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April Michelle Bowlby was born on 30 July 1980 in Vallejo, California, USA. She and her family moved to Manteca, California, when she was a small child. She studied ballet, French, and marine biology at Moorpark College, before deciding to pursue an acting career. She studied drama with Ivana Chubbuck before landing her first role in a major television series, "Kandi" in series Two and a Half Men (2003)), within weeks of her first Hollywood audition.

Keely Shaye Brosnan is an award-winning broadcast journalist turned award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has nurtured a diverse career covering a wide range of topics, from environmental journalism and animal advocacy to celebrity journalism and apprehending fugitives.

In 2016, Keely made her directorial debut with Poisoning Paradise, which opened at the Hawaii International Film Festival in Honolulu. To date, Poisoning Paradise has screened at 20 prestigious film festivals and won 11 awards (many for Best Documentary). In spring of 2018, Poisoning Paradise will screen in Geneva at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, the Irvine International Film Festival, the London International Filmmaker Festival, and the Manchester Film Festival, American Documentary Film Festival & Film Fund, Sonoma International Film Festival, among others. In January 2018 Poisoning Paradise screened at the Malibu International Film Festival and won both the Grand Prize and the Audience Choice Award.

Formerly an entertainment correspondent for NBC's weekend edition of the "Today Show," and CBS's "Entertainment Tonight," Keely has interviewed a myriad of A-list celebrities. Previously, Keely was a correspondent on NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries" and served as a correspondent for ABC's "Good Morning America" and ABC's "Home Show" which earned her two Genesis Awards, a Special Achievement Award at the Environmental Film Festival, and a nomination from the Environmental Media Association.

Keely hosted "Great Bears," a series for the Outdoor Life Network as well as E!'s "Coming Attractions" and HBO's "World Entertainment Report." As a producer, she created and hosted "Home Green Home" for PBS, an eco-friendly home and garden "how-to" series. Keely was a contributor to Los Angeles Confidential Magazine and is currently completing her first book, Gourmet Gardener.

A world traveler, Keely's interests have led her to report on everything from toxic waste and biodiversity to children's issues and organic gardening. She regularly volunteers her time and talent to numerous environmental causes such as marine mammal and wetland protection, anti-nuclear, clean air and clean water campaigns, endangered species and environmental educational in the classroom for grades K-12.

The Jane Goodall Institute, Environmental Hall of Fame, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Environmental Media Association, Earth Communications Office, Heal the Bay, Women in Film, In Defense of Animals, Senator Barbara Boxer, Peace Over Violence, Organic Style Magazine and The Malibu Times have all honored Keely for her ongoing commitment to the environment.

Native to California, Keely resides in Malibu and Hawaii with her husband, Pierce Brosnan, their 21 year-old son Dylan, and 17 year-old son Paris.

Wesley Mann was born in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Back to the Future Part II (1989), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) and Soul Surfer (2011).

Dawna Lee Heising has acted in over 255 feature films and has won over 850 film festival awards. She is the VP of Aki Aleong's Mustard Seed Media Group and earned a B.S. Degree in Business Management and MBA from Pepperdine University. Her uncle is legendary DP Tak Fujimoto ("Silence of the Lambs," "Sixth Sense"), and her cousins David Wong and George Daugherty received a Primetime Emmy Award for their televised Broadway production of "Peter and the Wolf on Broadway".

Dawna has won over 520 Best Actress awards for feature films and television. She won the Living Legend Award at the 2024 Universe Multicultural Film Festival, received the Elite Martial Arts Spirit Award at the 2023 Golden Gate Hall of Honors Martial Arts Awards, and won "Actress & Action Star of the Year" at the 2021 USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame Awards. She was inducted into the WorldFilmGeek.com Hall of Fame for 2023, alongside Diane Franklin and Mark Patton. She won "Media Star of the Year" at the 2024 Golden Gate Martial Arts Hall of Honors Awards.

