Famous Mensa Members

As a child, Geena dreamed of being an actress. While in high school, she felt left out and had low self-esteem because, at 6 feet, she was the tallest girl in school. After high school graduation, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston University, where she majored in drama. In 1979, she dropped out and moved to New York to start her career. Her career consisted of sales clerk and waitress. She worked at Ann Taylor, where she eventually rose to Saturday window mannequin while trying to get a job with a modeling agency. Eventually signed by the Zoli Agency, she wound up as a model in the Victoria Secret's Catalogue. Ever vigilant, Sydney Pollack was looking for new talent in the catalog when he spotted Geena and cast her in Tootsie (1982). With good reviews, Geena moved to Los Angeles where she was cast as Wendy in the short-lived but critically acclaimed television series Buffalo Bill (1983) with Dabney Coleman. Her next appearance on television was in her own series Sara (1985), which was also good, but soon canceled. Geena then returned to the big screen in the below-average Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) followed by the successful Chevy Chase movie Fletch (1985). From there on, she was on a roll with husband Jeff Goldblum in the horror remake The Fly (1986). More successful were Tim Burton's dark comedy Beetlejuice (1988) and The Accidental Tourist (1988). For the last film, she was the surprise winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. More fun movies followed with the flying-saucer-in-the-pool Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) and everyone-loves-a-clown Quick Change (1990) with Bill Murray. The very successful Thelma & Louise (1991), directed by Ridley Scott, again garnered nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe. A League of Their Own (1992), with Tom Hanks and directed by Penny Marshall, was the turning point as her next film, Hero (1992), was only average. Then she married director Renny Harlin and they set up a production and development company called "The Forge." Their first film was Speechless (1994), which flopped at the box office. Undeterred, Renny decided to film the big-budget Cutthroat Island (1995), starring Geena as pirate leader Morgan, which also flopped. Geena has since starred in the thriller The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and played Eleanor Little in Stuart Little (1999) and Stuart Little 2 (2002). She's also returned to TV, headlining The Geena Davis Show (2000) and Commander in Chief (2005). Both shows were canceled after one season, but she won a Golden Globe for the latter. In 2008, after being missed from the big screen for some years, Geena ventured to Sydney, Australia, playing the foul-mouthed mother of Harry Cook and Harrison Sloan Gilbertson to shoot the dark comedy Accidents Happen (2009).

Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (née Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. He was raised in Inglewood and Garden Grove in California. In 1960, he got a job at the Magic shop of Disney's Fantasyland, and while there he learned magic, juggling, and creating balloon animals. At Santa Ana College, he took classes in drama and English poetry. He also took part in comedies and other productions at the Bird Cage Theatre, and joined a comedy troupe at Knott's Berry Farm. He attended California State University as a philosophy major, but in 1967 transferred to UCLA as a theatre major.

His writing career began on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), winning him an Emmy Award. Between 1967 and 1973, he also wrote for many other shows, including The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969) and The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971). He also appeared on talk shows and comedy shows in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1972, he first appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), doing stand-up several times each year, and even guest hosting a few years later. In 1976, he served for the first time as guest-host on Saturday Night Live (1975). By 2016, he has guest-hosted 15 times, which is one less than Alec Baldwin's record, and also appeared 12 other times on SNL.

In 1977, he released his first comedy album, a platinum selling "Let's Get Small". He followed it with "A Wild and Crazy Guy" (1978), which sold more than a million copies. Both albums went on to win Grammys for Best Comedy Recording. This is when he performed in arenas in front of tens of thousands of people, and begun his movie career, which was always his goal. His first major role was in the short film, The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977), which he also wrote. His star value was established in The Jerk (1979), which was co-written by Martin, and directed by Carl Reiner. The film earned more than $100 million on a $4 million budget. He also starred in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Man with Two Brains (1983), and All of Me (1984), all directed by Reiner. To avoid being typecast as a comedian, he wanted do more dramatic roles, starring in Pennies from Heaven (1981), a film remake of Dennis Potter's 1978 series. Unfortunately, it was a financial failure.

He also starred in John Landis's Three Amigos! (1986), co-written by himself, opposite Martin Short and Chevy Chase. That year, he also appeared in the musical horror comedy, Little Shop of Horrors (1986) opposite Rick Moranis. Next year, he starred in Roxanne (1987), co-written by himself, and in John Hughes' Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), opposite John Candy. His other films include Parenthood (1989) and My Blue Heaven (1990), both opposite Moranis. In 1991, he wrote and starred in L.A. Story (1991), about a weatherman who searches meaning in his life and love in Los Angeles. It also starred his then-wife, Victoria Tennant. Same year, Father of the Bride (1991) was so successful that a 1995 sequel followed.

During the 1990s, he continued to play more dramatic roles, in Grand Canyon (1991), playing a traumatized movie producer, in Leap of Faith (1992), playing a fake faith healer, in A Simple Twist of Fate (1994), playing a betrayed man adopting a baby, and in David Mamet's thriller The Spanish Prisoner (1997). Other, more comedic roles include in HouseSitter (1992) and The Out-of-Towners (1999), opposite Goldie Hawn, in Nora Ephron's Mixed Nuts (1994), and in Bowfinger (1999), written by himself and co-starring Eddie Murphy. After Bowfinger, he starred in Bringing Down the House (2003) and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), both earning more than $130 million. He wrote and starred in Shopgirl (2005), and appeared in the sequel of Cheaper by the Dozen. After them, he appeared in The Pink Panther (2006) and The Pink Panther 2 (2009), which he both co-wrote, as Inspector Clouseau.

He continues to do movies, more recently appearing in The Big Year (2011), Home (2015), and Love the Coopers (2015). Besides aforementioned, he has been an avid art collector since 1968, written plays, written for The New Yorker, written a well-received memoir (Born Standing Up), written a novel (An Object of Beauty; 2010), hosted the Academy Awards three times, released a Grammy award winning music album (The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo; 2009), and another album (Love Has Come For You; 2013) with Edie Brickell. Since 2007, he has been married to Anne Stringfield, with whom he has a daughter.

Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Judah Ozimov, on January 2, 1920, in Petrovichi shtetl, near Smolensk, Russia. He was the oldest of three children. His father, named Judah Ozimov, and his mother, named Anna Rachel Ozimov (nee Berman), were Orthodox Jews. Ozimov family were millers (the name Ozimov comes from the eponymous sort of wheat in Russian). In 1923 Isaac with his parents immigrated to the USA and settled in Brooklyn, New York. There his parents temporarily changed his birthday to September 7, 1919, in order to send him to school a year earlier. Their family name was changed from Ozimov to Asimov.

Asimov was an avid reader before the age of 5. He spoke Yiddish and English at home with his parents and spoke only a few word in Russian. He began his formal education in 1925 in the New York Public School system. From 1930-1932 he was placed in the rapid advance course. In 1935 he graduated from high school, in 1939 received a B.S. and in 1941 he earned his M. Sc. in Chemistry from Columbia University. From 1942-1945 Asimov was a chemist at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard's Naval Air experimental station. After the war ended, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and was transfered to the island of Oahu and was destined to participate in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. He narrowly avoided that by receiving an honorable discharge in May 1946. In 1948 he completed his post-graduate studies and earned his Ph. D. in Chemistry. In 1949 he began his teaching career at the Medical School of Boston University, becoming assistant professor in 1951, and associate professor in 1955. In 1958 Asimov became a full-time writer and gave up his teaching duties because his income from his literary works was much greater than his professor's salary. He was fired, but he retained his title and later returned as a lecturer and was promoted to the rank of full professor in 1979. Asimov was considered one of the best lecturers at Boston University.

