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Stateless (TV Series)
''Stateless'' is an Australian television drama series launched on ABC on 1 March 2020. The six episodes were released on Netflix on 8 July 2020. The series is partly inspired by the real-life story of Cornelia Rau, an Australian who was unlawfully detained under the Australian Government's mandatory detention program. Synopsis The series centres on four strangers in an immigration detention centre in the Australian desert: an airline hostess escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal. When their lives intersect they are pushed to the brink of sanity, yet unlikely and profound emotional connections are made amongst the group. After the sixth and final episode, the epilogue states the program was based upon true stories about Australian immigration detention. Cast Episodes Release ''Stateless'' had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin International Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asher Keddie
Asher Keddie (born 31 July 1974) is an Australian actress. Beginning her career in the television series ''Five Mile Creek'' in the mid 1980s, Keddie received wide recognition for her role in the television series ''Offspring''. Her significant repertoire in television has led to her being dubbed as the 'Golden Girl of Australian Television'. Keddie also had a small role in the film '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', as Dr. Carol Frost. Aside from television and film work, she has several theatre credits, including in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' as Madame de Tourvel. She won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress five times in a row between 2011 and 2015. Keddie won the 2013 Gold Logie award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, for her role as Dr Nina Proudman in the Network Ten drama ''Offspring''. She had previously been nominated twice for the award. Keddie has a total of seven Logie Awards. Early life Keddie was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Raei
Phoenix Raei is an Australian actor, director and producer of Iranian descent. Raei, who was born in Shiraz in Iran, immigrated to Australia as a child. In 2019, he was the recipient of the Casting Guild of Australia, Rising Star Award. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix series ''Clickbait''. He was a main cast member of the Perth two season TV soap ''The Heights'' (2018-2019). Early life Raei was born in Shiraz. He immigrated with his family to Australia and settled in Perth. He showed interest in acting at an early age, but he felt pressured to pursue higher education and studied law. Acting and film career Raei first appeared in a short film in 2014. He chose the stage name Nima Raei and used it for Seven Storeys Down, a 2017 film that he wrote and directed. Raei's TV debut was in the Australian soccer show Mustangs FC, He played his first major role in the 2017 film ''Australia Day'', and wrote and directed a miniseries, ''Murder''. He thereafter relocated to Melbourne. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenja Communication
Kenja Communication, or simply Kenja, is an Australian company co-founded in 1982 by Ken Dyers and his partner, Jan Hamilton. The word 'Kenja' is derived from the first letters of their names. There are four Kenja centres, in Sydney, Greater Western Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Kenja Communication runs classes, workshops and one-to-one sessions, as well as events and activities at different venues around Australia. It has gained public attention through court trials involving various members of the group, leader Ken Dyers' suicide following allegations of child sexual abuse, and the group's alleged involvement in the Cornelia Rau case. About Kenja Kenja describes its purpose on its website as being To increase understanding of the spiritual nature of man and our relation to the human spirit, coupled with practical training in the basics of effective communication—time, space and energy. The training is based on the research done by Ken Dyers over 60 years, into an understandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Dyers
Ken Dyers (14 July 1922 – 25 July 2007) was one of two founders of Kenja Communication. He served with the Australian Army during World War II. He founded Kenja with his partner, Jan Hamilton, in 1982. In 1993 he was charged with sexual offences against four young girls, but was found not guilty on ten of the 11 counts, with the remaining conviction overturned in 2002. He was again charged with child sexual assault in 2005. The court case received a temporary stay on the grounds of ill health, but Dyers committed suicide before the case could return to court. Early life Dyers was born on 14 July 1922. His father was 54 when he was born. Dyers claimed that his father, Charlie Dyers, was a toddler on Daly Waters station in the Northern Territory where he had become lost in 1872, at the age of three. He further claimed that Charlie was picked up by a drover three years later at the age of six and returned to Daly Waters station, and that he had lived with an Aboriginal tribe in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic West
Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), Noah Solloway in Showtime's '' The Affair'' (2014–2019), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama nomination, and Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Netflix drama ''The Crown'' (2022–present). West made his television debut in 1998 BBC medical drama ''Out of Hours'' before appearing in the television films ''A Christmas Carol'' (1999), and ''Nicholas Nickleby'' (2001). His breakthrough came with the role of Detective Jimmy McNulty in the HBO series ''The Wire'' (2002–2008). He then starred in BBC series '' The Hour'' (2011–2012) earning a Golden Globe Award nomination. He received a BAFTA Award for his performance as the serial killer Fred West in the ITV drama ''Appropriate Adult'' (2011) and a nomination for his portrayal as Richard Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel House (actress)
Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House (born 20 October 1971) is a New Zealand actress, comedian, director and acting coach. Early life House was born in 1971 in Auckland and was raised in Kamo, Whangarei, by her adoptive Scottish parents John and Sheila House. She is of Māori (Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāi Tahu) and European descent. Career Acting House attended the New Zealand national drama school, Toi Whakaari, graduating in 1992. From here she went into stage work with Pacific Underground Theatre and Auckland Theatre Company. In 1995, she won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year Award for her performance in the one-woman show ''Nga Pou Wahine'' by Briar Grace-Smith. This was followed by other awards in 2000 (Most Outstanding Performance) for Witi Ihimaera's critically acclaimed ''Woman Far Walking'' (in which she played the key role of Tiriti, a 160-year-old woman) and 2003 (Best Supporting Actress) in Henrik Ibsen's ''An Enemy of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Gilshenan
Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his in television series ''The Moodys'', ''Maximum Choppage'', ''Chandon Pictures'' and '' Full Frontal''. Early life Darren was first introduced to acting while he was a Boy Scout in Brisbane. He realised then that acting was his passion, "I just knew, I knew that's all I wanted to do. The hardest thing was trying to convince my father that my schooling TER mark didn't matter because I wanted to be an actor." Career Gilshenan graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1988. He has also taught extensively at Australian Theatre For Young People, Bell Shakespeare and National Institute of Dramatic Art. Gilshenan's early acting career includes guest roles in ''A Country Practice'' in 1992 and ''Police Rescue'' in 1993. He became a series regular (and writer) on the sketch comedy series '' Full Frontal'' in 1997. The show became ''Totally Full Frontal'', where he remained as writer and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Box
Kate Box is an Australian stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as Nicole Vargas in ''Rake'' and as Lou Kelly in ''Wentworth''. Career In 2003, Box graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Her first stage performance was in 2004 as Helena in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Bell Shakespeare Company, while her other credits include the Sydney Theatre Company presentation of ''Top Girls'' which she received a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play nomination, ''Dolores'' (Old Fitzroy Theatre), ''Macbeth'' (Sydney Theatre Company) and ''A Christmas Carol'' ( Belvoir). She went on to make her screen debut with a role in the 2005 television film sequel '' Small Claims: White Wedding''. Following this, she made her film debut in 2008 with '' The Black Balloon'' and she received guest spots on television shows such as the medical drama series '' All Saints'' and the children's drama series '' My Place''. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Angelico
Maria Angelico is an Australian actress, writer and producer from Melbourne, Victoria. Angelico is best known for her portrayal of Julia Bechly in the TV series ''Sisters'' on Network Ten. She is also known for portraying Miss Tan in '' The InBESTigators''. Career Angelico made her onscreen acting debut on ''Blue Heelers'' as teenager Jassy Kennedy in 2001 and appeared again in that series as Bianca Amalti in 2004. She continued working professionally as an actor throughout her teenage years. In 2002, Angelico received a place in the inaugural Scholarship course at the Melbourne Theatre Company and studied at the Susan Batson studio in New York, then undertook vocal and dialect training. In 2015, Angelico wrote, produced and starred in the web series ''Movement: the web series'' about a woman named Sophia who needs to sort out her life after making bad decisions and attempting to stay in control, won the 2016 Spotlight on Melbourne WebFest award and was selected for the dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Courtney
Jai Courtney (; born 15 March 1986) is an Australian actor. He started his career with small roles in films and television series before being cast as Charlie in the action film ''Jack Reacher'' (2012). He has gone on to star in ''A Good Day to Die Hard'' (2013), ''I, Frankenstein'' (2014) and ''The Exception'' (2016). Courtney had a recurring role as Varro in the television series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' (2010). He played Eric in the science fiction action film '' Divergent'' (2014), and in 2015, he reprised the role in the sequel, ''Insurgent''. He portrayed Kyle Reese in ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015) and DC Comics villain Captain Boomerang in ''Suicide Squad'' (2016) and '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021). Early life Courtney was born on 15 March 1986 in Cherrybrook, a suburb of Sydney. His father, Chris, worked for a state-owned electricity company, and his mother, Karen, was a teacher at Galston Public School, where Courtney and his older sister were students. Courtney p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayssal Bazzi
Fayssal Bazzi is an Australian actor. He was nominated for the 2018 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. It has been awarded annually since 1974. Previous winners ReferencesAfi.org.au — AFI Award Winners {{Australia ... for his role in '' The Merger'' and again in 2020 for ''Measure for Measure''. Filmography Television Film/Shorts References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bazzi, Fayssal 1982 births Living people 21st-century Australian male actors Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Australian people of Lebanese descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
