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Meryl Harrison
Meryl is a given name, and may refer to: In people: * Meryl, a musical artist originating from the Martinique * Meryl Cassie (born 1984), New Zealand actress * Meryl Davis (born 1987), American ice dancer * Meryl Fernandes (born 1983), British actress * Meryl Fernando (1923-2007), Sri Lankan Sinhala teacher, trade unionist, and politician * Meryl Getline (born 1953), American pilot, author, and columnist * Meryl Streep (born 1949), American actress * Meryl Swanson (born 1970), Australian politician * Meryl Tankard (born 1955), Australian dancer and choreographer * Meryl Vladimer (21st century), artist, theatrical producer, and political activist * Maryla Rodowicz (born 1945), Polish pop singer In fiction: * Meryl Burbank, a character "played" by Hannah Gill in ''The Truman Show'' * Meryl Silverburgh, a character who appears in ''Policenauts'' and in the ''Metal Gear'' series. * Meryl Stryfe, a character who appears in ''Trigun''. Trademarks: * Meryl is also a trademarked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Cassie
Meryl Danielle Cassie (born 2 April 1984) is a New Zealand actress and singer. She has three children, a son, Rylon born in 2006 and two daughters Breeze (Born 18 October 2013) and Diaz (born 2015). She is most famous for her role as Ebony in the sci-fi series '' The Tribe'', but has also appeared in other series, such as ''Revelations - The Initial Journey'', ''Shortland Street'' and ''Hercules''. She is also a talented singer, and sung the theme song of ''The Tribe'' from season 2 to 5, including being the lead singer on '' Abe Messiah'', an album inspired from ''The Tribe''. Along with her sisters Megan Alatini and Monique Cassie, she formed a band called the Nubian Angels in her early teens. The band relaunched in 2007, and have made various performances for charity in co-operation with Variety, the Children's Charity, including joining them on the 2008 Variety Bash tour, and at other charity and social events. Cassie moved from New Zealand to Bondi Beach, Australia in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Davis
Meryl Davis (born January 1, 1987) is a former competitive American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2014 Olympic champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time (2011, 2013) World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2013), three-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2011, 2013) and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014). They also won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Davis and White teamed up in 1997 and they are currently the longest lasting dance team in the United States. They are the first American ice dancers to win the World title, as well as the first Americans to win the Olympic title. At the 2006 NHK Trophy, they became the first ice dancing team to earn level fours on all their elements. In 2014, Davis won the eighteenth season of ''Dancing with the Stars'' with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Personal life Meryl Davis was born in Royal Oak, Michigan and raised in West Bloomfield Towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Fernandes
Meryl Glynis Fernandes (born 1983) is an English actress and presenter. She played Afia Masood, a love interest for Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel) in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', originally making a guest appearance between 29 December 2009 and 5 January 2010. She returned to the role of Afia, on 18 November 2010, this time as a regular character. She departed ''EastEnders'' on 7 June 2012. Personal life Born in 1983 to Harold and Ghislaine Fernandes, Meryl was brought up in London and went to Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green. Her parents, of Goan Indian ancestry, were originally from Nairobi. Fernandes trained at Millennium Performing Arts in 2000. She is skilled in several types of dance and has kissed Tom Hardy in a play. Career Other than appearing in ''EastEnders'', Fernandes has appeared ''Doctor Who'', ''Demons'', ''Minder'' alongside fellow ''EastEnders'' actor, Shane Richie, '' It's Now or Never'', '' Clone'' and ''Dis/Connected''. She has also appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Fernando
Weerahennedige Theodore Wilfred Meryl Fernando (18 April 1923 – 27 May 2007) was a Ceylonese teacher, trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Fernando was born on 18 April 1923. He was educated at Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa. After school he joined Ceylon University College in 1941, passing the London intermediate examination in 1944. Later he studied at the Teacher Training College in Maharagama and qualified as a teacher. Fernando was married twice - to Christobel and Wimala. He had two children - Sharmalie Nimalka Nagle and Arosha. Career Fernando became involved in politics whilst at university and in 1944 dropped out of university to work full-time for the Ceylonese branch of the Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma (BLPI). He met Edmund Samarakkody, with whom he would be politically associated with for most of his life, whilst working for the BLPI. After World War II Fernando organised labour at the Elephant m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Getline
Meryl Jan Getline (June 26, 1953 – June 19, 2019) was an American pilot, author, and columnist. Biography Born in Dayton, Ohio, Getline grew up in San Diego, California. She first became interested in flying while in college, and persisted despite a bout of airsickness during her first flying lesson. She attempted to join the military and become a pilot there, but circumstances constrained her to work mostly in air traffic control. Her first position as an airline pilot was with a California-based commuter airline, during which time she earned a type rating on the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Getline claims that she was the first American woman to do this. She later joined regional airline Wien Air Alaska. In 1985, she was hired by United Airlines, during a pilot's strike action. In 2006, she retired eight years early from the company. Getline holds a wide variety of airman certificates, including Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP), AMEL, commercial pilot, Airplane Single En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and a record 32 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning eight. She has also received two British Academy Film Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and six Grammy Awards. Streep made her stage debut in 1975 '' Trelawny of the Wells'' and received a Tony Award nomination the following year for a double-bill production of '' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton'' and '' A Memory of Two Mondays''. In 1977, she made her film debut in '' Julia''. In 1978, she won her first Primetime Emmy Award for a leading role in the mini-series ''Holocaust'', and received her first Osc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Swanson
