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Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975) is an American actress, author, and education advocate. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show The Wonder Years, and later as author of the three The New York Times bestsellers, Math Doesn't Suck, Kiss My Math, and Hot X: Algebra Exposed, which encourage middle-school girls to have confidence and succeed in mathematics.
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Francesca Buller is a British-American actress born in Surrey, England on January 17th, 1964. Classically trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, Buller is best known for her work in Syfy's Farscape in which she donned prosthetic make-up and heavy wardrobe to portray four different aliens: M'Lee, ro-Na, Raxil, and War Minister Akhna. Her work as Akhna in "Bad Timing" earned Buller a nomination for Best Special Guest Television at the Syfy Genre Awards. Other film and television credits include Minnie Chaplin opposite Robert Downey Jr.'s Chaplin, Dr. Taggert in Heat Stroke, and Lilian in Deceived alongside Goldie Hawn and John Heard. Following her training at Central, Buller found success onstage appearing as Jessica in Dustin Hoffman's West End production of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," staying with the show when it transferred to Broadway in 1989, and Ophelia in Shakespeare Theatre Company's 1992 production of "Hamlet" opposite Tom Hulce, for which she received a Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Supporting Actress. Buller now resides in Los Angeles alongside husband Ben Browder and their two grown kids.
Wayne Pigram (born 13 October 1959), better known by his stage name Wayne Pygram, is an Australian actor, known for his role as Scorpius in the science fiction series Farscape (2000–2003) and the miniseries that followed, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004). Pygram was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales and raised in Wagga Wagga, where, as a teen, he was a drummer in a dance group. He initially studied art at Riverina College of Advanced Education, but later changed majors to primary school education.[1] While in college, he became a member of a theatre troupe known as the Riverina Trucking Company.[1]Before acting in films and television, he was a regular on the Australian theatre circuit. In 2005, he made a brief cameo in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as a young Grand Moff Tarkin, because of his resemblance to the late Peter Cushing, who portrayed the same character 28 years previously in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Due to the brevity of his Star Wars cameo, and the makeup he wore onFarscape, Pygram's real face may now be known best for his appearance on the TV show Lost, as a faith healer named Isaac of Uluru. Pygram has also played the drums in numerous bands over the past 20 years, the most recent being a band named Signal Room (formerly called Number 96)[2] along with his co-star in Farscape, Anthony Simcoe. He also teaches the drums at Kildare Catholic College, an Australian Catholic school based in Wagga Wagga.
