Jayne Atkinson
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Biography: Jayne Atkinson (born February 18, 1959) is an English-born American film, theatre and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the role of Karen Hayes on 24 as well as her Tony Award-nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April. She is also known for appearing in the CBS drama, Criminal Minds as BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
Birthday: February 18, 1959
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Gender: Female
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Free Willy
Overview: When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-16
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Handsome Harry
Overview: An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-buried crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-25
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The Village
Overview: When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-30
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Overview: Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-19
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Blank Check
Overview: Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family -- especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal nearly bulldozes Preston with his car and gives the boy a blank check as compensation. Preston makes the check out for $1 million and goes on a spending spree he'll never forget. Maybe now, his family will take him seriously!
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-11
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Our Town
Overview: Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives. Using metatheatrical devices, Wilder sets the play in a 1930s theater. He uses the actions of the Stage Manager to create the town of Grover's Corners for the audience. Scenes from its history between the years of 1901 and 1913 play out. Originally broadcast on the Showtime Network, then as part of the PBS series "Masterpiece Theatre" (season 33, episode 1).
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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Baby Ruby
Overview: After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts to unravel. As increasingly sinister happenings mount, Jo is plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone is a threat and nothing is what it seems.
Genres: Thriller Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-03
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In the Best Interest of the Children
Overview: Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-16
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Absolute Strangers
Overview: A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-14
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That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2
Overview: Actresses talk about their personal lives and dealing with a balance between family responsibilities and being a professional actor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-07
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The Congressman
Overview: Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out another House member, confronts his angry ex-wife, and faces denunciation by the media for attacking one of the most cherished patriotic symbols in America. As his life spirals out of control, Charlie embarks on a journey to a remote island in the Atlantic whose eccentric inhabitants are in the middle of a shooting war over their fishing grounds. Treat Williams stars as The Congressman in this humorous and moving film that raises the important question of what it means to be an American.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-09
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The Revenge of Al Capone
Overview: After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-26
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Revenge for Jolly!
Overview: Harry is having a very, very bad day. He returns home from an all-night drinking binge with his cousin Cecil, to discover that his little dog Jolly...Harry's one true love and the source of light in his dark, solitary life-has been murdered. Brokenhearted and beyond consolation, he vows to track down the dog's murderer at any cost. Armed with a stockpile of firepower in the trunk of his car, he and Cecil embark on a frenzied, alcohol-fueled wild-goose chase, leaving a bloody path of destruction in their wake.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-17
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12 and Holding
Overview: Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-31
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Recount
Overview: In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-25
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Between Two Women
Overview: When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very happy with their union. In fact, Barbara tries to separate the couple. But, when Barbara suffers a debilitating stroke, Val's compassion and empathy mend the rift between two women, giving Barbara the will to survive. But will Barbara learn to love her daughter-in-law?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-10
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