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Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (born October 11, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000–03) and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl (2008–present). She also appeared in the films Harriet the Spy (1996), EuroTrip (2004), Ice Princess (2005), the Black Christmas (2006) remake, and 17 Again (2009).
Trachtenberg was born in New York City, the younger of two daughters of Lana, a bank manager, and Michael Trachtenberg, a fiber-optics engineer. Her father is from Germany and her mother was born in Russia; Trachtenberg can speak Russian fluently. Trachtenberg is of Jewish heritage, and celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah; her grandparents live in Israel. Trachtenberg was raised, along with older sister Irene, in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, where she attended P.S. 99 Elementary School and The Bay Academy for the Arts and Sciences.
Trachtenberg made her first television appearance at the age of three, in a commercial for Wisk Detergent. She went on to feature in over 100 more commercials. She appeared in her first credited role as Nona F. Mecklenberg on the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete from 1994 until 1996. During the same period she played Lily Montgomery on the soap opera All My Children, in which she first worked with future Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Jaime Lee Kirchner is an actress who is best known for her roles on Just Legal as Dulcinea 'Dee' Real and Mercy as Sonia Jimenez. She was born in Germany but was raised in Clarksville, Tennessee.
James Tupper (born August 4, 1965) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Jack Slattery on the ABC television series Men in Trees and recently appeared as Dr. Chris Sands on the NBC medical drama series Mercy (2009–10), which was cancelled by NBC in May 2010.
Tupper was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. He studied acting at Concordia University, Montreal, and later at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he earned a Master's Degree.
Tupper split from his wife in November 2006 (according to Entertainment Tonight) and moved in with actress Anne Heche in August, 2007. Their son, Atlas Heche Tupper, was born over the weekend of March 7–8, 2009.
In his spare time Tupper enjoys carpentry and birdwatching. After high school, he lived on a coffee farm in East Africa and studied Swahili. He has acted in several off-Broadway plays, including An Actor Prepares and After the Rain. Tupper co-wrote and appeared in 2005's Loudmouth Soup, a fully improvised indie that was filmed in one night that is soon to be released on video.[citation needed] He has had a recurring role on Samantha Who? as Samantha's love interest, Owen.
Actors: Danny Glover (actor), Kimberley Roper (miscellaneous crew), Vinnie Jones (actor), Sean Astin (actor), Spencer Garrett (actor), Tony Giglio (producer), Tony Giglio (writer), Tony Giglio (director), Nick Plantico (actor), Kerry Moynahan (miscellaneous crew), Chris Jai Alex (actor), Reuben Liber (producer), Franklin Dennis Jones (actor), Roman Mitichyan (actor), Justin Bursch (producer),
Plot: Mercy Callo is a U.S. Black Ops soldier who finds himself the only survivor of a botched prisoner extraction mission. Forced to fight his way out of a maximum-security Chechen prison, he must keep his target alive in order to save thousands of lives.
Genres: Action,Actors: Danielle Cole (writer), Danielle Cole (director), Danielle Cole (editor), Danielle Cole (producer), Josh Henderson (editor), Josh Henderson (producer), Jon Smelcer (miscellaneous crew), Eric Regimbald (actor), Ben Robinson (actor), Kaleb Alexander (actor), Andrew Loder (actor),
Plot: Until You Break explores the world of a group of self-destructive young men as they deal with STDs, drug abuse, prejudice and each other. Each young man is trying to work through his own issues, but continues to lash out at the others, leading to a cycle of pain and hate. Audiences are left asking the same question the characters ultimately face: where can this group go from here?
