Singer USA • She was born on March 27, 1970. She is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola and became the first recording act to have its first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States. Question

Film Director France • He was born on March 15, 1933 in Paris, France - November 26, 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was a film director, best known for his comedies with Jean-Paul Belmondo. He was an assistant to Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut before making his own films. He married Margot Kidder on August 6, 1983; they divorced in 1984. His film "King of Hearts" ("Le Roi de Coeur") opened for a one week run at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Feb 10, 1971. It was held over and it did not close until April 13, 1976. A five-year and two-month run that was at the time, if not still, the longest run in the history of American film. Question

Actress United-Kingdom • She was born on May 24, 1960. She is an English actress, born in Redruth, Cornwall. She was nominated for "Worst New Star" in the 1986 Golden Raspberry Awards (and lost). She subsequently recovered to obtain a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for The English Patient (1996). She speaks French fluently, as she has studied acting at the École Nationale des Arts et Technique de Théâtre, in Paris. She is married to a French doctor, Dr. François Olivennes and has 3 children. She lives with her husband and children in France. Question

Writer Algeria • She was born on August 4, 1936. She is an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. In 1962 she published 'Les Enfants du Nouveau Monde', and in 1967 'Les Alouettes Naïves'. She remarried in 1980, to the Algerian poet Malek Alloula; they live in Paris. In 1996 she won the prestigious Neustadt Prize for Contribution to World Literature, and the next year, the Yourcenar Prize. Most of her works deal with the obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. She is considered to be one of North Africa's most famous and influential writers, and was elected to the Académie française on June 16, 2005, the first writer from the Maghreb to achieve such recognition. Question