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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. At the age of eight old, she began dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader as well as the class president. Following her graduation in 1980 she started the Cal State-Northridge campus, majoring in TV and radio. After joining the L.A. Lakers cheerleaders, she became head cheerleader/choreographer after only a few months, eventually dropping out of college to dance and choreograph full-time. The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" the first of many films and videos she choreographed. After the release of her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and was soon a well-known artist and performer. The time she spent as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become a popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother is Jewish and was born in Canada. Her parents have been in Syr

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress recognized for her character roles in both period and present-day screen roles, and many acting in stage and film. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both of Irish descent. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. Her most memorable film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character "Stands with a Fist" an Indian Sioux-raised white woman. The role was so well-loved that she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell has appeared in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) in the role of veteran actors like Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier. She also was a part of Roland Emmerich's In

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She was previously a television correspondent for ABC News. Her most well-known work is her role as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to 2018. She was also co-anchor on America This Morning and World News Now. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She was employed in radio sales, due to the lack of television opportunities. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant and then became a reporter and anchor. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the weekday anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. Her contract was terminated , and she became a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011, she was hired by ABC News which is the new

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a television and film producer, with projects like "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks" (1986). Post continued to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many television shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her biggest TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she appeared in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a poet and noted nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). She had two daughters with her husband, Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1997) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek, California. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. The Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. Sarah is the middle child. She has an older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. After her debut film her audition, she was cast in 1993 for the role "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). After Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college the show was searching for someone to replace her. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah starred in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996), where she was an actress called Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to appear in a show from 1998 called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year following Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothin

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's appeared in various roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She was an actor in "The Ron James Show" in addition to guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown significantly in 2019-2020. So, what is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37 years old? Lauren A

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American , and her mother who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up and she was a huge fan of movies in her early days. Her mother, too, who loved good films taught in a school, and her father was a lawyer. Paula claims she was able to get away from her mother by pretending to be a different person as when she was a kid. It's not surprising that she was involved in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After graduation from the University Southern California's summer program she pursued film studies and was given a 3-month assignment to create documentaries for PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant on TV documentariesand for Howie Mandel's talk show. Then she began pro

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. However, when Amy was in high school, she and her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has backpacked all over Europe with her family as well as on her own. They both worked as teachers and were able to travel and camp together each summer because of this. They've camped in every American state except Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 after the war to help with the relief efforts. Amy demonstrated artistic talent early when she was acting in school productions and winning writing contests. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who finished in the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she could return to the stage and take on a variety of roles such as Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and Wa

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a performer with a passion as a young girl and often reenacted TV commercials to amuse the family. But she chose to focus her attention on dancing. She continued her training by working with several well-known dancers after she had spent nine years learning classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at 15 years old when she beat more than 300 other girls at an audition at an agency for talent. The contract she signed secured her roles in Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. This opened up the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). After that she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production in which she played one the four sisters trying to w

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, who is a director as well as actor and musician has directed many episodes on TV including Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots in development. Milena was one of eight women who were selected by AFI's most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series and short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the country. It won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Ch

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and television actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000 she was cast as a breakout actor in Coyote Ugly. She has appeared in numerous films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige" in which she starred with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "Because I Said So" featuring Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me and You" films with Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama with a cast that also included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. Perabo was in the film alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". Perabo played Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" f

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most well-known actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role , Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble of Lawrence Kasdan which features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days In Desert. Also, she waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya who is the Japanese director. For her role as Hostages' lead actress, she won the Gold Nymph Award at the 54th Festival of

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began her stage debut in The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she left for London and soon began to get involved in indie filmmaking (her first professional gig was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress and director. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more theatre. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as and David Dayan Fisher (a regular actor on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to acclaim. In Headspace (2005), she was offered her first US movie part as "Stacy" who was a manipulative and a born-again Christian. Her first film appearance was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) that was the first, in which she acted with in London and LA was her next. BAFTA-nominated for

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor as well as a singer and voice actress. Her fame was first recognized due to her recurring role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds, on which she was on the show regularly between 2006 and 2012 and is now back as a guest on the show before returning regularly in 2016. Other roles she's performed includes Mr. Mumbles, Elise, and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered, as well as voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in DuckTales 2017. The first appearance on screen in animated form by the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official for the government. her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school adminis

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in films such as Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She plays the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to her Korean mother and a French-Russian father who was employed as a consul in the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger", her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff was a Canadian citizen for a single year. Her family had travelled extensively as a result of her father's work. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff lost her father to cancer at the age of five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophr