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Mia Sara (573 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

debut as Princess Lili in the fantasy film Legend (1985), and had her breakthrough role starring as Sloane Peterson in the comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day

Kelly Lynch (492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

31, 1959) is an American film and television actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 1988 film Cocktail, before playing a romantic lead opposite

James Spader (1,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kids (both 1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Mannequin (1987). His breakthrough role came with the Steven Soderbergh drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

Téa Leoni (1,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sitcoms Flying Blind (1992–93) and The Naked Truth (1995–1998). Her breakthrough role was in the 1995 action comedy film Bad Boys. Leoni had lead roles

Jessica Szohr (1,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2007) and CSI: Miami (2007). She gained recognition in 2007 with her breakthrough role as Vanessa Abrams on The CW's teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012)

Nick Mancuso (1,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and director. Beginning his career as a stage actor, he had his breakthrough role in the 1981 drama Ticket to Heaven, for which he won the Genie Award

David Harbour (1,834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Revolutionary Road (2008) and Black Mass (2015). Harbour had his breakthrough role as Elliot Hirsch in the HBO political drama series The Newsroom and

Lorraine Bracco (2,037 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007) and for her breakthrough role portraying Karen Hill in the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas (1990)

Rizabawa (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

actor who worked predominately in Malayalam films and television. His breakthrough role was as a villain in the 1990 film In Harihar Nagar. Since then, he

Mansoor Ali Khan (actor) (1,064 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Tamil films, mostly in antagonistic and supporting roles. He got a breakthrough role as an antagonist in Captain Prabhakaran (1991). After the success

Ellen Barkin (1,428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film Diner, and in the following years, she had starring

Kevin Bacon (3,728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and performed in Diner (1982) before his breakthrough role in the musical-drama film Footloose (1984). Since then, he has starred

Abhay Deol (2,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Manorama Six Feet Under (2007) and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008). His breakthrough role came in 2009 with a starring role in Anurag Kashyap's black comedy

Scott Caan (1,021 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

director, photographer, writer, and former rapper. He received his breakthrough role in Ocean's Eleven as Turk Malloy, whom he played in the Ocean's trilogy

Hands Up (serial) (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne. The serial was Ruth Roland's breakthrough role. A newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes

Patricia Wettig (986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

received a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. After her breakthrough role in Thirtysomething, Wettig has appeared in a number of films, including

Molly Windsor (387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Molly Windsor is an English actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 2009 Channel 4 television film The Unloved, and she has appeared in Oranges and

Michael Badalucco (216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2001), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023). His breakthrough role came as attorney Jimmy Berlutti in the television series The Practice

Kati Outinen (368 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

associated with the "turkkalaisuus" school of acting methodology. Her breakthrough role was as a tough girl in the generational classic youth film Täältä

Nimrat Kaur (1,822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Anurag Kashyap's production Peddlers (2012). She followed it with her breakthrough role in the critically acclaimed drama The Lunchbox (2014). In 2015, Kaur

Dave Johns (375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his breakthrough role as Daniel Blake in the 2016 Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake. Johns

Miguel Ferrer (1,381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(February 7, 1955 – January 19, 2017) was an American actor. His breakthrough role was as Bob Morton in the 1987 film RoboCop. Other film roles include

Matthew Goode (1,658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with ABC's television film Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received

Miles Teller (2,011 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Spectacular Now (2013) and the Divergent film trilogy (2014–2016). His breakthrough role came in the drama Whiplash (2014) which earned him critical acclaim

Gustav Fröhlich (1,411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. He remained

Milo Ventimiglia (2,381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on the short-lived series Opposite Sex in 2000 before landing his breakthrough role the following year as Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls (2001–2007). Thereafter

Stacy Martin (445 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Stacy Martin (born 20 March 1990) is a French actress. Her breakthrough role was playing Joe as a young woman in Lars von Trier's 2013 drama film Nymphomaniac

Olga Kurylenko (2,189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pursue a modelling career. She refocused on acting in 2004 and had her breakthrough role in the action-thriller film Hitman (2007). She has also starred in

David Keith (actor) (1,151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Lemuel Keith (born May 8, 1954) is an American actor and director. His breakthrough role was that of aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley in An Officer and a Gentleman

Sean Young (2,121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

feature Stripes (1981), the latter being a commercial success. Her breakthrough role was that of Rachael in Blade Runner (1982). She then portrayed the

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and Wayne Lai (Chow Pak-tung). In addition, Jason Pai reprised his breakthrough role as Kwok Ching, whom he previously portrayed in The Legend of the Condor

Mahershala Ali (2,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07)

Ursula Andress (3,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

model who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No

Elliott Gould (3,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

né Goldstein; born August 29, 1938) is an American actor. Gould's breakthrough role was in the film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), for which he received

Pool of London (film) (995 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

directed by Basil Dearden. It stars Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron (in his breakthrough role) and Susan Shaw. Set in post-war London, the film is of note for portraying

Paget Brewster (1,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

role as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakthrough role came as FBI Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the CBS crime

Billy Zane (1,981 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film Dead Calm, a performance that earned

Sanchita Shetty (548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

appeared predominantly in Tamil and Kannada films. She is known for her breakthrough role as the female lead role in Soodhu Kavvum (2013). She made her first

Keshia Knight Pulliam (1,328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American actress. She began her career as a child actor. She landed her breakthrough role as Rudy Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992), and

Little Caesar (film) (1,376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the same name by William R. Burnett. Little Caesar was Robinson's breakthrough role and immediately made him a major film star. The film is often listed

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film) (1,109 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Romolo Valli, and Fabio Testi in his breakthrough role. An Italian production with West German financing, The Garden of the

Pool of London (film) (995 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

directed by Basil Dearden. It stars Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron (in his breakthrough role) and Susan Shaw. Set in post-war London, the film is of note for portraying

Tom Skerritt (1,271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his film career coincided with the New Hollywood movement, with a breakthrough role as Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H. He then starred in notable

Niels Schneider (922 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ʃnɛdɛʁ]; born 18 June 1987) is a French-Canadian actor. He had his breakthrough role in Xavier Dolan's film I Killed My Mother (2009), and gained international

Golden Boy (play) (1,113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

into a 1939 film of the same name, starring William Holden in his breakthrough role, and also served as the basis for a 1964 musical with Sammy Davis

Jim Broadbent (3,040 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990). Notable film roles include Bullets

Kristanna Loken (1,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

films, such as Mortal Kombat: Conquest and Air Panic (2001). Her breakthrough role was as the gynoid T-X in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Isaiah Washington (2,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2002), and Hollywood Homicide (2003). In 2005, Washington landed his breakthrough role as Preston Burke on Grey's Anatomy. He was dismissed after the third

Joe Don Baker (1,448 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and Wild Rovers (1971), before his breakthrough role as real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the film Walking Tall

Quinn McColgan (417 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

five feature films, four TV shows, one TV movie and a short. Her breakthrough role was in the TV mini-series Mildred Pierce as Ray Pierce (the younger

Emily Browning (2,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Something in the Air (2000–2001), and Blue Heelers (2000–2002). Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship, which introduced her to a

Franco Nero (1,589 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film Django (1966)

Debra Messing (2,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Stacey on Fox (1995–1997), and Prey on ABC (1998). She achieved her breakthrough role as Grace Adler, an interior designer, on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace

Chris Cooper (2,286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was as Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed Western television miniseries

Angie Dickinson (3,965 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role in Gun the Man Down (1956) with James Arness and the Western film

Kim Myers (44 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kimberly S. Myers is an American television and film actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 1985 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's

Boris Kodjoe (1,064 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Austrian-born German actor and former model, based in the United States. His breakthrough role was as sports-courier agent Damon Carter on the Showtime drama series

Clayton Watson (478 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

station near Morgan, South Australia. Watson is best known for his breakthrough role as Kid in the films of The Matrix. Watson broke through playing the

Marilu Henner (1,546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

comedy-drama film Between the Lines. In 1978, Henner was cast in her breakthrough role as Elaine O'Connor Nardo in the ABC/NBC sitcom Taxi, a role she played

Melissa Leo (2,034 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award, and The Young Riders. Her breakthrough role came in 1993 as detective and later sergeant Kay Howard on the television