Young Isaac Asimov was raised as a non-religious person. His parents observed the Orthodox Judaism, but did not force their belief upon young Asimov. He did not have affiliation with a temple, did not have a bar mizvah and called himself an atheist, then used the term "humanist" in his later life. He did not oppose genuine religious convictions in others but opposed superstitious or unfounded beliefs. Asimov defined his intellectual position as a Humanist and rationalist. He opposed the Vietnam war in the 1960s and was a supporter of the Democratic party. He embraced environmental issues, and supported feminism, joking that he wished women to be free "because I hate it when they charge". He was also humorous about many of his memberships in various clubs and foundations. Asimov did not approve exclusionary societies, he left Mensa after he found that many of the members were arrogant. He liked individuality and stayed in groups where he enjoyed giving speeches. As a free thinker, Asimov saw sci-fi literature serving as a pool where ideas and hypotheses are expressed with unrestricted intellectual freedom.

Young Asimov was fascinated with science fiction magazines which were sold at his parent's general store. Around the age of 11 he wrote eight chapters of a fiction about adventures of young boys in a small town. His first publication was "Marooned Off Vesta" in the Amazing Stories magazine in 1939. Asimov shot to fame in 1941 with 'Nightfall', a story of a planet where night comes once every 2049 years. 'Nightfall' has been described as one of the best science fiction stories ever written. Asimov wrote over five hundred literary works. He is credited for introducing the words "positronic", "psychohistory", and "robotics" into the English language. He penned such classics as "I, Robot" and the "Foundation" series, which are considered to be the most impressive of his writings. He also founded "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine", which became a best-selling publication.

Asimov was afraid of needles and the sight of blood. Although he had the highest score on the intelligence test he had the lowest score on the physical-conditioning test. He never learned how to swim or ride a bicycle. The author who described spaceflights suffered from fear of flying. In his entire life he had to fly only twice during his military service. Acrophobia was revealed when he took his date and first love on a roller coaster in 1940, and was terrified. This phobia complicated the logistics and limited the range over which he traveled; it also found reflection in some of his literary works. He avoided traveling long distances. Instead he enjoyed cruise ships like the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, where he occasionally entertained passengers with his science-themed talks. He impressed public with his highly entertaining speeches as well as with his sharp sense of timing; he never looked at the clock, but he spoke for precisely the time allocated. Asimov's sense of time prevented him from ever being late to a meeting. Once he discovered that his parents changed his date of birth, he insisted that the official records of his birthday be corrected to January 2, 1920, the date he personally celebrated throughout his life.

Asimov met Gertrude Blugherman on a blind date on Valentine's Day in February of 1942, they got married in July of the same year. The Asimovs had two children, son David (born in 1951), and daughter Robyn Joan (born in 1955). Asimov had known Janet Opal Jeppson since 1959. She was a psychoanalyst and also a writer of science fiction for children. Correspondence with her convinced Asimov that she was the right kind of person for him. He and Gertrude were separated in 1970, and he moved in with Janet Jappeson almost at once. His first marriage ended in divorce in 1973. That same year he and Janet Jeppson were married at Janet's home by an official of Ethical Culture Society. Asimov had no children by his second marriage.

In 1983 Asimov contracted HIV infection from a tainted blood transfusion received during a triple bypass surgery. He eventually developed AIDS and wanted to go public about his AIDS but his doctors convinced Asimov to remain silent. The specific cause of death was heart and renal failure as complications of AIDS. He died on April 6, 1992, in Boston, Massachussets, and was cremated. His ashes were scattered.

Ten years after Asimov's death, his widow, Janet Jeppson Asimov, revealed that his death was a consequence of an unfortunately contracted AIDS.

Nolan Gould was born on 28 October 1998 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Modern Family (2009), The To Do List (2013) and Friends with Benefits (2011).

Dorota Rabczewska is a Polish musical artist, among the most successful Polish artists ever in terms of number of prizes won. Dorota was featured on CNN, as the tenth most famous Pole. In 2011 polish magazine Viva! put her among ten most influantial women in Poland. She was athletics for four years and won the Championships at Voivodeship and bronze in the Polish Championships. Doda started this career as a teenager, at the Buffo Theatre in Warsaw.

