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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She began taking dance lessons at the age of eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, in which she was a senior class president and head cheerleader. She graduated from high school in the year 1980. Following graduation, she began college at Cal State Northridge. There, she majored 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 recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" the first of a series of videos and movies she choreographed. Her first album "Forever Your Girl" Her singing career took off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a big hit and she's been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This was helped by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syr

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. She began her professional career as a television and film producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978) as well as "Card Sharks" (1986). Post went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) as well as Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her greatest TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She appeared in an entire 156 episodes of this show from 1984 until 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7, 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). She was born in Palo alto, California and grew up in the vicinity of Walnut Creek, California. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school located in Walnut Creek. The Ba

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a television movie, City Boy (1992). After her first film Sarah was a candidate for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was seeking someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue university. Sarah graduated high school in 1995 and began filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah also starred with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She starred in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In these films Sarah played the role of Krista Wilson as the cheerleader. Sarah was asked to be a part in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This was one year following Roseanne (1988). The show was based on a TV movie with the same name which was called Nothing To

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is a member of the 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 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She has appeared in a variety of roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes. She was an actor on "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Call Me Fitz,"" "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." The credits on her television and film work also include "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has grown significant in 2019 and 2020. What's the sum of Lauren Ash worth at

Paula Patton

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Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago while she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her entire family and on her own. They both taught and were able to travel and camp together every summer because of this. In actuality, they've been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 after the war to help with aid efforts to help the victims. Amy was a gifted artist from the beginning when she was acting in school productions, and taking part in writing competitions. She was a talented athlete in high school and participated in the very first 3200-meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After a college accident, she returned to the theater and performed in a variety on stage, beg

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. When she was a child she was already an avid performer, performing commercials from the television for her family's amusement. However, she chose to concentrate her efforts on dancing. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a number of prominent dancers. She realized her passion at the age 15 when she topped 300 contestants in an audition for a talent agency. The contract she was offered secured her roles on Spanish TV shows , and music videos. The contract opened the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) Then she appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it she played one of four sisters competing for the aff

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, director, actor and musician, has directed many episodes of TV including Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and many more. She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and is attached to direct two pilots currently in development. Milena was one of eight filmmakers chosen for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable is her short film and TV show proof of concept was premiered at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short form Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the nation. 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

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of TV, stage, and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was a part as a breakout actor in Coyote Ugly. Since then, she's been in movies 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 drama "10th Wolf" with an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was also a part of the cast with Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In the television world, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." After that, Perabo play

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first role in English as Eric Bana's wife in Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in several Studio films since her arrival in America, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts with 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 is an ensemble of Lawrence Kasdan that features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel together with Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor and is waiting for the release date of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is also starring Clive Owen. She recently received the Gold Nymph Awar

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 as well as a singer. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first recognition. Her most memorable role came in the form of Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds that she was a regular on the show from 2006 until 2012 and is now back as a guest on the show before returning frequently in 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community and as the voice of Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and also voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales, marking the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 of 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a state official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administr

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