Dawna was honored to work with the great Eddie Griffin in Param Gill's "Bad President", which premiered at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, and with legendary star Tom Arnold in Adam Werth's "Alien Storm" from Mahal Empire Productions. She plays Lisa in "PTSD: A Soldier's Revenge," which stars Daniel Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, and Robert LaSardo, and Ambrosia in Jimmy Drain's "Dick Reno: Monster Slayer", with Eric Roberts and Richard Tyson.

Dawna is trained in Tang Soo Do martial arts. She is a former Miss Los Angeles Chinatown, Ms. US World, Ms. World, Ms. Universe, Miss San Francisco Universe, Miss Orange County Universe, Miss Orange County America, Miss California Hemisphere and Mrs. California United States, among many other titles. She was honored to be the Queen of the 2019 Hollywood Silver Screen Film Festival, the 2018 WIND International Film Festival Queen and the 2021 Kaiju International Film Festival Queen. Dawna studies acting with Matthew Arkin and Karole Foreman, and her martial arts KwanJangNim is Grand Master Rick St. Clair. She is a long-time member of SAG-AFTRA.

Patrick Cavanaugh was born on 3 August 1977 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Mad Men (2007), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) and Casting Call (2017).

Buddy Joe Hooker was born on 30 May 1942 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Rules of Engagement (2000), Grindhouse (2007) and First Blood (1982). He has been married to Gayle Hooker since 3 November 1990. They have two children.

H.E.R. was born on 27 June 1997 in Vallejo, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), The Color Purple (2023) and The Six Triple Eight (2024).

Max Collins was born on 28 August 1992 in Vallejo, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Citizen Jake (2018), Encantadia (2016) and Rainbow's Sunset (2018). She has been married to Pancho Magno since 11 December 2017.

Bud Jamison was born on 15 February 1895 in Vallejo, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Three Little Beers (1935), Their First Tintype (1920) and Captain Caution (1940). He was married to Georgia Kathleen Holland. He died on 30 September 1944 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Michael Renault Mageau was born on 29 October 1949 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is known for Zodiac (2007), Looney Tunes Cartoons (2019) and BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016).

Chuck Hamilton was born on 9 December 1903 in Vallejo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Captain Midnight (1942), Valley of the Zombies (1946) and The Shadow (1940). He died on 24 December 1978 in Vallejo, California, USA.

Jeff Gordon was born in 1971 in Vallejo, California, just miles away from the Speedway in Sonoma. He started racing with Go-Carts and Sprint Cars and worked his way up to the NASCAR's Busch Series and then landed a few races in 1992. Gordon's first NASCAR race came when NASCAR Legend Richard Petty was going through his last. Gordon learned quickly and won his first NASCAR Championship in 1995, barely beating out Dale Earnhardt in the Points Standings. Since his Debut in 1992, Gordon has won 3 NASCAR Championships and 55 Races, clearly shooting past Lee Petty and Rusty Wallace in the All-Time Wins Category. Jeff Gordon is seen as one of NASCAR's best and brightest young stars.

In 2005, Gordon suffered his worst season since his rookie year in 1993. Gordon missed out for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, and finishes 11th in points, and finishing outside the top 10 in points since he finished 14th in his rookie year of 1993. Jeff did win 4 races this year. Those races were Daytona, Martinsville, Talladega, and the other Martinsville race. No one saw Gordon's bad season coming, after winning his 3rd Daytona 500, and winning 3 of the first 9 races of the season. After the 3rd win at Talladega, he went 16 races without a top 5 finish, a very uncharacteristic Gordon. Gordon had a crew chief swap when the 10 race Chase began, when Robbie Loomis left the team, and 26 year old Steve Letarte took over. Jeff did manage to get back on track somewhat, and won at Martinsville later in the year, and finished 2nd, 14th, and 9th in the 3 last 3 races following the long overdue visit to victory lane. Jeff at the end of 2005 has a total of 70 career wins.In 2004, Jeff Gordon finished 3rd place in NASCAR Nextel Cup points, behind Kurt Busch, and teammate Jimmie Johnson. Jeff racked up 5 wins that season, bringing his career total to 66. Those 5 wins were at Talladega, California, Martinsville, Daytona, and the other Martinsvile race. In 2003, he became the first driver in Winston Cup history to host Saturday Night Live.

