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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing at the age of eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class president and head cheerleader. After graduation in 1980, she started college at Cal State Northridge, majoring in radio and television. 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, which was the first of a series of videos and movies she choreographed. She began her singing career with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl", which had lackluster sales until her hit single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . she has been a popular performer ever since. Her popularity was further boosted by her appearance as an judge on the hit series American Idol (2002). Her father (Ha

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best known for her portrayals on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long history of roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the role of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite to such veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) (sta

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who previously worked as the TV correspondent for ABC News. She is well-known for her time as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as as co-host of The View from 2015 to 2018. Prior to this, she hosted 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 television, she held a job as a sales representative for radio. She was eventually able to find work for one year as a producer assistant for WKEF/WRGT. Later, she would occasionally anchor or report. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the anchor for weekdays at WCPO TV in Cincinnati between 2002 and 2005. Following the expiration of her contract in 2005, she was a anchor and reporter for sports at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 20

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was in television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Then, she created projects like Double Dare (1976). Also, she has appeared on TV programs such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her part in "Christine Sullivan", a Night Court star (1984). She was in an entire 156 episodes of this show, from 1984 to 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). Two daughters were born to her husband, Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 in 1990). Born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School located in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clar

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child having one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. After her first film she auditioned in 1993 for the role "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 during the filming of the 1994-1995 seasons of Roseanne (1988). Sarah was also in the film with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Sarah was also in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear(1996). In both films Sarah played the role of Krista Wilson and was a cheerleader. Sarah was invited to appear in a television series named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998), one year after Roseanne (1988). It was based on the TV movie of the same na

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a twice-winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also won the best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" an Canadian TV show. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared as a guest in "Call Me Fitz," “Cracked,""Bomb Girls" as well as "Lost Girl." Her television and film credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She is the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy" an animated Canadian series. Her wealth has grown dramatically in the period 2019-2020. What is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37? Lauren Ash is a successful Actres

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 and is of German, English and Dutch ancestry. When she was growing up and her family lived in front of the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie enthusiast from childhood. Her mother, also liked good movies, was a schoolteacher, and her father was an attorney. Paula says that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be a different person as young. It is not surprising that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school plays. Her most beloved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer school, she studied film and was assigned a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant in TV documentariesand for Howie Mandel's talk show. In the following time she was able to ma

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived with 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 is the oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe both with her family and also independently. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping all across the United States. They've camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the 1994 war to aid in relief efforts. Amy was a gifted actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. She was a promising athlete at high school and took part in the very first 3200-meter relay on the Illinois girls track. After an injury, she returned to college and performed in a variety of roles on the stage, starting with Lanford Wilson's "

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. When she was a child, she was already a fervent performer who would recreate TV commercials for her family's entertainment, but she eventually decided to focus her energies on dancing. After studying classical ballet for 9 years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. She realized what she wanted to do at the age of 15 when she smashed more than 300 other girls in an audition with a talent agency. The contract she was offered secured her roles in Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. This opened up the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it she played one of four s

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a writer, director musician, actor, and actor who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in progress. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her TV series and short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort It was awarded Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017) was screened across the country. She won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in mo

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and TV actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and grew up in New Jersey. In 2000, she was chosen in the role of a breakout character 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 with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and"Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons of the spy drama on USA Network "Covert Affairs." She also appeared in ABC's legal drama "Notorious&

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most popular actresses, is a very special woman. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first gained the attention of Hollywood when she was chosen to play the role of Eric Bana's spouse 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 which starred Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected 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 alongside Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor in addition to waiting for the release date of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya in the role of Clive Owen. Recently, she receiv

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia She was born in Colombia and Portugal, but she later moved to Scotland and began to perform on the stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she left for London and soon became involved in indie filmmaking (her first professional gig was as stoner in Irvine Wales's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre in both roles as an actress as well as a director. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows as well as a production of "The Woolgatherer" where she was director 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 excellent reviews. Her first US film role was "Stacy", the manipulative woman who was a born again Christian who appeared in Headspace (2005). Her first film role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). In both LA and Lo

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. Her role as Kathy as a character that recurred on Friends' fourth season, was her first big break. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From the year 2006 until 2012 she was on Criminal Minds frequently. She has returned with guest appearances ever since and has returned to Criminal Minds regularly in the year 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, which was the first time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew), worked in the government. Her father Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster grew up in Massachusetts and late

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born 3 May 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). 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 born in Quebec City, Canada, to her Korean mother and a French-Russian father who was employed as a consul in the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff lived in Canada for one year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's job. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5 was her mother. She was also suffering from schizophrenia , and could not care for her children. Klementieff was raised with her paternal