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Tristan Paul Mack Wilds (born July 15, 1989) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Michael Lee on the HBO original drama series The Wire and as Dixon Wilson on the CW drama series 90210.
Wilds was born in Staten Island, New York, to Monique Moncion and Paul Wilds. He is of African American (father) and African-American, Irish, and Dominican (mother) descent. He attended Michael J. Petrides School. He started acting at age seven following in the foot steps of his older brother. His first professional role was in the 2005 Miracle's Boys on The N alongside future Wire co-star Julito McCullum. He is the cousin of fellow The Wire Castmate Jermaine Crawford who played "Dukie" in the series.[citation needed]
After The Wire ended, he completed a workshop of Wool for The Roundabout Theatre Company, where he worked with actress Phylicia Rashad, and played the role of Brice in a workshop of Stockholm Brooklyn for the Cherry Lane Theatre. He currently plays the role of Dixon Wilson on the CW Network's Beverly Hills, 90210 spinoff, 90210.
AnnaLynne McCord (born July 16, 1987) is an American actress. Known for playing vixen-type roles, McCord first gained prominence in 2007 as the scheming Eden Lord on the FX television series Nip/Tuck, and as the pampered Loren Wakefield on the MyNetworkTV telenovela American Heiress. In film, she has appeared in the action feature Transporter 2, as well as the thriller Day of the Dead.
In 2008, she was the second actor to be cast in the CW series 90210, portraying antiheroine Naomi Clark. Initially, the part of Clark was conceived as a supporting role. By the end of the first season, however, various media outlets had begun referring to McCord as the series' lead. For the role of Naomi Clark, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award and received the Hollywood Life Young Hollywood Superstar of Tomorrow award in 2009. In 2010, she won a Breakthrough of the Year Award in the category of "Breakthrough Standout Performance".
Apart from acting, she has also contributed to charities in her free time, and has been labeled by the Look to the Stars organization as "one of the strongest young female philanthropists standing up in Hollywood and fighting for the charities she believes in." In 2011, she was nominated for VH1's "Do Something" Award in the category of "TV Star".
Jessica Leigh Stroup (born October 23, 1986) is an American actress and fashion model. Stroup is best known for her role as Erin Silver on The CW television series 90210, a spin-off to the original Beverly Hills, 90210. She is regarded as a scream queen for starring in the horror films Prom Night, Vampire Bats , Left in Darkness and The Hills Have Eyes 2.
Stroup was born in Anderson, South Carolina, the daughter of Judy and Don Stroup, a senior vice president at Wachovia. She spent her childhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. A friend's mother was a former Miss North Carolina and encouraged Stroup to pursue modeling.[citation needed] She graduated from Providence High School (North Carolina) in 2004. Stroup was offered a scholarship to attend the University of Georgia, but turned it down to pursue an acting career.
At the age of 15 Stroup began modeling before pursuing an Acting career at the age of 18. Stroup's first Acting role was a guest appearance on the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous. Stroup has since appeared in a number of television show such as Grey's Anatomy, October Road and True Blood. In 2007 Stroup appeared in four episodes of The CW Comedy television series Reaper in which she played the role of the shows protagonist's ex-girlfriend. Jessica appeared in a number of small independent film productions such as Left in Darkness, Pray for Morning, Vampire Bats and Southern Discomfort.
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