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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She began taking dance lessons when she was eight. Van Nuys High School was where she was president of the senior class and the chief cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980, and went to college 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. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 video "Torture" it was the first in a lengthy series of films and videos she choreographed. She began her singing career with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl" with a mediocre sales performance until the single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . she has been a popular singer/dancer ever since, enhanced by her appearance as an adjudicator on the popular series American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul) is fr

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is well known for her portrayals on screen in both historical and modern roles. She has also had a long line of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both of Irish origin. Growing up in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. After that, she went to drama school and was accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. In the following two decades she was offered her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) where she played "Stands with a Fist", a white woman born to the Sioux Indians. The role was so well-loved that she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) with veteran

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, was previously an anchor for television at ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are popular. Prior to this she was the co-anchor on America This Morning (World News Now) as well as America This Morning (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 lack of opportunities for television, she was offered the position of a radio sales representative. She was recruited as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. Later, she was promoted to anchor and reporter. From 2002 until 2005 she was the sports anchor for weekends and sports anchor on weekdays at the WCPO-TV station in Cincinnati. The contract was canceled and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011, she

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her professional career as a television and film producer, producing films such as "The New Card Sharks", (1978) and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and appeared on various TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most famous TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She appeared in more than 156 episodes of the comedy from 1984 until 1992. 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 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek in California. She attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was a cheerleader. Receive

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 siblings: one older, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut with City Boy (1992), the first television-produced film made by TV. After her first movie she auditioned for the role of Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. Following the time that Alicia Goranson left the show to go to college the show was in search for someone to replace her. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995, and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. Sarah also starred with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Sarah was also in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In these films she played the character of Krista Wilson who was the cheerleader. Sarah was also invited to star in a television series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) which was a year after Roseanne

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She also graduated of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the award for the Best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, she won the Best Sketch Troupe award. The actress has been in several roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She was also featured in "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." The timeframe of 2019-2020 is when her net worth has increas

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American while her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch origins. Her family lived next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a big enthusiast of films from her early days. Her mother was a school teacher and her father worked as an attorney. Paula admits she was able to get away from her mother by pretending to be a different person as when she was a kid. It's not surprising that she was involved in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school dramas. Her most beloved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She went on to study film at the University of Southern California in a summer program, and received a three-month contract to create documentaries for PBS. She was later hired as a production assistant for television documentaries as well as Howie Mandel's talk show. After a while she was able make documentary segment

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 when she was in junior high school. 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 Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe both on her own and together with her family. Because her parents were teachers, they were able to travel together every summer, and camping all across the United States. In fact, they have spent time camping in every state other than Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda following the war in 1994 to aid relief efforts. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions and winning writing contests. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who won the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she was able to go back to theater and perform a variety of roles in plays, in

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez. She was a performer with a passion in her youth and often reenacted TV commercials for family amusement. However, she decided to focus her attention on dancing. After nine years of classical ballet instruction at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to further her education under the tutelage of a number of famous dancers. At the age of 15 she discovered her true destiny when she outclassed more than 300 other girls at an audition for a talent agency. The contract she received landed her roles in Spanish television shows , and music videos. The contract opened the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her movie debut with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it, she played one of the four sisters who were seekin

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a writer, director actress, musician, and actor who has helmed many episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and 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 that are in development. Milena was among eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, in addition to the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. The short film she made and the TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober It saw its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was screened across the United States. She was awarded Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Be

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, television, and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in the year 2000. She was seen in "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So", and "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. Alongside "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode as well as the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" She also appeared with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons of USA Network's spy show "Covert Affairs." She was a part of ABC's legal drama "Notorious" in the year 2016. It is also possible

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best loved actresses, is an extremely special person. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first attracted the attention of Hollywood when she was enlisted by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing Eric Bana's character's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in many Studio films since arriving in America, which includes Sony Pictures' Vantage Point opposite William Hurt and Dennis Quaid Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts 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 casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert, and she waited for the release of The Last Knights, a film written by Kazuaki Kiriya. She is starr

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began to perform on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London where she quickly started working in independent filmmaking. (Her first pay-per-view on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). In addition, she has participated in theater as both an actress and a director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" that she was the 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 high praise. Her first US film role was "Stacy" an empathetic woman who was a born again Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian, in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress and singer. She first became famous for her regular role as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakout role was 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 was then re-cast for guest appearances before returning regularly in 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community and the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and also voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales that marked the first appearance in animation of the character. Brewster was born on March 10, 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official in the government, while her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. B

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 like Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She portrays the role of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was employed as a consul in the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff stayed in Canada for a time of one year, before her family travelled extensively because of her father's work. They lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. The father of Klementieff died from cancer at the age of