Sally Dworsky is an American singer-songwriter. She has been an important voice actress and singer in animated films such as Shrek, The Lion King and The Prince of Egypt in addition to releasing her own albums. She has also performed on A Prairie Home Companion. Her brother is Richard Dworsky. She grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Filmography

''Shrek'' - Princess Fiona (singing voice in the bird scene)

''The Prince of Egypt'' - Miriam (singing voice)

''The Cutting Edge'' - song "Turning Circles"

''Mulan'' - additional voices

''The Lion King'' - adult Nala (singing voice)

''The Wizard'' - song "I Found My Way"

Other credits

R.E.M., ''Monster'' (1994) - backing vocals on "King of Comedy"

External links

Sally Dworsky and Michelle Pfeiffer sing in The Prince of Egypt

Sally Dworsky on IMDB

Official Website

References

Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:People from Minnesota

Name	Michelle Pfeiffer
Birth name	Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
Birth date	April 29, 1958
Birth place	Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Years active	1978–present
Occupation	Actress, singer
Spouse	Peter Horton (1981–1988)David E. Kelley (1993–present)
Children	2
Relatives	Dedee Pfeiffer (sister) }}

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in ''The Hollywood Knights'', but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's ''Scarface'' (1983). Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work. She received six consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama award in 1990 for ''The Fabulous Baker Boys''. She also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''Dangerous Liaisons'', and the Silver Bear for Best Actress for ''Love Field'', and has been nominated for three Academy Awards for the same films.

Pfeiffer rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s with critically acclaimed performances in the films ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988), ''Married to the Mob'' (1988), ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' (1989), ''The Russia House'' (1990), ''Frankie and Johnny'' (1991), ''Love Field'' (1992), ''Batman Returns'' (1992), and ''The Age of Innocence'' (1993).

She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 6, 2007. The star is located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

Early life

Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California, the second of four children of Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor, and Donna (née Taverna), a homemaker. She has one elder brother, Rick, and two younger sisters, Dedee Pfeiffer, a television and film actress, and Lori Pfeiffer. Her father was of Dutch, German, and Irish descent, and her mother was of Swiss and Swedish ancestry. The family moved to Midway City, where Pfeiffer spent her childhood. She attended Fountain Valley High School, graduating in 1978. She worked as a check-out girl at Vons supermarket, and attended Golden West College. After a short stint training to be a court stenographer, she decided upon an acting career. She won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant in 1978, and participated in Miss California the same year, finishing in sixth position. Following her participation in these pageants, she acquired an acting agent and began to audition for television and films.

Film career

First television and film appearances

Pfeiffer's early acting appearances included television roles in ''Fantasy Island'', ''Delta House'' and ''BAD Cats'', and small film roles in ''Falling in Love Again'' (1980) with Susannah York, ''The Hollywood Knights'' (1980) opposite Tony Danza, and ''Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen'' (1981), none of which met with much critical or box office success. Pfeiffer later said of her early screen work: "I needed to learn how to act... in the meantime, I was playing bimbos and cashing in on my looks." She appeared in a television commercial for Lux soap, and took acting lessons at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, before appearing in three further television movies – ''Callie and Son'' (1981) with Lindsay Wagner, ''The Children Nobody Wanted'' (1981), and a remake of ''Splendor in the Grass''. She then landed her first major film role as Stephanie Zinone in ''Grease 2'' (1982), the sequel to the smash-hit musical ''Grease'' (1978). The film was a critical and commercial failure, although Pfeiffer herself received some positive attention, notably from the ''New York Times'', which said "although she is a relative screen newcomer, Miss Pfeiffer manages to look much more insouciant and comfortable than anyone else in the cast." Despite escaping the critical mauling, Pfeiffer's agent later admitted that her association with the film meant that "she couldn't get any jobs. Nobody wanted to hire her."