Mischaela Elkins is an American model, beauty pageant titleholder, author, and businesswoman. From the young age of seventeen, Mischaela''s portfolio quickly skyrocketed making her not only a successful model but eventually one of the "Indigenous supermodels" alongside Ashley Callingbull and Quannah Chasinghorse. She rose to prominence for her solo billboard for Van Cleef & Arpels in New York's Times Square, as an international Maxim model, and as a featured model in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue media.

Her modeling career began after she was 1 of 3 out of 300 aspiring models to receive an agency callback in the Elite Model Management "2009 Elite New Faces Open Call" modeling competition. She began working in runway, print, and commercial modeling. She is a veteran of all four of the "Big Four" fashion weeks: New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week, and Milan Fashion Week as well as Miami Swim Week, Latin Fashion Week, Bridal Week, and Couture Fashion Week.

Mischaela's major layouts include: Vogue Italia, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, Glamour France, Lucky, Vanity Fair, Maxim, Maxim Australia, Maxim Korea, Maxim Russia, and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue media properties. Her editorial look has ensured her a spot on the cover of some of the most notable international magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, L'Officiel, GQ, Glamour, Ocean Drive and more across many countries including USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Monaco, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Baltic nations, Russia, the Arab region, India, and Japan.

Mischaela has shot editorials featuring Chanel, Hermes, Versace, Mugler, Yves St. Laurent, Jimmy Choo, Carolina Herrera, Comme des Garcons, Alaia, Bottega Veneta, and more. She has modeled for Graff, Van Cleef & Arpels, Victoria's Secret, La Perla, Aquascutum, Intimissimi, Atelier Pronovias, Vera Wang, Nicole Miller, BCBG, Moda Operandi, ASOS, Jovani, MacDuggal, Alamour the Label, Portia & Scarlett, Paloma Blanca, and Aritzia. In the beauty category: Cle de Peau, Elizabeth Arden, Amazing Cosmetics - becoming "the face" of their "Light Golden Beige" color cosmetics shade internationally in a campaign geared at showcasing models of various ethnic backgrounds. Successful as a swimwear model she's modeled Luli Fama, Aqua Bendita, Beach Bunny Swimwear, Vizcaya Swimwear, VS Swim, Sports Illustrated Swim, and God Save Queens. She was 1 of 30 top models featured in Maxim's Women of the World special edition wearing swimwear by La Perla, Agent Provacateur, and Victoria's Secret shot on location in the Paracas National Reserve in Ica, Peru.

She has won a number of major awards & recognition in the modeling industry such as: Model of the Year award nominee in 2020 by IGM Worldwide, the "Bombshell Because" Award nomination from Victoria's Secret in 2021, and in 2023 she was named to the Most Beautiful Faces List by the Independent Critics List - ranking just behind the #1 spot, Victoria's Secret angel, Jasmine Tookes. Mischaela has built a reputation as a beauty pageant heavy hitter, with nearly a dozen beauty titles at the State, National, and International level including Miss Teen Indiana Hoosier State, Miss Universe Heartland, and Ms. Universe. If she competes at Mrs. Universe she will the only beauty queen to title in every level of the Miss Universe pageant - Teen, Miss, Ms., and Mrs. Universe.

Mischaela also received a number of superlative titles including: Best in Evening Gown, Miss Photogenic, and Miss Supermodel. In the Ms. Universe 2021 pageant, her swimsuit competition score was 4/10ths of a point away from a perfect 10 across the board from all 40 judges. This performance landed her the monumental ranking of making the Top 5 in Fitness across all pageant contestants in all countries in the year 2021 by Pageant Planet. Mischaela's Ms. Universe interview score was 4 points out of 400 off of a perfect 10 across the board from all 40 judges, garnering her comparisons in the media to former Miss Universe Lara Dutta whose lethal combination of brains and beauty led her to achieve the record for the highest interview score at Miss Universe.

