name	Tricia Helfer
birth date	April 11, 1974
birth place	Donalda, Alberta, Canada
height
birth name	Tricia Janine Helfer
occupation	Model (1992–2002) Actress (2000–present)
spouse	Johnathan Marshall (2003-present)
yearsactive	1992-present
website	http://www.triciahelfer.com
notable role	Caprica Six in ''Battlestar Galactica'' }}

Tricia Janine Helfer (born April 11, 1974) is a Canadian actress and former model, best known for her roles as Number Six in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries and television series, "Carla" on ''Burn Notice'', and FBI Special Agent Alex Rice on ''Dark Blue'', as well as for hosting the first season of ''Canada's Next Top Model''.

She has been actively involved in different charity events, from animal rescue to the oil spill in the Gulf.

Early life

Helfer was born and raised in the rural community of Donalda in Stettler County, Alberta. She was raised on her family's grain farm. She was discovered by modeling agency scout Kelly Streit at age 17 while standing in line at a local movie theatre. She is of German, English, Swedish and Norwegian descent.

Career

Fashion modeling

In 1992, she won Ford Models' Supermodel of the World Contest and was subsequently signed to the Elite Model Management and later to Trump Model Management. Tricia retired from fashion modeling in 2002 and states that all her shoots since then are related to projects or product endorsements. She has appeared in ad campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Versace, Chanel, and Giorgio Armani. Helfer has walked for top fashion shows such as Carolina Herrera, Christian Dior, Claude Montana, Givenchy, John Galliano, and Dolce & Gabbana. Helfer has graced the covers of ''Flare'', ''Amica'', ''ELLE'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Marie Claire'', and ''Vogue'', among others. She also regularly appeared in photo shoots by ''Maxim'' magazine, was the magazine's wall calendar girl for 2005, and was ranked #57 on the ''Maxim'''s Hot 100 Women of 2007. She also posed topless for the February 2007 issue of ''Playboy''.

Acting

Helfer hosted a Canadian television fashion program ''Ooh La La''. She relocated to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue a full-time film career. Her first acting assignment was a co-starring role as Sarah on the television series ''Jeremiah''. Thereafter, she played the role of a model, Ashleigh James, in the May 16, 2002 episode "The Hunger Artist" on ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. In 2002, Helfer played the female lead, Eva, in the independent film ''White Rush''. In 2003, Helfer was chosen to play Number Six on ''Battlestar Galactica'' (see section below).

In 2004, Helfer played Farrah Fawcett in the NBC telemovie ''The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels'''. Concurrent with her role in ''Battlestar Galactica'', Helfer began producing and hosting ''Canada's Next Top Model'' on May 31, 2006. In 2006, Helfer appeared in the motion pictures ''Spiral'' and ''The Green Chain''.

In October 2006, it was announced that Helfer would not return to host the second season of ''Canada's Next Top Model'' so she could concentrate on ''Battlestar Galactica''. Helfer also played a major role in Electronic Arts ''Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'', as the high-level Nod general Kilian Qatar, along with her ''Battlestar Galactica'' co-star, Grace Park. She also starred in the episode "Roadkill" on the second season of the American paranormal drama TV series ''Supernatural''.

Tricia had a recurring role on CBS' ''Two and a Half Men''. Helfer played Gail, best friend of Charlie's (Charlie Sheen) fiancé Chelsea (Jennifer Bini Taylor). When Chelsea finds out that her friend is recovering from a breakup, she says she should do so at Charlie's house. Shortly after Chelsea and Charlie begin a trial separation, Gail begins a sexual relationship with Charlie.

''Battlestar Galactica''

In 2003, the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' was used as the basis for a three hour miniseries on the Sci Fi channel. The project was written and produced by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer. Helfer played the role of Number Six, a humanoid Cylon operative. She continued that role as a regular cast member in the TV series, which completed its fourth and final season on March 20, 2009. Due to the unique nature of the Number Six character—there are many "copies" of Number Six with distinct personalities—Helfer has, in effect, played numerous roles on the series. In 2009, she reprised her role as Number Six in ''Battlestar Galactica: The Plan'' – a television movie that tells the story of the series from the Cylons' point of view.