Sumeet Vyas (1,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an Indian actor and writer of films, web series and theatre. His breakthrough role was Mikesh Chaudhary in TVF's 2014 web series Permanent Roommates

Bruce Davison (1,690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

films, television and stage productions since his debut in 1968. His breakthrough role was as Willard Stiles in the 1971 cult horror film Willard. He was

Kalicharan (674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hit. The film was the directorial debut of Subhash Ghai and was the breakthrough role for stars Shatrughan Sinha and Reena Roy. It was later remade into

Cuba Gooding Jr. (2,525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), he won the Academy Award

Emmy Rossum (3,992 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Passionada (2002), and Nola (2003). At sixteen, she was cast in her breakthrough role in Mystic River (2003). Rossum starred in the 2004 sci-fi film The

Jacob Gregory (232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

film debut with ABCD (2013) directed by Martin Prakkat. He got a breakthrough role in the TV series Akkara Kazhchakal, where he portrayed the character

Jill Whelan (1,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

actress. After working in television commercials, she landed her breakthrough role playing Vicki Stubing, the daughter of Captain Stubing, in six of

Angela Bettis (675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is an American actress, film producer, and director. Following her breakthrough role as Janet Webber in the drama film Girl, Interrupted (1999), she earned

Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa (650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

actress, TV presenter and fashion designer. She is known for her breakthrough role on the South African Television Series, Tshisa. She launched the maternity

Bebe Neuwirth (2,547 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

performance as Fräulein Schneider in Cabaret (2024). On television, her breakthrough role was as Dr. Lilith Sternin, Frasier Crane's wife on the sitcom Cheers

Rebecca Hall (2,832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In 2006, following her film debut in Starter for 10, Hall got her breakthrough role in Christopher Nolan's thriller film The Prestige. In 2008, she starred

Tota Roy Chowdhury (866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Miss Jojo in Prabhat Roy's Bengali film Duranta Prem (1993). His breakthrough role came with Rituparno Ghosh's National Award winning Bengali film Chokher

Rachel Dratch (1,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

improvisational theatre at The Second City and ImprovOlympic. Dratch's breakthrough role was her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday

Honey Rose (1,076 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film Boyy Friennd. Her breakthrough role came in 2012 with Trivandrum Lodge. Honey Rose Varghese was born in

Ramzy Bedia (331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Oiseaux et... ta mère!, by the French director Djamel Bensalah. Bedia's breakthrough role was as a window cleaner in the 2001 Charles Nemes film La Tour Montparnasse

Robert Urquhart (actor) (1,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

who worked on the stage, for British television, and in film. His breakthrough role was Paul Krempe in The Curse of Frankenstein in 1957, along with Peter

John Lloyd Cruz (2,360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

acting at the age of 15 and has over 30 productions to his credit. A breakthrough role on the soap opera Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay, where he first started

Tina Louise (2,107 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

She began her career on stage in the mid-1950s before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received the Golden

Robert Urquhart (actor) (1,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

who worked on the stage, for British television, and in film. His breakthrough role was Paul Krempe in The Curse of Frankenstein in 1957, along with Peter

Stand Up and Cheer! (1,155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

musical numbers. The film is best known for providing the first big breakthrough role for legendary child actress Shirley Temple. A little known bit player

Kirstie Alley (3,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987–1993), for which

Wendy Crewson (2,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film The Doctor. Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood

Of Mice and Men (1939 film) (1,228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and Men was his first major role. Betty Field's role as Mae was her breakthrough role in film. The film, produced by the Hal Roach Studios, was adapted

Kelly Hu (2,339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Tournament (2009) as Lai Lai Zhen, and White Frog (2012). Her breakthrough role was that of China White/Chen Na Wei in The CW series Arrow. Hu has

Danny Dyer (3,688 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in Human Traffic (1999), with other notable roles Billy

Vanessa Lee Chester (358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

films A Little Princess (1995) and Harriet the Spy (1996), before her breakthrough role in Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Chester

Digangana Suryavanshi (1,203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

her career in Hindi television and went on to appear in films. Her breakthrough role was 'Veera' in the StarPlus TV series Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera. She

Stephanie Sigman (994 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Stephanie Sigman Conde is a Mexican and American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 2011 Mexican crime drama film Miss Bala. She has gone on to

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Paul Lindau. It marked the screen debut of Isa Miranda, who had her breakthrough role the following year in Everybody's Woman and emerged as the most

Nora-Jane Noone (734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

greatest Irish film actors of all time. She made her screen debut in her breakthrough role film The Magdalene Sisters (2002), and has since been nominated three

Cavalry (1936 Italian film) (258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

personal traits that would be brought out even more clearly in his breakthrough role Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938). Umberto Solaro, a young cavalry officer

Knock on Any Door (1,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

same name by Willard Motley. The picture gave actor John Derek his breakthrough role as young hoodlum Nick Romano, whose motto was "Live fast, die young

Alan Rickman (7,266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Romeo and Juliet (1978) as part of the BBC's Shakespeare series. His breakthrough role was Obadiah Slope in the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles

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American actress. She appeared in a number of B movies before her breakthrough role in the 1997 black comedy film In the Company of Men, for which she

Sun Haiying (439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

respectively. He has now gained even greater popularity from his breakthrough role as Fan Zeng in King's War (2012). Sun has won the 15th Shanghai International

Barbara Leigh (279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

November 16, 1946) is a former American actress and fashion model. Her breakthrough role came in 1972 with the film Junior Bonner, in which she starred alongside

Murilo Benício (978 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ferida, in a recurring role portraying Fabrício. Benicío's major breakthrough role was in the critically acclaimed telenovela O Clone that aired between

Selenis Leyva (966 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Off-Broadway productions and had supporting roles on television, before her breakthrough role as Gloria Mendoza in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the

A Single Girl (287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mobile camera style, recalling the French New Wave. This was the breakthrough role for the 19-year-old Ledoyen (who later became known in the United

Isabella Rossellini (4,467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Primetime Emmy Award. She gained recognition as an actress after her breakthrough role in White Nights (1985) and again in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986)

Jasper Pääkkönen (1,115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series Vikings (2016–2018;

Alison Pill (3,093 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

appearing in numerous projects before transitioning to adult roles with a breakthrough role in the television series The Book of Daniel (2006). That same year

Callum Keith Rennie (2,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is a British born Canadian actor, based in British Columbia. His breakthrough role was as punk rocker Billy Tallent in the music mockumentary Hard Core

Vishakha Singh (1,064 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jee Jaan Sey, alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone. Her breakthrough role was in the Tamil film Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (2013). Vishakha

Sophia Myles (2,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Park (1999), From Hell (2001) and The Abduction Club (2002), but her breakthrough role came in the form of Erika in Underworld (2003) before she won the

Riley Keough (5,659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

action feature Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). In 2016, Keough had her breakthrough role as an escort in the first season of the anthology series The Girlfriend

Inside Llewyn Davis (3,501 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

one week in the life of Llewyn Davis, played by Oscar Isaac in his breakthrough role, a folk singer struggling to achieve musical success while keeping

Hugh Jackman (8,274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the X-Men film franchise and the Marvel Cinematic

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in 1929 at the Globe Theatre in the West End. It represented the breakthrough role as a solo performer of the French comedienne Yvonne Arnaud. In 1931

Anupam Kher (3,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mahesh Bhatt-directed drama film Saaransh (1984), which marked Kher's breakthrough role, earning him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of

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10, 1993) is a Japanese actress. She became recognized after her breakthrough role as Kazumi Kanda in "Joō no Kyōshitsu" ("The Queen's Classroom") leading

Lee Jong-suk (4,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

youngest male model ever to participate in Seoul Fashion Week. Lee's breakthrough role was in School 2013 (2012). He is also well known for his roles in

Jason Haynes (2,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Juliet Rieden of The Australian Women's Weekly branded Jason a "breakthrough role" and a television first. The positive response to the character led

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involved in cattle rustling. The film is considered to be Gary Cooper's breakthrough role and is well known for Cooper's line "If you wanna call me that—smile"

Sofie Gråbøl (1,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a Danish actress. She has starred in a number of films, with her breakthrough role in the 1986 Danish film Early Spring, directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen

Damian de Montemas (255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montemas is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He had a breakthrough role as Jason Kennedy, in the first two seasons of Melbourne drama series

Mélanie Laurent (4,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2006), for which she won Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film Don't Worry, I'm Fine, for which she won

The Virginian (1929 film) (1,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

involved in cattle rustling. The film is considered to be Gary Cooper's breakthrough role and is well known for Cooper's line "If you wanna call me that—smile"

Rex Harrison (3,748 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance

Carey Mulligan (5,246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (2008). Mulligan's breakthrough role came as a 1960s schoolgirl in the coming-of-age film An Education

Radhika Madan (3,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from Jesus and Mary College, she began her acting career with her breakthrough role in the television soap opera Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi (2014–2016).