Mainstream attention

Director Brian De Palma, having seen ''Grease 2'', refused to audition Pfeiffer for ''Scarface'' (1983), but relented upon the producer's insistence. She was cast as cocaine-addicted trophy wife Elvira Hancock. The film was considered excessively violent by most critics, but became a commercial hit and gained a large cult following in subsequent years. Pfeiffer received positive reviews for her supporting turn; Richard Corliss of ''Time Magazine'' wrote, "most of the large cast is fine: Michelle Pfeiffer is better..." while Dominick Dunne, in an article for ''Vanity Fair'' titled "Blonde Ambition", wrote, "[s]he is on the verge of stardom. In the parlance of the industry, she is hot."

Following ''Scarface'', she accepted the roles of Isabeau d'Anjou in Richard Donner's fantasy film ''Ladyhawke'' (1985) opposite Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick, Diana in John Landis' comedy ''Into the Night'' (1985) opposite Jeff Goldblum, Faith Healy in Alan Alda's ''Sweet Liberty'' (1986) opposite Michael Caine, and Brenda Landers in a segment of the 1950s sci-fi parody ''Amazon Women on the Moon'' (1987), all of which, despite achieving only modest commercial success, helped to establish her as an actress. She finally scored a major box-office hit as Sukie Ridgemont in the 1987 adaptation of John Updike's novel ''The Witches of Eastwick'', alongside Jack Nicholson, Cher and Susan Sarandon. The film grossed $63,766,510 domestically (equivalent to $}} million in dollars ).

Critical acclaim

Pfeiffer was cast against type, as a murdered gangster's widowed moll on the run, in Jonathan Demme's mafia comedy ''Married to the Mob'' (1988), opposite Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell and Mercedes Ruehl. For the role of Angela de Marco, she donned a curly brunette wig and a Brooklyn accent, and received her first Golden Globe Award nomination as Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, beginning a six-year streak of consecutive Best Actress nominations at the Golden Globes. Pfeiffer then appeared as chic restauranteuse Jo Ann Vallenari in ''Tequila Sunrise'' (1988) opposite Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell, but experienced creative and personal differences with director Robert Towne, who later described her as the "most difficult" actress he has ever worked with.

At Demme's personal recommendation, Pfeiffer joined the cast of Stephen Frears's ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988) alongside Glenn Close and John Malkovich, playing the virtuous victim of seduction, Madame Marie de Tourvel. Her performance won her widespread acclaim; Hal Hinson of the ''Washington Post'' saw Pfeiffer's role as "the least obvious and the most difficult. Nothing is harder to play than virtue, and Pfeiffer is smart enough not to try. Instead, she embodies it. Her porcelain-skinned beauty, in this regard, is a great asset, and the way it's used makes it seem an aspect of her spirituality." She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Pfeiffer then accepted the role of Susie Diamond, a hard-edged former call girl turned lounge singer, in ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' (1989), which co-starred Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges as the eponymous Baker Boys. She underwent intensive voice training for the role for fourth months, and performed all of her character's vocals. The film was a modest success, grossing $18,428,904 domestically (equivalent to $}} million in dollars ). Pfeiffer's portrayal of Susie, however, drew raves from critics. Janet Maslin, from ''The New York Times'', wrote of the performance "[...]she proves to be electrifyingly right. Introducing Ms. Pfeiffer's furiously hard-boiled, devastatingly gorgeous Susie into the Bakers' world affects the film the way a match might affect a fuse," while Roger Ebert compared her to Rita Hayworth in ''Gilda'' and Marilyn Monroe in ''Some Like It Hot'', and described the film as "one of the movies they will use as a document, years from now, when they begin to trace the steps by which Pfeiffer became a great star." ''Variety'' singled out her performance of 'Makin' Whoopee', writing that Pfeiffer "hits the spot in the film's certain-to-be-remembered highlight... crawling all over a piano in a blazing red dress. She's dynamite." During the 1989–1990 awards season, Pfeiffer dominated the Best Actress category at every major awards ceremony, winning awards at the Golden Globes, the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and the Chicago Film Critics Association. At the Academy Awards, she was favored to win the Best Actress Oscar, but the award went to Jessica Tandy for ''Driving Miss Daisy'' in what was considered a surprise upset. The only other major acting award for which she was nominated that she did not take home for ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' was the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, which also went to Tandy.

