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A fiery Scots-Yankee known for her intelligence, humor and iron determination, Katharine Hepburn demonstrated remarkable staying power in a screen career that spanned more than six decades, winning three of her four Best Actress Oscars after the age of 60. Credit must go to her extraordinary parents, a noted urologist father, who at great professional risk brought the facts about venereal disease to a wider public, and his dedicated suffragette wife (an early champion of birth control), for providing an eccentric and genteel upbringing stressing Spartan physical discipline. Out of their Connecticut crucible emerged a strong-minded, outspoken, original who would become one of the nation’s most admired and beloved actresses. Hepburn did it more on brains than beauty, though she was certainly not unattractive, and her strength of character, high moral fiber and regal poise were enduring qualities that continued to bring her choice parts as she aged.

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Graceful former dancer and model, a much-loved star in films from 1951. After small parts in European productions, Hepburn scored a key break when she was chosen by no less than Colette herself to star onstage in the author’s “Gigi” (1951). Shortly thereafter, the radiant young actress gained immediate prominence in Hollywood with the leading role in the feature romantic comedy, “Roman Holiday” (1953), which was followed by similarly enchanting performances in films such as the inspired fashion musical “Funny Face” (1957) and, as Holly Golightly, the warmly romantic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961).

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Like many actresses, this native Canadian began her career modeling (i.e., appearing on the cover of the French edition of Cosmopolitan at age 15) before being featured in TV commercials (e.g., spots for Lady Stetson and Oil of Olay). The voluptuous blonde made a striking feature film debut in 1995 as Sil, the otherworldly antagonist in the sci-fi thriller “Species.” Henstridge (who, at least according to studio PR, won out over 800 competitors), played a beautiful but deadly product of alien and human DNA who was intent on procreating in order to create a new race.

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Taraji Penda Henson (born 1971 in Washington, DC) is an American actress and singer. Henson has appeared in such films as Baby Boy (2001), Hustle & Flow (2005), and Four Brothers (2005), and was a cast member on Lifetime Television’s The Division. Henson, who worked as a cruise ship entertainer and at the Pentagon before becoming an actress, holds a degree in theater arts from Howard University. Henson’s first and middle names are of Swahili origin, meaning “love” and “hope”, respectively. She is a descendant of Matthew Henson, co-discoverer of the North Pole.

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A slender, dark-haired beauty with an intelligent demeanor and an attractive alto voice, Jill Hennessy made her Broadway debut as the Puerto Rican wife of the singer in “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” in 1990 and, after a handful of TV appearances, got her break in 1993 when she was cast as assistant district attorney Claire Kincaid on the engrossing NBC police and courtroom drama series “Law & Order”. The show had been running for several seasons, but personnel changes had already occurred, and Hennessy’s coolly confident manner meshed well with those of her more experienced co-stars. That same year, the Canadian actress played her first prominent feature film role, that of Dr. Marie, the mechanized hero’s smart chemist, in the ill-advised sequel, “Robocop 3″. Hennessy later acted smaller supporting roles in the modestly satirical comedy-drama “The Paper” (1994), as Robert Duvall’s daughter. and “I Shot Andy Warhol” (1996), as a reporter.

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A comely, red-haired leading lady with an open-faced, forceful manner, Marg Helgenberger began on the small screen as the feisty rookie police officer Siobhan Ryan on ABC’s Irish-flavored daytime soap, “Ryan’s Hope”. After some primetime guest spots, she landed a regular role supporting Margot Kidder and James Reid on the short-lived CBS series about two former con artists, “Shell Game” (1987). She fared better with her second series, winning an Emmy for the provocative Vietnam War drama, “China Beach” (1988-91). As K.C., a prostitute who attaches herself to a M.A.S.H. unit in Vietnam, Helgenberger brought forthright feminist insights to her brash, hard-bitten character. Though she would have a recurring role as George Clooney’s love interest on NBC’s popular medical drama “ER” in 1996, she had to wait for her return as a series regular until the Las Vegas-set “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS, 2000- ). Cast as senior forensics investigator Catherine Willows, who tries to balance work and motherhood, the actress enjoyed a meaty role that earned her an Emmy nomination in its first season.

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Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24, 1978) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles on the TV series Roswell and Grey’s Anatomy.

Heigl was born in Washington, D.C. to Paul Heigl (a German American accountant) and Nancy (an Irish American); she was raised a Mormon. A few years after Heigl’s birth, the family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where her older brother, Jason, died in 1986 of injuries suffered in a car accident. Despite their grief, the family decided to donate Jason’s organs, which motivated Katherine to become a strong proponent of organ donation.

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A waifish blonde, Anne Heche (pronounced ‘haytch’) was still relatively unknown when she made headlines in April 1997 disclosing her relationship with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres. Almost immediately, there was speculation and questions about whether the actress’ decision to reveal her lesbianism would adversely affect her career, particularly as Heche had been cast as Harrison Ford’s love interest in “Six Days/Seven Nights” (1998). Reportedly, the marketing campaign for the film was altered to play up the adventure aspect of the film instead of the romance, but it was for naught: not only did Heche’s bid for movie stardom fizzle quickly, her much-discussed relationship with Degeneres also collapsed in 2001 and she suffered a highly public 2000 meltdown in which she was found wandering in a dazed state concerned about aliens. Neverthless, she managed to collect herself and reclaim her acting career, as well as become and wife and mother away from the set.

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Patricia Heaton (born March 4, 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for playing Debra Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005), and for being nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Comedy Series for this role 6 years in a row (1999-2005), and winning twice in a row, once in 2000, and again in 2001.

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This immensely popular red-haired beauty of the 1940s began dancing professionally with her father from childhood. In 1935, Rita Hayworth was “discovered” and made her Hollywood debut the same year. She appeared in mostly small parts in some 25 films before giving her first substantial performance in Howard Hawks’ “Only Angels Have Wings” (1939). In the following decade she became one of Hollywood’s great stars, dubbed the “Love Goddess”, a genuinely talented actress and dancer as well as a celebrated WWII pinup.

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Touted by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez as the first Mexican star to play the female lead in an American movie since Dolores Del Rio, the stunningly beautiful and charismatic Salma Hayek scorched stateside cineplexes as the fiery border town bookseller who romances Antonio Banderas’ vengeful “mariachi” in “Desperado” (1995). She had previously won the hearts of her countrymen with two TV roles in the late 1980s, first as an innocent schoolgirl in “Nuevo Amancer” and subsequently as the comely bad girl protagonist of “Teresa” in the extremely popular primetime soap. Fearing that Mexican audiences valued her looks more than her thespian skills–despite several acting awards–Hayek left Mexico at the height of her vogue and headed for L.A. She then took a year-and-a-half off from acting to learn English.

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The enduring star power of Goldie Hawn is a fairly unusual phenomenon for a contemporary Hollywood actress. She first gained celebrity through a brief stint as a “dumb blonde” dancer-comedienne on TV in the late 1960s and segued to the movies as an acclaimed supporting player before quickly achieving star status. The now gracefully middle-aged showbiz veteran has maintained her celebrity and pumped up her industry muscle without any major tinkering with her persona. Sharp-eyed viewers may have detected a subtle evolution but, to the general public, she has remained an eternally youthful and joyously giggly girl for nearly three decades. Hawn has long been one of the elite group of actresses who can “open” a major motion picture.

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