At the end of the 2002 racing season, Jeff ended up in 4th place in the NASCAR Winston Cup points standings. In 2002, Jeff and teammate Jimmie Johnson competed and won in the Race of Champions in Grand Canaria, Spain. In 2001, he became the first driver to win at Kansas Speedway and he won it again in 2002 becoming the only driver to win at Kansas. At the end of the 2002 racing season, Jeff has racked up 61 Winston Cup races. His 3 wins in 2002 were at Bristol, Darlington, and Kansas. He also had 3 poles. As of 2003, Jeff continues to co-own the # 48 race team of Jimmie Johnson. Has won 4 Winston Cup Championships: 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001 becoming the youngest driver to win than many. With his first championship in 1995, Jeff became the youngest driver at the age of 24 to win a Winston Cup title.

In 1998, he tied a record by winning 13 races in a same season and by winning 4 races in a row. Won 2 Daytona 500s in 1997 and 1999. Became the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500. Won 3 Brickyard 400s including the inaugural one in 1994 and his second one in 1998 and his 3rd one in 2001 making him the first driver to win it more than twice.

Brian Armstrong was born on 6 December 1980 in Vallejo, California, USA. Brian is a producer, known for Shōgun (2024), The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023) and A League of Their Own (2022).

E-40 was born on 15 November 1967 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Blade: Trinity (2004), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) and The Big Hit (1998). He has been married to Tracey Stevens since 22 June 1991.

William Ward was a stuntman in Westerns. Sometimes he played a part in the movies he was involved in. When he was working on The Lone Ranger show, his own horse named Traveler was the stand-in for Silver (White Cloud/Hi-Yo Silver). Whenever the Lone Ranger had to jump off a galloping Silver, it was Ward dressed as the Lone Ranger leaping off of Traveler. Ward did a lot of stunts that required falling or jumping off horses. He knew just how to do it without getting hurt. He is actually in many movies that he didn't get any credit.

Norma Tanega was born on 30 January 1939 in Vallejo, California, USA. She died on 29 December 2019 in Claremont, California, USA.

Amy Savannah was born August 7, 1986 in Vallejo, California. At the age 4 she began her stage acting/singing theater career. She has always been very enthusiastic and energetic while performing in front of a camera even from a young age.

In 2009 Amy Savannah moved to SLC, Utah where she began her film career. She has worked on several shorts/independent features/landed lead roles continuously. Amy is slowly making her way to the big screen in 2013. She is grateful for all the opportunities and talented individuals she has had a chance to work with recently with Rap Artist Too $hort and landed the role of his girlfriend in the film that was released Nationwide Stop Pepper Palmer. Along with another fun role as Mila in a Danny Trejo film, Juarez 2045.

Most recently, Amy Savannah has been making connections which has allowed her new opportunities to several projects in various stages of production. More news to follow throughout 2023 with upcoming show Vice Squad. Amy landed the role of Det. Savannah Tanner.

Amy had a small feature in season 5 of Yellowstone as Sheriff Deputy Wilson. Amy was happy to be back on set and is looking forward to upcoming projects.

Off camera, she loves the outdoors and the adventure it holds..

Chris Maher was born in Vallejo, California and raised in New England. He is of Polynesian and Irish descent. Chris spent ten years in the United States Army. During his time in the military, he became a helicopter pilot and served two tours in Afghanistan. After separating from the military, Chris was ready to pursue his longtime passion for acting. He had his breakthrough role as a supporting actor in "Fog Of War." Outside of performing, Chris enjoys surfing, woodworking and spending time exploring new places with his family.

She traced her lineage back to the first Spanish governor of California. Her great-grandfather on her mother's side was Hungarian-born Agoston Haraszthy, dubbed the father of Californian viticulture. Leggy, olive-complexioned Natalia Ringstrom grew up and was educated in the San Francisco Bay area. Little is known of her early years, except that she was trained in traditional Spanish dance (including La Jota, the folk dance of Aragon), and, while still in her early teens, travelled the short distance to San Francisco to perform in cabaret. She was spotted there as a blossoming talent by the renowned ballroom dancers Fanchon and Marco, eventually joining their revue on tour. Next stop: Broadway. Now billed as Natalie Kingston, she was featured as one of the chorines of the 1920 "Brevities" at the Winter Garden Theatre. There was to be no career on the stage, however, since Natalie returned to California, soon to becoming a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty.

