#Helen Garai

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LAZAREVIC SISTERS IV

Princess Teodora Lazarevic 

Early Life

She was likely born after 1366 and before 1371 as Princess Teodora Lazarevic, the fourth child and daughter of Lazar and Milica of Serbia. Like her elder sisters she was likely born in Prilepac and later moved to Krusevac. 

Though it is unkown if Teodora was a fanatic of the arts as most in her family, the constructions in Krusevac ended around 1377, so she mostly had time for various branches of resources for entertainments to watch merchants, craftmans and entertainers perform at her father’s court or at the town squares. 

She was likely closer to her younger sister; Olivera, as in the late 1380s they were the only unmarried daughters left of the royal couple. 

However her marital status did not remain chaste for much longer. 

Marriage to Nikola II Garai 

Like many of her sisters’ previous marriages this one was another political tool of their father; Lazar of Serbia. 

At the beginning of Lazar’s reign he acted as a vassal for the Kingdom of Hungary until he eventual got a way to get his state annulled away from the vassalage. 

However Lazar still wanted to remain informed of King Sigismund, his thoughts and diplomatic plans. As a result, he married one of his youngest daughters to an assiociate of the then monarcch, Nikola II Garai.

Nikola II Garai was a Roman Catholic Ban of Masco and Hungarian Palatine. It is believed the two were wed after 1386 and before 1389. It is also possible that Teodora, who was an Orthodox Christian up until her marriage took “Helen” as her name of conversion. 

Though no information has been recorded nor preserved about the intimacy of their union, Nikola proved himself to be a reliable son-in-law as in 1389-a short time before the Battle of Kosovo-he convieced King Sigismund to abondon his plans to return Lazar into some sort of vassalage, and that same year the monarchs “reconciled” through the mediation of Nikola.

Despite the divide in sources about the maternity of two of Nikola’s children, the noble couple most likely share two children with eachother, the eldest and Nikola’s namesaker; Nikola III Garai, and a daughter called Katerina Garai. Their date of births are unknown. 

From 1390 to 1402, Nikola was promoted and served as the Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia. As a result of this, he was transfered to another location, it is possible and probbale that Helen moved with him. 

Later Life 

We have no information about the later life of Helen, she passed away between 1396-1405, because by 1405 her widowed husband had remarried a woman named Anna with whom he shared a few more children with. 

Her reason of early death is unknown. Compared to the rest of her family she died quite young, still remaining in her 30s. The Lazarevics are deemed quite healthy, tall, and beautidul so her reason of death might have been something else. Even if she was in her late 30s, it is still quite a young age for a aristocrat woman to pass away at. 

{While looking for her reason of death, I couldn’t find an outbreak of the plague or a fatal virus in the location she occuped when she was alive, so more probable her reason of death might be childbirth, or pregnancy complications, or perhaps Helen always had a fragile dealth.} 

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Nikola III Garai

Katarina Garai  

( Sources: “КЋЕРИ КНЕЗА ЛАЗАРА ИСТОРИЈСКА СТУДИЈА ПОГОВОР” by Jelka Redep, Dve srpske sultanije : Olivera Lazarevic (1373-1444) : Mara Brankovic (1418-1487) by Nikola Giljen, http://istorijska-biblioteka.wikidot.com/art:teodora-kci-kneza-lazara )

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In case anyone was wondering, these are the faceclaims I used for the (canon) Romance in the Neath series (lots of Phantom of the Opera)

Artist and Artist’s Model: Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Anna Karenina/Ana de Armas

Master Jewel Thief and Honey-Sipping Heiress: Alexander Dreymon in The Last Kingdom/Lise Slabber in Black Sails

Melancholic Curate and Enigmatic Sister: Aidan Turner in Desperate Romantics/Joanna Vanderham in The Go-Between

Acclaimed Beauty and Barbed Wit: Leslie Odom Jr/Ramola Garai in The Crimson Petal and The White

Affectionate Devil and Quiet Deviless: Clark Gable, one of the pictures is from Gone with the Wind/Clara Bow

Revolutionary Firebrand and Secular Missionary: Sean MacLaughlin in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and in the US Tour/Carey Mulligan in Far From the Madding Crowd

