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Origin (TV Series)
''Origin'' is an American science fiction drama series created by Mika Watkins that premiered on November 14, 2018, on YouTube Premium. Watkins also serves as a writer for the series and executive produces alongside Andy Harries, Rob Bullock, Suzanne Mackie, Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg. On March 25, 2019, YouTube cancelled the series after one season. Premise ''Origin'' follows "a group of strangers stranded on a spacecraft bound for a distant planet. The abandoned passengers must work together for survival, but quickly realize that one of them is far from who they claim to be." Cast and characters Main * Natalia Tena as Lana Pierce * Tom Felton as Logan Maine * Sen Mitsuji as Shun Kenzaki * Nora Arnezeder as Evelyn Rey * Adelayo Adedayo as Agnes "Lee" Lebachi * Fraser James as Dr. Henri Gasana * Philipp Christopher as Baum Arndt * Madalyn Horcher as Abigail Garcia * Siobhán Cullen as Katie Devlin Recurring * Wil Coban as Max Taylor * Jóhann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Boltt
Nathalie Boltt (born July 19, 1973) is a South African actress, director and writer. Her initial break into acting was in her birth country, South Africa, as Joey Ortlepp on the SABC 3 drama ''Isidingo'' from 2001 to 2004. She is best known for her recurring role as Penelope Blossom on The CW’s teen drama series Riverdale from 2017 to 2023. Early life and education She grew up in Johannesburg in South Africa during apartheid and graduated with a BA in Acting and Dance from Rhodes University in Grahamstown in 1995. Career In 2005, she appeared in The Poseidon Adventure, the NBC remake of the film of the same name. In 2009, she had a supporting role in Neill Blomkamp's South Africa-set science fiction action film, ''District 9''. She then had a support role in the New Zealand television film, ''Bloodlines'', based on the true story of Colin Bouwer, a South African doctor in New Zealand. She received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 2011 Aotearoa Film & Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Quinn (actor)
Jamie Quinn is a Scottish actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Private Kevin "Mac" McDowell in ''Bluestone 42'', Fergie in ''Still Game'' and Ian Baird in '' Two Doors Down''. He is the singer-songwriter and guitarist in the band Penny Mob. Early life and education Quinn was born in Coatbridge and grew up in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. He attended St. Ambrose High School in Coatbridge. He was given the nickname "Penny Chew" whilst at school due to the fact that he had appeared in a TV advert for S1jobs where he stood at an ice cream van and delivered the line "Just a penny chew then Mr.". Quinn trained at the Drama Centre London. Career Quinn began his acting career as a child appearing in commercials, short films and productions at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow. Quinn first gained national recognition in 2002 playing the role of Fergie in the BBC One sitcom ''Still Game'', a role which he played for seven series until 2016, he was also credited as "Young D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belén Fabra
Belén Fabra Homedes (born 3 November 1977) is a Spanish actress from Catalonia. Life and career Belén Fabra Homedes was born on 3 November 1977 in Tortosa, Catalonia. She started by playing small roles in numerous theater plays, films and television series. She made her breakthrough with the 2007 play ''Plataforma'', for which she was nominated for the Max Awards and the Valle-Inclán de Teatro Award. Fabra first came to prominence in the cinema with the 2007 film '' Canciones de amor en Lolita's Club'', directed by Vicente Aranda. She was nominated for the Gaudí Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in the 2008 erotic film '' Diario de una ninfómana''. She is currently working in two films, ''Flores negras'' and ''L'estació de l'oblit''. Personal life Fabra is fluent in Catalan, Spanish and English and she can speak Italian. Filmography Film * ''L'estratègia del cucut'' (2001) (TV) * ''El lado oscuro del corazón 2'' (2001) * ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Skellern
Anna Skellern (born 27 April 1985) is a United Kingdom-based Australian actress, best known as the first female member of The Chaser's television programme ''CNNNN''. Biography Skellern attended the University of Sydney, where she was a prominent student activist. In the first season of The Chaser's ''CNNNN'', an Australian television show satirising American news channels CNN and Fox News, she played her namesake Anna Skellern, a no-nonsense war correspondent noted for the frequent loss of her cameramen and dubbed 'the perfumed abattoir'. In 2004, CNNNN shared the Logie Award for 'Most Outstanding Comedy' with ''Kath & Kim''. After relocating to London, in July 2007 Skellern graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. That same month she made her professional stage debut in the successful West End production ''The Vegemite Tales'', playing the role of Maddie. Skellern was cast as the new Sapphire in the Big Finish Productions radio show ''Sapphire and Steel'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Fitzgerald
Tara Anne Cassandra Fitzgerald (born 1967)is an English actress who has appeared in feature films, television, radio and the stage. She won the New York Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play in 1995 as Ophelia in ''Hamlet''. She won the Best Actress Award at The Reims International Television Festival in 1999 for her role of Lady Dona St Columb in '' Frenchman's Creek''. Fitzgerald has appeared in the West End production of ''The Misanthrope'' at the Comedy Theatre, and in Henrik Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'' at the Donmar Warehouse. Since 2007, Fitzgerald has appeared in more than 30 episodes of the BBC television series '' Waking the Dead'' and played the role of Selyse Baratheon in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. Early life Fitzgerald is the daughter of artist Michael Callaby and Irish portrait photographer Sarah Geraldine Fitzgerald. She spent part of her childhood in the Bahamas, where her maternal grandfather ran a law firm. Her sister, Arabella, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Fearon
Raymond Fearon is a British actor. He played garage mechanic Nathan Cooper on ITV's long-running soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2005-2006. Other credits include '' Band of Gold'' (1997), ''EastEnders'' (2001), '' As If'' (2002), the ''Harry Potter (film series)'' (2001-2002), ''His Dark Materials'' (2003), ''Doctors'' (2008), '' Raw'' (2010), ''Da Vinci's Demons'' (2014), ''Fantastic Beasts (film series)'' (2018-2022), ''Fleabag'' (2019), ''Red Dwarf'' (2020), ''Champion'' (2023), and '' The Feud'' (2025). Early life Fearon was the youngest of ten children born to Jamaican parents living in northwest London. From a young age, he joined the Royal Court Theatre and Tricycle Youth Theatre, before going on to study drama at Rose Bruford College. Career Theatre Fearon made his reputation as a stage actor, working at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre; Manchester Contact Theatre; Manchester Royal Exchange; Oxford Playhouse; Barn Theatre, Kent; The Almeida; The Crucible, Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millie Davis
Millie Davis (born December 6, 2006) is a Canadian actress who played Ms. O / Big O in the TVOKids/PBS Kids series ''Odd Squad'', Riley in the Amazon Prime television show '' Dino Dana'', Summer in '' Wonder'', and Gemma Hendrix in ''Orphan Black.'' She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series as Ms. O in ''Odd Squad: The Movie'' at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards and has been co-nominated with the ''Odd Squad'' cast for four additional awards, including winning the award for "Best Young Ensemble in a TV Series" at the 2015 Joey Awards. Early life Born to Megan and Wayne Davis, an interracial couple. Millie and her older brother, Drew (born 2003), are actors who have both appeared in ''Orphan Black,'' among other roles. Her parents run the Characters Theatre Troupe in Thornhill, Ontario. Career In June 2007, when she was six months old, Davis began her career in acting when she first ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sakurai
David Sakurai (Copenhagen, 19 July 1979) is a Danish Japanese actor, director, scriptwriter and martial artist. Biography David Sakurai was born in Copenhagen to a Japanese father and a Danish mother and raised in Frederiksværk, Denmark. He has a brother named Kristoffer, who is a former dancer. Sakurai was interested in filmmaking from a young age and at the age of 18 moved to Japan, where he also learned acting. He played smaller roles in theatre and in indie films, like ''Tokyo G.P.'' in 2001 and ''Scarlet Runaway'' in 2005. Sakurai returned to Denmark in 2008, mainly because he wanted to work with Jack Hansen and other talented new directors and in his native tongue. Here he continued training under the Danish Actors' Association. He played one of his first leading roles in ''Eastern Army''. He worked with Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Van Zandt and Hans Petter Moland, among others. In 2012, Sakurai starred in Hungarian dark romantic comedy ''Liza, the Fox-Fairy'', which won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Wadia
Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is a British actress. She is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', Aunty Noor in '' Citizen Khan'', Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy ''Still Open All Hours'' and for starring in the BBC Two sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me''. Additionally, Wadia appeared in the Hindi-language romantic comedy '' Namaste London'' in 2007. She also appeared in the series '' Origin'' in 2018 and the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as Binita Prabhu in 2023. Early life Wadia was born on 18 December 1968 in Bombay, India, to parents who were of Parsi ancestry. She has an older brother and older sister; both of her parents have died. When Wadia was nine years old she moved to Hong Kong and was a student at Island School, Hong Kong. Career Television and film Wadia first came to prominence in BBC sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me'', playing characters such as Mrs "I can make it at home for nothing!" and one half of ''The Competitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (born 26 February 1980) is an Icelandic actor known for his roles in the TV series ''Game of Thrones'' (2016), '' Vikings: Valhalla'' (2022) and '' Succession'' (2023), and in the films '' Atomic Blonde'' (2017) and ''Alpha Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter ''aleph'' , whose name comes from the West Semitic word for ' ...'' (2018). Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people 1980 births Icelandic male film actors 21st-century Icelandic male actors People from Hafnarfjörður {{Iceland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
