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Wonderfalls
''Wonderfalls'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004. The show centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines – a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others – which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need. ''TV Guide'' included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon". Cast and characters Main characters Jaye Tyler Caroline Dhavernas as Jaye Tyler – A 24-year-old graduate of Brown University, at the start of the series Jaye is discontentedly working as a sales clerk at Wonderfalls Gift Emporium and living in a trailer. She avoids her loving – and overbearing – family, whos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Fuller
Bryan Fuller (born July 27, 1969) is an American television writer and producer who has created a number of television series, including ''Dead Like Me'', ''Wonderfalls'', ''Pushing Daisies'', '' Hannibal'', and '' American Gods.'' Fuller worked as writer and executive producer on the '' Star Trek'' television series '' Voyager'' and '' Deep Space Nine''; he is also the co-creator of '' Star Trek: Discovery''. Early life Fuller was born in Lewiston, Idaho, but raised in Clarkston, Washington. He was brought up Roman Catholic. After graduating from Clarkston High School, Fuller attended Lewis–Clark State College in Lewiston. He later transferred to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but dropped out and began working as an office temp. Career As a contributing writer, Fuller's work has been featured on several shows, including '' Star Trek: Voyager'' and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', earning twenty-two episode writing credits for the '' Star Trek'' franchise. Fuller is himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Dhavernas
Caroline Dhavernas (; born May 15, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is best known in the United States for her collaborations with Bryan Fuller. She played Jaye Tyler in the Fox comedy-drama series ''Wonderfalls'', and Alana Bloom in the NBC psychological horror drama series ''Hannibal''. She also starred as Lily Brenner in the ABC medical drama '' Off the Map''. From 2017 to 2019, she portrayed the titular character in the Canada-produced and Canadian- and American-distributed medical drama-black comedy '' Mary Kills People''. Early life Dhavernas was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of the Québécois actors Sébastien Dhavernas and Michèle Deslauriers. Her sister Gabrielle Dhavernas is also an actress and specializes in dubbing. The voice timbre of both actresses is very similar, enabling Gabrielle to dub the voice of Caroline. She learned English at a very young age, as her parents sent her to an English-speaking elementary school called The Priory School. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelan Simmons
Chelan Lauren Simmons is a Canadian actress and former professional model. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Final Destination 3'' (2006), ''Good Luck Chuck'' (2007), and '' Tucker & Dale vs. Evil'' (2010). She is also known for her roles in the television series '' It'' (1990), ''Wonderfalls'' (2004), ''Kyle XY'' (2006–2009), and ''The L.A. Complex'' (2012). Personal life Simmons was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the middle child of three (one younger brother and an older sister). Simmons has been married to Greg Street since 2015. On June 1, 2016, Simmons gave birth to a daughter. Simmons filmed the TV movie ''Operation Christmas'' portraying a pregnant woman during her real life pregnancy. Simmons resides in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Outside of acting, Simmons is a dog lover and enjoys cooking. Career Simmons' parents wanted her to become an actress at the age of three but they waited until she turned five to pursue a career. She started modeling and ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Finneran
Katie Finneran (born January 22, 1971) is an American actress best known for her Tony Award-winning performances in the Broadway play ''Noises Off'' in 2002, and the musical '' Promises, Promises'' in 2010.Katie Finneran awards at the Internet Broadway Database Personal life Finneran was born in , of Irish Catholic extraction. She was raised in , where she attended theNew World School of the ...