Cultured Attaché and Cultured Attachée: James Norton in Little Women/Katherine Kelly in Mr. Selfridge

Academic Intriguer and Devout Intriguer: Louis Garrel in Little Women/Daisy Head in Shadow and Bone in one picture, Harlots in the other

Promethean Rogue and Incendiary Tastemaker: Derrick Davis in the Restaged US Tour of Phantom of the Opera/Phoebe Fox in Life in Squares

Blooming Wallflower and Flexible Intelligencer: Bryce Pinkham in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway/David Oyewolo in the 2018 Les Misérables series

Joyful Charter Clerk and Joyful Illuminator: Jean Steinberg in Saint Joan/Mei Pang

Infamous Mathematician and Roguish Semiotician: Freida Pinto in Mr. Malcolm’s List/Domnhall Gleeson, one of the pictures is from Anna Karenina

Cheery Man and Last Constable: Joseph Mawle in Ripper Street-Jennifer Ehle in Possession in one picture, Pride and Prejudice in the other

September and the Clay Highwayman: Johnny Harrington/unknown model in a photography series by Jason Sinn

Paleontologist and F.F. Gebrandt: Bilal Baig/Helen Mirren

Sardonic Music-Hall Singer and Poor Edward: Denée Benton in The Gilded Age in one picture, and in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway in the other/dummies used for the Masquerade scene in the stage production of Phantom of the Opera, the Copenhagen production

Silk-Clad Expert: Audrey Tautou in Coco Before Chanel

Once-Dashing Smuggler: Rami Malek in Night at the Museum

Captain Amelia Whitlock: Sonequa Martin-Green

New Dreamer: Cynthia Erivo

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Found out recently that one of my favorite underrated costume designers died this year, so I thought I’d do a quick appreciation post for him and his work. I mainly know him from three miniseries, all of which I think he did amazing work on:

Daniel Deronda (2002):

North and South (2004):

And Elizabeth I (2005):

Gorgeous, aren’t they? R.I.P. to an incredibly skilled costume designer and, from what I’ve read, a lovely man.

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New season of Shakespeare Uncovered!

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Emma Cunniffe as Queen Anne and Romola Garai as Sarah Churchill in the play Queen Anne by Helen Edmundson, on now in London.

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TV Times – 10-16 June 2017

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The Windermere children who escaped the holocaust in the lake district

Photo: Helen Sloan/BBC January 25, 2020 | By Jason Solomons Excerpts:

In August 1945, Britain did an extraordinary thing. Using RAF bombers that had completed their last missions, 732 Jewish refugee children, newly rescued from concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Theresienstadt, were flown from Poland to England and given a new life. Under pressure from Leonard Montefiore's newly-created Committee for the Care of Children from Concentration Camps, the government was persuaded to open up rehabilitation camps, such as one on the bucolic shores of Lake Windermere. And so, in the unlikely village of Troutbeck Bridge, on the Calgarth estate in a prefab scheme that had housed workers at the Short Sunderland aeroplane factory during the war, a remarkable story of redemption and renewal began.