Other appearances

In August 2008, Helfer appeared on the stage of NVISION 08, an event sponsored by NVIDIA, where she discussed her role in ''Battlestar Galactica'' as well as the use of computer graphics on the show.

Helfer appeared as Chuck’s Season 2 secret agent "handler" in the NBC series ''Chuck'', and as Michael Westen's Season 2 nemesis in the USA Network series ''Burn Notice'' as "Carla."

Helfer appears as herself in Old 97's music video for "Dance with Me". In the video, she is sought through an exclusive nightclub, via fantasy, by an imaginative fan.

She guest starred in "Resonance," the second episode of ''Warehouse 13'' as FBI Agent Bonnie Belski on Syfy. She appeared as a special guest star in the pilot episode of Fox's 2009 mid-season series "Human Target," in which she plays the key female role.

She has played several prominent video game roles in recent years; including Kilian Quatar in ''Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'', Veronica Dare in ''Halo 3: ODST'' and EDI, the ship-borne artificial intelligence aboard the ''Normandy SR-2'' in ''Mass Effect 2''. She also voices Sarah Kerrigan in ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'', as well as its expansion sets, ''Heart of the Swarm'' and ''Legacy of the Void''. Helfer plays the voice of Black Cat in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man''. She reprises her role as Black Cat in ''Spider-Man: Web of Shadows''.

Helfer has joined the cast of Jerry Bruckheimer’s TNT drama, ''Dark Blue'' as FBI Special Agent Alex Rice. The show was cancelled in November 2010 because of its very low ratings

In October 2010, she made a guest appearance on ''Lie to Me''.

In 2011, she starred in The Black Keys' music video for "Howlin' for You."

She also made a guest appearance as a villain in ''No Ordinary Family'' (2011), and a scheming law partner in Franklin and Bash (2011).

In 2011, Helfer stars as Morgana, a necromancer, in the TV series ''17th Precinct'' from Ron Moore with ''Galactica'''s co-stars James Callis and Jamie Bamber.

In November 2011, she will be appearing in the Hallmark TV Movie ''Mistletoe Over Manhattan''.

For 2012, she signed for the recurring role of Alex Clark in the new NBC TV Series ''The Firm'', based on the John Grisham novel.

Personal life

She is married to Johnathan Marshall, a lawyer whom she met at a mutual friend's birthday party.

In her down time, she rides a lavender-coloured Harley-Davidson motorcycle, likes to hike and dedicates herself to animal causes. She has ten "saved" cats. Helfer regularly joins the Kitten Rescue’s Annual Fur Ball Celebration and Fundraiser presented by actress Jenna Fischer from the sitcom ''The Office''. Money from the tickets goes to charity.

She has four artificial discs in her back and two in her neck, resulting from an incident in which a piece of luggage was dropped on her head while sitting on a commercial airliner, and two in her lower back from mishaps while doing her own stunts.

She co-founded the charity web site "Acting Outlaws" with Katee Sackhoff, which is open for donations for different causes and charity events.

Filmography

''Eventual Wife'' (2000)

''Jeremiah'' (2002)

''CSI'' episode - "The Hunger Artist" (2003)

''White Rush'' (2003)

''Battlestar Galactica'' (2003) mini-series

''The Collector'' (2004)

''Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels'' (2004)

''Battlestar Galactica'' (2004–2009) television series

''Mem-o-re'' (2005)

''The Genius Club'' (2006)

''Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 1'' (2006) television series

''The Green Chain'' (2007)

''Supernatural'' episode - "Roadkill" (2007) television series

''Battlestar Galactica: Razor'' (2007) TV movie

''Spiral'' (2007)

''Walk All Over Me'' (2007)

Them TV pilot 2008

''Inseparable'' (2008)

