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Cecília Meireles

Cecília Meireles (1901–1964) was a Brazilian poet and educator from Rio de Janeiro, whose verse novel Romanceiro da Inconfidência (1953) is a landmark of Brazilian modernism.

Cecilia Noël

Cecilia Noël is a Peruvian-born singer and bandleader in Los Angeles, creator of the "Salsoul" fusion of salsa, soul, jazz, funk, and Afro-Cuban music. Distinct from the Quebec experimental artist CECILIA and Chilean singer Cecilia; leads the Wild Clams, is married to Colin Hay, and won the Cubadisco 2015 award for Havana Rocks.

Cecilia Peck

Cecilia Peck (born 1958, Los Angeles), daughter of Gregory Peck, is an American documentary director and producer behind Shut Up & Sing, Brave Miss World, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, and Netflix's Escaping Twin Flames.

Cecilia Reyes

Cecilia Reyes, Marvel Comics mutant and trauma surgeon, debuted in X-Men #65 (1997) during Operation: Zero Tolerance. A reluctant X-Man with a psioplasmic force field, later Krakoa's healer and an X-Factor paramedic; played by Alice Braga in The New Mutants (2020).

Cecilia Suárez

Cecilia Suárez (María Cecilia Suárez de Garay), Mexican actress born 1971 in Tampico; star of Sexo, pudor y lágrimas, Capadocia (International Emmy nominee), and Paulina de la Mora in Netflix's La casa de las flores, three-time Platino winner and UN Spotlight ambassador.

Cecilia Valdés

Cecilia Valdés is an 1882 Cuban novel by Cirilo Villaverde, often called the foundational novel of Cuban literature, depicting slavery and society in colonial Havana.

Cecily Adams

Cecily Adams (1958–2004), American actress and casting director, daughter of Don Adams of Get Smart; played Ishka (Moogie) on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and cast That '70s Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun; married Jim Beaver.

Cecily Strong

Cecily Strong (born 1984) is an American comedian and actress, the longest-tenured female Saturday Night Live cast member (2012–2022), known for Jeanine Pirro, Schmigadoon!, and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life.

Cecily von Ziegesar

Cecily von Ziegesar, born 1970, American author and creator of the Gossip Girl and It Girl novel series, written while at Alloy Entertainment; also wrote Cum Laude and Cobble Hill, and the 2027 sequel Blair.

Cedar Cove (TV series)

Cedar Cove (Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove) is Hallmark Channel's first original prime-time drama series, 2013–2015, 36 episodes, starring Andie MacDowell as Judge Olivia Lockhart, adapted from Macomber's Washington-set romance novels.

Cedar Rapids (film)

Cedar Rapids is a 2011 American comedy directed by Miguel Arteta, written by Phil Johnston, starring Ed Helms as naive insurance agent Tim Lippe at an Iowa convention; Fox Searchlight release, 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Cedarville Opera House

The Cedarville Opera House is an 1888 brick theater in Cedarville, Ohio, that served as the village's public center for six decades and is undergoing a state-funded renovation.

Cedarville, Ohio

Cedarville, Ohio: village in Greene County, founded 1816, renamed 1834; home of Cedarville University (5,000+ students) and the 1888 Cedarville Opera House on the National Register; birthplace of Labor Day's James H. Kyle.

Ceddo

Ceddo (1977) is Ousmane Sembène's fifth feature, a Wolof-language Senegalese historical drama about common people resisting forced conversion to Islam and the slave trade; banned in Senegal over a title-spelling dispute with President Senghor.

Cedella Booker

Cedella Marley Booker (Sidilla Editha Malcolm, 1926–2008), Jamaican gospel-reggae singer and author, mother of Bob Marley; recorded Awake Zion and Smilin' Island of Song, wrote two biographies of her son, and founded the Miami Bob Marley Festival.

Cedella Marley

Cedella Marley (born 1967, Kingston) is Bob and Rita Marley's eldest child, a three-Grammy founding member of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, CEO of Tuff Gong International, designer of Catch A Fire and the 2012 Jamaican Olympic kit, Reggae Girlz ambassador, mother of Skip Marley, and author of children's books adapting her father's songs.

Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American singer and lyricist, frontman of At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez; also De Facto, Antemasque, Zavalaz; known for Relationship of Command, De-Loused in the Comatorium, and the 2025 album Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio.

Cedric Daniels

Cedric Daniels is a fictional Baltimore Police commander in HBO's The Wire, played by Lance Reddick; he rises from Lieutenant to Commissioner, refuses to juke crime stats, and resigns in season 5.

Cedric Gibbons

Cedric Gibbons (Austin Cedric Gibbons), Irish American supervising art director at MGM from 1924 to 1956, credited on about 1,500 films by contract, winner of 11 Oscars from 37–40 nominations, and designer of the Oscar statuette itself.

Cedric Hardwicke

Sir Cedric Hardwicke (Cedric Webster Hardwicke, 1893–1964), English stage and film actor, Shaw interpreter, knighted 1934; played Frollo, Ludwig Frankenstein, Theotocopulos; father of Edward Hardwicke.

Cedric the Entertainer

Cedric the Entertainer (Cedric Antonio Kyles, born 1964, Jefferson City, Missouri), American comedian and actor; Kings of Comedy, Barbershop, The Steve Harvey Show, The Neighborhood, six NAACP Image Awards, Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cedric Yarbrough

Cedric Yarbrough (born 1973, Burnsville, Minnesota) is an American comedic actor and voice artist, Deputy S. Jones on Reno 911!, voice of Tom DuBois on The Boondocks, and star of ABC's Speechless.

Ceechynaa

Ceechynaa, real name Chelsea Odosamamwen Ode (born 2003), is a British drill rapper from London of Nigerian descent, independent, whose singles "Legal Baby", "Last Laugh", and "Peggy" brought UK chart and TikTok success.

CeeLo Green

CeeLo Green (Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, born 1974, Atlanta) is a five-time Grammy-winning singer and rapper of Goodie Mob, Gnarls Barkley ("Crazy"), and The Lady Killer's "Forget You", and a former Voice coach.

Cees Nooteboom

Cees Nooteboom (Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom) was a Dutch novelist, poet, and travel writer, born in 1933 and regarded as a major postwar Dutch author.

Cefalù Cathedral mosaics

The Cefalù Cathedral mosaics are Byzantine-style mosaics of about 650 square meters in Cefalù, Sicily, begun in 1148 for King Roger II and known for their Christ Pantocrator.

Cèilidh

Cèilidh (Irish céilí), pronounced kay-lee, is a Scottish and Irish informal social gathering with folk music, singing, dancing, and storytelling; from Old Irish céilide 'visit', it now commonly means a participatory traditional dance event with sets of eight.

Ceky Viciny

Ceky Viciny (Aneurys René Mateo Medina, born 1992) is a Dominican dembow singer and composer from Santo Domingo, described as a pioneer of Dominican dembow.

Cel

A cel, also known as an animation cel, is a transparent sheet, short for celluloid, on which characters were hand-inked and painted in traditional animation.

Cela s'appelle l'Aurore

Cela s'appelle l'Aurore (This Is Called Dawn) is Luis Buñuel's 1956 France–Italy drama, adapted from Emmanuel Roblès's novel, starring Georges Marchal and Lucia Bosè, shot in Corsica, released 9 May 1956, and later restored in 4K by Tamasa.