Actress Paola Turbay

Paola Turbay Gómez (born November 29, 1970 in Houston, USA[1]) is a Colombian-American actress of Lebanese descent,[2] model, and television presenter.

Turbay represented Bogotá in the Miss Colombia beauty pageant, which she won in 1991. She was the first runner-up in the 1992 Miss Universe competition.[citation needed]

After finishing her studies in psychology at the Universidad de los Andes, Turbay focused on her career as a model and presenter in entertainment news segments on Noticias QAP and Noticiero C newscasts, as well as an actress, with shows like Hola Paola ("Hello Paola") during the 1990s. In 2005 she was the official presenter, with Miguel Varoni, of the National Beauty Pageant. She has also made cameo appearances in several Colombian series like O todos en la cama, Ecomoda (sequel to Betty la fea) and Leche ("Milk").

After studying acting in Hollywood, Florida, Turbay became the main character of the RCN TV comedy Noticias calientes ("Hot News") in 2002. Two years later she would star the telenovela Las noches de Luciana ("The Nights of Luciana") and in 2006 would present the Colombian version of Dancing with the Stars, Bailando por un Sueño. Paola has also made brief appearances in films such as Lenny the Wonder Dog and Love in the Time of Cholera.

In 2007, Turbay played Isabel Vega on the CBS series Cane, which was canceled in May 2008 after only one season. In 2008 she has been participating as a recurring guest star on the ABC series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.[3] She also guested on the Showtime series Californication (Season 2, ep. 8, "Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills") and had a recurring role as an LAPD detective during the fifth season of TNT's The Closer.

Actress Bipasha Basu

Date of Birth
7 January 1979, Delhi, India
Nickname
Bonny
Bips
Height
5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Biography

Fate intervened when Bipasha recoiled and passed out when dissecting a rat. Thus ended her dream of being a medical professional. She was enrolled in the Science faculty until 12th standard, but switched to Commerce thereafter. After acquiring a degree in Commerce she planned to be a Chartered Accountant but ended up being the Ford Supermodel of the World when she was just 17 years old.


Bipasha was born on January 7th 1979 in New Delhi. subsequently the Basu family re-located to Calcutta. Bipasha is the second of three sisters, born and brought up in a Hindu Bengali family, she is fluent in Hindi, English, and Bengali. The names of her sisters are Bidisha and Bijoyeta. Unbelievable as it may sound, sexy Bipasha was considered 'ugly' in her younger years due to her dark complexion. Her name means 'Dark Deep Desire', and is also the name of a river.

Actress Chandra North

Chandra North (born July 31, 1973 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is an American model.
Growing up, North had aspirations of becoming a professional ballerina. In her teen years, North was a bit rebellious. While her classmates would be attending school dance, she would be hitting up underground night clubs. While attending Southern Methodist University, she was scouted by a male model during her spring break. His interest helped her land modeling jobs for local news papers and department store catalogs.

In 1991, North left Texas to pursue her dream of becoming a professional dancer. Shortly after moving to New York City, her modeling career moved her to Paris. After struggling to make it in Europe, North came back to New York where she met her future husband, then a bicycle messenger. With his support, she eventually landed more work.
In 1995, North featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in which she wore a grass bikini. Since then, she has been featured in advertisements for Alberta Ferretti, Versace, Saks Fifth Avenue, Givenchy, J.Crew, Valentino, Chanel, and Banana Republic.North has walked the runways for Christian Dior, DKNY, and Chanel. North has also graced the covers of Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, and Harper's Bazaar. In 1999, North was featured in the Pirelli Calendar. North is currently represented by One Management and Storm Models.

Actress Catherine Lisa Bell

Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968) is a British-born American actress.
Bell was born in London, United Kingdom, the daughter of Mina, a personal assistant and nurse, and Peter Bell, an architect. Her mother is Iranian and her father Scottish.

One of Bell's first modeling jobs was an extended assignment in Japan. When she returned to California, she studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas. She was a freelance masseuse whose clientele included singer Peter Gabriel. She was on the game show To Tell the Truth in 1990 where she mentioned that she was a massage therapist (she was one of the imposters on the show, she was playing an imposter of a body double named Shelly Michelle). Her first television acting role was one line on the sitcom Sugar and Spice

Actress Svetlana Khodchenkova

Actress Svetlana Khodchenkova
Date of Birth : January 21 1983
Svetlana Khodchenkova is a Russian actress, best known for the leading role in Blagoslovite zhenshchinu (2003) by director Stanislav Govorukhin.
She was born Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova on January 21, 1983, in Zheleznodorozhnyy, a small city about 6 miles east of Moscow, USSR (now Russia). She was raised by a single mother, attended a public school, and once dreamed of becoming a medical doctor. In 1998, at the age of 15, she started a career as a fashion model in Moscow, and also made a few international gigs. In 2000 she began her studies in the Moscow Institute of World Economics, but quit in favor of acting. From 2001 to 2005 she studied acting at the Shchukin Theatrical School of the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, where she attended the class of Nina Doroshina and Alekandr Lyubimtsev, graduating in 2005 as an actress. While a student, she starred in films of directors Stanislav Govorukhin, and Viktor Merezhko, and also appeared in popular Russian TV series.

