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Juliana Harkavy is heading for another breakthrough year as she stars in The CW hit show Arrow, as Dinah Drake aka the Black Canary. Previously, Harkavy was best known for her role in the hit television series The Walking Dead, where she recurred as former Army reservist and Tara’s girlfriend, Alisha. She also guest starred on The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Constantine. Born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, has been acting since age 9 and studied theater under the Meisner Studio at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her film credits include To Write Love on Her Arms, Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2, and an award-winning performance as rookie detective Jessica Loren in Magnolia Pictures’ Last Shift. She also was seen in the Stephen King short film The Thing They Left Behind. When not filming, Harkavy resides in Los Angeles, CA. She has a deep passion for dog rescue, with a focused interest in pit bulls.

Juliana Harkavy

Podcast

Juliana Harkavy Talks with Ryan Hurst on the Talkhouse Podcast

Karen Gillan is a Scottish actor, writer and director best known for her roles as Amy Pond in Doctor Who and Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War and the forthcoming Avengers: Endgame. She also plays Martha in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and its as-yet-untitled sequel. She has written and directed a number of shorts, and made her feature debut with the 2018 film The Party&#8217;s Just Beginning, in which she also played the lead role.

Karen Gillan

Revisited: Karen Gillan Talks with James Roday for the Talkhouse Podcast

Brian McGuire is a a writer, director, actor, music maker, skateboarder, born in Chicago and raised in Austin, Texas. LeftHouse is his production company. Some have called him the king of independent film. Others have called him a young Bill Murray. And some have even called him one of the good ones. His latest film, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1world100lonely" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 World 100 Lonely</a>, is now free on <a href="http://bit.ly/1WORLD100LONELY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon Prime</a>. Find out more about Brian and his work at <a href="http://www.lefthousefilms.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lefthousefilms.com</a>.

Brian McGuire

Film

The Time I Was An Alien Rapist (for Gregg Araki’s Now Apocalypse)

Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth was born and raised in Glasgow and made his directorial debut wit the 1979 independent comedy That Sinking Feeling (made with a budget of only £5,000), which jump-started a then-non-existent Scottish film industry. His second film, Gregory’s Girl, the hit comedy starring John Gordon Sinclair, was followed by Comfort and Joy, Local Hero (starring Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert), and the drama Housekeeping. Forsyth would later make films starring Burt Reynolds (Breaking In) and Robin Williams (Being Human). A restoration of Gregory’s Girl is <a href="https://filmforum.org/film/bill-forsyths-gregorys-girl">currently playing</a> at Film Forum in New York City and the Museum of Moving Image’s <a href="http://www.movingimage.us/programs/2019/09/27/detail/five-by-forsyth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Five by Forsyth”</a> series is ongoing through October 6.

Bill Forsyth

On Making Breaking In with Burt Reynolds

Colman Domingo is a Tony®, Laurence Olivier, Drama Desk, Drama League and NAACP Award nominated-, OBIE and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor, playwright and director. Domingo appeared in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and can next be seen in A24’s Zola and in Noah Hawley&#8217;s sci-fi drama Lucy in the Sky for Fox Searchlight. He currently stars as Victor Strand on Fear The Walking Dead and had a recurring role on The Knick. He is a recipient of Best Drama Actor award from the 2018 Independent Television Festival presented by the Television Academy® for <a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/nothingman/umc.cmc.333hbr0knrih758u9mkz8rw56" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nothingman</a>, directed by Eli Kooris and Joshua Shaffer, and is a recent recipient of the Sundance Feature Film Program Grant. Mr. Domingo, his creative partner Alisa Tager and AMC Networks are currently developing an original drama series, West Philly, Baby, which he will write, direct, and executive produce. He is also at work on an untitled half-hour comedy for HBO. His hit Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical was honored with two Tony® Award nominations as well as Drama Desk and Drama League. It kicks off its National Tour in Fall of 2019. (Photo by Ogata.)

