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Ilfenesh Hadera
Ilfenesh Hadera is an American actress. Early life Hadera was raised in Harlem, New York. She identifies as half Ethiopian and half white. Her father is an Ethiopian refugee and founder of the African Services Committee, a Harlem-based organization that works with African refugees. She volunteered with the organization prior to beginning her acting career. Hadera attended The Harlem School of the Arts, followed by the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. She went on to receive an MFA in text and performance studies from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA/King's College London. Career In 2010, Hadera made her acting debut in the film ''1/20''. A frequent collaborator with Spike Lee, she has appeared in ''Da Brick'', ''The Blacklist'', ''Oldboy (2013 film), Oldboy'', ''Show Me a Hero'', ''Chi-Raq'', ''Chicago Fire (TV series), Chicago Fire'', ''The Punisher (TV series), The Punisher'', and ''She's Gotta Have It (TV series), She's Gotta Have It''. Hadera co-starred as Stephanie Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billions (TV Series)
''Billions'' is an American drama (film and television), drama television series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The series premiered on January 17, 2016, on Showtime (TV network), Showtime, and its seventh and final season premiered on August 13, 2023. Set primarily in New York City, New York and Connecticut, the series depicts hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) as he accumulates wealth and power in the world of high finance. Axelrod's aggressive tactics frequently garner the attention of United States Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti). Rhoades is based on Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan from 2009 to 2017, and the series was inspired by real-life federal prosecutions of financial crime. Bharara's 2013 prosecution of hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen of S.A.C. Capital Advisors loosely influenced the first season, while Salomon Brothers' 1991 manipulation of United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deception (2018 TV Series)
''Deception'' is an American Police procedural, crime procedural drama television series created for American Broadcasting Company, ABC by Chris Fedak. The series was produced by Berlanti Productions and VHPT Company in association with Warner Bros. Television, with Fedak serving as showrunner. The series premiered on March 11, 2018. The series starred Jack Cutmore-Scott as Cameron Black, a superstar magician who joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI as a consulting Magic (illusion), illusionist to help them solve crimes after his career is ruined by a scandal. Ilfenesh Hadera, Lenora Crichlow, Justin Chon, Laila Robins, Amaury Nolasco, and Vinnie Jones also star in the show. In September 2016, the series received a Television pilot, pilot production commitment at ABC, and received a pilot order in January 2017. The cast was filled out in early 2017, and filming on the pilot began in New York City in March 2017. The series was officially ordered by ABC in May 2017. On M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conviction (2016 TV Series)
''Conviction'' is an American legal drama television series on ABC. It premiered on Monday, October 3, 2016. The series, starring Hayley Atwell, was picked up from pilot on May 12, 2016. A full trailer was released on May 17, 2016. On November 8, 2016, ABC announced there would be no back-order for more than the thirteen contracted episodes; however, the remaining episodes of the season aired until its conclusion on January 29, 2017. ABC canceled the series after one season on May 11, 2017. Premise Former First Daughter Hayes Morrison is blackmailed into heading the Conviction Integrity Unit, a department of the New York County District Attorney's Office comprising lawyers, detectives, and forensic experts who reexamine cases where there is suspicion of wrongful conviction. The team has only five days to prove each case. Cast Main * Hayley Atwell as Hayes Morrison, the rebellious former First Daughter of the United States, party-girl, and skilled defense attorney, who graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Difficult People
''Difficult People'' is an American comedy television series created by Julie Klausner. Klausner stars alongside Billy Eichner as two struggling and jaded comedians living in New York City; the duo seemingly hate everyone but each other. The series premiered on August 5, 2015 on Hulu, and was renewed for two additional seasons. In Australia ''Difficult People'' premiered on 3 August 2020 on SBS Viceland and the SBS On Demand streaming service. Cast and characters Main * Julie Klausner as Julie Kessler, an aspiring comedian. * Billy Eichner as Billy Epstein, Julie's best friend and fellow aspiring comedian. * James Urbaniak as Arthur Tack, Julie's boyfriend. * Andrea Martin as Marilyn Kessler, Julie's mother. * Cole Escola as Matthew Ellis Ross (season 2–3, recurring season 1), Billy's co-worker, whom he despises. * Shakina Nayfack as Lola (season 3, recurring season 2), a co-worker at the cafe where Billy works Recurring * Derrick Baskin and Gabourey Sidibe as Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Fire (season 4)
The fourth season of '' Chicago Fire'', an American drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Matt Olmstead, was ordered on February 5, 2015, by NBC, and premiered on October 13, 2015, and concluded on May 17, 2016. The season contained 23 episodes. Overview The show follows the lives of the firefighters and paramedics working at the Chicago Fire Department at the firehouse of Engine 51, Truck 81, Squad 3, Ambulance 61 and Battalion 25. Cast and characters Main cast * Jesse Spencer as Lieutenant Matthew Casey, Truck 81 * Taylor Kinney as Firefighter/Lieutenant Kelly Severide, Squad 3 * Monica Raymund as Firefighter Gabriela Dawson, Truck 81 * Kara Killmer as Paramedic/Paramedic in Charge Sylvie Brett, Ambulance 61 * David Eigenberg as Firefighter Christopher Herrmann, Truck 81 * Yuri Sardarov as Firefighter Brian "Otis" Zvonecek, Truck 81 * Joe Minoso as Firefighter Joe Cruz, Squad 3 * Christian Stolte as Firefigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highest 2 Lowest
