Gina Wilhelm Actress – Marlee Matlin Gives Keynote Speech Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin gave the keynote address at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo in Seattle Wednesday night. The deaf actress told the audience of educators that she got where she was because “people like you listened to me.” She said that growing up, her parents taught her to do what she loved, and be accepted doing it. She told about her
Callie Thorne Doesn’t Need Rescuing
Category: actor, actress, Callie Thorne, Gina Wilhelm, Gina Wilhelm actress, Rescue Me, Sheila Keefe
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Callie Thorne Doesn’t Need Rescuing When FX’s series “Rescue Me” wrapped filming for the season recently, Callie Thorne knew she woiuld be sad. The actress, who plays Sheila Keefe on the show, considers the rest of the cast to be family. She has a little separation anxiety when they go away for the off-season. She enjoys the show, in which she says the writers have created a world where anything can
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Getting to Know Michelle Rodriguez Michelle Rodriguez is about to return to the screen this week in “Fast and Furious.” Today IGN.com profiles her before the movie opens. Rodriguez grew up in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and New Jersey, which is where she developed her “tough girl” persona that would serve her in her movies. She said she developed it because of the tough environments in which she would find herself.
Lisa Ray’s Journey to Acting
Category: actor, actress, Deepa Mehta, Gina Wilhelm, Gina Wilhelm actress, India, Lisa Ray, On the Waterfront
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Lisa Ray’s Journey to Acting Lisa Ray didn’t set out to be an actress. Originally the star of Deepa Mehta’s “Water” had set out to be a journalist. She said she was more inclined to write because she is an introvert. She first got into modelling after she finished high school in Canada. She moved to India to increase her opportunities. She was noticed by Indian filmmakers in a print advertisement.
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Rashida Jones Acting Defiant Rashida Jones very nearly didn’t become an actress. The star of “I Love You, Man” and NBC’s new “Parks and Recreation” had originally planned to study law as an act of defiance against her show-business parents, Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton. However, she took a few acting classes while at Harvard and wound up falling in love. She decided she should give acting a real try. She