The story is now told in dramatic form in the film The Windermere Children, which airs in the UK on BBC Two and on German channel ZDF at the very same time (a simulcast first in European broadcasting) to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and 75 years since the end of the Second World War. “I hadn't heard of the story either,” admits The Windermere Children scriptwriter Simon Block. “Not many people had. I was brought the story by the production company, Wall to Wall, but from then on it was about trying to get as much information about what had happened as possible and find the dramatic arc inside it.” “Fortunately, the characters involved are so strong and the emotions and trauma so powerful, the facts did not need bending to make a compelling human story. It told itself.” [...] Many of [the actual Windermere children] were at the preview screening I attended. Harry (Chaim), Ben, Arek, Ike, Harry and Bela sit in the audience, behind the young Polish actors who play them in the film, most of them making their screen debuts. The film's more recognisable talents are there, too: Romola Garai, Iain Glen and Tim McInnerny, fine actors who all acknowledge with humility that the real stars present are the survivors. [...] At the screening, Iain Glen was greeted by the young Polish actors with hugs and high fives, like a favourite coach or even relative being welcomed after a long gap. He plays a gruff Scottish PE teacher based on the real-life Jock Lawrence, enlisted to give the kids some physical therapy through exercise, football and swimming in the lake. “Jock was enlisted for physical therapy even though I don't think he knew too much about the science of it all and he certainly was not prepared for the level of trauma he encountered,” he says. “But he could see the positive effect of getting them outdoors in the fresh air.” One of the children under Jock's charge was Ben Helfgott, who went on to become an weightlifter for Great Britain at two Olympic games. “It's a redemptive story in the end,” remarks Glen. “These survivors are testament to the programme there and show that life may not forget but it can recover and rebuild.” [...] Given one of The Windermere Children's most moving scenes involves a family reunion, it's a poignancy not lost on the film's creators. Says writer Simon Block: "That storyline is absolutely true - you couldn't possibly make something like that up - but sadly something like that is now impossible according to UK law.” "It shows this isn't just a historical drama but very much part of our present. It's a picture of when Britain did something great and was enriched because of it, and hopefully it can be a reminder that we can still do the right thing again.” The last word on The Windermere Children practically speaks for itself. At the screening, survivor Harry Spiro stood up carefully, shaking slightly on his feet but his voice was strong and clear. “I was the only one from my family who survived the Holocaust. I lost everyone, I had nothing. I had no home, no family.” “But I was a Windermere boy and now 70 years later I have a wife, three children, nine grandchildren and great grandchildren. I never, ever thought back then I would have a family, but I got a whole new life here and lots of other lives came from that. So I say: no, Hitler you did not win but look at me, I got my life and my family…”

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A bit of what you Dancy

The Evening Standard (11.20.2002 ) By Emily Sheffield 

In the opening scene of Daniel Deronda, a major BBC adaptation of George Eliot's last novel, the buxom heroine of the story, Gwendoline Harleth (played by Romola Garai), is distracted from her game of roulette by the intense gaze of a handsome youth. She remarks to her companion: "He seems not like young men in general." It is a fitting introduction, not only to Eliot's angelic hero, Deronda, but to Hugh Dancy, the 27-year-old actor who plays him. 

In no sense could you compare Dancy to the average British male. The gene pool was not just kind to him, but positively sycophantic. He is not only physically delicious, but also clever (he got a 2:1 at Oxford), and effortlessly affable. He's a man both charmed and charming. It is no wonder that Dallas Smith, his agent, who also looks after Catherine McCormack and Kate Winslet, made the rare decision to sign the unknown 23-year-old without seeing him perform. At the time Dancy was making a poor job of being a waiter in Julie's Bar, the celebrity Notting Hill restaurant. A customer had given him the telephone number of a well-known casting agent, who in turn passed him onto Smith. Within a month, Dancy had secured his first TV role in Lynda La Plante's highly successful drama, Trial and Retribution II. The work hasn't stopped since: he was Helen Baxendale's energetic lover in Cold Feet, then an amorous aristo in Madame Bovary. Last year Hollywood came calling when he was cast as a medic in Ridley's Scott's war-epic, Black Hawk Down. And now, with the lead as the emotionally intense Deronda, his future among Britain's A-list of actors is assured. It is the kind of good fortune that will inevitably inspire envy among his peers. "I'm just lucky," Dancy insists, rather sheepishly. "Any working actor is." Dancy's cheeks are pink - I can't tell if he's embarrassed by the attention, or flushed from the shower he's just leapt from. He arrived 30 minutes late for our interview, dashing into his PR's office, damp curls still stuck to his forehead, casually dressed in tight black T-shirt and jeans. It is easy to see why he has so many female fans. Even his teeth are perfect and his voice a seductive growl. He prompted arch feminist Germaine Greer to rave on Newsnight Review last week: "I think he's gorgeous. I just wish that he had fewer clothes on and did more rowing." Despite the obvious advantages his looks have given him, Dancy visibly cringes when asked about being labelled a sex symbol. "Yes, it's there but it has got nothing to do with me," he shrugs. The inevitable comparisons to Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice have already been drawn. "Deronda is a moral hero, not a dashing hero," Dancy insists, shifting in his chair. "He's nothing like Darcy. The most dashing thing I do is jump into the river to save Mirah [Lapidth]. Deronda wants to be good; he's angelic, and I don't think that's traditionally considered sexy." His shirt, though, does get decidedly damp. No doubt his close knowledge of the text will have impressed the casting agents at the BBC, not just his foppish dark hair: Dancy had studied Eliot as part of his literature degree. "Ironically, I remember thinking that Deronda would make a great three-part television drama," he adds. He chose university over drama school because, as both of his parents were academics, "there was really no other option". He says his father, a professor at Reading University, is a useless critic, vaguely remarking after seeing his son for the first time on TV: 'You have a very singular walk.' "I still don't know what he meant," he laughs. "I'm sure I don't have a funny walk." After finishing Deronda in July, he went to Dublin to begin filming Ella Enchanted, a modern take on Cinderella. Naturally, Dancy plays Prince Charming. He is returning to Ireland this week for the wrap party. From Sunday, he will be unemployed and has decided to take a well-earned break, and spend some of his newly-earned money. "My American agent wants me to return to Los Angeles but I've planned a holiday - an incredible riding trip in Argentina with my brother."