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Masami Kikuchi (actor), Hiroaki Hirata (actor), Miyu Irino (actor), Kenta Miyake (actor), Nobuhiko Okamoto (actor), Takuma Terashima (actor), Ryohei Kimura (actor), Shintaro Asanuma (actor), Taiten Kusunoki (actor), Kei Shindou (actress), Koki Uchiyama (actor), Miyako Ito (actress), Sumire Morohoshi (actress), Kanae Oki (actress), Megumi Han (actress),
Genres: Animation,Actors: David Kaye (actor), Abed Gheith (actor), Eric Acosta (actor), David Kaye (actor), Eric Bauza (editor), Eric Bauza (actor), Eric Bauza (producer), Eric Bauza (director), Anne Girard (actress), Anne Girard (producer), Shelley Bennett (actress), Matt Danner (actor), Matt Danner (producer), Rachel Adams (actress), Jill Basey (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Danny Glover (producer), Bipasha Basu (actress), Pritam Chakraborty (composer), Govind Namdeo (actor), Aditya Pancholi (actor), Abhishek Bachchan (actor), Aarif Sheikh (editor), Vidya Balan (actress), Arnold Rifkin (producer), Deepika Padukone (actress), Deepika Padukone (actress), Joslyn Barnes (producer), Ramesh Sippy (producer), Bosco Martis (miscellaneous crew), Falguni Thakore (costume designer),
Plot: On his way to Griffin University in the U.S., Goa-based Lawrence Eduardo Gomes is arrested and held at the airport by a corrupt ACP Vishnu Kamath as his baggage concealed drugs. While attempts by Lorry and others are made to clear Lawrence's name, Vishnu continues his investigation aided by Inspectors Mercy D'Costa and Rane, which end up not only pitting him against politically-connected drug-dealers but also international gangsters who operate in Goa with impunity. His inquires lead him to question business tycoon, Lorsa Biscuita, while informers indicate that Lorsa is going to meet with a male named Michael Barbarosso, who may well be the head of this trade. Vishnu attempts to attend this meeting, but is not aware that the venue is being moved to Karnataka - well outside Goa Police's jurisdiction - and he may never be able to find out, leave alone apprehend this individual.
Keywords: airport, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, businessman, cemetery, corrupt-cop, corruption, death, death-of-wife, drug-bust, drug-dealingActors: Bryan Kowalsky (editor), Bryan Kowalsky (producer), Bryan Kowalsky (producer), Bryan Kowalsky (writer), Bryan Kowalsky (writer), Bryan Kowalsky (director), Adam Kowalsky (writer), Adam Kowalsky (writer), Josh Cavan (composer), Owen Fawcett (actor), Kevin Owen (actor), Andrew Varga (actor), Hallie Seline (actor), Ryan Bommarito (actor), Chris Green (actor),
Genres: Drama, Horror, Short, Western,Actors: Erik LeDrew (writer), Erik LeDrew (director), Erik LeDrew (editor), Marcus Barton (actor), Patrick Kenyon (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Crisaldo Pablo (writer), Crisaldo Pablo (director), Crisaldo Pablo (producer), Rodel Dapulag (miscellaneous crew), Felbert P. Go (actor), Remar Mallari (actor), Chamyto Aguedan (actor), Charles Delgado (actor), Joeffrey Javier (actor), Med Valentus Jr. (producer), Med Valentus Jr. (actor), Francis Sienes (actor), Tyrone Rabago (producer), Greggy Buquia (actor), Paolo Edades (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Vidyasagar (composer), V.T. Vijayan (editor), Karunas (actor), Pasupathy (actor), Chinni Jayanth (actor), Shaam (actor), Jananathan (director), Jananathan (writer), Sima Bisvas (actor), A.E. Gunasekharan (producer), Kutti Radhika (actress), Arunkumar (actor), V.R. Kumar (producer), G. Natarajan (producer),
Plot: Nancy is a young girl from a small port town falls in love with the Captain of a visiting ship, who dismisses her interest as an infatuation and goes away, but promises to come back in a year. Marudhu, a young sailor who visits the town is attracted to Nancy who is still waiting for the Captain after a few years.
Genres: Romance,Actors: Alain Silver (producer), Peter Allen (composer), Sven-Ole Thorsen (actor), Barry Barnholtz (producer), Ric Young (actor), Allen Garfield (actor), Billy Drago (actor), Angelina Jolie (actress), Elias Koteas (actor), Tracey Walter (actor), Jack Palance (actor), David Schroeder (actor), Alain Silver (actor), Bundy Chanock (miscellaneous crew), David M. Richardson (editor),
Plot: In the year 2074 the PinWheel corporation creates a 'almost-human' cyborg Casella Reese, aka. Cash designed specifically to charm/seduce her way into a rival manufacturer's headquarters and then self-detonate. Things go awry, when she starts to have feelings for a human Colson Ricks, aka. Colt 45 who works for PinWheel as a martial arts instructor. He falls for Cash as well, and with the help of Mercy, they escape. PinWheel Corp. sends Danny Bench, a 'Cyborg Tracker' after both Colt and Cash. Violence ensues.
Keywords: assassin, bounty-hunter, breasts, chase, cyberpunk, cyborg, direct-to-video-sequel-to-theatrical-movie, explosion, female-nudity, foot-chase