Colman Domingo

The Kitchen

Cindy Silver, proud mother of director Nathan Silver, has appeared in several of his films, including the role of Carla in Uncertain Terms, Cindy in Exit Elena, Lorraine in Thirst Street and as herself in the web series Cutting My Mother. Cutting My Mother and Exit Elena screen together at <a href="http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&amp;month=07&amp;year=2019#showing-51267" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthology Film Archives</a> in New York City on July 18.

Cindy Silver

My Life as an Unexpected Actress

Erica Rhodes is a stand-up comedian and sometime actor whose debut album, Sad Lemon, came out on June 18 via Helium Records.
(Photo Credit: Jackson Davis)

Erica Rhodes

You Should Listen to Erica Rhodes

James Roday is a actor-writer-director best known for his eight-year run as Shawn Spencer on the USA hit comedy Psych, which also spawned a Psych film that aired in December 2017 to huge ratings success. Roday, who is currently starring on ABC&#8217;s A Million Little Things, has written pilots for USA, Fox and SyFy, and has directed shows such as Fox&#8217;s The Resident and Rosewood, and CBS&#8217;s Battle Creek, as well as writing and directing multiple episodes of Psych for USA. His feature directing debut, Gravy, starring Jimmi Simpson and Michael Weston, is now a cult classic horror-comedy film seen around the world. Roday&#8217;s second feature, Treehouse, is now on Hulu as part of Blumhouse Productions&#8217; anthology series Into the Dark.

James Roday

Karen Gillan Talks with James Roday for the Talkhouse Podcast

Jon Cryer is an actor, best known for his roles as Duckie in Pretty in Pink and Allan Harper in the long-running sitcom Two and a Half Men, in which he starred opposite Charlie Sheen. He also has notable roles in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Robert Altman&#8217;s O.C. and Stiggs, and the spoof comedy Hot Shots. He is currently the host of Undisclosed Addendum, and will be appearing as Lux Luthor this spring on the CW show Supergirl. He lives in Los Angeles.

Jon Cryer

Ben Lee began his career as a young teenager in the early ’90s, in the Australian lo-fi punk band Noise Addict, who were discovered by taste-making artists Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys. This began what is now an almost 25-year career of producing intelligent and spiritual indie-pop songs that have soundtracked Ben’s inner life in music.

Ben Lee

Jon Cryer Talks with Ben Lee for the Talkhouse Podcast

Melissa Stephens is a comedian, actor, writer and director from the peach state. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and after graduation she relocated to L.A. She is a founding member of IAMA Theatre Company, performing in the world premieres of Leslye Headland’s Bachelorette, Reverb and Cult of Love. Her directorial debut, Peen, was a Vimeo Staff Pick, and she writes and directs the short series <a href="http://www.findingtheasshole.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Finding the Asshole</a>, which was chosen to show at Slamdance 2019 in the Episodes program. Her latest short, Travis, is now available online. (Picture by Christopher Stewart.)

Melissa Stephens

What I Learned Working on Californication

J. Smith-Cameron is a Tony-nominated stage, film and television actress.  She recently starred in Sundance-winner Nancy directed by Christina Choe, for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Independent Spirit Award. Previous film credits include Antonio Campos’ Christine, Frank Whaley’s Like Sunday, Like Rain, and Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret. On television, Smith-Cameron was most recently seen in HBO’s Succession, which is about to start shooting its second season in NYC. She previously starred as Janet in Sundance’s Peabody award-winning series Rectify, and has appeared in numerous theatre productions on and off Broadway, including Juno and the Paycock (Joe A. Callaway Award and Drama Desk nomination), Our Country’s Good (Tony® nomination), As Bees in Honey Drown (Obie award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations), and most recently, Peace for Mary Frances opposite Lois Smith.

J. Smith-Cameron

Imposters and Grief: the Blessing of Being an Actor

Nadia Alexander is a writer and actress, with a career spanning almost two decades. She is best known for her work in film and television, including Blame, for which she won Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Golden Globe-nominated series The Sinner. She is currently cowriting a miniseries set up at the studio MakeReady and can be seen in the Netflix series Seven Seconds. Upcoming films include The Dark (premiering at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival) and Boarding School (to be released later this year by Momentum Pictures). She is a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and an alumna of the Macaulay Honors College, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with degrees in Physics and Psychology.

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