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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. At eight, she started learning dance. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, in which she was a senior class head cheerleader and president. After graduation in 1980, she entered college at Cal State-Northridge with a 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" which was the first in a long line of movies and videos she choreographed. The first album she released was "Forever Your Girl" Her singing career took off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a big hit and she's been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. It was made easier by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish...

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 from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to theatre school, after which she was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the part of "Stands with a Fist" an Indian Sioux-raised white woman. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) (starring Wil...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as 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 very well-known. 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. She was employed in radio sales, due to limited television opportunities. After one year working as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT she was capable of reporting and anchoring at times. She was the weekend anchor and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. Her contract was terminated , and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was hired by ABC News which is the di...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her professional career as a TV and film producer, producing films such as "The New Card Sharks", (1978) and "Card Sharks" (1986). Post went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most popular role was for her part in "Christine Sullivan" in the show, an actress and Night Court star (1984). The actress was on more than 156 episodes of the comedy, from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was a poet and noted nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918-April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990), were her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, Californi...

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 child. She has one older sister, Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah's debut as an actor was City Boy (1992), which was a TV-produced movie. Following her debut film Sarah auditioned for the role of Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 and began filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she appeared in two movies which included Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played the cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to perform in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one year after Roseanne (1988). Based on the s...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's twice a winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also won the 2008 best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's been in various roles on "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV series, "Almost Heroes." She was an actor in "The Ron James Show" and also had guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other credits in television and film include "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 show "The Dating Guy." In the period 2019-2020, her net worth has risen significantly. What is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37 years old? ...

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 ancestry. While growing up in the area, her family lived across from the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a huge film fan from her childhood. Her mom was a teacher while her father worked as an attorney. Paula states that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else while young. It's not surprising to learn that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's plays for high school students. Her favorite role was the one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She went on to study film at the University of Southern California in an internship program for summer, and got a 3-month job making documentary films for PBS. She was later hired as a production assistant for documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk-show. In the following years, she was a producer of documentaries for Me...

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago, when she was in junior high school. Her parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe as a family member and on her own. Both of her parents worked as teachers, so they had the opportunity to spend their summers together camping and exploring all across the United States. They've camped across every state, except Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 following the war to help with relief efforts. Amy was a gifted actor in school plays and also won writing contests. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who placed in the very first 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. In college, following an accident, she returned to the stage with a variety of roles on stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's "...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez. As a child and a devoted performer who would recreate commercials on TV for the entertainment of her family. However, she chose to dedicate her time to dancing. After nine years of classical ballet instruction in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her dance training under the direction of several prominent dancers. Her true calling was discovered at 15 years old when she defeated more than 300 other girls in an audition held by a talent agency. The agency offered her roles in Spanish TV and music videos. This brought her many roles, which opened the door to a career in the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992), a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she played one of the four sisters co...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has directed many episodes of TV such as The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She was also the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and has been tapped to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was one of eight women who were selected by AFI's most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable, her short film as well as a television series proof of concept, was premiered at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has played across the country and won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and grew up in New Jersey. In 2000 she was cast in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. Since then, she's been seen in such films as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow", with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and"Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was the main character alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action flick "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons on the spy drama on USA Network "Covert Affairs....

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most popular actresses, is a special lady. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in the film of Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. The actress also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya who is Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. As the ...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland, where she first started performing on stage on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London at 16 and quickly became involved with indie filmmaking. Her first paid gig was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). Also, she was an actor and director in the theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" an original play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play was praised by critics. In Headspace (2005), she landed her first US film role as "Stacy", a manipulative person who was a newly-baptized Christian. Her first film role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). She was a part of both LA and London, Exam (2009) was her next project, nominated by BAFTA for Outstan...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. She was first recognized for her regular role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her first fame was due to her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. She was a regular guest on that show regularly from 2006 to 2012. She has returned regularly since then , making guest appearances. Her other roles include the voice of Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the last season of Community and as her voice as Birdgirl in the 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 which was the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in the government. Her father Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brew...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in films like 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 two parents: a Korean mother and a French-Russian father. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Her parents picked the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff lived in Canada for a time of one year, before her family travelled extensively because of her father's work. Prior to making the move to France, they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was 5, and her mother had s...