Rosie Cavaliero
Also Known As: Rodie Cavaliero, Rosalind Cecilia "Rosie" Cavaliero, Rosalind Cecilia Cavaliero
Biography: British actress Rosie Cavaliero used her versatility to become one of the busiest performers in the television industry. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,she relocated with her family to England as a child. She made her first screen appearance in the drama "Medics" (ITV, 1990-95). She spent the 1990s making guest appearances on television, most notably in a mutli-episdoe role on "Cold Feet" (ITV, 1997-2003). The numerous appearances finally paid off when she was cast as one of the leads in the sitcom "Eyes Down" (BBC, 2003-04). The show lasted only two seasons but it gave Cavaliero a calling card. The actress went on to star in the comedies "Feel the Force" (BBC, 2006) and "Jam and Jerusalem" (BBC, 2006-09), and appeared with Claire Foy in the miniseries "Little Dorrit" (BBC, 2008). She joined an all-star cast, including Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbener, in a critically acclaimed production of "Jane Eyre" (BBC, 2011), playing Grace Poole. She continued racking up credits, starring in the crime drama "Prey" (ITV, 2014-15), as Detective Sergeant Susan Reinhart, and landing recurring roles on "Hunderby" (Sky Atlantic, 2012-15) and "Unforgotten" (ITV, 2015- ). She mixed in a comedic role, playing opposite John Cleese and Alison Steadman in "Hold the Sunset" (BBC, 2018- ). She later joined Sheridan Smith for the drama "Cleaning Up" (ITV, 2019- ), before taking a role that gave her larger exposure in the United States. Cavaliero was cast as housekeeper Elizabeth Cordingley in "Gentleman Jack" (BBC/HBO, 2019- ). The series, starring Suranne Jones, 19th Century British landowner Anne Lister, who chronicled her life, including her lesbian romances, in a coded diary.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers
Overview: Scatterbrook Farm is besieged by birdwatchers when the children spot a group of rare choughs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-28
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Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane
Overview: When a travelling fair comes to Scatterbrook, Worzel tells John and Susan the legend of a fair with an enchanted organ that sends humans to sleep so scarecrows can enjoy the rides without being seen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-29
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Kiss and Tell
Overview: An undercover police officer must prove that a lonely man's missing wife was murdered.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-09
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Coffee Wars
Overview: Coffee aficionado Jo is doing her best to keep her plant-based, independent coffee shop afloat alongside her band of misfit employees. In a last-ditch effort to save her business, Jo and her team embark to battle it out as the underdogs competing in the World Barista Championship in order to finally have a chance to prove herself in the dairy-dominated world of coffee.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-21
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Period Drama
Overview: It is 1810 and fifteen year old Jane is about to meet her fiancée and get her period. Both for the first time. And at the same time.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-26
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Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Overview: It's Christmas and Gemma has hired a lovely cottage in a quaint village. Terry spots that the village has a Santa competition, but things take a dark turn as competitors start being killed off in a host of warped and festive ways.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-16
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A Cock and Bull Story
Overview: Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-17
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Jane Eyre
Overview: After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-11
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The Love Box in Your Living Room
Overview: Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse tell the true story of Britain’s evolution over the last century through the life of the BBC, by turning complete fictions into a staggering array of hard facts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-27
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Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Overview: With exclusive interviews and outtakes, this anniversary special celebrates a decade of Robert Popper's iconic comedy, from celebrity fans to Paul Ritter's infamous squirrel-based catchphrase
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-28
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The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Overview: It's Christmas Eve and Nan receives some unexpected visitors, in the form of Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. In this comic retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Nan is shown the error of her ways, but is it too late for her to swap her Scrooge-like misery for some seasonal goodwill?
Genres: Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-25
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Christmas Carole
Overview: Carole Mackay is an unashamedly outspoken and wealthy entrepreneur. Her online business selling all things festive has earned her a fortune, as well as the nickname 'Christmas Carole'. But her success hasn't made her a better human being. In fact, it's made her worse. The truth is that Carole is a monumentally mean person. Positively Scrooge-like. And, just like Ebeneezer, she doesn't love Christmas at all. But this Christmas Eve, Carole's past, present and future are about to collide. Will some rather familiar Christmas spirits help her discover the true spirit of Christmas?
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-23
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That Christmas
Overview: It's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-27
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Professor Branestawm Returns
Overview: When Lady Pagwell dies, leaving a legacy to fund local inventing, Professor Branestawm thinks his money troubles are over. But scheming councillor Haggerstone insists an inventing contest be held to decide who gets the cash.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-24
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Scoop
Overview: An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-27
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Nativity!
Overview: Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-27
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Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Overview: This sequel to the popular British comedy sees a new teacher (David Tennant) take over. When he enters his school in the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition, he and his pregnant wife, and the schoolchildren, embark on an epic road trip that ends up with a birth and a donkey, where he must embrace his fears and become a hero.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-23
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Vera Drake
Overview: Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-22
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The Secret World of Michael Fry
Overview: Council Planner Michael Fry uncovers a sinister plot in his Welsh seaside home town, and finds himself caught in a growing tide of corruption and sleazy internet sex.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-25
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Topsy-Turvy
Overview: After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-15
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Beyond the Pole
Overview: A documentary film crew follows the first carbon neutral, organic, vegetarian expedition ever to attempt the North Pole. Simultaneously Saving the Planet and getting into the Guinness Book of Records Brian and Mark hope to kill two birds with one stone. Unfortunately, they have never done anything like this before.
Genres: Comedy Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
Overview: The show will celebrate not only their sketch characters, but also, for the first time, will introduce the real Harry and Paul, who appear almost live on stage as themselves as they take questions and introduce their favourite sketches from programmes including Harry Enfield and Chums, Harry and Paul and Harry Enfield's Television Programme. These include Kevin Patterson, Tim Nice-But-Dim, Wayne and Waynetta Slob, Dragons' Den, The Scousers and Smashie and Nicey. Harry and Paul also take it in turns to play the host of celebrities that have joined them to celebrate their anniversary, such as Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell from BBC Drama Wolf Hall; Rob Brydon, Ricky Gervais, Prince Charles, Miranda Hart, Stephen Hawking, Boris Johnson, Melyn Bragg and Jimmy Carr as they take viewers on a trip down memory lane. There's also a very special guest appearance from a Harry and Paul favourite.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-31
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Things to Do Before You're 30
Overview: A smart, sexy and poignantly accurate comedy drama about a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable - adulthood and responsibility.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-11
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Joe Orton Laid Bare
Overview: Exploring the wit, work and world of Joe Orton through his own words, and the testimony of those who knew him and worked with him.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-25
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The Children Act
Overview: In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-01
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Breathe
Overview: Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
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Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
Overview: As part of the BBC2 50th anniversary celebrations comedians Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse were commissioned to produce this spoof history of the channel. It parodies the channel, its content and the history documentary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-25
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The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Overview: It's Christmas Eve and Nan receives some unexpected visitors, in the form of Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. In this comic retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Nan is shown the error of her ways, but is it too late for her to swap her Scrooge-like misery for some seasonal goodwill?
Genres: Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-25
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The Understudy
Overview: Tony Warner's performance as Macbeth is the toast of London's West End. It would be very bad luck indeed if he was suddenly indisposed in some way. Except for Jim, his ever-hopeful understudy, of course.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-05
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