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Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock (née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Sandra grew up on the road with her parents and younger sister, chef Gesine Bullock-Prado, and spent much of her childhood in Nuremberg, Germany. She often performed in the children's chorus of whatever production her mother was in. That singing talent later came in handy for her role as an aspiring country singer in The Thing Called Love (1993). Her family moved back to the Washington area when she was adolescent. She later enrolled in East Carolina University in North Carolina, where she studied acting. Shortly afterward she moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage. This led to acting in television programs and then feature films. She gave memorable performances in Demolition Man (1993) and Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993), but did not achieve the stardom that seemed inevitable for her until her work in the smash hit Speed (1994). She now ranks as one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood. For her role in The Blind Side (2009) she won the Oscar, and her blockbusters The Proposal (2009), The Heat (2013) and Gravity (2013) made her a bankable star. With $56,000,000, she was listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records as the highest-paid actress in the world.

Brittany O'Grady has been performing professionally since the age of 4. Most recently, Brittany appeared as Paula in 'The White Lotus', Mike White's dark comedy mini-series for HBO. Brittany also starred in 'Little Voice' on Apple TV+, in which she portrayed Bess King, a young aspiring singer-songwriter trying to make a living in New York City.

Other recent work includes Lee Daniels' Fox series 'Star' and the Blumhouse feature 'Black Christmas'. Other credits include the Philip Noyce feature 'Above Suspicion' opposite Emilia Clarke and a recurring role on CW series 'The Messengers'.

A native of the Washington DC area, Brittany was cast with several Washington area theaters growing up, including the Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre, historic Ford's Theatre, critically-acclaimed movement-based Synetic Theater, the Little Theatre of Alexandria, and Encore Stage and Studio. Brittany has also performed at the White House and the Kennedy Center.

Zach Cregger was born on 1 March 1981 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Barbarian (2022), The Whitest Kids U'Know (2007) and Wrecked (2016). He has been married to Sara Paxton since 27 October 2019.

Will Yun Lee was born in Arlington, Virginia, to Jung Ja Lee and Soo Won Lee, who had recently emigrated from Korea. He was raised by both immediate and extended family and moved often, exposed to life on the tough Bronx streets and idyllic Hawaiian beaches. By his teens he was living in the San Francisco area with his father, a Korean Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster. Lee also became an accomplished martial artist and won an athletic scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley.

While in school, Lee worked at the East Bay Asian Youth Centre teaching high-risk teens from ghetto neighborhoods not unlike those he had known as a child in the Bronx. It was there that his ongoing commitment to young people began, a commitment that continues to play an important role in his life.

It was also at this time that he became seriously interested in acting, and after landing a role in Nash Bridges he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career. Guest star roles in series such as "Profiler" and "Brimstone" led to a role in the TV movie The Disciples for UPN, and soon after to "What's Cooking" and TNT's "Witchblade".

In 2002 he was named by People as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People" which quickly lead to high profile roles in "Die Another Day", "Torque" and "Elektra". He has also acted on FX Network's television series "Thief", ABC Family's "Fallen" and was one of the main characters of NBC's science fiction television drama "Bionic Woman".

In November 2007, he was again recognized by People, this time as one of the members of their list of the 15 "Sexiest Men Alive". Most recently he appeared as Sang Min in the pilot of the hit CBS series "Hawaii Five O".

In August 2010, Will Yun Lee starred alongside Miguel Ferrer in the indie thriller "Far Away Eyes", which was shot entirely on location in Hong Kong.

Gregory Thomas Garcia was born on 4 April 1970 in Arlington County, Virginia, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for My Name Is Earl (2005), Sprung (2022) and The Guest Book (2017). He has been married to Kim Garcia since 3 May 1997. They have three children.

