Trivia: Took circus classes in 1998 and earned a trapeze certificate the same year. Began acting professionally at the age of 17. Rose to fame playing Donna Freedman from 2008 to '11 in Neighbours. Enjoys surfing and snowboarding; was on a snowboarding holiday in Canada when she found out she has been cast in Neighbours. Shortly after arriving in the United States in 2011, landed the role of Laura Cameron in the short-lived TV series Pan Am. First major film role was playing Nadine Belfort in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Founded her production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, in 2014. In 2017, was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was featured by Forbes in its 30 Under 30 list.

Trivia: Despite his confident good looks and his role as the son of Zeus on television's popular Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Ryan Gosling ironically used to get chuckles by donning a Speedo and flexing like a professional weightlifter as a scrawny six-year-old. Born in London, Ontario, Canada, in November 1980, and raised in nearby Cornwall, Gosling was withdrawn for private schooling early on due to harassment by his classmates. Quickly learning the value of confidence, the bright youngster focused his energy into acting and landed a two-year role on The Mickey Mouse Club at age 12. Soon moving on to television commercials and roles in such films as Disney's Frankenstein and Me (1996), Gosling returned to television in 1997 for the short-lived Breaker High before finding more sturdy television ground in his Hercules role the following year. Since then, the actor has tackled increasingly challenging roles such as his turn as a conflicted Jewish student in The Believer (2001) and as a teen who commits murder in the name of mercy in The United States of Leland (2002). That same year, the increasingly busy Gosling starred in both The Slaughter Rule, and alongside Sandra Bullock in the crime thriller Murder by Numbers.Though he was racking up credibility as a serious young actor in indie features, Gosling became an unlikely box-office heartthrob with the 2004 summer-season romance The Notebook. Starring opposite another young break-out Canadian actor, Rachel McAdams, Gosling added some depth to the otherwise treacly adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' popular tome of enduring love before and after World War II. Rather than parlay his newfound fame into leading-man action roles, Gosling chose a route not unlike Edward Norton before him, alternating between indie features and challenging, bigger-budget Hollywood productions. This strategy didn't yield great dividends with the spooky 2005 misfire Stay, but it did bring Gosling high praise for the 2006 Sundance Festival favorite Half Nelson. A slice-of-life drama focusing on a young, cocaine-addicted, inner-city middle-school teacher and the student with whom he forms a bond, the film offered Gosling the opportunity to play another intense, conflicted young man in a natural, effortless style, a performance aided in large part by his bracing young co-star Shareeka Epps. Helped by glowing reviews, the micro-budgeted Half Nelson became an arthouse success through awards season, when Gosling's name was mentioned by numerous critics' organizations in year-end honors. Though ignored by the Golden Globes, the dark-horse Gosling was recognized among a formidable group of Best Actors when Oscar nominations were announced.Having cemented himself as one of the most formidable actors of his generation, Gosling next signed on for a quirky 2007 drama called Lars and the Real Girl, about a small town man who falls in love with a life sized doll. His performance in the film earned him a Golden Globe nod, but Gosling still had other goals he wanted to pursue. He spent the next few years playing and recording with his band, Dead Man's Bones, which released a self-titled debut in 2009. When Gosling returned to acting the following year, it was for a heart-wrenching independent relationship drama called Blue Valentine, opposite Michelle Williams. Based on a short film, the movie told the story of a relationship by showing its beginning and its end. Gosling was nominated for yet another Golden Globe, but was still up for a challenge. For his next project, he took on the thriller All Good Things, playing an upper class husband who turns violent and psychotic in All Good Things. Next on the docket was 2011's Drive, which found Gosling playing a stunt man turned getaway driver, quickly followed by the political thriller The Ides of March, opposite George Clooney. Shortly afterward, Gosling took on a supporting role in the award-winning romantic comedy Crazy Stupid Love, which follows a divorced man as he finds his footing in life once again.Gosling expanded his producing credits in 2013, with Only God Forgives, in which he co-starred, and released his directorial debut, Lost River, in 2014. In 2015, he co-starred in the Oscar-nominated The Big Short, and, the following year, teamed with Russell Crowe for The Nice Guys.

Trivia: Born Jo-Issa Rae Diop, Senegalese-American writer, producer and actor Issa Rae adopted her stage name in 2008 after tiring of explaining that her surname is pronounced "Jope." She grew up in predominantly white suburban Maryland with her father, an African pediatrician, her mother, a teacher from Louisiana, and four siblings, but before she reached sixth grade the family moved to an affluent neighborhood of black families in Los Angeles, a transition that cemented her outsider status in both white and black communities.During her senior year at Stanford, this lifetime of fish-out-of-water experiences inspired a Web series called Dorm Diaries. But it also became the basis for the Internet sitcom The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, an overnight YouTube sensation in 2011 that garnered millions of hits and hundreds of thousands of subscribers but still left Rae broke. With nowhere else to turn, she and Tracy Oliver, a fellow 2007 Stanford graduate who was also a producer and costar on the series, launched a successful Kickstarter campaign that assured the show would go on. And go on it did, winning the award for Best Web Show at the 2012 Shorty Awards, which recognizes achievements in social media.Rae has been all over a number of influential up-and-comer lists, including two appearances on Forbes' "30 Under 30," but suffered a minor setback in 2013 when ABC passed on her sitcom with Shonda Rhimes called I Hate LA Dudes, which would have been the first foray into half-hour comedy from the Scandal producer's Shondaland. In February 2015, however, HBO ordered a pilot for Insecure, a project starring Rae that she began developing in 2013 with Larry Wilmore, host of Comedy Central's The Nightly Show, and in the same month, Simon & Schuster published a collection of Rae's essays under the same name as her Awkward Black Girl Web series.

Trivia: Was a regular performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade. Starred in three seasons of the LOGO series The Big Gay Sketch Show. Made her Saturday Night Live debut on April 7, 2012. Was the first active SNL cast member to win an Emmy for their work on the show, when she won in 2016.

Trivia: Began performing in stage productions with Phoenix Theatre at the age of 10. Moved from Phoenix to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to start a music career before deciding to pursue acting professionally. Is a singer-songwriter who released an original song titled "Surrender" in 2015. Was named in Vogue's list of Girls to Watch in 2016.

Trivia: Daughter of Kosovar-Albanian parents.Moved to Kosovo in 2008 with her family, but returned to London at age 15 to become a singer.At age 14, uploaded her videos covering other artist's songs on YouTube.Worked as a waitress and a model while living by herself in London as a teenager.Studied at Sylvia Young Theatre School.Signed with Warner Music Group in 2015.Supporter of the Sunny Hill Foundation in Prishtina, Kosovo.The first person to be awarded the Key to Prishtina, Kosovo.

Trivia: Has appeared on stage numerous times including Jess and Joe Forever at the Orange Tree Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival and The Old Vic. Nominated for Best Female in the Off West End Awards in 2016.

Trivia: Attended an independent boarding and day school.Performed in university plays.Was pregnant while filming Promising Young Woman (2020).Directed, produced and wrote the critically acclaimed thriller film Promising Young Woman (2020).Author of the Shiverton Hall series, a series of children's fantasy novels.

Trivia: Was raised by his grandparents in China while his parents attended graduate school in Canada.Grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, after moving there with his parents at the age of 5.Worked as an accountant at a top accounting firm for almost a year before pursuing acting as a career.Bought out a cinema in Toronto, Canada, for a screening of The Farewell (2019), starring his friend and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) co-star Awkwafina.At Comic-Con 2019, it was revealed that he would play the first Asian superhero, Shang-Chi, in a Marvel film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).

Trivia: Made his professional stage debut in 2011, in Gillian Slovo's The Riots. Starred as Borachio in Mark Rylance's 2013 production of Much Ado About Nothing. In 2014, performed in a Bush Theatre production of We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1994-1915. From 2014 to 2018, starred as Dr. Marcus Summer in Vera. Starred as Khalid Walker in 2018 drama Deep State.

Trivia: A celebrated professional wrestler who made a smooth transition to Hollywood roles as an action star, John Cena ironically grew up as something of a weakling; he reportedly weighed only 125 pounds in junior high. When others began relentlessly picking on the West Newbury, MA native for his undersized appearance, he rebounded by undergoing a weight-training program and bulking up. Cena later played collegiate football as an All-American center at Division III Springfield College, and moved to Los Angeles after graduation to establish himself as a bodybuilder. To support himself, he sold supplements at the "mecca" of bodybuilding, Gold's Gym in Venice; participated in flexing contests; and briefly starred in a reality television series on the UPN network, Manhunt.WWE recruited Cena when one of its stars happened to notice him training at Gold's; Cena then embarked on a successful and lucrative career as a top-tiered professional wrestler, winning a myriad of events against various competitors, and his wrestling career peaked when he won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 21. Cena's assumed identity as a wrestler often involved donning a "rapper" persona, which correlated with the performer's out-of-ring plans, for he did actually harbor ambitions as a rap singer. In time, he made his debut as an urban music recording artist on the May 2005 Columbia Records release You Can't See Me. Cena would continue to act in movies over the coming years, appearing in releases like The Reunion and Camp Fred.Cena's Hollywood acting work commenced with the title role in director John Bonito's poorly received action thriller The Marine (2006). The film concerns an injured U.S. marine who takes vengeance into his own hands when his wife is kidnapped by a thug (Robert Patrick). Cena followed this up with another lead, this one in director Renny Harlin's 12 Rounds (2009). As produced by Fox Atomic, the film mirrored the premise of The Marine; it stars Cena as a police officer who takes serious action when his wife is abducted.

Trivia: Baby-faced Michael Cera first gained fame as the hilariously named George Michael Bluth, son of Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), and the youngest member of a dysfunctional family of land-tract developers, on the riotous Fox sitcom Arrested Development (2003-2006). No stranger to "difficult" or "awkward" roles, Cera made one of his first marks in 2002, as the sexually overactive "younger version" of game show host Chuck Barris, in George Clooney's biopic Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. A short time after that, he signed for the Arrested part -- which required him to project a deep-seated amorous yen for his character's cousin. Cera's mostly comedic resumé also includes a multi-season turn as the voice of Josh Spitz in the animated series Braceface. In 2007, he co-starred in two highly successful big-screen comedies: SuperBad, opposite Jonah Hill, and Juno (which re-teamed him with Jason Bateman), alongside fellow rising star Ellen Page. In 2008 he starred in the indie-minded romantic comedy Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist opposite Kat Dennings. 2009 found him in the lead of two comedies, Youth in Revolt and Year One, both of which fell far short of the box office total taken in by his previous work. He took the title role in Edgar Wright's adaptation of the graphic novel Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

Trivia: Few aspiring actresses could ever hope to experience the early career success of Ugly Betty starlet America Ferrera. In the scant four years after earning a Sundance Jury Award, an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and a Young Artist Award nomination for her role as a first-generation Mexican-American girl teetering on the cusp of womanhood for Real Women Have Curves, the hardworking actress rose quickly through the ranks to become one of television's brightest young stars.A Los Angeles native and the youngest of six siblings born to Honduran parents, Ferrera, born April 18, 1984, was raised by her mother in Woodland Hills, CA. Though at first hesitant to pursue a career on camera, the natural-born actress and high school valedictorian displayed an instinctive talent on the stage that seemed to signal she had found her true calling. It was during this time that Ferrera began working as a waitress to fund her classes and pay for headshots, and shortly thereafter she made her screen debut as a cheerleader in the Disney Channel feature Gotta Kick It Up! (2002). Later, while attending summer theater camp at Northwestern University, Ferrera taped an audition for Real Women Have Curves; after six auditions, she was ecstatic to learn that she had been cast as first-generation American Ana Garcia. It was the perfect role for the emerging actress, as she too was among the first of her family to be born in America.In the following two years, Ferrera appeared in a number of film and television projects while studying International Relations and Theater at the University of Southern California, with high-profile roles in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Lords of Dogtown helping to form a solid foundation for an enduring career. Roles in the addiction drama 3:52 and the working-class drama Steel City were quick to follow, and in 2006 Ferrera became a small-screen sensation with her role as an unattractive secretary working for a popular fashion magazine in ABC's Ugly Betty. An Americanized remake of the popular Columbian comedy drama Yo Soy Betty, la Fea, Ugly Betty was produced by screen star Salma Hayek and became an immediate hit with viewers. When the Golden Globes were handed out in early 2007, young star Ferrera was visibly thrilled to be bestowed with a Best Actress award for her work on the series. She also won a the Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Comedy Series shortly thereafter. That same year, Ferrera would expand her resumé to include the role of producer for the dramatic crime thriller Towards Darkness -- in which she also starred as a girl who shares a sensitive relationship with a young kidnapping victim.2008 saw Ferrera with a starring role in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and the actress would voice the role of Astrid in 2010's animated hit How to Train Your Dragon. The same year, Ferrera appeared in The Dry Land; the film premiered at te Sundance Film Festival in 2010, and won the Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Dallas International Film Festival. Ferrera will co-star alongside Rosario Dawson in Chavez, a biopic depicting the life of labor activist Cesar E. Chavez slated for release in 2013.

Trivia: Is of Puerto Rican descent.Started dancing at a very young age.Started her career as an actress when she was 6-years-old.Is an animal advocate.Is skilled at guitar.Is skilled at pottery.

Trivia: Fans familiar with diminutive American actress Rhea Perlman only through her Emmy-winning characterization of wasp-tongued waitress Carla Tortelli on the TV sitcom Cheers are usually taken aback to discover that Perlman is as shy and soft-spoken as Carla was pushy and abrasive. A working actress since the 1960s, Perlman played Carla from 1983 until Cheers' swan song ten years later. Most of her "outside" projects during that period, notably the 1984 TV movie The Ratings Game and a 1986 episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, were done in conjunction with her longtime companion, Danny DeVito, who also played her boyfriend on the late-'70s comedy series Taxi. Kindred spirits, Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito eventually marched down the matrimonial aisle as a loudspeaker played a recording of Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer singing "I'm in the Mood for Love."

Trivia: Another member of the Saturday Night Live Screen Actors Guild, Will Ferrell made his major film debut as Steve Butabi, one of the spectacularly clueless brothers who serve as the protagonists of A Night at the Roxbury (1998). The character originated on SNL, where Ferrell had been a regular since 1995, entertaining audiences with his celebrity impressions and such characterizations as Craig the Spartan Cheerleader and junior high-school teacher Marty Culp.Born in Irvine, CA, on July 16, 1967, Ferrell attended the University of Southern California, graduating with a degree in sports information. Following graduation, he worked as a sportscaster on a weekly cable show, but he soon found his interests leaning toward acting and standup comedy. He enrolled in classes and workshops given at a local community college, and after only a year of training, he was invited to join the Groundlings, an infamous L.A. comedy improv group. Ferrell's involvement with the Groundlings led to his SNL discovery; from that point on, the previously unknown comic found himself enjoying growing recognition and a steady paycheck.Although A Night at the Roxbury turned out to be a complete and utter flop, it did little to prevent Ferrell from finding more screen work; the following year, he could be seen as journalist Bob Woodward in Dick and as the object of fellow SNL castmate Molly Shannon's unwanted affection in Superstar. A series of scene-stealing supporting roles followed for Ferrell in such films as Drowning Mona, Zoolander, and, most-notably, Old School. In the 2003 Todd Phillips film, Ferrell sunk his teeth into the role of Frank "The Tank", delivering several lines that would forever be quoted by frat guys the world over.But it was Ferrell's other 2003 film that truly announced his arrival as a Hollywood star. As the oversized titular character in director Jon Favreau's holiday comedy Elf, Ferrell delighted audiences and critics alike, making the modestly-budgeted film a surprise box-office smash.In the wake of Elf's success, Ferrell's 2004 plate was full, starring as fictional '70s TV newscaster Ron Burgundy in Anchorman (a film which had enough outtakes to merit an entire second feature upon being released to home video), taking a role in the Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda, and signing on for lead roles in two long-anticipated projects: the filmed adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's cult novel A Confederacy of Dunces and the big-screen version of the classic sitcom Bewitched. Though the curse that had plagued the big-screen adaptation of Confederacy seemed to persist when, by mid-2006, there still seemed to be no signs that the film would be going before the cameras anytime soon, Ferrell continued to crack-up audiences with a hilarious cameo in the popular Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson comedy Weddng Crashers, as well as a memorable turn in The Producers - a big screen adaptation of the smash Broadway hit that was inspired by Mel Brooks' 1968 comedy classic of the same name. As the 2000's unfolded, it became clear that Ferrell's comic fame could not be matched. He would score box office gold with many movies to comes, such as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Stranger Than Fiction, Blades of Glory, Step-Brothers, Everything Must Go, and The Campaign, in addition to popular runs on TV series like The Office and Eastbound & Down.

Trivia: Along with his father, moved with his paternal grandparents after the death of his mother when he was 7.Studied at Rydon Community College.Started acting when he got the lead role in a local play after a friend dared him to audition.Got an agent after performing on his third local play.Was named one of Screen's 2017 Stars Of Tomorrow.

Trivia: Performed in a one-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe between 2009 and 2011, earning critical acclaim. Starred in critically-acclaimed character show People Day at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2016, wrote and starred in Oh God, a Sky Halloween Comedy short film. Co-created and produced the 2016 web series Year Friends, alongside comedy sketch group Sheeps. In 2018, wrote and starred in Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats.

Trivia: Son of Jamaican parents who emigrated to England in the 1950s.One of eight siblings.Played tennis on the junior professional circuit.Joined the Royal Court Youth Theatre at the age of 17.At the age of 24, became the first actor of African descent to play Othello in Othello on the main Royal Shakespeare Company stage since Paul Robeson did 40 years earlier.In 2006, participated in the television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing, he partenered with Camilla Dallerup and was eliminated in week six.