Ben Kingsley to Marry New Love
Ben Kingsley to Marry New Love
Ben Kingsley is set to marry his new flame, Daniela Barbosa, sometime later this year. Kingsley, who is most famous for the role he played as Ghandi, revealed the breaking news yesterday.
Kingsley was quoted as saying, “I’m very happy. Marriage is going to happen, but I don’t know when. I call her my fiancée because she is.”
Daniela, 32, goes by her stage name, Daniela Lavender. Some of her more popular appearances on television include the BBC hit drama “Casualty”, and she has played a limited role in the notorious “Ali G Indahouse” hit comedy sketch. Most industry insiders say that Daniela is a rising star, and now that she is set to marry a Hollywood legend, this will only speed the process up.
This will be Kingsley’s fourth marriage. The age-old adage “third times a charm” apparently doesn’t apply to him. Two of the marriages stayed within the industry. Alison Sutcliff is a prominent director, and prior to her there was Angela Morant, an aspiring actress. It was the third marriage to German aristocrat Alexandra Christmann that made the headlines. This eternal flame died out after a mere 15 months. Alexandra was caught in some candid photographs with estate agent Sammy Brauner. One can only hope that a fourth time is a charm for Kingsley, but don’t ask Vegas to bet on it.
Jane March Biography
A delicate young English model turned actress of partially Chinese and Spanish descent, the slightly exotic-looking Jane March provided a quietly stunning star turn as the Young Girl in director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s adaptation of Marguerite Duras’ sensual autobiographical novel “The Lover” (1992). Starring opposite Bruce Willis in the “Color of Night” (1994), she played a flaky aspiring actress who has several steamy nude scenes with Willis. While March garnered favorable reviews, the film itself was not so warmly received. March continued to act in forgettable features before landing the plum assignment of playing Jane to Casper Van Dien’s Lord of the Jungle in “Tarzan and the Lost City” (1998).
- Also Credited As:
Jane Horwood - Born:
on 03/20/1973 in Edgeware, England - Job Titles:
Actor, Model
Significant Others
- Husband: Carmine Zozzora. born c. 1958; married June 14, 1993; met when she auditioned for “Color of Night”, a Bruce Willis vehicle that Zozzora produced
Milestones
- 1987 Won a local “Become a Model” contest at age 14
- 1992 Acting debut in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “The Lover”
- 1994 Hollywood debut, “Color of Night”
Lauren Graham Biography
Lauren Helen Graham (born March 16, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for her acting role in Gilmore Girls.
Lauren was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. When she was five, her parents divorced. Her mother, Donna Grant, moved to London to join a rock and roll band. Lauren and her father, Lawrence, moved to the D.C. area where he became a congressional staffer and single parent. She traveled extensively with her father while growing up. He is currently a lobbyist for the chocolate and confection industry.
Lauren discovered acting while in elementary school. Graham attended Langley High School, where she took part in the Drill Team which is a mix of Dance and Cheerleading. She began acting in community theatre and any other production she could find. She graduated from Barnard College/Columbia University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Lauren then moved to Texas where she earned a Master’s Degree in Acting from Southern Methodist University in 1992.
After completing her education, Lauren returned to New York where she worked as a cocktail waitress and aspiring actress. In 1995, she moved to Hollywood. In addition to her many guest starring and co-starring roles on prime time TV, she had three starring roles on failed sitcoms before landing the lead role of Lorelai Gilmore on the WB’s Gilmore Girls (2000-present), for which she is best known. In addition, she has had many roles in theatrical movies, including several NYU student films and several major studio releases. She has appeared in the movies Bad Santa, The Pacifier and Sweet November. She appeared on Third Rock from the Sun as a grad student who caught the eye of Dick (John Lithgow). In addition, she has appeared on the hit comedy Seinfeld (as one of Jerry’s dates), as well as on Newsradio and Law & Order. She would like to return to the stage and hopes she will never have to do a Porky’s movie or be asked to have plastic surgery.
She is currently set to appear in the movie Evan Almighty, playing the role of Evan’s wife.
Lauren Graham is not married and lives in West Hollywood. She dated actor Tate Donovan. As of February 2006, she is dating actor Marc Blucas.
When Graham appeared on Law & Order in 1997, actor Scott Cohen also guest starred. Three years later when Graham started Gilmore Girls, Cohen became a regular on the show as Lorelai Gilmore’s boyfriend and then fiancé, Max Medina.
She dated Robert Maschio during his senior year at Columbia University and helped persuade him to try out acting as a career.
Neve Campbell Biography
This sloe-eyed brunette began her career as a teenage performer in her native Canada, singing and dancing in the chorus of the Toronto production of “The Phantom of the Opera” from 1988 to 1990. After a brief modeling stint, landed a one-season (1992-93) regular role as one of the aspiring musicians in the Canadian-produced series “Catwalk”, which aired on MTV in the USA. Her small screen breakthrough came when she was cast as Julia Salinger, as the headstrong older sister, in the award-winning drama series “Party of Five” (Fox, 1994-2000). Over the course of the series’ run, her character experienced numerous trials and tribulations from an unwanted pregnancy to a busted marriage, all while coping with her family and their problems (which included alcoholism and cancer, among others). Throughout it all, Campbell acquitted herself proving to be a fine dramatic player.
