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Jason Sudeikis was born on September 18, 1975 in Fairfax, Virginia as Daniel Jason Sudeikis. His father is Daniel Joseph Sudeikis, a Vice President of a business development and his mother is Kathryn (née Wendt), a travel agent at Brennco and President of the American Society of Travel Agents. He is of Lithuanian, Irish and German ancestry. He has two younger sisters, Lindsay, a high school teacher and basketball coach, and, Kristen Sudeikis, an actress and dancer in New York City. His maternal uncle is actor George Wendt.
Sudeikis grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, where he attended Brookridge Elementary School, before transferring to Holy Cross Catholic School. In 1990, he attended Jesuit Rockhurst High School, later transferring to Shawnee Mission West High School. He attended Fort Scott Community College on a basketball scholarship, but left before finishing. He began performing improvisational comedy at ComedySportz (now called Comedy City) in Kansas City.
Sudeikis moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he studied at the Annoyance Theatre and ImprovOlympic, and was one of the founding members of the long-form team, J.T.S. Brown (1998). He performed with Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was later cast in The Second City's National Touring Company. In the early 2000s, he became a founding member of The Second City Las Vegas.
In 2003, Sudeikis was hired as a sketch writer for Saturday Night Live (1975) and would occasionally make bit appearances as audience members or extras. In May 2005, he became a featured player and was upgraded to repertory status in 2006. In July 2013, Sudeikis announced that he was leaving SNL, but still occasionally makes appearances.
Sudeikis is known for starring in the films, Horrible Bosses (2011), Hall Pass (2011), We're the Millers (2013), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Sleeping with Other People (2015), Mother's Day (2016), Masterminds (2015), The Book of Love (2016), Colossal (2016) and voicing the character of Red in the animated-comedy, The Angry Birds Movie (2016).
From November 2011 until November 2020, Sudeikis was in a relationship with Olivia Wilde. They have two children, Otis Alexander Sudeikis (born April 20, 2014) and Daisy Josephine Sudeikis (born October 11, 2016).
Recently, Sudeikis has starred in the films, Downsizing (2017), Kodachrome (2017), Driven (2018) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).- Mason Alexander Park is a non-binary film/TV and stage actor best known for playing Hedwig on the first Broadway national tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Mason can be seen playing Gren in the Netflix live action adaptation of the hit anime Cowboy Bebop, as well as Desire in the Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Their voice can be heard in the podcast musical series, "LoveVille High" in which they portray Jendrix, an androgynous high school student; Amazon's Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina; and the upcoming film Before You Know It. Mason was the first recipient of the Helen Hayes Award for Best Leading Performer for their role as the Emcee in Cabaret in their first year switching to non-gendered awards. Theatrically, they were seen at The Long Wharf Theatre in the Pulitzer Prize winning one person play I Am My Own Wife, the Cabaret at Theater Square as Mark in Pittsburgh CLO's Altar Boyz, Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show both at PCLO and Bucks County Playhouse, and at the Benedum Center as the first countertenor to regionally play Miss Andrew in Mary Poppins, all to rave reviews. Mason was introduced to Pittsburgh CLO through the National High School Musical Theater Awards, during which time they were featured on PBS's reality series "Broadway or Bust." They recently performed at the Kennedy Center in D.C. as the 2013 Presidential Scholar in the Arts for Musical Theatre, which featured them in the PBS documentary, "Becoming an Artist". They can also be seen on other shows such as Nickelodeon's "iCarly" and "Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures".
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Tony is a main company member of The Groundlings in Los Angeles. He is a proud graduate of the Virginia Military Institute where he learned how to be a soldier and absolutely nothing about acting. Tony is also a founding member of the long-form improvisational group Robert Downey Jr Jr, whose monthly Saturday! Saturday! Show is an LA Times Top Pick.- Actress
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Sabrina Lloyd was born on November 20th, 1970 in Fairfax, Virginia. At age 12, she started her acting career by appearing in a local theater production of "Annie" as "Pepper". She continued to perform in local theater such as the Baystreet Players in Eustis, and the Ice House Theater in Mt. Dora, appearing in productions of "Grease", "Crimes of the Heart", and "Wizard of Oz". When she was 15, she also participated in a student exchange program which allowed her to spend a year in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. While there, she got some training at the Brisbane Royal Theatre Company. When she was 18, she moved to New York and spent some time as a bartender while knocking on doors and auditioning for roles. Her first big break was a guest appearance on the Law & Order (1990) episode Intolerance (1992), which got her a new agent and launched her career. Her first breakout role in feature films was the movie Chain of Desire (1992), followed by a starring role in Father Hood (1993) with Patrick Swayze.
Sabrina also made appearances on television, starring in the TV movies More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter (1994) and Love Off Limits (1993). In 1995, Sabrina auditioned for the role of "Wade Welles" in the pilot episode of Sliders (1995). In its third season, Sliders (1995) slowly grew to embrace a larger audience, but the series was still canceled by Fox. In 1997, the show was picked up by the Sci-fi Channel, but Sabrina decided to option out of her contract to pursue new roles. She quickly landed a co-starring role as associate producer "Natalie Hurley" in the ABC sitcom, Sports Night (1998), which satirizes sports and news coverage.- Transportation Department
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Jimmy Workman was born on 4 October 1980 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993) and Star Trek (2009).- Actress
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Haley Vianne Webb was born in Fairfax, Virginia and moved to Southern California in her teens. She began acting professionally at 15 and in 2011 founded production company Legion of Horribles through which she directs, produces, and acts. She resides in Los Angeles and is married to photographer and documentary filmmaker Alexander Drecun.- Actress
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Courtney Elizabeth Jines was born on May 4, 1992 in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a "lifelong actress" who has been acting professionally since the age of 6. Courtney made her first television appearance in 2000 in the episode "Demolition Derby" of the television series Third Watch as Lisa Hagonon. Her first role in film was as Harriet Deal in Drop Back Ten (2000) and Hannah Miller in the Law & Order episode "Pixies" in 2001. She played Delilah in Gaudi Afternoon (2001) and Jessica Trent in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode called "Cats in the Cradle" in 2002. In 2002, she played Julie Morgan in Anna's Dream. In 2003 she played Kristen Farrell in the television series That Was Then, and Rachel in the ER episode "A Saint in the city." She was in Red Betsy as Jane Rounds, and played Demetra in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, which was when the then-long-blonde-haired Courtney cut her hair and dyed it brown; she has left it that way ever since. Spy Kids 3 is also the role that Courtney is most famous for, and she was known as "the deceiver". In 2004, she guest starred on Jack and Bobby is Deena Greenberg in the episode "Today I A a Man." In 2005, she starred as Bridget Byrne in Silver Bells and "pinched face" Amanda Wilkinson in Because of Winn-Dixie.
She also has two dogs, and fish. In addition to acting she enjoys singing, dancing, and playing the piano and guitar. She also loves to dance, horseback riding, biking and shop. She is very passionate about animals and has plans to be an "acting veterinarian" as an adult. Courtney is very proud of her association with Special Olympics, where she serves as a coach.- Actress
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RaéVen Larrymore Kelly continues to make her celebrity count with a cause. RaéVen has had the fortune of performing in a wide range of high-quality projects for film and television: John Grisham's "A Time to Kill" as Tonya Hailey with Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, director Joel Schumacher; "What's Love Got To Do With It?" as young Tina Turner with Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, director Brian Gibson; "Ghosts of Mississippi" as Rena Evers with Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Alec Baldwin, director Rob Reiner; and "How to Make an American Quilt" as young Anna, a role shared with Maya Angelou's character, also starring Wynona Rider, Ann Bancroft, director Jocelyn Moorehouse; "Blossoms and Veils" as Em, with producers Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith and director Shonda Rhimes; "Underclassman" as Qweeshawn Washington, with Nick Cannon; "Tournament of Dreams" as Slick, also starring Debbie Allen, Carl Lewis, and Tony Todd, director Don Abernathy. A sample of her credentials for television and made for TV movies include stellar performances in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" recurring as Lisa, director Joss Whedon; "Freedom Song" as Dora Charles with Danny Glover, Vicellous Shannon, director Phil Alden Robinson; "Maximum Bob" as series regular Wanda Grace with Beau Bridges, director Barry Sonnenfeld; "Ditchdigger's Daughters" as Jeanette with Carl Lumbley, Victoria Dillard; guest starring on "Even Stevens;" "Any Day Now;" "City of Angels" as Savannah, director Reginald Hudlin; "Scrooge" as young Ebenita with Cicely Tyson; "Lily in Winter" as Louetta with Marla Gibbs, Natalie Cole, director Delbert Mann; and "America's Dream" as Laura with Wesley Snipes, Jasmine Guy, director Bill Duke.
