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Erin Cahill
Gender:Female
DOB: 4 January 1980
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:White (unspecified)
Erin Jessica Cahill is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jen Scotts in Power Rangers Time Force, Ted Mosby’s sister Heather in How I Met Your Mother, and Kendra Burke in Saving Grace. She had a recurring role as Felicity in the ABC series Red Widow. She is also noted to be the first lead female character for the Call of Duty franchise, as Chloe ‘Karma’ Lynch in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
Passionate about charity, Cahill co-founded the group, Charitable Living, which services the local community throughout the year with various fundraisers and days of volunteering. Cahill joined the non-profit group BuildOn and traveled to Malawi to promote education and build schools.
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Tonantzin Carmelo
Gender:Female
DOB:Unknown
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:Tongva-Kumeyaay
Tonantzín Carmelo is an American actress. Descending on her mother’s side from Tongva and Kumeyaay Native Americans of Southern California, she grew up performing in a Native American dance troupe led by her mother, Virginia Carmelo. Branching out into acting during college, she has since appeared in theater productions and independent films. Her acclaimed stage roles include Anita in Exmagare, Christina Kahlo/Paula in Frida Kahlo, and multiple characters in Malinche. She is in national commercials and starred in the feature film King Rikki. Carmelo is a traditional Aztec dancer and pre-Columbian musician, recording 3 CDs with Canyon Records. She is an Emerging Voice with the California Indian Storytellers Association and a mentor for the Native Voices Youth Playwright Project. She has recently provided her likeness and voice for the character Kendra Daniels in EA’s survival horror video game Dead Space.
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Chanel Celaya
Gender:Female
DOB:12 December 1991
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:Mexican-Russian
American actress best known for appearing in 21 Jump Street as Melodie.
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Waris Ahluwalia
Gender:Male
DOB: 4 November 1974
Nationality:Indian-American
Ethnicity:Indian
Waris Singh Ahluwalia is a Sikh American designer and actor based in New York City. His company, House of Waris, has collaborated with a number of other designers and artists throughout the years. House of Waris came into being after the owners of Maxfield’s in Los Angeles noticed Ahluwalia’s elaborate diamond rings and placed an order, which sold out.
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Samaire Armstrong
Gender:Female
DOB: 31 October 1980
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:Scottish-Italian
Samaire Rhys Armstrong is an American actress, fashion designer and model. She is known for her roles in Stay Alive,The O.C.,It’s a Boy Girl Thing, and as Juliet Darling in the ABC television series, Dirty Sexy Money. She has most recently appeared on television as Elaine Richards in the ABC fantasy-drama Resurrection. She has also appeared in music videos for “Penny & Me” by Hanson and “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter.
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Matthew Atkinson
Gender:Male
DOB: 27 December 1985
Nationality:American
Ethnicity: White (unspecified)
Actor who had his first starring television role as Nick Fadden on Jane by Design. He scored his first major film role as Valet Parker in the acclaimed film The Blind Side.
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Noah Bean
Gender:Male
DOB:20 August 1978
Nationality:American
Ethnicity: White (unspecified)
Noah Whipple Bean is an American actor best known for his roles as Ryan Fletcher on The CW action-thriller series Nikita, as David Connor on the FX legal drama Damages and his leading performance in the independent film The Pill.
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Laura Bell Bundy
Gender:Female
DOB:10 April 1981
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:English
Laura Ashley Bell Bundy is an American actress and singer who has performed in a number of Broadway roles, her best known being the original Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray, the original Elle Woods in the musical version of Legally Blonde and Dr. Jordan Denby on television’s Anger Management. She signed to Mercury Records Nashville and released her first country music single, “Giddy On Up,” on February 20, 2010. The album’s second single, “Drop on By,” was released to country radio on August 9, 2010.
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Shannon Beveridge
Gender:Female
DOB:19 March 1992
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:White (unspecified)
Shannon Beveridge is a YouTuber, actress, and LGBT advocate. She started her YouTube channel, nowthisisliving, in 2012 and has over 500,000 subscribers.
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Kaitlyn Black
Gender:Female
DOB: 29 July 1983
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:White (unspecified)
Kaitlyn Black is an American actress known for her role as Annabeth Nass in The CW comedy-drama series Hart of Dixie.
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Eric Close
Gender:Male
DOB:24 May 1967
Nationality:American
Ethnicity: White (unspecified)
Eric Randolph Close is an American actor, best known for his roles in television series, particularly as FBI agent Martin Fitzgerald in the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace and Teddy Conrad in the ABC musical drama Nashville.
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Mike “Witko” Cliff
Gender:Male
DOB:1990
Nationality:American
Ethnicity: Oglala Lakota Sioux
Witko, a street artist, graphic designer, and hip-hop artist, founded True Pride Music with Nataanii Means. The collective brings law students, graffiti artists, tattoo artists, filmmakers, and musicians together to “make something out of nothing.” As a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Mike is using his art to shine light on the continuing battle to maintain Lakota land.
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Jackie Aina
Gender:Female
DOB: 4 August 1987
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:Nigerian
Makeup and beauty guru previously known as MakeupGameOnPoint and LilPumpkinPie05 who became a licensed cosmetologist after graduating from Vidal Sassoon Academy.
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Ian Alexander
Gender: Male (transgender)
DOB: 20 April 2001
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:Vietnamese
Transgender actor who made his professional debut in the Netflix original series The OA.
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Tala Ashe
Gender:Female
DOB:24 July 1984
Nationality:Iranian-American
Ethnicity:Iranian
Tala Ashe is an Iranian actress. She is known for her role as Zari Adrianna Tomaz on The CW superhero series Legends of Tomorrow.
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Tyler Alvarez
Gender:Male
DOB: 25 October 1997
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:Cuban-Puerto Rican
Tyler Sage Alvarez is an American actor, known for his roles as Diego Rueda in Nickelodeon’s teen sitcom Every Witch Way and Peter Maldonado in Netflix’s mockumentary series American Vandal.
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Anna Grace Barlow
Gender:Female
DOB:17 July 1994
Nationality:American
Ethnicity: White (unspecified)
Television actress who has appeared in several TV series, including Bones, The Fosters, and the first season of Scream Queens.
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Jon Bass
Gender:Male
DOB:22 September 1989
Nationality:American
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Jon Bass is an American actor, known for playing Ronnie Greenbaum in the film Baywatch, and Del Plimpton in the comedy series Big Time in Hollywood, FL.
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Jacob Batalon
Gender:Male
DOB: 6 June 1996
Nationality:American
Ethnicity:Filipino
Jacob Batalon is an American actor. He stars as Ned Leeds in Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man film series, first appearing in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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Thora Birch
Gender:Female
DOB:11 March 1982
Nationality:American
Ethnicity: Polish-German Jewish-Italian-Scandinavian-French-Irish
Thora Birch is an American actress. She made her film debut in Purple People Eater, for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age, and rose to early prominence as a child star with her performances in films such as All I Want for Christmas,Patriot Games,Hocus Pocus,Monkey Trouble\,Now and Then, and Alaska.
Her breakthrough role came with the highly acclaimed film American Beauty, which brought Birch to international recognition, earning her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She then played the lead role in Ghost World, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Birch starred in Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. Birch has since appeared in independent films, including Dark Corners,Train,Winter of Frozen Dreams andPetunia.
After taking a break from acting, she resumed her career starring as Morgan in the first season of the sci-fi television series Colony, as well as starring in four independent films.
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