Asher Monroe is a professional Actor , Singer , Writer and aspiring Director . He got his early start at age 6 landing Chip in the first national broadway tour of Beauty and the Beast. Following a stint of multiple Broadway shows including ( Sound of Music , Oliver and Prince in the Pauper) where he attended the Professional children's school and P.P.A.S. (original FAME school) in NYC. Destiny must have played a big part in him landing the lead role in MGM's remake of the original FAME movie. Along with numerous nationally syndicated tv appearances under his belt ( Parenthood, Mentalist, and Medium. ) Music has always played a pivotal role in Asher's career. He was signed to Warner Brothers as a recording artist, toured the world selling out large venues , started his own independent label with 3 top ten singles gracing the billboard charts. Asher is now working on promoting his first unreleased directorial debut of a film he wrote and starred in called " Book of Love ." A lot to be thankful for and lot to look forward to for this budding young creative entrepreneur .

Juan Pablo Medina was born on 22 October 1977 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The House of Flowers (2018), El Club de los Idealistas (2020) and Dad Wanted (2020). He has been married to Jimena Carranza since March 2016.

Katie Couric was born on 7 January 1957 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Zoolander 2 (2016), Sully (2016) and Shark Tale (2004). She has been married to John Molner since 21 June 2014. She was previously married to Jay Monahan.

Suzanne Whang was a versatile actor, national television host, award-winning stand-up comedian, published author, professional keynote speaker, radio host, spoken word artist, teacher, creativity coach, metaphysical minister, and political activist. Valedictorian of her graduating class at Herndon High School, she gave the invocation at the graduation ceremony. She graduated from the acting program at the William Esper Studio in New York City, and also studied with Milton Katselas, Richard Lawson, Gary Imhoff and Jeffrey Tambor at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

As an actor, Suzanne has appeared in numerous television series, including a hilarious recurring role as Polly, the oversexed spa manager on Las Vegas (2003), a memorable guest starring role as the young Mrs. Lee on Cold Case (2003), and co-starring roles on Two and a Half Men (2003), Boston Legal (2004), Still Standing (2002), Criminal Minds (2005), Nip/Tuck (2003), The Practice (1997), Strong Medicine (2000), Robbery Homicide Division (2002), Norm (1999), and NYPD Blue (1993). She appeared in the Keanu Reeves feature film Constantine (2005) as a screaming mother whose daughter is possessed by soldier demons. She made another feature film, Traci Townsend (2007), which debuted at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, and had a cameo appearance in the Hilary Duff feature, Material Girls (2006).

She starred in the short film Seoul Mates (2002), which won Best Acting Award and Audience Award at the Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Festival. In HouseSitter (1992), with Steve Martin, she played Mr. Moseby's secretary. She wrote and starred in a sold-out one-woman show, I Make You Laughing, and got standing ovations every night.

She hosted House Hunters (1999), the #1 rated show on HGTV (Home & Garden Television Network), for almost 10 years. She was also the host of its spin-off show, House Hunters International (2006). She also hosted Blitz Build 2000 (2000), The Making of the Rose Parade 2005 (2004) and The Making of the Rose Parade 2006 (2005), among other shows on the same network. She and Dick Clark's co-hosted TV Censored Bloopers 98 (1998) for NBC, while simultaneously co-hosting New Attitudes (1999) on Lifetime Television. Prior to that, she was a field host/fill-in co-host for Fox After Breakfast (1996), and a field host for Breakfast Time (1994), Personal FX: The Collectibles Show (1994), and The Pet Department (1996) on the FX cable network.

She garnered a NAMIC Award nomination for her work on Breakfast Time. Also an accomplished emcee, she was a red carpet host for An Evening at the Academy Awards on ABC, and she hosted the 20th Anniversary Gala Concert of the Korean Concert Society at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She was featured as one of "Ten Women to Watch" in "A" Magazine.

