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Marlee Matlin
Marlee Matlin
Academy Award Winner

Film

Marlee Matlin is an American actress, author, and activist. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for "Children of a Lesser God" (1986) and to date is the only deaf performer to have won an Academy Award.

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Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg
Actor and Recording Artist

Film

Mark Wahlberg is an American actor, producer, businessman, former model, rapper, and songwriter. He was known by his stage name Marky Mark in his early career as frontman for the group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

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Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill
Actor

Film

Mark Hamill is an American stage, screen, and voice actor. He is known for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series and for his voice-over work in animations and video games as the Joker, beginning with "Batman: The Animated Series" in 1992.

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Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie
2-Time Academy Award Nominee and 5-Time BAFTA Award Nominee

Film

Margot Robbie is an Australian actress and film producer. She has received nominations for two Academy Awards and five BAFTA Awards. In 2019, she was ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses.

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Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Actress

Film

Maggie Smith has had an extensive, varied career on stage, film, and television, spanning over 68 years. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for contributions to the performing arts, and a Companion of Honour in 2014 for services to drama.

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Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin
Golden Globe Award Nominee

Film

Macaulay Culkin is best known for his role as Kevin McCallister in the Christmas films "Home Alone" (1990), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992).

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M. Night Shyamalan
M. Night Shyamalan
Academy Award Nominee

Film

M. Night Shyamalan is known for making films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. His most well-received films include the supernatural horror thriller "The Sixth Sense" (1999), of which he received a nomination for an Academy Award.

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Lynn Shelton
Lynn Shelton
Film Director

Film

Lynn Shelton (August 27, 1965 - May 15, 2020) was an American filmmaker, known for writing, directing, and producing such films as "Humpday" and "Your Sister's Sister".

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Lucas Hedges
Lucas Hedges
Academy Award Nominee

Film

Lucas Hedges is an American actor. He made his breakthrough in 2016 by playing a sardonic teenage orphan in Kenneth Lonergan's drama "Manchester by the Sea", which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Louis B. Mayer
Louis B. Mayer
Co-Founder, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Co-Founder, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Film

Louis B. Mayer was a film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1924. Under his management, MGM became the industry's most prestigious studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors, and stars in Hollywood.

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Lou Diamond Phillips
Lou Diamond Phillips
Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Louis Diamond Phillips is an actor. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film "La Bamba" (1987). For the Academy Award nominated "Stand and Deliver" (1988), Phillips was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

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Lil Rel Howery
Lil Rel Howery
Actor and Comedian

Film

Lil Rel Howery is an American actor and comedian. Howery is best known for his role as Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy series "The Carmichael Show" (2015 - 2017), and his roles in the movies "Get Out" (2017) and "Uncle Drew" (2018).

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Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
Tony Award Winner and 5-Time Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Liev Schreiber became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films. He is also a stage actor, having performed in several Broadway productions.

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Liam Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth
Actor

Film

Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor. He played the roles of Josh Taylor in the soap opera "Neighbours" and Marcus in the children's television series "The Elephant Princess". His older brothers, Luke Hemsworth and Chris Hemsworth, are also actors.

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Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor

Film

Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor, film producer, and environmental activist. He began his career by appearing in television commercials in the early 1990s. He awon his first Academy Award and BAFTA Award for his performance in "The Revenant".

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Laura Dern
Laura Dern
Academy Award Winner and Primetime Emmy Award Winner

Film

Laura Dern is an American actress, director and film producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and five Golden Globe Awards.

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Lana Turner
Lana Turner
Actress

Film

Lana Turner worked in film, television, theater and radio. Over the course of her nearly 50-year career, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a dramatic actress. In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid women in the United States.

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Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Actor

Film

Kurt Russell is an American actor. In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company where, according to Robert Osborne, he became the studio's top star of the 1970s.

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Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart
Actress

Film

Kristen Stewart is an American actress, model, and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a César Award, the first actress of the United States to win the award. Her films have grossed over $4.3 billion worldwide.

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Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Winner, Golden Globe Award

Film

In 2004, Kris Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also known for his starring roles in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "Heaven's Gate", and "A Star Is Born", the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award.

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Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
3-Time Academy Award Nominee

Film

Kirk Douglas was one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age. He became an international star through positive reception for his role in "Champion" (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
Emmy Award Winner and Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Kiefer Sutherland is an actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series "24", for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Satellite Awards.

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Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
2-Time Academy Award Winner and Tony Award Winner

Film

Kevin Spacey gained critical acclaim in the 1990s that culminated in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the crime thriller "The Usual Suspects" (1995) and an Academy Award for Best Actor for the drama "American Beauty" (1999).

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Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
Actor and Film Director

Film

Kevin Smith is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film "Clerks" (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob.

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Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart
Actor and Comedian

Film

Kevin Hart is a comedian, actor, and producer. His comedic reputation continued to grow with the release of his first stand-up album, "I'm a Grown Little Man" (2008), and performances in the films "Think Like a Man" (2012) and "Grudge Match" (2013).

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