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Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (; June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. She was a four-time Emmy Award and two-time Golden Globe winner, and she was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

She rose to prominence for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), both of which earned her Oscar nominations. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977). Her other notable roles included William Friedkin's The Brink's Job (1978), Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988), Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth (1991), Mira Nair's Hysterical Blindness (2002), and her son Nick Cassavetes's The Notebook (2004).

In 2021, Rowlands was called by critic Richard Brody of The New Yorker as "the most important and original movie actor of the past half century-plus." In November 2015, she received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.

John Nicholas Cassavetes (Nova York, 9 de desembre de 1929 - Los Angeles, Califòrnia, 3 de febrer de 1989) fou un actor, guionista i director estatunidenc. Se'l considera un dels pioners del cinema independent americà. Impulsor del New American Cinema Group. L'obra de Cassavetes, encara que sembla improvisada, oculta una gran precisió i una minuciosa anàlisi de les emocions. Tenia un gran respecte pel treball dels actors, a qui concedia una gran llibertat d'acció. És autor d'Ombres (1961), obra bàsica del moviment, Too Late Blues (1962), Una dona ofuscada (1974), Glòria (1980), Love Streams (1984), etc.