Daniel Caltagirone (582 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Raider: The Cradle of Life, and the Oscar-winning film The Pianist. His breakthrough role came in the television series Lock Stock, where he played series lead

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debuted when he was 13 months old. He became recognized after his breakthrough role as Higuchi Yoroku (childhood name of Naoe Kanetsugu, as well as Kanetsugu's

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (3,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (1994). He played Jaime Lannister

Julia Dufvenius (777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

She has appeared in television shows, films, and stage plays. Her breakthrough role was in the television miniseries Glappet (1997). Dufvenius played

Hari Nef (1,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

October 21, 1992) is an American actress, model, and writer. Nef's breakthrough role was Gittel in the Amazon original series Transparent, for which she

Ben Gazzara (2,346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

career with the Actors Studio, of which he was a lifelong member. His breakthrough role was in the Broadway play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955–56), which earned

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2003 she was a member of the Gergely Csiky Theater in Kaposvár. Her breakthrough role came in the 2009 film Soul Kitchen. She has appeared in more than

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Eileen O'Higgins is an Irish actress. Her breakthrough role was in the play Hold Your Tongue, Hold Your Dead which led to a supporting role in the film

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Carmela Zumbado (born February 27, 1991) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as Delilah Alves in the Netflix thriller series You (2019). She

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her film debut in I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007). She had her breakthrough role as a precocious teenager in Atonement (2007), which earned her a nomination

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graduated from CEA, an acting school in Mexico. In 2006, he had a breakthrough role in Rebelde, a Mexican telenovela, playing the part of Luciano. He

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Vincent (born February 7, 1979) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role starring as Maya in the television series Power Rangers Lost Galaxy

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1979) is a Spanish film, television and stage actress. She landed a breakthrough role in 1995 sitcom Pepa y Pepe which advanced her career. She has since

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Kinski in her first major role in a feature-length film, it was her breakthrough role that made her famous in Germany. It was also an important movie for

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works primarily in Indian television and Indian soap operas. Her breakthrough role was in the drama Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo on Zee TV n she is

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be a classic television adaptation of the novel and features the breakthrough role of Barbara Yung, who played Huang Rong, During that time, Barbara

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Award winner Gene Hackman as Sgt. Tweed, already having starring in a breakthrough role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). In 1942, a force of American Marines are

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Lucien Ballard with Gregg Toland. The film is notable as Russell's breakthrough role to becoming a sex symbol and Hollywood star. Later advertising billed

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1984 Hong Kong martial arts action film Drunken Tai Chi. He made his breakthrough role as the antagonist General Nap-lan in Once Upon a Time in China II

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his debut in Nerukku Ner (1997) at the age of 22, Suriya landed his breakthrough role in Nandha (2001) and then had his first major commercial success with

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1973) is an English actor, screenwriter, producer and director. His breakthrough role came in the feature film, London to Brighton. which was voted into

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had a career in film and television for seven decades. Shatner's breakthrough role was his portrayal of James T. Kirk in Star Trek. William Shatner's

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Quincy Jones, who also produced. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg in her breakthrough role, with Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey (in her film debut), Margaret Avery

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and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Paul Mazursky's comedy drama An Unmarried Woman (1978). She also

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acting at Santa Monica College, UCLA and London Film School. His breakthrough role is Kerim in hit series "Asi". He had leading role in historical series

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who appears in Hindi and Tamil films and web series. She had her breakthrough role alongside Riteish Deshmukh in the Marathi action film Lai Bhaari (2014)

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an American actor best known for his voice acting roles. After his breakthrough role as Dr. Chris Ramsey on the ABC soap opera Port Charles in 1997, North

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and Sciences. Woodard began her acting career in theater. After her breakthrough role in the Off-Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide

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American writer, filmmaker, former actress, and singer. McCurdy's breakthrough role as Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly (2007–2012) won her

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received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, proved to be a breakthrough role for Yash. His first film in a leading role, Rocky (2008), was poorly

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Mousquetaires (1921), the first film adaptation of the novel and his screen breakthrough role. He starred in 20 films between 1921 and 1948. Les Trois Mousquetaires

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making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of A Doll's House. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1977 to 1983

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Academy Awards. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's romantic drama Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and

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in many TV series, among them Häxan Surtant, Kvarteret Skatan (her breakthrough role), and Superhjältejul. In addition, she performs on the stage and radio

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Marco Pérez (born March 17, 1977) is a Mexican actor and writer. He began his artistic career working in experimental theater in Jalisco. After moving

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13, 1997) is a Native American (Menominee) actress. She landed her breakthrough role – her first ever acting experience – as Maya Lopez / Echo within the

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a brief appearance in the Hindi film Sultanat (1986), and had her breakthrough role in the tragic romance film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), which earned

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is an American actress. She began her career in theatre before her breakthrough role as Dr. Belinda Brown in the HBO comedy series Vice Principals in 2016

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acting. Clem Ohameze started professional acting in 1995. But his breakthrough role was in 1999 when he featured in a big-budget movie titled ENDTIME

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television series such as Ah Bian and Ah Jane. In 2002, Miao had her breakthrough role in Taiwanese-language series Fiery Thunderbolt. From then she starred

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Piesse (born 10 August 1983) is an Australian actress and singer. Her breakthrough role was playing a trapeze artist in the Australian children's television

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Sofía Espinosa Carrasco (born September 22, 1989) is a Mexican actress, writer and director. She began her artistic preparation at the National Conservatory

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success at the box office. The film is also noted for being Jayan's breakthrough role. Prem Nazir as Soman Jayan as Forest ranger John Jayabharathi as Panchami

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Darlan Cunha is a Brazilian actor. Better known as Laranjinha from his breakthrough role in Cidade dos Homens and from his part in the film Cidade de Deus

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womanizer, Mark Carleton (Nighy). Nighy credits the series as being his breakthrough role. Bill Nighy as Prof. Mark Carleton Harriet Walter as Charity Walton

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Guillain (born 11 May 1982) is a Colombian-born French actor. His breakthrough role was in the film, Brief Crossing in 2001. Gilles Guillain at IMDb Official

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IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. Fernandez had her breakthrough role with the psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011), her first commercial

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her new name and introduced her to the film business in 1913. Her breakthrough role came in the epic Christus, which was shot in Palestine and Egypt.

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trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His breakthrough role was as Jamie Callender in the BBC TV series May to December. Additionally

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(born September 17, 1989) is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough role was as prison inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in the Netflix comedy-drama

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the banner of Venus Records and Tapes. The film was Akshay Kumar's breakthrough role and also stars Ayesha Jhulka, Deepak Tijori and Sabeeha, while Prem

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1981) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Prudence in the film Across the Universe (2007), in which she sang

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test for the film, which led some years later to his casting in his breakthrough role in My Brother Jonathan. The film was a success at the box office.

