Red 2 stars what American actress and author who made her stage debut as Rita in a Broadway production of Prelude to a Kiss?
Mary-Louise Parker
Title: Meryl Streep on screen and stage
Passage: Meryl Streep is an American actress who has had an extensive career in film, television, and stage.  She made her stage debut in 1975 with The Public Theater production of "Trelawny of the Wells".  She went on to perform several roles on stage in the 1970s, garnering a Tony Award nomination for her role in "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" (1976).  In 1977, Streep starred in the television movie "The Deadliest Season", and made her film debut with a brief role alongside Jane Fonda in "Julia".  A supporting role in the war drama "The Deer Hunter" (1978) proved to be a breakthrough for Streep and she received her first Academy Award nomination for it.  She won the award the following year for playing a troubled wife in the top-grossing drama "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979).  Also in 1978, Streep played a German married to a Jew in Nazi Germany in the television miniseries "Holocaust", which earned her the Emmy Award for Best Actress.
Title: Red 2 (film)
Passage: Red 2 is 2013 American action comedy film and sequel to "Red" (2010).  It was inspired by the limited comic book series of the same name, created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, and published by the DC Comics imprint Homage.  The film stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, Anthony Hopkins, and Helen Mirren, with Dean Parisot directing a screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber.  "Red 2" was released on July 19, 2013.
Title: Brian Cox filmography
Passage: The following is the filmography for actor Brian Cox.  He has appeared in films and television series such as "Rob Roy" (1995), "Braveheart" (1995), "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996), "Nuremberg" (2000), "Super Troopers" (2001), "The Bourne Identity" (2002), "The Ring" (2002), "Adaptation" (2002), "X2" (2003), "Troy" (2004), "Red Eye" (2005), "Deadwood" (2006), "Red" (2010), "Coriolanus" (2011), "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011), and "Red 2" (2013).
Title: Jennifer Hope Wills
Passage: Jennifer Hope Wills is an American actress and singer who has starred on Broadway and in many of the top regional theatres and concert halls across the country.  She was the first child of William and Sue Wills.  She made her stage debut at the age of 1 in a production of "Rumplestiltskin" performed by the Baltimore Actor's Theatre alongside her father and went on to star on Broadway and in Regional Theatres across the country.  She has a son born in 2008 named Vincent.
Title: John Gromada
Passage: John Gromada (born 1964) is a prolific, award-winning composer and sound designer.  He is best known for his many scores for theatrical productions in New York on and off-Broadway and in regional theatres.  Broadway plays he has scored include the 2014 production of "The Elephant Man", starring Bradley Cooper, "The Trip to Bountiful" with Cicely Tyson, Gore Vidal's,"The Best Man (play)", "Seminar (play)" by Theresa Rebeck,"Next Fall (play)", Chazz Palminteri's "A Bronx Tale", David Auburn's "The Columnist", and "Proof", Lisa Kron's "Well", "Rabbit Hole", and "A Few Good Men" ; revivals of "Prelude to a Kiss", "Summer and Smoke", "Twelve Angry Men" and "A Streetcar Named Desire".  His score for the nine-hour production of Horton Foote's "The Orphans' Home Cycle "was featured at the Hartford Stage Company and Signature Theatre in New York.  Gromada also designed the sound for the Broadway production of Bruce Norris' Tony award-winning play", Clybourne Park
Title: Mary-Louise Parker
Passage: Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and author.  After making her stage debut as Rita in a Broadway production of Craig Lucas' "Prelude to a Kiss" in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for film roles in "Grand Canyon" (1991), "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991), "The Client" (1994), "Bullets over Broadway" (1994), "Boys on the Side" (1995), "The Portrait of a Lady" (1996), and "The Maker" (1997).  Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's "Proof" in 2001, among other accolades.  Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner on the NBC television series "The West Wing", for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002.
Title: Albert Howson
Passage: Albert S. Howson (b. Feb 3, 1881 - d. Aug 2, 1960) was an American actor and head of the censorship department of Warner Brothers who lived in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens.  He made his stage debut in New York in 1898 and appeared in 21 Broadway plays spanning 30 years, as well as seven films during World War I. Notable roles include Kassim Baba in the original Broadway production of "Chu Chin Chow".  He also wrote the 1927 silent film "Matinee Ladies".
Title: Brittany Murphy
Passage: Brittany Murphy-Monjack (born Brittany Anne Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009), known professionally as Brittany Murphy, was an American actress and singer.  A native of Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting.  Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in "Clueless" (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as "Freeway" (1996) and "Bongwater" (1998).  She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge" in 1997, before appearing as Daisy Randone in "Girl, Interrupted" (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999).
Title: Le Cinq
Passage: Le Cinq (] ) is a gourmet restaurant in Paris, France, part of the Four Seasons Hotel George V.  Le Cinq opened in 2001 to much fanfare and rapidly achieved 1, 2, then 3 Michelin Red Guide stars under the direction of chef Philippe Legendre before being demoted to 2 stars.  Chef Eric Briffard took over from 2008 until October 2014 when Christian Le Squer, formerly of the 3-star Michelin restaurant Ledoyen, became head chef.  The restaurant regained its third Michelin star in 2016.  Also in 2016, Le Squer was voted chef of the year.
Title: Sean Mahon
Passage: Sean Mahon is an Irish stage and screen actor.  He is known for playing Nicky Giblin in the Broadway production of "The Seafarer", Richard Hannay in the Broadway production of "The 39 Steps" and Michael Hess (the lost son) in the award winning feature film, "Philomena".  In 2014 he was nominated for a best lead actor award for his portrayal of maverick cop Brian McGonigle in the Irish Drama Red Rock.  After much success in Ireland, Red Rock now plays on the BBC in the UK and on Amazon Prime in the US.
Red 2 (film) Mary-Louise Parker