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Dangerous Liaisons (TV Series)
''Dangerous Liaisons'' is an American period drama television series, based upon the Dangerous Liaisons (novel), novel of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. It premiered on Starz on November 6, 2022. Ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season. In December 2022, the series was canceled, reversing the early renewal. It was also reported that the executive producers are currently shopping the series elsewhere. Cast and characters Main cast * Nicholas Denton as Pascal Valmont * Alice Englert as Camille * Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Majordome * Hilton Pelser as Gabriel Carré * Kosar Ali as Victoire * Nathanael Saleh as Azolan * Paloma Faith as Florence de Régnier * Maria Friedman as Berthe * Colette Dalal Tchantcho as Ondine, Vicomtesse de Valmont * Mia Threapleton as Rose * Fisayo Akinade as Theo, Chevalier de Saint-Jacques * Clare Higgins as Madame Jericho * Antonia Campbell-Hughes as Marie Antoinette * Kathryn Wilder as Eloise de Chalon * Matthew Steer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's '' The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relationships in sumptuous surroundings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathanael Saleh
Nathanael Isaac E. Saleh is an English actor best known for playing John Banks in ''Mary Poppins Returns''. He also has a key role in '' The Letter for the King''. Early life Saleh started performing when he was three year old, singing songs and giving recitations to family and friends. At five years old he followed his older brother to join Playbox Theatre at the Dream Factory in Warwick, England, gaining his first speaking role just a year later. This was followed over subsequent years by roles in a number of Playbox Theatre productions. At the beginning of 2015 he signed up at The Book, Playbox Theatre's own in-house agency, and almost immediately began receiving calls for auditions. Nathanael has always had an interest in dance, gaining a series of IDTA qualifications in Ballet and in Contemporary Dance. He has also worked on developing his range in acting, specifically in Voice Training, successfully completing LAMDA examinations in "Speaking Verse & Prose" up to Grade 3 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carice Van Houten
Carice Anouk van Houten () is a Dutch actress and singer (born 5 September 1976 in Leiderdorp). Her first leading role in the television film ''Suzy Q'' (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for '' Miss Minoes'' (2001). She gained widespread recognition for her performance in '' Black Book'' (2006), the most commercially successful Dutch film to date, for which she won her second Golden Calf for Best Actress, in addition to nominations from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the European Film Academy, and the Online Film Critics Society. She was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Valkyrie'' (2008), and won her fourth and fifth Golden Calf Awards for Best Actress for ''The Happy Housewife'' (2010) and '' Black Butterflies'' (2011). Her other notable English-language performances include '' Repo Men'' (2010), ''Black Death'' (2010), and '' Brimstone'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McElhatton
Michael McElhatton (born 12 September 1963) is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for playing the role of Roose Bolton in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. He joined the series as a guest star in the Game of Thrones (season 2), second season, and continued to play this role until the Game of Thrones (season 6), sixth season, promoted to a regular cast member from the fifth season onwards. Life and career McElhatton was born on 12 September 1963 in Terenure, a suburb in the south of Dublin. He began studying acting at Terenure College, a school known for its drama tradition, and afterward spent eight years in London where he graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1987. McElhatton returned to Ireland in the early nineties, where he began his acting career mainly in theatre and television. He appeared in a short film titled ''The Loser'' in 1990. In 1996, he was directed by John Carney (director), John Carney in the film ''November Afternoon'', in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Manville
Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films '' Grown-Ups'' (1980), '' High Hopes'' (1988), '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996), ''Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), ''All or Nothing'' (2002), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), '' Another Year'' (2010), and ''Mr. Turner'' (2014). She has been nominated for two British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in ''Another Year'' (2010) and ''Phantom Thread'' (2017); with the latter earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Manville has also appeared in the films '' Dance with a Stranger'' (1985), ''A Christmas Carol'' (2009), ''Maleficent'' (2014), '' Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'' (2019), ''Let Him Go'' (2020), and ''Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'' (2022), as well as the television series ''Emmerdale'' (1974–1976), '' Cranford'' (2007), '' Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond'' (2014), ''River'' (2015), and '' Mum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Steer
Matthew Steer (born 24 April 1978) is an English actor and writer. He made his stage debut in 1989 and is known for his roles as Ricky Ryan in '' Silent Witness'', Matt Lindsay in '' EastEnders'' and Albert Pemberton in '' Partners in Crime''. References External links * Living people People from Hitchin Male actors from Hertfordshire 1978 births {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Wilder
Kathryn Wilder is a stage and film actress known for her roles in the films '' Two Heads Creek'' and '' All is True''. Select filmography Film * '' All Is True'' (2018, as Judith Shakespeare) * '' Two Heads Creek'' (2019, as Anna) Television * '' Frontier'' (2017-2018, 11 episodes, as Chaulk) *''Call the Midwife'' (2021, 1 episode, as Audrey Fleming) Stage * '' Romeo and Juliet'' (2016, as Peta) * ''Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...'' (2017, as Ophelia) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilder, Kathryn English stage actresses English film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century English actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She became dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she became queen. Marie Antoinette's position at court improved when, after eight years of marriage, she started having children. She became increasingly unpopular among the people, however, with the French '' libelles'' accusing her of being profligate, promiscuous, allegedly having illegitimate children, and harboring sympathies for France's perceived enemies—particularly her native Austria. The false accusations of the Affair of the Diamond Necklace damaged her reputation furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Antonia Campbell-Hughes is an actress, writer, director and former fashion designer from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Natascha Kampusch in 3096 Days, Marie-Antoinette in Dangerous Liaisons and the titular role in Cordelia. She first gained notability as a fashion designer while in her teens. After an early career in comedy, she moved on to more serious acting roles, alongside writing for the screen. Her debut feature film as director, the thriller It Is In Us All, was released in 2022. Early life Campbell-Hughes was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, living there until the age of two. Until the age of 16 she would move between the United States, Switzerland, Germany, and England. After experimenting with short film, she went to art school in Dublin, and during that time, as a teenager, she started her own fashion label. Her clothing line would sell internationally under her own name, and a diffusion line for high street store Topshop. Television Her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Higgins
Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an English actress. Her film appearances include ''Hellraiser'' (1987), '' The Worst Witch'' (2017 - 2020) '' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'' (1988), ''Small Faces'' (1996) and '' The Golden Compass'' (2007). A six-time Olivier Award nominee for her work in the theatre, Higgins received her first nomination in 1984 for her role as Stella Kowalski in ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. She has since won the Olivier Award for Best Actress three times; for ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' in 1995, ''Vincent in Brixton'' in 2003 and ''Hecuba'' in 2005. She made her Broadway debut in 2003 in ''Vincent in Brixton'', receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in the 2014 revival of '' A Delicate Balance''. Early life Higgins, the second of five children, was born in Bradford, to Paula Cecilia (née Murphy) and James Stephen Higgins. Her parents were from working class Irish Catholic backgrounds, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisayo Akinade
Fisayo Akinade (born 28 December 1987) is a British actor, best known for his roles as Dean Monroe in '' Cucumber'' and '' Banana'' on Channel 4 and Mr. Ajayi in the popular Netflix series '' Heartstopper'', as well as his work in theatre. Early life and education Akinade was born in Liverpool. He spent four years of his childhood in Nigeria before returning to the UK where he grew up in the Fallowfield and Moss Side areas of Manchester. He wanted to be a gymnast growing up. However, after suffering injury, and the closure of the place where he practiced, Akinade began attending drop-in drama classes at the Contact Theatre, later joining the Contact Young Actors Company, and workshops at the Royal Exchange Theatre. He went on to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Career Akinade's television breakthrough came in 2015, when he starred as Dean Monroe in Russell T Davies' drama '' Cucumber'' and its offshoots '' Banana'' and ''Tofu''. In 2016, Akinad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Threapleton
Mia Honey Threapleton (born 12 October 2000) is a British actress. She starred with her mother Kate Winslet in '' I Am Ruth'' which won the 2023 British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama. Personal life Mia Honey Threapleton was born on 12 October 2000 in London to actress Kate Winslet and film director Jim Threapleton. Her parents divorced in 2001. She has dyslexia. Career Threapleton appeared in '' A Little Chaos'', as Helene, when aged 14. She played the roles of Alma in 2020 Italian film ''Shadows'' and Rose in 2022 American television series ''Dangerous Liaisons''. She starred with her mother Kate Winslet in ''I Am Ruth'' (2022), a 90-minute standalone drama in the Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ... series '' I Am...''. ''I Am Ruth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
