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List Of GLOW Characters
'' GLOW'' is an American television series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, based on the women's wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW). The following is a list of characters from the series. Cast Main characters Ruth Wilder Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) is an actress struggling to land a role on film or television. Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, Ruth's love of acting began in her hometown, and she honed her skills at the Blue Barn Theatre. Having studied the works of August Strindberg, Ruth relies heavily on method acting. Her Protestant grandfather died of hypertension when Ruth was 10. This effected her profoundly as she dressed up as Anne of Green Gables for a year afterward. One day, she is given an invitation for an audition, which turns out to be for the fledgling women's wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW). Ruth initially has personality conflicts with director Sam Sylvia due to her tendency to overact in the ring. Aside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GLOW (TV Series)
''GLOW'' is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch for Netflix. The series revolves around a fictionalization of the characters and gimmicks of the 1980s syndicated women's professional wrestling circuit Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (or GLOW) founded by David McLane. The first season consists of 10 episodes and was released on June 23, 2017. On August 10, 2017, Netflix renewed the series for a second season of 10 episodes, which was released on June 29, 2018. The series was renewed on August 20, 2018, for a third season, which was released on August 9, 2019. On September 20, 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth and final season. However, in October 2020, that decision was reversed by Netflix, and the final season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a production shutdown. Premise In Los Angeles in 1985, Ruth Wilder, a struggling actress, auditions along with many other women in a fledgling profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Tohn
Jaclyn Tohn is an American actress and musician. She is best known for playing Melanie "MelRose" Rosen on the Netflix series '' GLOW'', and for taking part in ''American Idol'' season 8, making it to Top 36 (the Semi-finals). She also took part in the 2011 songwriting competition series ''Platinum Hit'' on the Bravo network. Early life Tohn was born and raised in a Jewish family in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, to physical education teachers Alan and Bella Tohn. She has two older brothers. Tohn began acting professionally while still a grade school student. She was a student at Boardman Middle School. After high school, she attended the University of Delaware and majored in elementary education, (Scroll down to second item.) and in the fall of 1998 was in the a cappella group the Deltones. Career Tohn's onscreen debut was made at age 10, with an extra role on the PBS children's series ''Ghostwriter''. Her first credited role was on the CBS sitcom ''The Nanny''. In Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horatio Sanz
Horacio Sanz (born June 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Horatio Sanz, is a Chilean-born American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on '' Saturday Night Live'' from 1998 to 2006. Early life Sanz was born on June 4, 1969 in Santiago, Chile, to Sylvia and Carlos Sanz. He is the youngest of three sons and the younger brother of actor Carlos Sanz. He grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Career Sanz performed at various theaters in Chicago, including The Court Theater and The Second City, where he was a member of their Chicago ETC theater. While in Chicago, Sanz was also one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) sketch comedy and improv troupe. Sanz can still be seen regularly performing with the sketch troupe at their long-running improv show "ASSSSCAT 3000", at both of the UCB's comedy theaters, located in New York City and Los Angeles. ''Saturday Night Live'' Sanz joined the cast of '' Saturday Night Live'' in Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabella Sciorra
Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra ( , ; born March 29, 1960) is an American actress. She came to prominence with her film debut in '' True Love'' (1989), earning an Independent Spirit nomination for Best Female Lead. Subsequent projects included a mixture of mainstream and small-scale films in the drama, comedy, action and thriller genres, such as ''Cadillac Man'', '' Internal Affairs'', ''Reversal of Fortune'' (all 1990), ''Jungle Fever'' (1991), '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'', '' Whispers in the Dark'' (both 1992), ''Romeo Is Bleeding'', '' Mr. Wonderful'', ''The Night We Never Met'' (all 1993), '' The Cure'' (1995), ''Cop Land'', ''Mr. Jealousy'' (both 1997), '' What Dreams May Come'' (1998), ''Chasing Liberty'' (2004), and ''Find Me Guilty'' (2006). She has worked with filmmaker Abel Ferrara three times: ''The Addiction'' (1995), '' The Funeral'' (1996), and ''New Rose Hotel'' (1998). Outside of film, Sciorra has played recurring roles on '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Fitzgerald (actor)
Paul Fitzgerald (born October 14, 1970) is an American actor, director and writer. Fitzgerald is best known for directing, writing and starring in the film '' Forgiven'' and for his roles in the films ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and '' Arbitrage.'' Fitzgerald is also known for his appearances in the television series '' Younger'', '' Veep, Treme'' and '' Guiding Light,'' and for playing Garry LeJeune in the Broadway production ''Noises Off''. Early life Born in New York City, New York, and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, Fitzgerald graduated from Northwestern University in 1993 and obtained his Master's degree at the Old Globe/ University of San Diego Drama School. Career Film Fitzgerald and his producing partner, Kelly Miller, formed their company, Pulled Pictures, in 2004 to produce Paul's directorial debut feature, '' Forgiven.'' Fitzgerald also wrote and starred in ''Forgiven'', which won the Jury Prize for Best Male Actor ( Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Quinaz
