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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years old, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader as well as the class president. When she graduated in 1980, she started the Cal State-Northridge campus, 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. The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" which was their first of many films and videos she would choreograph. With her first CD "Forever Your Girl" and her first solo album, her singing career took off. The single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has been a successful singer/dancer ever after. This was helped by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress she is well-known for her portrayals of characters in both period and present-day screen roles, and an extensive history of screen and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant Both from Irish heritage. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Later, she attended the drama program and was accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. A decade later, she landed her breakthrough film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl that is raised by Sioux Indians. Her first Academy Award nomination was for this role. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of veteran actors such as Robert

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who previously worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. She is best known for her work as cohost on Good Morning America Weekend, from 2014 to 2018, and host of The View, 2015-2018. 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 for television, she was offered the position of an agent for sales at radio. Then she was able to work for an entire year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT . She then occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend anchor and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. She was a sports reporter for the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV between November 2005 and December 2011, when her contract was terminated. In December 2011, she was hired by ABC News the division for news of ABC. The

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in film and TV shows, such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even make projects like Double Dare (1976) and has made appearances on such TV shows like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). She is perhaps most famous for her role as "Christine Sullivan" as a Night Court star (1984). She was featured in more than 156 episodes of the comedy between 1984 and 1992. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet and noted nuclear physical scientist 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 1997) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 and died on March 30, 1990). Born in Palo Alto in California and raised in Walnut Creek. As an athlete, she was a part of Las Lomas High school located in Walnut Creek. She earned her Bachelor of

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. Sarah 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), a movie made for TV. After her debut film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role of "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). After Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college, the show was searching for someone to replace her. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995 and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. 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) in which she played a cheerleader with the name Krista Wilson. In 1998, a year following the time that Roseanne (1988) was finished, Sarah was asked to act in a show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). It was bas

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and a member of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the award for the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has performed a range of roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as "Almost Heroes," an Canadian television series. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared as a guest in "Call Me Fitz," “Cracked,""Bomb Girls" and "Lost Girl." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been growing substantially in the years 2019-2020. What

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. Her family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a huge fan of movies from her early childhood. Her mother, who also liked good movies was a teacher, as was her father, a lawyer. Paula claims that as a girl she would escape by "pretending to pretend to be someone else" and it shouldn't come as a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She pursued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a course in film. In that time, she was granted a three-month assignment to make documentaries for PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant for documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago region. Amy lived with 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 younger sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family as well as on her own. Her parents were teachers so they could spend every summer camping together and travel all across the United States. They've camped across every state except Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to help with relief efforts. Amy was a talented actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. High school was where she was a star athlete taking part in the first ever 3200 meter relay race for girls in the Illinois track. After a college injury, she returned the theater and performed in a variety on stage starting with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" as

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 an obsessive performer when she was a kid and often reenacted TV commercials for family amusement. However, she decided to concentrate her energy on dance. She continued her dance training with a number of well-respected dancers after spending nine years learning classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. At 15, however she realized her real destiny when she outclassed more than 300 other dancers at a talent agency audition. The contract she was offered secured her roles on Spanish television programs as well as music videos. This opened up the doors to a promising career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that, she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it, she played one of the four sisters that were try

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, a writer as well as an actor and musician has directed numerous episodes on TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The 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 working on two pilots in the process of development. Milena was one of eight women chosen by AFI for their famous Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable is her short film as well as a television show proof of concept, was shown at SXSW. It also took home Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the United States. It was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Direc

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and raised in New Jersey. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in 2000. She appeared in "The Prestige" by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So", and "Because I Said So" together 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 & Wolf" in which she also starred alongside James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. On television, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." After that, she was a co-star on ABC's 2016 legal drama "Notorious. It is also possible to watch "Tu

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first attracted Hollywood's attention when she was given the part of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point and Vantage Point, starring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the film 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 in the role of Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. Also, she waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. In recognition of her performance

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began to perform on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at the age of 16 and soon was involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. The first time she was paid was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actress and director in the theatre. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer", a play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was the director. The play received rave reviews. Then she landed her first US film role as the manipulative new-to-the-scenes Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). The role was later recast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were awed by her unique mix of the power of sexuality and

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. She was first recognized for her role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends in addition, she was vocalist and voice actor. Her first big role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds frequently. The actress has returned with guest appearances ever since and has returned to Criminal Minds regularly in 2016. Other roles she has played include 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 the voice of Donald Duck's twin sister Della as well as in DuckTales 2017. The first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official for the government. her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator a

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff is a French actress, was born 3 May 1986. She received her training at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured 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). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the child of two parents: a Korean mother and an American-Russian father. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Her parents picked the name "Pom" because it's like the Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff stayed in Canada for a short time before her family traveled extensively because of her father's job. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father died of cancer at the age of 5, and her mother had schizophren