Kim Basinger

Best known as an Academy Award–winning actress, Kim Basinger has also been recognized as a fashion model, businesswoman, animal activist, and to a lesser extent, recording artist.

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Dr Izzet Orujova

Initially a film actress, Izzet Khanim Mirzaaga Orujova (1909-1983) graduated from the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University in Baku as a petrochemical technologist (1932).

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Dolores del Río

Mexican actress Dolores del Río is considered the first Latin American woman to become a major film star, with a career that lasted from the 1920s Hollywood silent films into the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the ‘40s and ‘50s and later expanding into television and theater.

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Nichelle Nichols

Actress, singer and dancer Nichelle Nichols is best known for her work as Lt. Uhura in the original Star Trek series, six subsequent films and Star Trek: The Animated Series.

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