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Shadowhunters
''Shadowhunters'', also known as ''Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments'', is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Ed Decter, based on the novel series ''The Mortal Instruments'' written by Cassandra Clare. It premiered in North America on Freeform on January 12, 2016. Primarily filmed in Toronto, Canada, the series follows Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara), who finds out on her eighteenth birthday that she comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, human-angel hybrids who hunt down demons, and has to deal with the struggle of forbidden love. Produced by Constantin Film, it serves as a reboot of the first Constantin Film adaptation of the novels, the 2013 film '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones''. The first season of ''Shadowhunters'' received mixed responses from critics. The pilot episode attracted the largest audience for Freeform in more than two years. The show received numerous award nominations, winning one GLAAD Award, six Teen Choice Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mortal Instruments
''The Mortal Instruments'' is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by American author Cassandra Clare, the last of which was published on May 27, 2014. ''The Mortal Instruments'' is chronologically the third series of a planned six in '' The Shadowhunter Chronicles'' but was the first one published. It follows Clary Fray, whose chance encounter with a group of elite angelic superhuman beings -- known as Nephilim or Shadowhunters -- leads her to make life-changing discoveries about herself and her family history. The mission of the Shadowhunters is protect the world of human people, also called mundanes or "mundies," from dark forces beyond their world. A recurring theme throughout all ''Shadowhunters Chronicles'' books is that "all the stories are true" -- and as a result, many creatures popularized in fantasy writing (e.g., vampires, werewolves, faeries, warlocks, etc.) play a role in the books. The book series falls under the young adult genre, specifically th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine McNamara
Katherine Grace McNamara (born November 22, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She portrayed Clary Fray on the 2016–2019 supernatural drama series '' Shadowhunters'', receiving a Teen Choice Award and a People's Choice Award for her work. In 2022, she starred in the western action series '' Walker: Independence'' as Abby Walker, which earned her a Critics Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Series nomination. She also portrayed Mia Smoak in the superhero series ''Arrow'' and starred as Julie Lawry in the post-apocalyptic miniseries ''The Stand''. Her film roles include Lily Bowman in the 2011 romantic comedy ''New Year's Eve'', Rosa in the 2015 drama ''A Sort of Homecoming'', Sonya in the dystopian science fiction film series ''Maze Runner'', and Amy in the 2021 thriller ''Trust''. Early life and education McNamara was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the only child of Ursula and Evan McNamara, who served in the U.S. military. She was raised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Shum Jr
Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series ''Glee'' (2009–2015), Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series ''Shadowhunters'' (2016–2019), and Dr. Benson Kwan on the ABC television series ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2022–present). He was nominated for six Screen Actors Guild Awards for best ensemble performance in '' Crazy Rich Asians'', ''Glee'' and ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'', winning for the latter two. Shum won The Male TV Star of 2018 award in the E! People's Choice Awards for ''Shadowhunters''. Shum has appeared in the films '' Step Up 2: The Streets'' (2008), '' Step Up 3D'' (2010), '' White Frog'' (2012), '' Revenge of the Green Dragons'' (2014), '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny'' (2016), '' Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018), the Hulu web series '' The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers'' (2010–2011) and the YouTube Originals series '' Single by 30'' (2016). In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisha Wainwright
Alisha Ena Wainwright (born July 14, 1989) is an American actress. Following her film debut in '' Just Before I Go'' (2014), Wainwright had supporting roles in films such as '' Death of a Telemarketer'' (2020) and ''Palmer'' (2021), as well as a lead role in '' There's Something Wrong with the Children'' (2023). She is best known for her leading roles as Maia Roberts on the second and third seasons of the Freeform supernatural drama series ''Shadowhunters'' (2017–19) and Nicole Warren on the Netflix superhero drama series '' Raising Dion'' (2019–22). Early life Alisha Wainwright was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. Her mother is from Jamaica and her father is from Haiti. Career After appearing in a web comedy sketch on the YouTube channel Smosh in 2012, Wainwright guest-starred in several film and television productions including ''Criminal Minds'' and ''Lethal Weapon''. In September 2016, her casting as the werewolf Maia Roberts on Freeform's fantasy series ''Shadow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Sherwood
Dominic Anthony Sherwood is an English actor and model, best known for his roles as Christian Ozera in the teen vampire film ''Vampire Academy'' (2014), Jace Wayland on the Freeform fantasy series ''Shadowhunters'' (2016–2019), Kurt in the series '' Penny Dreadful: City of Angels'' (2020) and Jeff Murphy in the Netflix legal drama '' Partner Track'' (2022). Early life Sherwood was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He attended Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone for his secondary school education. After studying drama and theatre in Maidstone and Sevenoaks, he left to work abroad, starting in Kenya and working for six months before moving to London. Career Sherwood's first acting role came in 2010, with his appearance as Jack Simmons in the third season of '' The Cut''. The following year, he guest starred as a waiter named Tom in the '' Sadie J'' episode "Cherylistic". In 2012, he had a small role in the drama film '' Not Fade Away'' as a young Mick Jagger. He landed his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emeraude Toubia
Emeraude Toubia (, born March 1, 1989) is an American actress. From 2016 to 2019, she portrayed Isabelle Lightwood on the Freeform fantasy series ''Shadowhunters''. Toubia has been starring as Lily Diaz on the Amazon Prime Video romantic comedy series ''With Love'' since 2021. Early life and education Toubia was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was raised in Brownsville, Texas as an only child. Toubia's mother, Mirta Sonia (née Solis), was born and raised in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, and her father is Gaby Toubia, the son of Elias Toubia and Zomorrod Hilany, a Lebanese American from the town of Deddeh, in the Koura district, in northern Lebanon. As a child, Toubia was professionally trained in classical ballet, flamenco, belly dance, and lyrical dance. Toubia attended Homer Hanna High School in Brownsville for her secondary education. Since the age of fifteen, Toubia had competed in several beauty pageants; she was crowned Miss South Texas, Miss Rio Grande Valley Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Rosende
Alberto Carlos Rosende III is an American actor and singer, known for his role as Simon Lewis in the Freeform supernatural drama ''Shadowhunters'' from 2016 to 2019. From 2019 to 2024, he starred as Firefighter Blake Gallo in the NBC drama '' Chicago Fire''. Early life and education Rosende was born to Martha Cristina Ferrucho and Alberto Carlos Rosende, a major-general in the U.S. Army Reserve. He has a younger brother, Diego, who works in the film production industry. He is of Colombian and Cuban descent. Rosende attended Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater, where he appeared in a number of productions, which included starring as Link Larkin in ''Hairspray''. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, where he was a member of the STA Players. While there, Rosende performed as Danny Zuko in '' Grease'', Emile De Becque in '' South Pacific'', and Dr. Lyman Sanderson in '' Harvey''. In April 2013, Rosende was diagnosed with testicular cancer. In 2015, Rosende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Daddario
Matthew Quincy Daddario (born October 1, 1987) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alec Lightwood in the television series ''Shadowhunters'' (2016–2019). Early life Daddario was born and raised in New York City, the son of Christina Daddario, a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, a prosecutor and former head of NYPD Counterterrorism under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His older sister is actress Alexandra Daddario. Daddario's paternal grandfather was Emilio Daddario, a Democratic representative to the United States House of Representatives for the state of Connecticut from 1959 to 1971. He is of Italian, English, Irish, and Slovak ancestry. Daddario attended the Collegiate School, before graduating with a degree in economics from Indiana University Bloomington in 2010. Career Daddario made his major film debut as Aaron in the romantic drama film ''Breathe In'', which was directed by Drake Doremus. In the same year he had a supporting role as Channing in the Vinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaiah Mustafa
Isaiah Amir Mustafa (born February 11, 1974) is an American actor and former American football wide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the main character in a series of Old Spice television commercials, "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like". He is also known for portraying Luke Garroway on Freeform (TV channel), Freeform's fantasy series ''Shadowhunters'' and adult Mike Hanlon in ''It Chapter Two''. Childhood Mustafa was born in Portland, Oregon to Shahidah Mustafa-Davis and John Wali Mustafa, the youngest of seven children in a Muslims, Muslim family. When Mustafa was 5 years old, the family relocated from Portland to Mission Viejo, California, and his father opened a limousine service in Laguna Hills, California, Laguna Hills. Several years after the family relocated to California, Mustafa's father was killed in a car accident. He was educated at Santa Clara High School (Oxnard, California), Santa Clara High School, and later attended Santa Monica College, before transferring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassandra Clare
Judith Lewis (née Rumelt; born July 27, 1973), better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series ''The Mortal Instruments''. Personal life Clare was born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran. She is the daughter of Richard Rumelt, a business school professor and author. Her maternal grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg. Clare is Jewish and has described her family as "not religious". As a child, Clare traveled frequently, spending time in Switzerland, England, and France. She returned to Los Angeles for high school and from then on, split her time between California and New York City, where she worked at various entertainment magazines and tabloids, including ''The Hollywood Reporter''. She is also friends with the author Holly Black, and their books occasionally overlap, Clare mentioning characters from Black's novels and vice versa, such as Val and Luis from Black's ''Valia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Reisz
Michael Reisz (born March 25, 1968) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He was a writer for the television series '' Boston Legal'' until its ending in 2008, as well as a writer and executive producer for the first two seasons of '' Shadowhunters''. As a voice actor, Reisz is known for his roles as Yamato "Matt" Ishida in the anime '' Digimon Adventure'' and Takuya Kanbara in ''Digimon Frontier''. Early and personal life In his early life, Reisz was trained as a lawyer and attended Georgetown University. Reisz is gay. Filmography Anime * '' .hack//Liminality'' - Sato Ichiro * ''Bleach'' - Igoroshi, Robber * '' Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' - Mary-Go-Round, Yellow River * '' Digimon Adventure'' - Yamato "Matt" Ishida * ''Digimon Adventure 02'' - Yamato "Matt" Ishida * ''Digimon Tamers'' - IceDevimon * ''Digimon Frontier'' - Takuya Kanbara * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' - Umibozu Chopper Pilot (uncredited) * '' Great Teacher Onizuka'' - Additional voices * ''Narut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Film
Constantin Film AG is a German film production company based in Munich. The company, which belongs to Swiss media conglomerate Highlight Communications AG, is a large independent German maker and distributor of productions. Constantin has released 36 of the 100 most successful German films of the last 20 years, including four of the top five: '' Manitou's Shoe'' (11.7 million viewers), '' Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1'' (9 million), '' Fack ju Göhte'' (7.3 million) and '' Fack ju Göhte 2'' (7.7 million). The ''Fack ju Göhte'' trilogy was concluded in 2017 with '' Fack ju Göhte 3'' (6 million) and is now the most successful German film series of all time. Internationally, Constantin Film is best known for the successful ''Resident Evil'' film franchise, which has earned worldwide to date and is also known as the highest-grossing film series based on a video game. More recently, TV series include '' Shadowhunters'', which won four People's Choice Awards in 2018, and the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
