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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. She began dancing when she was eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was the class president and head cheerleader. She graduated in 1980 and began 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 films and videos she choreographed. She began her singing career through her first album, "Forever Your Girl", which had lackluster sales until the single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . she has been a renowned dancer ever since, aided by her stint as an judge on the hit series American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul) is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother, who is also Jewish was bo

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is known for her portrayals in characters from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) she was the daughter of a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was born in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She later attended the drama program and was admitted to the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she was offered her breakthrough film role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the part. McDonnell has starred in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) opposite such experienced actors as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also was a part of Roland Emmerich's I

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are very well-known. She was previously co-anchor of 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. She was employed in radio sales, because television was not a viable option. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant and then became a anchor and reporter. From 2002 until 2005, she was the sports anchor for weekends and weekday sports anchor at the WCPO-TV station in Cincinnati. When her contract ended, she became a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 through December 2011. She was hired by ABC News' news division in December. Her debut on the network was on January 2, 2012 on ABC

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was in productions for television and film like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Then, she created 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). She is perhaps most famous for her part in "Christine Sullivan" in the show, a Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was a part of 156 shows. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and famous nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 - April 7 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). She was born in Palo alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. Attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. She

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle of two siblings: the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. In 1993, following her debut film, she was a candidate for the part of "Becky" in the TV series Roseanne (1988). The show was searching for a replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah appeared in two films: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played an actress who was named Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV series named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year following Roseanne (1988). The show was based o

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna as well as one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a twice-winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also received the 2008 Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian television series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" as well as guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." In the years 2019 and 2020, her net worth increased dramatically. How much money does Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), and Charles Patton. Her father is African American, while her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up , and she was a fan of films from her earliest days. Her mother, who loved good films taught in a school, and her father was a lawyer. Paula states that as a girl she would escape by "pretending to play a different character" therefore it wasn't the case that she appeared in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After graduation from the University Southern California's summer school, she took film classes and was offered a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant on documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk-show. Her career progressed to producing

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago until she was in junior high. Her parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the youngest of three siblings, sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe both on her own and together with her family. Both of her parents worked as teachers, so they could enjoy every summer together camping and exploring all across the United States. In fact, they have camp in every state with the exception of Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda in 1994 following the war to assist with relief efforts. In the beginning, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions as well as winning contests for writing. In high school she was an accomplished athlete who placed in the first ever 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. In college, after an accident, she returned to the theater with many roles

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a fervent performer as a young girl and would reenact TV commercials for family amusement. However, she decided to concentrate her energy on dancing. She continued her dance training by working with several well-known dancers after spending nine years learning classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. She realized her passion at the age 15 when she topped 300 girls in an audition for an agency that represented talent. She was then offered roles in Spanish television and music videos. This contract resulted in a variety of performances, which opened the way to a future on the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), then appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production in which she played one the four sisters that were tryin

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor director, musician, and actor. She has directed many episodes of TV that include Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is attached to direct two pilots currently in development. Milena was one of eight women chosen by AFI for their most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series and short film. It starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded the best episodic award at Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017, by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the nation. It was awarded Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also given out at Sedona Internation

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for a Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. The film featured her in the film's breakout character, CoyoteUgly in the year 2000. 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", along with "Because I Said So", with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode as well as the crime thriller "10th and 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. On TV, Perabo starred as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." In the following seasons, she co-starred on ABC's 2016 legal drama "Notorious. You c

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has been praised for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first attracted the attention of Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role, as Eric Bana's character's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan cast featuring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days in Desert. She also waited patiently for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. She recently receive

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. That's where she began to perform on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16 she moved to London and soon became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first pay-per-view in The Acid House was as a stoner in the film Irvine Welsh (1998)). In addition, she has participated in theater as both an actress as well as director. The 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 and David Dayan Fisher (a regular part in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy", the manipulative and reborn Christian, in Headspace (2005). The role was later recast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) and directed by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were impressed by her unique blend of powerful sexuality a

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer as well as voice actor. Her role as Kathy an recurring character on Friends' fourth season, was her first recognition. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds in which she was on the show regularly from 2006 until 2012 and has since returned for guest appearances and then returned frequently in 2016. She also played Mr. Mumbles and Elise on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in Community's final season Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at law, Sara Kingsley in Fox's Grandfathered and Donald Duck's twin sister Della on DuckTales 2017. This was the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew), worked in government. Her father Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts in the United States, and later moved to New Y

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff, an actress from France, French actress was born on 3 May 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in films such as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She is the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to her Korean mother and French-Russian father who was employed in the city as a consul for the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger", her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. The actress spent a year in Canada before her family moved throughout the world because of her father's work. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Her father passed away from cancer when she was 5, and her mother had s