She was a celebrity presenter at the 2003 Vision Awards, which celebrates diversity in cable television. She co-hosted the America's Promise children's charity awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, and she also co-hosted the Miss Chinatown pageant in Seattle. She emceed many charity events, including a Lupus Gala Charity Benefit and a Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Benefit as well as public speaking gigs across the country, at high schools, universities, conventions, etc.

As a stand-up comedian, she won the First Annual Andy Kaufman Award at the New York Comedy Festival! She was recognized for her Courage, Creativity, Originality and Humor by the festival judges. This award guaranteed her appearance on Comedy Central's Premium Blend. She also won Best Up & Coming Comedian at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, playing her controversial, shocking, and politically incorrect alter-ego, Sung Hee Park. The act is a satire of racism in America, reminiscent of Archie Bunker's character in the phenomenal sitcom, All in the Family (1971). She performed one-week stints at the Las Vegas Improv, the Lake Tahoe Improv, and The Vixen in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She performed in Los Angeles at the Comedy Store, the Laugh Factory, the Improv, the Ice House, the Friars Club, the HaHa Cafe, the House of Blues Foundation Room, and the Comedy Union. She also performed at clubs in New York City, Seattle, and San Francisco.

Suzanne Whang is a graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in Psychology, and holds a Master's Degree in Cognitive Psychology from Brown University. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer and given only 6 months to live in 2011. She prove the doctors wrong, living and working eight years longer, finally passing away in 2019 after a brave battle with the disease.

Fareed Ward is an American film, television and voice over actor. He is of Persian decent and enjoys playing a wide variety of American and middle eastern characters. He is also an avid tournament tennis player and has a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Kaitlin and their dog Ellen Barkin.

Kaiulani Lee has over 35 years of experience in theater, film and television. Ms. Lee has starred in over a dozen plays on and Off- Broadway. She has been nominated for the Drama Desk Award on Broadway and has won the Obie Award for "Outstanding Off-Broadway Achievement."

Ms. Lee has guest starred in numerous television series from "The Walton's" to "Law and Order." Her film work began with "The World According to Garp" and has continued through "A Civil Action" and "A Bird of the Air." She portrayed Martha Ballard in the critically-acclaimed PBS film "A Midwife's Tale." For the past twenty-four years Kaiulani has been performing her one-woman play, A Sense of Wonder, based on the life and works of Rachel Carson. The play has been the centerpiece of regional and national conferences on conservation, education, journalism, and the environment. She has performed it at over one hundred universities, dozens of high schools, the Smithsonian Institute, the Albert Schweitzer Conference at the United Nations, at the Department of Interior's 150th anniversary, and in 2007 performed on Capitol Hill, bringing Miss Carson's voice once again to the halls of Congress. A Sense of Wonder has played in every Provence of Canada, in England, Italy, India, and Japan.

In 2007, Bill Moyer's celebrated Ms Lee's work with an hour-long interview on Bill Moyer's Journal." A Sense of Wonder" was later filmed by award winning cinematographer, Haskel Wexler, featured at film festivals across the U.S. Canada and Japan and aired nationally on PBS.

In 2011, Miss Lee's second play, "Can't Scare Me...The Story of Mother Jones," opened at the Atlas Theater in Washington D.C. Kaiulani now tours both plays nationally and internationally.

Ms. Lee earned her B.A. from American University, and studied acting with Lee Strasberg, Sandy Meisner, Uta Hagen, and Jerzy Grotowski. She has been a full time adjunct professor at George Mason University from 1997 to the present. She taught at NYU's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television for four years and for the past twenty years has taught master classes at universities across the country.

She is the recipient of two Asian Cultural Council Grants (2014 and 2016).

Kaiulani is the recipient of two Honorary Doctorates from Bowden and Unity Colleges, for her contribution to and excellence in the arts.

Jeffrey Nachmanoff was born on 9 March 1967 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Traitor (2008), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Replicas (2018).

