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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At eight, she started taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader and the senior class president. After graduation in 1980, she started college at Cal State-Northridge, with a major in radio and TV. 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" it was the first in a lengthy series of films and videos she choreographed. She started singing through her first album, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until her single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December of 1988. she's been a household artist and singer ever since. This was made even more popular by her stint as judge on the cult show American Idol (2002). Her father, Harry Abdul, i

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is famous for her portrayals of characters from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is an Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Born in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She later attended drama school , and was admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. She was only 22 when she scored her first movie part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman who is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. Prior to this, she hosted World News Now and 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 the lack of opportunities on television, she held an opportunity as a radio sales representative. Her next job was a year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor or report. From 2002 to 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor and the weekday sports anchor for the station WCPO in Cincinnati. Her contract was terminated and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. She was recruited by ABC News' news division in December of 2011. She made her network debut on

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in films and TV shows, such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and was a guest on TV shows like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) and Dyna Girl (2001). One of her most memorable TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She was featured in the show's 156 episodes from 1984 until 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was a noted poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918-April 7, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1997) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). She was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts at

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. Sarah is the middle child having one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut 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). The show was looking for an alternative to the character after Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988), 1994-1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she appeared in two movies that included Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear in a TV series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year after Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a Cowbo

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a twice Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has also been recognized for her Best Comedic play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She's appeared in various roles in "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"""Cracked,"" “Bomb Girls” and "Lost Girl." She was also featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She voices Sam in "The Dating Guy" an animated Canadian series. Her wealth has grown substantially in the years 2019-2020. What does Lauren Ash's net worth at 37? Lauren Ash is a successful Actress. Her country of

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, while her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived directly across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up and she was an avid film buff since the beginning of her life. Her mother, who also enjoyed good films taught in a school, and her father was an attorney. Paula claims that when she was an adult she would escape by "pretending to appear to be someone else" and it shouldn't come as a surprise that she acted in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She continued her studies at University of Southern California, where she completed a summer program in film. It was during this time that she was awarded a 3-month task to create documentaries on PBS. Then she was employed as a production assistant for documentari

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn in Illinois until she entered junior college. The family also lived in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the sister Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family and independently. Since her parents worked as teachers and teachers, they could spend the entire summer traveling and camping all across the United States. They have camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda following the 1994 war to assist in relief efforts. Amy was a gifted actor in school plays and won writing contests. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who placed in the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After college, she suffered an injury, she returned to the theater , playing a variety of roles on stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July&quo

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. As a child she was an obsessed performer and would re-enact commercials from the television to entertain of her family. But, she decided to concentrate on dance. She continued her training with a number of well-respected dancers after she had spent 9 years studying classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at age 15, when she beat more than 300 girls at an audition for an agency that represented talent. She was then offered roles on Spanish television and music videos. This brought her many performances, which opened the way to a future on the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly appeared in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. The third film she starred in was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters fighti

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director as well as an actor and musician who has directed numerous episodes of TV such as The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are in the process of development. Milena was selected as one of eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made and the TV series proof-of-concept , Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, featured its World Premiere at SXSW and won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was shown throughout the nation. The film won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choice Award from Sedona Internationa

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of TV, stage, and film actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and was raised in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in the year 2000. She was seen in "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" as well as "Because I Said So" together with "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode, and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" in which she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In television Perabo starred as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy dra

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first role in English as Eric Bana's wife in Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in several Studio films since her arrival in America, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble of Lawrence Kasdan that features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel together with Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor and is waiting for the release date of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is also starring Clive Owen. She recently received the Gold Nymph Awar

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 to perform on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London and was soon involved in filmmaking in the indie genre (her first pay-per-view was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress as well as a director. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" which was a stage play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was the director. The play was praised by critics. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" who was a manipulative and reborn Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) and directed by Heathers (1988). The critics were impressed with her unique blend of power sexuality

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actor and singer. She first became famous for her role as Kathy in the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her most well-known role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 she appeared on Criminal Minds regularly. She has been back for guest appearances and is currently appearing on Criminal Minds regularly in 2016. Other roles she has played include Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community as well 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 series of DuckTales which was the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a senior government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born 3 May 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in films like Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She portrays the role of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was the child of an Korean mother, as well as a French-Russian father. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff lived for a year in Canada before her family moved around extensively because of her father's work. After moving to France, Klementieff lived in Japan. Klementieff's father, who died at the age of 5 from cancer was her mother. Additionally, she suffered from schizophrenia and couldn'