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Damian Lewis was born on February 11, 1971, in St. John's Wood, London, England, to Charlotte Mary (Bowater), from an upper-class background, and J. Watcyn Lewis, a city broker whose own parents were Welsh. He was raised on Abbey Road in London until the age of 8 with his siblings Gareth, William, and Amanda. In 1979, he was sent to Ashdown House boarding school, then was educated at Eton College. At age 16, he formed his own theater company, then worked in South London, then traveled around Africa. From 1990 to 1993, he studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Daniel Craig and Joseph Fiennes. Among his teachers was RSC stalwart Colin McCormack. Lewis graduated in 1993, and worked on the stage, particularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company. There he was seen by director Steven Spielberg, who subsequently cast him as Richard Winters in the HBO/BBC miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, among other awards. Lewis continues his career in films, TV, and theater.

Percy Hynes White has been acting since the age of two, beginning with performances in short films in and around his hometown of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

By age 9, he was playing the lead in "Winners," and soon was chosen for leading roles in other short films, including "The Confessional" and "Little Man." Percy was featured in Don McKellar's "The Grand Seduction," which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

Since then, he has starred in "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb"; "Our House" opposite Thomas Mann and Nicola Peltz; "Milton's Secret," with Donald Sutherland; and "Rupture," opposite Noomi Rapace.

Percy Hynes White also had the lead role in "Edge of Winter," opposite Joel Kinnaman and Tom Holland; and "Cast No Shadow," which earned him Best Actor at the 2014 Atlantic Film Festival and the Rising Star Award at the 2014 Edmonton International Film Festival.

Percy played a supporting lead in "I Like Movies," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022 and earned White a Best Supporting Actor Award from The Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Among his current projects are "My Old Ass," by celebrated director Megan Park for Margot Robbie's production company LuckyChap, and "Winter Spring Summer Fall," where he plays the lead role opposite his "Wednesday" series co-star Jenna Ortega.

Select television credits include two seasons as series regular on "The Gifted" for Fox, a spin-off series in the universe of Marvel's X-Men opposite Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, and Natalie Alyn Lind, a role on Jordan Peele's reboot of the cult classic "The Twilight Zone" for CBS: All Access, "The Transplant" for NBCUniversal, two seasons on "Between" for Netflix, and the limited series "11.22.63" for Hulu starring James Franco.

Percy Hynes White also played a series regular role on "Pretty Hard Cases" for CBC. Most notably, he stars as Xavier Thorpe in "Wednesday," produced by Tim Burton for Netflix.

Percy Hynes White is based in Los Angeles and Toronto.

Shannon Tweed was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She rose to stardom as Miss November 1981 for Playboy magazine. In 1982, Shannon began her film career and also appeared in the soap opera Falcon Crest (1981). She became Playmate of the Year in 1982. She was briefly involved with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner but has carried on a long-term relationship with KISS member Gene Simmons since 1983. Tweed and Simmons married in 2011. She has become somewhat of a "B" movie "queen", appearing in numerous low-budget "erotic thrillers" and adventure films. She and Simmons have two children, a son named Nicolas (b. 1989) and a daughter Sophie (b.1992).

Sarah Power was born on 29 June 1985 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress, known for Killjoys (2015), Good Witch (2015) and American Gothic (2016). She has been married to Peter Mooney since 1 July 2017. They have one child.

Mark O'Brien is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. He is an English major with a Bachelor of Arts from Memorial University of Newfoundland. His mother was a nurse and his father a truck driver. Mark also has three older sisters. He married actress Georgina Reilly on January 6, 2013 after meeting on the set of the hit show Republic of Doyle.

Sally Ann Howes grew up in a show business family led by her father, famous English comedian/actor Bobby Howes, her mother Patricia Malone and grandfather, Broadway director Capt. J.A.E. Malone. She had her first screen test offer on her 12th birthday and went on to star in several films before she turned 20, including Anna Karenina (1948) with Vivien Leigh.

At 20, she received her first starring stage role in Glasgow in the Sandy Wilson musical Caprice. This led to other musicals including an 18-month run of Paint Your Wagon opposite her father Bobby Howes at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket in 1953. This was followed by the plays Romance by Candlelight, A Hatful of Rain (non-musical) and 148 performances of the musical Summer Song. She continued to make the occasional film during the 1950's but the stage was her main focus. In 1958 she accepted the role of Eliza Doolittle in Broadway's My Fair Lady, taking over from Julie Andrews. The role had been offered to her three times previously, but film and stage commitments kept her from assuming the part that would skyrocket her fame in America.

Just before taking on My Fair Lady, she married composer Richard Adler, and he wrote the musical Gift of the Magi for her. It aired on CBS TV in December of 1958. Adler later wrote Kwamina for her, which she performed after her run in My Fair Lady. It was a short-lived run of the musical, and she went on to perform on Broadway in "Brigadoon", which earned her a Tony nomination in 1963. Afterwards she starred in the critically acclaimed musical, "What Makes Sammy Run" opposite Steven Lawrence. Soon after she landed the TV version of Brigadoon (1966) co-starring Robert Goulet and Peter Falk which went on to win seven Emmy Awards.

After she and Adler divorced in 1966, she began filming the movie that would become a mega-hit, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). Despite her large volume of work before and after the movie, she will always be most fondly remembered and loved around the world for her portrayal as the very lovely Truly Scrumptious. Producer Albert R. Broccoli wrote of her: "We wanted a typical English beauty. And to me, Sally Ann represents that ideal. She is also one of the finest musical comedy stars today, a rare combination of the right kind of beauty and the right kind of talent." Dick Van Dyke said of her in his documentary "Remembering Chitty Chitty Bang Bang": "They couldn't have picked a better Truly Scrumptious than Sally. They came up with Sally Ann and I heard her voice, and it was the richest contralto. She auditioned with the Lovely Lonely Man, and I thought, my God, this girl is great and then she was stunningly beautiful. She loved those kids and they loved her, which I think comes across on the screen. They just thought a great deal of her, and she spent a lot of time with them, you know, between shots... telling stories and playing games during all those long waiting periods."

Filming took place in England, France and Bavaria over 14 months. Critics were mixed about the film, but children were fanatical about it. The movie spawned a mass marketing phenomenon with everything from Truly Scrumptious Barbie dolls, to Jemima dress patterns, lunch-boxes, countless toys, and many other things all of which still enjoy a thriving collectible life on the secondary market. The Truly Scrumptious costumes in the film even sparked a mini-revival in Edwardian fashions, especially reflected by designer Laura Ashley.

Unfortunately, the movie came out at a time when musicals were beginning to be box office dead weight, including Julie Andrews ' Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970), which nearly sank Paramount. This nailed the lid shut on filmed musicals for a long time, leaving no filmed musical outlet for performers like Howes. Her film roles became very sporadic after Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). She was a frequent and popular guest panelist on many game shows throughout the 1960s, and even up until the early 1980s, and she made several guest appearances on television series during the early 1970s. However, the theatre called her back, and with the exception of a few films, she has devoted her career almost entirely to the musical stage. Her last appearance was in 1992. She remains very active in musical theatre even today and is considered one of the grand dames of the American and British musical stage.

Other musicals and plays she has starred in Camelot; Blossom Time; The Sound of Music; King and I; Robert and Elizabeth; Man and Superman; I Do, I Do; Hans Anderson; A Little Night Music; Cinderella; Where's Charley?; James Joyce's The Dead.

She has sung at the White House for three US Presidents - Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

She is a naturalized U.S. citizen and resides in New York. She has been married for over 30 years to Douglas Rae.