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Hannibal (TV Series)
''Hannibal'' is an American psychological horror- thriller television series developed by Bryan Fuller for NBC. The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris' novels '' Red Dragon'' (1981), ''Hannibal'' (1999), and ''Hannibal Rising'' (2006) and focuses on the relationship between FBI special investigator Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Dr. Hannibal Lecter ( Mads Mikkelsen), a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy and at the same time, the only person who can understand him. The series received a 13-episode order for its first season. David Slade executive produced and directed the first episode. The series premiered on NBC on April 4, 2013. On May 9, 2014, NBC renewed ''Hannibal'' for a third season, which premiered on June 4, 2015. On June 22, 2015, NBC canceled ''Hannibal'' after three seasons because of low viewership. The series finale aired in Canada on City, on August 27, 2015, and aired two days later in the U.S. on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Pace
Lee Grinner Pace (born March 25, 1979) is an American actor. He is known for starring as Thranduil the Elvenking in ''The Hobbit'' trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the AMC period drama television series '' Halt and Catch Fire''. He has also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ronan the Accuser, a role he first played in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' and reprised in '' Captain Marvel''. Pace earned a 2008 Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Ned in the ABC comedy-drama ''Pushing Daisies''. Since 2021, he stars as the galactic emperor Brother Day in the television series '' Foundation'', based on the stories of Isaac Asimov. Early life Pace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Charlotte, a schoolteacher, and James, an engineer. He has a sister. As a child, Pace spent several years in Saudi Arabia, where his father worked in the oil business; the family later moved to Houston. He was raised Catholic. Pace attended Klein High School in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracie Thoms
Tracie Nicole Thoms is an Emmy-nominated American television, film, and stage actress and singer. She is known for her roles in ''Rent'', ''Cold Case'', '' The Devil Wears Prada'', ''Death Proof'', and the short-lived Fox television series ''Wonderfalls''. Early life and education Thoms was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of Donald H. Thoms, a VP of Programming at PBS and television director, and wife Mariana Davis. She has a younger brother, Austin. She started studying acting at age 10 and later on attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University in 1997. She then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division as a member of ''Group 30'' (1997–2001), which also included actors Lee Pace and Anthony Mackie. Career Thoms is known for her role of Mahandra McGinty in the television show ''Wonderfalls''. She also played the part of Sasha in the US version of the T.V. series '' As If'', which was cancel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sadler (actor)
William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American stage, film, and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in '' The Pacific'', Luther Sloan in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', Sheriff Jim Valenti in '' Roswell'', convict Heywood in ''The Shawshank Redemption'', Senator Vernon Trent in ''Hard to Kill'', Death in ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' and ''Bill & Ted Face the Music'', and Colonel Stuart in ''Die Hard 2''. He played Matthew Ellis in ''Iron Man 3'', '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', and ''WHIH Newsfront''. He also recurs as John McGarrett in the 2010 remake of the 1968 television series ''Hawaii Five-O'', and the Boston boxing promoter and suspected drug dealer Gino Fish in the Jesse Stone television film series, opposite Tom Selleck. He also played Don in the 1992 movie ''Trespass'' starring Ice Cube, Ice-T and Bill Paxton. Early life Sadler was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Jane and William Sadler. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Holland
Todd Holland (born August 13, 1961) is an American film and television director and producer. He directed over 50 episodes of ''The Larry Sanders Show'', for which he received an Emmy, and 26 episodes of ''Malcolm in the Middle'', for which he received two Emmy Awards. His feature films include ''The Wizard'' (1989) and ''Krippendorf's Tribe'' (1998). Early life and education Holland was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania and raised in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was an honor student, graduating from Meadville Area Sr. High School-M. A. S. H. While there, he wrote, directed and produced several parodies of movies popular at the time. He graduated in 1985 from UCLA's school of Theater, Film and Television. Career Holland got his career break when Steven Spielberg saw his UCLA thesis film ''Chicken Thing''—a 12-minute comedy horror short—and hired Holland to write and direct on the second season of ''Amazing Stories''. Holland directed 52 episodes of ''The Larry Sanders Show'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyron Leitso
Tyron Leitso (born January 7, 1976) is a Canadian actor 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 (), li .... Advertising Leitso has also appeared in commercial campaigns for "Salon Selectives", "Haggar Slacks", "The Florida Board of Health", "GTS Communications" (in Europe only), and "B.C. Tel/Telus", amongst others. Filmography References External links * 1976 births Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Male actors from British Columbia People from North Vancouver {{Canada-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewel Staite
Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the Fox television series ''Firefly'' (2002–2003) and its spin-off theatrical film '' Serenity'' (2005), and as Jennifer Keller on Sci-Fi Channel's science fiction television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2007–2009). Staite also starred as Catalina in ''Space Cases'' (1996), as "Becca" Fisher in ''Flash Forward'' (1996–1997), as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian drama '' The L.A. Complex'' (2012), and as Caroline Swift in AMC's crime drama '' The Killing'' (2013–2014). Since 2021, she has starred as Abigail Bianchi in the Canadian legal drama series ''Family Law''. Early life Staite was born in White Rock, British Columbia. The youngest of seven children, she modeled as a child and has acted since age six. She has stated that she is of British, Irish, French Canadian, and Iroquois ancestry. Staite attended Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Scarwid
Diana Elizabeth Scarwid (born August 27, 1955) is a retired American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Christina Crawford in ''Mommie Dearest (film), Mommie Dearest'' (1981). She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Inside Moves'' (1980), and for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for ''Truman (1995 film), Truman'' (1995). Scarwid has over 70 film and television credits to her name, including ''Pretty Baby (1978 film), Pretty Baby'' (1978), ''Rumble Fish'', ''Silkwood'' (both 1983), ''Psycho III'', ''Extremities (film), Extremities'' (both 1986), ''The Neon Bible (film), The Neon Bible'' (1995), ''What Lies Beneath'' (2000), ''Party Monster (film), Party Monster'' (2003), ''The Clearing (film), The Clearing'' (2004), and ''Another Happy Day'' (2011). Life and career Early life Scarwid was born in Savannah, Georgia, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Frizelle (1920–2006) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
