Yawen Zhu was born on April 21, 1984 in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. He is an actor, known for Hong gao liang (2014), Jian jun da ye (2017) and Lu Yao zhi Ma Li (2016). He has been married to Jiani Shen since June 17, 2013. They have one child.
Yay Yay Bobby Jones is an actor and writer, known for Imperial Dreams (2014), Pastor Stuart (2009) and The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021).
Yaya DaCosta was born and raised in New York City along with her sister and two brothers. She got her first acting gig at the age of eleven when her junior high school drama teacher, Ann Willis Ratray, encouraged her to audition for educational films. She continued to perform in school shows throughout high school and college and in 2005, made her feature film debut in Take the Lead. In 2008, she made her Off-Broadway debut in "The First Breeze of Summer" at The Signature Theater, for which she garnered rave reviews and won the Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Recognition Award for Excellence in Black Theater. She has portrayed a range of characters, from Danny Glover's frail teenage daughter in John Sayles' Honeydripper, to Mark Ruffalo's voluptuous lover in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right. She has been tagged one of Hollywood's new "it girls" by many, including Lynn Hirschberg who featured her on the cover of W Magazine in September, 2010.
Yaya Han is an actress and producer, known for Marvel Becoming (2016), Archangel: Deadliest of the Species (2016) and Archangel: From the Winter's End Chronicles (2014).
Yayako Uchida is known for Tôkyô tawâ: Okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton (2007), The Wandering Moon (2022) and Blue Wind Blows (2018). She has been married to Masahiro Motoki since July 1995. They have two children.
Yayan Ruhian was born in Tasikmalaya (West Java) on October 19, 1968. He found his passion in Pencak Silat and other martial arts, becoming a professional martial arts instructor. Ruhian is also known as an instructor of an inner breathing technique designed to condition of the body to withstand any impact. In 1988, he began teaching at Perguruan Silat Tenaga Dasar Indonesia (Inner Breathing Technique Silat School in Indonesia). During his term as an instructor he traveled regularly to teach in different cities and abroad. Ruhian was a member of a demonstration team who performed at Festival des Arts Martiaux de Paris Bercy in Paris, France, while also participating at Institude Judo Paris in France to showcase Silek Minang (West Sumatra - Minang-style Silat.) In 2008, Ruhian was hired as one of the choreographers for Merantau as a specialist in both Silat Harimau and Silat Minang. While casting the role of Eric, Gareth was unable to find an actor who would handle both the acting and fighting required for the role. Ruhian auditioned and won the co-starring role.
Born Rhatha Phongam, Thai actress and pop star Yayaying (Ying for short) is the daughter of famed comedic actor Noi Phongam. Yayaying has recorded with some of Thailand's top talents, and released her debut album when she was only 16. She is also an excellent dancer, and has studied ballet since she was 6 years old. An international talent- fluent in both Thai and English, Yayaying has stared in productions in Thailand Germany, and most notably in acclaimed director Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives", along with Hollywood star Ryan Gosling. Yayaying is now filming as the headed cast of "Jan Dara" the erotic Thai movie base on the novel by Utsana Phleungtham about the sexual rivalry between a Thai nobleman and his illegitimate son directed by ML Pantewanop Devakula on September 2012 release in Thailand.
Yayo Aguila is an actress, known for Kiko Boksingero (2017), Metamorphosis (2019) and Princess and I (2012). She is married to William Martinez.
Yayo Herrero was born on February 16, 1979 in Asturias as Gerardo Herrero. He is a multi award - winning director, writer and producer in several film festivals such as Cannes, Sitges - International Fantastic of Catalonia , Tribeca and Tallinn Black Nights. He is known for Picnic (2010) Safari (2014) The Maus (2017) and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3521254/?ref_=nm_knf_i4]
Yayoi Kusama was born on March 22, 1929 in Matsumoto, Japan. She's a contemporary artist, actress & writer. She works in a variety of media such as painting, sculpture, film & installation, focusing on producing a body of work unified in its use of repetitive, densely patterned motifs. She moved to New York in 1958, quickly establishing herself as an important member of the avant-garde alongside Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg & Eva Hesse. She has explained her use of repetition & polka dots as a means to explore infinity as well as obsessively negate the self, such as in her immersive installations Infinity Mirror Room (1965) & Fireflies on the Water (2002). Although she returned to Japan in the 1970s to live in a mental hospital & briefly fell into obscurity, her work received newly heightened recognition &popularity after she represented Japan in the 1993 Venice Biennale. She has been the subject of regular museum & gallery exhibitions ever since. In 2008, she broke records as the highest-paid living female artist. She lives & works in Tokyo.