to work out! When not running or watching the daily headlines, she enjoys reading, cooking, and learning about other cultures. Her summer abroad studying media theory in Munich, Germany sparked an interest for traveling as well. Although Rachel is a Kentucky girl at heart, she said she has embraced the southern hospitality in her new home of Mississippi.

Date of Birth:
2 January 1986

Birth Name:
Asa Takigami

Height:
5′ 1¾" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography:

Small (just under 5'2"), but buxom and shapely Japanese-American brunette knockout Asa Akira was born Asa Takigami on January 2, 1986, in Tokyo, Japan. She lived in Japan between the ages of 6 and 13. Asa attended Washington Irving High School in New York City from 2001 to 2002 and graduated high school in 2004. She was a regular as the Show Whore on the radio show "Bubba the Love Sponge" for about a year. Asa began performing in hardcore X-rated movies at age 20 in 2006; she started out doing girl-girl scenes mostly with Gina Lynn and did her first boy-girl scene with Travis Knight. She has several tattoos. Akira has been nominated for several AVN Awards in such categories as Best Actress, Best Couples Sex Scene, Most Outrageous Sex Scene, and Best New Starlet. She lives in the Manhattan area of New York City.

Date of Birth:
15 October 1971

Birth Name:
Shawn Andrew Milgroom

Mini Biography:

Shawn Andrews recently starred as "Leo" opposite Olivia Wilde in Tao Ruspoli's award-winning film _Fix (2008/I)' which won Andrews a Best Actor Award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. He can also be seen in Ben Rodkin's critically acclaimed Big Heart City (2008) opposite Oscar nominee Seymour Cassel. This performance has been praised by actor Dennis Hopper who likens Andrews' portrayal of "Frank Polowski" to those of James Dean in his classic films. He made his feature film debut as the uber cool "Kevin Pickford" in Richard Linklater's indie cult phenomenon Dazed and Confused (1993).

Andrews has dedicated his career to provocative character-driven work and this sensibility has led him to roles like his portrayal of "Simon" in Robert Saitzyk's melodic festival favorite After the Flood (2001) and as beautiful loser "Robbie" in Matt Dillon's City of Ghosts (2002).

Andrews studied under Arthur Penn at The Actors Studio in New York.

Trivia:

While filming the movie Dazed and Confused (1993), he eloped with actress Milla Jovovich to Las Vegas in October 1992. Since Milla was only 16 at the time, her mother had the marriage annulled.

Quit the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, mid-term in 1991, by bursting into his acting class (during final scenes) wearing a trenchcoat – before those kids in Colorado turned it into a sign of menace – sunglasses and an unlit cigar. He then proceeded to "flip the bird" to his classmates and Acting teacher. Afterward, he lit the cigar, said only, "Yeah." and walked out. Teacher Jackie Cowgill, without missing a beat, said "That was his best performance all year!"

Grew up in Littleton Massachusetts.

Played guitar in a high school garage band.

Ex-son-in-law of Galina Jovovich.

Date of Birth:
24 August 1947

Height:
5′ 7" (1.70 m)

Mini Biography:

Anne Archer was nominated for an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and the British (BAFTA) Academy Award for her role as Michael Douglas' sympathetic, tortured wife, "Beth Gallagher", in Adrian Lyne's 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction (1987). Archer is also well-known for her poignant Golden Globe-winning performance in the ensemble cast of Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993) and for playing CIA agent Jack Ryan's beleaguered wife, "Cathy", in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), both based on Tom Clancy bestsellers.

She recently completed a starring role opposite Courteney Cox in the independent feature November (2004) and is currently in production on Revolution Studios' comedy Man of the House (2005/I), portraying "Prof. Molly McCarthy" opposite Tommy Lee Jones. She will soon be seen in Showtime's provocative new series "The L Word" (2004) with Jennifer Beals, Mia Kirshner and Pam Grier.

Born into a show business family, she followed in the footsteps of her parents, actress Marjorie Lord (TV's "The Danny Thomas Show" (1953)) and actor John Archer (White Heat (1949)). Archer studied theatre arts at Claremont College before debuting on the motion picture screen opposite Jon Voight in The All-American Boy (1973). She won critical acclaim for her leading role in Lifeguard (1976/I) as Sam Elliott's old flame.