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Best Jane Austen Adaptations on Screen So Far

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With Emma and Sanditon making waves (seaside resort pun!), we're listing up the best screen adaptations of Jane Austen's work.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Jane Austen novel must be adapted an infinite amount of times and we will be grateful for all of them. (Yes, even the Pride & Prejudice & Zombies film, the best part of which was not the movie itself but a supercut of Matt Smith as Mr. Collins eating scones.)

There have been a lot of adaptations of Jane Austen's six major novels and some of her other works, including the recently-released Emma starring Anya Taylor-Joy. These are the ones we recommend watching.

Best Pride and Prejudice Adaptations

Easily the most adapted of Jane Austen's works, Pride and Prejudice is a foundational work in the broader romantic comedy genre and in so much of our mainstream storytelling. People tend to have opinions about which of the P&P adaptations are the best. (Who is the best Elizabeth? Who is the best Darcy? Which is the most faithful? Does it matter?) Here are the ones we think are worth checking out...

Pride and Prejudice (1995)

There’s nothing more iconic Austen than BBC/A&E’s 1995 miniseries adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, starring Jennifer Ehle as proud Elizabeth Bennet and Colin Firth as prejudiced Mr. Darcy. The six-part serial was adapted by Andrew Davies, who would go on to pen many more Austen adaptations, and was the project that shot Firth to stardom. The scene of Firth’s Mr. Darcy coming out of the lake, long shirt soaked through, has been riffed on countless times (a personal favorite? St. Trinian’s), and for good reason. Mr. Darcy has never been so begrudgingly sexy.

Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)

An adaptation of the book of the same name which is a contemporary reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones’ Diary has Colin Firth reprising the Mr. Darcy role (here, Mark Darcy) alongside Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones, a 32-year-old woman looking to stop smoking, lose weight, and find Mr. Right—who most definitely is not snooty barrister Mr. Darcy.

Written by Richard Curtis (Love Actually), Andrew Davies (screenwriter of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice), and source material author Helen Fielding, this script has it all: romance, comedy, and plenty of heart. The film spawned two sequels—neither of which are as good as the original, but neither of which is terrible either.

Bride & Prejudice (2004)

This Bollywood-style contemporary adaptation from Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) stars Aiswarya Rai as Lalita Bakshi, a young Indian woman who lives in Amritsar with her parents and three sisters. When Lalita and her sister meet British-Indian lawyer Balraj (Naveen Andrews) and well-off American Will Darcy (Martin Henderson) at a wedding, strong feelings ensue. A great cast and a fresh cultural setting make this adaptation a must-watch.

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Basically a masterpiece, Joe Wright’s first feature film has a great cast (Kiera Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, Jena Malone, Judy Dench, Talulah Riley, and Donald Sutherland), but it’s the director’s interest in getting the setting right that makes this adaptation special. Using his trademark long shot, Wright invites viewers into the world of the Bennets: from the homey, organic mess of the Bennet house to the cheerful chaos of a dance hall, Pride and Prejudice has never felt so lived-in.

Lost in Austen (2008)

If you like your Austen with a speculative fiction twist, might I recommend Lost in Austen? This 2008 ITV miniseries stars Jemima Rooper as Amanda Price, a huge Jane Austen fan who gets pulled into the world of her favorite Austen novel and must make choices accordingly. This four-part story doesn't totally stick the landing, but it's well worth the quick watch for its humor, creativity, and meta fun, as well as to see Gemma Arteron as Elizabeth Bennet. 