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appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television drama China Beach (1988–1991)

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Aadhe Adhoore, which explored infidelity in rural India. Before her breakthrough role as Jassi, she has essayed parallel lead roles in many hit TV series

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9, 1975, through May 17, 1979. It provided John Travolta with his breakthrough role. Stand-up comedian and actor Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan stars as the main

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rose to greater prominence the following year, after she landed her breakthrough role in the teen film Bring It On. Union is known for her performances

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and whose amoral and unstable heir, Martin (played by Berger in his breakthrough role), is embroiled in his family's machinations. It is loosely based on

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Dover Kosashvili. The film centers on Zaza (Lior Ashkenazi, in his breakthrough role), the 31-year-old child of tradition-minded Georgian Jewish immigrants

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Terrence Howard. A succession of recurring television roles led to his breakthrough role as Russell on the NBC sitcom The Single Guy in 1995. He has been a

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Larissa Drekonja is a Slovenian American actress. Her breakthrough role was as Galina on NBC TV show Windfall in 2006. She has appeared on films like

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lead role in Howard Hawks's Western film Rio Lobo (1970). O'Neill's breakthrough role came in Robert Mulligan's period drama Summer of '42 (1971), in which

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Simon Doyle in the film Death on the Nile (1978). This proved to be a breakthrough role. He appeared in a variety of films and TV series including Quatermass

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have portrayed both of the regnant Elizabeths on screen. After her breakthrough role in The Long Good Friday (1980), Mirren appeared in other films including

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fantasy period drama Alchemy of Souls (2022–2023) which marked his breakthrough role. Lee Jae-wook attends Chung-Ang University's Department of Theater

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received an Africa Movie Academy Award as best supporting actor for his breakthrough role as the criminal César in the 2010 Congolese movie Viva Riva!. In 2013

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been adapted into films on three previous occasions. The film was a breakthrough role for Calamai who emerged as a leading star of Italian cinema during

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Dietrich sang the song in her screen test for The Blue Angel, her breakthrough role. She later recorded the song on her album "Dietrich in Rio" in 1959

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left her management, she also debuted as a voice actress, with her breakthrough role being Mikako Koda from Neighborhood Story. Other notable roles she

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the action film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011). Her breakthrough role came with the controversial and acclaimed film Blue Is the Warmest

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As a woman seeking justice for the death of her husband, it was a breakthrough role for her. A popular song she sang in the film was "Kaheko Mohe Chhede"

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Meenatchi (season 2), Alabarai Myna in Chinna Thambi and for her major breakthrough role Mynavathi in Aranmanai 3 (2021). She is also the runner-up of the

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times in music videos, movies, TV series, and magazines. His major breakthrough role was as Ryoma Echizen in the live-action film adaptation of The Prince

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actress. She took roles in small-scale films until she starred in her breakthrough role as an aspiring actress in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland

Christian Bale filmography (2,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

received positive reviews from critics and is often considered his breakthrough role. The same year, he starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson in the critically

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28 Days (2000). Mortensen gained international attention for his breakthrough role as Aragorn in the fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)

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and concurrently recorded numerous singles for Capitol Records. Her breakthrough role came in Preston Sturges's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944), and

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rising action star in the early 1990s, he landed what was to be his breakthrough role as Eric Draven in the supernatural superhero film The Crow (1994)

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considered quitting acting. His career experienced a turnaround with his breakthrough role as the lead in Asif Kapadia's The Warrior (2001), which won the BAFTA

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role was in the fantasy children's series Peri Masalı (2008). Her breakthrough role was that of Sofia in the crime comedy series Adanalı (2008–10). With

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who had a career in film and television for seven decades. Nimoy's breakthrough role was his portrayal of Spock in Star Trek. Nimoy began his acting career

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role was in the fantasy children's series Peri Masalı (2008). Her breakthrough role was that of Sofia in the crime comedy series Adanalı (2008–10). With

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born 12 June 1985 in Falun, Sweden and her maiden name is Forss. Her breakthrough role was the role of Jennifer in the 2010 film Simple Simon and Cindy in

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including Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995) and Goosebumps (1996). His breakthrough role was that of a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer (2001), and he gained

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the same time, he also began to receive small parts in films. His breakthrough role came with the award-winning Valentin Vaala film Ihmiset suviyössä

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group Girltrends and ASAP's sing-and-dance group BFF5. Racal's most breakthrough role is the character of Irene Tiu in the ABS-CBN romantic drama series

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as well as some commercials. Her first role in 2009, followed by breakthrough role as a co-star in Al Alamy with Youssef El Sherif. From there, she went

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a Broadway play and drew the attention of a Hollywood agent. His breakthrough role was in the film noir The Killers in 1946 alongside Ava Gardner. A

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movies, such as Navajo Joe (1966) and 100 Rifles (1969), and his breakthrough role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972). Reynolds played leading

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appeared in several theatre and film productions, culminating with her breakthrough role in Hala Lotfy's film Al Khorug lel Nahar (2012) which was screened

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and Jack Cunningham. The film starred Bryant Washburn, but was the breakthrough role for Mildred Davis. Bryant Washburn as Warren Kent Mildred Davis as

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regular on the NBC drama Persons Unknown (2010) and he landed his breakthrough role as baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013). He continued to portray

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teenager, he toured all of France in various theatre companies. His breakthrough role came in 2002 in Fabrice Cazeneuve's film You'll Get Over It. Antoine

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finalist of the Indonesian teen beauty pageant Gadis Sampul in 1999. Her breakthrough role came as the lead actress in romantic drama series Cinta SMU (2001)

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Wendkos. Set in New York City, the film stars Piper Perabo in her breakthrough role, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Melanie Lynskey, and John Goodman. Although

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protagonist in Yuhi Sethu's Kavithai Paada Neramillai (1987), though his breakthrough role came through his performance as a police officer in Mani Ratnam's

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and always maintained that M (1931) was his first film, which was a breakthrough role as opposed to a brief, uncredited cameo. Harry Halm as Adam Bertram

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Fragrant Concubine in the television series New My Fair Princess. Her breakthrough role came when she played Lan Shang in the epic fantasy television drama

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Award nominations. He expanded to leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in From Dusk till Dawn (1996) followed by Batman & Robin (1997), Out

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Lyda Borelli is considered the first cinematic diva, following her breakthrough role in Love Everlasting (1913). An extravagant admiration for divas is

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fashion model who also works in Myanmar. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Emily in the 2018 film Deception (‹See Tfd›ဥပါယ်တံမျဉ်), which

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supporting role in How to Please a Woman (2022). Yasbincek secured her breakthrough role in Heartbreak High while she was working in traffic control. She shaved

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Copenhagen production of Chicago, and later on the West End. Sørensen's breakthrough role was as journalist Katrine Fønsmark in the television political drama

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television drama series Get Real (1999–2000) before starring in her breakthrough role of Mia Thermopolis in the successful Disney comedy The Princess Diaries

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Avengers, The Professionals and Tales of the Unexpected before her breakthrough role alongside Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in the satirical

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recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film Zulu (1964). He then portrayed spy Harry Palmer in the

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with her and started taking acting classes. In 1985, Lundgren had a breakthrough role playing the lead villain as an imposing Soviet boxer named Ivan Drago

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of a Woman (1992), and a storm chaser in Twister (1996) before his breakthrough role as a gay boom operator in Paul Thomas Anderson's drama Boogie Nights

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Kafui Danku is a Ghanaian actress and movie producer, mostly known for her role in movies such as Any Other Monday, Alvina: Thunder and Lightning, I Do

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praised Raven-Symoné for her physical comedy in what is considered her breakthrough role. The series received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding

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by his stage name Cha Seo-won (차서원), is a South Korean actor. His breakthrough role was in The Second Husband (2022), where he won his first acting award

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American actress, television presenter, writer and model. Lyons' breakthrough role was as the female lead, Kelly-Anne Manhattan, in the BBC comedy Dick

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Mask (Nana-iro Kamen) in the second half of the series. However, his breakthrough role was in the 1974 film The Street Fighter. Before retiring, Chiba had

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Series at the 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Best Actress in a Breakthrough Role at the 2019 Gracie Awards, the latter of which she won. In September

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Karen Hughes in Mute Witness (1995). In 1996, Ripley was cast in her breakthrough role of Jenny Gifford in the ITV series Cold Feet. Initially a supporting

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McNab in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. Ironside's breakthrough role was as cynical antihero Ham Tyler in the television miniseries V:

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his best friend's suicide in the 1988 drama Permanent Record. His breakthrough role came when he played time-travelling slacker Ted "Theodore" Logan in

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Zack & Cody in 2005, which had three seasons (2005–2008). Tisdale's breakthrough role came in the 2006 television movie High School Musical, which became

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and the crime-comedy television drama The Fiery Priest (2019). His breakthrough role was Bidam in the hit television period drama Queen Seondeok (2009)

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My Home (2002) and Mano Po 3: My Love (2003). In 2004, she had her breakthrough role as the avian-human hybrid heroine in the fantasy series Mulawin, a

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Flores succeeded as a film and stage actress. In 1943 she obtained her breakthrough role in the musical stage production Zambra alongside Manolo Caracol, in