Throughout her motion picture career, Archer has starred opposite some of Hollywood's most dynamic and respected leading men, not only Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford, but also Gene Hackman in Narrow Margin (1990), Tom Berenger in director Alan Rudolph's romantic comedy Love at Large (1990), Donald Sutherland in Eminent Domain (1990) and Sylvester Stallone in Paradise Alley (1978). In 2000, she appeared in The Art of War (2000) with Wesley Snipes and Rules of Engagement (2000) (her first project with Tommy Lee Jones), which was one of the box office hits in Spring of that year.

With husband Terry Jastrow (an Emmy-winning sports producer), she co-produced and starred in the feature Waltz Across Texas (1982), a modern romance set in the Texas oil fields. In 1998, Archer worked with husband Jastrow again as co-producer and co-host, with Isabella Rossellini, on ABC's World Fashion Premiere from Paris (1998) (TV), a history-making two-hour special. Again the following year, she served as a producer on the telecast. With complete backstage access, the shows spotlighted the haute couture shows of the most famous designers in the world.

Archer has essayed dramatic roles as complex and disparate characters in cable productions of equally distinct genres. She starred with Michael Murphy in the contemporary romantic drama Indiscretion of an American Wife (1998) (TV) for Lifetime and opposite William Petersen in Present Tense, Past Perfect (1995) (TV), based on a bittersweet story by Richard Dreyfuss, who also directed the Showtime drama. Previously, for the same network, she portrayed Dennis Hopper's sexy former wife in the contemporary, gritty Nails (1992) (TV) and for HBO, again, starred with Jon Voight in the period piece The Last of His Tribe (1992) (TV).

Her television performances have also included Neil Simon's Jake's Women (1996) (TV) opposite Alan Alda and CBS's Jane's House (1994) (TV) opposite James Woods. Recently, she received acclaim for a three episode arc on Fox-TV's series "Boston Public" (2000), created by David E. Kelley.

Her stage work includes the world premiere of "The Poison Tree" at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum, the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" in Massachusetts and the starring role in the London West End production of "The Graduate", for which she received rave reviews. Archer's New York stage debut was as "Maude Mix" in the celebrated Off-Broadway production of John Ford Noonan's "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking".

Trivia:

Daughter of John Archer and Marjorie Lord.

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#62). [1995]

Auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in Superman (1978), but lost to Margot Kidder.

Her film performances in Innocents (2000) and Mojave Moon (1996) are the ones she is currently most proud of.

She is the International Spokesperson for Applied Scholastics International, that provides training in "study technology" developed by L. Ron Hubbard.

Once did a TV commercial spot for Broncho Chevrolet, a car dealership in Odessa, Texas.

Mother of two boys named Thomas Davis (Tom Davis) (b. August 18th 1972) and Jeffrey Tucker Jastrow (b. October 18th 1984).

Has a brother named Gregg Bowman and two younger half-siblings named John Archer and Lisa Archer.

Her father, John Archer, played The Shadow on the radio. He was later succeeded on film by Alec Baldwin, who also appeared in The Hunt for Red October (1990). Anne played the wife of Alec's character (now played by Harrison Ford) in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994).

Former Miss Golden Globe.

Date of Birth:
24 January 1995

Height:
5′ 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography:

Callan McAuliffe named one of the 11 Faces to Watch in 2011 by Australian industry Magazine Encore and has, at 16, worked with iconic directors and producers including Rob Reiner (Flipped) Steven Speilberg as well as DJ Caruso, Michael Bay (I Am Number Four) and Australia AFI Award winning Director Matt Saville (Cloudstreet).

Callan scored his first lead role at his first USA audition in 2009 with Dir Rob Reiner.