RaéVen's theater accolades include the California premiere of Regina Taylor's "Crowns" as Yolanda, director Anthony Hainey; Sara Finney-Johnson's "Mazel Tov & Black Eyed Peas" as Maya, director Adleane Hunter; and Yolanda King's "Achieving the Dream" as Lead Vocalist.
RaéVen was born in Fairfax, Virginia. Although only 20, RaéVen has a distinguished career with a hallmark of earlier spectacular performances as series regular Adlaine Harper on the award-winning "I'll Fly Away" with Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, producer/director David Chase, Ian Sander. Her works associated with "Touched By An Angel," guest-starring as Serena with Randy Travis, have been catalogued as a Christmas classic. RaéVen has also performed guest-starring roles on "E.R.," "Living Single," "Roseanne," "The Sentinel," "Roc," Maloney," "Sweet Justice" as Niara, granddaughter of Cicely Tyson's character, and others.
RaéVen is the recipient of many awards such as The Emerging Artist Award for her television and film works, Best Youth Actress TV Mini-Series/MOW/Special for "Lily in Winter," and Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role Television Series for "I'll Fly Away." RaéVen is a NAACP National Equity Theatre Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actress 2003 in "Achieving the Dream," Hollywood Reporter Youngstar Award Nominee for Best Actress in a Mini-Series 2000 for "Freedom Song," Hollywood Reporter Youngstar Award Nominee for Best Actress in a Drama Film 1997 for "A Time to Kill," NAACP Image Award Nominee for Best Youth Performer for "A Time to Kill" and "I'll Fly Away," and Youth In Film Award Nominee for Best Actress for "What's Love Got To Do With It?," "Sweet Justice," and "Lily in Winter."
RaéVen Larrymore Kelly's talent as a vocalist shouldn't be a surprise, since her voice has been musically recorded while acting and singing in "What's Love Got To Do With It?" at age 7. Since then she has recorded on "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack and been in session with HB Barnum, George Duke, John Williams (film music composer), and many others. She has already performed at The Grand Ole Opry and performed for The Stellar Awards.
Her receipt of The 2006 Omni Award for Career Achievement and as Honorary Gala Chairperson celebrates, as noted above, the distinguished entertainment achievements of RaéVen Larrymore Kelly, in addition to her academics as a College National Dean's List student and active member of a State of California Honor Society and an International Honor Society; and her Community Service Support to Pediatric Aids Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.- Edward Ashton was born on 10 January 1968 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Edward is a writer, known for Mickey 17 (2025).
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Michael-Leon Wooley was born in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for AJ and the Queen (2020).- Actress
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Allyn Rachel was born on 9 April 1983 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Bee & Puppycat: Lazy in Space (2022), Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Instant Family (2018).- Producer
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Shanelle Gray was born Shanelle Workman in Fairfax, Virginia to mother Chrisoula and father Glenn. As a young girl Shanelle was in pageants and then landed a role in the Original Broadway production of Les Miserables as Young Cosette. After New York City, she moved to Los Angeles to lead the ABC Pilot Howie and Rose in the title character Rose with Howie Mandel. An actress first with recurring roles on Grey's Anatomy, Cory in the house on Disney Channel and series regular roles on Soap Operas One life to Live and The Bold & the Beautiful, at 25 the inner entrepreneur also opened an acting studio called Act 4 Reel. This became one of LA's leading Performing Arts Studios and later took the name Gray Studios after marrying her first husband. She didn't stop there. After producing over 180 short films, a couple of award winning ones, Shanelle moved on to features and television working with Shad "Bow Wow" Moss, daughter Shai and many more. With her Performing Arts Studio (now Shanelle Gray Studios after divorce and now managing top actors across the country with her successful management company Complete Management Group, Shanelle is a busy woman. She has two daughters that are successful actresses, Skylar Gray (Evil, CBS) and Parker Gray (Untitled Kelsey Grammar/Alec Baldwin pilot).She comes from a family of actors including sister Ariel Winter (Modern Family), brother Jimmy Workman (Addams Family) and current husband is musician and songwriter Micah Faulkner. Shanelle reps stars like Kaileen Chang (Netflix:I Woke up a Vampire), Kyriana Kratter (Skeleton Crew), Caleb Dolden (Teacup) and Kinley Cunningham (The Thundermans) Keep an eye out for her roster as shanelle has the eye as seasoned as her 35 plus years in the business.- Actress
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Born in Fairfax, Virginia, Tara grew up all over the country, from Arizona to Oklahoma to Michigan to New York City, finally ending up in LA. Following high school, she studied at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
While studying in London at the London Academy of Theatre, she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland before moving to New York City. Her debut in New York was in Alan Ball's Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.
In 2004 she started Monkey Kingdom Productions with partner Yuri Lowenthal. She continues to be seen on stage and screen globally and can be heard in voice over in animation - Temari on Naruto (2002) and video games - Wonder Woman in _Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008)_, and is quickly becoming known for "donning costumes or disguises to go into alternate realities" as evidenced by her work in science fiction, period pieces, and comic book worlds or other realms.- Actress
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Tate Hanyok is a writer-actor-producer focused on female-driven comedy and young adult stories. She was named one of the AFF & Moviemaker Top 25 Writers to Watch and one of the Top 100 Emerging Writers on Tracking Board's Young and Hungry List. As a California native transplant, by way of colonial Virginia, Tate's bleeding liberal heart and perspective are steeped in the unpredictable (and hilarious) reality of the underdog, and the strength and magic of community. As a storyteller she relishes in uplifting themes that are universal, and is driven by a burning desire to tell the stories of her unsung heroes. As a writer, she's most recently been hired by Picturestart to adapt the WattPad novel Along for the Ride into a motion picture, and has also written The Pet Nup and Family Week for Mucho Mas. As a producer, Tate executive produced her feature script Sex APPeal alongside American High for Hulu, now streaming on Hulu. She both produced and starred in the indie feature film Love and Baseball on HBO Max. Additionally, Tate has guest starred in many notable shows and films including The Office, Superstore, The Detour, Community, Shameless, Transparent, Burt Wonderstone, and many more. She is often called upon for her comedic character work and is a seasoned improviser who has appeared in nearly 100 commercials. Her multi-hyphenate career began on the stage, where she is a proud company member of The B Street Theatre at the Sofia Center for the Arts in CA.- Director
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Lauren Hays, is an actress and producer, known for Married With Children, Silk Stalkings, Roseanne, Renegade and The Great Bikini Off-Road Adventure (1994). She also appeared in soap operas and movies. Lauren also worked behind the scenes as a stand-in on 90210 for several years, Baywatch, and several other TV shows. Lauren was a "featured extra" on StarTrek Next Generation, playing an alien.- Actor
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Former boxer turned actor, Sean Carrigan is best known for his role as Coach Rafferty in the Emmy nominated Netflix comedy "American Vandal", and for his long run as Dr. Ben "Stitch" Rayburn on the #1 daytime drama "The Young and the Restless".
