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Timothée Hal Chalamet was born in Manhattan, to Nicole Flender, a real estate broker and dancer, and Marc Chalamet, a UNICEF editor. His mother, who is from New York, is Jewish, and of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent. His father, who is from Nîmes, France, is of French and English ancestry. He is the brother of actress Pauline Chalamet, a nephew of director Rodman Flender, and a grandson of screenwriter Harold Flender.

He grew up in an artistic family, appearing in commercials and the New York theatre scene, and attending the LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts, where his classmate and friend was actor Ansel Elgort (the two later received their first Golden Globe nominations in the same year, 2017). For a time, Timothée also attended Columbia University.

He made his film debut in 2014, as a high school student in Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children (2014) and Matthew McConaughey's character's teenage son in Interstellar (2014). He subsequently had sizable roles in several indie films, playing the younger version of writer Stephen Elliott in The Adderall Diaries (2015), the male lead, Zac, in the drama One and Two (2015), and Billy in the road trip drama Miss Stevens (2016). On stage, he has appeared in the plays The Talls, by Anna Kerrigan, and John Patrick Shanley's autobiographical Prodigal Son, while on television, he has had a minor role in the film Loving Leah (2009), a big part in Law & Order (1990), and meatier roles on the shows Royal Pains (2009) and Homeland (2011), among other work.

He broke out in 2017, appearing in notable supporting roles, as a soldier in the western Hostiles (2017) and a high school crush of the title character in Lady Bird (2017), and in a leading role as Elio, an Italian Jewish 17-year-old who romances his father's older assistant, played by Armie Hammer, in the Luca Guadagnino drama Call Me by Your Name (2017). Timothée's role as Elio received significant critical acclaim, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Drama, and won many critics' groups' awards for Best Actor of the Year.

In 2018, he starred as Nic Sheff, who suffers from substance abuse problems, in the drama Beautiful Boy (2018). In 2019, he headlined the Woody Allen comedy A Rainy Day in New York (2019), with Selena Gomez, played Henry V of England, King from 1413 to 1422, in the historical drama The King (2019), and embodied love interest Laurie in Greta Gerwig's take on Little Women (2019).

Patrick Gibson is an Irish actor who was born in Westminster, London before returning with his family to his native Ireland. His acting roles include The Tudors, The Passing Bells, The OA, Shadow and Bone, Tolkien and the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin among others. He was awarded the Rising Star award at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) in 2017.

Imaan Hammam (born 5 October 1996) is a Dutch model of Moroccan and Egyptian descent. Hammam was first discovered in Amsterdam's Central Station by an agent from CODE Management in 2010. In 2013, her agency sent her to Paris with VIVA Model Management and she was given the special honor to open the Givenchy show as an exclusive. Shortly after she appeared in consecutive issues of American, Italian and French Vogue. Anna Wintour is a supporter of Hammam and mentioned the model in her editor's letter the first time she appeared in the magazine.

Pyper America Holder (née Smith; born March 13, 1997) is an American fashion model, actress and musician, a bassist in an alternative rock band called The Atomics. Pyper America was raised in Utah by a family who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her parents are Sheridan and Dallon Smith, a former model and a guitar string entrepreneur. Third of four children, her siblings are also models and musicians: two older sisters Starlie Cheyenne (born 1993), Daisy Clementine (born 1996), and a younger brother Lucky Blue Smith (born 1998). She also lived in Montana and California. At the age of 16, she moved with her family from Utah to Los Angeles, California, where she described experiencing culture shock.

Iain De Caestecker is a Scottish actor. He went to Hillhead Primary School and successfully completed an HND in Acting and Performance at Langside College.

He played the lead in two high-profile BBC series - BAFTA-winning The Fades and Young James Herriot (both 2011). The latter earned him a nomination for a BAFTA Scotland for Best Actor/Actress - Television.

Psychological horror film In Fear premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. That same year, De Caestecker appeared in Filth and Not Another Happy Ending; the latter earned him his second BAFTA Scotland nomination, this time in the Best Actor/Actress - Film category.

He also appeared in the music video for Gabrielle Aplin's song "Please Don't Say You Love Me".

