Sepideh Moafi
Sepideh Moafi (born September 18, 1985) is an Iranian-American actress and singer. Moafi is best known for her role as Gigi Ghorbani in '' The L Word: Generation Q'' and Loretta in '' The Deuce''. Moafi has also starred in Notorious, Falling Water and The Killing of Two Lovers. Early life Moafi was born on September 18, 1985, in a refugee camp in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. Prior to her birth, her parents fled Iran after the Islamic Revolution. After two years in Turkey and then Germany, where Moafi's parents sought political asylum and claimed refugee status, Moafi's family were granted visas to move to the United States. Moafi is an American citizen. During her childhood years, she studied opera and was later pulled into musical theatre and jazz. Moafi started singing at 15 years old and within a year had a full scholarship to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she graduated in 2007. Moafi attended the University of California Irvine to study acting where sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Generation Q
A generation refers to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It can also be described as, "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–30 years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children." In kinship terminology, it is a structural term designating the parent-child relationship. It is known as biogenesis, reproduction, or procreation in the biological sciences. ''Generation'' is also often used synonymously with ''cohort'' in social science; under this formulation it means "people within a delineated population who experience the same significant events within a given period of time". Generations in this sense of birth cohort, also known as "social generations", are widely used in popular culture, and have been the basis for sociological analysis. Serious analysis of generations began in the nineteenth century, emerging from an increasing awareness of the possibility of perma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stephanie Allynne
Stephanie Allynne is an American actress, writer, and comedian. She is best known for her roles in '' In a World...'' (2013), ''Dream Corp, LLC'' (2016), '' One Mississippi'' (2016–17), and '' The L Word: Generation Q'' (2019–present). Biography Allynne moved from southern California to Buffalo, New York, for some of her youth. She headed to Los Angeles at the age of 18 and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade. She performs regularly with ASSSSCAT, Wild Horses, and Last Day of School: The Text Message show. Allynne started making numerous appearances on television including ''The League'', ''The Mindy Project'', '' Happy Endings'', '' 2 Broke Girls'', ''Kroll Show'', and ''Key & Peele''. Allynne wrote and co-starred in '' One Mississippi'' with her wife Tig Notaro. The show was a loose autobiography about their lives. Allynne is developing an hour drama for HBO and is co-writing and producing the feature ''First Ladies'' for Netflix, starring Jennifer Aniston and Notaro. Perso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Walter Hauser
Paul Walter Hauser (born October 15, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his supporting roles in the films '' Cruella'', ''I, Tonya'', '' Late Night'', ''BlacKkKlansman'', and ''Da 5 Bloods''. In 2019, Hauser had his breakout performance as the title character in the film ''Richard Jewell'', leading the National Board of Review to award him for best Breakthrough Performance. He starred as suspected serial killer Larry Hall in the 2022 miniseries ''Black Bird'', and was also seen in the TV show ''Kingdom''. For his role in the former, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Golden Globe Award. Life and career Hauser was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in Saginaw, Michigan. His parents are Deborah and The Rev. Paul Hauser, a Lutheran minister. He attended Valley Lutheran High School, a private parochial school in Saginaw. Hauser portrayed Shawn Eckhardt in the 2017 film ''I, Tonya'', Dale in the 2010 film ''Virginia'', and Ke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taron Egerton
Taron Egerton ( ; born 10 November 1989) is a Welsh actor. He is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, and has received nominations for a Grammy Award and two British Academy Film Awards. Born in Birkenhead, England, Egerton began acting at age 15 and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012. He gained recognition for his starring role as spy recruit Gary "Eggsy" Unwin in the action comedy film '' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' (2014) and its sequel '' Kingsman: The Golden Circle'' (2017). He has also starred in several biographical films, portraying military officer Edward Brittain in the drama ''Testament of Youth'' (2014), the titular ski-jumper in the sports film ''Eddie the Eagle'' (2016), and singer Elton John in the musical ''Rocketman'' (2019), the lattermost of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2022, Egerton starred in the miniseries '' Black Bird''. Early life Egerton was born on 10 Nov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including ''A Drink Before the War''. Of these, four were adapted as films of the same names: Clint Eastwood's ''Mystic River'' (2003), Martin Scorsese's ''Shutter Island'' (2010), and ''Gone Baby Gone'' (2007) and ''Live by Night'' (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck. Personal life Lehane was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He lived in the Boston area most of his life, where he sets most of his books, but now lives in southern California. He spent summers on Fieldston Beach in Marshfield.Kristen Walsh, "Lehane likes to keep it close to home; Dorchester native favors South Shore locales", ''The Patriot Ledger'' (Quincy, MA). June 9, 2007. Pg. ONE21. Lehane is the youngest of five children. His father was a foreman for Sears & Roebuck, and his mother worked in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Black Bird (miniseries)
''Black Bird'' is an American crime drama miniseries developed by Dennis Lehane, based on the 2010 autobiographical novel ''In with the Devil: a Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption'' by James Keene with Hillel Levin. The six-episode miniseries premiered on July 8, 2022, on Apple TV+. The series received critical acclaim with particular praise toward Jimmy Keene's original story and its cast. Cast Main * Taron Egerton as James "Jimmy" Keene Jr., accused of drug and weapons conspiracy facing a 10-year prison sentence without a chance for parole. * Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall (serial killer), Lawrence "Larry" Hall, a convicted serial killer and rapist accused of murdering 14 women * Sepideh Moafi as Lauren McCauley, an FBI agent and Jimmy's handler * Greg Kinnear as Brian Miller, a police detective from Wabash investigating Larry's missing murder victims * Ray Liotta as James "Big Jim" Keene, Jimmy's father Recurring * Robyn Malcolm as Sammy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Apple TV+
Apple TV is a digital media player and microconsole developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is a small network appliance hardware that plays received media data such as video and audio to a television set or external display. Since its second generation model, it is an HDMI-compliant source device and can only be connected to an enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen television through HDMI to function. Apple TV lacks integrated controls and can only be controlled remotely, either through an Apple Remote, Siri Remote or some third party infrared remotes. Since the fourth generation model, Apple TV runs tvOS with multiple pre-installed software applications. Its media services include streaming media services, TV Everywhere-based services, local media sources, and sports journalism and broadcasts. At a March 2019 special event, Apple lessened attention on the Apple TV because of its lack of success. To generate additional revenue, they instead released Apple TV+ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. History 1978: Utah/US Film Festival Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clayne Crawford
Joseph Crawford (born April 20, 1978), known professionally as Clayne Crawford, is an American actor. He is known for portraying the role of Martin Riggs on the Fox action comedy-drama television series ''Lethal Weapon'' (2016–2018). He also portrayed Teddy Talbot on the critically acclaimed Sundance drama ''Rectify'' (2013–2016) for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Crawford had supporting roles in the films ''A Walk to Remember'' (2002), '' Swimfan'' (2002), ''A Love Song for Bobby Long'' (2004), ''The Great Raid'' (2005), and '' Wristcutters: A Love Story'' (2006). He also played in some small independent films that were not widely distributed. Life and career Born in Clay, Alabama, Crawford is the son of Brian, a design engineer, and Lennie Crawford. By high school, he was on the football and wrestling teams, and graduated from Hewitt-Trussville High School. In 1996, he drove to Los Angeles to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arienne Mandi
Arienne Mandi is an American actress best known for playing the lead character Dani Núñez in '' The L Word: Generation Q''. She has played minor roles in ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Agent X (TV series),'' NCIS: Los Angeles. She played the lead character, an Iranian judoka "Leila Hosseini" in the 2023 political-thriller ''"Tatami"''. She also played Francesca "''Franki"'' Murray in ''Love, Classified'' (2022). Career Mandi appeared in the shows, ''NCIS'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', '' The Interns'', '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', and In The Vault. She also played the lead in the film Baja. She subsequently went on to play a major character Daniela "Dani" Núñez, on the '' The L Word: Generation Q'' and was widely loved by the fans. She starred in the film ''Love, Classified (2022)'' as Francesca "franki" Murray. She will be playing the lead in an upcoming political-thriller " ''Tatami (film'')", alongside Zar Amir Ebrahimi, co-directed by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and former teen model. She made her film debut in ''My Bodyguard'' (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her role in ''Flashdance'' (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Beals has appeared in several notable films including ''Devil in a Blue Dress'' (1995), ''The Last Days of Disco'' (1998), '' Roger Dodger'' (2002), ''The Book of Eli'' (2010), and ''Before I Fall'' (2017). On television, she starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series ''The L Word'' (2004–2009) and later went on to star in the series ''The Chicago Code'' (2011), '' Proof'' (2015), '' Taken'' (2017), and ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (2021). She reprised her role as Bette Porter in '' The L Word: Generation Q'' beginning in December 2019. Early life Beals was born and raised in the South ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bette Porter
Bette Porter is a fictional character on the Showtime television network series ''The L Word'' and its sequel '' The L Word: Generation Q'', played by Jennifer Beals. Fictional character biography Before ''The L Word'' Bette is introduced as an affluent, Ivy League-educated lesbian of African-American and Caucasian heritage. She grew up in Philadelphia and was an art history major at Yale, where she began having sex with her boyfriend, Coleman. They both realized they were gay shortly after, with Bette developing a crush on her art history professor, Danica Palmer (''Lifesize: 306''). Eventually, she came out as a lesbian, and fell for her bisexual friend, Kelly. After Kelly rejected her advances, Bette grew depressed to the brink of suicide. After graduation, Bette moved on, and dated Alice Pieszecki briefly. Bette once fingered Alice while they were at the opera ''Lakmé'' (during ''The Flower Duet''). Though their relationship ended when Bette cheated on Alice, the two rema ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |