Liesl Tommy
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Liesl Tommy is a South African-born theatre and film director known for her work on stage and her feature film directorial debut with the Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liesl Tommy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1226030 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liesl Tommy Context triple: [Respect (2021 film), director, Liesl Tommy]
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A.
Charley Dietz
Charley Dietz is a quirky, womanizing neighbor and close friend of the main family on the sitcom "Empty Nest," known for his comedic antics and laid-back charm.
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B.
Lina Lamont
Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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C.
Samantha Lewes
Samantha Lewes was an American actress best known as Tom Hanks’s first wife and the mother of actors Colin Hanks and Elizabeth Hanks.
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D.
Malvina Reynolds
Malvina Reynolds was an American folk singer-songwriter and political activist best known for her socially conscious songs like "Little Boxes" that became emblematic of the 1960s folk music revival.
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E.
Kleggie Hermsen
Kleggie Hermsen was a professional basketball player best known for his time in the early years of the Basketball Association of America/NBA, including a stint with the Chicago Stags.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liesl Tommy Target entity description: Liesl Tommy is a South African-born theatre and film director known for her work on stage and her feature film directorial debut with the Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect."
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A.
Charley Dietz
Charley Dietz is a quirky, womanizing neighbor and close friend of the main family on the sitcom "Empty Nest," known for his comedic antics and laid-back charm.
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B.
Lina Lamont
Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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C.
Samantha Lewes
Samantha Lewes was an American actress best known as Tom Hanks’s first wife and the mother of actors Colin Hanks and Elizabeth Hanks.
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D.
Malvina Reynolds
Malvina Reynolds was an American folk singer-songwriter and political activist best known for her socially conscious songs like "Little Boxes" that became emblematic of the 1960s folk music revival.
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E.
Kleggie Hermsen
Kleggie Hermsen was a professional basketball player best known for his time in the early years of the Basketball Association of America/NBA, including a stint with the Chicago Stags.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ television director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American television
ⓘ
Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form:
Broadway theatre
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| awardNominationFor | Eclipsed ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | South Africa ⓘ |
| directed |
Eclipsed (Broadway production)
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Frozen (stage adaptation at Disneyland) ⓘ Respect ⓘ episodes of Dietland ⓘ episodes of Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings ⓘ episodes of Insecure ⓘ episodes of Jessica Jones ⓘ episodes of Mrs. Fletcher ⓘ episodes of Power ⓘ episodes of Queen Sugar ⓘ episodes of The Good Fight ⓘ episodes of The Walking Dead ⓘ episodes of Third Watch ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Black South African ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film direction
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television direction ⓘ theatre direction ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
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drama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
directing the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect
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directing the Broadway production of Eclipsed ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Liesl Tommy self-link ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first Black woman nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play
|
| notableSubject | Aretha Franklin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Eclipsed
ⓘ
Frozen ⓘ
surface form:
Frozen (stage adaptation)
Insecure (episodes) ⓘ Queen Sugar (episodes) ⓘ Respect ⓘ The Walking Dead ⓘ
surface form:
The Walking Dead (episodes)
|
| occupation |
director
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film director ⓘ television director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cape Town ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Liesl Tommy Description of subject: Liesl Tommy is a South African-born theatre and film director known for her work on stage and her feature film directorial debut with the Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.