Gina Wilhelm Actress – Anna Faris, Funny Woman Anna Faris, the star of now-open “Observe and Report” says she would far rather have fans think of her as funny than hot. She says “I’ve never felt that comfortable in my own skin.” She started off in dramatic roles, but has gotten very popular in comic roles. While working on “Scary Movie” she was taught by Keenen Ivory Wayans that there is no vanity in comedy.
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Shelli Boone Premieres One-Woman Show Shelli Boone’s new play, “Out West: Women of the Plains,” will be opening Friday, May 1, at Playhouse Theatre Players in Downtown Los Angeles. Boone wrote and produced the show, in which she portrays women during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Boone has been nominated for an NAACP Award and made her on-screen debut co-hosting BET’s “Mad Sports.” She has also appeared in “Saints and
Gina Wilhelm Actress -Helen Mirren at the Movies Helen Mirren is keeping busy these days. She’s about to appear in “State of Play,” starring Russell Crowe. She likens the films to the Hollywood thrillers of the ’70s. It’s based on the 2003 British miniseries by the same name. In it, she plays Crowe’s newspaper-editor boss. She takes over the role played on TV by Bill Nighy. In addition to that, she’s currently working on the
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Lupe Ontiveros Breaks Molds Lupe Ontiveros has been acting for decades, having appeared in such television programs as “Charlie’s Angels” and “Who’s the Boss?” However, in that career, she’s played a maid 150 times. She realizes that she gets a lot of parts because of her “indigenous” look, but she’s also against getting parts that just reinforce Latina stereotypes. She is pleased with one maid role: Rosalita in “The Goonies.” The
Gina Wilhem Actress – Remembering Jane O’Brien Dart Jane O’Brien Dart passed away recently at the age of 90. Although she stopped acting in 1939 to get married, she had a highly successful career. She was renamed Jane Bryan by Warner Bros. when she signed her contract with them in 1936. Bette Davis took the young actress under her wing, and Dart got to play Davis’ younger sister in 1937’s “Marked Woman.” In his “All