Mischaela was the first woman in the world to carry a National level Indigenous American or Native American beauty pageant title into an International beauty pageant - she did so when she was crowned Miss Indigenous America for the prestigious Miss Global beauty pageant. Miss Global Top 5, Top 10 distinctions and the Miss Runway superlative title distinction and Miss Goodwill superlative title distinction for her service program to create scholarships for Indigenous American teens pursuing film school. Mischaela's achievements as a beauty pageant titleholder are part of the MENSA Voices Project volume on distinguished MENSA members within the United States Library of Congress. She is a member of MENSA with a confirmed IQ in the top 2% of the population. She is believed to be the only international beauty pageant titleholder who is a member of MENSA.

As a businesswoman she's been named to Porsche's 30 Under 30 and has been featured by Business Insider as "ones to watch" for her Wellness venture Rosewood Institute. A published author, she's written 3 self-help books: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Workin For A Birkin, and Red Bottoms & Rose Quartz. After graduating from Indiana University's prestigious Kelley School of Business, she attended Harvard University for pre-MBA managerial economics, finance, and accounting courses, and then received her MBA from Spain's top ranking IE Business School. Her professional resume includes managerial work at a Fortune 500, investment bank Morgan Stanley, a former Lehman Brother's owned FinTech company, and a Platinum Equity owned portfolio company.

In 2022 she married Peruvian-Italian businessman Fabrizio Valerga after his proposal with a multi carat solitaire engagement ring set with a verdant green emerald cut emerald - the Lilypool Emerald. At their wedding Mischaela wore a custom Juliet sleeved Atelier Pronovias ballgown with 20+ yards of blush pink and ivory silk tulle. She topped her veil with an intricate white sapphire diadem with an edelweiss flower motif, an homage to the Northern Italian heritage she and Fabrizio share on their maternal sides.

Ethnically, Mischaela is European and Indigenous American, being of German, Norwegian, Italian, English, Swiss, Dutch, Native American (Cherokee, Abenaki, Seneca), Native Mexican (Cochimi), and Native Brazilian ancestry.

Named one of fall TV's breakout stars by IndieWire, Emma Dumont has quickly become known for the powerful characters they bring to life on screen. Dumont can currently be seen starring on FOX's drama series "The Gifted," which follows an ordinary suburban family whose lives change course forever when they discover their children have developed mutant powers. "The Gifted," based on Marvel Comics' X-Men series, is set in an alternate timeline where the X-Men have disappeared. Dumont shines as Polaris, daughter to X-Men character Magneto."The Gifted" premiered on October 2, 2017 and is currently in production of season 2.

In addition to "The Gifted" Dumont recently starred as Charles Manson's dedicated follower Emma Karn on NBC's 60's-era drama "Aquarius" opposite David Duchovny. they also appeared on ABC Family's scripted dance series "Bunheads" as Melanie. Dumont made their feature film debut in director Craig Johnson's "True Adolescents" at 12 years old, alongside Melissa Leo and Mark Duplass. Additional credits include: "Mind Games" for ABC, "T@gged" for AwesomenessTV, "Pretty Little Liars" and "The Fosters" for Freeform, and "The Magicians" for SYFY.

Born in Seattle, Washington Dumont had a love for the arts at a young age. they began ballet dancing at just three years old and studied at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Cornish College of the Arts and Spectrum Dance Theatre School, while spending summers at the American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet School and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. At four years old they began taking violin lessons and went on to play with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Glendale Youth Orchestra. At 15 years old Dumont won V Magazine's model search contest and appeared in their March 2010 issue, landing a contract with Ford Models. they worked fashion week in New York City that year, and went on to model in Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, China, and Tokyo. While Dumont was excelling in dance, music, and modeling, one of her biggest passions was acting, and they continued to hone her craft in community theater and classes, landing roles in indie films in her teens and a handful of series roles.

While acting and the arts are two of Dumont's greatest loves, they also have a passion for mechanical engineering and computer programming. They are a member of Mensa and participated in FIRST Robotics on a team sponsored by NASA/JPL and Walt Disney Imagineering. Today, Dumont remains passionate about mentoring youth associated with the program. While their current production schedule is demanding, Dumont is continuing their studies and is taking classes in engineering and programming. they currently reside in Los Angeles with their puppy Zoe.

