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May 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 9 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 21 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For May 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 25. ()
Nora Arnezeder is a French actress and singer.Arnezeder was born in Paris, France. Her father, Wolfgang, is Austrian and Catholic, and her mother, Piera, is an Egyptian Jew.At the age of two, she left Paris with her parents for Aix-en-Provence. When she was fourteen, she moved to Bali for a year and, once back in Paris, studied dancing and singing.Her first major role was in 2008, in Paris 36 (French: Faubourg 36), which was directed by Christophe Barratier. In this film, Nora Arnezeder sang "Loin de Paname", which was nominated for Best Original Song at the 82nd Academy Awards. In 2009, she was the face of Guerlain's fragrance "L'Idylle". In 2012, Arnezeder appeared in the films Safe House, with Ryan Reynolds, and, as Celia, in The Words, opposite Ben Barnes.Arnezeder also starred in the horror slasher film Maniac alongside Elijah Wood.
David Lemuel Keith (born May 8, 1954) is an American actor and director. His breakthrough role was that of aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley inAn Officer and a Gentleman(1982), for which he received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and New Star of the Year – Actor for his performance.His other notable roles include Jack Murdock in Daredevil (2003), Det. John Mulcahey in Carrie (2002), Master Chief Tom O'Malley in Behind Enemy Lines (2001), Captain Hartigan in Men of Honor (2000), Maj. Matthew Coonen in U-571 (2000), Boone in The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Jack Parkman in Major League II (1994), Det. Lt. Loach in The Two Jakes (1990), Elvis Presley in Heartbreak Hotel (1988), and Andrew 'Andy' McGee in Firestarter (1984).
Christina Cole (born 8 May 1982) is an English actress known for portraying Cassie Hughes in the Sky One supernatural television series Hex.
Stephen Amell (born May 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor known for his role on the television series Rent-a-Goalie, as well as his work co-starring opposite Shirley MacLaine and Mischa Barton in the feature length motion picture Closing the Ring. He is best known for his role as Oliver Queen in The CW's Arrow.
Sir David Attenborough (8th May 1926) is a broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the respected face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine "Life" series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s.He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961) is an English actress. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas. She has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, a Olivier Award, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for two Academy Award and Primetime Emmy Award. In 2008 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to drama. McTeer made her professional stage debut in 1984, and was nominated for the 1986 Olivier Award for Best Newcomer for The Grace of Mary Traverse. She received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in A Doll's House in 1997. For her roles on Broadway, she received two other nominations for Mary Stuart in 2009 and Bernhardt/Hamlet in 2019. McTeer has also gained acclaim for her film roles, having received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Actress for Tumbleweeds in 1999, and the other for Best Supporting Actress for Albert Nobbs in 2011. Other roles include Wuthering Heights (1992), Carrington (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Songcatcher (2000), As You Like It (2006), The Divergent Series (2015–2016), and The Menu (2022). On television, she starred in the title role of Lynda La Plante's The Governor (1995–1996), and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Clementine Churchill in the HBO film Into the Storm (2009). She is also known for her roles in Damages (2012), The White Queen (2013), The Honourable Woman (2014), Jessica Jones (2018), Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), and Ozark (2018–2020).
Deborah Harmon (born May 8, 1951) is an American film and television actress. Harmon was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended The Second City troupe in Chicago until moving to Los Angeles to pursue an active acting career. She is probably best remembered for her role as Elizabeth Lubbock in the ABC television series Just the Ten of Us which was a spin-off of Growing Pains where she first appeared in the role for two episodes in 1988. She also was a regular on the short lived television series The Ted Knight Show and Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills. She has also had parts in films such as Bachelor Party (1984) and Back to the Future (1985), and co-starred with Kurt Russell in the 1980 comedy Used Cars.
Kaan Urgancioglu was born on May 8, 1981 in Izmir, Turkey. He is an actor, known for Karaoglan(2002),Kara Sevda(2015) andTutsak(2007).
Matthew Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor best known for his roles as Warner Huntington III inLegally Blonde,Adam Hillman on What About Brian, Josh Reston on Damages, and Alaric Saltzman onThe CWfantasy dramaThe Vampire Diariesfrom 2009 to 2017 as well as the spin-off seriesLegaciesfrom 2018 to 2022.He starred on the short-lived CW mystery and horror dramaCultas Jeff Sefton, and had a recurring role on theCBSpolice dramaCSI: Crime Scene Investigationas Sean Yeager.
Don Rickles, Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017)dramatic roles, but is best known as an insult comic. He enjoyed a sustained career as such, thanks to his distinctive humor, wit, and impeccable timing. Rickles frequently appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Stella Gonet is a Scottish theatre, film and television actress.
Ariane Labed (born 8 May 1984) is a Greek-born French actress and film director. She is best known for her feature film debut in Attenberg, for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and appearing in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene in 2018.Born to French parents, Ariane Labed lived her first six years in Athens, then six years in Germany. She arrived in France at 12 years old. Ariane Labed studied theater at the University of Provence (Deust Basic training in theater, Bachelor of Performing Arts and Master Dramaturgy and scenic writing). She participated in the creation of the Vasistas theater troupe with Argyro Chioti and went on stage with the National Theater of Greece.Labed was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for her performance in Attenberg, directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, which was her debut film. She starred in the film Alps, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. In 2018, she appeared as Rachel in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene.
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Martin Compston (born 8 May 1984) is a Scottish actor and former professional footballer. He played Anti-Corruption Unit Detective Inspector Steve Arnott in the BBC drama Line of Duty, Liam in Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen, Paul Ferris in The Wee Man, Ewan Brodie in Monarch of the Glen and Dan Docherty in The Nest.