International success

Pfeiffer continued to build on her A-list status in Hollywood, accepting and also turning down many high-profile roles, beginning with the title role in ''Pretty Woman'' (1990), which earned Julia Roberts a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She took the part of the Soviet book editor Katya Orlova in the 1990 film adaptation of John le Carré's ''The Russia House'', opposite Sean Connery, a role that required her to adopt a Russian accent. For her efforts, she was rewarded with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. Pfeiffer then landed the role of damaged waitress Frankie in Garry Marshall's ''Frankie and Johnny'' (1991), a film adaptation of Terrence McNally's Broadway play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'', which reunited her with her ''Scarface'' co-star, Al Pacino. The casting was seen as controversial by many, as Pfeiffer was considered far too beautiful to play an "ordinary" waitress; Kathy Bates, the original Frankie on Broadway, also expressed disappointment over the producers' choice. Pfeiffer herself stated that she took the role because it "wasn't what people would expect of [her]." Pfeiffer was once again nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for her performance. During this period, she turned down the role of Clarice Starling in ''The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), which won Jodie Foster the Academy Award for Best Actress, the role of Catherine Tramell in ''Basic Instinct'' (1992), ultimately played by Sharon Stone, and the role of Louise in Ridley Scott's ''Thelma & Louise'', that eventually went to Geena Davis.

Pfeiffer earned an Academy Award nomination for Actress in a Leading Role and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance as Lurene Hallett in the nostalgic independent drama ''Love Field'' (1992). The film that had been temporarily shelved by the financially-troubled Orion Pictures. It was finally released in late 1992, in time for Oscar consideration. The ''New York Times'' review wrote of Pfeiffer as "again demonstrating that she is as subtle and surprising as she is beautiful." For her portrayal of the eccentric Dallas housewife, she won the Silver Bear Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival.

Pfeiffer took the role of Catwoman (Selina Kyle) in Tim Burton's ''Batman Returns'' (1992) opposite Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito. For the role of Catwoman, she trained in martial arts and kickboxing; one co-star stated that "Michelle had four stunt doubles – but she did all her own whippin'." Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' praised her for giving the "feminist avenger a tough core of intelligence and wit" and called her a "classic dazzler." Premiere retrospectively lauded her performance: "Arguably the outstanding villain of the Tim Burton era, Michelle Pfeiffer's deadly kitten with a whip brought sex to the normally neutered franchise. Her stitched-together, black patent leather costume, based on a sketch of Burton's, remains the character's most iconic look. And Michelle Pfeiffer overcomes ''Batman Returns''' heavy-handed feminist dialogue to deliver a growling, fierce performance." The movie met a big office success, grossing over $103 million worldwide (equivalent to $}} million).

The following year, she played Countess Ellen Olenska in Martin Scorsese's film adaptation of Edith Wharton's ''The Age of Innocence'' (1993) opposite Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder, receiving the Elvira Notari Prize at the Venice Film Festival, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture. That same year she was awarded the Women in Film Los Angeles' Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.

