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Chloe Troast was born on 14 May 1997 in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Basics (2020), Sweethearts and Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023).- Actress
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This year, actress-on-the-rise Farrah Mackenzie is positioned to take the entertainment industry by storm. She has established herself as a seasoned player in film and television, captivating audiences worldwide through the dynamic and emotionally complex characters brought to life on screen.
Farrah has starred in Chuck Lorre's "The Big Bang Theory" and CBS' new comedy series, "United States of Al" opposite Adhir Kalyan, Parker Young and Dean Norris. The series follows the friendship between Riley (Young), a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir, aka Al (Kalyan), the interpreter who served with his unit in Afghanistan and has just arrived to start a new life in America. Farrah stars as Hazel, Riley and Vanessa's (Kelli Goss) smart, fearless, and adventurous daughter.
In 2020, Farrah starred opposite John Cusack, Rainn Wilson, and Sasha Lane in Amazon's thriller series "Utopia." Created and Executive Produced by Gillian Flynn ("Gone Girl," "Sharp Objects"), the twisted thriller followed a group of young comic book fans who discover the conspiracy in a graphic novel is real and embark on a high stakes adventure to save humanity. Farrah shined as Alice, an adopted foster child who is bright and curious, with an unrelenting resolve when thrown into this dangerous world.
Additional credits for Farrah include starring as Stella Parton in NBC's "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" and the Emmy-nominated, "Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love." Both television films were based on Dolly Parton's childhood growing up in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains in the 1950's, with a large family.
In film, Farrah was seen in Magnolia Pictures' "Please Stand By" appearing as a younger Dakota Fanning. She also appeared in Steven Soderbergh's "Logan Lucky" (Fingerprint Releasing) opposite Channing Tatum and Katie Holmes, as Tatum and Holmes' daughter, Sadie Logan. Additional film credits include the 2020 Cinequest Festival selection "Ascension" (California Pictures), indie drama "Amanda McKay," "You Get Me" (Netflix), "Apartment 407" (Gravitas Ventures) and "Nanny Cam" (Lifetime).
Born in Los Angeles to actors, Angela Little ("Walk Hard") and Andy Mackenzie ("Sushi Girl"), and granddaughter to DGA Award winning and Emmy Award nominated director, Will Mackenzie, Farrah was immersed in the arts from the time she was born. At five years old, she appeared in her first project, the indie fantasy short, "The Heart's Eye View" with her parents. She has been working ever since.
Aside from acting, Farrah has stated a love for reading including being a big Harry Potter fan. She loves to spend time in the outdoors, and with her family.- Katie Kreisler was born on 31 March 1975 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Melinda and Melinda (2004), Heights (2005) and Mare of Easttown (2021).
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Having been named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, Kaitlyn Dever has become one of Hollywood's top emerging young actresses.
Dever has showcased her versatility, appearing in movies such as Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar (2011), James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now (2013), Destin Daniel Cretton's Short Term 12 (2008), and Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children (2014), and was one of the female leads in Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit (2017).
She truly shone in the dark drama Short Term 12 (2013) alongside Brie Larson, LaKeith Stanfield, John Gallagher Jr., and Rami Malek. The film premiered at SXSW 2013, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative as well as the Audience Award. Kaitlyn was named Summer 2013's indie "It" girl and was highlighted as a SXSW breakout.
In addition to her film career, she recently wrapped her memorable four-season-long arc playing Loretta McCready on the FX drama Justified (2010), for which she received critical acclaim. She also played a role in the award-winning video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016), voicing Cassie Drake, daughter of the game's lead, Nathan Drake.- Actress
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Actress and activist Shailene Woodley was born in Simi Valley, California, to Lori (Victor), a middle school counselor, and Lonnie Woodley, a school principal. She has one brother, Tanner. She was educated at Simi Valley High School in California. When Woodley was four years old she began commercial modeling. Acting roles followed, and she made her screen debut in 1999's Replacing Dad (1999). More parts followed in The District (2000), The O.C. (2003) and Crossing Jordan (2001),amongst others. When Woodley was 15, she was diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis and wore a chest-to-hips plastic brace for two years, which proved a successful treatment.
In 2008 Woodley was cast in the lead role of Amy Juergens in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) and in 2011 she had her big screen breakthrough when she appeared in Alexander Payne's The Descendants (2011), opposite George Clooney. Her performance in the role of Alexandra King brought critical acclaim and recognition by the movie industry. She won an Independent Spirit Award and the 2012 MTV Movie Awards Breakthrough Performance Award, as well as a Golden Globe nomination. She gained more prominence for portraying Tris from the Divergent film trilogy based on the book series. She portrayed Mary Jane Watson in deleted scenes of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. She had roles in The Fault in Our Stars, The Mauritanian, White Bird in a Blizzard, Big Little Lies, Adrift and The Fallout. She was engaged to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers but broke up.