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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At age eight, she began learning dance. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and went to the college process at Cal State Northridge to major 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. The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" the first of many videos and movies she choreographed. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" the singer's career began to take off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a massive success and she has become a popular singer/dancer for years after. This is aided by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, also Jewish, was born and raised

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is famous for her performance on screen in traditional and contemporary roles. She also has a lengthy history of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy), who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She went on to theatre school, and then was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Two decades later she got her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist", a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. For the role, she was the first actress to receive an Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) as well as opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley;

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who previously worked as the TV correspondent for ABC News. Her roles as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are very well-known. 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 lack of TV opportunities she worked in radio sales. After one year working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT. She was then capable of reporting and anchoring on occasion. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 to 2005. She became a reporter for sports for the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV between November 2005 and December 2011 after her contract ended. She was recruited by ABC News the news division in the month of December. On J

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and started her career on films and TV shows, including Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and later on create projects such as Double Dare (1976) and she has appeared on TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her most famous TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She was featured in 156 episodes of this comedy from 1984 to 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). She had two daughters with her second 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. As a cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon a

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. She is the middle child. She has an older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a TV-made film called City Boy (1992). Following her first film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). The show was in search of an actor to replace Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She starred in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In both films Sarah played the role of Krista Wilson, an athlete. Sarah was invited to play in the 1998 show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy (1998) The show also had a basis.

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the Best Comedic play award and in 2006, the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She has played a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" an Canadian TV show. She was an actor on "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" as well as the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has been increasing significantly in 2019-2020. So, what is Lauren Ash worth at th

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 roots. Her family lived directly across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up, and she was a big movie buff from her early days. Her mother was a teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula admitted that she tried to escape when she was an infant by "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. So it's not a surprise that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her favorite role was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". She went on to learn film at the University of Southern California in an internship program for summer, and was awarded a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. In the end, she was hired as a production associate in television documentaries as well as on Howie Mandel's talk show. Late

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago when she was in junior high. Her parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her family , and on her own. They were both teachers and could travel and camp with each other every summer due to this. They've stayed in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda after the war in 1994 to aid relief efforts. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions and winning writing contests. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who finished in the first ever 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she was able to go back to theater , and played a variety roles such as Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and Wallace Shawn's directorial "Aunt Dan and Lemon"

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. When she was a child, she was already a fervent performer, who would reenact TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she ultimately decided to concentrate on dance. She continued to study alongside a group of highly respected dancers following her the last nine years learning ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She realized what she wanted to do at age 15 when she smashed more than 300 other girls in an audition held by an agency for talent. The agency offered her roles on Spanish music videos and TV. The contract led to many more roles, and opened the door to a career in the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production where she played one of the four sisters co

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor director, musician, and actor. She has helmed numerous episodes of TV, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Also, she was co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in the process of development. Milena was one of eight filmmakers selected for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, in addition to the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Her short film and TV show proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober It saw its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) is screened across the nation and was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedo

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, television and film actress. Her birthplace was in Dallas and was raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then she has been in films such 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 with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and"Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. In the television world, Perabo played Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy thriller "Covert Affairs." In the following seasons, Perabo was a star

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most highly regarded actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking film role as Eric Bana's wife in Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the film with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days in Desert. Also, she waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya, Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. She recently won the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her native Scotland and where she initially started performing on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she relocated to London where she got involved in indie filmmaking. (Her first gig as a paid actor on The Acid House was as a stoner in the film Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also participated in theater, both as an actor and a director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre and productions, including "The Woolgatherer", 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. Her next project was her first US film role, playing the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). S

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actor, singer, as well as voice actor. Most famously, she was known for her character as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends but she was also an actor and singer. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds, on which she was a regular on the show between 2006 and 2012 and has since returned to for guest appearances , before returning regularly in the year 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the last 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 playing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales which was the first appearance in animation of the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) was employed by the governme

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on the 3rd of May 1986. 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 plays the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). 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 there as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff was in Canada for a short time before her family was able to travel extensively due to her father's job. Prior to making the move to France, they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Her father was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 5 and her mother suffered from schizophrenia and was u