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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 most well famous for her performance on screen in both historical and modern roles. She also has a long history of 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 from Irish origin. 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 admitted to the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. After a few decades she scored her first major film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl born to the Sioux Indians. Her first Academy Award nomination was for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of well-known actors like Robert Redfo...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, was previously a television correspondent at ABC News. Her tenures as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) as well as co-host on The View (2015-2018) are famous. Prior to this, she hosted 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. The position she held was in sales for radio, because of the limited opportunities for television. She was eventually able to find work for an entire year as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT. Later, she would occasionally report and anchor. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati, and the anchor for weekdays at WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. Her contract was terminated and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 2011 she was appointed by ABC Ne...

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 continued to make such shows as Double Dare (1976) and appeared on such programs on television like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her role as "Christine Sullivan" in the show, an actress and Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she appeared in 156 shows. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 the 30th of March, 1990) were born in her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. Attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was a cheerleader. L...

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. Sarah is the middle child. She has an older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in the film City Boy (1992), an original television film. After her first movie, Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was in search of someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah played in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played an actress named Krista Wilson. Sarah was invited to perform in a 1998 TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one year after Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a Cowb...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna as well as one half of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She has been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe award. She's appeared in various roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" 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," as well as "Lost Girl." Her film and television credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "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. So, how much is Lauren Ash w...

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She has German, English, Dutch and English heritage. Her family resided across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was young and she was a big fan of movies in her early age. Her mother, a teacher as well as her father, a lawyer, were both avid fans of films. Paula claims that as an adult she would escape by "pretending to play a different character" which is why it came as a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most beloved role was of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". She pursued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a course in film. It was during this time that she was awarded a 3-month assignment to produce documentaries for PBS. This led to her being employed as a production assistant for television documentaries, as well as on H...

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 is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez. She was an obsessive performer when she was a kid, and reenacted TV commercials to amuse the family. However, she decided to focus her attention on dance. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of prominent dancers. She realized her passion at age 15, when she beat more than 300 contestants in an audition for an agency for talent. The contract she got secured her roles on Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. It opened the doors to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) the Timothy Dalton thriller. Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production in which she played one four sisters who were competing to win the love of the handsom...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, who is a director as well as an actor and musician has directed numerous episodes on TV including Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. She was also the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and has been tapped to direct two pilots in the process of development. Milena was one of eight women selected by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable the short film she created, as well as a television show proof of concept was shown at SXSW. It also received Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017, by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the country. It was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for the Golden Globe as a stage, TV and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and born in New Jersey, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ohio University. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakthrough role in 2000. Since then, she's been in movies such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" which starred Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th and Wolf" with an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was also a part of the cast with Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In the television world, Perabo played Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama ...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first attracted Hollywood's attention when she was chosen to play the part of Eric Bana's wife on the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with 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 film and starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. She also filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor in addition to waiting for the release of her movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is also starring Clive Owen. As...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia, but she returned to Scotland and began to perform on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she left for London and soon found herself involved in filmmaking in the indie genre (her first professional gig was as stoner in Irvine Wales's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre in both roles as an actress and director. 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 along with David Dayan Fisher (a regular star on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to acclaim. In Headspace (2005) she made her debut US movie part as "Stacy" an manipulative person who was a newly-baptized Christian. The first time she appeared in a movie was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) The film, which was filming in London and LA is her next film. It was...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress as well as a singer. Her role as Kathy an recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first recognition. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds in which she was on the show regularly from 2006 until 2012. She has since returned for guest appearances , before returning regularly in 2016. She also played 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 time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was an official in the government, while her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator in a school. Brewster was raised in Massachus...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff, a French actress was born on the 3rd of May 1986. She trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She appears as Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was the child of a Korean mother, as well as an American-Russian father. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" Her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff resided in Canada for a time of one year, before her family went on a long trip because of her father's work. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died aged 5 of cancer was also her mother. Also, she was suffering from ...