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012)

Who knew Austen was so well-suited for the vlog style? Hank Green and Bernie Su, apparently, who were the creators behind this Emmy-winning adaptation, which reimagines Elizabeth Bennet as a mass communications grad student still living at home with her parents and two sisters.

The story is told chiefly through a series of vlogs (as well as through supplementary social media accounts for the world’s characters, making this a transmedia storytelling experience). In universe, Lizzie (Ashley Clements) begins a vlog series chronicling her life as a thesis project, an event that just happens to coincide with the moving in of a wealthy medical student Bing Lee (Christopher Sean) and his even wealthier friend, William Darcy (Daniel Vincent Gordh), next door. Told in real-time over the span of year, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries was a truly special storytelling experience, and is still well-worth watching even without the real-time aspect.

Best Emma Adaptations 

While slightly less well-known than Pride and Prejudice, Emma has had its fair share of on-screen adaptations. The story of the spoiled 21-year-old Emma Woodhouse, Emma follows Emma on her matchmaking adventures, which are more the ego-driven meddling of a bored, rich girl with too much time on her hands than anything else. With Emma, Austen set out to tell the story of an unlikable protagonist, but Austen never intends for us to root against her, making Emma’s realistic journey of self-growth that much more cathartic.

Clueless (1995)

If you’ve seen one Emma adaptation, it’s probably this one. A contemporary retelling of Emma Woodhouse’s story, Clueless’ reimagining of Emma as bratty Beverly Hills teen Cher is downright genius. Starring Alicia Silverstone in the main role and Paul Rudd as ex-step brother and unassuming love interest Josh, Clueless is more than just one of the best Austen adaptations out there—it’s one of the best teen comedies of all time.

Emma (2009)

If you’re looking for a faithful miniseries adaptation of Emma, we recommend this 2009 version. Starring Romola Garai as Emma, Jonny Lee Miller as Knightley, and Michael Gabon as Mr. Woodhouse, and written by Sandy Welch (who also gave us the glorious North & South adaptation), this four-part serial will give you more bang for your buck than any of the feature film adaptations.

Emma Approved (2013)

From the web series company that brought you The Lizzie Bennet Diaries comes this similarly-structured Emma adaptation. Recontextualizing Emma Woodhouse as a young lifestyle coach and matchmaking entrepreneur, Emma Approved comments on YouTube/influence culture in insightful, empathetic ways. While not as good as its predecessor, Emma Approved is still a delightful adaptation worth the watch if you're into this form of storytelling.

Emma. (2020)

Bright, colorful, and at times absurdly pretty, this highly-stylized adaptation of Emma highlights the comedy of Austen’s classic tale without sacrificing any of the drama or romance. Anya Taylor-Joy delivers a masterful performance, as we watch Emma go from the rigidly-controlled noble to a more empathetic, thoughtful version of herself, but it’s Bill Nighy and Miranda Hart in supporting roles who really get to chew the scenery.

Other Best Jane Austen Adaptations

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Emma Thompson. Kate Winslet. Hugh Grant. Alan Rickman. Need I say more? Written by Emma Thompson and directed by Ang Lee (his first English-language feature film), this faithful adaptation of Austen's Sense and Sensibility is a classic. Whether you're a fan of the film or simply a cinephile, I highly recommend checking out Thompson's "screenplay and diary" chronicling the making of this film.

Persuasion (1995)

If you're going to go for an adaptation of Austen's final novel (published after her death), try to find this 1995 made-for-TV film. Starring Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds as Anne and Captain Wentworth respectively (not to mention Killing Eve's Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Croft!), Persuasion is not the story of two people coming together for the first time, but two people reuniting after eight years apart. We mentioned 1995 was a good year for Austen fans, yeah?

Mansfield Park (1999)

Mansfield Park doesn't get a lot of love when it comes to the adaptation, but this 1999 film starring Frances O'Connor and Jonny Lee Miller is one of the best Jane Austen-inspired films out there. A looser adaptation of the novel that also incorporates elements of Jane Austen's life into the story, Mansfield Park has all of the swoon-worthy romance, sharp social commentary, and relatable female protagonist you could want from an Austen adaptation.