In 2013, De Caestecker landed the role of Leopold Fitz on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). That same year, De Caestecker was cast in the lead role of Ryan Gosling's feature directorial debut Lost River (2014).

In 2018, De Caestecker co-starred in the J.J. Abrams-produced science fiction war film Overlord (2018).

Georgina Helen Henley was born July 9, 1995 in Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, the youngest of three daughters of Mike and Helen Henley. When she was young, she joined a local drama group called "Upstagers". It was there that she started her acting career, participating in stage performances such as "Babushka: A Christmas Story" and "The Pied Piper", prior to landing her first role in a film.

When Pippa Hall, casting director for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) came to Georgie's town in search of children to play the four Pevensies, she knew Georgie was perfect for the role of "Lucy" after only one audition. Finally, after 18 months of auditioning, Georgie was picked from thousands of girls to play "Lucy Pevensie" in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), which was her movie debut. She reprised her role in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). Georgie's promotion of the three Narnia films took her to New York, Orlando, Tokyo, Paris, and lots of other places around the world.

Georgie finished 6th form at Bradford Grammar School in 2012, and started at Cambridge University, in Autumn 2013, to study English. She is no longer a part of her drama club "Upstagers", but hopes to continue her acting career on the big screen, and has also done some theatre work at her school. In her free time, she enjoys watching films with her friends, and listening to and writing music. She says that if she doesn't keep acting in the future, she'd like to teach, or experiment with music or writing.

Austin Robert Butler was born in Anaheim, California, to Lori Anne (Howell), an aesthetician, and David Butler. He has always enjoyed movies of all types. When he was 13 he was walking around at the Orange County Fair and was approached by a representative from a background-acting management company, who helped him get started in the entertainment industry. He found that he really enjoyed it, and began taking a few acting classes. Soon, he landed a rather permanent (2005-2007) background-acting gig on Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004), and a friend on the show, Lindsey Shaw, introduced him to her manager, who offered to represent him. From that point on, he considered himself to be a serious actor.

His first named (albeit uncredited) character was "Toby" in the Hannah Montana (2006) episode "Oops, I Meddled Again" in 2006 (girl broke up with him). First speaking role was in Zoey 101 (2005), as "Dannifer" or "Wrong Danny" (a few lines, and a girl poured soda down his shirt). He got a meatier role on Hannah Montana (2006) in 2007, still a small part, but very fun (a few more lines, and he got to fling popcorn on Miley Cyrus).

His big break (relatively speaking) was in 2007, as casting directors started to recognize him from his many, many auditions, and he was given an opportunity to play the part of "Jake Krandle" in the new Nickelodeon series iCarly (2007), which should start airing late in 2007. His first episode is called "iLike Jake."

Isabelle Fuhrman is an Independent Spirit Award nominated actress. Known for playing iconic characters since she broke into the industry as Esther Coleman in Warner Brothers' Orphan at the ripe age of ten years old. Fuhrman has cemented a name for herself in Hollywood with her critically acclaimed and honest performances.

In 2021, Fuhrman starred as Alex Dall in Lauren Hadaway's directorial debut, The Novice. Her performance garnered awards buzz, and had critics calling Fuhrman's turn "a Daniel Day-Lewis transformation" and "the year's best performance". For The Novice, she won the Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Fuhrman's dedication to the role consisted of gaining 12lbs of muscle and learning how to row at collegiate level in just two months. Her performance was called, "riveting," "explosive," "decisive," "defining," "searing," "human" and "honest."

Fuhrman started her impressive acting career at the young age of seven in Atlanta, GA and made her screen debut in the drama Hounddog opposite Dakota Fanning. She was only ten when she was cast as the star of the 2009 cult horror classic Orphan, after an exhaustive nationwide search of young actresses to portray the lead in the Warner Bros. collaboration between Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment. Her breakout performance was hailed as "awards-worthy," "mind-blowing," and "one of the most momentous examples of acting from a child performer in years." Holding her own against Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard in the film, Fuhrman displayed impressive range and this elevated her to the forefront of her craft.

In 2022, Fuhrman returned to her iconic role as 'Esther' in Orphan: First Kill and made cinema history for reprising a role she played as a child, 13 years after the original film's release. The prequel received high marks from film critics, with Fuhrman's performance again being at the forefront of the film's success.

