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Cristela Alonzo

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  Cristela Alonzo (born 1977/1978) is a American actor, comedian as well as writer and producer who created and starred in the ABC sitcom Cristela. It was her first Latina woman to create and produce, write, and star in her own US primetime comedy.    Early life  Alonzo was born in San Juan, Texas. He is the youngest of four children. His mother Natalia Gonzalez worked double shifts at an Mexican restaurant for more than 20 years and his father Adalberto Alonzo were both Mexican. Alonzo was the child of a mother and father who were violent. Alonzo's mother left her husband and left her children in the care of their father. Alonzo explained that she had never seen her father, and that he died in 2009.

Malin Akerman

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  Malin Maria Akerman, who was born on 12 May 1978 in Sweden, is an American and Swedish actress. She played small roles on film and television as well, in both American as well as Canadian productions like The Utopian Society (2003), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). After being an assistant on HBO's mockumentary show The Comeback (2005) she was offered her first lead part in the romantic comedy films 27 Dresses (2008) and The Heartbreak Kid (2006). She was not credited for her performance in the part in The Invasion (2007) in the science fiction film. She played Silk Spectre II in Watchmen (2009) in which she was nominated for a Saturn Award.

Maggie Grace

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  Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14 1959) is an American actress. Her nominations include three Primetime Emmy Awards and an Academy Award.  Harden was born in San Diego's La Jolla region. She began her acting career in 1980s television shows. In 1986, she starred in her debut film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothers' production Miller's Crossing. In recognition of her performance as artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 biographical film Pollock, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance as Celeste Boyle, in the drama Mystic River (2003), she received another Academy Award nomination. Other film credits that stand out include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), Space Cowboys (2000), Mona Lisa Smile (2003) as well as the Fifty Shades film trilogy.

Catherine Tate

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  Catherine Jane Ford was born on December 5, 1969. She is an English comic and actress. Tate has been nominated seven times for BAFTAs as well as an International Emmy Award, and numerous other awards for her work in BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004)-2007. Tate played Donna Noble on Doctor Who's Christmas Special 2006. She then reprised her role as the Tenth Doctor's frequent companion in the fourth season.    After the huge success of The Catherine Tate Show, Tate was a part of Joanie Taylor ("Nan") in the BBC One comedy series Catherine Tate's Nan (2009-2015) and in the film The Nan Movie (2022). In the year 2011, Tate started a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U.S. version of The Office and was an ongoing character until the show ended. The character was Miss Sarah Postern on BBC One's sitcom Big School (2013)-2014 and Magica De Spell on DuckTales (2017-2021). Tate was among six characters she starred in Hard Cell, a Netflix co