Pfeiffer's subsequent career choices have met with varying degrees of success. After ''The Age of Innocence'', she played the role of Laura Alden opposite Jack Nicholson in ''Wolf'' (1994), a horror film that garnered a mixed critical reception. The ''New York Times'' wrote: "Ms. Pfeiffer's role is underwritten, but her performance is expert enough to make even diffidence compelling". The movie engrossed US$65 million (equivalent to $}} million) in the domestic box office and US$131 million worldwide (equivalent to $}} million). Her next role was that of high school teacher and former US Marine LouAnne Johnson in the surprise box office hit ''Dangerous Minds'' (1995). She appeared as her character in the music video for the soundtrack's lead single, 'Gangsta's Paradise' by Coolio (featuring L.V.), which was used by the producer Jerry Bruckheimer for television advertising. A 60-second version was aired on music channels, while a 30-second cut was aired in the rest of the networks. The song won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance, and the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video. In 1996, she turned down the Golden Globe Award-winning role of Eva Perón in the biopic ''Evita'', which went to Madonna. Pfeiffer then portrayed Sally Atwater in the romantic drama ''Up Close & Personal'' (1996) opposite Robert Redford; the film's screenplay, co-written by husband and wife team John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion, was intended to be a biographical account of the career of news anchor Jessica Savitch, but the final version had almost nothing to do with Savitch's life, leading Dunne to write an exposé of his eight-year battle with the Hollywood producers, ''Monster: Living Off the Big Screen''.

She took the role of Gillian Lewis in ''To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday'' (1996), which was adapted by her husband David Kelley from Michael Brady's play of the same same She served as an executive producer and starred as the divorced single mother architect Melanie Parke in the romantic comedy ''One Fine Day'' (1996) opposite George Clooney, Subsequent performances included Rose Cook Lewis in the film adaptation of Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ''A Thousand Acres'' (1997) with Jessica Lange and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Beth Cappadora in ''The Deep End of the Ocean'' (1998) about a married couple who found their son who was kidnapped nine years ago, Titania the Queen of the Fairies in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1999) with Kevin Kline, Rupert Everett and Stanley Tucci, and Katie Jordan in Rob Reiner's comedy-drama ''The Story of Us'' (1999) opposite Bruce Willis.

During the 1990s, Pfeiffer attracted comment in the media for her beauty. In 1990, she appeared on the cover of ''People'' magazine's first ''50 Most Beautiful People In The World'' issue. She was again featured on the cover of the annual issue in 1999, having made the "Most Beautiful" list a record six times during the decade (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999). Pfeiffer is the first celebrity to have appeared on the cover of the annual issue twice, and the only person to be featured on the cover twice during the 1990s.

The Hitchcockian thriller ''What Lies Beneath'' (2000) with Harrison Ford, was a commercial success, opening number one at the box office in July 2000. She then accepted the role of highly-strung lawyer Rita Harrison in ''I Am Sam'' (2001) opposite Sean Penn. The movie received unfavorable critics, The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' wrote: "Pfeiffer, apparently stymied by the bland clichés that prop up her screechy role, delivers her flattest, phoniest performance ever".

For her performance as murderous artist Ingrid Magnussen in ''White Oleander'' (2002), alongside Alison Lohman in her film début, Renée Zellweger and Robin Wright Penn, Pfeiffer garnered a substantial amount of critical praise. Stephen Holden of the ''New York Times'' wrote that "Ms. Pfeiffer, giving the most complex screen performance of her career, makes her Olympian seductress at once irresistible and diabolical." Kenneth Turan of the ''Los Angeles Times'' described her as "incandescent," bringing "power and unshakable will to her role as mother-master manipulator" in a "riveting, impeccable performance." She earned Best Supporting Actress Awards from the San Diego Film Critics Society and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Pfeiffer also did voice work in two animated films during this period, voicing Tzipporah in ''The Prince of Egypt'' (1998), in which she introduced the Academy Award–winning song, 'When You Believe', and Eris in ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'' (2003).

Return to film

After a four-year hiatus, during which she remained largely out of the public eye to devote time to her husband and children, she turned down the role of the White Witch in the 2005 fantasy film ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'', Pfeiffer returned to the screen in 2007 with villainous roles in two major summer blockbusters, as Velma Von Tussle in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical ''Hairspray'' (2007) with John Travolta, Christopher Walken and Queen Latifah, and as ancient witch Lamia in fantasy adventure ''Stardust'' (2007) opposite Claire Danes, Charlie Cox and Robert De Niro.

