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Caitlin O'Connor

Caitlin O'Connor is an American actress and producer known for playing Dyan Cannon in HBO's Winning Time and for her Producers Guild of America induction in 2024.

Caitlin Reilly

Caitlin Reilly, born 1989 in Los Angeles, is an American actress and comedian whose TikTok character sketches (WASP mom, girl who is going to be okay) led to roles in Hacks, Loot, Dead Boy Detectives, and In the Know.

Caitlin Stasey

Caitlin Stasey (Caitlin Jean Stasey), Australian actress born 1990 in Melbourne; known for Rachel Kinski in Neighbours, Lady Kenna in Reign, Ada Hamilton in APB, and Laura Weaver in Smile; also founded the feminist site Herself.com in 2015.

Caitlin Todd

Caitlin "Kate" Todd, played by Sasha Alexander, is an NCIS fictional character: a former Secret Service agent recruited by Gibbs in "Yankee White", killed by Ari Haswari in the Season 2 finale "Twilight" and replaced by Ziva David.

Caitlin Upton

Caitlin (Caite) Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007, finished third runner-up at Miss Teen USA after a rambling map-question answer went viral on YouTube, later modeling, appearing on The Amazing Race, and speaking about depression.

Caitríona Balfe

Caitríona Balfe (born 1979, Dublin) is an Irish actress and former model, Claire Fraser in Starz's Outlander (2014–2026), with three Golden Globe nominations, a BAFTA Scotland Award, and Belfast supporting-actress nominations.

Caity Lotz

Caity Lotz (born 1986, San Diego) is an American actress, dancer, and singer, also known as a Soccx member and Lady Gaga tour dancer, famous for Sara Lance/White Canary in Arrow and DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022) and for directing episodes including its 100th.

Cajón

Cajón: Afro-Peruvian box drum played with the hands while seated; Peru's main percussion instrument, adopted into flamenco by Paco de Lucía and Rubem Dantas around 1977, declared Peruvian Cultural Heritage in 2001.

Cajual Records

Cajual Records is an American house music label founded in Chicago in 1992 by Curtis Jones, who records as Cajmere and Green Velvet, and a pillar of the 1990s Chicago house revival.

Cajun cuisine

Cajun cuisine is the rural cooking of south Louisiana's Acadian descendants, marked by dark oil-based roux, rice, pork, crawfish, gumbo, and boudin, distinct from tomato-based Creole cuisine of New Orleans.

Cake

Cake: a sweet baked food of flour, sugar, eggs, fat, and liquid, from Old Norse-derived English word kaka descendant. Covers batter and foam types, leavening history, pound cake, cake mixes, Bundt pan, sugar reduction, and clean-label reformulation.

Cake (2014 film)

Cake (2014) is an American drama directed by Daniel Barnz from a Patrick Tobin Black List script, starring Jennifer Aniston as chronic pain sufferer Claire, with Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, and Adriana Barraza; released December 31, 2014, Metascore 49, Golden Globe Best Actress nomination.

Cake (band)

Cake (CAKE) is an American alternative rock band formed in 1991 in Sacramento, California, by John McCrea. Known for deadpan vocals, trumpet lines, and hits like "The Distance" and platinum album Fashion Nugget.

Cake Boss

Cake Boss is a TLC reality series (premiered April 19, 2009) following baker Buddy Valastro of Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, and his family; 15 seasons, spin-offs Next Great Baker, Kitchen Boss, and Bakery Boss.

Cake by the Ocean

"Cake by the Ocean" is the 2015 debut single by DNCE, Joe Jonas's band, written with Justin Tranter and Mattman & Robin; a funk-pop euphemism for sex that went platinum and hit the Billboard Hot 100 top 10.

Cake decorating

Cake decorating is the craft of covering and ornamenting cakes with buttercream, fondant, and royal icing using piping, smoothing, and string work techniques. It traces to 17th-century Britain and Joseph Lambeth's 19th-century piping style, with 2026 trends favoring vintage Lambeth and textured buttercream.

Cakewalk

The cakewalk is an African American strutting dance originating on Southern slave plantations, where the best couple "took the cake." It became a minstrel-show staple, a Broadway and Paris craze around 1900, and survives as a carnival game.

Cal

Cal (1984) is a Pat O'Connor drama adapted by Bernard MacLaverty from his novel, starring John Lynch as a guilt-ridden young IRA member and Helen Mirren, who won Best Actress at Cannes 1984; re-released remastered in 2025.

Cal Wilson

Cal Wilson (1970-2023), New Zealand-born stand-up comedian and TV host in Melbourne; not the Pensacola attorney Calvin Woodrow Wilson. Billy T Award winner 1997, 14 Melbourne Comedy Festival solo shows, host of The Great Australian Bake Off, died of cancer aged 53.

Cal_Vin

Cal_Vin, born Mgcini Calvin Nhliziyo, was a Zimbabwean rapper from Bulawayo who rose to fame in 2014 with "Bebengakholwa" and "Z'khuphani", rapping in Ndebele until his death in 2020.

Cala, My Dog!

Cala, My Dog! (卡拉是条狗) is a 2003 Chinese comedy-drama directed by Lu Xuechang, starring Ge You as a Beijing worker racing to pay a 5,000 yuan license fee to reclaim his confiscated dog.

Calabash International Literary Festival

The Calabash International Literary Festival is a free festival of readings, music, and storytelling held in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, founded in 2001 by novelist Colin Channer.

Calafia

Calafia is the fictional Amazon queen of the island of California in Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo's chivalric romance Las Sergas de Esplandián (c. 1510); her golden island of warrior women is the likely source of the name California.

Calah Lane

Calah Lane (born 2009) is an American actress, singer, and dancer known for playing Noodle in the 2023 musical Wonka opposite Timothée Chalamet, with roles in This Is Us, Kidding, Firebuds, and the single Otherside.

Calam Lynch

Calam Finbar Lynch (born 1994, Warwickshire) is a British actor of Irish descent, son of Niamh Cusack and Finbar Lynch. Known for Theo Sharpe in Bridgerton season 2, Camnir in The Rings of Power, and Sam in Ride or Die.

Calamity Jane (1953 film)

Calamity Jane (1953) is a Warner Bros. musical western directed by David Butler, starring Doris Day and Howard Keel, with the Oscar-winning song "Secret Love"; a response to Annie Get Your Gun, distinct from the 2024 film of the same name.

Calamity Jane (2024 film)

Calamity Jane (2024) is a Canadian revenge Western directed by Terry Miles, starring Emily Bett Rickards, Stephen Amell, and Tim Rozon, released February 2, 2024 in US theaters and on VOD via Samuel Goldwyn Films and Tubi; it is distinct from the 1953 Doris Day musical.

Calane da Silva

Calane da Silva (1945–2021) was a Mozambican poet, journalist, and university teacher, winner of the José Craveirinha Award and best known for his 1982 poetry volume Dos Meninos da Malanga.

Calavera

Calavera (Spanish, "skull"): Mexican Day of the Dead skull imagery, including sugar, chocolate, and amaranth skulls (alfeñique technique), satirical Posada prints like La Catrina, and humorous mock-epitaph verses written each November.

Calavera literaria

The calavera literaria, or calaverita literaria, is a short satirical Mexican poem in which Death mocks a living person for the Day of the Dead.