''Highest 2 Lowest'' is a 2025 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by William Alan Fox. It is an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 Japanese film '' High and Low'', itself loosely based on the 1959 novel '' King's Ransom'' by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter). It stars Denzel Washington, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, ASAP Rocky, and Ice Spice (in her film debut). The film had its world premiere out of competition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2025, and is scheduled be released theatrically in the United States by A24 on August 22, 2025, before it will be made available on Apple TV+ on September 5, 2025. Cast Eddie Palmieri, Anthony Ramos, and Rosie Perez appear as themselves. Production Spike Lee received the original script by Alan Fox prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and was involved with rewriting it after Denzel Washington became attached to star. In February 2024, the film was announced, to be produced by A24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolves (film)
''Werewolves'' is a 2024 American action horror film directed and produced by Steven C. Miller. It stars Frank Grillo, Katrina Law, Ilfenesh Hadera, James Michael Cummings, and Lou Diamond Phillips. The story takes place on the night of a supermoon event that causes humans to turn into werewolves, which first occurred the preceding year, and follows the attempts to control the situation. The film was released theatrically in the United States on December 6, 2024, to mixed reviews. Plot One year ago, during the supermoon, humans exposed to the moonlight transformed into monstrous werewolves that hunted other humans. In response, humanity is preparing for another supermoon event, barricading their homes with weapons and self-defense traps, and military personnel caging humans who were exposed to the moon a year ago while scientists try to reverse the mutation caused by the moon. Wesley Marshall, a former U.S. Army soldier and molecular biologist, lives with his sister-in-law, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bricklayer
''The Bricklayer'' is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by Renny Harlin and written by Hanna Weg and Matt Johnson, based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Paul Lindsay under his pen name Noah Boyd, and starring Aaron Eckhart, Nina Dobrev, Tim Blake Nelson, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Clifton Collins Jr. The film was released on January 5, 2024 in the United States by Vertical Entertainment. Plot Steve Vail, a former CIA field agent, is a bricklayer when the CIA agent recruits him to track down the killer of three international journalists who have been murdered within a month, including Greta Becker, an outspoken critic of U.S. intelligence activities across the world, and the CIA is being framed as being responsible. Kate, a junior CIA agent assigned to the case, and CIA Director O'Malley meet and inform him that Radek, a former operative and friend of Steve who was believed to be dead, was responsible for the murders, believing that he wants revenge against the agency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Holden
This is a list of the characters in the TV series ''Baywatch'' and '' Baywatch: Hawaii''. Cast timeline ;Cast notes ''Baywatch'' (1989–1990; 1991–1999) ; Mitchell "Mitch" Buchannon (David Hasselhoff, ''Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier'', seasons 1–9) :The head lifeguard, promoted to lieutenant in the pilot movie, and later to captain in season 8. He shares a son, Hobie, with his former wife, Gayle (Wendie Malick), who lives in Ohio. In later seasons, he is romantically involved with Stephanie, and briefly marries Neely. Hasselhoff also reprises his role as Mitch in the spin-off ''Baywatch Nights'', season 1 of ''Baywatch: Hawaii'' (where he is presumably killed in a boat explosion) and the reunion movie '' Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding'' (where it is revealed he survived and was in a coma). The role was originally offered to Tom Selleck who declined. Hasselhoff was hesitant in accepting the part (describing the show as "''Knight Rider'' in a bathing suit") but was eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grio
TheGrio is a brand name owned by American media company Allen Media Group for a television network and a website aimed at African-Americans. History TheGrio is to "focus on news and events that have a unique interest and pronounced impact within the national African Americans audience,"Ham, Jon (August 10, 2009)"NBC’s theGrio.com needs diversity training" '' Carolina Journal Online''. offering what co-founder and Executive Editor David Wilson feels is "underrepresented in existing national news outlets". The website's name is derived from the word ''griot'', the term for a West African oral historian and storyteller. The website originally launched in June 2009 as a division of NBC News. It was founded by the team who created the documentary film '' Meeting David Wilson''. It became a division of MSNBC in 2013. In 2014, it was sold to its founders. In June 2016, Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios acquired the site. The TV channel was founded as Light TV in 2016 by realit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epix
MGM+ (formerly known as Epix; pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as eᴘix), is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the MGMPlus Entertainment subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which is itself a subsidiary of Amazon MGM Studios. The network's programming consists of recent and older theatrically released motion pictures, original television series, documentaries, and music and comedy specials. The service was originally launched in the United States in October 2009 by a joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount. After MGM acquired the stakes of the service's co-founders in late 2017, and following the March 2022 acquisition of MGM itself by Amazon, Epix was rebranded as MGM+ in January 2023. It was the culmination of a gradual transition by the network to utilize the imaging of MGM following the buyout, as well as Amazon repositioning it as a sister service to Prime Video and Freevee. MGM+ is currently led by Michael Wright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfather Of Harlem
''Godfather of Harlem'' is an American crime drama television series that premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. The series is created by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson. Whitaker is also executive producer alongside Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, John Ridley and Markuann Smith. Chris Brancato acts as showrunner. On February 12, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on April 18, 2021. On January 13, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on January 15, 2023, on the rebranded MGM+. On November 29, 2023, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on April 13, 2025. A documentary series titled ''By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem'' premiered on November 8, 2020. Premise ''Godfather of Harlem'' tells the fictionalized story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, "who in the early 1960s returned from ten ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
