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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. She began taking dance lessons at the age of eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, in which she was a senior class president and head cheerleader. When she graduated in 1980, she began college at Cal State Northridge, majoring 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. She was enlisted by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first of a number of films and videos she would choreograph. The first album she released was "Forever Your Girl" the singer's career took off. However, the song "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has 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 and hails from Syria. Her mother, wh...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress she is well-known for her character roles in both contemporary and period screen roles, and many films and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy) who was an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She then attended drama school and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). She was just 22 when she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the role. McDonnell has been in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such experienced actors as Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier. She also appeared in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day ...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who previously worked as a television correspondent for ABC News. She is famous for her work as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as as co-host of The View from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring 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. Due to the lack of TV opportunities she worked in sales for radio. After a few years of working as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT, she was eventually allowed to anchor and report on occasion. From 2002 to 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor and the weekday sports anchor for the WCPO-TV station in Cincinnati. After her contract expired in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. She was hired by ABC News the news division in Decem...

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was in television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she was the producer of such projects as Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most memorable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she appeared in 156 episodes. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 90) was her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto in California and raised in Walnut Creek. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awarded her a Bachelo...

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a television movie, City Boy (1992). In 1993, following her first film, she auditioned for the part of "Becky" in the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was in search of an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show to go to studies at college. Sarah completed her high school degree in 1995 as she was filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah was also in the film with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she was in two films which included Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to perform in a 1998 TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year following Roseanne (1988). B...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she was awarded the best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has appeared in a variety of characters on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes," an Canadian TV show. She was an actor in "The Ron James Show" and also had guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." She also has been featured in "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays Sam in animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been increasing substantially in the years 2019-2020. What is Lauren Ash's net worth when she i...

Paula Patton

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Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago while she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe both with her family and also independently. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping all across the United States. They've camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the 1994 war to aid in relief efforts. Amy was a gifted actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. She was a promising athlete at high school and took part in the very first 3200-meter relay on the Illinois girls track. After an injury, she returned to college and performed in a variety of roles on the stage, starting 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, a hairdresser from Madrid. As a toddler she was already an avid performer, performing commercials on TV for her parents' entertainment, but she eventually decided to concentrate on dance. After studying classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a variety of famous dancers. When she turned 15, she heeded her true destiny when she outclassed over 300 other girls in a talent agency audition. She was offered roles on Spanish video and television. This contract led to a number of more roles, and opened the doors to a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she briefly was in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production where she played one of four sisters who were competing to win the ...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a writer, director musician, actor, and actor who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in progress. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her TV series and short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort It was awarded Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017) was screened across the country. She won the award for 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. Milena has appeared in mo...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and television actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and born in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She has been in a variety of films since then, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "Because I Said So" featuring 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 with a cast that included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affair...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has been praised for her performance. She was born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was offered the role as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has appeared in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion, a Lawrence Kasdan cast and starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days in Desert. She also waited patiently for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya who is Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. Recently, she wa...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is when she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London at 16 and quickly began to get involved in independent filmmaking. The first time she was paid was as a stoner for Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and a director in the theatre. The 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 in addition to David Dayan Fisher (a regular character on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. In Headspace (2005) in which she made her debut US movie part as "Stacy" an manipulative and a born-again Christian. Her first film role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Working in both LA and London, Exam (2009) was next, BAFTA-nominated a...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. She was first recognized for her role in the role of Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also vocalist and voice actress. Her breakthrough role came as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds that she was a regular on the show between 2006 and 2012 and is now back for guest appearances , before returning frequently in 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the last season of Community, the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and playing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season 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) was a state official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an adm...

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 ...