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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, who is well-known for her portrayals of characters in both period and present-day screen roles, and many films and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. She was raised in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended drama school and was accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Two decades later she got her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist", a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the part. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) in which she starred alongside veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as the TV reporter at ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are very well-known. In the past, she anchors World News Now as well as 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 landed an opportunity as a radio sales representative. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant and then became a reporter and anchor. She was the anchor for weekends for WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the weekday anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. Following the expiration of her contract and she became a anchor and reporter for sports at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011, she was employed by ABC News which is the division for news of

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her career as a film and TV producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978) as well as "Card Sharks" (1986). Post went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has been featured on many television shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most notable TV performance was as "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was featured in the show's 156 episodes from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet as well as a noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 until April 7 15th, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and raised in Walnut Creek. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school located in Walnut Creek. Received her Bachelor of Arts

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle of two sisters, one older, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. Following her first film, Sarah auditioned in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend studies at college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, during the filming of the 1994-1995 seasons of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994) alongside Jim Varney. In 1996, she appeared in two movies which included Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear in a TV series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year foll

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's a twice Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She has been awarded for the best Comedic Show in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was an actor in "The Ron James Show" in addition to guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." 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 been growing significant in 2019 and 2020. How much money does Lauren Ash make at 37 years of age? Lauren Ash is

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American , and her mother, who is caucasian, has German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. Her family lived next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and she was a huge enthusiast of films from her early days. Her mother was a teacher , and her father worked as an attorney. Paula claims that when she was young, she would try to escape from the world by "pretending to pretend to be someone else" which is why it came as a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in a summer program, and was awarded a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant for television documentaries as well as Howie Mandel's tal

Amy Carlson

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Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago region. However, when Amy was in junior high, she and her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, along with a brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe with her family and also independently. Since her parents worked as teachers and teachers, they could travel together every summer, and camping all across the United States. They've stayed in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda to assist in efforts to aid in the aftermath of the 1994 war. Amy showed her artistic talents early when she was acting in school productions and taking part in writing competitions. In high school, she was a promising athlete who placed in the very first 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After a college injury, she returned to the theater with many roles on stage. Her fi

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. As a child she was an obsessed performer and would re-enact commercials from the television to entertain of her family. But, she decided to concentrate on dance. She continued her training with a number of well-respected dancers after she had spent 9 years studying classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at age 15, when she beat more than 300 girls at an audition for an agency that represented talent. She was then offered roles on Spanish television and music videos. This brought her many performances, which opened the way to a future on the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly appeared in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. The third film she starred in was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters fighti

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor, director musician, actor, and actor who has helmed many episodes of TV that include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. She was also the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and she is slated to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was one of the eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable was her television series as well as a short film. With Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded the best episodic award at the Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made, Temporary (2017) was screened throughout the United States. She won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choi

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage actress, television and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She has been featured in a number of films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige" which starred Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale as well as "Because I Said So" featuring Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me & You" films with Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama with a cast that comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. Perabo starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker's television part in five seasons on the spy drama on USA Netw

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most well-known actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first attracted Hollywood's attention after she was cast in the role of Eric Bana's wife on the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has been in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's film which stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She eagerly awaited the release of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya that stars Clive Owen. For her role as Hostages the lead actress, she won the

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland which is where she first started performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London at the age of 16, and swiftly began to get involved in independent filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actress and director in theatre. In 2004, her move to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more theatre. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as and David Dayan Fisher (a regular actor in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" as the manipulative woman who was a born again Christian as seen in Headspace (2005). It was as the crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) written from Heathers (1988) author Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talent, citing a

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 frequent appearance as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 , she appeared on Criminal Minds frequently. She has been back with guest appearances ever since and will be appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in the year 2016. Other roles she's played 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 time that she appeared in animation as the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an administrator at the sch

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared in films like 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 (2019). Pom Klementieff was the child of an Korean mother, and an American-Russian father. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Pom was her name since it is a symphony of the Korean words "spring" and "tiger" in Korean. Klementieff was a resident of Canada before her family moved around extensively due to her father's job. Before making the move to France, they resided in Japan and also on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was five and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and was unable to care for children and so