Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot (Actor) .. Diana Prince

Born: April 30, 1985 in Rosh HaAyin, Israel

Best Known For: Being Wonder Woman and playing Gisele in the Fast & Furious franchise.

Early-life: Gal Gadot-Varsano was born in Rosh HaAyin, Israel, on April 30, 1985 to Irit and Michael. Gal excelled at basketball at school because of her height - she is 5ft 10in. After leaving school, she went on to study law at the Reichman Law School and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. As a citizen of Israel, she completed her two years of mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces.

Career: Gadot made her film debut as Gisele in Fast & Furious (2009) and reprised the role in Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and Furious 7 (2015). She performed her own stunts in the Fast & Furious movies. Her other film credits include Knight and Day (2010), Kicking Out Shoshana (2014), Triple 9 (2016), Criminal (2016) and Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016). In 2013, she was cast as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Gadot also plays the Amazon princess and immortal warrior in Wonder Woman (2017) and Justice League (2017). Away from acting, she is the face of Gucci's Bamboo perfume brand.

Quote: "If things had gone according to my plans, I'd be a lawyer. I never dreamt of being an actress."

Trivia: At the age of 18, Gadot won the 2004 Miss Israel competition.

Chris Pine (Actor) .. Steve Trevor

Born: August 26, 1980 in Los Angeles

Best Known For: Captain James T Kirk in the movie reboot of Star Trek.

Early-life: Christopher Whitelaw Pine was born in Los Angeles on August 26, 1980. He comes from a showbiz family - his grandmother, parents and older sister have all been actors. After attending high school he studied English at the University of California; during that period he spent a year at Leeds University. He also won a place at the London Academy of Dramatic Art, but due to financial constraints, was forced to turn it down. Instead, he studied at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre.

Career: Pine's first professional job came in an episode of ER. Other small TV roles followed before The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement turned him into a teen heart-throb in 2004. Made-for-TV films, drama series and big-screen outings followed, but the only one of note was 2006's Smokin' Aces - until the chance to play Kirk in JJ Abrams' Star Trek reboot came his way. It immediately fired him onto Hollywood's A-list. Since then, he has starred in Unstoppable, This Means War, Star Trek Into Darkness and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.

Quote: "I still assume that, any day, I'm going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card."

Trivia: He voiced the character Jack Frost in Rise of the Guardians.

David Thewlis (Actor) .. Sir Patrick

Born: March 20, 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire

Best Known For: Playing Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter films.

Early-life: Born David Wheeler on March 20, 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire to Maureen (nee Thewlis) and Alex Raymond Wheeler. He lived above his parents' shop during his childhood. As a teenager, David played in rock band QED and punk rock band Door 66. He travelled to London with Door 66 and ended up enrolling at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which he graduated from in 1984.

Career: Thewlis had a number of minor roles in films and TV series, including an episode of Only Fools and Horses, until he landed his breakout role in Naked (1993). During the 1990s, he appeared in such films as Black Beauty (1994), Total Eclipse (1995), DragonHeart (1996), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Divorcing Jack (1998) and The Big Lebowski (1998). Thewlis was cast as Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and went on to appear in the next four films in the series. His other credits include Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), The Lady (2011), Macbeth (2015), Wonder Woman (2017) and the TV series Fargo.

Quote: "When you do something well, this is the best job in the world."

Trivia: Because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet, he is banned from entering China.

Connie Nielsen (Actor) .. Hippolyta

Born: July 03, 1965 in Fredrikshavn, Denmark

Best Known For: Playing Lucilla in Gladiator.

Early-life: Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen was born on July 3, 1965 in Frederikshavn, Denmark. Her father was a bus driver and her mother was an insurance clerk who acted and wrote music reviews on the side. Connie started her acting career working with her mother on the local variety and revue scene. When she was 18, she travelled to Paris, France to work as an actress and model. She then moved to Italy for further work and to study at a drama school in Rome. Years later, she moved to the United States.

Career: Nielsen's early professional acting roles were in French and Italian films and TV series. Her first English language film role was in The Devil's Advocate (1997) and she received global recognition when she played Lucilla in the Oscar-winning Gladiator (2000). Since then, she has appeared in Mission to Mars (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), Basic (2003), The Hunted (2003), The Ice Harvest (2005) and Nyphomaniac (2013). She also had roles in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Boss, The Following and The Good Wife. More recently, she played Queen Hippolyta in Wonder Woman (2017).

Quote: "I find the female roles out there very cliche. If we are limited to being only lovers or mothers, we are limiting ourselves."

Trivia: She can speak Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish and some Spanish.

Robin Wright (Actor) .. Antiope

Born: April 08, 1966 in Dallas, Texas

Best Known For: House of Cards.

Early-life: Robin Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, on April 8, 1966, but she was raised in San Diego, California. She started working at the age of 14 as a model in Paris and Japan. After finishing high school she decided to become an actress.

Career: Wright first became famous on TV, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara, and shot to stardom after her roles as Buttercup in The Princess Bride and Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump, the latter role garnering her a Golden Globe Award nomination for best supporting actress. She then put in an exceptional performance in Jack Nicholson flick, The Pledge. Her recent work includes roles in Whie Oleander, The Singing Detective, Nine Lives, Beowulf, New York, I Love You, State of Play, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and House of Cards.

Quote: "Famous is celebrityism and I don't want that. I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are, I can't imagine living that life."

Trivia: In 2014, Wright won a Golden Globe for her performance in House of Cards.

Danny Huston (Actor) .. Ludendorff

Born: May 14, 1962 in Rome, Italy

Best Known For: Playing Jack Frye in The Aviator.

Early-life: Daniel Sallis Huston was born on May 14, 1962 in Rome, Italy as the result of an affair between actress Zoe Sallis and director John Huston. His half-sister Anjelica is also an actress and his half-brother Tony is a screenwriter.

Career: Huston got his start in the film industry directing Mr North (1988), which was produced by his father and starred his half-sister. In Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he turned to acting. He directed The Maddening in the same year. His breakthrough acting performance was in Ivans Xtc (2001) and he then went on to appear in The Aviator (2004), 30 Days of Night (2007), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Clash of the Titans (2010). Huston joined the cast of the TV series American Horror Story in 2013 and has since appeared in Big Eyes (2014) and Wonder Woman (2017).

Quote: "I seem to play a lot of losers."

Trivia: He was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Mini-Series or TV Film in 2013 for Magic City.

(Actor) .. Sameer

Ewen Bremner (Actor) .. Charlie

Born: January 23, 1972 in Edinburgh

Best Known For: Playing Spud in Trainspotting.

Early-life: Ewen was born in Edinburgh on January 23, 1972. He originally wanted to be a circus clown but ended up an actor instead. He made his acting debut in Scottish comedy Heavenly Pursuits (1986).

Career: Bremner is best known for his portrayal of Spud in Danny Boyle's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting (1996). Since then, he has had roles in Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), Snatch (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), Alien vs Predator (2004), Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Death at a Funeral (2007), Snowpiercer (2013), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) and Get Santa (2015).

Quote: "Whatever I do, it's crucial to me that I give it 100 per cent. It doesn't matter if it's a short film, stage, theatre, TV or blockbuster."

Trivia: In 1997, he won an Empire Award in the Best Debut category for Trainspotting.

Lucy Davis (Actor) .. Etta

Patty Jenkins (Director)

10:35 pm - 01:10 am, Friday, January 16 on Sky Cinema Action (507)

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