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Kiera
Kiera is a female given name. It is an Anglicized version of ''Ciara'', the name of a 7th-century saint, and means 'dark' or 'dark haired ' in Irish. People with this name *Kiera Aitken (born 1983), swimmer from Bermuda * Kiera Allen (born 1997), American actress * Kiera Austin (born 1997), Australian netball player * Kiera Bennett (born 1971), painter from England *Kiera Cass (born 1981), American author *Kiera Chaplin (born 1982), British actress and model * Kiera Duffy (born 1979), American opera singer * Kiera Gazzard (born 2001), Australian swimmer * Kiera Gormley, model from Northern Ireland *Kiera Hogan (born 1994), American professional wrestler * Kiera Van Ryk (born 1999), Canadian volleyball player * Kiera Skeels (born 2001), English footballer See also *Keira (given name) * Kira (given name), alternate Anglicization (and name with other origins also) *List of Irish-language given names This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language (''Gaeilge'') given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Chaplin
Kiera Chaplin (born 1 July 1982) is a model, entrepreneur and actress from Northern Ireland. She is the granddaughter of the English filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and the great-granddaughter of the American dramatist Eugene O'Neill. Biography Chaplin was born in Belfast, the eldest daughter of Eugene Chaplin and his wife, Bernadette. She grew up in the same town as her father, in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, until her parents' divorce in the mid-1990s. In 2018 Kiera Chaplin created the Chaplin Awards in Asia. It is an award that goes to an actor or filmmaker whose work embodies Charlie Chaplin's qualities of realism, diversity and courage within their craft. So far recipients have been Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Zhang Yimou. In 2018 Kiera Chaplin along with Jazmin Grimaldi were among the first participants to take part on The Rally Aicha des Gazelles in Morocco in an electric car to promote sustainability and prove this is the way of the future. Kiera Chaplin also uses her pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Cass
Kiera Cass (born 19 May 1981) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known for ''The Selection'' series. Career Cass was born and raised in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and graduated from Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach. She is of Puerto Rican descent. She attended Coastal Carolina University before transferring to Radford University. She graduated from Radford with a degree in History. The first book in ''The Selection'' trilogy, ''The Selection'', was published in 2012 by HarperTeen. Television rights for the trilogy were optioned by the CW Television Network and two pilots were filmed, but neither were picked up for a full series. In April 2015, movie rights for ''The Selection'' trilogy, ''The Selection'' were acquired by Warner Bros. In May 2013, Cass announced that she would be working on an as-yet untitled series she refers to as ''238'' on social media, to be published by HarperCollins. The series was cancelled and Cass pursued other projects. . On Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Hogan
Kiera Hogan (born September 16, 1994) is an American professional wrestler currently working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling, where she is a former two-time Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion (with Tasha Steelz). Hogan has also worked in Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), where she is a former WSU Spirit Champion. Professional wrestling career Early career (2015–2018) Hogan began her career wrestling throughout Atlanta in 2015. She defeated Owen Knight to win the WWA4 Intergender Championship on April 16, 2015. She became a regular throughout the Georgia independent wrestling scene, competing for promotions such as Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment and the All-Star Wrestling Network. In November 2015, she began working for the Organization Of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) in North Carolina. In 2016, Hogan began working throughout the United States, competing for promotions such as Booker T's Reality of Wrestling in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Van Ryk
Kiera Van Ryk (born January 6, 1999) is a Canadian volleyball player. She is part of the Canadian women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup. University career Van Ryk played two seasons of U Sports women's volleyball for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds from 2017 to 2019. She finished her rookie season by winning a Bronze medal at the 2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship. In her second year, she had an outstanding season as she won the Mary Lyons Award as the best U Sports women's volleyball player that year and won the Lieutenant Governor Athletic Award as the best female athlete in all of U Sports for the 2018–19 season. With the Thunderbirds that year, she won a national championship as the team won the 2019 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship and Van Ryk was named the Tournament MVP. Prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Allen
Kiera Allen is an American actress known for her role in the Hulu thriller ''Run''. Personal life Allen was raised in New York. She is a Creative Writing student at Columbia University with the class of 2022. She uses a wheelchair for mobility. Career In 2014, Allen appeared in the short film ''Ethan & Skye''. She featured in Bekah Brunstetter's off-Broadway show ''Girl #2'' in 2017. She made her film debut in the 2020 thriller ''Run'' with Sarah Paulson, which became the most-watched original film on the streaming service. She is the second female wheelchair-using actress to star in a suspense film, following Susan Peters Susan Peters (born Suzanne Carnahan; July 3, 1921 – October 23, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in over twenty films over the course of her decade-long career. Though she began her career in uncredited and ingénue roles, she would ... doing the same in 1948. Filmography References External links * Living people 1997 births 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Skeels
Kiera Skeels (born 20 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for FA WSL club Charlton Athletic. Club career Reading Loan spell at Bristol City On 3 February 2021, it was announced that Skeels was going on loan to Bristol City for the rest of the season. She made her debut for Bristol in a 3–0 win at Brighton coming on in the 76th minute. Skeels helped Bristol to the final of the WSL Cup in her first start for the club with a 72nd-minute winner against Leicester. Charlton Athletic On 30 July 2021, Skeels was announced as part of Charlton Athletic's squad for the 2021–22 FA Women's Championship The 2021–22 FA Women's Championship is the fourth season of the rebranded FA Women's Championship, the second tier of women's football in England. It was renamed from the FA WSL 2 which was founded in 2014. Teams Twelve teams will compete in .... Career statistics Club References Living people 2001 births English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Gazzard
Kiera Gazzard (born 5 November 2001) is an Australian synchronised (artistic) swimmer. Artistic Swimming made its Olympic debut in 1984 (named Synchronised Swimming) and is one of only two events that is female only at the Olympics. Teams perform a 3-minute technical routine of five technical elements and a 4-minute free routine that emphasises creativity and choreography. Gazzard represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The artistic swimming team consisting of Alessandra Ho, Kirsten Kinash, Rachel Presser, Emily Rogers, Amie Thompson, Carolyn Rayna Buckle, Hannah Burkhill and Gazzard were able to progress to the final, however, they finished ninth. Early years Gazzard was a keen swimmer from a very young age. When she was 8-years-old she watched the Artistic Swimming team training at her local pool. She decided to attend a ‘come and try' lesson and was recruited for the 12-and-under team. She trained at the Sydney Emerald Synchronised Swimming Club. Keira t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Aitken
Kiera Leigh Aitken (born 31 October 1983) is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year (for 2004 and 2009). She carried Bermuda's flag at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She has swum for Bermuda at: *Olympics: 2004, 2008 *Commonwealth Games: 2006, 2010 *World Championships: 2007, 2009 *Pan American Games: 2003, 2007 She swam in college at Canada's Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou .... by Keri Irwin, ''Dal News''. Published 2005-01-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Austin
Kiera Austin (born 26 August 1997) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, having previously playing for Giants Netball. She injure her ACL and was out for the whole 2021 season and after youngster Sophie Dwyer came in she looked else where to play. The Vixens were quick to snatched her up after not offering Kaylia Stanton another contract. Austin debuted in the Super Netball league for the Giants in 2018, having been a training partner for Canberra Giants in the Australian Netball League the previous year. She was a frequent member of underage state and national teams before debuting for the Giants, most notably earning a silver medal for Australia at the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup. Austin was selected for the Australian Fast5 team at the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series, 2018 tournament in Melbourne and was later selected in the Australian Diamonds squad as a replacement for the injured Caitlin Bassett in January 2019. References External links K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kira (given Name)
Kira is a mostly feminine name of multiple origins and meanings. The feminine form is pronounced or . It might be a feminine form of the name Kiran, pronounced . Kiran is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin, meaning "beam of light". In Ancient Hebrew "Keren" means both "a horn" and "a beam of light". Besides Sanskrit and Hebrew there might be other etymologies from Egyptian, where the word Ki-Ra means "like Ra", or Persian. Due to the Greek interpretation of the Persian king's name Kourosh (کوروش, ''Kūrosh'') as Κύρος (''Kýros'') – which was obviously modeled after the Greek word κύριος (''kýrios'' "lord"), the feminine form being κυρία (''kyría'') – Kyra (or Kira) can also be understood as a variant. Therefore, it is also in use as a feminine form of the Greek diminutive form Cyril. In Russian Kira () is the feminine form of the masculine name Kir, meaning "mistress, ruler", but can translate to "leader of the people", "one the people look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Gormley
Kiera Gormley is a model from Belfast in Northern Ireland. She caught the eye of Mario Testino, leading to shoots for ''Vogue'' UK and Italy, '' ID'', Burberry, Aquascutum, Aveda Aveda Corporation ( ) is an American cosmetics company founded by Horst Rechelbacher, now owned by Estée Lauder Companies, and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aveda manufactures skin and body care, cosmetics, perfume (internally call ..., and Jaeger. Gormley is represented by Storm Model Management in London, Marilyn agency in New York and Paris, and Women Model Management Milan.Ulster's catwalk sensation ''Europe Intelligence Wire'', October 6, 2006. Accessed on line December 22, 2007. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiera Bennett
Kiera Bennett (born 1971) is a British artist. Bennett was born in Oldham and studied at The Royal College of Art in London (2000–2002), at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford (1990–1993) and at Mid-Cheshire College of Art and Design in Northwich (1989–1990). Predominantly working in painting (but also collage) Bennett has shown internationally and currently lives and works in London. Past shows include 'New Contemporaries' in 2002, 'Collage' at the Bloomberg Space, London in 2004, where Bennett showed alongside artists including Chris Ofili, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg and Max Ernst, the John Moores Painting Prize 23, at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool during 2004, 'Fuckin Brilliant/Maji Yabai, Tokyo Wondersite Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo in 2006, 'Bad Moon Rising', a solo show at Rockwell Gallery London in 2007 and 'Precious Things', Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland in 2008, a group show curated by Graham Crowley, former professor of painting at The Royal Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
