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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At eight, she started taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader and the senior class president. After graduation in 1980, she started college at Cal State-Northridge, with a major 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. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 video "Torture" it was the first in a lengthy series of films and videos she choreographed. She started singing through her first album, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until her single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December of 1988. she's been a household artist and singer ever since. This was made even more popular by her stint as judge on the cult show American Idol (2002). Her father, Harry Abdul, i...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is known for her portrayals on screen in both historical and modern roles. She also has a long history of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both of Irish heritage. She was born in Ithaca and attended Fredonia State University of New York. She attended drama school, and then was accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). At the age of 22, she was when she scored her first film part in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who was white. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) as well as opposite veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmeri...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. Prior to this, she hosted World News Now and 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 lack of opportunities on television, she held an opportunity as a radio sales representative. Her next job was a year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor or report. From 2002 to 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor and the weekday sports anchor for the station WCPO in Cincinnati. Her contract was terminated and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. She was recruited by ABC News' news division in December of 2011. She made her network debut on ...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in films and TV shows, such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and was a guest on TV shows like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) and Dyna Girl (2001). One of her most memorable TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She was featured in the show's 156 episodes from 1984 until 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was a noted poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918-April 7, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1997) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). She was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts at...

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. Sarah is the middle child having one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut was in City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. After her debut film her audition, she was cast in 1993 for the role "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for an alternative to the character after Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988), 1994-1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she appeared in two movies that included Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear in a TV series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year after Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a Cowbo...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a twice Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has also been recognized for her Best Comedic play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She's appeared in various roles in "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"""Cracked,"" “Bomb Girls” and "Lost Girl." She was also featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She voices Sam in "The Dating Guy" an animated Canadian series. Her wealth has grown substantially in the years 2019-2020. What does Lauren Ash's net worth at 37? Lauren Ash is a successful Actress. Her country of...

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 roots. Her family lived directly next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up, and she was an avid movie buff from her early days. Her mother, too, who appreciated good films, was a schoolteacher, and her father was a lawyer. Paula states that as young, she would try to escape from the world by "pretending to appear to be someone else" which is why it came as the case that she appeared in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to learn film at the University of Southern California in a summer program, and won a 3-month assignment making documentaries for PBS. The result was that she was able to work as a production assistant on television documentaries as well as on Howie Mandel’s talk...

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy was a resident of Glen Ellyn Illinois, right up to the time she entered junior college. There, her family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy is the youngest of three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe on her own as well as together with her family. They both worked as teachers and were able to travel and camp together each summer as a result of this. They've camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was sent to Rwanda to assist in efforts to aid in the aftermath of the 1994 war. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions as well as winning contests to write. In high school she was a promising athlete who placed in the very first 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. After suffering an injury, Amy returned to theater and play many roles such ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. As a child she was an obsessed performer and would re-enact commercials from the television to entertain of her family. But, she decided to concentrate on dance. She continued her training with a number of well-respected dancers after she had spent 9 years studying classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at age 15, when she beat more than 300 girls at an audition for an agency that represented talent. She was then offered roles on Spanish television and music videos. This brought her many performances, which opened the way to a future on the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly appeared in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. The third film she starred in was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters fighti...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director as well as an actor and musician who has directed numerous episodes of TV such as The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are in the process of development. Milena was selected as one of eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made and the TV series proof-of-concept , Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, featured its World Premiere at SXSW and won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was shown throughout the nation. The film won 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 Internationa...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, TV, and film actress. Born in Dallas, Texas, and living in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. The film starred her in "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So" together with "Because I Said So", with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode, and the crime drama "10th & Wolf", she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo played Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. After that, Perabo starred as Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most beloved actresses, is an extremely special person. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed 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 appeared in Studio films including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble of Lawrence Kasdan that includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel along with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also eagerly awaited the release of The Last Knights, a film written by Kazuaki Kiriya. She is starring alongside Clive Owen. She recently won the Gold Nymph Award for Outstand...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. That's where she began performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she moved to London and was soon involved in filmmaking in the indie genre (her first professional gig was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress as well as a director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows as well as a production of "The Woolgatherer" that 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 high praise. Her first US film role was "Stacy" an empathetic and reborn Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). It was as the wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona Ryder) written from Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the r...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actor and singer. She first became famous for her role as Kathy in the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her most well-known role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 she appeared on Criminal Minds regularly. She has been back for guest appearances and is currently appearing on Criminal Minds regularly in 2016. Other roles she has played include Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community as well as the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered, and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales which was the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a senior government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff, a French actress, was born 3 May 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in movies such as 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 the daughter of the Korean mother and an American-Russian father. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it's like the Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff was a citizen of Canada for a single year. Her family had travelled extensively due to her father's work. After moving to France she lived in Japan. Her father was diagnosed with cancer when she was 5 and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and was incapable of caring for children and ...