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film Gorg-e bizar and went on to star in the film Aghaye jahel. Her breakthrough role was in the 1978 film Hokm-e tir as Behjat. Hokm-e tir Death in the

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role in Scandal, and appeared in You Can't Hurry Love and Shag. Her breakthrough role was as a journalist in The Godfather Part III, released in late 1990

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Maijala's first film role was in the 1994 film Kissan kuolema. Her breakthrough role was in the television series Pieni pala jumalaa (1999). She received

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Socialphobia (2015). He rose to international prominence through his breakthrough role in the critically acclaimed television series Reply 1988 (2015–2016)

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Charles Frohman and would later work with William Faversham. Her breakthrough role came in 1921 as the character of Old Sweetheart in Three Live Ghosts

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premiered three years later at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things. Dyer has

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Vaasthavam, she played the lead role in the 2008 film Sultan. Her breakthrough role was with the Malayalam soap opera Amala aired from 2013 to 2015. Varada

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Hack and starring in the UPN pilot Jake 2.0, Czuchry received his breakthrough role as Logan Huntzberger on the television series Gilmore Girls in 2004

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credited screen role was in the 1923 film Six Cylinder Love. Mitchell's breakthrough role was as the embezzler in Frank Capra's film Lost Horizon (1937). Following

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TV host, entrepreneur and fashion icon. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Shasha in the 2005 film Gol & Gincu, for which she won the Best

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She also received Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Breakthrough Role in 2016 and BET YoungStars Award at the 17th BET Awards. She left

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Drama Outstanding Family Programming Outstanding Female Actor in a Breakthrough Role Outstanding Female Actor in a Featured or Guest Role Outstanding Female

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eliminated, he was cast in multiple television shows until making a breakthrough role as a gay character in Angelito: Batang Ama. He was previously cast

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directed by Anindya Sarkar. After she appeared in a host of films, her breakthrough role came with Basu Chatterjee's Hothat Brishti (1998) which was a major

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and started acting and directing in theater, series and films. His breakthrough role is "Alex" in hit historical series Elveda Rumeli about Turks in Macedonia

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BAFTA Award and four times for the Golden Globe Award. Vaughn had his breakthrough role as disabled, drunken war veteran Chester A. Gwynn in The Young Philadelphians

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making his feature-film debut in Youngblood (1986). Reeves had his breakthrough role in the science-fiction comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

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is Northern European: English, German, Irish and Scottish. Foley's breakthrough role was playing Noel Crane on Felicity. He had a recurring guest appearances

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Award. Collette made her film debut in the 1992 film Spotswood. Her breakthrough role came in the comedy drama Muriel's Wedding (1994), which earned her

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(17-year-old Igby was played by his older brother Kieran). Culkin's breakthrough role was in You Can Count on Me (2000), opposite Laura Linney, a role for

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directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci, starring Franco Nero (in his breakthrough role) as the title character alongside Loredana Nusciak, José Bódalo, Ángel

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received positive reviews from critics and is often considered his breakthrough role. The following year, Leto starred together with Alicia Witt in the

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(1996), and the television film Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). His breakthrough role was as medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen in the sitcom Two Guys

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the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama. Her breakthrough role was as a married woman trapped on a yacht with a murderer in the 1989

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comedy Keeping Mum (2005), where she performed a nude scene. Her breakthrough role was as Chelsea, a member of a posh clique in St. Trinian's (2007)

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Choice Fantasy Movie Actress and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Role in a Motion Picture. In 2019, Reid starred as Lisa in two episodes

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received twelve Oscar nominations, winning four, and was Marlon Brando's breakthrough role. Three years later, he directed Brando again in On the Waterfront

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Hollywood, where she appeared as an extra in many films until landing her breakthrough role as the spoiled, obnoxious Joy Smythe opposite Shirley Temple's angelic

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premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016. Heaton's breakthrough role was as Jonathan Byers in the Netflix supernatural drama series Stranger

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The Secret of NIMH (1982) and the cult classic Heathers (1988). Her breakthrough role was as Brenda Walsh in the teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994)

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Wallace Beery, Clark Gable (as writer/director of Gable's screen breakthrough role as the unshaven villain in The Painted Desert), Carole Lombard, Bette

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(which was co-written by Gorney) with James Dunn, turned out to be a breakthrough role for Temple. The song would become the title for Baby Take a Bow, the

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other roles from the show's producer when the program ended. Her breakthrough role is in popular series Küçük Kadınlar. She played in period series "Bir

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father was the artist Frank Vernon Martin, who died in 2005. Her breakthrough role was as the star of LWT's Love For Lydia (1977), adapted from the novel

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David Lynch's neo-noir film Mulholland Drive (2001), which was her breakthrough role and garnered her international recognition. She then starred as journalist

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Bengali short story Dena Paona and broadcast on DD National. Her breakthrough role came with the Bengali TV series Muktabandha (1987) directed by Ramaprasad

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Highlander III: The Sorcerer opposite Christopher Lambert. Unger's breakthrough role came in David Cronenberg's 1996 erotic drama Crash, about a group

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crime-drama series Golden Boy (2013), which aired for one season. James' breakthrough role was his portrayal of Tobias "Four" Eaton in Divergent (2014), a film

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with the Bolshoi, combining it with appearances in films, with her breakthrough role occurring when she was cast in Finist, the brave Falcon. She met her

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Lawrence found bit parts in various films and television series. His breakthrough role was as Cee in Do the Right Thing. Other film roles followed, such

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of the characters in retrospection about the Second World War. His breakthrough role was as pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh in the baseball film Bull

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television, guest-starring in Pacific Blue (1997). He landed his breakthrough role in the comedy-drama television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000)

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Nominated 2014 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated 2017 Gracie Award Actress in a Breakthrough Role Search Party Won

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Family Divided and The Call of the Wild preceded his casting in his breakthrough role as Daniel Jackson in Stargate SG-1. Shanks played archaeologist Dr

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of the characters in retrospection about the Second World War. His breakthrough role was as pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh in the baseball film Bull

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played minor roles in The New Girlfriend (2013), and Eden (2014). Her breakthrough role came in 2015's Fatima (2015), for which she was awarded the César

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a Broadway play and drew the attention of a Hollywood agent. His breakthrough role was the film noir The Killers in 1946 alongside Ava Gardner. A critical

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starred in the television series Humrahi (1993-1996). However, his breakthrough role came in 2003 with the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya, in which

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and television actor. He returned to Hong Kong and performed his breakthrough role in The Big Boss, followed by five more films. The movies of Bruce

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Is Not Enough. Cucinotta was born in Messina in Sicily, Italy. Her breakthrough role as an actress came in 1994's critically acclaimed Il Postino, directed

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great attention and from there, she moved onto bigger roles. Her breakthrough role came in the 2003 NHK asadora, Kokoro, where she played the lead, Kokoro

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in the independent film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989). For her breakthrough role as Ann, the repressed married woman, MacDowell received positive reviews

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in Cover Me Babe, but was replaced by Robert Forster. Sarrazin's breakthrough role was in the dark Great Depression drama They Shoot Horses, Don't They

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Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980) was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on

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Nimirndhu Nil (2014). In 2015, Narayana described his role in Komban as a breakthrough role in his career at the film's press meet. He played one of the lead

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a supporting role in the drama Aise Karo Naa Vidaa. However, his breakthrough role was the portrayal of Prithviraj Chauhan, in the historical drama Dharti

List of awards and nominations received by Judy Ann Santos (2,388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

role in the drama series Kaming Mga Ulila (1986). Santos had her breakthrough role in the drama series Mara Clara (1992) and earned her first FAMAS Award

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Ross) on the ABC sitcom Black-ish, created by Kenya Barris. For her breakthrough role, Martin has received numerous awards and nominations, including three

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1984 horror film C.H.U.D., as the soup kitchen C.H.U.D. hunter. His breakthrough role as Laurence "Shrevie" Schreiber came in Barry Levinson's Diner. He

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1943 James Fenimore Cooper adventure Deerslayer. She obtained her breakthrough role in Salome, Where She Danced (1945), a Universal Pictures release produced

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Invisible Assassin (1965) where he wears a mask throughout the film. His breakthrough role came in El Mexicano (1966; directed by René Cardona), making him a

