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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At the age of eight old, she began dancing lessons. She attended Van Nuys High School, in which she was a senior class president and head cheerleader. She graduated from high school in 1980. After graduation, she began the college process at Cal State Northridge. There, she majored in radio 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", the first in a long series of movies and video she choreographed. Her first album "Forever Your Girl" and her first solo album, her singing career began to take off. But the hit single "Straight Up" was a major hit and she's been a successful singer/dancer ever after. This is aided by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardi

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is known for her portrayals in characters in contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) she was an Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She attended drama school, and then was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her film debut came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the role of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination was for the character. McDonnell has starred in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such experienced actors as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996), with Will Smith. Margin Call (2011) that was a du

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as a television correspondent for ABC News. Her roles as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) as well as co-host on The View (2015-2018) are well-known. Prior to this, she was co-anchor of America This Morning (World News Now) and 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. She held a job in sales of radio stations because of the limited opportunities for television. She was recruited as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant, and later became a reporter and anchor. From 2002 until 2005, she was the sports anchor for weekends as well as the sports anchor for weekdays at the station WCPO in Cincinnati. After her contract expired and she became a anchor and reporter for sports at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago between November 2005 and December 2011. In December 2011

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career with films and TV shows such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even create projects such as Double Dare (1976) and she has appeared on TV shows as 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most memorable TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). The actress was on 156 episodes of this comedy from 1984 until 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and a well-known nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7 in 2015). Two daughters were born to her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 and died on March 30, 1990). Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle child. She has one older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a television movie, City Boy (1992). After her first film Sarah was a candidate for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for a replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend studies at college. Sarah graduated from high school in the year 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. Then, in 1996 she appeared in two movies in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played the cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to be a part in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released on

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is a member of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She also won awards for Best Comedic Play in 2008 and the Best Sketch Troupe award in 2006. She has played a variety of characters on "Scare Tactics," and "Almost Heroes," which is a Canadian TV series. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Her film and television credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has increased significant in 2019 and 2020. So, how much is Lauren Ash worth

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, who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch ancestry. As a child and her family lived next to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie buff from the time she was a child. Her mother, a teacher as well as her father as a lawyer were both avid film fans. Paula said that she attempted to escape as an infant by "pretending" to become someone else. So it's not a surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She went on to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and won a 3-month assignment making documentaries for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant in TV documentaries, and also on Howie Mandel's talk show. Then, she created documentary segments for Medical

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 oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family and on her own. Her parents were teachers, so they had the opportunity to spend their summers together in the campfire and travelling across the United States. They've camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 after the war in order to help with aid efforts to help the victims. Amy demonstrated artistic talent early on by acting in school plays, as well as winning writing contests. High school was where she was a star athlete winning the first ever 3200-meter relay to be held for girls in Illinois track. In college, after an accident, she returned to the theater , playing a variety of roles on stage starting wi

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. When she was a young girl she was already a fervent performer who would recreate commercials on television for her family's entertainment, but she eventually decided to concentrate on dance. After studying ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a number of famous dancers. She realized what she wanted to do at age 15 after she defeated over 300 other girls at an audition held by a talent agency. The agency offered her roles in Spanish music videos and TV. This brought her many roles, which opened the way to a future in the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She also briefly was in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. The third film she starred in was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of the four sisters fighting fo

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, a director as well as an actor and musician has directed numerous episodes on TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. She was also the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and has been tapped to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was one of eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable, her short film and TV series proof of concept, was premiered at SXSW. It also took home Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been shown across the country and has won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Mil

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. She was featured in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in 2000. Since then she has been in movies such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow", with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" with an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was also a part of the cast with Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action flick "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker's television character in five seasons of USA Network's spy show "Covert Affairs." She also appe

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most beloved actresses, is a truly special woman. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first garnered the attention of Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role, as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected along with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion with Lawrence Kasdan, stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor shot Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also has been waiting for the release date of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, opposite Clive Owen. In recog

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was a child in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began to perform on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she left for London and soon became involved in independent filmmaking (her first paid gig was as stoner in Irvine Wales's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre acting, both as an actor and director. After moving to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more stage work. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as in addition to David Dayan Fisher (a regular character in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to great reviews. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy", the manipulative birthed Christian who appeared in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona Ryder) directed created by Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the critics started to become awa

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actress and singer. Her role as Kathy an recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first major recognition. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she appeared regularly from 2006 until 2012 and was then re-cast for guest appearances and then returned regularly in 2016. Her other roles include the voice of Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community and her voice as Birdgirl in 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 which was the first animated appearance of 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 school administrator. Brewster was

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). 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 (2019). Pom Klementieff was the daughter of the Korean mother, and her father was French-Russian. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Because it is a resemblance to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff spent one year in Canada before her family moved frequently because of her father's work. They lived 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 schizophrenia. Klementieff was raised in France by he