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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At the age of eight, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader and senior class president. She graduated in 1980 and started college at Cal State Northridge to major 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 recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" which was their first of many videos and movies she choreographed. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career began to take off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a massive success and she has been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This is aided by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother is 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 in 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) in Fredonia. She then went to drama school and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). She was just 22 when she got her first movie role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman who was white. The role was so well-loved that she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell has appeared in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) opposite such famous actors such as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also starred in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996), featuring Will Smith. M

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, was previously a television correspondent at ABC News. She is known for her work as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend from 2015 to 2018, and in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to the year 2018. Before that 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 was employed in sales of radio stations because television was not a viable option. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant and then was promoted to anchor and reporter. From 2002 until 2005, she was the weekend sports anchor and weekday sports anchor at WPO-TV in Cincinnati. 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, it was announced that she w

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in film and TV shows, such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even make projects like Double Dare (1976) and has made appearances on such television projects like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most famous TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was in more than 156 episodes of the comedy between 1984 and 1992. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and famous nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 June 26, 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). She was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awarded

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. She is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut with City Boy (1992), an original television film. After her debut film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for a replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue university. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she appeared in two movies, including Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to play in the 1998 show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one year following Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a Co

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She also graduated of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also received the best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She has played a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics," as well as "Almost Heroes,"" which is a Canadian TV series. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also appeared in "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." In the period 2019-2020, her net worth has grown significant. How much money does Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren Ash's main s

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. She has German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. Her family lived right next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up, and she was an avid fan of movies from her very early years. Her mom was a teacher and her father worked as an attorney. Paula claims that she used to hide from her mother by pretending to be someone else while when she was a kid. It's not a surprise that she was involved in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her favorite character was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". She continued her studies at University of Southern California, where she completed a program for summers in film. The program was a success, and she was awarded a 3-month assignment to make documentaries for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant on television docu

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago region. Amy resided in GlenEllyn Illinois, right up to the time she was in junior college. The family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the older sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her entire family and on her own. They both taught and were able to travel and camp together each summer because of this. They've camped across every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the war in 1994 to aid in relief efforts. Amy was an accomplished actor in school plays and also won writing contests. She was an athlete of great potential in high school and participated in the very first 3200-meter relay on the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she was able to return to theater and perform a variety of roles in plays, including Lanford Wilson's &quo

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez. She was a compulsive performer as a child and would reenact TV commercials to keep the family entertained. But she chose to devote her time to dance. After nine years of ballet training at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her training under the tutelage of a number of famous dancers. She realized her passion at the age of 15 when she topped 300 girls at an audition for an agency that represented talent. She was then offered roles in Spanish music videos and TV. This contract resulted in a variety of roles, opening the doors to a successful career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) She then made a brief appearance in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters vying to win the heart of a hand

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor, director, and musician. She has helmed numerous episodes of TV that include Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots in production. Milena was chosen 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. With Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded the award for Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the United States. It was awarded 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. As an actor Milena has appeared in over 100 episodes of televisio

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes for her work as a stage, TV, and film actress. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. She was in the film the breakout role of Coyote Ugly in the year 2000. Since then, she's 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" with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and"Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action flick "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. After t

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most beloved actresses, is an extremely special person. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood when she was chosen by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana's character's wife the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite 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, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast featuring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel opposite Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor directed Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert, and she was waiting for the release of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. She is starring alon

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was a child in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her home in Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began performing, on stage on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16 she relocated to London where she started working in independent filmmaking. (Her first pay-per-view in The Acid House was as a stoner in the film Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also participated in theater as both an actor and director. After moving to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more theatre. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as along with David Dayan Fisher (a regular star in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to great reviews. In Headspace (2005) the actress made her debut US film role as "Stacy", a manipulative, born-again 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) in Heathers (1988). The critics were impressed with her d

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor as well as a singer and voice actress. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends the fourth season was her first big break. Her most memorable role came in the form of the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds that she was on the show regularly from 2006 until 2012. She was then re-cast for guest appearances before returning regularly in the year 2016. Other roles she has played includes Mr. Mumbles, Elise and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered and portraying Donald Duck's twin sister Della on the show DuckTales 2017. It was the first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was an official of the government, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator in a school. Brew

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her roles include Loup (2009) as well as 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 (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was employed there as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Her parents picked 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 year. Her family was able to travel extensively because of her father's work. After the move to France she resided in Japan. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was five, and her mother had schizophrenia an