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Sarah Sokolovic
Sarah Sokolovic (born 1980) is an American film, television, and theatre actress, who starred in ''Homeland'' as Laura Sutton and has a recurring role on '' Big Little Lies''. She has performed in several plays including ''The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World'', ''Detroit'', and ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Early life Sokolovic graduated in 2011 from the Yale School of Drama. Her father is Dimso "Dan" Sokolovic, of Serbian descent who immigrated to the United States from Germany, and her mother is Donna Stowell, an American of German and English descent. She has a brother Stevan and a sister Stephanie. Career Theatre work Sokolovic started her career in theatre, she performed the role Betty in the musical ''The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World'' at Playwrights Horizons in New York City, for which she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. Later she performed in the play ''Detroit'' at Playwrights Horizons along with Amy R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homeland (TV Series)
''Homeland'' (stylized as ''HOMƎLAND'') is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series ''Prisoners of War'' ( he, חטופים, translit=Hatufim, literally "Abductees") which was created by Gideon Raff, who serves as an executive producer on ''Homeland''. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder, and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a Marine Corps Scout Sniper. Brody was held captive by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, and Mathison becomes convinced that he was "turned" by the enemy and poses a threat to the United States. The series storyline grows from this premise, together with Mathison's ongoing covert work. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on cable channel Showtime, and was produced by Fox 21 Television Studios (formerly Fox 21). It premiered on October 2, 2011. The first episode was made available online more than two weeks before the television bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Cranston
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor and director who is best known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2000–2006). He has received several awards—including six Primetime Emmy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award—with a nomination for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Bryan Cranston's performance on ''Breaking Bad'' earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014). After becoming a producer of the show in 2011, he also won the award for Outstanding Drama Series twice. ''Breaking Bad'' also earned Cranston five Golden Globe nominations (with one win) and nine Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with four wins). He was previously nominated three times for the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Grace Quackenbos
Mary Grace Quackenbos Humiston (née Winterton) (1869–1948) was the first female Special Assistant United States Attorney. She was a graduate of the New York University School of Law and was a leader in exposing peonage in the American South. She was also known for a short time as "Mrs. Sherlock Holmes", starting with her work solving the cold case of Ruth Cruger who disappeared in New York in 1917. Early life and education Quackenbos Humiston was born Mary Grace Winterton on September 17, 1869 in New York City. Her father was Adoniram Judson Winterton, a well-to-do merchant and prominent in the laywork of the Baptist church. She was a great-niece of Admiral Hull, and her grandfather, Henry S. Hull, was the partner of William Lloyd Garrison of anti-slavery fame. She was educated at Hunter College in New York and graduated in 1888. She also taught for a short time at the Collegiate School on West 77th Street. With an independent fortune she entered the study of law at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unforgettable (American TV Series)
''Unforgettable'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 20, 2011. ''Unforgettable'' was developed by Ed Redlich and John Bellucci, and stars Poppy Montgomery as Detective Carrie Wells, a police detective with an unusually detailed and photographic memory. After being canceled twice by CBS, ''Unforgettable'' was picked up by A&E for a fourth season. The season premiered on November 27, 2015, with two back-to-back episodes. In February 2016, A&E cancelled the show. Premise Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner, Lieutenant Al Burns, asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unexpected Life
''The Unexpected Life'' ( es, La vida inesperada, links=no) is a 2014 Spanish-American comedy-drama film directed by and written by Elvira Lindo, which stars Javier Cámara, Carmen Ruiz, Raúl Arévalo, Tammy Blanchard and Sarah Sokolovic. Plot The plot concerns the developments following the meeting of Juanito (who settled in New York hoping to pursue an acting career), with his cousin (), who arrives in NYC to pay Juanito a visit. Cast Production A Spanish-American co-production, ''The Unexpected Life'' was produced by Ruleta Media and La Vida Inesperada AIE alongside LVI Inc., with the participation of TVE, Canal+ and Cosmopolitan TV, collaboration of Numérica Films and support from ICAA and IVAC. Shooting began in New York City in March 2013. Release The film was presented to the main competition of the 17th Málaga Film Festival on 28 March 2014, screened at the Teatro Cervantes. Distributed by Universal Pictures International Spain, the film opened in Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unforgettable (U
Unforgettable may refer to: Film * ''Unforgettable'' (1996 film), a thriller starring Ray Liotta * ''Unforgettable'' (2014 film), a Bollywood film * ''Unforgettable'' (2016 film), a South Korean film * ''Unforgettable'' (2017 film), an American thriller film * ''Unforgettable'' (2019 film), a Filipino film TV * '' The Unforgettable'', a 2000–2002 and 2010–2012 British television documentary programme * ''Unforgettable'' (American TV series), a 2011–2016 crime drama series * ''Unforgettable'' (Philippine TV series), a 2013 romantic-fantasy series * "Unforgettable" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), a 1998 episode of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Music Albums * ''Unforgettable'' (Dinah Washington album), 1961 * ''Unforgettable'' (Fullerton College Jazz Band album), 1985 * ''Unforgettable'' (Imran Khan album), 2009 * ''Unforgettable'' (Joe Pass album), 1998 * ''Unforgettable'' (Leroy Hutson album), 1979 * ''Unforgettable'' (Merle Haggard album), 2004 * ''Unforgettable'' (Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeless (TV Series)
''Timeless'' is an American science fiction television series that premiered on NBC on October 3, 2016. It stars Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, and Malcolm Barrett as a team that attempts to stop a mysterious organization from changing the course of history through time travel. The series was created by Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke, and also stars Sakina Jaffrey, Paterson Joseph, Claudia Doumit, and Goran Višnjić. The executive producers include John Davis and John Fox of ''The Blacklist''. Although NBC canceled the series after one season, the series was renewed three days later following negotiations with Sony Pictures Television. The ten-episode second season premiered on March 11, 2018, and ran until NBC canceled the series again in June 2018. One month later, NBC ordered a two-part finale to conclude the series, which aired on December 20, 2018. Premise When ex-National Security Agency asset turned criminal Garcia Flynn and his group of criminals steal an experimental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Wife
''The Good Wife'' is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King and stars Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Zach Grenier, Matthew Goode, Cush Jumbo, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Alan Cumming, and features Chris Noth in a recurring role. The executive producers included the Kings, Ridley and Tony Scott, Charles McDougall, and David W. Zucker. ''The Good Wife'' is a serialized show featuring several story arcs that play out over multiple episodes, as well as stand-alone storylines that are concluded by the end of each episode. The serial plots—a rarity on CBS, a network where most of the programming at that time was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homeland (season 5)
The fifth season of the American television drama series ''Homeland'' premiered on October 4, 2015, and concluded on December 20, 2015, on Showtime, consisting of 12 episodes. The series started as a loosely based variation of the two-season run of the Israeli television series '' Hatufim'' (English: ''Prisoners of War'') created by Gideon Raff and is developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. The fifth season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 10, 2017. Set two years after the previous season, Season 5 finds Carrie no longer working for the CIA but for a philanthropic foundation in Berlin, the Düring Foundation, but co-operating with her former colleagues to stop a terror attack on Berlin as well as locate a CIA mole. The season includes several real world subjects in its storylines, including ISIS, Vladimir Putin, Bashar al-Assad, the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Edward Snowden and the European migrant crisis. Cast and characters Main * Claire Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy J
Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886–1966), Australian hospital administrator * Amy Adams (born 1974), American actress * Amy Alcott (born 1956) – American Hall of Fame golfer * Amy Archer-Gilligan, (1873–1962), American serial killer * Amy Beach (1867–1944), American composer and pianist * Amy Birnbaum (born 1975), American voice actress * Amy Bishop (born 1965), American professor and mass shooter * Amy Braverman, American statistician * Amy Brenneman (born 1964), American actress * Amy Bruckner (born 1991), American actress and singer * Amy Callaghan (born 1992), British politician * Amy Carmichael (1867–1951), British missionary to India * Amy Castle (born 1990), American actress and internet personality * Amy Cimorelli (born 1995), American singer * Amy Carter ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota Fanning
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film ''I Am Sam'' (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at the age of eight, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history. Fanning played major roles as a child actress in the films ''Uptown Girls'' (2003), ''The Cat in the Hat'' (2003), '' Man on Fire'' (2004), ''War of the Worlds'' (2005), '' Dreamer'' (2005), and '' Charlotte's Web'' (2006), and the eponymous character in ''Coraline'' (2009). Fanning followed with more mature roles, playing Lewellen in '' Hounddog'' (2007), Lily in ''The Secret Life of Bees'' (2008), Cherie Currie in ''The Runaways'' (2010) and Jane in '' The Twilight Saga'' (2009–2012). Throughout the 2010s, she continued appearing in independent productions such as the dramas ''Now Is Good'' (2012) and '' Night Moves'' (2013), the comedy-drama ''Very Good Girls' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
