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Cassie is a singer, actress, model, songwriter, and dancer. Albums: Me&U, Long Way 2 Go Official Girl ft. Lil'Wayne Is it you

Cassandra is a 5 time National Grand Champion Twirler, because of twirling is how her modeling career started. Cassandra models for Abercrombie, Target, Jcpennys, Walmart, Dalias, Seventeen Magazine, Victorias Secret. She is part of OP Team, has a record deal with Bad Boys Entertainment And producer Ryan Leslie. Cassandra has a Baccalaureate of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from UIW.

Cassandra loves to sing, dance, shop and spend quality time with Family. She has a daughter named Cali who is 11yrs old. Her modeling manager is Trevor Donovan. Movie: Step Up 2, Perfect Match

Amy Frederica Brenneman was born in New London, Connecticut, to Frederica (Shoenfield), a judge in the Connecticut State Superior Court, and Russell Langdon Brenneman, Jr., an environmental lawyer. Amy's mother was one of the first women to graduate from Harvard. Amy is also a graduate of Harvard, where she majored in comparative religion. She spent one semester studying sacred dances in Nepal. While in college, she formed the Cornerstone Theater Company, a touring production company that takes classics to small towns and encourages locals to participate in them. After touring for five years, she moved to New York, where she became a teacher in Brooklyn. She landed her first TV role in 1992.

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).

Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III (born September 8, 2002) is an Italian-American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert & as Gavroche in Les Misérables. He stars as Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction drama series, Stranger Things (2016).

Matarazzo was born in New London, Connecticut & raised in Tuckerton, New Jersey. He has cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a trait he shares with his Stranger Things character. He uses dentures as a result of his condition, and uses his fame to raise awareness about it.

Matarazzo uses his platform to raise awareness of CCD and fundraise for CCD Smiles, an organization that helps cover costs of oral surgeries for those with cleidocranial dysostosis. Matarazzo has also started a line of T-shirts whose proceeds will go to CCD Smiles. On his social media sites, Matarazzo actively notifies his followers of how to donate to CCD Smiles and different events he will participate in. Recently, his sister also started a Facebook campaign to raise money for the organization.

Since 2017, Matarazzo has served as spokesman for Verizon FiOS.

Azlynn was born Valerie Asselin in New London, Connecticut and was raised there. She had open-heart surgery to repair an atrial septal defect at age 13. She attended The Williams School and Waterford High School. She moved to New York City at age 17 to pursue a career as an actress, building her resume by performing in the theater and singing with an opera company in Manhattan, New York. She later moved to Los Angeles.

Anthony Tyler Quinn was born in New London, Connecticut on July 25, 1962. When he was two, he and his family moved to the Midwestern town of Rockford, Illinois. His ability to memorize lines and his love of acting caused him to move to Los Angeles at 19 to look for work. He is best-known for his four-year stint on the hit ABC sitcom "Boy Meets World" alongside Ben Savage.

Beautiful, vibrant-looking 60s actress Wende Wagner (her real name) was born in Connecticut in 1941. Of French, German and Native American heritage, her exotic looks would later serve her well on TV and in motion pictures. She inherited her athletic genes from her parents; her father was a former Olympic swimming/diving coach turned Naval Commander and her mother was a champion downhill skier.

The sweet-looking beauty entered the entertainment arena as a model and made her TV debut in 1959 on the Wagon Train (1957) western series. Very much a free spirit, she was more interested in surfing and traveling around the world than a career. She combined both passions when she earned work as an underwater female stunt double for Lloyd Bridges on his hit series Sea Hunt (1958) as well as the TV series The Aquanauts (1960), which took her to ideal tropical settings. She also stunted for such movies as September Storm (1960) co-starring Joanne Dru and Mark Stevens.

