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Jessica Phyllis Lange (; born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. With a career spanning over five decades, she is known for her roles on stage and screen. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Lange is one of few performers to achieve Triple Crown of Acting status.

Lange made her professional film debut in the remake King Kong (1976) which earned her the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Lange went on to receive two Academy Awards, her first for Best Supporting Actress as a soap opera star in the comedy Tootsie (1982) and her second for Best Actress playing a bipolar housewife in the drama Blue Sky (1994). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were for Frances (1982), Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985), and Music Box (1989). She also acted in films such as All That Jazz (1979), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Cape Fear (1991), Rob Roy (1995), Big Fish (2003), and Broken Flowers (2005).

For her roles on television she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Big Edie in the HBO movie Grey Gardens (2009). Lange gained new recognition by starring in FX's horror anthology, American Horror Story (2011–2014, 2018), which earned her two additional Primetime Emmys for its first and third seasons. She was Emmy-nominated for her roles as Blanche DuBois in the CBS film A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), a wife in the HBO television movie Normal (2003), and Joan Crawford in FX the miniseries Feud: Bette and Joan (2017). Lange has also acted in the television films O Pioneers! (1992), and The Great Lillian Hall (2024) as well as the Netflix series The Politician (2019).

On stage, Lange made her Broadway debut as Blanche DuBois in the revival of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire (1992). Lange won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Mary Cavan Tyrone in the Broadway revival of the Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey into Night (2016). Lange returned to Broadway playing the hardheaded matriarch in the Paula Vogel play Mother Play (2024).

Lange is also a photographer with five published books of photography. She has been a foster parent and holds a Goodwill Ambassador position for UNICEF, specializing in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia.

Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (russisch Михаил Николаевич Барышников / Michail Nikolajewitsch Baryschnikow, wiss. Transliteration Mihail Nikolaevič Baryšnikov; * 27. Januar 1948 in Riga, Lettische SSR, Sowjetunion) ist ein zunächst sowjetischer, dann US-amerikanischer Ballett-Tänzer, Choreograf und Schauspieler, der seit 2017 auch lettischer Staatsbürger ist.

Sam Shepard, ursprungligen Samuel Shepard Rogers III, född 5 november 1943 i Fort Sheridan i Illinois, död 27 juli 2017 i Midway i Kentucky, var en amerikansk dramatiker, skådespelare och tv- och filmregissör.

Shepard har skrivit flera böcker, noveller och essäer. Han erhöll Pulitzerpriset för drama 1979 för sin pjäs Buried Child (på svenska Hem till gården). Shepard nominerades till en Oscar för bästa manliga biroll för rollen som piloten Chuck Yeager i filmen Rätta virket 1983. Han medverkade även i filmen Mordet på Jesse James av ynkryggen Robert Ford.

Shepard var sambo med skådespelaren Jessica Lange 1982–2009 och de fick två barn tillsammans. Han avled 2017 i ALS.