On December 13, 2005, she married her classmate, actor Vladimir Yaglych, and also took her husband's name, changing her name from Svetlana Khodchenkova to Svetlana Yaglych.The couple married on the 13th on purpose; because all their filming contracts were signed on the 13th, they believed that 13 would keep working as a good number for them. However, they have since divorced.
Outside of her acting profession, Svetlana is skilled in horse-back riding. She is also fond of winter sports, such as alpine skiing; she practiced her downhill in the ski resort of Kurshevel, France.

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Arabian Actress Zeina

Zeina , born Wesam Reda Ismail El Degawee, is an Egyptian actress.
Zeina started her career as a model in video clips. Her first film was the Ard El kof (Land of Fear) with the director Daoud Abdel Sayed. She worked as a broadcaster in one of the channels of Arab Radio and Television where she presented technical programmes.
Zeina's started her career in a number of songs, video clips, and she was chosen by the director Dwoad Abdel-Sayyed to play the role of Hanna in the movie Fear Factor alongside Ahmed Zaki in 1999. Until then she used her real name Wesam.
With the entry into the acting world she chose to name herself "Zeina". She was called "Sophia Loren of Arabs" by the director Youssef Chahine after he saw her in the movie Montaha El Laza (Joys). Her talent was confirmed when she won the title of best actress for the years 2005, and 2006 in the public polls and she also won the award for outstanding performance for her role in the series "Hdrat El Motaham Aby (My Father the accused)."

The artist, Ahmed Zaki titled her "Penelope Cruz" for the similarities between herself and the Spanish actress. Zeina participated in a large number of cinematographic works, such as El Haya fe Montaha el Laza (Joys of Life), and Sayed El Atefy (Lord of the Emotional), Zaza, El Sahabh (Ghost), El gezyra (island), 90 Minutes, Puskas, Trapezoid, Captain Hima, One - Zero, Two Girls From Egypt, Adult, and Seven Albermbp.
Success of the "Zeina" did not stand on the cinema, but also extended to television, where she starred in many of the TV series beginning with Shaba ra2 gedan and Wael Nour in 1995. She also appeared in Afaryt El sayala (demons Alsialp), Lel Sarwa Hesabat o5ra (Wealth Other Accounts), Ali Wika, Hadret el Motaham Aby (My Father The Accused), and Layaly.She has also appeared in some radio soaps such as Sinbad Emad", and "Runaway to Travel".
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Cyrine Abdel Nour

Cyrine Abdel Nour
Born February 21, 1977
Cyrine was born in Beirut to a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother in an Orthodox Christian household. She has one older sister and two brothers. She was educated in Saints-Coeur school in Lebanon, where she took a course in Fashion Design.

In year 2004, Abdelnour won the “2003 Murex D’or” award for best Lebanese actress in the serial “Ebnati”. She also took on the main role in the serial “Ghariba”. She started her singing career and made her first album of 8 songs entitled “Leila Men El Layali”. Moreover, she shot 3 Video Clips: “Leila Men El Layali” , “Sodfe” ( which was “Ghariba” serial song ) & “Erga3 Tani”(in 2005).

In year 2005, She won the “2004 Murex D’or Award” for best Lebanese actress for the serial “Ghariba”. In addition, “Erga3 Tani”video clip was released.
In 2006, she made her second album of 8 songs entitled “3alek 3oyouni”, and shot 2 Video clips “Law Bass Fi 3eyni” & “3alek 3youni”(in 2007).
In year 2007, Cyrine took the main role of the serial “Sajina”. She also shot a TV commercial for “Garnier” which was shown on many TV stations.Also Cyrine started shooting her first movie with the famous Egyptian actress Omar el Sherif.On 8/7/2007, Cyrine got married to Farid Rahme, a famous Lebanese businessman. And “3alek 3youni” Video Clip was released .Cyrine was in ramadan 2007 in the serial “7awa2 fi altarikh” she was Shahrazad.
In year 2008, Cyrine finished from shooting her movies “Al Musafer” & “Dekhan bala Nar”.And her album is going to be released in November.

Actress Monica

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