Kelsey Keel is a teenager from Northern Virginia who won an Emmy Award for her performance in the Showtime Original Picture for All Ages My Louisiana Sky (2001). Kelsey was nominated in the same category with Hume Cronyn, Juliette Lewis, Stephen Rea and Kevin Clash. This was Kelsey's first project. Following that, she did a production of "Trudy Blue" at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. by the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Marsha Norman. She recently received her High School Diploma. Kelsey has three older brothers, Jon-Michael Downing, Patrick Downing, and Frankie Keel. She also has a sister in-law, Val Downing, and a niece, Jana Downing, whom she adores. Kelsey enjoys spending time with her family. Her father, Wade Keel, owns a custom picture framing business, which keeps expanding, and a beverage store in D.C. In her free time she goes into work and spends time with her dad. She also enjoys watching her brother Frankie play lacrosse, which he is excellent at, and football. When Kelsey travels for acting she travels with her mother, Karen Keel, who also owns a dance school, in Fairfax, Virginia. Kelsey has lots of hobbies. She enjoys shopping! She has played the drums for 8 years, the piano for 11 years and has been dancing since she was 4.

Zac Hanson is the youngest member of Hanson, and has been performing on stage since he was seven. He and his brothers took the world by storm in 1997 with their first commercial album, "middle of nowhere", and Zac was widely regarded as the zany, humourous one of the group. His antics always amused the audience as well as his brothers. After performing around their home town for years, Zac and his brothers finally took things a step up, and set out to find a record producer, who could land them a record contract. According to them, the moment they were heard, they were practically signed. But for Zac and his brothers, this came as no surprise - performing around Tulsa since a very young age, having released two independent albums hitherto "middle of nowhere" and having the right stage chemistry to win the hearts of all members of the audience, fame seemed inevitable for Zac and his brothers. After the release of "middle of nowhere", they took a break from the spotlight for a year and, in 1999, the world had *NSYNC, Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys, and Hanson were determined to be different from the bubblegum pop that was now dominating the world. "This time around" demonstrated a very mature approach to music by Hanson, and they were more confident in their abilities than in "middle of nowhere" - the album was almost too mature for them, and was met with lukewarm response around the world, because people were now accustomed to *NSYNC. Zac and his brothers have a new album due out in early 2003 and only time will tell whether it is a smash like "middle of nowhere" - But, regardless of the success of the album, Zac will always have an unequivocal place in music history.

Wes was born in Arlington, Virginia, and is an acting student of the late George Robert Allen. He is married to his high school sweetheart Kim Barrett, and is the father of three boys.

Wes started as an actor and comedian with stand up, improvisation and sketch comedy, and has worked in radio, TV, film and video games.

Wes was the last co-host to the legendary Wolfman Jack, writing and performing sketch comedy on the Wolfman's live weekly radio program for the last two years of the radio icon's life. Wes has written and performed many parody songs for radio, some of which have appeared nationally on The Doctor Demento Show. He had morning radio programs on WHFS FM and WXTR FM in Washington, DC.

As an early and longtime member of the Washington based comedy troupe Gross National Product, Wes parlayed his knack for impressions into political parody. Wes did edgier, nonpolitical comedy with his own DC based troupe, Fresh Victims, where the Washington Post praised his "alarmingly acute impressions" and called him "an endless font of inventive energy." Washingtonian Magazine said that "Johnson suggests the spirit of John Belushi inhabiting the frame of Jackie Gleason."

Wes is a frequently heard voice on many video games, most notably The Elder Scroll series , Fallout Series, and Star Trek: Legacy for Bethesda Softworks. He recently voiced an Mag'Har Orc Noble in World of Warcraft.

Wes has won writing awards from the Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum, The America's Best Screenplay Contest, and was part of the Emmy Award winning writing staff for the ensemble comedy program "Crabs" on Maryland Public Television.

He was the last PA Announcer for the Washington Bullets, the first PA Announcer for the Washington Wizards, announces for the WTT pro tennis team the Washington Kastles and has been the arena voice of the Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals since 2000.