''Burn Notice'' (2008–2009), 8 episodes as Carla

''Battlestar Galactica: The Plan'' (2009) TV movie

''Green Lantern: First Flight'' (2009) Boodikka

''Chuck'' (2009) 1 episode as Alex Forrest

''Two and a Half Men'' (2009–2010) 2 episodes as Chelsea's college roommate Gail

''Human Target'' (2010) TV pilot

''The Dealership'' (2009) TV pilot

''Warehouse 13'' (2009) television series

''Open House'' (2009)

''Dark Blue'' (2010) television series

''A Beginners Guide to Endings'' (2010)

''Hidden Crimes'' (2010)

'' Carmel (2010)

''The whole truth (TV Show)

Lie to Me (2010) Episode: Double Blind

'' Franklin & Bash TV Series(2011)

'' No Ordinary Family (2011)

'' Howlin' for You (music video)

'' 17th Precinct (TV Series)

'' Mistletoe over Manhattan (Tv Movie)

''Phase One'' (2011)

'' The Firm (TV Series 2012)

Video games

''Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'' (2007) as Kilian Qatar.

''Spider-Man: Web of Shadows'' (2008) as the voice of Felicia Hardy/Black Cat.

''Halo 3: ODST'' (2009) as the voice of Captain Veronica Dare.

''Mass Effect 2'' (2010) as the ''Normandy'' Artificial Intelligence, "EDI".

''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'' (2010) as the voice of Sarah Kerrigan.

''Mass Effect 3'' (2012) as the ''Normandy'' Artificial Intelligence, "EDI".

References

External links

Official website

Tricia Helfer interview about ''Battlestar Galactica'' & ''Burn Notice''

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name	Jimmy Kimmel
birth name	James Christian Kimmel
birth date	November 13, 1967
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, USA
medium	Radio, television, film
nationality	American
active	1989–present
genre	Observational comedy, Current events, Insult comedy
subject	American culture, Everyday life, Celebrities
influences	David Letterman, Howard Stern
spouse	Gina Kimmel (1988–2003) (divorced); 2 children
domesticpartner	Sarah Silverman (2002–2007; 2008–2009) Molly McNearney (2009–present)
notable work	Creator and Host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' (ABC) Creator and Co-Host of ''The Man Show''co-host of ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' (Comedy Central)co-host of ''Crank Yankers''

}} James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and television host. He is the host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show'' and ''Win Ben Stein's Money''. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as ''Crank Yankers'', ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'', and ''The Andy Milonakis Show''.

Early life

Kimmel was born in the Mill Basin neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the eldest of three children of Joann (née Iacono), a homemaker, and James Kimmel, an IBM executive. He is Roman Catholic and, as a child, served as an altar boy. Kimmel is of German and Irish descent on his father’s side and Italian descent on his mother’s side. His uncle, Frank Potenza, appeared on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011.

The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before attending Arizona State University for two years without completing a degree.

Career

Radio career

Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of ''The Me and Him Show'' at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Ten months later, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK (for reasons unknown) and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went from Tampa to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where Kimmel convinced a young Carson Daly to drop out of college and become his intern. After a morning stint at KRQQ In Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, California. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During this time he met and befriended a struggling comedian named Adam Carolla.

Comedy Central

Kimmel began his television career as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and loutish everyman personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotone performing style and patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host.

In 1999, during his time with ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', Kimmel was also co-host with Adam Carolla and co-creator (with Daniel Kellison) of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show''. Kimmel permanently left ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' in 2001, replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. ''The Man Show'''s success allowed Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Industries, ''Crank Yankers'' for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself), and later ''The Andy Milonakis Show'' for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film ''Windy City Heat'', which won the Comedia Award for Best Film at the Montreal Comedy Festival.