Northanger Abbey (2007)

Andrew Davies is back at it again with this 2007 television movie, starring Felicity Jones as protagonist Catherine Morland (Carey Mulligan also pops up as friend Isabella Thorpe). One of the OG stories about fandom, Northanger Abbey follows young, naive Catherine as she visits Bath, becomes the object of two men's affections, and begins to confuse real life with the kind of things that might happen in the Gothic romance novels she obsessively reads. If you've never engaged with this most meta of Austen's works, we recommend checking out this adaptation.

From Mansfield With Love (2014)

If you're a fan of the vlog diaries adaptation format (if you can't tell by now, I am), then I also recommend this endearing adaptation of Mansfield Park. Created by Foot in the Door Theatre, what this production lacks in budget, it makes up for in heart. From Mansfield With Love reimagines the story of 19th-century protagonist Fanny Price to modern-day Britain where Frankie Price is working as a housekeeper at a hotel owned by the Bertrams. In an effort to keep in touch with her brother Will, she begins to send video diaries chronicling her life at Mansfield and with the Bertram family, in particularly with friend Edmund. Austen has never felt so real.

Love and Friendship (2016)

Austen in the style of Armando Iannucci (this film is actually written and directed by indie filmmaker Whit Stillman), Love and Friendship is an adaptation of Austen's epistolary novel Lady Susan, which follows the recently-widowed Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale, having so much fun) in her efforts to secure advantageous marriages for both herself and her daughter.

Sanditon (2019)

The new kid on the block, Sanditon just wrapped up its first (and hopefully not only) season on PBS. Based on the unfinished Austen novel, it follows country gentlewoman Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) into the relatively more exciting world of Sanditon, a fishing village with aspirations of being a seaside resort.

While Sanditon isn't without its indulgent plotting, it is beautiful to look at, and includes some memorable performances from Theo James, Charlotte Spencer, and a massively underutilized Crystal Clarke, playing a rare character of color in Austen adaptations. More than anything, it's interesting to see Andrew Davies (yep, he's back) extrapolating out Austen's unfinished novel. Perhaps, fittingly, we most likely will never find out what happens next in this on-screen adaptation.

What is you favorite Austen adaptation? Let us know in the comments below...

Kayti Burt is a staff editor covering books, TV, movies, and fan culture at Den of Geek. Read more of her work here or follow her on Twitter @kaytiburt.

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could i please get some suggestions for faceclaims ( male and female ) that are 35+ and have some resources, like a pack of gif icons or a gif hunt, to be used? poc and non poc mixed in would be perfect!!

hi anon! i’m putting this under the cut because it got very long. under the cut there are 189 female faceclaims 35 and up that have at least one gif hunt and gif icons in the tags, and 206 male faceclaims 35 and up that have at least one gif hunt and gif icons in the tags. i hope this helps you out!

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susanna thompson (59)

angela bassett (59)

michelle pfeiffer (59)

jessica lange (68)

helen mirren (72)

maggie smith (82)

males: 

jamie dornan (35)

arthur darvill (35)

matt smith (35)

sebastian stan (35)

dan stevens (35)

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morgan freeman (80)

[wouldadepressedpersonmakethis]

names

tier i: 

emily blunt / MARGUERITE STAFFORD

keira knightley / CORDELIA “LIA” STAFFORD

alexis bledel / GENEVIEVE STAFFORD

dominique mceligott / CORA JOHNSON

nicole kidman / GRACE SEYMOUR

amanda seyfried / CLARA SEYMOUR

lupita nyong’o / VIRGINIA WOOD

alicia vikander/ REBECCA MORRIS

tom hardy / CHRISTOPHER MORRIS

rachel mcadams / MARGARET GREENE

jessica chastain / EDITH CRAVEN

josh harnett / OLIVER WRIGHT

xaiver sameuls / WILLIAM SEYMOUR

leonardo dicaprio / ALEXANDER LAMBTON

james mcavoy / ERNEST LAMBTON

charlie hunnum / ADAM JOHNSON

mads mikkellson / VICTOR WARD

david oakes / HENRY CRAVEN

julian morris / JOHN CRAVEN

charles dance / CLARENCE STAFFORD

tier II:

saoirse ronan / ROSE CALVERT

scarlett johannson / ANNA CALVERT

joanna vanderholmd / LOUISA WILSON

rosamund pike / SARAH WILSON

evan rachel wood / ALICE WILSON

winona ryder / KATHERINE CLARKE

juno temple / IDA MOORE

kate beckinsale / HELEN KING

nina dobrev / MARIA KING

eva green / HARRIET PRICE

michael fassbender / HOWARD CALVERT

tom hughes / CHARLES CALVERT

mathias schoenarts / JAMES WILSON

liam hemsworth / BENJAMIN WILSON

hugh dancy / THEODORE CLARKE

richard armitage / ALFRED CLARKE

tom hiddleston / ROBERT CLARKE

benedict cumberbatch / JOSEPH MOORE

norman reedus / SAMUEL DAWSON

daniel craig / FREDERICK HARRIS

tier iii:

katheryn newton / EMMA TURNER

carey mulligan / ELIZABETH HARRIS

hayley bennett / JOSEPHINE TURNER

anna maxwell martin / GERTRUDE HARRIS

maya hawke / LAURA HARRIS

romola garai / LUCY ALLEN

gemma artertron / NANCY COOPER

willa fitzgerald / NORA COOPER

jenna louise coleman / FLORA LOWRY 

emily blunt / IRENE LOWRY

edward norton / GEORGE MARTIN

jude law / ARTHUR ALLEN

chris pratt / JESSE TURNER

aaron taylor johnson / OSCAR ALLEN

christian bale / ROY COOPER

logan lerman / THOMAS “TOM” COOPER

anson mount / ELI WRIGHT

toby stephens / EDWARD LOWRY

robert downey jr. / CECIL KING

ian somerhalder / NICHOLAS STAFFORD

[dailygrantchester]

could you recommend some other period dramas/shows similar to grantchester? :))

Endeavour

It is a prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse and, like that series, is set primarily in Oxford. Shaun Evans portrays a young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable with the Oxford City Police CID.

Father Brown

The series is set during the early 1950s, in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, where Father Brown, priest at St Mary’s Catholic Church, solves murder cases. A bumbling police inspector, who often arrests the wrong suspect, gets annoyed by Father Brown’s success.

Miss Marple

Agatha Christie’s Marple (or simply Marple) is a British ITV television series loosely based on the books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role, and by Julia McKenzie from the fourth series onwards.

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne.

The Bletchley Circle

The Bletchley Circle is a television mystery drama miniseries, set in 1952–53, about four women who used to work as codebreakers at Bletchley Park. Dissatisfied with the officials’ failure to investigate complex crimes, the women join to investigate for themselves.

The Crimson Field

The series shows the lives of medics and the patients at a fictional field hospital in France during the First World War.

The Hour

The Hour is a 2011 BBC drama series centred on a new current-affairs show being launched by the BBC in June 1956, at the time of the Hungarian Revolution and Suez Crisis. It stars Ben Whishaw, Dominic West, and Romola Garai, with a supporting cast including Tim Pigott-Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Burn Gorman, Anton Lesser, Anna Chancellor, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Oona Chaplin, and Peter Capaldi (series two).

Mr. Selfridge

Mr Selfridge is a British-American period television drama series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928.

Prime Suspect 1973

Prime Suspect 1973 (also known as Prime Suspect: Tennison) is a British television detective drama series, and a prequel to the long-running Prime Suspectseries, originally starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison.

North and South (film)

It follows the story of Margaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe), a young woman from southern England who has to move to the North after her father decides to leave the clergy. The family struggles to adjust itself to the industrial town’s customs, especially after meeting the Thorntons, a proud family of cotton mill owners who seem to despise their social inferiors. The story explores the issues of class and gender, as Margaret’s sympathy for the town mill workers clashes with her growing attraction to John Thornton (Richard Armitage)

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit is a 2008 British miniseries based on the serial novel of the same title by Charles Dickens, originally published between 1855 and 1857.

Non-period dramas that I would highly recommend:

Broadchurch: Broadchurch series one focused on the search for the boy’s murderer by detectives Alec Hardy (played by David Tennant) and Ellie Miller (played by Olivia Colman).

