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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She began dancing at the age of eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class head cheerleader and president. She graduated from high school in the year 1980. After graduation she enrolled in college at Cal State Northridge. There she was a radio and television major. and television. 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 video "Torture" that was the first in a long line of movies and videos she would choreograph. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl", she began singing and became a popular singer/dancer. The time she spent as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a more popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer expert, and John McDonnell. She was raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. After that, she went to the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. Her film debut came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. The role was so well-loved that she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) as well as opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starri

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from the US. She previously worked as an anchor for TV on ABC News. Her roles as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. Prior to that she was co-anchor of America This Morning (World News Now) as well as America This Morning (America This Morning). After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. Due to limited TV opportunities, she worked in sales for radio. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant, and later was promoted to anchor and reporter. She was the weekend anchor and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until. The contract was canceled and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 2011, she was appointed by ABC News the news division of ABC. The first t

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began her career in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced projects such as Double Dare (1976). She has also appeared on TV programs such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most famous TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was featured in an entire 156 episodes of this show between 1984 and 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 until April 7, 2015). Alongside her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School located in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark Coll

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born 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 began her acting career in the film City Boy (1992), produced for television. In 1993, following her first film, she auditioned for the role of "Becky" on the TV series Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for a replacement after Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994), along with Jim Varney. She was in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear(1996). In these films she played the part of Krista Wilson who was who was a cheerleader. Sarah was also invited to star in a TV show named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) which was a year after Roseanne (1988). Base

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is a member of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won 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 "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian television series, "Almost Heroes." She played a frequent role in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She is the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy," an animated Canadian series. Her wealth has been growing substantially in the years 2019-2020. So, what is Lauren Ash worth at the

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African American, and her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch heritage. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up , and she was a huge fan of movies from her early childhood. Her mother, also loved good films taught in a school, as was her father, an attorney. Paula claimed that she tried to escape when she was an infant through "pretending" to become someone else. So it's not a surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her most loved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". After having graduated from the University of Southern California's summer camp, she took film classes and was then given a 3 month task to produce documentaries for PBS. She was then hired as a production assistant on documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk-show. Her career progressed t

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago when she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the youngest of three siblings, sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe both on her own and together with her family. Because her parents were teachers, they were able to travel together every summer, and camping all across the United States. In fact, they have spent time camping in every state other than Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda following the war in 1994 to aid relief efforts. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions and winning writing contests. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who won the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she was able to go back to theater and perform a variety of roles in plays, in

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez who was hairdresser. She was a performer with a passion in her youth and would reenact TV commercials to keep the family entertained. However, she decided to concentrate her energy on dance. After nine years of ballet instruction at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to further her education under the supervision by a range of well-known dancers. When she was 15 she followed her destiny when she outclassed more than 300 other girls at an audition for a talent agency. The contract she signed secured her roles in Spanish TV shows , as well as music videos. It opened the doors to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that, she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it she played one of four sisters who were seeking the a

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a writer, director actress, musician, and actor who has helmed many episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She also served as the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and is currently directing two pilots that are in development. Milena was among eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, in addition to the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. The short film she made and the TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober It saw its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was screened across the United States. She was awarded Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Be

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and TV actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She was seen in "The Prestige" by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So", and "Because I Said So" together with "Because I Said So", with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode, and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf", she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci-fi action film "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. In television Perabo was a part of Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." Following that she co-starred in ABC's 2016 legal drama "Notorious. You can also watch "Turn up Charlie" on Netflix with IdrisElba. Perabo mad

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first gained the attention of Hollywood after she was cast in the part as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion with Lawrence Kasdan and starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel which is starring Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in the film of Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days In Desert. The actress also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya who is the Japanese director. She recently won the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at 16 and quickly became involved with indie filmmaking. Her first job that was paid was as a stoner for Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and director in theatre. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more stage work. 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 praises of awe. In Headspace (2005) in which she was offered her first US movie part as "Stacy" who was a manipulative woman who is 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), which was shot in London and LA it was her follo

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. She was first recognized for her recurring role as Kathy in the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. The first time she was recognized was her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime drama Criminal Minds. She was on the show frequently on the show from 2006 until 2012. She has returned regularly in the years since to guest appearances. Other roles she has played include Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the last season of Community and as the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered, and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales which was the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as s

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff is a French actress was born on 3 May 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) as well as Sleepless Night (2011). She is the character Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the daughter of a Korean mother, and a father who was French-Russian. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Her parents picked the name "Pom" because it's like the Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff was a citizen of Canada for a single year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's job. Prior to making the move to France the family lived in Japan and on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff lost her father to cancer at age five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. Klementieff was raise