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Catastrophe (2015 TV Series)
''Catastrophe'' is a British television sitcom first broadcast on 19 January 2015 on Channel 4. It is created, written by, and stars Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, who portray single people who become a couple after she unexpectedly becomes pregnant following a fling while he is visiting London on a business trip. Carrie Fisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar play supporting characters in the series. The show was renewed for a second series in January 2015 and began broadcasting from 27 October 2015, having been brought forward from its original schedule of early 2016. In July 2016, Catastrophe was renewed for a third and fourth series. The third series, which began broadcasting in the UK on 28 February 2017, comprises 6 episodes — which all became available in the United States on 28 April 2017, hosted by Amazon. The fourth and final series of the show began broadcasting on 8 January 2019; premiering on March 15, 2019, in the US. For her performance in the show, Sharon Horgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Delaney
Rob Delaney (born January 19, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and activist. He was the co-star and co-writer of the TV show ''Catastrophe'', and has appeared in comedy films such as ''Deadpool 2'' (2018) and ''Tom & Jerry'' (2021). Early life Delaney was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1977, the son of Nancy and Robert Delaney. He grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He is of Irish descent. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and graduated with a degree in musical theater in 1999. Career Twitter Delaney came to the attention of the public via Twitter, where he began posting in 2009. By 2016, he had over 1.2 million followers. While other comics were hesitant to share their material on social media, he is considered one of the first comedians to use social media to publish jokes. He credited Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan with his rise in popularity after Linehan began responding to his tweets. In 2010, '' Paste'' maga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Alexander
Kai Alexander (born 7 June 1997) is a British actor known for playing Jeffrey in ''Catastrophe,'' Richard Branson in Danny Boyle's ''Pistol'' and Dante Gunnarsson in Netflix's '' The Stranger.'' He most recently joined the cast of upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries '' Masters of the Air.'' Early life and education He attended the Arts Educational Schools in London. Career In 2015, he was cast as the lead in the BBC Original Drama Short, Oakwood. In 2016, he joined the cast of Channel 4 and Amazon comedy ''Catastrophe'' in a recurring role playing Jeffrey, the on-screen child of characters portrayed by Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar. He first appeared in season three, and reprised his role in the fourth and final season which was released in 2019. In March 2019 he began shooting '' The Stranger'', a Netflix adaptation of the novel by Harlan Coben. It was released on 30 January 2020. In 2021, he joined the cast of upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries, '' Masters of the Air'' from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Socha
Lauren Marie Socha (born 9 June 1990) is an English actress. She rose to prominence during her role as Kelly Bailey in the E4 comedy-drama television series ''Misfits'', for which she won a BAFTA TV Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. She is also known for her role in the Channel 4 television film ''The Unloved''. Early life Socha was born in Derby, Derbyshire to Robert and Kathleen (née Lyons) Socha. Her mother is English and her father was British of Polish/Italian parents. She has an older brother, Michael Socha, also an actor. She attended St. George's RC Primary School, Burton College and St. Benedict's Catholic School and Performing Arts College, Derby. She trained at the Central Junior Television Workshop based in Nottingham. Career Socha was first recognised by agents and casting directors when she attended a local drama workshop, having been inspired by her older brother. This led to her being cast as the lead in the Arctic Monkeys' video for their 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Hale
Amanda Hale (born 2 October 1982) is a British actress. Early life Hale is one of four children born to Irish immigrant parents in northwest London. Her cousin is scientist Martin Glennie. She had been due to go to Oxford University to study English but changed her mind and decided to become an actress. Career Hale trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2005 with a BA in Acting Degree (H Level) and has performed on both stage and screen. Some of her earliest acting experience include a couple of plays at the National Youth Theatre. At drama school, she won the Audience Prize and Best Fight Award at the 2003 RADA Prize Fights. She was also nominated for two ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards (the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer and Best Actress) in November 2007 for her critically acclaimed performance as Laura Wingfield in Tennessee Williams' classic play ''The Glass Menagerie'' at the Apollo Theatre in London. In September 2009, Hale m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Bouaziz
Emmanuelle Bouaziz (born 22 May) is a French actress, dancer and singer. Life and career A father with Algerian jewish roots and a mother of Ukrainian origin, Emmanuelle Bouaziz studied dance at the Rick Odums Performing Arts Institute where she graduated as a dance teacher, and acting at cours Peyran-Lacroix in Paris and The Actor Centre in London. She has appeared in the musicals '' Roméo et Juliette'', '' Fame'', '' Mamma Mia!'', '' 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille''. , musicalavenue.fr She also acts in films and TV series. Filmography Film * 2008 : '' |
Seeta Indrani
Seeta Indrani (born 20 April 1963) is an English dancer and actress. Biography Performance After graduation as a dancer from the London Contemporary Dance School, Indrani took the role of Cassandra in the original 1981 West End theatre, West End production of ''Cats (musical), Cats'' by Andrew Lloyd Webber. She then undertook various pieces of stage work, including seasons at the Royal National Theatre, Royal Exchange, Manchester, The Royal Exchange, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Indrani then took the role for which she is best known, Constable#United Kingdom, WPC Norika Datta, in the ITV (TV network), ITV drama ''The Bill'' from 1989 to 1998. She was voted Best Supporting Actress by the Asian Film Academy in 1995, and best actress in 1996. In 2019, Seeta Indrani shared her memories of ''The Bill'' during an in-depth interview about her life and career. After leaving ''The Bill,'' she returned to the stage with roles in ''Cruel Garden'' with the Rambert Dance Company, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Niles
Sarah Niles is a British film, television and theatre actress. She has appeared in ''Mister Eleven '' and '' Beautiful People '' (2009), '' Thorne: Sleepyhead ''(2010), '' Spotless '' (2015), '' Catastrophe '' (2015-2019), '' Trust Me '' (2019), '' I May Destroy You '' and '' Trying '' (2020), '' Viewpoint '' (2021), '' Riches '' and '' The Sandman '' in 2022. She is most notable for receiving a nomination for the Emmys for her performance as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone in '' Ted Lasso ''. Early life Niles was born in Thornton Heath, south London, and was the youngest daughter of three to her father an electrician, and her mother a care nurse, both Barbadian arriving to Britain in the late 1950s. She was a drama student at the Manchester School of Theatre, part of the Manchester Metropolitan University. Career Niles has appeared mainly in theatre productions including shows at the National Theatre, The Royal Court, The Old Vic and The Bush Theatre. In 2013 and 2014 she worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's series ''The Crown'', for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and received Golden Globe and British Academy Television Award nominations. Menzies also played Frank and Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall in STARZ's '' Outlander,'' for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination, in addition to his roles as Brutus in HBO's ''Rome'' and Edmure Tully in HBO's '' Game of Thrones''. Early years Menzies was born in Hammersmith, London, England, the son of Peter Menzies and Gillian (''née'' Simpson). His mother was a teacher and his father a BBC radio producer. He has one younger brother, Luke, who is a solicitor. Menzies attended the Perry Court Rudolf Steiner School in Canterbury, Kent, where he was trained in the Steiner System, which in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Walsh
Eileen Walsh (born 16 April 1977) is an Irish actress. Biography Born and raised in Cork, Ireland, Walsh was raised in a Catholic household, and had no intention of becoming an actress, until she followed in the footsteps of her elder sister Catherine, who was also an actress, and young Eileen began to attend theatre workshops. Her first break came when, as a student, she landed the role of Runt in the stage version of ''Disco Pigs'', which received rave reviews. Subsequent movies have included ''When Brendan Met Trudy'', ''The Magdalene Sisters'', and ''The End''. In 2008, Walsh won an award for Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival for her portrayal of Breda, a lonely housewife whose willpower is put to the test in the film ''Eden''. In 2018 she appeared in two episodes of ''Patrick Melrose Edward St Aubyn (born 14 January 1960) is an English author and journalist. He is the author of ten novels, including notably the semi-autobiographical ''Patrick Melrose'' novels. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lapaine
Daniel Lapaine (born 15 June 1971) is an Australian stage, film and television actor, currently residing in London. He also works as a writer and director. Career Born in Sydney, New South Wales to an Italian father and an Australian mother, Lapaine graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1992. He first came to prominence in 1994 when he played the South African swimmer David Van Arckle in P. J. Hogan's ''Muriel's Wedding''. Since then he has worked internationally in film, theatre, and television and is now based in London. In theatre, he most recently he played Bassanio in ''The Merchant of Venice'' at Shakespeare's Globe, opposite Jonathan Pryce. Other theatre credits include the parts of Trip in ''Other Desert Cities'' and Eilert Lovborg in Ibsen's ''Hedda Gabler'' at the Old Vic, opposite Sheridan Smith. He played Leontes in ''The Winter's Tale'' at the Sheffield Crucible; Kurt in ''The Dance of Death'' at the Donmar at the Trafalgar Studios an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Forbes (actor)
Jonathan Forbes (born 4 December 1976 in Dublin) is an Irish actor. Early life Forbes was born in Dublin, Ireland on 4 December 1976. He attended Gonzaga College where he was in the same class as fellow actor Andrew Scott, before studying English at University College Dublin. Career Forbes trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2001 as a BBC Carleton Hobbs Award winner. In 2001 he played the lead role in John Deery's debut feature '' Conspiracy of Silence'', for which he was nominated Best Newcomer at the inaugural Irish Film and Television Awards. He made his stage debut in Trevor Nunn's production of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' at The Lyttelton Theatre in 2002. Other theatre highlights include Michael Boyd's first season at the RSC (''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Hamlet'', ''King Lear''), ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (Chichester Festival Theatre) and ''The Good Soldier'' (Theatre Royal Bath). Television highlights include ''Hornblower'', ''Foyle's War'' and ''Titanic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
