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The Good Place
What the fork?!
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
  • First aired on 09/19/2016 (TV Show)
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Comedy
  • 5 Seasons
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Kristen Bell

Character's name: "Eleanor Shellstrop"
Birthday: 07/18/1980
Birthplace: Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA
Biography:
Kristen Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress and voice actress. In 2001, she made her Broadway debut. After moving to Los Angeles, she landed various television guest appearances and small film parts, but she gained fame as the title character on Veronica Mars. Besides her tv and movie roles, she provided the voice and face of Lucy Stillman in the Assassin's Creed video game series.

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Ted Danson

Character's name: "Michael"
Birthday: 12/29/1947
Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Biography:
Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as central character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the series Becker. He also plays a recurring role on Larry David's HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, starred alongside Glenn Close in legal drama Damages and is now a regular on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death. In his thirty-year career, Danson has been nominated for fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two; ten Golden Globe Awards nominations, winning three; one Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination; one American Comedy Award and a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He was ranked second in TV Guide's list of the top 25 television stars. Danson has also been a longtime activist in ocean conservation. In March 2011, he published his first book, "Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans And What We Can Do To Save Them," written with journalist Michael D'Orso. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ted Danson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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William Jackson Harper

Character's name: "Chidi Anagonye"
Birthday: 02/08/1980
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
Biography:
William Jackson Harper (born William Fitzgerald Harper; February 8, 1980), is an American actor. He portrayed Chidi Anagonye on the NBC comedy The Good Place (2016–2020).

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Jameela Jamil

Character's name: "Tahani Al-Jamil"
Birthday: 02/25/1986
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England, UK
Biography:
Jameela Jamil (born 25 February 1986) is an English actress, writer, DJ, model, and radio host. She's best known for her roles as Tahani Al-Jamil on the sitcom The Good Place and Mary MacPherran / Titania on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, as well as host of the game show The Misery Index and judge of reality competition show Legendary. In animation, she's known as the voice of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in the film DC League of Super-Pets, Asencia on the series Star Trek: Prodigy, Roxie on the series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, and Gandra Dee on Ducktales. She was discovered at 22 years old when she was teaching English in London, UK. Her first job in media was a main host on T4, the UK's leading youth entertainment show where she made a name for herself interviewing famous actors and musicians. She also became a journalist for Cosmopolitan Magazine and the Huffington Post. After 2 years, she became the face of Maybelline and Nails Inc and in 2012, she released her own clothing line after much success in the fashion industry and having shot for both British and American Vogue, Glamour Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine and Japanese teen vogue. 2012 also saw her nominated for the PPA and BSME awards for her writing. Later that year ,she was recruited by BBC Radio 1, to host her own show on their network, which would lead to a promotion in 2013, where she made history as the first woman in its 60 years on air, to host the Official Chart on the esteemed radio station. With much success, including several awards for radio and a growing DJ career she stayed on at the network until 2015, when she left to pursue a writing career in the United States. After signing as a comedy writer at 3ARTS and being taken on by UTA, in spite of never having acted before, she was sent to audition for Mike Schur's latest project on NBC, The Good Place, to star opposite Ted Danson and Kristen Bell.

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Manny Jacinto

Character's name: "Jason Mendoza"
Birthday: 08/19/1987
Birthplace: Manila, Philippines
Biography:
Manuel Luis Jacinto (born August 19, 1987) is a Filipino-born Canadian actor. After several small roles on television, his breakout role came in 2016, playing Jason Mendoza on the NBC sitcom The Good Place. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Applied Science in civil engineering at the University of British Columbia.

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D'Arcy Carden

Character's name: "Janet"
Birthday: 01/04/1980
Birthplace: Danville, California, USA
Biography:
American actress and comedian who has found fame with her roles on comedy series like Broad City and The Good Place. She has also landed roles in comedy films like 2013's The To Do List and 2016's Other People.


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