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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She began dancing when she was just eight. Van Nuys High School was where she was the senior class president and was the school's chief cheerleader. She graduated in 1980 and entered 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. She was recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first of a series of movies and videos she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" was released, she began singing and was soon a well-known artist and performer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born in Canada. He

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress she is well-known for her character roles in both contemporary and period screen roles, and many films and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy) who was an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She then attended drama school and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). She was just 22 when she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the role. McDonnell has been in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such experienced actors as Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier. She also appeared in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from the US. She was previously a television correspondent for ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. She was also co-anchor on 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. Because of limited TV opportunities she worked in sales for radio. After one year working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT she was able to report and anchor occasionally. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. Following the expiration of her contract in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago between November 2005 and December 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that she was employed by the news division of ABC, ABC News. On Januar

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her career began in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Then, she created such projects as Double Dare (1976). She has also been featured on TV programs such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most famous TV performance was as "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was a part of 156 shows. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was an accomplished poet and 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 90), were her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. Received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark College in Portla

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. She is the middle child having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's debut as an actor was City Boy (1992), the TV-produced film. After her first film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role of "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). Following the time that Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college the show was searching for the perfect replacement. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah starred in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996), where she was a cheerleader who was named Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to be a part in a TV series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) which was a year following Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna as well as one half of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She's twice a winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also won the 2008 best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She's appeared in various roles in "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was an actor on "The Ron James Show" and also had guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." She was also featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays the role of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." The timeframe of 2019-2020 is when her net worth has grown dramatically. What does Lauren Ash's net worth today at 37? Lauren Ash's main sou

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, has German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. Her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a huge fan of films from her earliest childhood. Her mother, too, who enjoyed good films, was a schoolteacher, as was her father, an attorney. Paula claims that as an adult she would escape from the world by "pretending to appear to be someone else" therefore it wasn't an unsurprising that she performed in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She pursued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a program for summers in film. In that time, she was awarded a three-month task to create documentaries on PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant for televisi

Amy Carlson

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Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago region. Amy resided in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, until she was in junior college. There, her family also lived in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy has three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe together with her family and alone. Because her parents were teachers who taught, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping across the United States. They've camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda following the war in 1994 to help in relief efforts. From the beginning, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions and winning writing contests. High school was where she was a star athlete and was the first to participate in the ever 3200-meter relay to be held for girls in Illinois track. After college, she suffered an injury, she returned to the theater with many r

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. She was a fervent performer in her youth and even reenacted commercials on TV to entertain the family. However, she decided to focus her attention on dancing. After studying ballet for nine years in the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. She discovered her true calling at the age of 15, when she topped 300 girls at an audition for a talent agency. The contract she was offered secured her roles on Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. This opened opportunities for a successful career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her next film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of the four sisters fighting for the love of a handsome deserte

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. She was also the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots that are currently in the process of development. Milena was one of the eight women chosen by AFI for their prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She was also a participant in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV show as well as a short film. It starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as well as Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been shown across the nation, winning the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest and the Director's Choice Award at Sedona

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, TV, and film actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then, she's been featured in films such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" which starred 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 including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action film "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. Following that she co-starred in ABC's 2016 legal drama "Notorious. She can be n

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most beloved actresses, is an extremely special person. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was chosen by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role, as Eric Bana's character's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's cast and starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. She was a part of Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert opposite Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release of her movie The Last Knights by the Japanese dir

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. That's where she started performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London and soon found herself involved in independent filmmaking (her first job paid for was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre acting, both as an actor and director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" which was a stage play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play was praised by critics. In Headspace (2005) in which she got her first US film role as "Stacy", a manipulative woman who is a born again Christian. She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a rebellious, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) in Heathers (1988). The critics were impressed with her unique combination of powerful sexuality an

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. Her fame was first recognized due to her role as Kathy in the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. 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 the year 2016. Other roles she's performed 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 portraying Donald Duck's twin sister Della in DuckTales 2017. This was the first animated appearance by the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts. She

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born 3 May 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She 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 (1999). Pom Klementieff was the child of two parents: a Korean mother, and an American-Russian father. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Pom was her name due to the fact that it is a symphony of the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. The actress spent a year in Canada prior to moving her family throughout the world due to her father's job. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Her father, who passed away in the age of five from cancer was also her mother. She also suffered from schizophrenia and was unable to ca