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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At eight, she started taking dance lessons. She went to Van Nuys High School, in which she was a senior class president and head cheerleader. Her graduation was 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. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" which was the first in a long sequence of videos and movies she would choreograph. She branched out into singing in her first album, "Forever Your Girl" with a mediocre sales performance until the single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 and she has been a renowned singer/dancer ever since, enhanced by her appearance as an adjudicator on the popular show American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul)

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is known for her character roles in both modern and historical screen roles, and the long list of films and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, and John McDonnell. She was raised in Ithaca and attended Fredonia State University of New York. She attended the drama school and was later accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character of "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian-raised white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination was for the character. 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 Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith);

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from the US. 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 popular. She was also the co-anchor of 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 TV she worked in sales for radio. After a year of working as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT, she was eventually able to report and anchor occasionally. She was the anchor for weekends for WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the weekday anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. When her contract ended, 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 recruited by ABC News the news division of ABC. On January 2

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her professional career as a television and film producer, with projects like "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post was later able to create projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many TV shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most popular role was for her role as "Christine Sullivan" in the show, the Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was a part of 156 shows. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 to April 7 15th, 2015). Two daughters were born to her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 and died on March 30, 1990). Born in Palo Alto, California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. She received her Bache

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. Sarah is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a made-for-TV film called City Boy (1992). After her debut film, Sarah auditioned in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was searching for an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show in order to attend the college of her choice. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988), 1994-1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996, she appeared in two movies, including Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to perform in a show from 1998 called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year following

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She has also won awards for Best Comedic play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has played a variety of characters in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" an Canadian television series. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and made guest appearances in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" and the Oscar Award-nominated feature "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown significant in 2019 and 2020. How much does Laur

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 is caucasian. She has German, English, Dutch and English ancestry. Her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a lover of movies from her early days. Her mother, who loved good films taught in a school, as was her father, a lawyer. Paula claimed that she tried to get away as young girls by "pretending" to become someone else. It's no surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After graduation from the University Southern California's summer camp, she studied film and was then given a 3 month project to make documentaries for PBS. She was later hired as a production assistant for documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk show. Later, she produced documentaries for Me

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she graduated from junior college. There, her family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe by herself and together with her family. Both of her parents worked as teachers, so they could spend the entire summer camping together and travel all across the United States. In fact, they have camped in every state except Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda to help in efforts to help after the war of 1994. Amy was an accomplished actor in school plays and won writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who won the very first 3200 meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After college, she suffered an injury, she was back in the theater and performed in a variety on stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fift

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez who was a hairdresser. When she was a toddler she was an obsessive performer who would recreate commercials on television for the enjoyment of her family. However, she decided to dedicate her time to dance. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of highly acclaimed dancers. Her true calling was discovered at the age of 15 when she beat more than 300 other girls at an audition at a talent agency. The contract she got secured her roles on Spanish television programs as well as music videos. This opened up the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly appeared in Framed (1992) the Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film she played one of the four sis

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, a director as well as an actor and musician has directed numerous episodes on TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in development. Milena was selected as one of eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable the short film she created, as well as a television show proof of concept was shown at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) was shown across the country. She won 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. As an actor, Milena has appeared in over 100 episod

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and television actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000 she was cast as a breakout actor in Coyote Ugly. She has appeared in numerous films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige" in which she starred with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "Because I Said So" featuring Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me and 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 also included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. Perabo was in the film alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". Perabo played Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" f

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most well-known actresses is a truly special woman. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood after she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first character in English, Eric Bana's character's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected along with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's cast with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel, opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. The actress also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, Kazuaki Kriya, th

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was raised in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her hometown of Scotland, where she first started performing on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she relocated to London where she began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first pay-per-view in The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). Also, she's participated in theater as an actress as well as director. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" which was a stage play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. It received great reviews. In Headspace (2005) the actress was offered her first US film role as "Stacy" an manipulative and a born-again Christian. It was in the role of wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) written from Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talent,

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. First recognized for her role in the role of Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also a voice actress and singer. The first time she was recognized was her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime drama Criminal Minds. She appeared on that show regularly from 2006 to 2012. She has returned regularly in the years since to guest appearances. She also portrayed 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. This was the first appearance in animated form for the character. Brewster was born on March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew), worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts bu

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff is a French actress, was born 3 May 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in movies such as 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). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the child of a Korean mother and a French-Russian father. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's like the Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff was in Canada for one year before her family travelled extensively because of her father's job. Prior to making the move to France they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Her father was diagnosed with cancer when she was 5 and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and coul