Wes was the writer and cartoonist of "Joe Fan," which appeared in every issue of SportsFan Magazine, and "Martini 'N Clyde," which ran daily for two years in the Washington Times.

Roxanne Barcelo was born on 20 January 1985 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Way of the Cross (2019), Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids (2019) and Wildflower (2017).

Nazanin Nooshin Nour was born in Arlington, VA to Iranian immigrant parents. She is fluent in Farsi, and can read and write in Farsi as well. She graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Government & International Politics, a double major in Communications, and a minor in Media Criticism. She worked in corporate litigation for a few years before leaving her career behind to pursue acting and writing professionally. She had performed in school plays, and local community theater, throughout her childhood, and eventually moved to New York City to pursue a career in entertainment. She got her start on USA's miniseries, Political Animals, and continued on from there to Los Angeles, where she has worked in television and film. She trained in sketch writing, and improv, at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theaters in both New York City and Los Angeles. She has also co-written, and co-starred in, the horror short, All Of You, as well as Bad Status, a comedy about being deported. She was also a judge on the inaugural season of Persia's Got Talent, the Persian language spin-off of the Got Talent franchise.

Jody grew up in Arlington, Virginia. From the age of nine, she was heavily involved in community and semi-professional theater in the Washington, D.C. area, at venues such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Jody earned her B.A. from Harvard University and went on to earn an M.F.A. in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco before settling in New York City, where she made her Off-Broadway debut as the lead in the Vineyard Theater's quirky production,"The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island," to rave reviews. Jody continues to do theater in New York as well as pursuing roles in film & television, and maintaining a thriving commercial career.

Born in Virginia, Scott Sowers was an American character actor, probably best known for his role as Detective Parker in the late 1990s ABC series Cracker; Scott worked also in others films, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Dead Man Walking, Erin Brockovich, True Grit in small roles. For Tv in 2009 he portrayed Uncle Drake in the TV series Get Hit. In 2010 he worked in the acclaimed Coen Brothers film True Grit opposite Jeff Bridges. In 2013 he had a minor role as Russo in an episode of the CBS series Blue Bloods; sadly Scott passed away on April 1, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

Sean Haberle was born on 3 July 1963 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Red Dead Redemption II (2018) and August Rush (2007). He has been married to Stephanie Roth Haberle since 8 April 2009. They have three children.

ROBERT ABERDEEN, born Berdeen, in Arlington Virginia, worked at Arena Stage in THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT with Melinda Dillon, at The Charlotte Music Theater in NC as Hugo in BYE BYE BIRDIE with Andy Williams, and Enoch Snow Jr in CAROUSEL with John Raitt; Off Broadway in A DREAM OF SWALLOWS, THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY POT, SPLIT SECOND, A VIEW FROM A BRIDGE, GROUCHO; and appeared on Broadway in Paddy Chayefsky's THE PASSION OF JOSEF D, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF with Zero Mostel; THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, and BILLY BUDD.

He starred in the International tour of THE MAGIC SHOW, and his own TV special, MAGIC MAESTRO PLEASE.

Annette Kowalski was born on 26 January 1936 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. She is a producer, known for The Joy of Painting (1983). She is married to Walter Kowalski. They have five children.

Billy Hayes was born in Arlington, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Dirty South (2023), Franky and the Ant (2012) and The Wolf (2023).

Jodi Forrest was an American voice actress who is known for voice work in English-language dubs of French video games and cartoons, notably as Jade from the cult classic video game Beyond Good & Evil, Tilly the Fairy from Rayman Arena, and Sissi Delmas and other characters from Code Lyoko. She passed away in 2017 due to an undisclosed illness.

Natalie Wynn was born on 21 October 1988 in Arlington, Virginia, USA. She is a writer and director, known for The Left (2017), The Hunger (2022) and Non-Binary Genders (2016).