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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years old, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the school's head cheerleader as well as the class president. She graduated in 1980 and began college 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" which was their first of a series of films and videos she choreographed. The first album she released was "Forever Your Girl", her singing career took off. But the hit single "Straight Up" was a big hit and she's become a popular singer/dancer for years after. This was helped by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her

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 that span both present and past screen roles, as well as the long list of stage and film roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) who was an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. Growing up in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Then, she went to drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She was only 22 when she got her first movie role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell has been in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such veteran actors like Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich's Indep

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who previously worked as TV correspondent for 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 well-known. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring World News Now and America This Morning. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She was employed in radio sales, because of the limited opportunities for television. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. She later was promoted to reporter and anchor. She was the weekend anchor and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. She became a sports reporter for NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 until December 2011, after her contract was terminated. In December 2011 it was revealed that she was employed by the news division of ABC, ABC News. On January 2, 2012

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her career began in television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she was the producer of projects like Double Dare (1976). She also 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 famous TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was in 156 episodes. 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 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990) were born in her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 27, 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. She is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut came in City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. In 1993, after her first film, she auditioned for the part of "Becky" on the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was searching for a replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue studies at college. Sarah completed her high school degree in 1995 and began filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah appeared in two films: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was an actress named Krista Wilson. In 1998, just a year after Roseanne (1988) was finished, Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). The show was based off

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a twice-winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's appeared in various roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" as well. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also has been featured in "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays the role of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown significantly between 2019 and 2020. What's the sum of Lauren Ash wor

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, has German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived directly across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up 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 claimed that she tried to escape as an innocent child through "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. Therefore, it's no surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her most loved role was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer camp, she pursued film studies and was assigned a three-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. She was then hired as a production assistant on television documentaries as well as Howie Mandel's talk-s

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. But at the time Amy was in junior high, she and her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the younger sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe by herself as well as together with her family. Since her parents were teachers, they were able to spend the entire summer traveling and camping all over the United States. They've camped in every US state with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to assist with the relief efforts. Amy was a talented actor in school plays , and she won writing contests. She was a promising athlete during high school, and was a participant in the first ever 3200-meter relay on the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she returned to school and was a part of the stage, starting with Lanford Wilson's "Fi

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 and a devoted performer who would recreate commercials on television for the enjoyment of her parents. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. After nine years of ballet classes at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her training under the tutelage of a variety of prominent dancers. When she was 15 she followed her call when she topped over 300 other girls in an audition for a talent agency. She was offered roles on Spanish video and television. This led to a number of more roles, which opened the doors to a career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) Then she appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production in which she was one of the four sisters that were trying to win t

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, a director as well as an actor and musician has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf’s CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. Milena was one of the eight women selected for AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV show and short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort It was awarded Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been screened across the country, winning Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has app

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and television actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and born in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. The film featured her in the film's breakout character, CoyoteUgly in 2000. She has been in a variety of films since then, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige", with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale as well as "Because I Said So", with 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 featuring a cast which also included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's television part in five seasons of

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most acclaimed actresses. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first role in English as Eric Bana's wife in Munich (2005). Zurer has been featured in numerous Studio films since her arrival in the United States, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble movie by Lawrence Kasdan which features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel together with Russell Crow. She also filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release date of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is also starring Clive Owen. She recently won the Gold

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she relocated to London where she quickly became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first professional gig on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She's also participated in theater as an actress as well as a director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which she directed Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to amazing reviews. She was then offered her first US movie role as the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (20

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor vocalist, singer, and actress. She first became famous for her frequent appearance as Kathy on the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her most well-known role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds regularly. She has been back with guest appearances ever since and is currently appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in the year 2016. Other roles she has played include Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community as well as the voice of Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and as Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales, marking the first appearance in animation of the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brew

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff is a French actress was born on 3 May 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her roles include Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). She is the voice 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 the daughter of two parents: a Korean mother, and her father was French-Russian. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it is identical in pronunciation to Korean words for "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff lived for a year in Canada prior to moving her family around extensively due to her father's job. Before moving to France the family resided in Japan and on the Ivory Coast. Her father, who passed away at the age of 5 from cancer was also her mother. Also, she was suffering from schizophrenia and