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7th Indie Series Awards
The 7th Indie Series Awards were held on April 6, 2016 at the El Portal Theater in Los Angeles, with the ceremony hosted by Eric Martsolf and Jen Lilley. Presented by ''We Love Soaps There are multiple media outlets which focus primarily on television soap operas and telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television" ...'', the awards recognize independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the web. Awards The nominees were announced on February 3, 2016, with '' Winterthorne'' receiving a record-tying 13 nominations. The awards were given on April 6, 2016. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface: References External links Indie Series Awards History and Archive of Past Winners {{DEFAULTSORT:Indie Soap Awards, 7 Indie Series Awards 2016 film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Martsolf
Eric Martsolf (born July 27, 1971) is an American television actor. Since November 2008, he has played the role of Brady Black on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 2014. He also played the role of Ethan Winthrop in the NBC soap opera ''Passions'' from 2002 to 2008. Background Martsolf sang on a Hawaiian cruise ship and has modeled for over 50 designers, companies, and businesses. He was a radio broadcaster for WDCV 88.3 FM and was a singer/dancer at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania for four years and also worked and performed at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He has a degree in Political Science from Dickinson College. He has been an Assistant Director and a Guest Artist for Children's Theatre Experience. Career Martsolf portrayed Ethan Winthrop on NBC's daytime soap opera ''Passions'' from July 2002 (succeeding original portrayer Travis Schuldt) until the series' cancellation in August 2008. Martsolf had auditioned for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brianna Brown
Brianna Lynn Brown (born October 2, 1979) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her television roles as Lisa Niles in the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'', and as Taylor Stappord in the Lifetime series ''Devious Maids''. Life Brown was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and grew up in the Twin Cities suburb of Apple Valley. She briefly attended St. Olaf College before moving to Los Angeles when she was 19. Brown married film director Richie Keen near Santa Barbara in May 2017. In March 2018, it was reported that the couple was expecting their first child; Brown gave birth to a son in July 2018. Career Brown made her first on-screen appearance in 1999 in an episode of NBC series ''Freaks and Geeks'', and in later years acted in many films and television series. On television, she guest starred in ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Smallville'', ''Entourage'', ''Without a Trace'', ''The Closer'', ''Joey'', and ''Criminal Minds''. She has played the lead role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Hennesy
Carolyn Lee Hennesy (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress, author and animal advocate. Hennesy's early work consisted of guest appearances and roles in shows and television movies, including '' Dark Justice'' and in '' Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare''. She rose to prominence when she was cast in a recurring role in ''Dawson's Creek''. She followed this with a series of guest appearances until she gained international acclaim after landing the role of Diane Miller on the daytime television series ''General Hospital'', for which she earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Following this, she was cast in more recurring roles in shows such as '' Cougar Town'', ''Revenge'' and '' Jessie''. She also received much credibility for her role in ''The Bay'', for which she won her first Daytime Emmy Award. Hennesy has also taken up writing, and made her debut as an author with the 2011 novel ''The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli'', featuring characters from ''General Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karrueche Tran
Karrueche Tran ( ; born May 17, 1988) is an American actress and model. From 2013 to 2016, she starred as Vivian Johnson in the web series '' The Bay''. For producing the series, she won two Daytime Emmy Awards. Her return to ''The Bay'' for its sixth season garnered her the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program at the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards. Her win made her the first person of Asian Pacific American descent to win an Emmy for Lead Actress or Actor. Tran also starred as Virginia Loc on the TNT series ''Claws''. Early life Tran is a native of Los Angeles, California. She was raised by her Vietnamese mother and Jamaican godmother. Her father is African-American. Tran identifies as Blasian. She has a younger maternal half-brother. Tran first attended high school at Fairfax High School before switching schools, graduating from Birmingham High School in 2006. Career Early career and ''The Bay'': 2009–2014 Tran began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Thomson (actor)
Gordon Thomson (born March 2, 1945) is a Canadian actor widely known for his role as Adam Carrington on the 1980s American prime time soap opera ''Dynasty''. Early life Thomson began acting while studying English at McGill University in Montreal. One of his earliest roles was "Sir Robin the Brave" in the 1971 version of the Muppets' ''The Frog Prince''. He went on to appear in Canadian television and stage roles, including a stint in ''Godspell'' opposite Gilda Radner, Martin Short, and Eugene Levy. In his twenties he also worked as a catalogue model to supplement his acting earnings. Career His first main TV role was as Michael Stewart Jr. on the Canadian television serial '' High Hopes'' in 1978. He then appeared as Egyptologist Aristotle Benedict White on the ABC daytime soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' from 1981 to 1982. Having received acclaim for stage performances in productions including ''Love's Labour's Lost'', ''Godspell'' and Joe Orton's '' Loot'', Thomson advanced to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan Rogers
