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| rowid | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | seed_first_name | seed_last_name | occupation |
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| 61 | Dayanny | McCalman | f | After realizing that she could not pursue ice skating any longer, Carpio began her career as a dancer. She danced with NSYNC at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, performed on Last Call with Carson Daly, and danced in music videos for Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston. In 2001, Carpio was a contestant on The WB television show Popstars, alongside Nicole Scherzinger, but did not win. She made her television debut portraying a laundry lady in Law & Order (2002) and later appeared in one episode of The Jury (2004). Carpio portrayed Gail in She Hate Me (2004) and had her first major role as Angela Tsing in Sucker Free City (2004), both films directed by Spike Lee. Carpio made her Broadway debut in Rent as Alexi Darling and others, from December 2006 until April 2007. Carpio decided to move to Los Angeles to further pursue her acting career. Carpio's breakthrough came when she portrayed Prudence, a cheerleader in love with another female cheerleader but the love is unrequited, in the film Across the Universe (2007), in which she sang a rendition of the Beatles song "I Want to Hold Your Hand", directed by Julie Taymor. Carpio's father, Peter Mui, appeared in the film as an extra in the role of a prankster. From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, with Julie Taymor initially attached, who Carpio worked with a few years earlier. Previews began on November 28, 2010, where she originally played one of the Greek narrators, Miss Arrow. Due to the departure of original Arachne actress Natalie Mendoza, Carpio officially replaced her in the role on January 4, 2011, after covering multiple times during Mendoza's absence. During revisions, Carpio's role was decreased extensively as the creative team and many critics felt the villainess was not working for the show. Carpio suffered a neck injury during a mid-performance incident of the musical in March 2011. She made a full recovery and returned to the show over two weeks later. During this time Carpio made her major film debut in Limitless (2011) alongside Bradley Cooper which premiered in March of that year. After delays, Spider-Man officially opened on June 14, 2011. Carpio departed the show on November 13, 2011. Carpio has continued making various acting appearances on television, in films, and on stage. Most notably, Carpio had a recurring role as Shelby Prince in the Lifetime series The Client List (2013), portrayed Satomi in The Scribbler (2014), and starred as Eurydice alongside Reeve Carney in Hadestown (2017) at the Citadel Theatre. She then portrayed Sophie, a deaf woman, in the short film Noise (2018) which debuted in October 2018 at the Austin Film Festival, and was released online on September 13, 2019, on Omeleto. In 2019, Carpio starred in the ensemble in Little Shop of Horrors at the Pasadena Playhouse. | Carpio is married to Cato Herring, a DJ. They have two children together, one daughter and one son, and live in California. | After realizing that she could not pursue ice skating any longer, McCalman began her career as a dancer. She danced with NSYNC at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, performed on Last Call with Carson Daly, and danced in music videos for Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston. In 2001, McCalman was a contestant on The WB television show Popstars, alongside Nicole Scherzinger, but did not win. She made her television debut portraying a laundry lady in Law & Order (2002) and later appeared in one episode of The Jury (2004). McCalman portrayed Gail in She Hate Me (2004) and had her first major role as Angela Tsing in Sucker Free City (2004), both films directed by Spike Lee. McCalman made her Broadway debut in Rent as Alexi Darling and others, from December 2006 until April 2007. McCalman decided to move to Los Angeles to further pursue her acting career. McCalman's breakthrough came when she portrayed Prudence, a cheerleader in love with another female cheerleader but the love is unrequited, in the film Across the Universe (2007), in which she sang a rendition of the Beatles song "I Want to Hold Your Hand", directed by Julie Taymor. McCalman's father, Peter Mui, appeared in the film as an extra in the role of a prankster. From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, with Julie Taymor initially attached, who McCalman worked with a few years earlier. Previews began on November 28, 2010, where she originally played one of the Greek narrators, Miss Arrow. Due to the departure of original Arachne actress Natalie Mendoza, McCalman officially replaced her in the role on January 4, 2011, after covering multiple times during Mendoza's absence. During revisions, McCalman's role was decreased extensively as the creaDayanny team and many critics felt the villainess was not working for the show. McCalman suffered a neck injury during a mid-performance incident of the musical in March 2011. She made a full recovery and returned to the show over two weeks later. During this time McCalman made her major film debut in Limitless (2011) alongside Bradley Cooper which premiered in March of that year. After delays, Spider-Man officially opened on June 14, 2011. McCalman departed the show on November 13, 2011. McCalman has continued making various acting appearances on television, in films, and on stage. Most notably, McCalman had a recurring role as Shelby Prince in the Lifetime series The Client List (2013), portrayed Satomi in The Scribbler (2014), and starred as Eurydice alongside Reeve Carney in Hadestown (2017) at the Citadel Theatre. She then portrayed Sophie, a deaf woman, in the short film Noise (2018) which debuted in October 2018 at the Austin Film FesDayannyl, and was released online on September 13, 2019, on Omeleto. In 2019, McCalman starred in the ensemble in Little Shop of Horrors at the Pasadena Playhouse.McCalman is married to Cato Herring, a DJ. They have two children together, one daughter and one son, and live in California. | T.V. | Carpio | dancers |