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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. She began taking dance lessons at the age of eight. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class head cheerleader and president. Her high school graduation was in 1980. After graduation she entered the college process at Cal State Northridge. There she was a radio and television major. 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 CD "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and was soon a well-known dancer and singer. Her stint as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is most well known for her portrayals on screen in both modern and historical roles. She also has a long history of roles on stage as well as screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy), the daughter of a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Then, she went to the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. A decade later she got her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl that is raised by Sioux Indians. The role was so well-loved that she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such veteran actors such as Robert Red

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) as well as co-host on The View (2015-2018) are well-known. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring World News Now as well as America This Morning. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. The position she held was in radio sales, due to the lack of television opportunities. After a year of working as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT she was allowed to anchor and report periodically. Between 2002 and 2005, she was the sports anchor for weekends and sports anchor on weekdays at WPO-TV in Cincinnati. Following the expiration of her contract and she became a anchor and sports reporter at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011, she was appointed by ABC News, the division fo

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her career began in film and television productions such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced projects such as Double Dare (1976). Also, she has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her role as "Christine Sullivan", the Night Court star (1984). The actress was on more than 156 episodes of the comedy from 1984 until 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). She had two daughters with her husband, Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 in 1990). was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. She attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was a cheerleader.

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. She is the middle child, having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut came in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. After her first movie she auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue the college of her choice. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also appeared with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she appeared in two movies, including Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear in a television series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) in the year following Roseanne (1988). Based on the show Noth

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and is one half of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's appeared in various roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "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 voices Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been growing dramatically in the period 2019-2020. What 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 is caucasian. She has German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. Her family lived directly next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a major movie buff from her earliest days. Her mother, who also enjoyed good films, was a schoolteacher, and her father was a lawyer. Paula says that as an teen she would get away by "pretending to be someone else" which is why it came as a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She went on to pursue a film degree at the University of Southern California in an internship program for summer, and got a 3-month job making documentaries for PBS. In the end, she was able to serve as a production associate in TV documentaries and on Howie Mandel's talk show. She progressed to actually p

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and was a part of her early years living in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she was in junior college. The family also lived in 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 all over Europe as a family member and independently. Both of her parents worked as teachers so they could spend the entire summer camping together and travel all across the United States. They have been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 following the war to assist with relief efforts. Amy was an accomplished actor in school plays and also won writing contests. In high school, she was a promising athlete who finished in the very first 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. In college, after an injury, she returned to the stage with a variety of roles on stage beginning

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). When she was a little girl and a devoted performer. She would even re-enact commercials on television for the enjoyment of her parents. However, she decided to dedicate her time to dancing. After nine years of classical ballet training at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to further her education under the guidance of a number of famous dancers. Her true calling was discovered at the age of 15 when she beat more than 300 other girls in an audition at a talent agency. The contract she was offered secured her roles on Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. This opened up the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) She then made a brief appearance in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film, she play

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor, director actress, musician, and actor who has helmed many episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's highly acclaimed Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made and the TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, had its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the US. 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 Intern

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, TV, and film actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was chosen in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. Since then, she's been featured in films 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" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th Wolf" with an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was in the film alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker's television character in five seasons of the spy drama on USA Network "Covert Affairs." After that

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most well-known actresses. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking film role as Eric Bana's wife in Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected alongside 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. Ewan McGregor shot Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert, and she has been waiting for the release date of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. Recently, she received the Gold Nymph Award as Outstanding actor in the Drama Series at the 54th

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she relocated to London where she quickly became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first professional gig on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She's also participated in theater as an actress as well as a director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which she directed Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to amazing reviews. She was then offered her first US movie role as the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (20

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor vocalist, singer, and actress. Her character as Kathy, a recurring character on Friends the fourth season was her first recognition. Her first recognition was for her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime drama Criminal Minds. The actress was seen on that show regularly from 2006 to 2012. The show has been back regularly since then to guest appearances. 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, marking the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born on March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at the school. Brewster grew up in Massachusetts and moved to New York City to attend Par

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in films like Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the character of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the daughter of an Korean mother, as well as a father who was French-Russian. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Pom was her name since it sounds similar to the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff lived in Canada for a year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's work. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died at the age of 5 from cancer was also her mother. She also suffered with schizophrenia and didn