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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years old, she began dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the school's head cheerleader as well as the class president. She graduated in 1980 and started the college process at Cal State Northridge to 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. She was enlisted by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a long list of videos and movies she choreographed. Following her debut album "Forever Your Girl" was released, she began singing and became a popular artist and performer. Her time as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, w

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best famous for her performance on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage as well as screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant both from Irish heritage. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She later attended drama school and was admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she got her first film part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman that is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kings

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who worked previously as an anchor for television at 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. In the past, she anchors 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 limited opportunities on TV, she worked in sales for radio. After a few years of working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT, she was eventually capable of reporting and anchoring occasionally. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. The contract was canceled and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was recruited by ABC News the division for news of ABC. On January 2, 2012, she made her debut

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her career began in television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced such projects as Double Dare (1976). She has also appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps she is most well-known for her part in "Christine Sullivan" who was an actress and Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she played in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a poet and noted nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990), were her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. 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 received her Bachelor of Arts degree from

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. Sarah is the middle of two sisters, one older, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a TV-made film, City Boy (1992). After her debut film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking an actor to replace Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995. She was also involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she appeared in two movies that included Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to be a part on a television show named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) which was a year after Roseanne (1988). It was based on t

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she won the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's been featured in different roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" as well. She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Her film and television credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown dramatically between 2019 and 2020. How much is Lauren Ash's net worth at 3

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. She is of German, English, Dutch and English ancestry. Her family lived just across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up and she was a big film buff since her early days. Her mother, a schoolteacher, and her dad who was a lawyer were both avid movie buffs. Paula claimed that she tried to escape when she was an infant by "pretending" to be someone other than herself. So it's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her most beloved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to take a course in 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. The result was that she began working as a production assistant on documentary films on TV, as well as on Howie M

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago region. But at the time Amy was in junior high, she and her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe both with her family and also on her own. Both of her parents worked as teachers so they could spend every summer camping together and travel all across the United States. They've camped across every state except Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda following the 1994 war to assist in relief efforts. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions as well as winning writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who placed in the very first 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After a college accident, she returned to the stage with a variety of roles on stage. Her first was Lanford Wilson&#

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). As a toddler, she was already a voracious performer, who would reenact TV commercials for her family's amusement. However, she chose to focus her energies on dance. After nine years of ballet training at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her dance training under the direction by a range of well-known dancers. When she was 15 she discovered her true destiny when she outclassed more than 300 other girls in a talent agency audition. She was offered roles in Spanish video and television. The contract led to a number of more roles, and opened the doors to a career in the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992), a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film she played one of four sisters that were

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has directed many episodes of TV that include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. 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. Unspeakable, her short film as well as a TV series proof of concept, was shown at SXSW. It also took home Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the United States. It won the title of Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and TV actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. In 2000, she was cast in a breakout role in Coyote Ugly. Since then, she's been featured 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 starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast that included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was also a part of the cast with Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". On TV, Perabo played Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs.&q

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most popular actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was given the role of Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's cast with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. She also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya, Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. As the Hostages leading actress, she was awarded the Gol

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia But she returned to Scotland where she started performing on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she relocated to London and soon got involved in indie filmmaking. (Her first gig as a paid actor in The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). In addition, she has been involved in theatre, both as an actor and director. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" that she was the director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to excellent reviews. Her next project was her first US film role as the manipulative new-to-the-scenes Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were awed

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress and a vocalist. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first big break. Her breakthrough role came as the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds that she was a regular on the show between 2006 and 2012 and is now back for guest appearances before returning regularly in 2016. Other roles she's played includes Mr. Mumbles, Elise and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered, as well as the voice of Donald Duck's twin sister Della as well as in DuckTales 2017. The first appearance on screen in animated form by the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as a government official, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as administrator of a school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts. She

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 such as 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), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was the child of a Korean mother, as well as an American-Russian father. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Because it sounds similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger", her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff lived in Canada for one year. Her family had travelled extensively as a result of her father's work. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5, was her mother. Also, she was suffering from schizophrenia , a