Pfeiffer then accepted the roles of Rosie in Amy Heckerling's ''I Could Never Be Your Woman'' (2007) with Paul Rudd and Saoirse Ronan, and Linda in ''Personal Effects'' (2009), which she starred opposite Ashton Kutcher and Kathy Bates, and was premiered at Iowa City's Englert Theatre. Her next film, an adaptation of Colette's ''Chéri'' (2009), reunited her with the director (Stephen Frears) and screenwriter (Christopher Hampton) of ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988), a film for which all three were nominees for (and, in Hampton's case, recipient of) an Academy Award. Pfeiffer played the role of Léa de Lonval opposite Rupert Friend in the title role, with Kathy Bates as his mother. ''Chéri'' premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2009, and received a nomination for the Golden Bear award. ''The Times'' of London reviewed the film favorably, describing Hampton's screenplay as a "steady flow of dry quips and acerbic one-liners" and Pfeiffer's performance as "magnetic and subtle, her worldly nonchalance a mask for vulnerability and heartache." Roger Ebert in the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' wrote that it was "fascinating to observe how Pfeiffer controls her face and voice during times of painful hurt." Kenneth Turan in the ''Los Angeles Times'' praised the "wordless scenes that catch Léa unawares, with the camera alone seeing the despair and regret that she hides from the world. It's the kind of refined, delicate acting Pfeiffer does so well, and it's a further reminder of how much we've missed her since she's been away." After another short break from film, it had been announced Pfeiffer has signed up for Garry Marshall's romantic comedy ''New Year's Eve'' (Marshall also directed Pfeiffer in 1991's ''Frankie and Johnny'') as well as Chris Pine's ''Welcome to People.'' She will also appear in an adaptation of former television series ''Dark Shadows'' directed by Tim Burton (who Pfeiffer has previously worked with in 1992's ''Batman Returns'') alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Chloe Moretz, in which she will portray the family Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.

Theater

In 1989, Pfeiffer made her stage debut in the role of Olivia in ''Twelfth Night'', a New York Shakespeare Festival production staged in Central Park. Other film actors appearing in the play included Jeff Goldblum as Malvolio and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Viola. Frank Rich's review in the ''New York Times'' was extremely critical of the production, stating "Ms. Pfeiffer offers an object lesson in how gifted stars with young careers can be misused by those more interested in exploiting their celebrity status than in furthering their artistic development." Rich praised Pfeiffer's performance in what was then her most recent film, the screwball comedy ''Married to the Mob'', but stating it was "unfortunate that the actress has been asked to make both her stage and Shakespearean comic debut in a role chained to melancholy and mourning."

Personal life

At the start of her career, Pfeiffer met actor Peter Horton at an acting class taught by Milton Katselas in Los Angeles. They married in Santa Monica when Pfeiffer was 22, and it was on their honeymoon that she discovered she had won the lead role in ''Grease 2''. Horton directed Pfeiffer in a 1985 ABC TV special, ''One Too Many'', in which she played the high school girlfriend of an alcoholic student (Val Kilmer); and in 1987, the real-life couple then played an on-screen couple in the 'Hospital' segment of John Landis's comedy skit compilation, ''Amazon Women on the Moon''. However, they decided to separate in 1988, and were divorced two years later; Horton later blamed the split on their devotion to their work rather than their marriage.

In between her marriages to Horton and Kelley, Pfeiffer had a three-year relationship with actor/producer Fisher Stevens. They met when Pfeiffer was starring in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of ''Twelfth Night'', in which Stevens had the part of Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

In 1993, Pfeiffer was set up on a blind date with television writer and producer David E. Kelley, who took her to the movies to see ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' the following week, and they began dating seriously. They married on November 13, 1993. Since then, she has made an uncredited cameo appearance in one episode of Kelley's television series ''Picket Fences'' and played the title character in ''To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday'', for which Kelley wrote the screenplay. Pfeiffer and Kelley have two children, a daughter named Claudia and a son named John. Pfeiffer, who was by her own admission desperate to start a family, had entered into private adoption proceedings before she met Kelley. Claudia, the biracial baby girl she adopted was born in March 1993. She was christened Claudia Rose in November 1993, the same day that Pfeiffer and Kelley were married. In August 1994, Pfeiffer gave birth to a son, John Henry.

