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LUPITA NYONG'O
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Born: Lupita Amondi Nyong'o
Born: 1 March 1983, Mexico City, Mexico
Ethnicity;
Luo
Citizenship: Kenyan, Mexican
Occupation: Actress, film director, music video director
Lupita Nyong'o (born 1983) is a Kenyan actress and filmmaker. Nyong'o was born in Mexico
City, Mexico, in 1983 to Dorothy and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o.
Nyong'o and her family moved back to their native Kenya when she was less than one year
old) as her father was appointed a professor at the University of Nairobi. She was raised in
Kenya. When she was sixteen, her parents sent her to Mexico for seven months to learn
Spanish. During those seven months, Nyong'o lived in Taxco, Guerrero, and took classes at
the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México's Learning Center for Foreigners
She attended college in the United States. She graduated from Hampshire College (Amherst,
Massachusetts, USA) with a degree in film and theatre studie
She started her film career working as part of the production crew for many films. Later, she
moved into actino. Nyong'o played a role in the 2009 Nigerian television show Shuga.She
graduated from Yale's School of Drama in 2012.
The first American movie she acted in was 12 Years a Slave. In 2014 Nyong'o was
nominated for the British Film Academy’s Rising Star Award. Nyong'o was named the most
beautiful in the world by PEOPLE magazine in April 2014.
Nyong’o was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in
12 Years a Slave. She won the award.
Sources:
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QUEEN MOTHER SOFIA OF SPAIN
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Born: Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark
Born: Athens, Greece on 2 November 1938,
Citizenship: Spanish
Occupation: Queen mother of Spain (Queen of Spain upon her husband's accession in 22
November 1975, until their son accession in 19 June 2014)
Princess Sofia was born in Greece, but she spent some of her childhood in Egypt where she
took her early education in El Nasr Girls' College (EGC) in Alexandria. Then she attended
South Africa during her family's exile from Greece during World War II. They returned to
Greece in 1946. She finished her education at the prestigious Schloss Salem boarding
school in Southern Germany, and then studied childcare, music and archeology in Athens.
Sofia also studied at Fitzwilliam College of the University of Cambridge in the United
Kingdom.
Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark met then Prince Juan Carlos of Spain on a cruise in
the Greek Islands in 1954; they met again at the wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, at
York Minster in June 1961.The couple married on 14 May 1962 in Athens, Greece. After her
marriage, Sofia converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism, her Greek name
(Σοφία) was changed to the Spanish variant, Sofía.
Juan Carlos acceded to the throne in 1975 upon the death of Francisco Franco. The couple
have three children: Infanta Elena, Infanta Cristina, and Felipe VI of Spain. Their four
grandsons and four granddaughters are Felipe and Victoria de Marichalar y de Borbón, Juan,
Pablo, Miguel and Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, and Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, all
of whom are in the line of succession to the Spanish throne.
Being Queen of Spain, she accompanied her husband on official visits and occasions, and
also had solo engagements. She was the president of the Spanish Foundation for Aid for
Drug Addicts. As Queen mother of Spain, she has represented the Royal Spanish Family on
some occasions. She is executive president of the Queen Sofía Foundation. She takes
special interest in programs against drug addiction and women in developing countries,
travelling to conferences in both Spain and abroad. The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reina Sofía is named after her, as is Reina Sofía Airport in Tenerife.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Sof%C3%ADa_of_Spain
PAU GASOL
Born: Pau Gasol Sáez
Born in Sant Boi de Llobregat area of Barcelona, Spain on July 6, 1980
Citizenship
Spanish
Occupation: Professional basketball player
Pau Gasol Sáez (later known as Pau Gasol) grew up in a sports-oriented family. Both Gasol's
mother Marisa, a medical doctor, and father Agustí, a hospital administrator, played seconddivision basketball in Spain. He has two younger brothers, Adria and Marc. Both Pau and
Adria started to play in F.C. Barcelona, in the ABC Spanish league. Although Pau Gasol
attended medical school at the University of Barcelona for one year, he quit to develop his a
professional basketball career. In 2001, and Gasol was named Most Valuable Player.
After entering the NBA Draft, Gasol moved to the United States to play for the Memphis
Grizzlies. His parents and brothers also moved to Memphis for a year to accompany Paul. In
Gasol's first season with the Grizzlies, he won the Rookie of the Year Award in 2002, He
played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2008 to 2014. He is a two-time NBA champion with
the Lakers. Gasol has joined the Chicago Bulls for the 2014-2015 season.
