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Dev Patel (born 23 April 1990) is a British actor. He began his career playing Anwar Kharral in the E4 teen drama Skins (2007). His breakthrough came with the leading role of teenager Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's drama Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which Patel was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Patel's career expanded with leading roles in the comedy-dramas The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), the science fiction thriller Chappie (2015), and a supporting role in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012–2014). For his performance as Saroo Brierley in the drama Lion (2016), Patel won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently starred in the independent films Hotel Mumbai (2018), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) and The Green Knight (2021), and made his directorial debut with the action film Monkey Man (2024).
A high-fantasy story of star-crossed lovers and found family. Princess Ramona’s life is idyllic only because no one knows she’s one magical outburst from a beheading. As the sole heir to a kingdom where magic is outlawed, Ramona knows that her magic must remain a secret. When an incident reveals the truth to her tyrannical parents, she and her best friend escape the kingdom together…but only Ramona makes it out. While hiding from the Grimmhold guards, she’s rescued by the Prince of the Magi himself. Zephyrus is a brooding man with a secret of his own who takes her to a place where magic is lauded: Violet City. With the help of her newfound magical allies, Ramona must return to the kingdom she fled from to rescue Lila, all while fighting her feelings for the rival Prince. The fate of her best friend rests in her hands.
