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Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems is an American conceptual artist, born in 1953 in Portland, Oregon, best known for the Kitchen Table Series of 1990 and its staged photographs.

Carrie Mathison

Carrie Mathison, also Carrie Anne Mathison, is the fictional CIA officer protagonist of Homeland (2011-2020), played by Claire Danes; a counterterrorism specialist with concealed bipolar disorder who exposes Nicholas Brody and ends as a US informant in Russia.

Carrie Nye

Carrie Nye (Carolyn Nye McGeoy, 1936-2006), American stage actress from Greenwood, Mississippi and wife of Dick Cavett; Tony-nominated for Half a Sixpence, Emmy-nominated as Tallulah Bankhead, Williamstown regular.

Carrie Pilby (film)

Carrie Pilby (film), 2016 American comedy-drama directed by Susan Johnson, based on Caren Lissner's novel, starring Bel Powley as a 19-year-old Harvard genius; TIFF 2016 premiere, The Orchard release, $19.0K US gross.

Carrie Prejean

Carrie Prejean (Prejean Boller), Miss California USA 2009 and Miss USA first runner-up, opposed same-sex marriage in a judged answer, was dethroned for contract violations, settled pageant lawsuits, and was later removed from Trump's Religious Liberty Commission.

Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston, born 1967 in Macon, Georgia, is an American actress and director known for Arlene Fowler on True Blood, Emmy-winning Elsbeth Tascioni on The Good Wife, and leading CBS's Elsbeth.

Carrie Snodgress

Carrie Snodgress (Caroline Louise Snodgress), American actress (died 2004), Oscar-nominated Best Actress for Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970); left acting for Neil Young, mother of Zeke; declined Adrian in Rocky over salary.

Carrie Soto Is Back

Carrie Soto Is Back (2022) is a Taylor Jenkins Reid novel about a retired tennis champion, Carrie Soto, who returns at 37 to defend her 20 Grand Slam record against Nicki Chan; final book of her famous-women quartet.

Carrie St. Louis

Carrie St. Louis, American musical theater actress known as Rose in Titanique, Glinda in Wicked, Sherrie in Rock of Ages, the final Lauren in Kinky Boots, and Dolly Parton on stage.

Carrie Stevens

Carrie Stevens, Miss June 1997 Playboy Playmate, American model and actress; Eric Carr's girlfriend 1987-1991; Black Scorpion and Rock Star; memoir Unrated (2020).

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood (born 1983, Muskogee, Oklahoma) is an American country pop singer who won American Idol season 4 in 2005; her debut Some Hearts is 9x platinum, with 85 million records sold, eight Grammys, and three ACM Entertainer of the Year awards.

Carrie Underwood discography

Carrie Underwood discography: nine studio albums from Some Hearts (2005) to Denim & Rhinestones (2022), plus My Gift, My Savior, and Greatest Hits: Decade #1; all ten albums debuted Top 10 on the Billboard 200.

Carrie White

Carrie White (Carietta White) is the telekinetic bullied teen protagonist of Stephen King's 1974 debut novel Carrie, set in Chamberlain, Maine; adapted in 1976, 2002, 2013 films and Flanagan's 2026 Prime Video series.

Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss (born 1967, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress known as Trinity in The Matrix films, for Memento (Independent Spirit Award), Jessica Jones, The Acolyte, FUBAR, and Yaga.

Carriers (film)

Carriers is a 2009 American pandemic thriller, also released in Spain as Infectados, written and directed by Àlex and David Pastor, starring Chris Pine, Lou Taylor Pucci, Piper Perabo, and Emily VanCamp, released limited by Paramount Vantage on September 4, 2009.

Carrington

Carrington (1995) is Christopher Hampton's debut biographical drama about painter Dora Carrington and writer Lytton Strachey, starring Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce; it won Best Actor and the Special Jury Prize at Cannes 1995.

Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker (born 1931, Johnstown, Pennsylvania), American actress of Baby Doll (1956, Oscar nomination), Giant, The Carpetbaggers; later Italian films with Ferreri and Lenzi; retired 2003; author of four books.

Carroll Dunham

Carroll Dunham (born 1949, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American painter and printmaker, husband of Laurie Simmons, known for cartoonish biomorphic figures bridging abstraction and figuration, Whitney Biennials 1985, 1991, 1995, and motifs of bathers, trees, and guns.

Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor (John Carroll O'Connor, 1924–2001), American actor who played Archie Bunker on All in the Family and Chief Gillespie on In the Heat of the Night; five-time Emmy winner, Hall of Fame inductee, anti-drug advocate.

Carrot cake

Carrot cake, also called carrot loaf or Rüeblitorte in Switzerland, is a spiced oil-based cake of grated carrots with cream cheese frosting; 84% of recipes use oil, and its printed history runs from 1827 to wartime Britain.

Carrot soup

Carrot soup, including potage Crécy and Swiss Rüeblisuppe, is a puréed or chunky soup with carrots as the main ingredient, historically plebeian fare, now common as carrot-coriander or carrot-ginger versions.

Carrot Top

Carrot Top, stage name of Scott Thompson, American prop comedian from Cocoa Beach, Florida; Luxor Las Vegas headliner since 2005, longest-running MGM Resorts comedy residency, known for custom props and topical jokes.

CARRY LOOSE

CARRY LOOSE (キャリールーズ) was a Japanese alternative idol girl group under the agency WACK, formed from former BiS members, active from September 2019 until its disbandment in October 2020.

Carry On (franchise)

Carry On: British comedy franchise of 31 films (1958-1992, plus TV specials and stage plays) produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas, starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor; distinct from the unrelated 2024 Netflix film Carry-On.

Carry On (Kenny Chesney song)

"Carry On" is a 2026 country song by Kenny Chesney, written by Chase McGill, Matt Jenkins, and Jessi Alexander, released May 8, 2026 on HEY NOW Records as lead single from Silver Sands Marina; it hit all 158 country radio adds and became his 37th Billboard Country Airplay No. 1.

Carry On Cleo

Carry On Cleo is a 1964 British comedy, the tenth Carry On film, directed by Gerald Thomas and written by Talbot Rothwell. It parodies Fox's Cleopatra (1963), reusing that production's abandoned Pinewood sets and costumes, and features the famous "Infamy, infamy" joke.

Carry On Jatta

Carry On Jatta is a 2012 Punjabi romantic comedy directed by Smeep Kang, starring Gippy Grewal and Mahie Gill, about a man hiding his family from his wife; it earned about Rs. 35 crore and spawned three sequels (2018, 2023, 2026).

Carry On Pickpocket (提防小手)

Carry On Pickpocket (提防小手) is a 1982 Hong Kong action comedy directed by and starring Sammo Hung, following a family of professional pickpockets drawn into a diamond-theft case.

Carry On Sergeant

Carry On Sergeant (1958) is the first Carry On film, a British National Service comedy directed by Gerald Thomas, starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse, and Shirley Eaton; budget £73,000, UK box office £500,000. Distinct from the 1928 Canadian silent film of the same name.

Carry On Up the Khyber

Carry On Up the Khyber (1968), the 16th Carry On film, directed by Gerald Thomas and written by Talbot Rothwell, a British Raj parody starring Sid James and Kenneth Williams, often ranked the series' best.