On that movie set, she met and subsequently married fellow stunt diver Courtney Brown (he was Mr. Stevens' double in that film), who coached her in underwater shooting. They had a daughter, Tiffany. During this time, they based their lives in the Bahamas where most of their shooting occurred. They divorced, however, after a short time and she returned to Hollywood where she won the role of an Apache girl in the movie Rio Conchos (1964) with Richard Boone, Anthony Franciosa and Stuart Whitman. A few years later, she married actor James Mitchum, Robert Mitchum's eldest son, but they too split. Wende's career continued in the 60s with a couple of movies and a role in the The Green Hornet (1966) TV adventure series but she eventually dropped out of sight. Little was heard from her until reports of her death from cancer in 1997.

Michael Reid MacKay was born on 24 June 1953 in New London, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), X2: X-Men United (2003) and Batman & Robin (1997).

Brunette, convent-educated Mary Philips was an accomplished actress on the New York stage by the time she met the actor Humphrey Bogart in 1924 and became his 'speakeasy touring companion'. While both encouraged each other's prodigious affinity for alcohol, Mary proved beneficial in getting Bogie to approach his craft more seriously. Bogart considered her to be an 'inspirational influence' and the couple duly married at the home of Mary's mother in Hartford, Connecticut, in April 1928. They were briefly co-starred in a play, "Skyrocket" (which received a mixed critical reception), but soon both actors went their own way: Bogie concentrating on his film career, while Mary decided to honour her theatrical obligations on the East Coast, performing in her latest play "The Tavern". About a subsequent performance in "A Touch of Brimstone" (1935), the influential New York Times reviewer Brooks Atkinson remarked on her 'spirit and intelligence irradiating every scene'.

In keeping with the notion of a 'modern marriage', an agreement was reached which permitted both partners to have relationships on the side while separated. Mary was determined not to abandon her theatrical career for Hollywood, her publicity even failing to intimate that she was married. After another hit play in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1936), it transpired that Mary had become rather more successful than her husband. The couple drifted apart and the marriage came to an end after ten years, though both ended up parting on friendly terms. Mary's next husband was the actor Kenneth MacKenna, a former friend of Bogie from his days as a struggling actor in New York.

Though an unquestioned star of the stage, Mary's screen career was desultory by comparison. Among only a handful of supporting roles, her best performance (and her personal favorite) was as the stern nurse Helen Ferguson, friend of Helen Hayes in A Farewell to Arms (1932). There was little else of note and by the early 1940's, good theatrical parts also began to dry up. Bogart's career had now well eclipsed that of Mary Philips.

Jeanna Michaels was born on 9 May 1956 in New London, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Dallas (1978), Safe at Home (1985) and Knight Rider (1982). She died on 23 May 2018.

Casey Neistat was born on 25 March 1981 in New London, Connecticut, USA. He is a director and editor, known for Casey Neistat Vlog (2015), Project Power (2020) and Under the Influence (2022). He has been married to Candice Pool since 29 December 2013. They have three children.

Jack Kosslyn was born on 28 December 1920 in New London, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Magnum Force (1973), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and Play Misty for Me (1971). He was married to Sharon Skinner-Kosslyn. He died on 24 June 2005 in Calabasas, California, USA.

Initially working with a video camera and cast of toys and action figures, Geoffrey Fletcher began making films as a child. Those films in part led to his acceptance to NYU's Tisch Graduate Film Program, which he attended after his graduation from Harvard University. He has also apprenticed under Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee. Magic Markers, a short film Geoffrey wrote, directed, shot and edited, received accolades from numerous organizations including the Directors Guild of America and the Sundance Film Festival.

Geoffrey is the screenwriter of Precious (2009): Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire and received an Oscar for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on March 7, 2010. He is the first African American to win an Oscar for writing, directing, or producing. Precious (2009) was presented by executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry and released by Lionsgate in November of 2009. Precious (2009) won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It is only the third film to do so in the Festival's twenty-five-year history. Precious (2009) also won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, making it the only film to win the top prizes at both Sundance and Toronto.

