diff --git a/components/actors/bio.vue b/components/actors/bio.vue
index 052635c..5ba1dcb 100644
--- a/components/actors/bio.vue
+++ b/components/actors/bio.vue
@@ -244,25 +244,25 @@
 
 		<div class="descriptions-container">
 			<div
-				v-if="actor.descriptions && actor.descriptions.length > 0"
+				v-if="descriptions.length > 0"
 				class="descriptions"
 			>
 				<p
-					v-for="description in actor.descriptions"
+					v-for="description in descriptions"
 					:key="`description-${description.entity.id}`"
 					class="description"
 				>
 					{{ description.text }}
 					<a :href="`/${description.entity.type}/${description.entity.slug}`">
 						<img
-							v-if="description.entity.type === 'network' || !description.entity.parent || description.entity.independent"
-							:src="`/img/logos/${description.entity.slug}/thumbs/network.png`"
+							v-if="description.entity.type === 'network' || !description.entity.parent || description.entity.isIndependent"
+							:src="`/logos/${description.entity.slug}/thumbs/network.png`"
 							class="description-logo"
 						>
 
 						<img
 							v-else
-							:src="`/img/logos/${description.entity.parent.slug}/thumbs/${description.entity.slug}.png`"
+							:src="`/logos/${description.entity.parent.slug}/thumbs/${description.entity.slug}.png`"
 							class="description-logo"
 						>
 					</a>
@@ -325,6 +325,13 @@ const showExpand = [
 	'waist',
 	'weight',
 ].some((attribute) => !!props.actor[attribute]);
+
+const descriptions = Object.values(Object.fromEntries(props.actor.profiles
+	.filter((profile) => !!profile.description)
+	.map((profile) => [profile.descriptionHash, {
+		text: profile.description,
+		entity: profile.entity,
+	}])));
 </script>
 
 <style>
diff --git a/pages/actors/@actorId/+Page.vue b/pages/actors/@actorId/+Page.vue
index 2409c6d..aa674d3 100644
--- a/pages/actors/@actorId/+Page.vue
+++ b/pages/actors/@actorId/+Page.vue
@@ -72,13 +72,12 @@ const pageContext = inject('pageContext');
 const { pageProps } = pageContext;
 const { actor } = pageProps;
 
-const photos = [
-	actor.avatar && {
-		...actor.avatar,
-		isAvatar: true,
-	},
-	...actor.photos,
-].filter(Boolean);
+const photos = actor.profiles
+	.filter((profile) => !!profile.avatar)
+	.map((profile) => ({
+		...profile.avatar,
+		isAvatar: profile.avatar.id === actor.avatar.id,
+	}));
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/src/actors.js b/src/actors.js
index 789c3ba..b47c453 100644
--- a/src/actors.js
+++ b/src/actors.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { knexOwner as knex, knexManticore } from './knex.js';
 import { utilsApi } from './manticore.js';
 import { HttpError } from './errors.js';
 import { fetchCountriesByAlpha2 } from './countries.js';
+import { curateEntity } from './entities.js';
+import { curateMedia } from './media.js';
 import { curateStash } from './stashes.js';
 import escape from '../utils/escape-manticore.js';
 import slugify from '../utils/slugify.js';
@@ -53,25 +55,13 @@ export function curateActor(actor, context = {}) {
 				alias: actor.residence_country_alias,
 			},
 		},
-		avatar: actor.avatar && {
-			id: actor.avatar.id,
-			path: actor.avatar.path,
-			thumbnail: actor.avatar.thumbnail,
-			lazy: actor.avatar.lazy,
-			width: actor.avatar.width,
-			height: actor.avatar.height,
-			isS3: actor.avatar.is_s3,
-			credit: actor.avatar.credit,
-		},
-		photos: context.photos?.map((photo) => ({
-			id: photo.id,
-			path: photo.path,
-			thumbnail: photo.thumbnail,
-			lazy: photo.lazy,
-			width: photo.width,
-			height: photo.height,
-			isS3: photo.is_s3,
-			credit: photo.credit,
+		avatar: curateMedia(actor.avatar),
+		profiles: context.profiles?.map((profile) => ({
+			id: profile.id,
+			description: profile.description,
+			descriptionHash: profile.description_hash,
+			entity: curateEntity({ ...profile.entity, parent: profile.parent_entity }),
+			avatar: curateMedia(profile.avatar),
 		})),
 		createdAt: actor.created_at,
 		updatedAt: actor.updated_at,
@@ -109,7 +99,7 @@ export function sortActorsByGender(actors, context = {}) {
 }
 
 export async function fetchActorsById(actorIds, options = {}, reqUser) {
-	const [actors, photos, stashes] = await Promise.all([
+	const [actors, profiles, stashes] = await Promise.all([
 		knex('actors')
 			.select(
 				'actors.*',
@@ -129,13 +119,13 @@ export async function fetchActorsById(actorIds, options = {}, reqUser) {
 				}
 			}),
 		knex('actors_profiles')
-			.select('actors_profiles.actor_id', 'media.*')
+			.select('actors_profiles.*', knex.raw('row_to_json(entities) as entity'), knex.raw('row_to_json(parents) as parent_entity'), knex.raw('row_to_json(media) as avatar'))
 			.leftJoin('actors', 'actors.id', 'actors_profiles.actor_id')
+			.leftJoin('entities', 'entities.id', 'actors_profiles.entity_id')
+			.leftJoin('entities as parents', 'parents.id', 'entities.parent_id')
 			.leftJoin('media', 'media.id', 'actors_profiles.avatar_media_id')
 			.whereIn('actor_id', actorIds)
-			.whereNotNull('actors_profiles.avatar_media_id')
-			.whereNot('actors_profiles.avatar_media_id', knex.raw('actors.avatar_media_id')) // don't include main avatar as photo
-			.groupBy('actors_profiles.actor_id', 'media.id', 'media.hash'),
+			.groupBy('actors_profiles.id', 'entities.id', 'parents.id', 'media.id'),
 		reqUser
 			? knex('stashes_actors')
 				.leftJoin('stashes', 'stashes.id', 'stashes_actors.stash_id')
@@ -161,7 +151,7 @@ export async function fetchActorsById(actorIds, options = {}, reqUser) {
 
 		return curateActor(actor, {
 			stashes: stashes.filter((stash) => stash.actor_id === actor.id),
-			photos: photos.filter((photo) => photo.actor_id === actor.id),
+			profiles: profiles.filter((profile) => profile.actor_id === actor.id),
 			append: options.append,
 		});
 	}).filter(Boolean);
diff --git a/src/media.js b/src/media.js
index 8981c77..dadeea4 100644
--- a/src/media.js
+++ b/src/media.js
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ export function curateMedia(media) {
 		isS3: media.is_s3,
 		width: media.width,
 		height: media.height,
+		index: media.index,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/scenes.js b/src/scenes.js
index 3889aa6..37ea3f3 100644
--- a/src/scenes.js
+++ b/src/scenes.js
@@ -8,27 +8,10 @@ import { fetchActorsById, curateActor, sortActorsByGender } from './actors.js';
 import { fetchTagsById } from './tags.js';
 import { fetchEntitiesById } from './entities.js';
 import { curateStash } from './stashes.js';
+import { curateMedia } from './media.js';
 import escape from '../utils/escape-manticore.js';
 import promiseProps from '../utils/promise-props.js';
 
-function curateMedia(media) {
-	if (!media) {
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	return {
-		id: media.id,
-		path: media.path,
-		thumbnail: media.thumbnail,
-		lazy: media.lazy,
-		hash: media.hash,
-		isS3: media.is_s3,
-		width: media.width,
-		height: media.height,
-		index: media.index,
-	};
-}
-
 function curateScene(rawScene, assets) {
 	if (!rawScene) {
 		return null;