Sunday, July 12, 2009

NOUREEN DEWULF


Noureen DeWulf (born February 28, 1984) is an American actress.

DeWulf, an Indian American, was born in New York City, New York, and was raised in Georgia. Her parents are from Pune, Maharashtra, India. She attended Boston University.

DeWulf is known as the star of the 2007 Academy Award winning musical comedy (winning the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film), West Bank Story, in which she played a Palestinian fast food cashier named Fatima who falls in love with an Israeli soldier. DeWulf also starred in 2006's American Dreamz alongside Hugh Grant and Mandy Moore. She was next seen as one of the leads in the Fox Feature Comedy, The Comebacks, which was released in the United States in October 2007. DeWulf played a small comedic role in Ocean's Thirteen as Frank Catton's main Expo girl Mirage, which released in summer 2007 and also "Littly Singh" in Americanizing Shelley, for which she wore a fat suit.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

NOA TISHBY


Noa Tohar Tishby (Hebrew: ???? ???? ?????; born May 22, 1975) is an Israeli actress, model and singer, currently residing in Los Angeles, United States.

An actress and a singer, Tishby got her first big break at 16 playing the lead in the original hit musical "David", for which she won national recognition. She received a full scholarship with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and went on to play the lead in the nation's highest rated prime time drama, Ramat Aviv Gimmel. She became a household name and appeared in numerous TV shows and films, among them the critically acclaimed Five Minutes Walking. Her music career started in 1993 working in the band Nona with Gal Asher and in 1997 they released the debut album Nona which was the first English-language album released by an Israeli artist to hit No. 1 on the nation's top selling albums chart. The album was released in Japan by Virgin Records and a year after the band broke up. She received critical acclaim playing "Anita" in the Israeli national theater production of West Side Story.

Friday, July 10, 2009

MORAN ATIAS


Moran Atias (Hebrew: ???? ??????; born April 9, 1981) is an Israeli-born model, TV presenter, and actress.
She first appeared on TV when she was only 15, starring in the Israeli youth show Out of Focus.

By the age of 17, she flew to Germany to launch her international modeling career which also led her to Italy, in which she was truly discovered for cover and runway modelling, TV show hostess, film acting, radio, etc. She was discovered by Roberto Cavalli who selected her to be his home model. She also modelled for D&G and for BBG jeweleries. Later, she was the hostess of a popular TV talk show in Italy.

MIA WASIKOWSKA


Wasikowska was born and raised in Canberra. Growing up she studied ballet, and switched to full-time acting in 2006.
She began her acting career in Australia and was nominated for a Young Actress AFI Award for her role in Suburban Mayhem.[3] In the U.S. she garnered critical acclaim for her performance in HBO's In Treatment opposite Gabriel Byrne.
In July 2008, after a long search, Wasikowska was chosen to play the title role in Tim Burton's interpretation of Alice in Wonderland, alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. Tim Burton states: "We met a lot of people, but she just had that certain kind of emotional toughness, standing her ground in a way that makes her kind of an older person but with a younger person's mentality."
Wasikowska is of Polish descent.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

MENA SUVARI


Mena Adrienne Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is a BAFTA-nominated American actress, model, fashion designer and spokeswoman, best known for her role as Angela in the critical and commercial hit American Beauty (1999), as well as the comedies American Pie (1999) and its sequel American Pie 2 (2001).