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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started taking dance classes at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader and the senior class president. Her high school graduation was in 1980. After graduation she enrolled in 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. She was recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a long list of movies and videos she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career began to take off. The single "Straight Up" was a massive success and she has been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This was made possible by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdu

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is famous for her performance on screen in modern and historical roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage as well as screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) she was who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. After that, she went to drama school , and was admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Her film debut came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the role of "Stands with a Fist" as a Sioux Indian-born white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Indep

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who was previously TV correspondent for ABC News. Her tenures as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) as well as co-host on The View (2015-2018) are famous. 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. Due to the limited opportunities on television, she held an opportunity as an agent for radio sales. After a year of working as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT. She was then capable of reporting and anchoring occasionally. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati, and the anchor for weekdays at WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. She became a sports reporter at NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 to December 2011 after her contract was terminated. In December 2011 it was

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She started her career in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she worked on projects like Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her most famous TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She appeared in more than 156 episodes of the comedy from 1984 until 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). 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 in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis &amp

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle child having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career with City Boy (1992), produced for television. Following her debut film Sarah auditioned for the role of Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was in search of someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 while filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah also starred with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996, she appeared in two films which included Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to perform in the 1998 show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year following Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy (19

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 is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has also won for Best Comedic Show in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has appeared in a variety of characters in "Scare Tactics" as well as "Almost Heroes," a Canadian TV series. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has grown significantly between 2019 and 2020. How much is Lauren

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American and her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch origins. When she was a young girl and her family lived in front of the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie enthusiast from childhood. Her mother, a teacher as well as her father, a lawyer, were both avid fans of films. Paula said that she attempted to get away as an infant through "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. So it is no surprise that she appeared in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her favorite role was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer school, she pursued film studies and was offered a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant for television documentaries, as well as for Howie Mandel's tal

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. Amy resided in GlenEllyn the city of Illinois, up until she entered junior college. There, her family also lived in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe together with her family as well as on her own. Both of her parents worked as teachers so they could enjoy every summer camping together and travel all across the United States. They've camped across every state except Alaska. Amy was sent to Rwanda to assist in relief efforts following the war of 1994. Amy was a skilled actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. She was a talented athlete in high school and participated in the first ever 3200-meter relay at the Illinois girls track. In college, following an injury, she was back in the theater , playing a variety of roles on stage starting with L

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 an obsessive performer as a young girl and often reenacted TV commercials to keep the family entertained. But she chose to devote her time to dance. She continued to train by working with several well-known dancers following her 9 years studying classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. She realized her true calling at the age of 15 when she beat more than 300 other girls in an audition for an agency for talents. The contract she signed secured her several roles in Spanish television shows as well as music videos, which led to an acting career on the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). After that she appeared in a brief scene in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. The third film she starred in was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters vying to win the heart of a hands

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director actress, musician, and actor who has directed a number of episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. Milena was selected as one of the eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her TV show as well as a short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival as and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been screened across the nation, winning Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest and the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in more than 100 television series. She first gained

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, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. In 2000, she was a part in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has been seen in such films as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" which starred Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me &"Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. 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 was Annie Walke

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most popular actresses, is a truly special woman. Her birthplace is 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 moving to the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan cast that includes Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel opposite Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also has been waiting for the release date of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. She recently received the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding actor in the Drama Seri

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia She was born in Colombia and Portugal, but she later moved to Scotland where she began performing on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she moved to London and soon found herself involved in indie filmmaking (her first professional gig was as stoner in Irvine Wales's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities as well as a production of "The Woolgatherer", in which she directed Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to amazing reviews. Then she landed her first US movie role as the manipulative and a born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The rev

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer and voice actor. First recognized for her role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends as well as being vocalist and voice actor. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds regularly. She has returned for guest appearances since then and is currently appearing on Criminal Minds regularly in the year 2016. She also played Mr. Mumbles and Elise on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in Community's final season Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at law, Sara Kingsley in Fox's Grandfathered and Donald Duck’s twin sister Della on DuckTales 2017, which was the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 1989. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a state official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts and moved to

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She received her training at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She is the voice 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 raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mom. He was working as a consul for the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's like the Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff was a Canadian citizen for a single year. Her family had traveled extensively as a result of her father's work. Before moving to France they resided in Japan and on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father, who died in the age of five from cancer w