Ashley Boettcher, born September 3, 2000, is an American actress and voice actress who started acting at four. She’s best known for playing Melody Fuller in Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street on Amazon Studios.
Glenn Close, born March 19, 1947, is an American actress who’s been killin’ it for decades with her mad versatile skills, often hailed as one of the best of her gen. She’s bagged three Emmys, three Tonys, and scored six Oscar noms.
Yuliya Viktorovna Snigir (born Siriskina, June 2, 1983, Donskoy, Tula Oblast) — Russian actress killin’ it in movies, TV, and voice dubbing, plus she’s a TV host and model.
Calista Flockhart, born November 11, 1964, is an American actress renowned for her TV roles as Ally McBeal in Ally McBeal (1997–2002), Kitty Walker in Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), and Cat Grant in Supergirl (2015–2021). She’s also appeared in films like The Birdcage (1996) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999). Flockhart has won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award and earned three Emmy nominations.
Julia Duffy, born June 27, 1951, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is an American actress best known for her role as Stephanie Vanderkellen on Newhart (1983–90), earning seven Emmy nominations and a 1988 Golden Globe nomination, plus three Viewers for Quality Television awards. She also played Maggie Campbell on Baby Talk (1991) and Allison Sugarbaker on Designing Women (1991–92).
Hanka Rackwitz is a German real estate agent, born January 19, 1980, in Hildesheim. She gained fame through her appearance on the reality TV show Big Brother in Germany.
Ansha Sayed is an Indian actress best known for playing Sub-Inspector Purvi in C.I.D. Her other notable roles include Leelavati in Laagi Tujhse Lagan and Jenny in Rang Badalti Odhani.
Dorothee Hartinger, born March 2, 1971, in Regensburg, is a German actress with a distinguished theater career.
After graduating, she trained at the renowned Falkenberg Acting School in Munich. Over seven years, she performed at major German-speaking theaters, including Thalia in Hamburg, Schaubühne in Berlin, Kammerspiele in Munich, and Burgtheater in Vienna. Her standout role was Gretchen in Peter Stein’s Faust I and II at the Expo Hanover.
Sophie von Kessel, born October 12, 1968, in Mexico City, is a German actress known for roles in Schloß Hohenstein (1992–1995), The Dragon Ring (1994), Alles außer Mord (1994), and Der letzte Zeuge (2003).
She has two children with actor Stefan Hunstein, from whom she separated in 2011 after a decade together. She was in a relationship with Austrian director Martin Kušej until 2021. Her cousin is church musician Silvius von Kessel, and her younger sister, Julie von Kessel, is an author and was among the first to report live on the 9/11 attacks for ZDF.