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Helen Shaver is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and director. She attended the Banff School of Fine Arts and studied Acting at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She started acting at 18, collaborating with industry giants like Scorsese and Spielberg. Her performances earned awards—Theatreworld Award for "Jake’s Woman," Genies for "In Praise of Older Women" (Best Actress) and "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Best Supporting Actress). Transitioning to directing, she helmed episodes for various series and directed Emmy-winning films like "Summer’s End." Despite childhood illness, her resilience led her to study acting and excel in her craft.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess in 1959. In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings. Her 1968 debut in Julia, the first series on American television to star a black woman in a nonstereotypical role, was a milestone both in her career and the medium. In the 1980s she played the role of an interracial diva in the primetime soap opera Dynasty. Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Television Series in 1968. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the 1974 film Claudine. She was also a breast cancer survivor and activist.

Tisha Michelle Campbell (born October 13, 1968) is an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer. She's best known for her roles as Gina Waters-Payne in the FOX sitcom Martin (1992-1997), Patrice Murphy in the WB comedy The Jamie Foxx Show (1996-2000), and as Janet "Jay" Marie Johnson-Kyle in the ABC comedy series My Wife and Kids (2001–2005), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She made her screen debut appearing in the 1986 rock musical comedy film Little Shop of Horrors and has appeared in films including School Daze (1988), Rooftops (1989), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Boomerang (1992), and Sprung (1997). She was married to actor Duane Martin from 1996 until their divorce in 2020; they have 2 children.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marc Donato (born January 25, 1989) is a Canadian actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marc Donato, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

William S. Taylor (born William Stephen Taylor; August 6, 1947) is a Canadian film and television actor and a Canadian musician and director.

Maurice Dean Wint (born May 1, 1964) is a British-Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Quentin in the film Cube (1997).

R.D. Reid was born on September 22, 1944 in Canada. He was an actor and director, known for Dawn of the Dead (2004), Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and Diary of the Dead (2007). He was previously married to Heather Lee Reid. He died on June 20, 2017.

Brian Frank is a Canadian film and television actor and stunt performer.