Akemi Look
Akemi is an American actress born in New York City and raised outside of Detroit, Michigan. In her early years, she competed both nationally and internationally in Rhythmic Gymnastics. At 13, she became Junior Olympic Champion and went on to compete for the U.S.A. National Team. In 2002, she represented the United States in the World Championships as a member of the U.S. Group team. After her gymnastics career, Look moved to NYC to accept a dance scholarship to The Alvin Ailey School for ballet and modern dance. While in NYC, she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute and received her B.A. from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
Akemi Negishi
Akemi Negishi might never have become an actress but for Josef von Sternberg. The legendary director was in Japan looking for a woman to play the seductress who leads a bunch of soldiers astray in his upcoming (and as it turned out, last) movie _Anatahan (1954)_. But Sternberg spotted Negishi one night, dancing on the cabaret stage, and chose her at once. This was the first in a long string of exotic roles, most unusual for the average Japanese actress, but which became her trademark, in films as various as _Kingukongu tai Gojira (1962)_ and Dodesukaden (1970). She was a favorite actress of both Akira Kurosawa and Ishirô Honda, both directors seeing beyond the kind of role in which she was usually typecast, and thereby encouraging her to some of the best work any Japanese actress did in the 1950s and 1960s. Her most memorable roles are probably for Kurosawa, in Donzoko (1957) and Dodesukaden (1970); but she is probably best known outside Japan for playing the woman who leads the dance of tribute to Kong in _Kingukongu tai Gojira (1962)_. Negishi was an unusual presence in Japanese film at that time, since her presence was so aggressively, obviously sensual. This militated against her becoming a major star in the conservative Japanese atmosphere of the time, but she was fortunate to be able to do excellent character work throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Following her arresting cameo as the beautiful lone housewife in Dodesukaden (1970), it appears that Negishi retired.
Akemi Okamura
Akemi Okamura was born on March 12, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for One Piece: Wan pîsu (1999), Kurenai no buta (1992) and Noein: Mô hitori no kimi he (2005).
Akemnji Ndifornyen
Akemnji Ndifornyen is an actor and writer, known for Famalam (2018), Black Ops and Doctors (2000).
Akende Munalula
Akende Munalula has acted opposite Stephen Dorff in DEPUTY on FOX, JK Simmons in COUNTERPART on STARZ Network, Tyler Perry in Tyler Perry's Boo2: A Madea Halloween, and in other independent productions such as the Emmy nominated digital series, The New 30, about a group of friends navigating life in their 40's. He can also be seen in The Salon coming later in 2020. Akende has been a professional actor since 2015 when he joined the Screen Actors Guild, SAG-AFTRA. In 2015, he wrote and starred in City of Dreams, which premiered at the Action On Film festival. He also appeared in shorts like Tear Jerker, The Incision, and others. Before that Akende spent two years from 2012 to 2014 at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting. Akende uses his writing passion to develop scripts for television and film. Using his connection to Africa he wants to bring African stories to a worldwide audience and to show a different side of the continent that is missing in scripted shows today. With his experience in acting and writing, Akende dedicates his spare time to coaching youths in his home country of Zambia who wish to pursue their acting and writing dreams. He started thinkPURPOSE as a means to give back to those in need. Akende, a father of two, lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Akeno Watanabe
Akeno Watanabe was born on 18 November 1982 in Funabashi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kôdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurûshu (2006), Innocence (2004) and Giruti kuraun: Guilty Crown (2011).
Aker Shagoug
Aker Shagoug is an actress, known for Hearts and Bones (2019) and Streets of Colour.
Akera Lewis
Akera Lewis is an actress, known for Catching Kelce (2016).
Aketza Lopez
Aketza Lopez is an actor, known for Norm of the North (2016), El Dandy (2015) and Killer Reality (2013).
Aketzaly Verástegui
Aketzaly Verástegui is known for Triada (2023), La huella de unos labios (2023) and Consensuados (2020).