Having being a smoker for ten years and having a niece who suffered from leukemia for ten years, she decided to support the American Cancer Society. Her charity work also includes her support for the Humane Society.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1980	''''	Suzie Q
1980		Sue Wellington
1981	''Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen''	Cordelia Farenington
1982	''Grease 2''	Stephanie Zinone	Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Motion Picture Actress
1983		Elvira Hancock
1985		Diana
1985	''Ladyhawke''	Isabeau d'Anjou	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
1986	''Sweet Liberty''	Faith Healy
1987	''''	Sukie Ridgemont
1987	''Amazon Women on the Moon''	Brenda Landers
1988	''Married to the Mob''	Angela de Marco	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988		Jo Ann Vallenari
1988	''Dangerous Liaisons''	Madame Marie de Tourvel	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1989	''''	Susie Diamond	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNational Board of Review Award for Best ActressNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActressNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress	Nominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1990	''''	Katya Orlova	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1991		Frankie	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1992	''Batman Returns''		Nominated—MTV Movie Awards – Most Desirable Female and Best Kiss (with Michael Keaton)
1992		Lurene Hallett
1993	''''	Countess Ellen Olenska	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1994		Laura Alden	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
1995	''Dangerous Minds''	LouAnne Johnson
1996	''Muppets Tonight''	Herself	Guest star; first episode
1996	''Up Close & Personal''	Sally 'Tally' Atwater
1996	''To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday''	Gillian Lewis
1996		Melanie Parker	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress (Comedy/Romance)Executive producer
1997	''''	Rose Cook Lewis	Producer (uncredited)
1998	''''		Voice
1999	''''	Beth Cappadora
1999	''''	Titania
1999	''''	Katie Jordan
2000	''What Lies Beneath''	Claire Spencer	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress (Suspense)Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
2001	''I Am Sam''	Rita Harrison Williams
2002		Ingrid Magnussen	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Supporting ActressSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
2003	''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas''	Eris	Voice
2007			Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2007		Velma Von Tussle	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture
2007	''I Could Never Be Your Woman''	Rosie
2009	''Personal Effects''	Linda
2009		Lea de Lonval
2011		Ingrid
2012	''Welcome to People''	Lillian
2012		Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

+ Television credits	! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1978	''Fantasy Island''	Athena	Episode: "The Island of Lost Women/The Flight of Great Yellow Bird"
1979	''Delta House''	The Bombshell	2 episodes ("Hoover and the Bomb", "The Legacy")
1979	''''	Tricia
1979	''CHiPs''	Jobina	Episode: "The Watch Commander"
1980		Joy	1 episode
1980	''B.A.D. Cats''	Samantha "Sunshine" Jensen
1981	''Fantasy Island''	Deborah Dare	Episode: "Elizabeth's Baby/The Artist and the Lady"
1981	''Callie & Son''	Sue Lynn Bordeaux	credited as Michele Pfeiffer
1981		Ginny Stamper
1981	''''	Jennifer Williams
1985	''One Too Many''	Annie	ABC Afterschool Special
1987	''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson''	Natica Jackson
1993	''''	Mindy Simmons	Episode: "The Last Temptation of Homer"
1993	''Picket Fences''	Client	Episode: "Freezer Burn"
1996	''Muppets Tonight''	Herself	1 episode

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Photography

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Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on ''The Daily Show'' and for his Comedy Central show ''Important Things with Demetri Martin''.