. Prior to his move to the USA in late 2010 Callan was educated at The SCOTS College, Sydney Australia where he was the Head Choruster of the School and the fastest track athlete until he sustained a sports injury leading to a stronger focus on the Performing Arts. Callan topped the London Trinity College Musical Theatre Exams, and was invited to perform at the Australian Conservatorium of Music and sang live on television to open the coverage of The Olympic Games. Callan's acting 'chops' were noticed by an agent when performing live in the musical "Oliver". He was immediately cast in some of Australia's Logi (Emmy) Award winning TV series including Packed to Rafters as well as Comedy Inc and Blue Water High. He played the lead in Franswa Sharl (Dir Hannah Hilliard) the multi-award winning short film which also took out The Berlin Crystal Bear at the Berlinale Festival in 2010 along with another 9 international awards. He has just completed a lead role in the most historic TV series made in Australia in decades – based on the multi-award winning bestselling book – Cloudstreet by Tim Winton (screening in 2011).

In 2011 he has also enjoyed critical acclaim at an international level for his role as Sam, the evolving nerd aka ally/action hero to the lead in the Dreamworks production, I Am Number Four.

Callan is based out of both Los Angeles and Sydney as he finishes his education. Callan is now working in Los Angeles, but his other interests include music (a Grad subject) , martial arts and a high interest in the outdoors and natural habitats. Callan has achieved his Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award for outdoor survival and is focused on achieving his Silver Award in Africa later this year (2011).

Trivia:

Callan's great, great grandfather was the first USA Ambassador to Australia. Appointed by the President of the United States – Joseph Augustus Henriques originally resided in his home on 5th Avenue, New York. He took up his position to represent the USA in Australia in Melbourne in 1852. Callan was named after his son (his great grandfather) Claude Augustus Henriques. Callan's full name is Callan Ryan Claude McAuliffe.

Callan took private lessons at Screenwise Film & TV School in Sydney Australia.

Callan is the Youth Ambassador to The Wolf Connection. A non-profit organization which works with wolves and wolf-dogs in programs to help 'at-risk' teenagers in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Callan is a hands-on Ambassador, using his weekends to train with the wolf-dogs. When he isn't filming, he assists in the programs led by trained counselors.

Personal Quotes:

I like to sleep. I like to do nothing. Nothing is my favorite kind of something.

Date of Birth:
12 January 1986

Birth Name:
Gemma Christina Arterton

Height:
5′ 7″ (1.70 m)

Mini Biography:

Gemma was born and raised in Gravesend, Kent, UK. She was born with extra fingers, which affects one child in a thousand. Gemma had surgery to correct this condition, known as polydactyly.

Her parents divorced when she was age 5, and so Gemma lived with her younger sister and her mother. Her father is a welder and her mother a cleaner. They encouraged their children to explore their creative abilities. Gemma’s sister, Hannah, liked to sing, whereas Gemma chose acting.

During her teenage years, she was part of the Masquerade and Miskin theater companies, appearing in productions of The Massacre of Civitella and Guiding Star. In 2004, she won an award for Best Supporting Actress, which helped her to win a grant to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Whilst studying at RADA, she landed her first professional role in Capturing Mary (2007) (TV), directed by Stephen Poliakoff and starring Maggie Smith. Gemma graduated from RADA in 2007 and won her first film role in St. Trinian’s (2007). Her breakthrough role came in 2008, when she appeared in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008). In 2009, she was the winner of Empire’s Best Newcomer Award.

Trivia:

Graduated from RADA in 2007.

Raised by a single mother.

She has a younger sister called Hannah (b. 1989).

She was born with a crumpled ear, which was surgically corrected when she was a child.

Featured in Empire Magazine’s “The Hot List” as one of the biggest upcoming stars in the 2010′s. Other people on the list were Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Marion Cotillard, Mia Wasikowska and Clash of the Titans (2010) co-star Sam Worthington.

Were filming her last scene for A Deal Is a Deal (2008) when she was told, she had won the part in Quantum of Solace (2008).

Her favorite label is Louis Vuitton.

Beat out 1500 other actresses for her role in Quantum of Solace (2008).

The first scene she shot for Quantum of Solace (2008) was the love scene with Daniel Craig.

Clash of the Titans (1981) was one of her childhood favorites, and even though the script was very different from the original, she was eager to star in the remake.

Was in consideration for the role of Natasha Rushman/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (2010) after Emily Blunt dropped out of the project, but Scarlett Johansson was cast instead.