''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''

In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left ''The Man Show'' to host his own late-night talk show, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on ABC. ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' was briefly also broadcast on Irish digital TV channel 3e. In the April 2007 issue of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass on TV". Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

Since the show's second season, it has not actually been broadcast live. This is due to an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, when Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized. The incident led ABC officials to force Kimmel to tape his show an hour before it airs in most of the country to check for offending content.

Kimmel usually ends his show with, "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Sorry, but once again we are completely out of time." Damon seemed to become angry.

In February 2008 Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called, "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck", as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon recorded a similar video, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', and became an "instant YouTube sensation." Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others. After this Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon as Matt cursed about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance.

As a tradition, celebrities voted off ''Dancing with the Stars'' appear on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell". In the 2008 season of his show, Kimmel started another tradition of ceremonially burning the dancers' shoes after they were voted off ''DWTS''.

Other television work

In Spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox network.

Kimmel's other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for ''Fox NFL Sunday'' for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows including, but not limited to, ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The Howard Stern Show'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', and ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. Kimmel has appeared on ''The Late Show'' five times, most recently on April 21, 2008. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of ''Pamela Anderson''. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, along with his parking lot security guard Guillermo.

In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their new game show ''Set for Life''. The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on ''Larry King Live''. That particular show was about the paparazzi and Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor from Gawker.com, about the web site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (Houston and Pittsburgh). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ''ESPY Awards''. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC four times, in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Kimmel guest hosted ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' during the week of October 22, 2007 – October 26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest distance () travelled in one work week.

Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in ''Garfield'' and ''Road Trip'', and he portrayed Death's Dog in the ''Family Guy'' episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; ''Family Guy'' creator Seth McFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. Kimmel also did voice work for ''Robot Chicken''. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has accepted and won a wrestling match with WWE superstar Santino Marella. On January 14, 2010, in the midst of the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on ''The Jay Leno Show'''s "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars".

Kimmel also made a brief appearance in the TV commercial "There's A Soldier In All Of Us" promoting the 2010 video game ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', along with Kobe Bryant. He is seen taking cover from bullets, then firing an RPG-7 with the words ''PROUD N00b'' on it, with the aftershock from the weapon sending him tumbling backwards.

Personal life

Kimmel and his then fiancée, Gina, married in June 1988. They have two children, Katie (born 1991) and Kevin (born 1993). Katie Kimmel is an art student in Chicago. The marriage ended in separation in early 2002. Kimmel then dated comedian Sarah Silverman for five years, splitting with her in March 2009. He started dating current girlfriend, Molly McNearney, in October 2009. McNearney is also a co-head writer for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live''.

Kimmel plays the bass clarinet. He got a chance to showcase his talent during a July 20, 2008, concert in Costa Mesa, California, featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, when he took the stage and played bass clarinet on their hit song "The Impression That I Get."

Kimmel has spoken publicly of being a narcoleptic.

Kimmel co-founded the annual LA Feast of San Gennaro, which celebrates Italian culture through entertainment, music and cuisine. The festival also honors outstanding members of the Los Angeles community and raises funds to aid needy children and families in the city. He hosted Los Angeles' eighth annual feast of San Gennaro from September 28 to 30, 2009. Kimmel served as Master of Ceremonies for the National Italian American Foundation's 34th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2009.

He resides across the street from actor John Krasinski (known for his role as Jim Halpert on ''The Office'') and his wife, actress Emily Blunt.

Awards

References

External links

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live website

JimmyKimmel.Net

Jimmy Kimmel appears on Michael Eisner's talkshow on CNBC

Jimmy Kimmel interview

Appearance on HGTV's ''Designer's Challenge''

Jimmy is Maxim's #2 Dudeliest Dude 2007

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name	Katee Sackhoff
birthname	Kathryn Ann Sackhoff
birth date	April 08, 1980
birth place	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
occupation	Actress
yearsactive	1998–present
spouse	}}

Kathryn Ann "Katee" Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress known mainly for playing Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the Sci Fi Channel's television program ''Battlestar Galactica''. In 2004 she was nominated for a Saturn Award in the "Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series" category for her work in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries. In May 2006, she won the Saturn Award for the same role. She starred in the eighth season of ''24'' as Dana Walsh.