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Shakira Barrera
Shakira Barrera (born 1990) is an American dancer and actress. She joined the cast of the Netflix series '' GLOW'' in its second season. Early life and education Barrera was born in Englewood, New Jersey, to Nicaraguan-American parents and attended the Bergen County Academies. Barrera earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Rutgers University, where she studied dance. Career In 2018, Barrera was added to the cast of the television series '' GLOW''. Her character, Yolanda, is a stripper and a lesbian, who joins the cast when an original wrestler leaves. Personal life Barrera makes monthly donations to, and has organized fund-raising events for, a charity that helps disabled people in Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr .... Filmography References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Sommer
Rich Sommer (born February 2, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Harry Crane on the AMC drama series ''Mad Men''. He is also known for his roles in the comedy-drama films '' The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006), ''Celeste and Jesse Forever'' (2012), '' The Giant Mechanical Man'' (2012), and ''Hello, My Name Is Doris'' (2015), as well as voicing Henry in the 2016 video game Firewatch. He guest starred in a number of ''Elementary'' episodes. More recently, he portrayed Detective Dean Riley in The CW crime drama television series ''In The Dark'' (2019). Early life and education Sommer was born in Ohio and raised in Stillwater, Minnesota, where he was educated at Oak-Land Junior High School and Stillwater Area High School. He then went on to attend Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he majored in theater and sang in The Concordia Choir. Sommer studied improvisation at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, and started an improv group, the Slush Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashir Salahuddin
Bashir Salahuddin (born July 6, 1976) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Early life and education Salahuddin was born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. His father is originally from Panama and had moved to Chicago with his family when he was a child. His mother grew up on the West Side of Chicago. They met when they both were students at Southern Illinois University and converted to Islam in the early 1970s. His parents divorced in the early 2000s. Salahuddin grew up with three brothers and two sisters and has two younger siblings from his father's second marriage. Salahuddin's father worked as an airplane mechanic for Midway Airlines at Chicago Midway International Airport. As family members of an airline employee, the family was able to fly on many stand-by trips across the U.S. He credits his father with instilling in him what he refers to as the "immigrant work ethic". Salahuddin was a pre-medical student at Harvard University, graduating in 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianna Palka
Marianna Bronislawa Barbara Palka (born 7 September 1981) is a Scottish actress, producer, director, and writer. She is the writer, director and star of the film '' Good Dick'', which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Early life and education Palka was born in Glasgow, Scotland. At the age of 17, Palka moved to New York City to study at the Atlantic Theater Company. Career Palka wrote, directed and starred in '' Good Dick'', which competed in the Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film also featured Jason Ritter, Martin Starr, Mark Webber, Charles Durning and Tom Arnold. ''The New York Times'' said the film "surmounts its indie-movie quirkiness with exceptional acting and a sincere belief in the salvation of its wounded characters.” Palka returned to 2010 Sundance Film Festival as a Juror with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Palka appeared in Peter Mullan’s ''Neds'', Jeremiah Jones’ ''Restive'', Bryce Dallas Howard’s ''When You Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebekka Johnson
Rebekka Johnson is an American actress, comedian and writer, producer from Staten Island, New York. Johnson is best known for playing Dawn Rivecca on Netflix's wrestling comedy '' GLOW''. She was featured on MTV's prank show ''Boiling Points''. Johnson has been performing with her musical comedy group ''The Apple Sisters'' along with her GLOW co-star Kimmy Gatewood and Sarah Lowe since 2007. The Apple Sisters Johnson is co-creator of The Apple Sisters, a World War II musical comedy trio. The group, which consists of Kimmy Gatewood, Rebekka Johnson, and Sarah Lowe, started in 2007 in New York City. They received wide acclaim at the 2008 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, which lead them to move to Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ... where they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmy Gatewood
Kimmy Gatewood is an American actress, director, writer and singer. Gatewood is a native of Silver Spring, Maryland, and was educated at Paint Branch High School. She has been in a long-running comedy duo with fellow '' GLOW'' actress Rebekka Johnson. The Apple Sisters Gatewood is co-creator of The Apple Sisters, a World War II musical comedy trio. The group, which consists of herself, Rebekka Johnson Rebekka Johnson is an American actress, comedian and writer, producer from Staten Island, New York. Johnson is best known for playing Dawn Rivecca on Netflix's wrestling comedy '' GLOW''. She was featured on MTV's prank show ''Boiling Points''. ..., and Sarah Lowe, started in 2007 in New York City. They received critical acclaim at the 2008 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, and moved the group to Los Angeles where they continue to perform. Filmography Film Television References External links * * * Living people American film actresses American televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