In addition to being honored by the Academy, Geoffrey was heralded by Variety as one of its "10 Screenwriters to Watch." He also received the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay; the Black Reel Award for Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted and the Best Adapted Screenplay award from the Chlotrudis, AAFCA and the Satellite Awards.

Geoffrey has an extensive background in photography and editing, and served as an adjunct professor of film at Columbia University and New York University where he taught courses ranging from "Directing the Camera" to "Developing the Screenplay". His feature directorial debut is Violet & Daisy (2011).

It stars Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, and the late James Gandolfini. Violet & Daisy (2011) received the Cinevation Award, given for imagination, inspiration and innovation in cinema from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Violet & Daisy (2011) was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival as well.

Genres of Geoffrey's forthcoming films include social justice, science fiction, and horror. Trial By Fire, which Geoffrey wrote for Flashlight Films and director Ed Zwick, is about a landmark death penalty case and was released theatrically in 2019 with Laura Dern and Jack O'Connell starring.

Dawn Robinson is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Robinson is best known as a founding member of the R&B/Pop group En Vogue, one of the world's best selling girl groups of all time. In 2013, she joined the cast of R&B Divas: Los Angeles for the first season of the series. Throughout her career, Robinson has sold a combined total of over 11 million records as a solo artist as well as with En Vogue and Lucy Pearl. Her work has earned her several awards and nominations, including two American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, seven MTV Video Music Awards, four Soul Train Music Awards and eight Grammy nominations.

Ann Beaulieu was born on 13 March 1926 in New London, Connecticut, USA. She was married to Paul Beaulieu and James Frederick Wagner. She died on 2 August 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bio: Roger S. Christiansen is a director with extensive experience in multi-camera and single camera sitcom productions. Roger's affable manner and knack for working and communicating with actors of all ages has garnered him the distinction of directing on many successful series (e.g. Friends and Hannah Montana) and afforded him the privilege of working with actors like Jeniffer Aniston, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove, Brooke Shields, Christina Applegate, Courteney Cox, Eric Idle, Vicki Lawrence, Dolly Parton, Kiki Palmer, Larry David and Ray Romano. Roger S. Christiansen has established a stellar reputation as a leading Tween Comedy Director with his most recent credits being, Haunted Hathaways, Dog With A Blog, Instant Mom, Shake It Up, Austin & Ally, How To Rock. Other Tween cable show directing credits include iCarly, Imagination Movers, Drake and Josh, Zoey 101, True Jackson VP and Corey In The House .Roger's ability to attend to the demand for tight production/shooting schedules have provided him the opportunity to also direct network sit-com television episodes of Friends, Suddenly Susan, Girlfriends and For Your Love. With his creative vision for realizing the original ideas of producers and writers, Roger has also garnered an Emmy award for his contribution on Friends and an Outstanding Director nomination from BET for Girlfriends. Roger is a member of the Directors Guild of America. Between directing network television series for Disney, Nickelodeon, NBC, CW, Roger has shared his experience and knowledge by lecturing and teaching at film schools all over the world. His teaching credits include the DeTao Masters Academy (Shanghai), University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Columbia University Film Division, Tokyo University of Technology, the School of Film and Television in Cuba and he was a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan lecturing at the Taipei National University of the Arts. Roger is also on the Board of Trustees for the Tony Award winning, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford CT. Roger has consulted for Malaysia and China to help establish premier Film and Television schools in these regions. Roger is a Master Director and Teacher in association with the DeTao Masters Academy in Shanghai. He is involved in developing, writing and producing television series in Beijing and Shanghai, China. He lectured at many of the most prestigious Universities in China including, Peking University, Tsinghua University in Beijing and Fudan University in Shanghai. The Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts is where he is based when in China. Recently, he was invited by Sangli TV Company to lecture and also the Taiwan Council of Cultural Affairs to guest lecture about his career in Film, Television and Theater. The conference was part of a year-long program sponsored by the Taiwan government to bring artists, who are prominent in their field, to share their real-world experience. Roger hopes to bring his vast experience in film and television to work with Chinese writers, directors, actors, producers and students and start to build a bridge between the two cultures and industries.

