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Devious Maids
''Devious Maids'' is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, produced by ABC Studios, and executive produced by Cherry, Sabrina Wind, Eva Longoria, Paul McGuigan, Larry Shuman, David Lonner, John Mass, Paul Presburger, and Michael Garcia. It is based on the Mexican series ''Ellas son... la alegría del hogar''. It originally aired on Lifetime for four seasons from June 23, 2013, to August 8, 2016. Set in Beverly Hills, California, ''Devious Maids'' followed the lives of four Latina maids working for the area's wealthiest and most powerful families. The series featured an ensemble cast led by Ana Ortiz as Marisol Suarez, Dania Ramirez as Rosie Falta, Roselyn Sánchez as Carmen Luna, and Judy Reyes as Zoila Diaz. While working for Beverly Hills' most glamorous and powerful citizens, the maids are exposed to and often a part of secrets, mysteries and crimes hidden behind their employers' wealthy facade as well as the closed doors of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Owens
Nathan John Owens (born March 9, 1984) is an American actor, model, and producer. Owens portrayed Cameron Davis on ''Days of Our Lives'' and was a regular as Jesse Morgan on the Lifetime comedic-drama series, ''Devious Maids''. Career Owens made his foray into world of fashion working as a model. He has appeared in several issues of GQ, as well as many commercial and print campaigns for the Gap, Polo, Izod and Sperry. He also has the distinction of being the second African-American ever to be featured in a fragrance campaign for Polo Ralph Lauren Big Pony. Owens' on-camera career started when he appeared opposite Rihanna in the music video to her song, ''California King Bed'' and later, opposite Nicki Minaj in Va Va Voom. In October 2012, it was announced that Owens had joined the cast of ''Days of Our Lives'' as a recast of Cameron Davis. Owens was released from his contract with ''Days of Our Lives'' in July 2013 and made his final appearance in November 2013. Owens was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolé Parks
Wolé Parks (born July 27, 1982) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Dallas Griffin in the CBS daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'', and as Sam Alexander in the Lifetime comedy-drama series ''Devious Maids''. He appeared in the 8th season of ''The Vampire Diaries'', playing the role of 'Cade' and portrays John Henry Irons in ''Superman & Lois''. Early life and education Parks was born in New York City, to a Belizean mother named Lilith Parks and a Tanzanian father whom he did not meet until adulthood. He is a graduate of New York University with a B.F.A. in Fine Arts and a B.A. in Mathematics. Career He first joined the cast of the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' on November 14, 2007 taking over the role of Dallas Griffin. Parks guest-starred in ''Law & Order'', its spin-off ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' and ''Gossip Girl'', as well as starring in the sixth season of MTV's anthology series ''Undressed''. In film, Parks was seen alongside Kevin Bacon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Warren (director)
David Warren is an American theatre and television director. Career Theatre Warren has a number of Broadway production directing credits to his name, including ''Holiday'', ''Summer and Smoke'' and ''Misalliance''. His other, more extensive work includes the ''Jekyll & Hyde'' and '' Copacabana'' national tours, and several significant off-Broadway productions including ''Pterodactyls'', ''Matt & Ben'', ''Minutes from the Blue Route'', ''Night and Her Stars'', ''Hurrah at Last'', ''The Dazzle'', ''Raised in Captivity'', ''Hobson's Choice'' and '' Drumstruck''. He also has many credits for regional theatres including, among many others, Baltimore Center Stage, New York Stage and Film and South Coast Repertory. Television Warren's television credits include episodes of ''Desperate Housewives'', '' Weeds'', ''Gossip Girl'', ''In Plain Sight'', '' 90210'', ''Ugly Betty'', ''Drop Dead Diva'', and '' Valentine''. ''Desperate Housewives'' creator and executive producer Marc Cherry asked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shuman Company
The Shuman Company is a literary management company launched in 1991 by veteran manager Larry Shuman. The firm's roster includes showrunners Shawn Ryan, creator of ''The Shield''; David Shore, creator of ''House''; and Tim Minear. The Shuman Company is also producing the 2015 film ''Concussion'', starring Will Smith, and the popular TV show ''Devious Maids ''Devious Maids'' is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, produced by ABC Studios, and executive produced by Cherry, Sabrina Wind, Eva Longoria, Paul McGuigan, Larry Shuman, David Lonner, John Mass, Pau ...''. References Talent and literary agencies Film production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 1991 Companies based in Los Angeles County, California 1991 establishments in California {{US-media-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Longoria
Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón ( Longoria; March 15, 1975) is an American actress, producer, and director. After a number of guest roles on several television series, she was recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', on which she starred from 2001 to 2003. She is most known for her role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives'', which ran from 2004 to 2012, and for which she received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. She has also appeared in '' The Sentinel'' (2006), ''Over Her Dead Body'' (2008), ''For Greater Glory'' (2012), '' Frontera'' (2014), ''Lowriders'' (2016), and '' Overboard'' (2018). From 2015 to 2016, she starred as Ana Sofia Calderón on the short-lived NBC sitcom ''Telenovela'', and was an executive producer for the Lifetime television series ''Devious Maids''. She has also been an executive producer of social issue documentaries, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Shearmur
Edward Shearmur (also known as Ed Shearmur; born 28 February 1966) is a British film composer. Born in London, England, at age seven he sang in the boys' choir at Westminster Cathedral. Educated at Eton College, he studied at the Royal College of Music and went on to a scholarship at Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge. He worked as orchestration and conducting assistant to Michael Kamen on such films as ''Licence to Kill'', ''Die Hard'', ''Lethal Weapon'' and the acclaimed ''Don Juan DeMarco'') before scoring his first full-length feature film '' The Cement Garden'' which won the director's prize at the Berlin Film Festival. His first major feature score was that of ''The Wings of the Dove'' (1997). He has since scored a diverse range of popular films, including both ''Charlie's Angels'' outings, ''Cruel Intentions'', ''Species II'', and ''K-PAX''. In addition to his film work, Shearmur has collaborated as keyboardist and arranger with a number of prominent rock mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Rodríguez
María Soledad Rodríguez Belli (; born 17 April 1990), known by her stage name Sol Rodríguez, is an Argentinian actress and model, of Spanish and Italian descent. She is best known for the role of Mecha in the Nickelodeon Latin America's series ''Grachi''. Rodríguez has released several songs from the soundtrack of ''Grachi'', sung along with other members of the cast. Biography and career Born in 1990 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sol Rodríguez started dancing when she was 5. At the age of 8 she moved with her family to Guatemala, where she continued dancing and singing. She was part of a girl group in school who performed in parent reunions and school activities, and she started doing TV commercials when she was ten. In 2006 she moved with her parents to Miami where she studied in Miami Dade College, but she then dropped to sign up with a talent agency in Miami. Some weeks later she did her first print work for Reebok. Her first casting was for Nickelodeon Latin America, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristián De La Fuente
Cristián Andrés de la Fuente Sabarots (; born March 10, 1974) is a Chilean-American actor, presenter, model and producer. Early life Cristian De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente (died 1996) and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent. He served in the Chilean Air Force reserve prior to attending the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he pursued a degree in civil engineering. While still a sophomore, de la Fuente was discovered by a talent scout and encouraged to enter the country's ''Super Teen'' contest, which he won. This was soon followed by roles in several soap operas, including “ Eclipse de luna” (Canal 13, 1997), as well as a stint as host of Chile's top-rated variety series, “ Venga conmigo” (Canal 13, 1995-2002). Cristian de la Fuente was a popular television actor in South America before breaking into the U.S. markets with appearances in several independent films. He eventually worked his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Marini
Gilles Marini (; born 26 January 1976) is a French actor known for his roles in the film ''Sex and the City'', and in the American television shows '' Brothers & Sisters'', '' Switched at Birth'' and ''Devious Maids''. He was also the runner-up in season 8 of ''Dancing with the Stars'', and was one of the returning celebrities in season 15. He was also a French co-host on the Netflix show ''Ultimate Beastmaster''. Early life Marini was born in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France, to a Greek mother and Italian father. He worked as a baker in his father's bakery from the age of eight. After completing high school, he joined the French army and was stationed in Paris, where he served as a fireman in the Paris Fire Brigade. There, Marini met Fred Goudon, a photographer who introduced him to the world of modeling. After fulfilling his military duties in his early twenties, he went to the United States to learn English while working as a model. One of his first jobs was a television comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Woodell
Colin Todd Gerard Woodell (born December 20, 1991) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Rick Betancourt on ''The Purge'' on USA Network and Matias in the 2018 film '' Unfriended: Dark Web''. He played Aiden in the CW series '' The Originals'', Tyler Richmond on ''Designated Survivor'', Ronald Sturgis on ''Masters of Sex'' (2013–2016), and Buckley on the HBO series ''The Flight Attendant'' (2020). Other film credits include ''Unsane'', ''Searching'', the Netflix original film '' XOXO'', and ''The Call of the Wild''. On the stage, Woodell has appeared Off-Broadway in Second Stage Theater's 2019 production of ''Dying City'' by Christopher Shinn. In 2017, Woodell played the role of Edmund Tyrone in The Geffen Playhouse's production of '' Long Day's Journey Into Night'' in Los Angeles. Education Woodell attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, and began his training and first professional theater performances at The American Conservatory Theater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Adams
Dominic Adams (born 17 March 1985) is a British actor and model, known for his role as Tony Bishara in the Lifetime comedy-drama ''Devious Maids'' and in ''Six''. Life and career Adams was born in Bristol, England on March 17, 1985, to an Iranian father and British mother, and attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Goldsmiths, University of London. In England, he appeared in a number of stage productions, and in 2008 made his screen debut in a walk-on part in film '' Telstar: The Joe Meek Story''. In 2014, Adams was cast as series regular for second season of Lifetime comedy-drama ''Devious Maids'' as Tony Bishara, Rebecca Wisocky Rebecca Wisocky (born November 12, 1971) is an American actress. Best known for her role as Evelyn Powell in the Lifetime comedy-drama series ''Devious Maids'' (2013–16), as of 2021 she is starring as Hetty Woodstone on the CBS sitcom ''Ghosts' ...'s character bodyguard. In July 2014, shortly after the second-season finale aired, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