Early life

Demetri Martin was born to a Greek American family in New York City, New York, and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey. He is the son of Lillian, a nutritionist, and Dean C. Martin, a Greek Orthodox priest. Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. Although he was accepted into Harvard Law School, he went to New York University School of Law after he received a full scholarship. In 1996 Martin interned for the Domestic Policy Council at the Clinton White House, then after completing his second year of law school he dropped out.

Career

In 2001, Martin caught his first big break in stand-up comedy when he appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up showcase ''Premium Blend''. At the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe he won the Perrier award with his show ''If I...''. The show was turned into a British television special in 2004. From 2003 to 2004, Martin wrote for ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. In 2004, Martin had his own ''Comedy Central Presents'' stand-up special. His special was divided into three parts. In the first, he performed in traditional stand-up comedy fashion. In the second segment, he used humorous drawings as visual aids, which would serve either as the punchline or a background. During the third segment, he played a guitar and put on a pseudo-play where he would strum his guitar while talking; some of his comedian friends dressed as fairies and dragons acted according to the story he was telling, detailing the magical land where his jokes came from. Martin's mother and grandmother also appeared.

Since late 2005, he has been credited as a contributor on ''The Daily Show'', on which he has appeared as the named "Senior Youth Correspondent" and on which he hosts a segment called "Trendspotting". He has used this segment to talk about so-called hip trends among youth such as hookahs, wine, guerilla marketing and Xbox 360. A piece about social networking featured his profile on MySpace. On March 22, 2007, Demetri made another appearance on ''The Daily Show'', talking about the Viacom lawsuit against Google and YouTube.

He has recorded a comedy CD/DVD titled ''These Are Jokes'', which was released on September 26, 2006. This album also features ''Saturday Night Live'' member Will Forte and stand-up comedian Leo Allen.

Martin returned to ''The Daily Show'' on March 22, 2006, as the new Youth Correspondent, calling his segment "Professional Important News with Demetri Martin". In 2007, he starred in a Fountains of Wayne music video for "Someone to Love" as Seth Shapiro, a character in the song. He also starred in the video for the new Travis single "Selfish Jean", in which he wears multiple t-shirts with lyrics written on them.

On September 2, 2007, Martin appeared on the season finale of the HBO series ''Flight of the Conchords''. He appeared as a keytar player named Demetri.

He also had a part in the movie ''The Rocker'' (2008) starring Rainn Wilson. Martin played the part of the videographer when the band in the movie was making their first music video.

In 2009, he hosted and starred in his own television show called ''Important Things With Demetri Martin'' on Comedy Central. Later in June, it was announced his show had been renewed for a second season. The second season premiered, again on Comedy Central, on February 4, 2010. Martin has stated that ''Important Things'' will not return for a third season.

Prior to completing work on his second season, Martin starred in the comedy-drama film ''Taking Woodstock'' (2009), directed by Ang Lee, which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In the film Martin plays Elliot Tiber, a closeted gay artist who has given up his ambitions in the city to move upstate and help his old-world Jewish family run their Catskill Mountains motel. The film is based on the book written by Tiber.

On April 25, 2011, Martin released his first book, titled ''This Is a Book''.

Future plans

Martin sold his movie concept ''Will'' to DreamWorks; he is expected to play a key supporting role. He will play the lead in the film ''Moon People'', a pitch that he sold to Columbia Pictures.

Martin also signed a blind script deal with CBS in October 2010 to produce, write, and star in his own television series.

After CBS was shown the pilot for the series, they decided not to air it.

On August 11, 2011, Fox ordered a presentation of a new animated show they might air.

''If I''

''If I'' is a Perrier Comedy Award-winning comedy one-man show written and performed by Demetri Martin at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It was also aired on British television as a special. The show is an autobiographical examination of Martin's life, as seen through various definitions of the word "if."

The title of the special comes from a lengthy palindromic poem that Martin wrote; the words "if I" are at the center of the poem.