John Barr was born in New London, Connecticut, USA. John is a cinematographer and director, known for Blood and Money (2020), Greenberg (2010) and Frost/Nixon (2008).

Justin A. Martell was born on 25 March 1987 in New London, Connecticut, USA. He is a producer, known for Shakespeare's Sh*tstorm (2020), Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 (2013) and Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High Aka Vol. 2 (2017).

Maureen Brainard-Barnes was born on 14 June 1982 in New London, Connecticut, USA. She died on 12 July 2007 in Long Island, New York, USA.

Hinton Pope was born on 19 November 1919 in New London, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Lila (1968), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962). He was married to Mary Karney. He died on 19 January 1995 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Jesse was born on December 3rd in Connecticut. He began his journey in the world of entertainment straight out of high school. At the young age of sixteen, he caught the eye of Wilhelmina Creative New York and swiftly became a valued member of their exclusive talent roster. After graduating with an English degree and years of training at the New School in New York, Jesse made the bold decision to relocate to the vibrant city of Los Angeles, driving his trusty 2007 Honda Accord across the country to pursue his passion.

His arrival in California marked the beginning of an impressive career trajectory, as Jesse wasted no time in making his mark. Landing his first commercial for Crest shortly after touching down in LA, he quickly transitioned to securing leading roles in high-profile feature films. Notably, his standout performance alongside acclaimed actor Zach McGowan in the 2019 film The Brawler (2019) showcased Jesse's talent and versatility, garnering critical acclaim and further solidifying his position as a rising star in the industry.

Todd's film career began in Vermont at age 10, when he discovered his dad's Super-8 equipment in the attic and started making movies. He later attended Emerson College in Boston, graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Film before moving to Los Angeles.

Todd's first job in L.A. was in special effects, and he has gone on to write and produce various docu-TV series for networks including NBC, Spike, Discovery, Fox, G4, TLC and History.

Todd has written five original screenplays, and co-written one. Resurrection was a Finalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Competition, and subsequently was optioned. His other scripts have placed highly in the Nicholl, as well as esteemed contests like the Austin Film Festival, American Zoetrope and Screenplay Festival. Todd's most recent script, Messiah, was a Sci-fi Finalist in the 2011 Shriekfest. Enginerds, a comedy co-written with his wife, Leila Huff Ludy, was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2011 StoryPros Screenplay Competition.

These successes have led to production companies hiring Todd as a screenwriter. He adapted Eddie Would Go, Stuart Holmes Coleman's biography of surfing legend Eddie Aikau, for Your Half Pictures (Steel City). He also adapted Ramsey Campbell's haunted house novel Nazareth Hill for Smith Entertainment, and doctored the horror screenplay Delivery for Vacant Films.

Todd christened his own production company, Kino-Fist, by writing, producing and directing the short film, The Bottle. It was a Short Film Semifinalist in the Houston Worldfest. He also directed the pilot webisode of Bushwacked for Famous Soup.

James J.A. Houle was born on 10 January 1987 in New London, Connecticut, USA. James J.A. is an editor, known for Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).

Alexander D. Paul was born on September 20, 1986 in New London, Connecticut, USA. He is a cinematographer known for his work on Chef's Table: Pizza, Street Food: USA, and We Need To Talk About Cosby as well as numerous other projects. In 2019 he was nominated for a James Beard Award for his cinematography on "Street Food: Asia". After moving to Los Angeles in 2008, Alexander began honing his craft under the guidance of Emmy nominated cinematographer Will Basanta as well as former president of the American Society of Cinematographers, Michael Goi, ASC. His body of work spans nearly two decades and ranges from feature films to commercials.

Dorothy Remsen was born on 22 June 1921 in New London, Connecticut, USA. Dorothy is known for House: After Five Years of Living (1955). Dorothy died on 5 October 2010.