Personal life

Sackhoff was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in St. Helens, Oregon. Her mother Mary was an ESL program coordinator and her father Dennis is a land developer. Her brother Erick is co-owner of a vehicle modification shop near Portland. She graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton in 1998. She began swimming at an early age and by high school was planning to go pro until her right knee was injured. This led her to begin practicing yoga, which she continues today, and pursue an interest in acting. She performed in high school productions of ''Oliver!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and ''Bye, Bye Birdie''. Her interest in acting compelled her to move to Hollywood, California, upon graduating from high school.

Cancer

Toward the end of the filming of ''Battlestar Galactica'', Sackhoff began feeling physically weak. Soon after filming wrapped, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. After surgery to remove her thyroid, she required no radiation treatments and is currently in remission.

Career

Her first role was in the Lifetime movie, ''Fifteen and Pregnant'' in which she played a teenager with a baby. The movie starred Kirsten Dunst and motivated her to move to Hollywood and pursue a career in acting after graduating high school. Sackhoff's first recurring role was Annie in MTV's ''Undressed'', next gaining a supporting role as Nell Bickford in ''The Education of Max Bickford''. Katee made her motion picture debut in ''My First Mister'', and next appeared in film as Jenna "Jen" Danzig in ''Halloween: Resurrection''.

Sackhoff's most notable role is as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace in the mini-series and followup TV series of ''Battlestar Galactica'', for which she won a Saturn Award in 2005 for Best Actress on Television. The actress's persona led the writers to develop the character of Starbuck as a more volatile and complex character. ''Galactica'' executive producer Ron Moore described her as having magnetism while producer David Eick expanded stating:

In 2007, Sackhoff was cast as the evil cyborg Sarah Corvus in the short-lived NBC series ''Bionic Woman''. David Eick, executive producer for the show, stated, "She's a very special find. Those actors who can combine the qualities of strength and vulnerability—they usually call those people movie stars."

Sackhoff plays the female lead in the action/sci-fi movie ''The Last Sentinel'' and the supernatural thriller ''White Noise 2: The Light''.

The actress appears as the main character in the Lifetime Original Movie ''How I Married My High School Crush'', as well as guest appearances in ''Cold Case'', ''ER'', ''Law & Order'', and ''Robot Chicken''.

Sackhoff provided the voice of a female marine in the video game ''Halo 3'' and is also featured in the viral marketing campaign for ''Resistance 2''.

She appears in four episodes of the fifth season of the series ''Nip/Tuck'' playing a new doctor, Dr. Theodora Rowe. However, for the sixth season Sackhoff was later replaced by Rose McGowan for the role due to scheduling conflicts.

Sackhoff headlined NBC's Dick Wolf-produced cop drama ''Lost and Found'' which centered on Tessa (Sackhoff), "an offbeat female LAPD detective who, after butting heads with the higher-ups, is sent as a punishment to the basement to work on John Doe and Jane Doe cases." The pilot was filmed in January 2009. NBC decided not to pick up the series.

In 2009, she appeared as herself in "The Vengeance Formulation" episode of the CBS situation comedy ''The Big Bang Theory''. In the episode, she is fantasized as Howard Wolowitz's (Simon Helberg) dream girl. She appears again in season 4, in the same role.

Sackhoff appeared as a series regular in the eighth season of the TV series ''24'', playing Dana Walsh, a CTU data analyst with a secret.

In February 2010, Sackhoff signed on to play the lead in an ABC crime drama pilot, ''Boston's Finest''. ABC decided not to pick up the series.

Sackhoff is set to star in the action-werewolf thriller ''Growl''. She also made a special appearance in the ''Futurama'' episode "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences".

In the fall of 2010, Sackhoff joined the cast of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' as Detective Reed, a smart investigator who does not do well with sensitivity.

