Movies and TvShows featuring "aspiring-actress" theme.
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
The Big Bang Theory revolves around the lives of four socially awkward friends, Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, and Howard, who are brilliant scientists. They navigate through their personal lives and relationships while often struggling with everyday social situations. The show primarily focuses on their interactions with their neighbor, Penny, an aspiring actress who is not part of their geeky world. The series showcases their geek culture, love for comic books, sci-fi, video games, and their enduring friendship.
Follow the misadventures of a group of friends, known as the Gang, as they run an Irish pub in South Philadelphia. Their crude humor, self-obsession, and politically incorrect antics often lead to outrageous situations and hilarious outcomes.
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
Rodney Alcala was a killer in the midst of a killing spree when he brazenly took part in, and won a date on, the popular TV game show 'The Dating Game.'
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a struggling jazz pianist named Sebastian and an aspiring actress named Mia fall in love. They try to balance their aspirations for the future as they face challenges and obstacles along the way.
That Girl is a comedy TV show that follows the story of a young woman named Ann Marie who moves to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. She faces various challenges and adventures as she tries to make it in the entertainment industry while also navigating romantic relationships and dealing with her overprotective father.
The story follows a high school student named Futaro Uesugi who becomes a private tutor for a set of quintuplets, each with their own unique personality and academic struggles. As he helps them overcome their difficulties, Futaro also finds himself getting closer to the sisters and discovering the truth about their mysterious past.
In 1918 Texas, Pearl, a young woman living on her parents' farm, is captivated by movies and dreams of becoming a chorus girl. As she spirals into madness, she indulges in abusing morphine and commits a series of murders, including her parents and a projectionist. Pearl's ultimate goal is to create a comfortable home for her husband who returns unexpectedly from war.
Call My Agent! is a comedy-drama TV show set in a talent agency in Paris. It follows the lives of the agents as they navigate the challenges of the showbiz industry, while also dealing with personal and professional relationships. The series explores themes of family, love, and the ups and downs of the entertainment business.
Perfect Blue follows Mima Kirigoe, a former pop idol who becomes an actress and begins experiencing hallucinations and paranoia as she struggles with the pressures of fame and the dark side of celebrity culture. As her career takes a dark turn, Mima becomes the target of an obsessed fan who stalks her relentlessly. The film explores themes of identity, obsession, and the consequences of pursuing fame.
Swingers is a comedy-drama film about a group of struggling actors in Los Angeles. The movie follows their adventures in dating, friendship, and trying to make it in the entertainment industry. With a mix of humor, charm, and relatable characters, Swingers explores themes of self-confidence, relationships, and finding success.
Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her heart alive while dealing with the reality of her normal life, far away from lights, cameras, and action she longs for. Despite words of warnings from her family, which includes her birth and step mothers, intended to keep her from reaching her destiny, she actually makes it onto a set of one of the film companies in Tokyo. She experiences the peaks and valleys of a starting actress, but receives a blow when news of the company collapses and eventually closes. Mizuki returns home, but, the fire once lit, still burns.
Stuart Pritchard, a socially awkward British man, moves to Los Angeles in search of love and friendship. He navigates the LA dating scene, forms a friendship with his tenant Jessica, and attends parties and clubs in his pursuit of a meaningful connection.
In 1593 London, struggling playwright William Shakespeare meets and falls in love with Viola, a wealthy merchant's daughter who desires to act. They start a secret affair that inspires Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet. However, their romance is doomed as Shakespeare is married and Viola is betrothed to another man. Despite obstacles, their passionate portrayal of two lovers in the play inspires the audience. In the end, they part ways but Shakespeare is inspired to write Twelfth Night, imagining his love washed ashore in a strange land.
Lingerie is a TV show that follows the lives of female models, fashion photographers, and struggling businesswomen in the cutthroat fashion industry of New York City. It explores themes of love, friendship, betrayal, and ambition, while also delving into the erotic and sensual aspects of the characters' lives.
Still Alice is about a linguistics professor named Alice who, at her 50th birthday party, starts to experience memory loss. Upon visiting the doctor, she is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's Disease. The film follows Alice's journey as she copes with the disease and her relationships with her husband and children become strained. She faces challenges in her career and tries to make the most of the time she has left before her memory fades away completely. Still Alice depicts the heartbreaking effects of Alzheimer's Disease on both the individual and their loved ones.
Since he lost his hearing, Cha Jin-woo has gotten used to his solitary life. One day, an aspiring actress Jung Mo-eun, enters his quiet daily routine.
The story of a girl from the province who decides to become an aspiring actress by starting from the bottom of the ladder. She crosses paths with a jaded and self-absorbed superstar who ends up falling for her. Jian Xi moves from the country to the big city of Beijing to find her biological mother. Somehow, she ends up in the acting world and has to fight with fellow rising starlets for the chance in the spotlight (because you either rise or fall). She meets arrogant top star Tang Fei and melts his heart with her pure beauty and passion for acting.
Evidence is a crime thriller that follows a group of detectives as they try to solve a multiple murder case. The story unfolds through a nonlinear timeline and found footage from cell phone videos, press conferences, and police investigations. As the detectives uncover misleading information and encounter violent and disturbing scenes, they are led closer to the truth.