Nigel Lindsay was born on 17th January 1969 and entered into the world of acting comparatively late. For three years he was a financial analyst in the City in his native London but, on his own admission, hated it and applied almost simultaneously for the law and the stage. He had a place at bar school beginning on the same day as the start of his three year course at the Webber Douglas Academy - but the lure of the stage prevailed and he chose the academy,where he won the Amherst Webber Scholarship. His finals role was in 'Charley's Aunt' directed by Michael Fry,for whom he first worked professionally with the Lincolnshire touring company Great Eastern Stage playing an assassin in 'Shoot the Archduke'. Since then he has appeared on many stages,the Royal Court,the National,the Old Vic and on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's 'The Real Thing'. With a range extending from Pinter to musicals - most notably under layers of green make-up in the title role of 'Shrek - the Musical - he also took the Whatsonstage award as best supporting actor in 2011 for 'Broken Glass'. On television he has been nice,as Sally Phillips' kindly boyfriend in comedy 'Jam and Jerusalem', and nasty,as a sinister policeman investigating one of the 'Midsomer Murders' and on film as a fervent white Muslim in the black farce 'Four Lions'.

When he made his directorial debut in 1970, Nicolas Roeg was already a 23-year veteran of the British film industry, starting out in 1947 as an editing apprentice and working his way up to cinematographer twelve years later. He first came to attention as part of the second unit on David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962), with Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death (1964) two years later containing his first really distinctive solo work. He went on to photograph films for such distinguished directors as François Truffaut (Fahrenheit 451 (1966)), John Schlesinger (Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)) and Richard Lester (Petulia (1968)) before his sensational directorial debut in 1968. Co-directed with writer (and painter) Donald Cammell, Performance (1970) was intended to be a simple-minded star vehicle for Mick Jagger and Warner Bros were so horrified when they saw the final multi-layered kaleidoscope of sex, violence, and questions of identity that they delayed its release for two years. Roeg went to Australia for his solo debut as director (Walkabout (1971)), which was also his last film as cinematographer, and throughout the next decade he produced a world-class body of work (Don't Look Now (1973); The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976); Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)) that revealed his uniquely off-kilter view of the world, expressed through fragmented, dislocated images and a highly original yet strangely accessible approach to narrative. He married the star of Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980), the elegant Theresa Russell who would play the female lead in nearly all his subsequent films, though these have generally found less favor with critics and audiences, and the release of both Eureka (1983) and Cold Heaven (1991) was severely restricted due to problems with the films' distributors.

Timothy Webber was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He is known for War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Seventh Son (2014) and Cold Squad (1998).

Anne Marie DeLuise was born on 3 August 1969 in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Higher Ground (2000), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Love Happens (2009). She has been married to Peter DeLuise since 7 June 2002. They have one child.

Nicole Power was born on 24 November 1989 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Glamorous (2023), Kim's Convenience (2016) and Strays (2021).

In 1973, Brett became a popular panelist on the television game show, "The Match Game." The Match Game (in its original version) ran on NBC's daytime lineup from 1962 to 1969. The show returned in 1973 with a significantly changed format on CBS (also in daytime). "The Match Game" became a major success, with an expanded panel, larger cash payouts, and emphasis on humor and innuendo. Brett sat on the top tier next to Charles Nelson Reilly. The repartee between the two was often quite amusing. "The Match Game" ran from 1973 to 1979. Today's audiences enjoy its reruns on Game Show Network.

He is most notably recognized today as "Cowboy" Cliff Harting in Hallmark Channel's original television series "Cedar Cove," based on the books by award-winning author Debbie Macomber (series began in 2013)

Not to be typecast, Sebastian has become one of the most sought-after actors in Vancouver, BC. While science fiction is a preferred genre, based on his impressive resume, it is clear to see that he can take any role he is given and give the same kind of impressive performances that has become a hallmark of his career. His versatility could be considered practically legendary.

Mark Ronson was born on 4 September 1975 in St. John's Wood, London, England, UK. He is a music artist and composer, known for Barbie (2023), A Star Is Born (2018) and Spies in Disguise (2019). He has been married to Grace Gummer since 4 September 2021. They have one child. He was previously married to Joséphine de La Baume.

Krystin Pellerin was born on July 12, 1983 and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland.

She starred as Lady Macbeth in the Stratford Festival's critically acclaimed production of Stratford Festival: Macbeth (2017).

She is well known for playing the role of Sgt. Leslie Bennett in the CBC series Republic of Doyle (2010).She was nominated for a Gemini Award for her performance.

Krystin starred in the internationally award winning short film Touch (2016) directed by Noel Harris. The film garnered 21 awards worldwide and she was awarded best actress at the Henley Film Festival in the UK and the Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival in Italy.

