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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She began taking dance lessons at the age of eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, in which she was a senior class president and head cheerleader. She graduated from high school in the year 1980. Following graduation, she began college at Cal State Northridge. There, she majored 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 recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" the first of a series of videos and movies she choreographed. Her first album "Forever Your Girl" Her singing career took off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a big hit and she's been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This was helped by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syr

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 in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy) the Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John McDonnell. She was raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She later attended drama school , and was accepted into the highly regarded Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Her first film role came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the part of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite other well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who worked previously as an anchor for television at ABC News. She is best known for her stint as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, and as host of The View, 2015-2018. She was previously co-anchor of 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. Due to limited TV opportunities she worked in radio sales. She was eventually able to find work for an entire year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT . She then occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until. When her contract ended in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was employed by ABC News which is the division for news of ABC. She joined the network for its World N

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 then went on to produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and was a guest on TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). She is perhaps most famous for her role as "Christine Sullivan", the Night Court star (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she was a part of 156 shows. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is famous for her poetry and as a nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918-April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990), were her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon aw

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle child with 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 was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). Following the time that Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college, the show was searching for the perfect replacement. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995 and was a part in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Sarah was also in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In these films she played the character of Krista Wilson, the cheerleader. Sarah was asked to appear in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year following Roseanne (1988). Bas

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She's played various roles in "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and also had guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Her television and film credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She is the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy," an animated Canadian series. Her wealth has been increasing substantially in the years 2019-2020. So, what is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37 years old? Lauren Ash is a succes

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 is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English ancestry. Her family lived just across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up and she was a big film buff since her early days. Her mother, a schoolteacher, and her dad who was a lawyer were both avid movie buffs. Paula claimed that she tried to escape when she was an infant by "pretending" to be someone other than herself. So it's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her most beloved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in an internship program for summer, and was awarded a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant on documentary films on TV, as well as on Howie M

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. However, when Amy was in junior high, she and her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe with her family and independently. Because her parents worked as teachers and teachers, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping all across the United States. They have camped in every state except Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda following the 1994 war to assist in relief efforts. Amy was a talented actor in school plays and won writing contests. In high school, she excelled in athletics, placing in the first ever 3200 meter relay for girls in the Illinois track. After suffering an injury, Amy returned to school and played many parts on the stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth Of July” and then directed Wallace Shawn's "Aunt

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez who was a hairdresser. She was a compulsive performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to amuse the family. But she chose to concentrate her energy on dance. After pursuing classical ballet for 9 years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. She found her calling at the age 15 when she topped 300 girls in an audition for an agency that represented talent. The contract she got secured her roles on Spanish TV shows , as well as music videos. This opened the possibility of a lucrative career on the big screen. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) Then she appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning film where she played one of the four sisters competing to win the love of an attractive deserter army

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, a writer and actor, has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. Also, she was co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots that are in progress. Milena was chosen as one of eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable, her short film as well as a television series proof of concept was premiered at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) was screened across the nation. It won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also given at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has acted in over 100 television episodes acti

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for a Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. She was born in Dallas and was raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She has been in a variety of films since then, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale as well as "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me & You" films starring Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama with a cast that also comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action movie "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker's TV role in five seasons of USA Network's spy show &quo

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Her birthplace is 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 arriving in America, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point opposite William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of 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, the Japanese director. She recently won the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress in the Drama Series at

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia, but she returned to Scotland when she began her career on the stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she moved to London and soon became involved in independent filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and director. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer", a play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play was praised by critics. In Headspace (2005) she made her debut US film role as "Stacy" who was a manipulative person who was a newly-baptized Christian. She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian, in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The critics were amazed by her unique blend of the power of sexuality and the irreverent comedy. Exam (2009) was a film that was shot in

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. Her role as Kathy, a recurring character on Friends' fourth season, was her first big break. 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 returned for guest appearances since then and will be appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in the year 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the last season of Community, the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and playing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales that marked the first appearance in animation of the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official of the government, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an adminis

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born 3 May 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). She is 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, a painter was her grandpa. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff lived in Canada for one year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's job. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5 was her mother. She was also suffering from schizophrenia , and could not care for her children. Klementieff was raised with her paternal