Sackhoff will star in ''Longmire'', an A&E; television series based on the protagonist from Craig Johnson's Viking/Penguin mystery novels, Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire. Sackhoff will play Vic Moretti, one of Walt's deputies.

References

External links

Katee Sackhoff Official Website

Tuned in Interview with Ronald D. Moore

Katee Sackhoff interview at The Scifi World

Katee Sackhoff interview with AOL Canada

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birth name	James Callis
birth date	June 04, 1971
birth place	London, United Kingdom
spouse	Neha Callis }}

James Callis (born 4 June 1971) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries and television series, and Bridget Jones' best friend in ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' and ''Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason''. He joined the cast of the TV Series ''Eureka'', on Syfy, in 2010.

Early life

Callis was born and raised in London, where he attended Harrow School in north west London. His parents owned a bed-and-breakfast. Callis is Jewish, the descendant of immigrants from Russia and Poland.

Callis attended the University of York, graduating in 1993 with a BA in English and Related Literature. He was a member of Derwent College, for which he was an enthusiastic rugby player. At university he was also a keen student actor, director and writer, sometimes also appearing in productions put on by friends at Cambridge University, including a production of Harold Pinter's ''The Birthday Party''.

Career

Callis went on to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 1996. In the same year, he was awarded the Jack Tinker Award (Theatre Record Critic of the Year) for Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in ''Old Wicked Songs'', a two-hander by Jon Marans, in which he starred alongside Bob Hoskins.

Callis has appeared in various West End productions and television series as well as on radio. He has also been involved in writing and directing. His directorial debut was ''Beginner's Luck'', a co-production of his and writer/director Nick Cohen's Late Night Pictures and Angel Eye Film & TV, starring Julie Delpy, Steven Berkoff and Fenella Fielding. ''Beginner's Luck'' was critically panned, but ran for almost three weeks on one print (all the low-budget film could afford) in one cinema in central London, then went on a tour of student cinemas around the U.K. The U.K. distributor was Guerrilla Films. The film is still on the Icon Catalogue.

Callis finished filming his first role in a cinema film, ''Bridget Jones's Diary'', alongside Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant, in the summer of 2000 and between a few further film and TV roles went back on stage in the Soho Theatre in December 2002.

In 2003, Callis played the role of Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries, and continued the role in the regular series that followed. In 2006, Callis won Best Supporting Actor Saturn Award and an AFI award for his performance as Baltar.

Personal life

Callis and his wife, Neha, married in December 1998. They have three children: Joshua, Sacha, and Anika.

Filmography

Film and Television
! Year	! Film	! Genre	! Other notes
rowspan="2"	''Murder Most Horrid''	(TV)	Mark (in episode: "Confess")
''Soldier Soldier''	(TV)	Major Tim Forrester
rowspan="2"	''A Dance to the Music of Time''	(TV)	Prof. Russell Gwinnett
''Weekend Bird''	Film	Mike
rowspan="2"		(TV)	Henri
	(TV)	Guy Curran
rowspan="4"	''Heat of the Sun''	(TV)	Clive Lanyard
''Surety''	Short film	directed & produced with Nick Cohen
''Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll''	(TV)	The Wolf
	Film	Aspyrtes
		(TV)	Prince Ahmed
rowspan="4"		Film	Tom
''As If''	(TV)	Sebastian
	(TV)	Ernest of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Prince Albert's brother)
	Film	Mark (James also wrote, co-directed & co-produced this film)
	''Relic Hunter''	Film	Raoul
rowspan="3"	''Blue Dove''	Film	Dominic
	(TV)	King Menelaus (Helen's husband)
	(2003–2009) (TV)	Doctor Gaius Baltar
rowspan="2"		Film	Tom
''Dead Cool''	Film	Josh
	''One Night with the King''	Film	Haman
rowspan="2"	''Merlin and the Book of Beasts''	Film	Merlin
''Numb3rs''	(TV)
rowspan="2"	''FlashForward''	(TV)	Gabriel McDow (3 episodes)
	(TV)	Dr. Trevor Grant (9 episodes)
Radio
! Year	! Title	! Genre	! Notes
	''Daisy Miller''		Winterbourne
	''HMS Ulysses''	Saturday Playhouse (Radio 4)	aired on 14 June 1997

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Edward William Frank James (1907–1984) was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement.