He played with the Spanish national team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, finishing
sixth overall. Playing with his brother, Marc, he led Spain to a silver medal at the 2008
Olympics in Beijing. He also won a gold medal with Spain during the 2006 FIBA World
Championships, and was named MVP of the tournament. Pau Gasol was Spain's flag bearer
during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London where the Spanish
basketball team won a silver medal.
Gasol's philanthropy often involves children's causes. While playing with Memphis, his "Pau's
Amigos" was a six-year sponsor of Tickets for Kids. He also did public service
announcements for Memphis City Schools and UNICEF. Serving as ambassador for Spain's
UNICEF Committee, Gasol has traveled to Angola and South Africa, visiting children's
hospitals and raising awareness for children with HIV and AIDS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau_Gasol
http://www.biography.com/people/pau-gasol-20929951
SOFIA VERGARA
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Born: Sofia Margarita Vergara Vergara
Born: Barranquilla, Colombia, July 10, 1972
Citizenship: Colombian
Occupation: actress, comedian, television hostess and model.
Sofia Vergara was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, to Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara, a
housewife, and Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, a cattle producer for the meat industry]
Vergara attended Marymount School Barranquilla, a private bilingual Spanish/English school.
Vergara was discovered by a photographer while walking on a Colombian beach and was
soon presented with offers of modeling and television work. Vergara made her first
appearance as a performer at the age of 17 in a Pepsi commercial that was widely broadcast
in Latin America
She married at 18 and had a son, Manolo, but she divorce two years later. At age 20,
Vergara moved to Bogotá, Colombia, where she studied pre-dentistry at a university for three
years, Many opportunities then arose for her to work in modeling and show business, and
she worked as a runway model and television actress. Eventually, Vergara decided to leave
her undergraduate studies. Soon after, she moved to Miami to take advantage of those
opportunities and leave behind the unrest in Colombia (her older brother was murdered in
1998 during an attempt to kidnap him). She brought her son, mother, and sister with her.[
Vergara has acted in different American and Colombian films and television series. She
currently stars on the ABC series Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, for which she
was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and three
Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Comedy Actress. She has also worked with his son
Manolo for a Youtube web series, Vida con Toty.
She has had a very successful career. Vergara was the highest-earning woman in U.S.
television, due to their televison earnings and advertisement contracts. Vergara was named
one of People magazine's "50 most beautiful people" and has been recognized by both the
Hollywood Reporter and Billboard as one of the most influential Latin Women in Hollywood.
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sof%C3%ADa_Vergara
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sof%C3%ADa_Vergara
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Born: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
Born: July 30, 1947, in Austria
Citizenship: American
Occupation: actor, filmmaker, activist, businessman, writer, philanthropist, and politician
Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor. He was born in Thal, Styria, Austria. Before
he was an actor, Schwarzenegger was a bodybuilder. While in the army he won the Mr.
Junior Europe contest. After his military service in the army, Schwarzenegger moved to
Munich. There he often slept in a gym because he did not have a home. Schwarzenegger
moved to the United States, speaking little English, in 1968 when he was 21. When he was
23, he won his first Myster Olympia, he won the Mister Olympia title seven times.
Later, he became an actor. He has acted in many movies, some of them action films,
including his first film in 1982 Conan The Barbarian, a box-office hit, and the popular
Terminator series, but he has also take part in comedies as Twins.
He has been the governor of the American state of California. In 2003, when Gray Davis was
recalled (removed from political office), Schwarzenegger won his seat for governor of
California. He left office in January 2011, and was replaced by Jerry Brown. During his time
as governor he has said the Ronald Reagan was his role model. He signed Ronald Reagan
Day, a state holiday, in California when he was governor. He went to Reagan's funeral in
2004. He has been close friends with Nancy Reagan.
Schwarzenegger retired from acting while governor, but he returned to acting in 2011 with
films as Sabotage.
Schwarzenegger married Maria Shriver in 1986; they separated in 2011. They have two
daughters, Katherine and Christina, and two sons, Patrick and Christopher. Schwarzenegger
has a son by another woman.
Schwarzenegger lives in Los Angeles, California and he is working in his autobiography.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger
http://www.schwarzenegger.com/bio