Laura Spencer (born May 8, 1986) is an American actress and producer.
Stephen Furst (1955 - 2017) was an American actor and film and television director. He was a regular in the science fiction series Babylon 5 playing Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto and as Dr. Elliot Axelrod on St. Elsewhere, and featured in the film National Lampoon's Animal House.
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second oldest daughter of Charles Ingalls (played by Michael Landon) on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. During the run of Little House, Gilbert appeared in several television films, including The Diary of Anne Frank and The Miracle Worker. As an adult, she continued her career mainly in television films. From 2009 to 2010, Gilbert appeared as Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the touring production of Little House on the Prairie, the Musical. In 2012, she was a contestant on season fourteen of the popular reality dance competition show Dancing with the Stars on ABC. Gilbert served as President of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) from 2001 to 2005. She briefly ran for U.S. Congress in 2016, but eventually withdrew her candidacy. She is also the author of a few memoirs, a children's book, and a cookbook.
Michel Gondry (born May 8, 1963) is a French film, commercial, and music video director and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène.
John David Bennett (8 May 1928 – 11 April 2005) was an English actor.
Elyes Cherif Gabel (born 8 May 1983) is an English actor, musician and filmmaker. Gabel's global breakout role was portraying computer genius Walter O'Brien in the CBS series Scorpion (2014–2018). Earlier he gained recognition as series regular Dr. Gurpreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama Casualty (2004–2007), as Dothraki Rakharo in Seasons 1 and 2 of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2012), as PE teacher Rob Cleaver in Season 4 of BBC One's school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2010) and as DC Jose Rodriguez in the ITV drama Identity (2010). In 2011 he appeared as Prince Djem in a guest-star-role in the 3-times Emmy awarded TV show The Borgias, and appeared later in 2011 as Shahrouz in the British dark comedy Psychoville. He moved to the US and was starting to be cast in US TV shows, as series-regular Detective Adam Lucas in season 3 of Body of Proof (2013). In February 2022 Gabel starred as Sean Tilson in Apple TV's 8-part-thriller Suspicion (2022). and was last seen as Hassan in CBS's FBI, 6x04, Creating a Monster. His most notable film appearances are as virologist Andrew Fassbach in the post-apocalyptic thriller World War Z (2013), as Julian in J.C. Chandor's Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominated crime drama A Most Violent Year (2014), and as Adem Qasim in the spy thriller Spooks: The Greater Good (2015). He voiced Thom Kallor / Star Boy in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019).
Phyllida Law is a Scottish actress, the mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson.
Raoul Trujillois an American actor, dancer, and choreographer. A former soloist with theNikolaisDance Theatre, he is the original choreographer and co-director for theAmerican Indian Dance Theatre. He is the host for a series of dancing programs. Trujillo's career spans more than 30 years in film and theatre. He is perhaps best known for playing Zero Wolf, the Mayan villain inApocalypto(2006), directed byMel Gibson, and for playing theIroquoischief Kiotseaton in the filmBlack Robe.
Li Xiaoran (Chinese: 李小冉; born 8 May 1976) is a Chinese actress. She graduated from Beijing Dance Academy at the age of 17, and was the only dancer recruited into the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe from Beijing.
Patrick McKenna (born May 8, 1960) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Harold Green on the television series The Red Green Show and Marty Stevens on the television series Traders.
Vicky McClure is an English actress best known for her work in the films of director Shane Meadows.
Kim Hye-jun (Korean: 김혜준; born May 8, 1995) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role in Kingdom (2019–2020) as Queen Consort Cho. She won Best New Actress at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her role in Another Child (2019). She gained further recognition for her role as Song Yi-kyung or 'K' in Inspector Koo (2021) for which she won Best New Actress – Television at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards the following year. Her other works include Matrimonial Chaos (2018) and Rain or Shine (2017–2018).
Aneurin Barnard (born 8 May 1987) is a Welsh television, stage and film actor. He is bilingual and has performed in both Welsh language and English language productions.He trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.
Kim Seon Ho (born May 8, 1986) is a South Korean actor under Salt Entertainment. After having been active in theater since 2009, he made his television debut in 2017 on two KBS2's series Good Manager and Strongest Deliveryman. Kim later appeared on MBC's series Two Cops, which earned him two MBC Drama Award awards. In 2018, he starred in the historical drama 100 Days My Prince, which became one of the highest-rated dramas in Korean cable television history. Kim returned to acting in October 2020 through the tvN drama "Start-Up". His portrayal of Han Ji Pyung, a sharp investor with a tragic past was well-received by viewers, and he experienced a surge in popularity domestically and internationally.
Jiang Xin (Chinese: 蒋欣; born 8 May 1983), also known by her English name Rulu Jiang, is a Chinese actress.
Mark Blankfield (born May 8, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known as a regular cast member of the television variety series Fridays. Other work includes roles in Jekyll and Hyde...Together Again, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, and The Jerk, Too, a reworked TV-movie version of The Jerk. Blankfield has also made appearances in television series such as Taxi, Night Court, The Nutt House,The Jamie Foxx Show, Saved by the Bell, Sledge Hammer!, Crusade, Double Rush, and Arrested Development. Additionally, he was the interviewer in the Kiss home video Exposed.
Kam Erika Heskin (born May 8, 1973) is an American actress. She began her career playing Caitlin Deschanel on the NBC daytime soap opera Sunset Beach (1998–1999), before appearing in films Planet of the Apes (2001) and Catch Me If You Can (2002). Heskin went on in 2003 to play Elizabeth Bennet in an independent film Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy, Robin in Charmed (2004), and Paige Morgan in The Prince and Me film franchise (2006–2010).