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Vadina in 1993 which has Krishnam Raju and Jaya Prada in the lead. Her breakthrough role was in 1997 with Master. She has acted with Nagarjuna in Seetharamaraju

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(1998). He then joined the National Performing Arts School and had his breakthrough role in Angela's Ashes (1999). He also acted alongside Jane Seymour in

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such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Ugly Betty. Bowden's breakthrough role came when she was cast as a recurring character on the Emmy Award-winning

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suited for the Andy Warner role. In the 1970s, Singer had a small breakthrough role in the Planet of the Apes TV series playing a gladiator. He found

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procedural television series, CID 3278 and Gerak Khas, Saibi made a breakthrough role as Amy in her debut film, Bohsia: Jangan Pilih Jalan Hitam (2009)

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a critically and commercially unsuccessful. In 1987, Prosenjit's breakthrough role came opposite Vijeta Pandit in Amar Sangi; a highly successful romantic

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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). He is also known for his breakthrough role as Frank McPike in Wiseguy (1987–1990). He has received six Primetime

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work with a role in Hollywood Vice Squad in 1986, followed by her breakthrough role as Princess Buttercup in the cult film The Princess Bride in 1987

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Shannyn Sossamon, and Jessica Biel. In 2004, Somerhalder scored his breakthrough role when he played Boone Carlyle in Lost. Despite his character's death

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television roles and then guest spots as a teenager, she got her breakthrough role in 2009 as Santana Lopez on the Fox television series Glee. For the

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Tan starred in The Dream Makers II as the main villain. It was her breakthrough role and she won her first acting award starring as Dong Zihuai in the

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period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's Una grande storia d'amore (1986), which was followed

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by Luis Trenker, and starred with him in Barrier to the North. Her breakthrough role was in Die Fischerin vom Bodensee in 1956. Many more Heimatfilme followed

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Malayalam Breakthrough role as Yamini 2002–2004 Oomakkuyil Surya TV Malayalam 2003–2004 Sthree Oru Santhwnam Asianet Malayalam Breakthrough role as Kanchana

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Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Berfield's big breakthrough role came in 1999 when Linwood Boomer cast him to play Reese, the trouble-making

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At Home with the Braithwaites and soap opera Emmerdale. Metcalfe's breakthrough role occurred in 2006, when she was cast as Mercedes McQueen in the Channel

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psychiatric patient in the Oscar-winning As Good as It Gets. Her breakthrough role came as Lt. Annalisa "Stinger" Lindstrom in the television series

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Judgment Day, a role that earned him an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Role and a Saturn Award for best young actor. He was discovered for the

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in Oxnard, California. At age seven, he auditioned for and won his breakthrough role as Eddie Corbett in the television series The Courtship of Eddie's

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his Norwegian crew are driving through New York City; Van Zandt's breakthrough role as an actor was Silvio Dante in The Sopranos. "Woke Up This Morning"

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Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) while working as an assistant director. He got a breakthrough role with Alphonse Putharen's Premam (2015) where he played the role of

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acting classes. After appearing in Italian productions, she had her breakthrough role in The Apartment (1996), for which she received a César Award nomination

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appeared in the international hit Babe: Pig in the City. Horler's breakthrough role was in the 1998 gritty drama Praise which featured a significant amount

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series The Young Riders and in Threesome (1994). Baldwin landed a breakthrough role in The Usual Suspects (1995) and played Barney Rubble in The Flintstones

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worked as an assistant to the fashion designer Halston. Christopher's breakthrough role was as Dave Stohler in the coming-of-age classic Breaking Away (1979)

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appearance on the police series The Bill but it was in 2000 that his major breakthrough role came as Nick Harper in the BBC sitcom My Family. In 2003, he appeared

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the Warner Bros. production 300, which is often described as his breakthrough role. Butler, who said he "wanted to look really strong" in the film, trained

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Although her screen debut was in 1952 in What Price Glory, Pavan's breakthrough role came three years later, when she was cast as Anna Magnani's daughter

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as well as her character, got high acclaim and was considered her breakthrough role. When her journalist character Geeta Vishwas was written out of the

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Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1973, Bachchan played his breakthrough role of Inspector Vijay Khanna in Prakash Mehra's action film Zanjeer.

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(December 23, 2013). "'Short Term 12' Star Keith Stanfield on His Breakthrough Role and Song: 'There's Been a Snowball Effect'". The Wrap. Archived from

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55. His first significant film role was in Reckless, followed by a breakthrough role in Desperately Seeking Susan as the character "Dez" (the love interest

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Nominated work Result Ref. 2008 Stardust Awards Best Breakthrough Performance- Male Dil Dosti Etc Nominated ACEB Awards Breakthrough Role- Actor Nominated

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Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1973, Bachchan played his breakthrough role of Inspector Vijay Khanna in Prakash Mehra's action film Zanjeer.

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Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated. Her breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film Chokher Bali.

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Pictures, a 1978 film directed by Lordan Zafranović. She made her breakthrough role in Zafranović's next film, The Fall of Italy (1981), where she played

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Asianet as Bhanumathi 2004 Surya Puthri Asianet 2004 Megham Asianet breakthrough role 2003 Ahalya Surya TV 2002 Edavazhiyilepoocha Mindapoocha Asianet 2002

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Forever, What Would You Do?, and Shades of Blue. In 2016, McLaughlin's breakthrough role came with his portrayal of Lucas Sinclair in the hit Netflix series

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television series Charlie Lawrence. In 2005, Knight was cast in his breakthrough role as Dr. George O'Malley on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Introduced

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until the age of 10, when he relocated to Long Beach, California. His breakthrough role came in 2004 when he started playing Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook on

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largely unknown at the time (such as Dragan Nikolić, who had his breakthrough role in When I Am Dead and Gone). They are marked by a satirical overtone

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School in Vienna. Her diverse credits include musicals, such as her breakthrough role in the original Viennese cast of Cats, the title role in Peter Pan

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needed] He started acting in theatre before starring in films. His breakthrough role was starring as Christian opposite Gérard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac

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Dean biopic James Dean: Race with Destiny. Soon after, he got the breakthrough role of Johnny Rico in Paul Verhoeven's 1997 science fiction action film

Shilpa Shinde (1,814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

films-Dasari Narayana Rao's Chhina and Suresh Verma's Shivani. Shinde's breakthrough role was Koyal Narayan in SAB TV's sitcom Chidiya Ghar opposite Paresh

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Cyderdelic, E4 comedy The Pilot Show and the BBC Two sitcom Thin Ice. His breakthrough role came with the Channel 4 comedy gameshow My New Best Friend, in which

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(2000), and the action thriller film 15 Minutes (2001). Farmiga's breakthrough role came in 2004, when she was cast in the drama film Down to the Bone

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(2002). After making his Hindi debut in Woh Tera Naam Tha, Bajwa's breakthrough role came in Bollywood with director Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed

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End season before moving on to Sadler's Wells in 1942. Shearer's breakthrough role in her post-war dance career was her Sadler's Wells performance as

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launching his career in 1997 with small parts in movies, Lenk won his breakthrough role in Buffy in 2000. He appeared in twenty-seven episodes of Joss Whedon's

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who first acted on stage with a troupe in North Bay, Ontario. His breakthrough role was as the Deputy Lester in First Blood (1982), which starred Sylvester

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from Ghanaian films to Nollywood films around the year 2008. Her breakthrough role in Nollywood was in the film Beyonce & Rihanna as Beyonce alongside

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September 3, 2001. The article [Vogue] also mentioned her [Moynahan] breakthrough role in the little-seen Coyote Ugly "Coyote Ugly (2000): Reviews". Metacritic

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attending the Billie Barry Stage School at the age of eight. Her breakthrough role came in 1991 when she appeared as backing singer Imelda Quirke in

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on to become a cult classic. Howell's portrayal of Ponyboy was his breakthrough role, and it earned him a Young Artist Award. In 1984, Howell and his Outsiders

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feature film My Pure Land. In 2019, he made his film debut with his breakthrough role as Jack Malik in Yesterday (2019). He sings live throughout the film

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three months of auditioning. After eight callbacks, he landed his breakthrough role. Rahim also starred in controversial Chinese director Lou Ye's film

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8mm directed by Joel Schumacher. Ten years later, Morton landed her breakthrough role as George Clooney's character's sister in the critically acclaimed