Michael Muhney was born on 12 June 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Veronica Mars (2004), The Young and the Restless (1973) and Sidepiece (2019). He has been married to Jaime Garrison since 11 February 2000. They have three children.

Princess Superstar was born on 25 February 1971 in Spanish Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Hall Pass (2011), Get Him to the Greek (2010) and Lost Girl (2010).

Alan Rachins was born on 3 October 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Showgirls (1995), L.A. Law (1986) and Dharma & Greg (1997). He was married to Joanna Frank. He died on 2 November 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Kara Hayward was born on November 17, 1998 in Massachusetts. She was discovered at an open call, landing her first movie role in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and received critical acclaim and numerous award nominations for her performance as Suzy Bishop. At this point, she was 12 years old. As of 2021, she resides in California and continues to work as an actor.

In addition to numerous film festival grand jury prizes, Kerwin's work has earned distinctions such as the Webby, the Geekie, Accolade Awards, Telly Awards, the Axiem, the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, and the R.C. Norris Screenwriting Award. He was named "Best Director" and "Best Screenwriter" by New York Visionfest for "Yesterday Was a Lie," his feature film debut from Entertainment One.

Kerwin's live stage credits range from classical to modern. He was listed among the Los Angeles Times' "Faces to Watch" as part of the Lone Star Ensemble theatre group, and has frequently directed for Noah Wyle's Blank Theatre Company. Kerwin's directing has been honored by critic Paul Birchall for two consecutive years in Back Stage Magazine's "Best of the Year" list. His work has been cited by scholarly organizations and journals such as the Shakespeare Association of America and Shakespeare Newsletter.

Kerwin is a member of Mensa, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

For fourteen years, she said that family was the most important thing to her and she set most of her time aside to be a "present" mother to her son. Movies, plays and television were chosen, for the most part, when they occurred in town or on a school break. She took one year to homeschool her son for his seventh grade. But it wasn't always this way. She was raised in New York City and wanted to be an actress from the time she was a child, graduating with acting honors from the High School of Performing Arts. She chose to opt out of studying acting in college and attended a small college in Europe, majoring in art history and literature, knowing that acting would take up a great deal of her life and that her college years would be her only real time to learn about something else. Upon graduation, she returned to New York City but a chance trip to Chicago inspired her to move there and become a part of its budding theatre community. It was in a production of "Curse of The Starving Class", directed by Robert Falls and co-starring John Malkovich, that she was first seen by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and, subsequently, asked to join their troupe. She did and learned what it really was to be an actress on her feet, performing in all kinds of roles in both comedy and drama. During this time, she won four Joseph Jefferson awards for best supporting actress.

With a return move to New York, she received a Theatre World Award for "best newcomer" for her role in "the Philanthropist" at the Manhattan Theatre Club and appeared in "Extremities" with Susan Sarandon. This was followed by her appearance in the very successful Steppenwolf production in New York of "Balm in Gilead". She then starred on Broadway opposite Kevin Kline and Raul Julia in "Arms & the Man", directed by John Malkovich, her husband at the time. She was cast in several smaller films including Nadine (1987), Making Mr. Right (1987) and Paperhouse (1988) as well as Lonesome Dove (1989) for television for which she received her first of two Emmy nominations for best supporting actress. But her breakout film performance was in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), in which she played the cunning "victim", who gets the best of con artists Michael Caine and Steve Martin. This led to her being cast in the blockbuster comic strip parody, Dick Tracy (1990), in which she portrayed the girlfriend, "Tess Trueheart", to Warren Beatty's lead.

She went on to appear in the films Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) opposite Richard Dreyfuss, Mortal Thoughts (1991) opposite Demi Moore, 2 Days in the Valley (1996), What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001), Breakfast of Champions (1999), Around the Bend (2004) and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004).

