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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. At the age of eight old, she began dancing lessons. She attended 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 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 recruited her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" the first of many videos and movies she choreographed. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and soon became a renowned dancer and singer. Her time as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become a more popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother, who is also Jewish was born and was raised in Canada. Her pare

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best famous for her performance on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage as well as screen. 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) in Fredonia. She later attended drama school and was admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she got her first film part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman that is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kings

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She previously worked as the TV reporter for ABC News. She is well-known for her role as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as as co-host of The View from 2015 to in 2018. Before that she was the co-anchor on America This Morning (World News Now) and 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. Because of limited TV opportunities she was employed in radio sales. After a year of work as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT. She was then in a position to report and anchor on occasion. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. Her contract was terminated , and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 through December

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began her career in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she worked on such projects as Double Dare (1976). Also, she has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most notable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was part of 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and a well-known nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 to April 7 15th, 2015). Alongside her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Her birthplace was Palo alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek in California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis &amp

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 siblings: the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut was in City Boy (1992), the TV-produced film. After her first film she auditioned in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated high school in 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 Roseanne (1988) season. Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994) as did Jim Varney. In 1996, Sarah starred in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) as an actress named Krista Wilson. In 1998, a year after Roseanne (1988) was over, Sarah was asked to perform in a show titled Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). It was based on a TV movie with the same name which was called Nothing Too Go

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has also been recognized for her Best Comedic play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She's been featured in different roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. 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." She also appeared in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays the role of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." In 2019-2020, her net worth has grown significant. How much does Lauren Ash make at 37 years o

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 who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch heritage. Her family lived just next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a huge film buff since the beginning of her life. Her mother was a teacher while her father worked as an attorney. Paula claims that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else as an infant. It's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's plays for high school students. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". After graduating from the University of Southern California's summer program she pursued film studies and was then given a 3 month assignment to create documentaries for PBS. This led to her being employed as a production assistant for documentary films on TV, as well as on Howie Mandel's talk show. In th

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy was a resident of Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she entered junior college. Her family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the sister Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe both with her family as well as alone. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend the entire summer traveling and camping across the United States. They've stayed in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda for aid with efforts to aid in the aftermath of the 1994 war. Amy was a gifted actor in school plays and also won writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who placed in the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she went back to university and performed in a variety of roles on the stage, starting with Lanford

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. As a young child she was an obsessive performer, and would reenact commercials on TV for the entertainment of her parents. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. She continued her dance training by working with several well-known dancers after spending nine years learning classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She discovered her true passion at the age of 15, when she smashed more than 300 other girls during an audition with an agency for talents. The agency offered her roles in Spanish TV and music videos. The contract resulted in a variety of performances, which opened the doors to a career on the big screen. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she was briefly featured in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production in wh

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor, director, and musician. She has directed a number of episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Additionally, she was co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots currently in production. Milena was among eight women selected for AFI’s famous Directing Workshop for Women. She was also a participant in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series as well as a short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won the best episodic award at the Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was shown throughout the country. She was awarded the 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 be

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 is one of Israel's most well-known actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role , Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble of Lawrence Kasdan which features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days In Desert. Also, she waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya who is the Japanese director. For her role as Hostages' lead actress, she won the Gold Nymph Award at the 54th Festival of

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she moved to London and soon found herself involved in the indie filmmaking (her first paid gig was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and director. In 2004, her move to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more stage work. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as along with David Dayan Fisher (a regular part on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. In Headspace (2005), she was offered her first US film role as "Stacy" who was a manipulative, born-again Christian. She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) as played by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were impressed by her distinctive combination of power sexuality and irrevere

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor as well as a singer and voice actress. Her fame was first recognized due to her recurring role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds, on which she was on the show regularly between 2006 and 2012 and is now back as a guest on the show before returning regularly in 2016. Other roles she's performed 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, as well as voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in DuckTales 2017. The first appearance on screen in animated form by the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official for the government. her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school adminis

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff, an actress from France, French actress was born on 3 May 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). 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 born in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mother. He was a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Because it sounds similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff was an American citizen for a single year. Her family had travelled extensively because of her father's work. Prior to moving to France, they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was just 5 and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and was unable