Tristan Rogers (born 3 June 1946) is an Australian-American actor. He is best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures' ''The Rescuers Down Under''. He is currently starring as Robert Scorpio on General Hospital. Rogers was born in Melbourne. His early acting roles were on Australian television and he completed short stints in soap operas '' Bellbird'', ''Number 96'' (in 1974) and '' The Box'' (in 1975). He was a regular in the police drama series ''The Link Men'' (1970) which lasted for 13 episodes, and had guest roles in programs including ''Barrier Reef'', ''Division 4'' and the 1976 miniseries ''Power Without Glory''. He also appeared in a few British films in the early 1970s, notably ''Four Dimensions of Greta'' (1972), ''The Flesh and Blood Show'' (1972) and ''Sex Farm'' (1973). United States roles ''General Hospital'' He originally appeared on ''General Hospital'' from December 1980 until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Guarino
Stephen Guarino (born November 14, 1975) is an American actor and comedian, known as Sully Patterson on the Jim Carrey-produced Showtime series ''I'm Dying Up Here'' (2017–2018) and for his recurring role as Derrick in the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings'', a character that has since been carried over to the NBC sitcom '' Marry Me'',"Stephen Guarino Will Eat You Alive" '' The Advocate'', November 22, 2011. as well as Connor on the sitcom '' |
Raymond Ablack
Raymond Ablack (born November 15, 1989) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He began his career in the early 2000s as a child actor on stage, performing as Young Simba in ''The Lion King'' at the Princess of Wales Theatre. He later gained recognition for playing Sav Bhandari in the teen drama television series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' (2007–2011). From 2014 to 2017, Ablack starred in the web series ''Teenagers''; he was nominated for an International Academy of Web Television Award and won an Indie Series Award for his performance in 2016. He is also known for his supporting roles in the television series ''Orphan Black'' (2013–2016), '' Narcos'' (2017), ''Shadowhunters'' (2016–2018), '' Burden of Truth'' (2019), '' Ginny & Georgia'' (2021), and '' Maid'' (2021). Early life Ablack was born and raised by Indo-Guyanese parents in Toronto, Ontario. Growing up, he played in a competitive hockey league. He has three siblings: two younger sisters, Cassandra and Rebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Archer
Melissa Jean Archer (born December 2, 1979 in Dallas, Texas, Dallas, Texas) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Natalie Buchanan on ''One Life to Live'', portraying the role from 2001 until its final episode in 2013. She also portrayed the character of Serena Mason on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' from December 5, 2014, to August 27, 2015, with brief one-off reappearances on September 28, 2015, and October 31, 2017. Career Archer first appeared as "bad girl" Natalie Buchanan, Natalie Balsom on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' on July 16, 2001. The character was later established to be the long-lost daughter of original character Victoria Lord, portrayed by multiple Daytime Emmy Award-winner Erika Slezak. Archer previously auditioned for the role of Jennifer Rappaport then later on, she would audition for Natalie then named Valerie. ABC announced its decision to cancel ''One Life to Live'', along with ''All My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teenagers (web Series)
''Teenagers'' (often stylized as ''teenagers'') is a Canadian web series created by M. H. Murray and Sara Tamosauskas. With an ensemble cast that includes former ''Degrassi'' stars Chloe Rose and Raymond Ablack, ''Teenagers'' presents various storylines in the form of vignettes and focuses on social issues such as teen angst, racism, violence, slut-shaming, and sexuality. The first season premiered on YouTube in early 2014. The second season premiered online July 26, 2015; the first episode of the second season subsequently went viral on YouTube. A third and final season premiered online November 5, 2017. Since its release, ''Teenagers'' has amassed more than 15 million combined views online and has received numerous accolades, including an Indie Series Award, several IAWTV Award nominations, and a Canadian Screen Award nomination. Background ''Teenagers'' initially attracted media attention because its cast included former ''Degrassi'' stars Chloe Rose and Raymond A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Rose
Chloe Rose (born October 25, 1994) is a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence when she portrayed Katie Matlin in the long-running teen drama television series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', from 2011 to 2013. Following her time on ''Degrassi'', Rose starred in the web series ''Teenagers'' (2014–2017), earning several award nominations for her performance as the lead protagonist, Bree. Rose has also starred in feature films such as Anita Doron's ''The Lesser Blessed'' (2012), Bruce McDonald's '' Hellions'' (2015), and Adam MacDonald's '' Pyewacket'' (2017). Early life Rose was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She grew up in the same neighbourhood as award-winning Canadian film director Bruce McDonald, with whom she would later work with on '' Hellions'' (2015). As a teenager, she babysat his children. Rose attended high school at the Etobicoke School of the Arts alongside fellow ''Degrassi'' star Aislinn Paul. Career Rose first attracted attention for her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Madison
Martha Madison (born Martha Anne Butterworth; July 27, 1977) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Belle Black on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. Early life Madison was born in Newport News, Virginia. She was raised in Houston, Texas, attended Cypress Creek High School (Harris County, Texas), Cypress Creek High School, and graduated from Texas A&M University in 1999 with a degree in psychology. She was also the Captain of the Texas A&M Dance Team. In 1999, she moved to New York City to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She danced with the Peyari Dance Project for two years. However, after several injuries, she was forced to retire from dance. Television career Madison had a small role in the film ''Kate & Leopold'' in 2001. She moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a career in film/television, and briefly appeared on the NBC soap opera ''Passions'' in 2004. Madison next played the role of Belle Black on the NBC soap opera ''Days of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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