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Anika
Anika (Devanagari: ) is a female given name of Arabic, African, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Māori, Sanskrit, and Swedish origin and is also an alternative spelling of the name Annika or Anikha Meanings The meaning of the name "Anika" is different in several languages, countries and cultures. It has more than one meaning available. Sanskrit Anika means graceful, brilliant, or sweet-faced. It is derived from the Sanskrit word (), which literally means 'fearless', 'soldier', 'army' or 'face'. Anika also means splendor, edge or point. It is also one of the many names for Goddess Durga. Scandinavian Anika means graceful and merciful. It is the Swedish pet form of the name Anna and it is similar to Anneke in the Netherlands. African In African regions it means "sweetness of face". German Anika is a German variant of Anna. Anna is most likely a variant of a Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "gracious" or "favoured", because in the Bible she was a sincere and merciful woman. Ultimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Moa
Anika Rose Moa (born 21 May 1980) is a New Zealand recording artist and television presenter. Her debut studio album ''Thinking Room'', was released in September 2001, which reached number one on the Official New Zealand Music Chart, New Zealand Albums Chart and provided two Top 5 singles, "Youthful" (2001) and "Falling in Love Again" (2002). Moa competed at the Rockquest songwriting contest in 1998, which led to a recording contract. She is the subject of two documentaries by film-maker Justin Pemberton: ''3 Chords and the Truth: the Anika Moa Story'' (2003), detailing her signing to a record label and the release of ''Thinking Room'', and ''In Bed with Anika Moa'' (2010) on her later career. Early life Anika Moa was born in 1980 in the Auckland suburb of Papakura. She grew up in Christchurch and attended Hornby High School. Her father Tia, who died in 2007, was Māori people, Māori (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri) and her mother Bernadette is of English people, English desce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Noni Rose
Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Tiana (The Princess and the Frog), Tiana in ''The Princess and the Frog'' (2009). She was named a Disney Legends, Disney Legend in 2011. Rose starred as Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning film ''Dreamgirls (film), Dreamgirls'' (2006). Her contribution to the film's soundtrack earned her a nomination for a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award. She is also known for her performances in theatre, particularly for starring as Emmie Thibodeaux in the Broadway production of ''Caroline, or Change'' (2004), for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and Beneatha Younger in the Broadway revival of ''A Raisin in the Sun'' (2014), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Early life and education Rose was born in Bloomfield, Connecticut, to Claudia and John Rose, a corporate counsel. She attended Bloomfield High School, app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (2015 TV Series)
''Empire'' is an American music drama (film and television), drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong that ran on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from January 7, 2015, to April 21, 2020. A joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Although it was filmed in Chicago, the show is set in New York City, New York. The series centers on the fictional hip hop music and entertainment company Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of it. It stars Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray, Jussie Smollett and Trai Byers as members of the Lyon Family, along with a supporting cast including Grace Byers, Kaitlin Doubleday, Gabourey Sidibe, Ta'Rhonda Jones, Serayah (actress), Serayah, Malik Yoba and Vivica A. Fox. The series premiere attracted nearly 10 million viewers while the first-season finale was watched by 17 million viewers. Its first season received positive rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Wells
Anika Shay Wells (born 11 August 1985) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives since the 2019 Australian federal election, 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represents the Division of Lilley in Queensland. Wells is currently the Minister for Communications (Australia), Minister for Communications and Minister for Sport (Australia), Minister for Sport. Early life Wells was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 11 August 1985. Her father, an accountant, was born in Melbourne and her mother, an administrator, was born in New Zealand. As a result, Wells held New Zealand citizenship by descent until February 2018, when she renounced it to stand for parliament. Wells attended Moreton Bay College, where she was school captain. She holds arts and law degrees from Griffith University as well as a graduate diploma in legal practice from the Australian National University. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Larsen
Anika Larsen (born December 19, 1973) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2014 for portraying Cynthia Weil in '' Beautiful: The Carole King Musical''. Larsen has made an album of recordings titled, ''Sing You To Sleep''. Personal life Larsen was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts in a blended family of adopted children, from Cambodia, Vietnam, and America. She studied theatre at Yale University and performed in the a cappella choir, ''Shades''. In 2015 she married musician Freddie Maxwell and gave birth to their first child, a son named Kie Larsen Maxwell. In 2017, she gave birth to their second son, Ashe. Career Larsen made her Broadway debut in 2000 in the ensemble of ''Rent''. In 2002 she originated the role of Roberta in the cult Off-Broadway musical, ''Zanna, Don't!'', for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2005 she again appeared on B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika The Warrior
Anika the Warrior (; from , "unbeatable, unbeaten") is a Bogatyr, a knight errant character of Russian fairy tales. According to a "universally known religious ballad", he was a violent and sacrilegious man who set out to destroy the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, but was stopped by the half-beast Wonder. Anika challenges Wonder to a duel, but is immediately overcome because Wonder is Death in disguise. Though he begs for more time and attempts to bribe Death, no mercy is given. Proverbially, an "Anika the Warrior" is one engaged in something as hopeless as a fight against death. He appears in the folk plays Tsar Maximilian and King Herod, and is mentioned in Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (; ), was a Russian and Soviet writer and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an aut ...'s ''Childhood''. Its plot is loosely based on the Byzantine epic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Rodríguez
Anika Elia Rodríguez (born 4 January 1997) is a footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL. Born and raised in the United States to Mexican parents, she caps for the Mexico women's national football team. Early life Rodríguez was born in Torrance, California. She attended Torrance High School and played youth soccer for Southern California Blues Soccer Club. Club career Portland Thorns In June 2020, Rodríguez signed a short-term contract with National Women's Soccer League side Portland Thorns FC ahead of the NWSL Challenge Cup. PSV Also in June 2020, Rodríguez signed a one-year contract with Eredivisie Vrouwen side PSV. In April 2021, she signed a one-year extension. Tigres UANL Rodriguez was signed by Liga MX Femenil side Tigres UANL on 18 June 2022. International career On 23 October 2021, Rodríguez made her debut for the Mexico national team in a 6–1 victory over Argentina at Estadio Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez. Rodríguez was select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Apostalon
Anika Apostalon (born February 1995) is a Czech-American competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle and backstroke events. She was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and graduated from Albuquerque Academy in 2013. Apostalon graduated from the University of Southern California in 2017. She swam for the Toronto Titans and was affiliated with USK in Prague, CZ. She was the former Czech national record holder in the 50m Freestyle (SCM) and is a 17-time NCAA All American. Career Collegiate career Apostalon began her collegiate career at San Diego State University, where she was a Division I dual-sport athlete in water polo and swimming. In 2014 she was named the Mountain West Swimmer of the Year and the conference's Freshman of the year. She also set the Mountain West records for 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, and 100-yard backstroke while at SDSU. In 2015, Apostalon transferred to the University of Southern California to focus on her swimming career. In 2016 she led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Niederwieser
Anika Niederwieser (born 28 February 1992) is an Italian handballer who plays for Thüringer HC and the Italy national team. She won the Bundesliga in 2018, the DHB Supercup in 2016 and the bronze medal at the Beach Handball European Championships in 2011 and 2015 respectively. Her brother and father were handball players as well. Achievements *Bundesliga: **''Winner'': 2018 *DHB-Supercup: **''Winner'': 2016 Individual awards * Best Defender of the Beach Handball World Championships: 2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Niederwieser, Anika 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Brixen Italian female handball players Expatriate handball players in Germany Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Mediterranean Games c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Omphroy
Anika Tene Omphroy is an American politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022. Omphroy represented the State's 95th House District, which includes part of Broward County Broward County ( ) is a County (United States), county in Florida, United States, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County and the List of the most .... She is a member of the Democratic Party. Florida House of Representatives Omphroy became State Representative-Elect on Qualifying day when incumbent state Representative Barrington Russell, Sr. failed to qualify at noon on June 22, 2018. Omphroy became the youngest State Representative to serve House District 95. Omphroy ran for office in 2016. She had never held elected office before. She faced the Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes, Barrington Russell, in the Florida House District 95 open-seat election. Despite finishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Kolan
Anika Reddy Kolan (born 18 August 2006) is an American cricketer who plays for the United States women's national cricket team. In October 2021, Kolan was named in the American Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) team for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Mexico. She made her WT20I debut on 18 October 2021, in the opening match of the tournament against Brazil. The following month, she was also named in the USA squad for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe. On 25 November 2021, she played in the USA's second match of the tournament, against Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots .... References External links * 2006 births Living people Sportspeople from Tracy, California Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Schwörer
Anika Schwörer (born 1 June 2001) is a Swiss volleyball player. She is a member of the Women's National Team. She participated at the 2018 Montreux Volley Masters The 2018 Montreux Volley Masters is the 33rd edition of the women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland. Participating teams Squads Group stage The first 2 teams of each group qualify for the final round. *''All times are Centr .... She plays for Sm’Aesch Pfeffingen. Clubs * Volley Smash 05 (2018) * Sm’Aesch Pfeffingen (2019) References External links FIVB Profile* Anika Schwörer neu in der Damen-NationalmannschaftAnika Schwörer: «Ich bin sehr ehrgeizig, was meine Stärke und meine Schwäche ist» 2001 births Living people Swiss women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