The actress was a bit slower to translate her appeal on the big screen. She made her film debut in the forgettable direct-to-video outing “The Dark” (1994) before finding success in a supporting role as a teenager dabbling in witchery in “The Craft” (1996), although co-stars Fairuza Balk and Robin Tunney had the showier roles. Campbell achieved her breakthrough as the put-upon heroine Sidney Prescott in the post-modern box-office smash “Scream” (also 1996). “Scream,” directed by Wes Craven and scripted by Kevin Williamson, both parodied and emulated the slasher films of the early 80s and spawned the inevitable sequel “Scream 2″ (1997), with Campbell’s character now a college student. She fared less well with this outing, playing an aspiring actress targeted by a copycat killer (One set piece had Campbell “acting” in a school production that was unintentionally hilarious). Nevertheless, she returned to close out the trilogy with “Scream 3″ (2000), this time returning from self-imposed exile to visit the set of a movie based on her experiences.
Attempting to distance herself from the horror genre, Campbell was seemingly miscast in the role of a white-trash vixen (a former prison inmate no less!) in the uneven “Wild Things” and further floundered as a soap actress enjoying the nightlife of Studio “54″ (both 1998). She debuted as a producer with the romance “Hair Shirt” (premiered at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival) in which she appeared as an egotistical movie star alongside her brother Christian. Campbell also landed the role of the mistress of an advertising executive in the triangular romantic comedy “Three to Tango” (1999) as well as a stint in the ensemble of the dismal comedy “Drowning Mona” (2000), but neither did much to add to her star power or build her acting resume, but she equated herself well in a series of less pop audience minded projects, including “Panic” (2000) playing the dark, edgy muse of an older man (William H. Macy) leading a stalled life; Alan Rudolph’s frankly refreshing dramedy “Investigating Sex” (2001) as one of two female stenographers assisting two male sex researchers; and as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s young protege, writer Frances Kroll Ring, opposite Jeremy Irons in the cable telepic “Last Call” (2002).
Campbell’s accumulated credits sufficiently impressed legendary director Robert Altman to turn the Campbell-penned story (ultimately co-written with screenwriter Barbara Turner) of a young ballet dancer poised to become a fictional Chicago troupe’s next big thing into his next film, “The Company” (2003). The actress, who trained at the National Ballet of Canada as a girl, was cast as the rising prima ballerina Ry, around who Altman built a trademark multi-character tale filmed inside the famed Joffrey Ballet–Campbell’s authentic knowledge of the inside world of ballet and her always convincing dancing allowed her to deliver her best, most nuanced performance to date. She followed up with the equally ambitious “When Will I Be Loved?” (2004), a noir-ish intellectually and erotically-charged tale of a indulged, sexually adventurous femme fatale artist (Campbell) who uses her powerful sexuality to advance her aims and control those who seek to use her. Although it was a daring–even brash–choice for Campbell, the movie suffered from writer-director James Toback’s largely improvisational approach and characteristic–and slightly disturbing– fetishization of his leading lady.
- Born:on 10/03/73 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Job Titles:Actor, Dancer, Producer, Model
Family
- Brother: Christian Campbell. born on May 12, 1972; appeared on “Malibu Shores”; acted together in “Hair Shirt” (1998)
- Father: Gerry Campbell. divorced from Campbell’s mother; remarried; Scottish
- Half-brother: Alex Campbell. born c. 1984; father, Gerry Campbell
- Half-brother: Damian McDonald. born c. 1982; mother, Marnie Campbell
- Mother: Marnie Campbell. divorced from Campbell’s father; remarried; Dutch
Significant Others
- Husband: Jeff Colt. met c. 1990; married on April 3, 1995; separated in July 1997; filed for divorce in November 1997; divorced on May 8, 1998; born c. 1964
- Companion: John Cusack. reportedly dating as of late fall 1998; no longer together as of December 2002
- Companion: Matthew Lillard. worked together in “Scream” (1996); dated c. 1997-98
Education
- National Ballet School of Canada
Milestones
- — Will star opposite Ron Livingston in the indie film “Relative Strangers” (lensed 2005)
- 1988 Made acting debut in production of “The Phantom of the Opera” (Toronto)
- 1994 Film debut in the direct-to-video Canadian release “The Dark”
- 1994 TV-movie debut, “I Know My Son is Alive” (NBC)
- 1996 First major roles in features “The Craft” and “Scream”; the latter proved to be her breakthrough
- 1997 Reprised role as Sidney Prescott in “Scream 2″
- 1998 Attempted to change her image as a Southern temptress in “Wild Things”
- 1998 Had small role as a soap opera actress who frequents Studio 54 in “54″
- 1998 Producing debut with “Hair Shirt”; also appeared in the film along with brother Christian; shown at the Toronto Film Festival
- 1999 Starred in the romantic comedy “Three to Tango” with Matthew Perry and Dylan McDermott
- 2000 Once again essayed Sydney Prescott in “Scream 3″, reportedly the final installment in the series
- 2003 Co-starred in “The Company”, an inside look at the world of ballet; directed by Robert Altman
- 2004 Starred as a young woman exploring the limits of her sexual and intellectual power in “When Will I Be Loved”
- Co-starred in the Fox drama serial “Party of Five” as eldest daughter Julia Salinger
- Danced small roles with National Ballet of Canada
- Debut as a regular in Canadian TV series, “Catwalk” (shown in USA on MTV)