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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was 8 years old, young, she started dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the school's head cheerleader as well as the class president. After graduation in 1980, she enrolled in the Cal State-Northridge campus, majoring in TV and radio. 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 films and videos she would choreograph. She started singing with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl" which was not a huge success until her hit single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . Since then, she has been a renowned dancer ever since, aided by her stint as judge on the cult series American Idol (2002). Her father ...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is most well known for her performances on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long list of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) who was an Irish-American computer consultant, and John McDonnell. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to theatre school, and then was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character of "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian-raised white woman. In the film, she earned her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell was a part of the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such veteran actors like Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich's Independenc...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from the United States. She was previously an anchor for TV on ABC News. She is known for her work as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend from 2015 to 2018, and being co-host of The View from 2015 to 2018. She was also co-anchor on America This Morning as well as 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 the lack of TV opportunities the company employed her in radio sales. Her next job was a year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally report and anchor. Between 2002 and 2005, she was the weekend sports anchor and the weekday sports anchor for WPO-TV in Cincinnati. The contract was ended and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. She was employed by ABC News' news division in the month of December. The 2nd of January, ...

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was with television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she worked on projects such as Double Dare (1976). Also, she has appeared on television shows like 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) as well as Dyna Girl (2001). Her most famous TV performance was as "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was in 156 episodes of this comedy, from 1984 to 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). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990) were born in her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek, California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, Ca...

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 August 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. Sarah is the middle child, having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a made-for-TV film, City Boy (1992). In 1993, after her debut film, she auditioned for the part of "Becky" in the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was searching for a replacement after Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in the year 1995, when she was filming the season 1994-1995 of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994), along with Jim Varney. In 1996, Sarah was a part-time actress in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader with the name Krista Wilson. In 1998, a year after Roseanne (1988) ended, Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cow...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's twice a 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 has played a variety of characters in "Scare Tactics," as well as "Almost Heroes," an Canadian TV series. She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" and made guest appearances in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Her credits in television and film also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been increasing dramatically in the period 2019-2020. How much is Lauren Ash's net wor...

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, has German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. Her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a huge fan of films from her earliest childhood. Her mother, too, who enjoyed good films, was a schoolteacher, as was her father, an attorney. Paula claims that as an adult she would escape from the world by "pretending to appear to be someone else" therefore it wasn't an unsurprising that she performed in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She pursued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a program for summers in film. In that time, she was awarded a three-month task to create documentaries on PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant for televisi...

Amy Carlson

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Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. But when Amy was in junior high, she and 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, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe as a solo traveler and with her family. Since her parents were teachers which allowed them to spend every summer together traveling and camping all over the United States. They've camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy has also traveled to Rwanda after the war in 1994 to aid relief efforts. Amy was a skilled actor in school plays , and she won writing contests. Amy was a highly competitive athlete in high school and participated in the very first 3200-meter relay on the Illinois girls track. After an injury, she was able to return to theater and play many roles in plays, including Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and Wall...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. She was an obsessive performer as a young girl and would reenact TV commercials to keep the family entertained. However, she chose to concentrate her energy on dancing. She continued her dance training with a number of well-respected dancers, after having spent nine years studying classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She realized what she wanted to do at the age of 15, when she beat more than 300 other girls during an audition with a talent agency. The contract she received landed her roles in Spanish TV programs as well as music videos. This opened the possibility of a lucrative career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut in a film with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). After that she appeared in a brief scene in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. Her third film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one ...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actress as well as a director and musician. She has directed many episodes of TV and film, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots currently in development. Milena was among eight women who were selected by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series as well as a short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort It was awarded the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival as and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017) was shown across the country. She was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes as a TV, stage, and film actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. She was featured in Coyote Ugly's breakthrough role in 2000. She has been in a variety of films since that time, including Christopher's "The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "Because I Said So" featuring 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 featuring a cast which also comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. She starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper.". On TV, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best loved actresses, is a truly special woman. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films like 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 which is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. She filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release of her movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya opposite Clive Owen. Recently, she was aw...

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 stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London when she was 16 and immediately became involved with indie filmmaking. Her first job that was paid was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actress and director in the theatre. In 2004, her move 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 praises of awe. In Headspace (2005) the actress was offered her first US movie part as "Stacy", a manipulative woman who is a born again Christian. Her first film appearance was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) that was the first, in which she was in London and...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress, voice actress and a vocalist. Her role as Kathy as a character that recurred on Friends Season 4, was her first major recognition. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 , she appeared on Criminal Minds frequently. The actress has returned for guest appearances since then and has returned to Criminal Minds frequently in the year 2016. Other roles she's performed include 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 the voice of Donald Duck's twin sister Della as well as in DuckTales 2017. This was the first time that she appeared in animation as the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was an official for the government. her father, Galen Brewster, worked as administrator of a sc...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in films like Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. 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 born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was employed as a consul in the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff stayed in Canada for a time of one year, before her family travelled extensively because of her father's work. They lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. The father of Klementieff died from cancer at the age of ...