Sean has appeared in numerous television productions including Netflix's "Lucifer", FX's "Dave", ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" & "Modern Family", CBS's "NCIS" & "NCIS Los Angeles", The CW's "Hart of Dixie", and Lifetime's "Call Me Crazy", starring opposite Academy Award Winner Jennifer Hudson and directed by Ashley Judd. Sean can also be seen in various feature films including the psychological thriller/horror film from Elevate Pictures "Evil Takes Root - The Curse of The Batibat", Tyler Perry's "The Single Moms Club", Walt Disney's "John Carter", and as Walt Hansgen in the Twentieth Century Fox - Oscar nominated film "Ford vs Ferrari".
In addition, Sean's online comedic performance as Brett Favre in the viral hit parody "Brett Favre: Rise - What should I do?" has gained over 4 million online views and garnered him great reviews.- Actress
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Krystin Goodwin's acting roles include playing Tabitha Roberts in The Morning Show (2021), Tiffany Albrecht in The Politician (2020) and Fannah Fantana in Dr Pepper's Fansville ads. She has recurred in Marvel Studios' She Hulk (2022), CBS' Bull, Tommy, and NBC's The Blacklist. Her film appearances include Netflix' Chupa (2023), Magazine Dreams (2023), Mosquito State (2020) and the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee (2018). One of her first roles was playing a crime reporter on the series Orange is the New Black.
Krystin grew up in Fairfax, Virginia outside of Washington D.C. where she began competing in musical theatre competitions and playing the piano.
She started her broadcast career working for FOX Sports Florida; later breaking in to hard news as a one-man band TV Reporter for a CBS affiliate in Tallahassee. She anchored and produced an entertainment show for the station.
Her work as an anchor, and reporter can be viewed on platforms including FOX, CBS, ESPN, USA Today, and The Huffington Post.
Krystin continues to train for her private pilot license.- Devon Ogden was born in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for General Hospital (1963), Nashville (2012) and Sistas (2019).
- Peter Weber was born on 4 August 1991 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), In the Dirt (2014) and Eve's Dropping In (2003).
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Shahrzad Davani was born in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. She is a director and producer, known for How to Die Alone (2024), Abbott Elementary (2021) and Killing It (2022).- Actor
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Shaboozey was born on 9 May 1995 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Shaboozey: A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Visualizer) (2024) and Shaboozey: Break the Band (2018).- Actress
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Ren Trella was born in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Straight Lies, The Deprogrammer and Off the Field.- Actor
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Born to a Cuban mother and a Persian father, Dar grew up on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. in Fairfax County, Virginia. Dar attended Arts Educational School in London, England where he studied both classical and modern theatre and graduated with an honors degree. Since gradating, Dar has worked on stage and onscreen with some heavyweight directors, including Ridley Scott and Stephen Frears. Dar is also a prolific voice actor, voicing many games (in English and Spanish), and since 2014 has been the predominant voice of Dove Men's products. In 2014 Dar was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Nominee in a short film at the 2014 Action On Film International Film Festival for his performance in the acclaimed short film, Warhol. For his work in video games, Dar was nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy at the 2018 NAVGTR Awards for his performance as Hawkeye in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. In 2022, Dar appeared in Amazon Prime's Ten Percent!, the U.K. version of the popular French comedy series Call My Agent.- Actor
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Josh can be seen most recently in He Went That Way (2024) opposite Jacob Elordi. He is an avid martial artist, training in multiple styles including Krav Maga, Muai Thai, and Jiu Jitsu. Josh holds a black belt in American Tang Soo Do Karate and continues to train daily.
Josh grew up in Richmond, VA where he also attended Virginia Commonwealth University receiving a B.S. in Economics in 2010. After college he worked as a licensed equity research associate for five years before relocating to Los Angeles.- Actor
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Evan Helmuth was born on 18 May 1977 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Fever Pitch (2005), Jobs (2013) and Garfield: The Movie (2004). He died on 17 July 2017.