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Catfish (film)

Catfish (2010) is a documentary by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost about Nev Schulman's online romance with a fabricated persona; it premiered at Sundance, sold to Paramount for $1.5 million, and popularized "catfishing."

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Catfish and the Bottlemen, Welsh indie rock band formed 2007 in Llandudno (originally The Prestige), led by Van McCann; albums The Balcony, The Ride, The Balance; BRIT Breakthrough Act 2016.

Catfish: The TV Show

Catfish: The TV Show, MTV reality series (2012–2024) spun off from the 2010 Catfish documentary, hosted by Nev Schulman, Max Joseph, then Kamie Crawford, investigating deceptive online relationships across nine seasons and 276 episodes.

Catgirl

Catgirl (nekomimi, 猫耳; nekomusume, 猫娘): anime, manga, and game character with a human body plus cat ears and usually a tail; subtype of kemonomimi. Roots in Edo nekomusume folklore; landmark manga Wata no Kuni Hoshi (1978).

Cath Kidston

Cath Kidston, born Catherine Isabel Audrey Kidston in 1958, is an English fashion designer and author whose floral-print lifestyle brand, founded in 1993, was sold to Next in 2023.

Catharine Macaulay

Catharine Macaulay, née Sawbridge (1731–1791), was an English republican historian and political writer whose eight-volume History of England made her a celebrated voice of eighteenth-century British radicalism.

Catharine Sedgwick

Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867), American novelist of Stockbridge, Massachusetts; author of A New-England Tale (1822), Redwood (1824), and Hope Leslie (1827); premier US woman writer of the Early National period.

Catharsis (κάθαρσις)

Catharsis (κάθαρσις, katharsis) is the Greek term from Aristotle's definition of tragedy in the Poetics, meaning purification, purgation, or clarification of pity and fear; interpretations range from Bernays's medical model to Nussbaum's clarification, and psychology's emotional-release catharsis has mixed empirical support.

Cathedral of the Sea (TV series)

Cathedral of the Sea is a Spanish historical television series, an adaptation of Ildefonso Falcones's novel set in 14th-century Barcelona. It follows a peasant's journey from serf to nobility.

Cathedral School

Cathedral School refers to schools attached to cathedrals, originally choir schools. Covers Llandaff (9th-century origins, Woodard since 1957), Salisbury (founded 1091), Mumbai (1860), New York (1901), Indianapolis (1918), and Portland (1896).

Cathemerinon

The Cathemerinon Liber, "Book of daily hymns," is a collection of twelve Latin hymns by the Christian poet Prudentius, composed in the early fifth century.

Catherine Ashmore Bradley

Catherine Ashmore Bradley (born 2007, Rumson, New Jersey) is an American actress, singer, and dancer; Luan Loud in The Really Loud House, Lily Potter Jr. in Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Deema in Bubble Guppies; distinct from the London coach Katherine Ashmore and the Broadway photographer Catherine Ashmore.

Catherine Bach

Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman, 1954) is an American actress who played Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS, 1979–1985), popularizing "Daisy Dukes" shorts, later starring in African Skies and The Young and the Restless.

Catherine Bell (actress)

Catherine Lisa Bell (born 1968) is a British-American actress known as Sarah MacKenzie on JAG (1997-2005), Denise Sherwood on Army Wives, and Cassie Nightingale in Hallmark's Good Witch films and 2015-2021 series.

Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat, born 1948, is a French novelist, screenwriter and director known for Romance (1999), Fat Girl, Anatomy of Hell, and her 2023 Cannes comeback Last Summer.

Catherine Called Birdy (film)

Catherine Called Birdy (2022) is Lena Dunham's medieval coming-of-age comedy adapted from Karen Cushman's 1994 novel, starring Bella Ramsey as 14-year-old Birdy resisting her father Lord Rollo's marriage plans, released by Amazon Studios.

Catherine Cookson

Catherine Cookson (1906–1998), British novelist of Tyneside working-class life; born in South Shields, wrote over 100 titles, sold over 100 million copies, and was the most-borrowed UK library author for 17 years.

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve, born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac in 1943, is a French actress and star of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Belle de jour, The Last Metro, and Indochine, a two-time César winner.

Catherine Dent

Catherine Dent (born 1965, Baton Rouge) is an American actress, best known as Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer on The Shield (2002–2008), with roles in Taken, 21 Grams, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Catherine Dickens

Catherine Dickens, née Hogarth (1815–1879), Edinburgh-born wife of Charles Dickens, mother of his ten children, separated from him in 1858 amid his Ellen Ternan affair; reassessed by Lillian Nayder's 2011 biography.

Catherine Disher

Catherine Disher (Catherine Wilder Disher), Canadian actress born 1960, played Dr. Natalie Lambert in Forever Knight, voiced Jean Grey in X-Men: The Animated Series and Jill Valentine in Resident Evil 3, and won two Gemini Awards.

Catherine E. Coulson

Catherine E. Coulson (Catherine Elizabeth Coulson, 1943–2015), American actress and camera technician; the Log Lady (Margaret Lanterman) in David Lynch's Twin Peaks; Eraserhead crew member and Oregon Shakespeare Festival actor.

Catherine Hardwicke

Catherine Hardwicke (born 1955) is an American director and production designer whose debut Thirteen won the Sundance Directing Award and whose Twilight (2008) set the then-record female-director opening weekend ($69.6M, $407.3M worldwide).

Catherine Hickland

Catherine Hickland (born 1956, Fort Lauderdale) is an American actress and hypnotist, known as Lindsay Rappaport on One Life to Live (1998-2012), Stevie Mason on Knight Rider, and Fantine in Broadway Les Misérables; distinct from actress Catherine Hicks.

Catherine Hicks

Catherine Mary Hicks (born 1951, Manhattan) is an American actress known for Marilyn: The Untold Story (Emmy nomination), Star Trek IV's Dr. Gillian Taylor, Child's Play's Karen Barclay, and Annie Camden on 7th Heaven.

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener (Catherine Ann Keener), American actress, two-time Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for Being John Malkovich (1999) and Capote (2005); indie-film fixture with DiCillo and Holofcener, Emmy-nominated for An American Crime.

Catherine Laga'aia

Catherine Laga'aia (born 2006, Sydney) is a Samoan Australian actress and NIDA-trained singer who made her feature film debut as the title character in Disney's live-action Moana (2026), selected from 32,000 applicants.

Catherine Lloyd Burns

Catherine Lloyd Burns (born 1961, New York City) is an American actress and writer, known as Caroline Miller on Malcolm in the Middle, Mona Guillingsvard on Lateline, co-writer of Everything Put Together, and author of the memoir It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks.

Catherine Martin (designer)

Catherine Martin (CM), Australian production and costume designer, four-time Oscar winner for Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's chief collaborator and Bazmark partner, most awarded Australian in Oscar history.

Catherine Mary Stewart

Catherine Mary Stewart, born Catherine Mary Nursall in Edmonton, Alberta, is a Canadian actress known for Kayla Brady on Days of Our Lives and 1980s cult films The Last Starfighter, Night of the Comet, and Weekend at Bernie's.