Meryl Jane Swanson (; born 3 September 1970) is an Australian politician and former radio presenter. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Paterson in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2016 Australian federal election, 2016 federal election. Early life Swanson was born on 3 September 1970 in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales. She grew up in nearby Heddon Greta. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Newcastle (Australia), University of Newcastle. After graduating she worked in broadcasting for several years, as a researcher, producer and reporter for NBN Television and as a presenter with 2KO. She later worked as a business manager for the Hunter Region Organisation of Councils (1993–1996), as an electorate officer for Joel Fitzgibbon (1996–1997), and as executive director of Hunter Tourism (1997). After starting a family she operated a café for several years and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Tankard
Meryl Tankard is an Australian dancer and choreographer who has a wide national and international reputation. Early life and education Tankard's father served in the Royal Australian Air Force and the family moved to various bases during her early years. She was born in Darwin, but had her first dance lessons in Melbourne. Several years later the family moved to Penang, Malaysia and was influenced by Malaysia's colour and ceremony. Later, living near Newcastle, New South Wales, Tankard took classes in Newcastle and then in Sydney before entering the Australian Ballet School in 1974. Career Tankard's professional career began as a dancer with the Australian Ballet at the end of 1975. She also choreographed her first work, ''Birds behind Bars'', for a choreographic workshop program, ''Dance Horizons'', in 1977. Tankard's early successes as a performer came when she worked in Germany with Pina Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal between 1978 and 1984; Tankard was a principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Vladimer
Meryl F. Vladimer (1951-2022) was an artist, theatrical producer and political activist. Born in New York, Vladimer began her career as a noted and critically reviewed sculptor, and was featured on the cover of Artforum Magazine. Disenchanted by the art world, by the late 80's she left art for Multi-Media Design where she worked for Fannon and Osmond, Doug Mesney and the fifth Bartok and Staging Techniques. Still not satisfied artistically she left corporate Audio-Visual to do multi-media design for theater, working first at Theater for the New City and later at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club where she tried a variety of fields including stage management. This lead her to Broadway to stage manage "Haarlem Nocturne" a musical review created by André DeShields and arranged and composed by Marc Shaiman. Returning to La MaMa, she resumed stage managing "The Club" cabaret theater created by Ellen Stewart in the style of the original La MaMa Theater, where one was required to beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryla Rodowicz
Maria Antonina Rodowicz, known professionally as Maryla Rodowicz, (Polish pronunciation: born 8 December 1945 in Zielona Góra), is a Polish singer, guitarist and actress. Throughout over 50 years of her career, she released twenty Polish and four foreign-language studio albums including five with platinum and three with gold certifications and selling over 15 million records. Known for her close collaboration with Agnieszka Osiecka and Seweryn Krajewski, her most popular songs include "Małgośka" (1974), "Futbol" (1974), "Remedium" (1978), "Niech żyje bal" (1984), "Łatwopalni" (1997) and "Wszyscy chcą kochać" (2005). She remains one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of popular music in Poland. Among the numerous awards and decorations she received are Gold Cross of Merit, Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. Early life Originally the Rodowicz family came from Vilnius. Her fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truman Show
''The Truman Show'' is a 1998 American psychological satirical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir, produced by Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, and Adam Schroeder, and written by Niccol. The film stars Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, a man who grew up living an ordinary life that—unbeknownst to him—takes place on a large set populated by actors for a television show about him. The supporting cast includes Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Paul Giamatti, and Brian Delate. Unlike the finished product, Niccol's spec script was more of a science-fiction thriller, with the story set in New York City. Scott Rudin purchased the script and set up production at Paramount Pictures. Brian De Palma was to direct before Weir signed as director, making the film for $60 million—$20 million less than the original estimate. Niccol rewrote the script while the crew was waiting for Carrey to sign. The majority of film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Silverburgh
is a video game character in the ''Metal Gear'' series by Hideo Kojima. She was originally a character from the 1994 Konami adventure game ''Policenauts'', which was directed by Hideo Kojima. After her original appearance, she was redesigned and reintroduced in ''Metal Gear Solid'' as Solid Snake's partner. Character design Meryl Silverburgh in the ''Metal Gear'' series is based on a supporting character of the same name in Hideo Kojima's earlier game, ''Policenauts'' (1994), where Meryl was originally designed by Tomiharu Kinoshita. Kojima liked the character so much that he used her name, likeness, voice actress (Kyoko Terase) and other characteristics to the ''Metal Gear'' version of Meryl. Meryl's partner in ''Policenauts'', Dave Forrest, also shares the same given name Solid Snake has, whose true name is also Dave (David). In the final scenes of ''Metal Gear Solid'', Meryl wears an orange goose down vest similar to the one Forrest wears in ''Policenauts''. Character designer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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