Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 19, 2018 6:04:50 GMT
Evanna Lynch
Season 27
Paired with Keo Motsepe
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Evanna Lynch is best-known for playing the role of Luna Lovegood in Warner Bros' Harry Potter film franchise, adapted from the best-selling book series of the same name. In 2010, Lynch scored a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Spike TV's SCREAM Awards and a Best Performance in a Feature Film nomination for the Young Artist Awards. Most recently, Lynch completed a two-month run at the Off-Broadway Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC as the co-lead of Enda Walsh's cult classic play, Disco Pigs.
Previously, Lynch played the titular character in My Name is Emily, the Simon Fitzmaurice directed independent film, for which she received an IFTA Nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Best Actress Award at the Victoria TX Indie Film Festival. Her other recent films includes the BBC Lenny Henry biopic, Danny and the Human Zoo, the co-lead of the independent feature Addiction, opposite Ian Harding, as well as the hit festival movie GBF, opposite Megan Mullally, Rebecca Gayheart and Natasha Lyonne.
Nowadays, Lynch, an active philanthropist, devotes her free time largely to Animal Rights and Welfare advocacy and works to promote compassion and respect for animals. In late 2017, she launched a weekly podcast, The ChickPeeps, where she explores and educates listeners on the topic of living a vegan lifestyle. Lynch is also a proud ambassador for the Lumos Foundation and for STAE (Save the Asian Elephants), and has worked with UNICEF, Free The Children, The MS Society of Ireland and the Harry Potter Alliance (The HPA). Lynch has been a guest columnist for Independent.ie and The HP Alliance, speaking on issues such as Eating Disorders, Body Image, and Cyber Bullying.
Keo Motsepe
Born in Pretoria, South Africa, and raised in nearby Johannesburg, Keo Motsepe's love affair with dancing started when he was just 5 years old. Inspired by the music of childhood idol Michael Jackson, and influenced by the popular South African Latin Ballroom dance television show, The Summit, he easily replicated sophisticated choreography despite never having had a lesson. Realizing Motsepe had a natural gift, his parents enrolled him in dance school.
By age 11, Motsepe was representing South Africa in international Latin ballroom dance competitions. He won his first contest at the age of 14 and reigned for eight straight years as the South African Latin Dance Champion. In 2012, he made history by becoming the first South African to join the "Burn the Floor" world tour, where he was a principal dancer. He also performed in the show's weekly productions aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's "Getaway" Ship.
Motsepe's unparalleled talent soon caught the attention of television producers in Europe, and the following year he made his television debut on Strictly Come Dancing. In 2014, he was invited to come to America and join the cast of Dancing with the Stars. He has been partnered with athlete Lolo Jones, model Charlotte McKinney, music legend Chaka Khan, actress Jodie Sweetin and Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran; but it was his starring turn with Charo that set the dance and television worlds on fire and blossomed his personality on the show. Motsepe has appeared in all six nationwide Dancing with the Stars tours, dancing his way from coast to coast in front of thousands.
Off the floor, Motsepe spends his time volunteering at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Hospitals of Los Angeles. In 2017, he started his own philanthropic venture, Thank the Angels, a gifting service that provided boxes of food, clothing, blankets and other must-haves to local missions, shelters and homeless people around Los Angeles on Thanksgiving.
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