Comedic style

Martin is known for being an unconventional stand-up comic. He uses extensive wordplay (particularly paraprosdokians), one-liners, and drawings on a "large pad", as well as accompanying his jokes with music on either guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel, toy bells, ukulele, or tambourine, sometimes all at once. He has cited comedian Steven Wright as an important influence (both use deadpan one-liners in their acts) and he is also a fan of Bill Cosby.

Personal life

According to a July 2011 interview on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast , Demetri had a short-lived marriage to a girl he knew from high school. They began dating after high school and got married when he was in NYU Law School and she was attending NYU Medical School. He was aged 25 and in the end of his marriage/going through divorce when his stand-up career began .

Martin moved to Santa Monica, California in 2009.

Discography

''Invite Them Up'' (2005)

''These Are Jokes'' (2006)

''Demetri Martin. Person.'' (2007)

Filmography and television work

''If I'' ''12:21'' ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' "''Someone to Love (Fountains of Wayne song) ''Flight of the Conchords (TV series) ''The Rocker (film) ''Paper Heart'' ''Post Grad'' ''Moon People'' ''Taking Woodstock'' ''Important Things with Demetri Martin'' ''Take Me Home Tonight (film) ''Contagion (film) ''Conan''

Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2002	''Analyze That''	Personal Assistant
2003	|	Himself	British television special, also writer
2004	|	Himself	short film, also writer
2004	|	Himself	1 episode, series writer
2007	Someone to Love''" ||	Seth Shapiro	''Fountains of Wayne'' music video
2007	Flight of the Conchords'' ||	Demetri	Season 1, Episode 12
2008	The Rocker'' ||	Kip (a music video producer)
2009	|	Himself
2009	|	Ad Exec
2009	|		lead role and writer
2009	|	Elliot Tiber	lead role
2009–2010	|	Himself / Various	lead role, writer, series creator, executive producer, and composer
2011	Take Me Home Tonight'' ||	Goldman Sachs Employee	supporting role
2011	Contagion'' ||
2011	|	Himself	guest

Written works

''This Is a Book'', April 2011, .

Awards and nominations

AwardPerrier Comedy AwardEmmy Awards Shared with Mike Sweeney (writer)Writers Guild of America Award Shared with Mike Sweeney (writer)Barry Award (for comedy)

Year	|	For	Category	Result	Other notes
2003	|	''If I''		Won	At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2004	|	''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program	Nominated	Mike Sweeney (head writer), Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
2005	|	''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series	Won	Mike Sweeney (head writer), Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
2006	Barry Award ||	''Dr. Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin''		Won	Award for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

References

External links

Interview from November, 2006, in Onion AV Club

Interview from October 2006, in The DePaulia

Article, in ''The Scotsman''

Article, in ''Gelf Magazine''

Interview by Brian M. Palmer

MP3 Audio Interview on ''The Sound of Young America'' public radio show and podcast

Interview Believer Mag

New Jersey Monthly Magazine

Fresh Air, NPR.org

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Richard A. Dworsky is a pianist, a composer, and appears weekly on the ''A Prairie Home Companion'' public radio variety show from ''American Public Media'' as the resident pianist and band leader. He has released several CDs of his own instrumental music compositions, and his piano piece "A Morning With the Roses" appears on many Windham Hill Records collections, including ''Piano Sampler'', ''Windows — 25 Years of Windham Hill Piano'', and ''Windham Hill Chill — Ambient/Acoustic''. He also released a collection of solo piano arrangements of 1960s rock music titled ''Back to the Garden''.

He composed a musical version of L. Frank Baum's ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'', which was premiered by the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis in 1981, and was filmed for presentation on Showtime and MCA Video. He appeared on camera as the pianist and band leader in the Robert Altman film ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (2006), and behind the scenes served as that film's conductor, arranger, and composer.

Richard was raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His sister, Sally Dworsky, is a singer and voice actor and his other sister Shosh Dworsky is the assistant chaplain and rabbi at Carleton College.

External links

''A Prairie Home Companion''

Official website

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