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Famke Janssen is currently starring as Betty Jonkers in the Netflix crime drama <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81654735" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amsterdam Empire</a>. She is best known for her breakthrough role as the iconic James Bond villain Xenia in GoldenEye, portraying Jean Gray in the X-Men film franchise and playing the female lead opposite Liam Neeson in the Taken trilogy. Janssen’s other notable feature credits include Made, Hansel &amp; Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hide and Seek, Rounders, The Faculty and Redeeming Love. On the small screen, Janssen has played key roles in Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us, The Blacklist: Redemption and Hemlock Grove, and recurred Nip/Tuck and How to Get Away With Murder. She made her directorial debut with the dramedy Bringing Up Bobby, starring Milla Jovovich, and in 2008. the United Nations appointed her as a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity. (Photo by Olivia Witmond, courtesy Netflix.)

Famke Janssen

Film

Three Great Things: Famke Janssen

Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Bradford Young is a cinematographer and visual artist. His recent film contributions include: Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us; Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for achievement in cinematography; Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story; Ava DuVernay’s Selma, for which Bradford was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography in a Motion Picture; JC Chandor’s A Most Violent Year; David Lowery’s, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, and Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother of George, both of which won him Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition Excellence in Cinematography awards (2013). Other films include Dee Rees’ Pariah, for which he won the 2011 Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition Excellence in Cinematography award, Ava DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere, Tina Mabry’s Mississippi Damned, Paola Mendoza’s Entre Nos and Andrew Dosunmu’s Restless City. Bradford is also co-founder and CEO of Tribe 7, a film optics company specializing in customizable lenses and color science for film production. Bradford is a 2014 inductee into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a 2015 inductee into the American Society of Cinematographers. (Photo by Atsushi Nishijima, courtesy Bradford Young.)

Bradford Young

Three Great Things: Bradford Young

Devon Sawa is currently starring in the comedy horror <a href="https://screenmediafilms.net/film/3371/Black-Friday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black Friday</a>, opposite Bruce Campbell, Devon Ivana Baquero and Michael Jai White. He made his film debut in Little Giants in 1994, played the title role as a human boy in Casper the following year and further made his name in the films Wild America, Idle Hands and Final Destination. In 2000, Sawa played the title character of the Eminem music video &#8220;Stan.&#8221; Among his many other TV and film credits, Sawa portrayed the role of Owen Elliott on The CW action drama series Nikita and starred in the thriller The Fanatic, directed by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, where he played Hunter Dunbar, an actor who is stalked by John Travolta’s Moose.

Devon Sawa

Three Great Things: Devon Sawa

Stand-up comedian, writer and actor Fortune Feimster first made a name for herself on Chelsea Lately. She was a series regular on The Mindy Project and Champions, and has made many guest appearances, including Tales of the City, Dear White People, Claws, Office Christmas Party, and a recurring role on CBS’s Life in Pieces. Amblin recently acquired two features Fortune wrote, Bad Cop, Bad Cop and Field Trip, both of which she is attached to star in. Fortune has performed stand-up on Conan and Late Night with Seth Meyers as well as her own specials on Comedy Central and Netflix; her one-hour standup special Sweet and Salty premiered on Netflix this past January. She currently co-hosts Netflix Radio&#8217;s &#8220;What a Joke with Papa and Fortune&#8221; on Sirius XM, and her voice can be heard on Bless the Harts. She is currently co-starring with Malin Akerman, Bella Thorne and Alec Baldwin in <a href="https://www.quiverdistribution.com/chick-fight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chick Fight</a>, out in theaters, on digital and on demand on November 13, and can next be seen in the upcoming films Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Yesday alongside Jennifer Garner and Edgar Ramirez, and Happiest Season, opposite Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Dan Levy, Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza.

Fortune Feimster

Three Great Things: Fortune Feimster

Dave Hill&nbsp;is a comedian, writer, musician, and highly boneable public figure. He is the author of the book&nbsp;Tasteful Nudes&nbsp;(St. Martin&#8217;s Press, 2012), host of&nbsp;The Goddamn Dave Hill Show&nbsp;on New Jersey&#8217;s WFMU-91.1, frequent contributor to&nbsp;This American Life&nbsp;and singer-guitar player for the power-pop band Valley Lodge. His new comedy album Let Me Turn You On&nbsp;is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-me-turn-you-on/id992705195" target="_blank">available now</a>, as is his second collection of essays, Dave Hill Doesn&#8217;t Live Here Anymore (Penguin/Blue Rider Press).&nbsp;Dave also smells incredible and can play sweet guitar solos without even really trying. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/mrdavehill" target="_blank">here</a>.

Dave Hill

Music

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