Never to shy away from meaty roles, Fuhrman recently starred in Kevin Costner's 4 Part Western Sage Horizon; An American Saga Part 1 (and 2) opposite Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Danny Houston, Giovanni Ribisi and Luke Wilson. She also recently starred in Julia Stiles' directorial debut Wish You Were Here opposite Kelsey Grammar and Jennifer Grey. Fuhrman signed onto the blockbuster franchise The Hunger Games at just 14, she joined the cast of Showtime's critically acclaimed series, Masters of Sex, playing Virginia's (Lizzy Caplan's) whip-smart sparring partner of a daughter, she voiced award-winning Studio Ghibli's From Up On Poppy Hill, and even led an an-female cast in Erica Schmidt's off-Broadway adaptation of "Mac Beth" as Macbeth. All while balancing her studies at Stanford University's EPGY OHS and two intensive courses at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Fuhrman's upcoming releases include Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga Part Two, Andy Tennant's Unit 234, opposite Don Johnson, Littlemouth, opposite Dennis Quaid and Josh Hutcherson, and Justine Bateman's-directed Face.

In addition to her work in front of the screen, Fuhrman has her own production company and has been writing and developing her own projects. Fuhrman is an ultra marathon runner, triathlete, skilled guitar & banjo player, western-horseback rider, singer, gourmet cook and certified holistic doula.

Reece King is known for Mr Vertigo, Red Dwarf (1988) and Missing, Presumed (2024).

Anton Yelchin was an American actor, known for playing Bobby in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), Chekov in the Star Trek (2009) reboot, Charlie Brewster in the Fright Night (2011) remake, and Jacob in Like Crazy (2011).

He was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, USSR, to a Jewish family. His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, were a successful pair of professional figure skaters in Leningrad, and his grandfather was also a professional sportsman, a soccer player. Anton was a six-month-old baby when he immigrated to the United States, where his parents settled in California and eventually developed coaching careers. He demonstrated his strong personality from the early age of four, and declined his parents' tutelage in figure skating because he was fond of acting and knew exactly what he wanted to do in his life.

Yelchin attended acting classes in Los Angeles, and eventually was noticed by casting agents. In 2000, at the age of 10, he made his debut on television, appearing as Robbie Edelstein in the medical drama ER (1994). At the age of 11, he shot to fame as Bobby Garfield, co-starring opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), and earning himself the 2002 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film as Leading Young Actor. Over the course of his acting career, Yelchin has already played roles in more than 20 feature films and television productions, including Pavel Chekov in the hugely successful reboot Star Trek (2009), and its sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).

Outside of his acting profession, Anton loved reading, and was also fond of playing chess. He wrote music and performed with a band, where he also played piano and guitar.

Anton lived in Los Angeles, California, until his death on the evening of June 19, 2016, outside his LA home, when his parked Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled backward on his steep driveway, pinning him against a brick pillar and security fence. This was due to badly designed shifter that indicated park when it was in neutral. This death, along with reports of other near-misses, resulted in a recall of that model.

Ming Xi was born in Shanghai and studied acting and fashion design at Shanghai Donghua University graduating in 2007. Her modeling career took off after being nominated as one of the 15 finalists for Elite Model Look eventually launching her into stardom as one of the world's top supermodels. After a number of Chinese TV shows, her acting career began to take off in 2016 when she appeared in the feature, Warrior's Gate produced by the legendary French director Luc Besson.

Danielle Rose Russell was born October 31, 1999, in New Jersey. Danielle fell in love with acting through regional theater originally, but after doing many commercials and print, she decided to pursue film and television. After doing her first film, A Walk Among the Tombstones, at the young age of thirteen, Danielle knew that acting was her passion. Shortly after completing her role opposite Liam Neeson and Dan Stevens, she booked Aloha, opposite Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone. Danielle can also be found in several other projects including Wonder, The Last Tycoon, Measure of a Man, The Originals, and Pandemic. In 2018 she portrayed Hope Mikealson in The Vampire Diaries spin off The Originals (2013) & Legacies (2018).

Alisha Ilhaan Bo (born March 6, 1997), known professionally as Alisha Boe, is a Norwegian and American actress. She is known for portraying Jessica Davis in the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why.