Early life and marriage

Edward James was born on 16 August 1907, the only son of William James, an American railroad magnate who moved to England and married Evelyn Forbes, a Scots socialite, who was reputedly fathered by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). He had four older sisters: Audrey, Millicent, Xandra, and Silvia. James was educated briefly at Eton, and then at Le Rosey in Switzerland, then at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a contemporary of Evelyn Waugh and Harold Acton. In 1912 he inherited the West Dean House in Sussex, on the death of his father.

James' first sponsorship of note was in publishing John Betjeman's first book of poems when at Oxford. He worked with Brian Howard on the Glass Omnibus. After Oxford, James had a brief career as a trainee diplomat at the embassy in Rome. He was asked to send a coded message to London that the Italians had laid the keels for three destroyers, but got the code wrong; the message said "300 destroyers". Shortly after this he was sent "on indefinite leave".

In the early 1930s, James married Tilly Losch, an Austrian dancer, choreographer, actress and painter. He had several productions created expressly for her, the most notable of which was ''Les Ballets 1933'', which included Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya and George Balanchine. He and Boris Kochno commissioned that year Brecht and Weill's last collaboration, ''The Seven Deadly Sins'', which Balanchine produced, directed and choreographed.

James divorced Losch in 1934, accusing her of adultery with Prince Serge Obolensky, an American hotel executive; her countersuit, in which she made it clear that James was homosexual, failed. James was in fact bisexual. After the divorce, James joined a social set in England which included the Mitford sisters and the composer Lord Berners.

Surrealism

James is best known as a passionate and early supporter of Surrealism, a movement that was born from the political uncertainty and upheaval between the wars. Rejecting the bourgeois' dominating rationality, surrealists escaped into a world of fantasy and irrationality. He sponsored Salvador Dalí for the whole of 1938 and his collection of paintings and art objects that subsequently came to be accepted as the finest collection of surrealist work in private hands. He also provided practical help, supporting Dalí for about two years, and allowed René Magritte to stay in his London house to paint.

James appeared in two famous surrealist paintings, both by Magritte: ''Not to be Reproduced'' ''The Pleasure Principle: Portrait of Edward James''

Each suggests an alienated person. In the first, James looks away from the centre; in the second he looks into a mirror which shows the back of his head; in the third James's head is a fireball.

As well as Dalí and Magritte, his art collection included works by Hieronymus Bosch, Giorgio de Chirico, Paul Klee, Leonora Carrington, Pavel Tchelitchew, Pablo Picasso, Giacometti, Max Ernst and Paul Delvaux, amongst others. Most were sold at a well-publicized sale at Christies two years after his death.

His intellectual interest in surrealism is demonstrated by his sponsorship of ''Minotaure'', a lavish Surrealist magazine published in Paris. His refurbishment of Monkton House, in a part of the West Dean Estate, was a Surrealist dream. It was done in collaboration with the pioneering British decorator, Syrie Maugham, and has some of the most iconic Surrealist works on display, including the large sofa to which Dalí gave the form and colour of Mae West's lips, and his Lobster Telephone in white. His most fantastic surrealist creation was realised in the Mexican rain forest, a surrealist Sculpture garden, "Las Pozas" (see below).

New Mexico

In 1940, James showed up in Taos, New Mexico, United States, as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan, where he was known for his amusing, clever eccentricity and effeminate manner. In Taos, he met the Hon. Dorothy Brett, an impoverished British aristocrat and painter, who in 1941 sold him nine paintings for $580. He later invited the 70 year-old Brett (as she was known) to return to England and reside at West Dean, but she declined.