Natalie joined Sennett's Keystone 'Fun Factory' sometime in 1923. Over the next three years, the soulful-eyed brunette worked her way steadily up the cast list, from ornamental bit parts and walk-ons to fifth billing(Romeo and Juliet (1924)); fourth (Wall Street Blues (1924)); third (Galloping Bungalows (1924)); to finally co-starring with comic greats Harry Langdon, Billy Bevan and Ben Turpin in a series of classic two-reel farces, including Remember When? (1925) and His First Flame (1927) (as a gold digger). When Natalie eventually left Sennett for Paramount, she had every intention of finding 'serious' dramatic work. Instead, the studio continued to use her as a bankable comedy asset in three back-to-back six-reel features: Wet Paint (1926), Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) and The Cat's Pajamas (1926), all palpable box-office hits. In between flappers and 'nice girls', Natalie also had a turn as a vamp in Eddie Cantor's Kid Boots (1926). Her first dramatic role finally arrived as second lead in Ronald Colman's The Night of Love (1927). By this time, her status had grown by virtue of being selected a WAMPAS Baby Star by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers (an event for actresses deemed to have potential, usually accompanied by substantial media coverage). Now under contract at First National, Natalie was given full star billing for her role as a Russian sculptress in the military burlesque Lost at the Front (1927).

The following year, she came to the fore as girl castaway Mary Trevor in Tarzan the Mighty (1928). The film generated sufficient revenue for Universal to warrant an immediate sequel, Tarzan the Tiger (1929), in which Natalie continued on as the heroine (albeit now as the screen's fifth 'Jane'). From then, it was pretty much all downhill. With the advent of talking pictures, Natalie became one of many silent stars and starlets who, for one reason or another, failed to make the transition. There were a few supporting roles in B-graders with prophetic titles like Forgotten (1933). Her final credited effort was an incongruously cast romantic comedy, His Private Secretary (1933), starring a very young John Wayne. After that, Miss Kingston faded from the scene and back into obscurity.

Baby Bash was born on 15 November 1975 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Karate Kid (2010), Be Cool (2005) and Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004).

Jacory Gums is a versatile talent born and raised in Vallejo, CA. Since landing his first role in the CBS series Nash Bridges, Jacory has graced over 30 television programs, including notable shows like E.R., REBA, NCIS, SWAT, and Disney XD's Zeke and Luther. His most recent credit includes a role in the Disney Channel's half-hour comedy series Sydney to the Max. Jacory's artistic journey began behind the camera; in 2006, he wrote and produced the half-hour comedy pilot Mr. Jackson's Neighborhood, followed by the short film drama Happy Medium. His talents as a writer have garnered recognition from some of the most elite in the industry. He continues to contribute as a producer and editor on numerous independent projects, ranging from music videos to web series and commercials. Currently, he is focused on writing and producing Film & Television Series Inspired by True Events blended with a fictional twist. To further enhance his writing skills, Jacory attended the Los Angeles Film School, motivated by his success in securing a writer's development deal with SkyDance Sports. He is also a featured cast member in the 2021 HBO Latin Film Festival selection After The Reign, now available on Amazon Prime.

Joey Chestnut was born on 25 November 1983 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Katy Perry Feat. Nicki Minaj: Swish Swish (2017), Crave and Sidetalk (2019).

Augie Garrido was born on 6 February 1939 in Vallejo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for For Love of the Game (1999), Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach (2008) and Texas Monthly Talks (2003). He was married to Teresa Pruitt, Necia Marie Gelker and Jeannie. He died on 15 March 2018 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

Billy Hank Hooker was born on 23 December 1943 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and Volcano (1997).

Kirsten Langston was born on 15 November 1978 in Vallejo, California, USA. Kirsten is a director and editor, known for Third Eye Champagne (2017) and Black and Orange Tarot and Astrology (2018).