Replaced Natalie Portman as Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights (2011), but later dropped out of the project. Kaya Scodelario was then cast instead.

Is an avid supporter of Charlton Athletic Football Club.

During her time as a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London she worked as a make-up salesgirl.

Her parents are Barry Arterton, an architect, and Sally Heap, a cleaner.

Announced her engagement to stuntman and body double Stefano Catelli, having been in a relationship with him since March 2009 (6 July 2009).

Was in a relationship with stuntman Eduardo Ivan Munoz, having met him on the set of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) (June-December 2008).

Her grandmother Helen Sarfas (b. 1939) was tragically killed at her home in Kent after being stabbed in the chest with a knife (8 January 2010).

Was in consideration for the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (2012) after Keira Knightley dropped out of the project, but Carey Mulligan was cast instead.

Beat Sienna Miller to the role of Kelly Jones in St. Trinian’s (2007).

Married Stefano Catelli in a secret hilltop ceremony in the village of Zuheros in Spain before family and close friends. Arterton wore a cream-colored gown and held a bouquet of white roses (6 June 2010).

Was in consideration for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), but Anne Hathaway was cast instead.

Personal Quotes:

The minute anyone says, ‘Oh my God! You’re so amazing!’ I just have to go, ‘Shut up! Please!’ I am normal. I have just one rule – don’t believe the hype!

[on the set of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)]: When [director Mike Newell] first met me for the film he said, ‘Oh dear. Can’t you do posh?’ I thought, ‘I can’t believe he’s asked me that!’ So I said (firmly, through gritted teeth), ‘Of course I can, I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic F***ing Art!’

As soon as I say, ‘I can’t go out in that dress, I’ve already worn it before!’ my dad will say, ‘Listen to yourself! Stop being stupid!’

On making The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009): I wanted something that was getting down and dirty, and really not about how you look. I wanted to be, like, f***ing hair and make-up everywhere, just not giving a f***! And yes, I get tied up, beaten, and there’s nudity. All the things that made people go, ‘You should not do this!’ But I put my foot down.

When you put yourself in these huge popcorn movies you get out there, in the public arena, more than anyone else. But that also means that you’re out there to be criticised more than anyone else. With Keira Knightley, she’s brave to do her play. Because, for some reason, if you’re successful in Britain, people tend not to like you. But if you’re a successful woman, and beautiful, in Britain, you’re even more disliked.

On one of the [2009] movies, I’d just done this big comedy scene, and all they said was, ‘You need to work on your arms!’ Hey, when you’ve had 12 fingers, everything else looks OK from here. And I said, ‘But what about the acting?’ And they said, ‘Don’t worry about the acting, worry about your arms!’ I just wanted to say, ‘Screw you all! I’d rather do a play!’

I’d really like the type of career Rachel Weisz has. I have a lot of respect for her: brilliant, intelligent, a witty sort of woman… You know, she’ll do a rom-com – not that I ever want to do a rom-com – but then she’ll go off and do The Constant Gardener (2005), have a family, and live a quite normal life, it seems. I respect that.

[on pressure from studio executives on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)] They sent me to a personal trainer, wanted to get my teeth done, hair extensions, make me look like somebody else. And that’s fine I had the tan, I had the hair, I went to the gym. I became the thing they wanted me to be for the part. But I don’t agree with what they think is beautiful because it’s not me. Unless you’re really famous and successful then they’re going to bully you into going to the gym. It’s a side of the industry that I find uncomfortable.

In comparison to many actresses I think I’m really average – when I got the Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008) there was this big hoo-ha about me not being hot enough, I have to say I agree – I don’t think I’m in that realm.

Sometimes it’s hard to make action and adventure movies real, because obviously you have limitations with the writing. In Clash of the Titans (2010), I have this line: “I imagine you are sympathetic to this plight.” I walked around [on set] going: “Are *you* sympathetic to the plight…?” [laughs] You have to work yourself up to it, a bit like Shakespeare – you really have to *believe* your character says that. In The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009) I’m shouting, “F*** off, you c***!” a lot. It was nice. I can imagine myself saying that more!