Krystin is also a singer and musical theatre performer.

Matt Wells is a Canadian actor, writer, and musician born in St. John's, Newfoundland best known for his work in the award winning and critically acclaimed independent film "Crown and Anchor" which he created, produced and co-starred.

His path began writing songs and fronting the notorious Newfoundland punk/hardcore band Bucket Truck; releasing 4 albums, 10 self-produced music videos, and traveling the world while sharing stages with Slayer, Damage Plan, Fishbone, and Lagwagon. This journey directly led to him embarking on a career as an acclaimed music/film journalist for Much Music, The New Music, Bravo and MTV where Matt has interviewed everyone from The Police, Quentin Tarantino, Lee Daniels, and John Lydon to Lou Reed, Mariah Carey, Ben Kingsley, Zack Snyder and Lady Gaga.

As a solo musician Matt has released 2 albums and shared the stage with Sammy Hagar, Levon Helm, and Great Big Sea; as an actor he has appeared in Designated Survivor, Schitt's Creek, Murdoch Mysteries, and the multiple award winning short film "Poison in the Water" which he co-wrote with his daughter. Matt's most recent short film "The New Normal" won Best International Comedy at the 2021 Venice Film Awards and is an official selection at both The London International Film Festival and Berlin Flash Film Festival.

Travis Nelson was born on 8 September 1990 in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for The Lake (2022), The Recruit (2022) and I am Syd Stone (2020).

Tracy Tweed was born on 10 May 1965 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress, known for Johnny Mnemonic (1995), Night Rhythms (1992) and Night Eyes Three (1993).

Mary Walsh was born on 13 May 1952 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is a writer and actress, known for Hatching, Matching, & Dispatching (2005), Mambo Italiano (2003) and Codco (1986). She has been married to Donald Nichol since 2002.

Deborah Odell is an actress/singer. She played "Pearl" in a German production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Starlight Express" and Janis Joplin and Carole King in "Beehive. She also played the lead role of "Cora" in the musical "The Last of the Mohicans". She has traveled the world as a backup singer with the Julio Iglesias tour, and has produced and recorded a CD of original music entitled "Deborah Odell".

Terry Ryan, raised in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, was a professional hockey player for 7 years - highlighted by appearing in 8 NHL games. He retired in 2007, released a best-selling book entitled "Tales of a First Round Nothing", and began a career in the arts.

Ryan now works in the film industry and has appeared on several episodes of the hit CBC television program Republic of Doyle, playing small roles. He has also played himself in the OLN's "Road Hockey Rumble" (2008). He released his first book, "Tales of a First Round Nothing" in May 2014, and it was well received by critics.

Ryan is now also trying his hand at stand up comedy and performed his second show to good reviews opening for Gerry Dee at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario on April 22, 2016.

In addition to playing "British Soldier #1" (Episode 1) - (the first on-screen casualty in the Netflix/Discovery Channel television series Frontier, starring Jason Momoa in the lead role), in 2017 Ryan also had small roles in Frontier Season 2, Little Dog (CBC), Caught (CBC), Schitt's Creek, and various short films. In 2018, he wrote and played the lead role in a short film called "A Stand In", played "Coyote" in Justin Oakey's A Fire In The Cold Season. In 2019, Ryan - who acted and did his own stunts - played the "Gunman" in Episode 11 of Hudson and Rex, and played hockey playing Newfoundlander "Teddy" on the hit Canadian television series Letterkenny (Season 8, Episode 1).

Nicole Underhay was born on 28 December 1974 in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. She is an actress, known for Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), The Shipping News (2001) and Goosebumps (1995).

Marthe Bernard was born on 14 June 1988 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress, known for Beat Down (2012), Republic of Doyle (2010) and Maudie (2016). She has been married to Jesse McKeown since 8 August 2015.

David Ferry was born on 6 September 1951 in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Boondock Saints (1999), The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) and Man of the Year (2006).

Mark Critch was born in 1974 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is a writer and actor, known for This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993), Son of a Critch (2022) and The Grand Seduction (2013).