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Souther's song Go Ahead And Rain. In 1987, Stowe appeared in her first breakthrough role in the feature film Stakeout with Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez

List of Bea Alonzo performances (2,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

debut in the 2002 teen series K2BU. At the age of 15, she had her breakthrough role as a lawyer in the drama series Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay (2002), for

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played the lead role of Pratha in the Sahara One show Shubh Kadam. Her breakthrough role was that of protagonist Nakusha in the television show Laagi Tujhse

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directed by Francesco Laudadio. From 1998 to 2010, Savino played her breakthrough role. She starred as flamboyant au-pair girl from Southern Italy Cettina

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(1996) and a minor character in Starship Troopers (1997). Ruivivar's breakthrough role came in 1999 as Carlos Nieto, a paramedic in the action/drama series

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there, she was a sister of the Alpha Phi sorority. Williams-Paisley's breakthrough role was Annie Banks in Father of the Bride (1991) and Father of the Bride

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medical drama series Casualty, and earned wider recognition in her breakthrough role as teenager Michelle Richardson in the E4 teen drama series Skins

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antihero from his birth in Brooklyn, New York in 1919, through his breakthrough role in the 1945 film, Dillinger, his clash with Quentin Tarantino on the

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Danieli Haloten (born February 21, 1980) is a journalist, actress and lecturer especially noted for being the first blind actress in the world to play

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Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Theron's breakthrough role in the critically acclaimed biographical crime drama Monster (2003)

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directed and cast Walker in Running Scared (2006). In 2001, Walker's breakthrough role was starring opposite Vin Diesel in the action film The Fast and the

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Netflix series The Umbrella Academy (2019–present), which is her breakthrough role. LaRoy Reynolds (2009): linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons in the

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It was another four years before Thomas launched to fame in his breakthrough role as Donte Charles in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo

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Raza Talish on his breakthrough role". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019. "'Suno Chanda's Raza Talish on his breakthrough role". Gulf News. Retrieved

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major African American character on Mad Men. In 2014, Parris had her breakthrough role in the independent film Dear White People. Later in that year, Parris

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appeared in the comedy The Tiger Makes Out. In the same year, his breakthrough role as Benjamin "Ben" Braddock, the title character in Mike Nichols' comedy-drama

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major African American character on Mad Men. In 2014, Parris had her breakthrough role in the independent film Dear White People. Later in that year, Parris

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Signoret and James Caan, which she later called "terrible". Ross's breakthrough role was as Elaine Robinson in Mike Nichols's comedy-drama The Graduate

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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination for his breakthrough role as Curly McLain in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical revival Oklahoma

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2008, Groome had a minor role in the comedy-horror The Cottage. Her breakthrough role was as 14-year-old, boyfriend-searching Georgia Nicolson alongside

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California. She attended New York University. In 2013, she had her breakthrough role as Diana Watts in Hannah Fidell's drama film A Teacher, which follows

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was in Stephen Cone's indie, Henry Gamble's Birthday Party. Keery's breakthrough role was as Steve Harrington in the Netflix sci-fi series Stranger Things

Patrick Brammall (1,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Brammall graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2001. His breakthrough role was in the 2004 television film The Alice, which led to a starring

Zaira Wasim (2,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Award for Best Female Debut. The following year, Wasim found her breakthrough role in Advait Chandan's directorial debut Secret Superstar (2017), a musical

Sheldon Leonard (1,986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and would say er as oi, thus he would pronounce earth as oit.) His breakthrough role was in Another Thin Man (1939), in which he played a soft-spoken but

Artemis Pebdani (625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Oates, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Hot in Cleveland, and House of Lies. Her breakthrough role came in 2014, playing the role of Flo Packer in the second season

Rachel True (817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Embrace of the Vampire starring Alyssa Milano. In 1996, True landed her breakthrough role as Rochelle Zimmerman in the supernatural horror film, The Craft,

Scott Cohen (actor) (938 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

romantic film Kissing Jessica Stein (2001). In 1990, Cohen was offered a breakthrough role in Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder. In the video game Ripper, he portrays

P. Ravi Shankar (1,197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Bommali Ravi Shankar" by the Telugu media.[citation needed] His breakthrough role was from the 2011 Kannada film Kempe Gowda. The film's popularity

Gregory Peck on screen, stage, and radio (2,498 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

extensive career in film, television, radio, and on stage. Peck's breakthrough role was as a Catholic priest who attempts to start a mission in China

Vincent Cassel (2,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in a 1994 Renault Clio advert which was used in the UK. Cassel's breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz's critically acclaimed film La Haine (1995)

Betty Thomas (1,593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Murray. While Thomas had been building her career in comedy, her breakthrough role as an actress came when she was cast in the role of police officer

Alice Evans (835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Florent in Paris. She gained work in French television, with her breakthrough role as French student Susan in the French sitcom, Elisa Top Model [fr]

Mahmoud el-Meliguy (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

name from the Egyptian city of Melieg in Monufia Governorate. His breakthrough role came when Mohamed Abdel Wahab chose him to star in the film Lastu

Tolga Sarıtaş (294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

such as "20 Dakika", "Arka Sokaklar", "Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki". His breakthrough role is Şehzade Cihangir in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. He had leading role as Ali

Brandon Scott Jones (447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

one of Comedy Central's Comics to Watch. In 2021, he received his breakthrough role as Captain Isaac Higgintoot on the supernatural sitcom Ghosts on CBS

Prakash Raj (3,194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Death. He was noticed for his dialogue delivery and histrionics. His breakthrough role came in Harakeya Kuri, directed by K. S. L. Swamy starring Vishnuvardhan

David Blue (actor) (523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

faithful assistant, Marc St. James, played by Michael Urie. Before his breakthrough role on Ugly Betty, David made guest appearances on Veronica Mars, FX's

Sabrina Ferilli (977 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Marco Ferreri's Diary of a Maniac. The following year she had a breakthrough role in The Beautiful Life by Paolo Virzì, which won her the Silver Ribbon

Rosalind Chao (1,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

CBS-owned Hollywood radio station KNX, she returned to acting. Chao's breakthrough role was that of Soon-Lee, a South Korean refugee, in the final episodes

Emma Lung (428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which debuted on Network Ten the following year. Lung received her breakthrough role in the film Peaches starring alongside Jacqueline McKenzie and Hugo

Asha Sharath (511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Miranda Otto (2,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

role in 1991, as Nell Tiscowitz in The Girl Who Came Late, was her breakthrough role which brought her to the attention of the Australian film industry

Kate Bosworth (3,562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2001, she moved to Los Angeles to seek better film parts. Bosworth's breakthrough role came in the 2002 surfing film Blue Crush. She prepared for the role

Tanya Sharma (340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

these roles failed to get her wider acclaim. Sharma went to have her breakthrough role as Meera Modi, the new generation lead in Rashmi Sharma's most successful

Woody Harrelson filmography (3,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

film debut as an uncredited extra in Harper Valley PTA (1978). His breakthrough role was as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1985–1993),

Lucy Davis (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the 1996 Christmas special of One Foot in the Grave. After her breakthrough role as Dawn Tinsley in The Office, she appeared in the films Sex Lives

Yassi Pressman (723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sisters: Abby, Cara, Siobhan and Issa. Pressman is best known for her breakthrough role in Ang Probinsyano as Alyana R. Arevalo-Dalisay, she is known in the

Here Come the Huggetts (702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

specify which ones. Film reviewer Stephen Vagg described the film as a breakthrough role for Diana Dors, who played Ma Huggett's niece. Spicer, Andrew (2006)

Mimi Rogers (2,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Fatal Attraction which went to Glenn Close. However, Rogers got her breakthrough role when she was cast opposite Tom Berenger in Someone to Watch Over Me

Countess Vaughn (717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart; the album itself sold 3,000 copies. Vaughn's breakthrough role was playing Kim Parker in the UPN sitcom Moesha. She co-starred on

Kuno Becker (732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Camila (directed by Angelli Nesma) and Soñadoras his first lead and breakthrough role. In April 2000 Becker concluded shooting the telenovela Mujeres Engañadas

Mary Mara (814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

alongside Billy Crystal as his character's estranged daughter. Mara's breakthrough role came on ER, which was the most popular medical drama airing on prime