Wallander: Wallander is a British television series adapted from the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell’s Kurt Wallander novels and starring Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous police inspector.

Death in Paradise: British detective Richard Poole (Ben Miller) is assigned to investigate the murder of a British police officer on the fictional paradise island of Saint Marie in the Caribbean. After he successfully finds the murderer, he is reluctantly required by his supervisors to replace the victim and stay on as the detective inspector (DI) of the island, solving new cases as they appear, and being the object of many fish-out-of-water jokes. At the start of Series 3, Poole is killed and maladroit London detective Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) arrives to investigate the death of his strait-laced predecessor. He then stays in the job as chief investigator on the island.

Shetland: Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing. Set against a hauntingly beautiful landscape, Shetland is based on the best selling books such as Red Bones, Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue.

[wreckthelist]

so...Callum who?

Why are we starting with obscure, indie actors at all, you're asking. (That is, if you're even reading this.)

Simple answer is I've been tackling filmographies for so long, the obvious landmarks were covered in my early teen years (Ah!), so we're now on the hunt for fresh talent.

And you can never go wrong with indie talent.

Mostly.

Florence Pugh is another one I wish is more known. Her work in Lady Macbeth merits the EE Rising Star or so better than that. (More on Lady Macbeth later- getting ahead of myself here.)

Back to Mr. Robillard Turner (those middle names, I swear!) I'm not going to regurgitate to you the basic facts you could find on Google, Wikipedia, or his IMDB page (which I've gone through. Obviously.)

Each actor's filmography has its character, a long-running trait--you could say it's typecasting but it's not. More of reincarnation of a role in varying circumstances. Depending on an actor, there could be a specialization he/she really excels in. An example that comes to mind is Kirsten Dunst's spunky, vivacious nature (see: Bring It On, Wimbledon). Sofia Coppola's smartly cast her against type as a withdrawn teacher in The Beguiled.

With Callum, I'm still figuring it out. And it's been two years since I last watched (and first saw--without realizing that it was him. Dude was sporting green punk hair.) Green Room, that film in which Patrick Stewart is a neo-nazi (if you miss Anton Yelchin, aka Star Trek's Chekhov, and you're partial toward punk rock, what are you sitting there for? Rent this ASAP.)

*By landmarks, I meant Daniel Radcliffe, Johnny Depp (huge sorry. Pirates made me do it) Heath Ledger, Jared Leto (Gods of War was on TV), Ben Whishaw, Ewan McGregor, Colin Firth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, James Franco (I'm sorry, it was a phase!), Robert Downey Jr., Christian Bale, Ezra Miller, and later Dane DeHaan, Charlie Hunnam, and Daniel Bruhl, Harry Treadaway, Matt Smith, David Tennant, Gael Garcia Bernal, We're not talking broadway actors here. That'd be long.

*Anne Hathaway, Imogen Poots, Romola Garai, Anya Taylor-Joy, Hayley Atwell, Alicia Vikander, Rinko Kikuchi, Emma Stone, Margot Robbie, Lizzie Kaplan, Lena Headey, Eva Green, Rachel Weisz, Kaya Scodelario, Melanie Laurent, Lea Seydoux, Ellen page, Keira Knightley, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Karen Gillian, Rebecca Hall, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

AND MORE. I can never finish the lists (thank).

Up next: Leaving (2012)-- In which Helen McCrory (the babest) as Julie Ranmore is irresistible, and poor Aaron Hughes, like us mere mortals, is powerless (it is that type of soap-opera, yes - but these two’s acting definitely elevated it to a degree.)

PS. Maybe he’s obscure for now, but Callum’s rumored to be in the running for playing Newt Scamander’s older brother in the next Fantastic Beasts. Boom.

[hayleysprout13]

Queen Anne @ Theatre Royal Haymarket

#RSCQueenAnne @ Theatre Royal Haymarket.

After premiering at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford – Upon – Avon, Helen Edmundson’s play about the monarch’s transition into a Queen has landed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Written in a contemporary voice,  the play stars Emma Cunniffe as Queen Anne and Romola Garai as Sarah, the Duchess of Marlborough as Anne’s close friend and confidant. The play touches on themes involving…