On television, she had a recurring part on ER (1994) and Monk (2002) and was in the short-lived sit-com Encore! Encore! (1998) with Nathan Lane and Joan Plowright. She was in the live theatrical presentation of "On Golden Pond" as the troubled daughter of Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews and also appeared in the telefilms Women vs. Men (2002), My Own Country (1998) and Pronto (1997), among others. She received her second Emmy nomination for best supporting actress for Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), directed by Anjelica Huston.

Some of her later appearances were in the films The Amateurs (2005) (aka "The Amateurs"), The Namesake (2006), Comeback Season (2006), Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) and The Joneses (2009).

Kym Jackson was born in Bath, England, UK. Kym is an actor and producer, known for The Secrets She Keeps (2020), We Bury the Dead (2024) and Wish Man (2019). Kym is married to Andrew Steel.

Regan Mizrahi got his start acting while he was still in diapers. He is the son of an actress and a doctor/triathlete. Regan is one of three children in show business and the great grandson of radio star Nathan Hale.

Winner of the 2011 Young Artists Award for Best Actor in a voiceover role; for his portrayal of Boots on the hit preschool show "Dora the Explorer"; Regan loves to be in the recording booth.

Regan has done dozens of national voiceover and television commercials, and has voiced hundreds of toys, DS and Wii games, and even iPhone applications. He has even voiced a roller-coaster and 3d ride. He is well known as the kid CEO of the Haribo gummy bear commercials (side benefit ... delicious props). He has guest starred on TV in shows like "Rescue Me", "White Collar", "MTVs Human Giant" and "Blue Bloods". Regan has appeared in films including "White Irish Drinkers", "Play" and "Nature Calls", where Regan has a lead opposite Maura Tierney, Johnny Knoxville and Patton Oswalt. He has honed his comedy skills working a handful of times on Saturday Night Live.

Regan has a true passion for community and years ago founded the Young performers against Bullying initiative which uses social media to raise awareness and funds to combat bullying in the public schools. He has brought funds to his community to bring in more effective school programs to connect with kids to help solve the problem.

Inspired by singing and harmonizing in the booth, at an early age he began studying classical piano. By age 10 he had a new (and present) love of jazz and playing alto sax. He is presently in a wind symphony, jazz ensemble, marching band, and has sat in the pit for a show or two. Regan is a recipient of the 2018 John Phillip Sousa award.

Regan loves everything to do with science and math, is a proud member of MENSA and is a staff writer for young Mensa's Y2m magazine. Regan is very interested in the brain, especially how it is effected by music and is volunteering in a hospital lab and shadowing some surgeons. The future has endless potential . For sure there will be science , math, music and the arts.

Not only is Ellen an actress but she is a Mensa member and a student at the Lee Strasberg School; she also drives and races a 6-speed SS and collects Burmese cats. Her awards include Best Actress at the AFI for The Young Girl and the Monsoon (1999) and Best Supporting Actress at the Japanese Film Festival for Dolores Claiborne (1995).

Her father, Dr. Erich Muth, was national optician of the year, has an entire museum named after him, and has written several books on optics, the profits from which he donates to The Erich Muth Scholarship; he donated a section of the Smithsonian.

Her mother, Rachel Muth, helped make it possible for Ellen to be an actress by taking her to all her auditions until she was 18.

Katariina Souri was born on 27 October 1968 in Helsinki, Finland. She is a writer and actress, known for The Girls of April (2011), Samppanjaa ja vaahtokarkkeja (1995) and The Kiss of Evil (2011). She has been married to Eliya Zweygberg since September 2016. She was previously married to Anzi Destruction, Janne Janhonen and Johnny Lee Michaels.

Carol Vorderman was born on 24 December 1960 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Trollied (2011), W1A (2014) and Mr Blobby: Mr Blobby (1993).

Jimmy Savile was born on 31 October 1926 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for When Louis Met... Jimmy (2000), Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964) and Go Go Mania (1965). He died on 29 October 2011 in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.