Boe was born in Oslo, Norway, to a Somali father and a Norwegian mother, from Trondheim. She and her mother moved to Los Angeles when Alisha was seven years old because her mother married an American man. Boe attended Woodlake Elementary School and two middle schools: George Ellery Hale Middle School and Ivy Academia. She ended up graduating middle school at Hale. While she was in high school she attended El Camino Real High School commonly known as "ECR" or "Elco" located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, where she attended their drama program. Her high school was also known for their alumni actors who had also been enrolled in their drama program. She attended Olin Virtual Academy for her junior and senior year of High School in order to balance her studies and work. She is the first Somali actress to hold a leading role in an American film since Iman.

Boe made her acting debut in 2008 in the horror film Amusement. In 2014, she guest-starred in season 5 of Modern Family and as Brynn Hendy opposite Halle Berry in the thriller series Extant. In 2015 she recurred in the Jason Reitman directed comedy Casual on Hulu, on CSI: Cyber as Grace Clarke opposite Patricia Arquette and as Janet in the Showtime hit series Ray Donovan. In 2016 she recurred as Gwen on season 6 of Teen Wolf. In 2017 the Indie Feature 68 Kill was released to great reviews where she starred alongside Matthew Gray Gubler and AnaLynne McCord. She landed her breakthrough role as Jessica Davis in the Netflix Original series 13 Reasons Why at the age of 19.

Ezra Matthew Miller was born in Wyckoff, New Jersey, to Marta (Koch), a modern dancer, and Robert S. Miller, who has worked at Workman Publishing and as former senior V.P. for Hyperion Books. Ezra has two older sisters and is of Ashkenazi Jewish (father) and German-Dutch (mother) ancestry. Ezra has described themselves as Jewish and "spiritual".

As a child, Miller sang with the Metropolitan Opera and attended Rockland Country Day School and The Hudson School. Miller's first feature film was the independent Afterschool (2008), with subsequent appearances on the television series Californication (2007), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and Royal Pains (2009), and in the films City Island (2009), Every Day (2010), Beware the Gonzo (2010), and Another Happy Day (2011).

Miller drew critical praise playing Kevin Khatchadourian, the homicidal son of Tilda Swinton's character, in the dramatic thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). Miller subsequently played Patrick in the well-received teen drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), opposite Logan Lerman and Emma Watson.

Ezra's other roles include the period piece Madame Bovary (2014), Judd Apatow's comedy Trainwreck (2015), and the psychological thriller The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015). Miller has been cast as superhero The Flash in The Flash (2023), scheduled for release in 2022.

Jacob Artist was born on October 17, 1992 to Darrell and Judith Artist. Artist is African-American and Polish decent. He grew up in New York dancing when he was accepted into Julliard but turned it down to pursue his acting career. In 2012, he was cast as Jake Pukerman in Glee with his singing and dancing abilities. Following the finale of Glee, Artist went on to take the role of Brandon Fletcher on ABC's Quantico. Artist has made a guest appearance on American Horror Story.

Francisco Lachowski was born on 13 May 1991 in Brazil. He is an actor, known for Kanye West: Wolves (2016), Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model (2004) and São Paulo Fashion Week (1995). He has been married to Jessiann Gravel Beland since 3 December 2013. They have two children.

Brittany Leanna Robertson was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Beverly (Hayes) and Ryan Robertson, a restaurateur. She was raised in South Carolina, the oldest of seven children. Her mother's worries about the public school system led to Robertson being home-schooled. She began acting at the Greenville Little Theater in South Carolina, and in her early teens moved to Los Angeles with her grandmother to seek TV and film opportunities. She won roles in various TV projects including Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers (2004). Success continued with appearances in Dan in Real Life (2007), Scream 4 (2011), and the lead roles in two series, Lux in Life Unexpected (2010) and Cassie in The Secret Circle (2011). Britt also starred in the television film Avalon High (2010), opposite Gregg Sulkin, had a supporting role in the Vince Vaughn film Delivery Man (2013), headlined the Nicholas Sparks book adaptation The Longest Ride (2015), opposite Scott Eastwood, and will star with George Clooney in the Brad Bird-directed science fiction adventure Tomorrowland (2015).