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Tom or TOM may refer to:

• Tom (name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás (and a list of people with the name)

People[link]

Surname[link]

• Michael Tom (1946-1999), American sculptor
• Nicholle Tom (born 1978), American actress

Given name[link]

• Tom Anderson (born 1970), American entrepreneur, one of the founders of MySpace
• Tom Fulp (born 1978), American video game programmer, founder of the American website New grounds
• Tom Konyves (born 1947), Canadian poet, pioneer of videopoetry
• Tom Hanks (born 1956), American actor
• Tom Viezee (born 1950), Dutch Christian minister and politician

Characters[link]

• Tom Croydon, a main character in the long-running Australian Police Drama Series, Blue Heelers
• Tom Barnaby, the main character and (in some countries) the namesake of the TV series Midsomer Murders
• Tom (Lost), a character in the TV show Lost
• Tom Bombadil, a character in the work of J. R. R. Tolkien
• Tom Cat, a character in Tom and Jerry cartoons
• Tom, a character in the Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren) cartoon series
• Tom Haverford, a character in Parks and Recreation
• Tom Riddle or Lord Voldemort, a main character in the Harry Potter series
• Tom Sawyer, a character in several novels by Mark Twain
• Tom Scavo, character in TV series Desperate Housewives
• Uncle Tom, a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Tom, a character from the Deltora Quest (series) books by Emily Rodda
• T.O.M., the robot host/mascot of Cartoon Network's Toonami action block

Nature[link]

• Tom River, a tributary of Russia's Ob River
• Tom River, a tributary of Russia's Zeya River
• A male cat
• A male turkey

Acronyms[link]

• Text Object Model, a Microsoft Windows programming interface
• Theory of mind, the ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others and to understand that others have states that are different from one's own
• Translocase of the outer membrane, a protein for intracellular protein-equilibrium
• Tune-o-matic, a guitar bridge design
• Territoire d'outre-mer or overseas territory
• Thomsonfly's ICAO code
• TOM (object-oriented programming language), a defunct language based on Objective-C
• Tom (pattern matching language), a pattern matching and transform language

Other uses[link]

• Tom (pattern matching language), a programming language
• Tom (TV series), a 1994 American sitcom
• Tom (instrument), a plucked allophones used in Ethiopia
• Tom, a 1970 album by Tom Jones
• Tom-tom drum, a type of drum
• TOM Group, a Chinese media company
• TOM Online, a Chinese mobile internet company

See also[link]

• Tommy (disambiguation)
• Thomas (disambiguation)
• Tomás
• Mount Tom (disambiguation)
• Peeping Tom (disambiguation)
• Tom Thumb (disambiguation)

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Tait may refer to:

• Tait (surname), a Scottish surname
• Tait (name), a masculine given name
• Tait School, an Elementary School.
• Tait (band), a Christian band started by Michael Tait of dc Talk and Newsboys, along with Chad Chapin
• Michael Tait, member of Christian rock group dc Talk, lead singer of Newsboys, and founder of the band Tait
• Another name for Honey Possum, a small arboreal nocturnal marsupial
• Tait, a legendary King of Scythia
• Freddie Tait, golfer
• Joe Tait, a sportscaster
• Peter Guthrie Tait, (1831 - 1901), a Scottish mathematical physicist
• Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer
• Tait (train), A type of Suburban Electric Multiple Unit from Melbourne, Australia. Used between 1921 and 1984.
• Sir Angus Tait, a radio electronics innovator.
• Tait Radio Communications, a radio communications company.
• Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, English-born American painter of the 19th century.
• Group Captain James (Willie) Brian Tait, a WWII Air bomber pilot.

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Noomi Rapace
Rapace at the 2007 San Sebastián Film Festival, for the showing of Daisy Diamond
Born	Noomi Norén (1979-12-28) 28 December 1979 (age 32) Hudiksvall, Sweden
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Ola Rapace (2001–11; divorced)
Children	Lev (born 2003)

Noomi Rapace ( /ˈnoʊmi rəˈpɑːs/ NOH-mee rə-PAHSS),^[1] née Norén (born 28 December 1979), is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish/Danish film adaptations of the Millennium series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.^[2] She recently played Madame Simza Heron in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and will star as Elizabeth Shaw in the upcoming Ridley Scott science fiction film Prometheus. As of March, 2012, she is shooting Brian De Palma's thriller Passion in Berlin.

Early life[link]

Rapace was born in Hudiksvall. Her mother, Nina Norén (b. 1954), is a Swedish actress, and her father, Rogelio Durán (1953–2006), was a Spanish cantaor (Flamenco singer) from Badajoz.^[3] She has said that her father may have been of part Roma descent, and though she is "not sure if it is true," she has "always been interested in the culture."^[4][5] Rapace's sister, Særún Norén, is a photographer.^[2] Rapace has said that she saw her father only occasionally before his death. At the age of five, she moved from Sweden to Flúðir, Iceland, with her mother and stepfather. At the age of seven she made her film debut in the Icelandic film In the Shadow of the Raven playing a minor role.

Career[link]

At the age of seven, Rapace was given a non-speaking part in the film Í skugga hrafnsins by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. This experience made her decide to be an actress.^[6] She left home at the age of fifteen and enrolled in a Stockholm theatre school.^[7] In 1996, she made her television début playing the part of Lucinda Gonzales in the series Tre kronor. From 1998 to 1999, Rapace studied at Skara Skolscen. She has been engaged at Theater Plaza 2000–2001, Orionteatern 2001, Teater Galeasen 2002, Stockholms stadsteater in 2003 as well as at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

In 2007, Noomi Rapace drew acclaim for her award-winning portrayal of a troubled teen mother in the Danish film Daisy Diamond, directed by Simon Staho. She won the two top film awards in Denmark (the Bodil and Robert prize) for Best Actress for her role in the film, which was also selected for the main competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film was critizied for the abuse a baby actor was subjegated to during production^[8].

In 2009 she played the role of Lisbeth Salander in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. She reprised her role in the sequels The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. Since her breakthrough role in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rapace has been in high demand in Hollywood, and she was rumored to have read for or tested for roles in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, This Means War and The Raven.^[9] On September 11, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that Rapace had been cast in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, her first English-speaking role, as a French Gypsy; the film was released in 2011.^[10] She has also been cast in a leading role in the 2012 Ridley Scott film Prometheus.^[11]

Personal life[link]

Rapace married Swedish actor Ola Rapace in 2001. The couple have a son, Lev (b. 2003). In September, 2010, the couple filed for divorce, taking effect during 2011.^[12][13]

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Noomi Rapace on Charlie Rose
• IONCINEMA.com interview with Rapace for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo March 2010
• The Latest News on Noomi as Lisbeth (English)