Pearl V Puri (1,195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ek Yoddha (2016–2017) on Life OK. From 2018 to 2019, Puri had his breakthrough role in the starring role of Mahir Sehgal / Mihir Sippi in Ekta Kapoor's

List of Jean Parker performances (295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

uncredited bit part in Rasputin and the Empress (1932). Parker had her breakthrough role opposite Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett in George Cukor's Little

Kunika (510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Swabhimaan a TV serial, where she played an 18-year-old mother was a breakthrough role that won her many plaudits. Then, negative roles in films like Beta

Noah Cottrell (396 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Aidan Cottrell is an American actor. He is best known for making his breakthrough role as Henry Sawyer in the action film Skyscraper (2018). In television

Johnny Ward (actor) (373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

comedy-drama This Must Be the Place. In 2014, Johnny starred in his breakthrough role of Pauley in the Irish drama, Love/Hate. He has played six different

Ruth Sheen (882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2010), and Sarah Danby in Mr. Turner (2014). High Hopes was her breakthrough role. After Another Year she commented on Leigh's preference for improvisation:

Carly Pope (1,092 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Teen, Curve and Medusa, and in pictorials for FHM and Razor. Her breakthrough role was playing Abbey in Disturbing Behavior (1998), who was in a flashback

Carolyn McCormick (643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

has worked in television, movies, theatre, and voice acting. Her breakthrough role was in Enemy Mine, directed by Wolfgang Petersen with Dennis Quaid

Johnny Ward (actor) (373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

comedy-drama This Must Be the Place. In 2014, Johnny starred in his breakthrough role of Pauley in the Irish drama, Love/Hate. He has played six different

Logan Henderson (1,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

period. Henderson was ultimately offered the role in 2009. Henderson's breakthrough role was on Big Time Rush as Logan Mitchell, a fictionalized version of

Paul McGann (2,556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Branagh performed a soliloquy from Hamlet at the same event. McGann's breakthrough role was in Give Us a Break, devised by Geoff McQueen, McGann played a

Woody Harrelson (6,241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, respectively. On television, his breakthrough role as bartender Woody Boyd earned him five Emmy nominations in the category

Beau James (672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ending a 20-year association with the studio that began with Hope's breakthrough role in The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938). American prints of this film

Sissy Spacek (3,450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which she played twice. She received international attention for her breakthrough role in Terrence Malick's Badlands (1973); she played Holly, the film's

Diane Franklin (695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

two episodes of As the World Turns which aired in October 1979. Her breakthrough role was as Karen in the 1982 teen drama film The Last American Virgin

Dana Hill (1,028 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

driving to the studio because she looked too young to drive. Her breakthrough role was in the 1981 television film Fallen Angel. The 17-year-old Hill

Simone McAullay (399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

played the role of Mrs Harrison in the feature film, Invincible. In a breakthrough role, from 2003 until 2006, she played the role of Senior Constable Susie

Noah Cottrell (396 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Aidan Cottrell is an American actor. He is best known for making his breakthrough role as Henry Sawyer in the action film Skyscraper (2018). In television

Thomas F. Wilson (1,248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rider in an episode titled "A Knight In Shining Armor". Wilson's breakthrough role was as the bully Biff Tannen in the 1985 film Back to the Future.

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Chandra Wilson (1,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Deutsche Bank in order to make ends meet. In 2005, Wilson landed her breakthrough role as Dr. Miranda Bailey on the hit ABC show Grey's Anatomy. Wilson's

Amy Pietz (600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

regular cast member on the short-lived The WB sitcom Muscle, before her breakthrough role as Annie Spadaro in the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City starring Lea

Robert Rodriguez (4,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

introduced Salma Hayek to international audiences as her English-language breakthrough role. Rodriguez went on to collaborate with Quentin Tarantino on the vampire

Robert Walden (814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

notably in films Blue Sunshine and Paddy Chayefsky's The Hospital. His breakthrough role was in the television series Lou Grant, on which he played journalist

Julie Christie (3,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Independent Artists: Crooks Anonymous and The Fast Lady (both 1962). Her breakthrough role was as Liz, the friend and would-be lover of the eponymous character

Zoe Boyle (447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Drama, at the University of London and graduated in 2006. Boyle's breakthrough role was in Downton Abbey as Lavinia Swire. Boyle went on to land recurring

Parvathy Ratheesh (318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

made her debut with the film, Madhura Naranga in which she played a breakthrough role as a Sri Lankan Tamil girl as it helped the film to gain positive

Abigail Breslin (3,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ms. Breslin, bring a captivating humanity to the film". Breslin's breakthrough role was in the 2006 comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine, where she played

Karen Valentine (821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gidget in the 1969 film Gidget Grows Up. In 1969, Valentine won her breakthrough role as a student teacher and then a new teacher on the ABC television

Pilar Seurat (330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

characters, Seurat was adept at playing various nationalities; her breakthrough role was as Louisa Escalante, the blind murder victim's sister in John

Daniel Kaluuya (3,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jordan Peele, who later cast him in Get Out, which proved to be his breakthrough role. Kaluuya's performance in Get Out, which was released in cinemas on

Lawrence Tibbett (1,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was renowned for his affinity with the works of Verdi, notably his breakthrough role of Ford in Falstaff, the title role in Simon Boccanegra, and Iago

The Sinner (1951 film) (281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Despite or because of the scandal, Die Sünderin proved to be the breakthrough role of Hildegard Knef. Hildegard Knef as Marina Gustav Fröhlich as Alexander

Carolina Arregui (521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

La Torre 10 and especially Ángel Malo, which is considered as her breakthrough role. In 1993, Arregui left her acting career for personal reasons, within

The Secret Place (film) (959 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

was replaced by Ronald Lewis. The film also gave David McCallum his breakthrough role. Clive Donner said it was "quite clear" the Rank Organisation wanted

Hunter Foster (956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

several shows and playing on Broadway, in 2001 he was cast in his breakthrough role of Bobby Strong in Urinetown, for which he received a Lucille Lortel

Gwen Verdon (2,077 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

started out on Broadway going from one chorus line to another. Her breakthrough role finally came when choreographer Michael Kidd cast her as the second

Laura Carmine (818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Brito and Juan Diego Covarrubias. In 2015, Carmine landed her most breakthrough role in Carlos Moreno's A que no me dejas. Nuria is the resentful and envious

Marla English (868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

those and other films, English's contract rose to $200 a week. Her breakthrough role came when producer Aubrey Schenck borrowed her from Paramount to appear

Rachel Weisz (5,574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hour-long television film made in 1992, was Weisz's first film. Weisz's breakthrough role on the stage was that of Gilda in Sean Mathias's 1994 revival of Noël

Brad Dexter (1,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jungle (1950) and landing a role in Fourteen Hours (1951). Dexter's breakthrough role was as a villain in RKO's The Las Vegas Story (1951), starring Victor

Lotte Lenya (1,874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) in 1928, and the part became her breakthrough role. During the last years of the Weimar Republic, she was busy in film

Bahar Soomekh (613 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

landed her role in Crash less than three months later. Soomekh's breakthrough role came as Dorri in the Academy Award-winning movie for Best Picture

David Hyde Pierce (2,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

show was canceled after a brief run. This did free Pierce up for his breakthrough role in Frasier, and the producers of that show did in part hire Pierce

Kevin McCarthy (actor) (2,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

McCarthy was a founding member of The Actors Studio. McCarthy's breakthrough role was in Death of a Salesman (1951) portraying Biff Loman to Fredric

Erdoğan Atalay (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In March 1996, Action Concept cast Atalay in what would become his breakthrough role, starring as Semir Gerkhan, a police detective of Turkish origin.

Helena Bonham Carter (5,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Lady Jane (1986), which was given mixed reviews by critics. Her breakthrough role was as Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985), an adaptation

Michael Socha (1,911 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he quit working full-time and dedicated himself to acting. Socha's breakthrough role came early in his acting career. In 2006, he was cast as school bully

James McAvoy (5,733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Also starring Christina Ricci, it generated polarised reviews. The breakthrough role in McAvoy's career came in Atonement, Joe Wright's 2007 adaptation

Veena Nandakumar (472 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Deccan Chronicle rated her performanceas "decent". She got her breakthrough role in 2019 Malayalam-language romantic drama film Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha