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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. When she was 8 years old, old, she began dancing lessons. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, where she was the class head cheerleader and president. Her graduation was in 1980 and started 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 enlisted by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a lengthy list of movies and videos she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career began to take off. The single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has become a popular singer/dancer for years after. This was made possible by her time on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother is also J

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is well known for her performances on screen in contemporary and historical roles. She also has a lengthy history of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy) the Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She later attended drama school , and was admitted to the famous Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian-raised white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) as well as opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independe

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She previously worked as the TV reporter for ABC News. Her tenures as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are very well-known. 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. Due to the limited opportunities on television, she was offered an opening as a radio sales representative. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. She later was promoted to anchor and reporter. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the weekday anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. When her contract ended she took on the role of sports reporter and anchor at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was appointed by ABC News whi

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in film and TV shows including Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and was a guest on television projects like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her greatest TV part was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she was in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 90) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto in California and raised in Walnut Creek. As a cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon. S

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 graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's been in various roles on "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also appeared in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She is also the voice of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been increasing dramatically in the period 2019-2020. How much does Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren Ash's main source of income is

Paula Patton

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Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and was a part of her early years living in Chicago. Amy resided in GlenEllyn, Illinois, until she was in junior college. The family also resided in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy is the older sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe on her own as well as with her family. Since her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping all across the United States. They have camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy has also traveled to Rwanda after the war in 1994 to help in relief efforts. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions as well as winning contests for writing. In high school, she excelled in athletics and was the first to participate in the ever 3200-meter relay to be held for girls in the Illinois track. After sustaining an injury, she returned to college and per

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. She was a compulsive performer as a young girl and often reenacted TV commercials for family amusement. However, she decided to focus her attention on dance. After pursuing classical ballet for 9 years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of highly acclaimed dancers. She discovered her true calling at the age 15 when she topped 300 contestants in an audition for an agency that represented talent. The resulting contract landed her a variety of roles in Spanish television shows as well as music videos. This in turn paved the way for a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly was in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production in which she played one the four sis

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a writer, director actress, musician, and actor who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. She also served as the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently directing two pilots in development. Milena was one of the eight filmmakers chosen for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, in addition to the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Her short film and TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable, starring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, saw its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) is screened across the country and was awarded Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, TV, and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and living in New Jersey, she graduated with a summa cum Laude degree from Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. 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 &"Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" with an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. In television Perabo starred as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy thriller "Covert Af

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most acclaimed actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood after she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing Eric Bana's character's wife the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble film by Lawrence Kasdan that features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She was waiting for the release of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya, opposite Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Aw

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her home in Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first started performing on stage on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at 16 and quickly started to become involved in indie filmmaking. Her first job that was paid was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). Also, she was an actor and director in theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" an original play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play was praised by critics. She was then offered her first US film role as the manipulative and a born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) which was written created by Heathers (1988) author Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to b

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actor, singer, and voice actor. She first became famous for her recurring role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her first big break came when she portrayed Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she was on the show regularly from 2006 until 2012. She has since returned for guest appearances before returning regularly in 2016. Other roles she has appeared in 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 and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della on the show DuckTales 2017. The first animated appearance by the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 1989. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was an official in the government, while her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator in a school. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts. She was able to

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She is the character Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mom. He was employed as consul with the French government. Her father was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Because it sounded similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff was in Canada for a year prior to her family went on a long trip due to her father's employment. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died from cancer at age 5 was her mother. Additionally, she suffere