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Olive Gray
Olive Gray (born Olivia Grant; 3 December 1994) is an English actor, known for portraying Mia Stone in the children's television series ''Half-Moon Investigations''. Early and personal life Gray is the eldest child of ''Fame Academy'' judges and singers David and Carrie Grant. Gray has three siblings, Tylan, Arlo, and Nathan. As a teenager, Gray was diagnosed with ADHD, and Gray's siblings also have learning difficulties. Gray studied at Queenswood School, Hertfordshire and then moved to study drama at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2016. Gray identifies as non-binary, as queer, and prefers they/them pronouns. Career In 2005, they made their debut acting appearance in the popular television series ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' as Alice. In 2007 and 2008 they appeared in ''EastEnders'' as Bernadette Logan, a girl who bullied Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald). In 2009, they made a major appearance, portraying Mia Stone in the TV series of '' Half Moon Inves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleabag
''Fleabag'' is a British comedy-drama television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was originally produced by Two Brothers Pictures for digital channel BBC Three in a co-production agreement with Amazon Studios. Waller-Bridge stars as the title character, a free-spirited but angry and confused young woman in London. Sian Clifford stars as Fleabag's sister Claire, while Andrew Scott joined the cast in the second series as 'Hot Priest'. The protagonist frequently breaks the fourth wall to provide exposition, internal monologues, and a running commentary to the audience. The show premiered on 21 July 2016 and concluded its second and final series on 8 April 2019. It received widespread acclaim from critics, particularly for its writing, acting, and the uniqueness and personality of the title character. Waller-Bridge won the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From London
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century English Actresses
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Births
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Living People
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Dark Money (TV Series)
''Dark Money'' (stylized ''Dark Mon£y'') is a 2019 British drama miniseries written by Levi David Addai. The drama deals with the sexual abuse of a minor by a film producer, and the challenges his family faces thereafter when they receive hush money to keep silent. Plot The family of an abused child accepts hush money from a famous filmmaker to remain silent. Production Screenwriter Levi David Addai was inspired to write the miniseries when he was sitting in his car on a Saturday morning, people-watching and waiting for his daughter to finish her drama lesson. He found it interesting that the parents who were kind of offering up their children, and absorbing all the hopes and dreams of what the course leaders and the academy leaders were kind of selling were so trusting of the virtual strangers. Cast * Babou Ceesay as Manny Mensah * Jill Halfpenny as Sam Mensah * Olive Gray as Jess Mensah * Max Fincham as Isaac Mensah * Ellen Thomas as Maggie Mensah * Susie Wokoma as Sabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure (British TV Series)
''Pure'' is a British television series first broadcast on 30 January 2019 on Channel 4. Based on the book of the same name by Rose Cartwright, it stars Charly Clive as 24-year-old Marnie, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and is plagued by disturbing sexual thoughts. On 14 February 2020 it was announced that the series would not be renewed for a second series. Cast * Charly Clive as Marnie * Joe Cole as Charlie * Kiran Sonia Sawar as Shereen * Niamh Algar as Amber * Anthony Welsh as Joe * Doon Mackichan as Sarah * Jing Lusi as Sef * Tori Allen-Martin as Libby * Samuel Edward-Cooke as Sam * Olive Gray as Helen * Jacob Collins-Levy as Benji Broadcast The series was first broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 from January to March 2019. It was not renewed for a second season. In the United States, the series was released on HBO Max on 27 August 2020 and was removed on 26 August 2022. In Italy, the TV series was published entirely on the RaiPlay streaming platform star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Education (TV Series)
''Sex Education'' is a British comedy-drama streaming television series created by Laurie Nunn for Netflix. It follows the lives of the students, staff and parents of the fictional Moordale Secondary School as they contend with various personal dilemmas, often related to sexual intimacy. The series stars an ensemble cast that includes Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Alistair Petrie, Mimi Keene, and Aimee Lou Wood. The first series was released on 11 January 2019, the second on 17 January 2020, and the third on 17 September 2021. A fourth series was announced on 25 September 2021. ''Sex Education'' has received critical acclaim for its ensemble cast, writing, directing, production values, and mature treatment of its themes. The programme has been a viewership success, with over 40 million viewers streaming the first series after its debut. Wood won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Save Me (British TV Series)
''Save Me'' is a British television drama series, written, created by, and starring Lennie James. It was first broadcast on Sky Atlantic on 28 February 2018, with all six episodes being released via Sky Box Sets and Now TV on the same day. Series two, entitled ''Save Me Too'', was released in the same fashion on 1 April 2020. Sky Vision distributed the first series worldwide, but the distribution rights for the second series were picked up by Sky's sister company NBCUniversal. In the U.S., the series was picked up by Starz, where the series has been available on Starz on Demand since 6 September 2018. It was released on Starz Cinema on 11 May 2019. The series stars Lennie James as Nelson "Nelly" Rowe, a down-and-out whose life is turned upside down when Jody, the estranged daughter he fathered thirteen years ago, mysteriously disappears. He begins a determined quest to get to the bottom of things and find his daughter, lying, begging favours and stretching his friendships to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home From Home (TV Series)
''Home from Home'' is a BBC sitcom set in the Lake District, England. The Hackett family buy a wooden lodge on a park site and immediately father Neil is trying to outdo the better off neighbours. The sitcom began as a pilot episode, part of the BBC Two's ''New on Two'' series featuring potential sitcom ideas. A full series was commissioned in December 2016, and debuted on BBC One in April 2018. Synopsis ''Home from Home'' revolves around the class divide between the Hackett family and the Dillons. The Hacketts, after saving for years to be able to afford a lodge holiday home in the Lake District, find that other second home owners are not quite on the same level as them. Their most immediate neighbours, the Dillons, have the most upmarket lodge on the site, having downgraded from their villa in Ibiza. A class-war emerges between the Dillons and the Hacketts, particularly between Penny and Neil: she describes the family as "The Stoke Massive". Robert and Fiona, on the other hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Million
''Year Million'' is a six-part documentary and science fiction television series produced by National Geographic, which premiered on May 15, 2017, on their channel. The series received two Emmy Award nominations, including a Primetime Emmy for its narrator Laurence Fishburne. The series is based on the 2008 book ''Year Million: Science at the Far Edge of Knowledge'' by Damien Broderick. The narrative alternates tells the story of a family of three in the future, using 2016 interviews to explain events unfolding in the story. The series was filmed in Budapest. Synopsis Investigating the ramifications of a variety of potentially world-changing inventions, the series visits a cast of characters representing a typical American family in several different possible timelines. Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, Peter Diamandis and Brian Greene guide the documentary aspect, discussing possible changes the future might hold based on their research: Artificial Intelligence, Man merging with Machine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