== Las Pozas ==

Las Pozas ("the Pools") was created by James, more than above sea level, in a subtropical rainforest in the mountains of Mexico just outside the town of Xilitla. It includes more than of natural waterfalls and pools interlaced with towering Surrealist sculptures in concrete.

Las Pozas is near the village of Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, a seven-hour drive north of Mexico City. In the early 1940s, James went to Los Angeles, and then decided that he "wanted a Garden of Eden set up . . . and I saw that Mexico was far more romantic” and had "far more room than there is in crowded Southern California” . In Hollywood in 1941, his lifetime friend and cousin, Magic Realist painter Bridget Bate Tichenor, encouraged him to search for a surreal location in Mexico to express his diverse esoteric interests. In Cuernavaca, he hired Plutarco Gastelum as a guide. They discovered Xilitla in November 1945. Eventually Plutarco married a local woman and had four children. James was "Uncle Edward", to the children called James,and frequently stayed with them in a house Plutarco had built, a mock-Gothic cement castle, now a hotel - La Posada El Castillo. There were also plantings and beds full of tropical plants, including orchids - there were, apparently, 29,000 at Las Pozas at one time - and a variety of small casas (homes), niches, and pens that held exotic birds and wild animals from the world over -- James owned many exotic animals and once took his pet boa constrictors to the Hotel Francis in Mexico City. Construction of Las Pozas cost more than $5 million. To pay for it, James sold his collection of Surrealist art at auction.

In the summer of 2007, the Fundación Pedro y Elena Hernández, the company Cemex, and the government of San Luis Potosí paid about $2.2 million for Las Pozas and created Fondo Xilitla, a foundation that will oversee the preservation and restoration of the site.

West Dean

In 1964, James gave his English estate which included West Dean House at West Dean to a charitable trust. The Edward James Foundation comprises West Dean College, a centre for the preservation of traditional arts and crafts, through short courses and full-time Diplomas and MAs. One of only two professional Tapestry Weaving studios in the UK, an Art Gallery are all housed on a estate which is open to the public through the West Dean Gardens.

West Dean College is part of the Edward James Foundation set up in 1971 in response to James' vision of establishing “an educational foundation where creative talents can be discovered and developed, and where one can spread culture through the teaching of crafts and the preservation of knowledge that might otherwise be destroyed or forgotten”.

Edward James is buried in the St Roche's Arboretum at West Dean, with the simple inscription ''Edward James 1907 - 1984 Poet''. The stone was carved by John Skelton.

Writings

I have seen such beauty as one man has seldom seen; :therefore will I be grateful to die in this little room, surrounded by the forests, the great green gloom :of trees my only gloom - and the sound, the sound of green. Here amid the warmth of the rain, what might have been :is resolved into the tenderness of a tall doom who says: 'You did your best, rest' - and after you the bloom :of what you loved and planted still will whisper what you mean. And the ghosts of the birds I loved, will attend me each a friend; :like them shall I have flown beyond the realm of words. You, through the trees, shall hear them, long after the end :calling me beyond the river. For the cries of birds continue, as - defended by the cortege of their wings - :my soul among strange silences yet sings.

—Edward James, Poet 1907 - 1984

E. James, "The Bones of my Hand", privately printed, London 1930.

E. James, ''The Glass Omnibus,'' privately printed, London 1934.

E. James, ''The Gardener Who Saw God'', 1937

Edward James wrote four poems "Sécheresses" and Francis Poulenc put them in music for choir 4 mixt voices and piano ro orchestra in 1937

George Melly (ed), ''Swans Reflecting Elephants, My Early Years'', Autobiography of Edward James (Weidenfeld, London 1982).

Portrait sculpture

An early marble portrait sculpture of Edward James exists, by the sculptor Isamu Noguchi.

References

External links

''Edward James, Builder of Dreams'', documentary film by Avery Danziger

''Surreal Eden: Edward James & Las Pozas'', by Margaret Hooks

West Dean, the Edward James Foundation

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