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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At age eight, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was where she was president of the senior class and the chief cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and went to 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 video "Torture" which was the first of a long series of movies and video she would choreograph. She began her singing career through her first album, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until her hit single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December of 1988. she's been a household dancer ever since, aided by her stint as a judge on the hit show American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic J

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) the American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. In the following years, she was a student at a the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She was just 22 when she was offered her breakthrough film role in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the 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 Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independ

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from the US. She was previously a television correspondent for ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. She was also co-anchor on 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. Because of limited TV opportunities she worked in sales for radio. After one year working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT she was able to report and anchor occasionally. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. Following the expiration of her contract in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago between November 2005 and December 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that she was employed by the news division of ABC, ABC News. On Januar

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. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. Sarah is the middle of two siblings, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a made-for-TV movie, City Boy (1992). In 1993, following her debut film, she was a candidate for the role of "Becky" in the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was in search of an alternative to the character after Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995 and was a part 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 appeared in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) as an actress called Krista Wilson. In 1998, just a year following the time that Roseanne (1988) was over, Sarah was asked to act in a show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). Based on

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She also graduated of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She has been 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 appeared in a variety of roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She played a frequent role in "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She voices Sam in "The Dating Guy" an animated Canadian series. In the years 2019 and 2020, her net worth has grown significantly. How mu

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. When she was a young girl in the area, her family lived in front of the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent film enthusiast since her early years. Her mother, who liked good movies, was a schoolteacher, and her father was an attorney. Paula claimed that she tried to escape as an innocent child through "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. So it's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". However, she went on to learn film at the University of Southern California in a summer program, and was awarded a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. She was later hired as a production assistant for documentaries for television and Howie

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. Amy resided in Glen Ellyn in Illinois until she was in junior college. Her family also lived in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy has three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe both with her family and also independently. Both of her parents worked as teachers so they had the opportunity to spend their summers together in the campfire and travelling across the United States. They have camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy was sent to Rwanda to assist in relief efforts after the war of 1994. In the beginning, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions and winning writing contests. In high school she was an accomplished athlete who was a part of the very first 3200 meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she returned to school and played many parts on

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). As a young child, she was an obsessive performer and would re-enact commercials on television for the enjoyment of her parents. But, she decided to focus her efforts on dance. She continued her dance training with a variety of highly-regarded dancers following her nine years studying classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at the age of 15, after she defeated over 300 contestants in an audition for an agency that represented talent. She was then offered roles on Spanish music videos and TV. This led to many more performances, which opened the door to a career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she was briefly featured in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning film where she played one of t

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, a director as well as actor and musician has directed many episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among 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 the 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 was her TV show and short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to the Best Pilot award at SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short form Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the nation. It was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlan

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes as a stage, television and film actress. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then, she's been featured in films 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 &"Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast that included 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 the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." In the fo

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has been praised for her performance. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was enlisted by Steven Spielberg in her first character in English, Eric Bana's character's wife the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in many Studio films since arriving in America, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts 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, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast featuring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garces' Last Days in Desert. She also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. Recently, she won t

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia She was born in Colombia and Portugal, but she later moved to Scotland and began to perform on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London at the age of 16 and soon was involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. Her first pay-per-view was as a stoner for 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" which was a stage 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 movie role as the manipulative new-to-the-scenes Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) the film, which was shot in London and LA it was her f

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends the fourth season was her first big break. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she starred on a regular basis from 2006 to 2012 and has since returned for guest appearances and then returned frequently 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 time that she appeared in animation as the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an administrator at the school. Brewster was born in Massac

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on May 3rd, 1986. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the role of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City to a Korean father and French-Russian mother. He was employed as a consul for the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandfather. Because it is a resemblance to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger", her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. The actress spent a year in Canada before her family moved throughout the world because of her father's work. Prior to moving to France the family lived in Japan and on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff lost her father to cancer at the age of five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. Kl