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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At the age of eight young, she started dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader as well as the class president. Her high school graduation was in 1980. After graduation she enrolled in college at Cal State Northridge. There she was a radio and television major. 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 Lakers enlisted The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a long list of videos and movies she choreographed. After the release of her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and became a popular performer and dancer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become a popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother, who

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best famous for her performance on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage as well as 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 heritage. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She later attended drama school and was admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she got her first film part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman that is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kings

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from the United States. She was previously an anchor for TV on ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. Before this, she co-anchored 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. Because of the lack of opportunities available on television, she landed a job as a sales representative for radio. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. She later was promoted to reporter and anchor. From 2002 to 2005 she was the sports anchor for weekends and the weekday sports anchor for WPO-TV in Cincinnati. She became a sports reporter at NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 until December 2011 after her contract was terminated. In December 2011, she was appointed by ABC News the news division of A

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 television projects as 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most famous TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she was part of 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is famous for her poetry and as a nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918-April 7, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 and died on March 30, 1990). She was born in Palo Alto, California and raised in Walnut Creek. Was a student at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis &am

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), which was a TV-produced movie. After her first film, Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was in search of the replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue university. Sarah graduated high school in 1995, while filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah was also in the film with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She was in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In these films she played the part of Krista Wilson and was an athlete. In 1998, just a year after Roseanne (1988) ended, Sarah was asked to act in a show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). It was based on the show the show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (2000), Sa

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She also graduated of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the comedy duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the award for the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's appeared in various roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and played guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," “Cracked," “Bomb Girls” and "Lost Girl." The credits on her television and film work also include "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." In the period 2019-2020, her net worth has risen significantly. What

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 is of German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a big fan of movies in her early age. Her mother was a teacher , and her father was an attorney. Paula says that she would hide from her mother by pretending to be a different person as an infant. It's not too surprising that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most loved role was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". She continued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer program in film. It was during this time that she was awarded a three-month project to create documentaries for PBS. Then she was employed as a production assistant for television documentaries as well as Howie Mandel'

Amy Carlson

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Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago, when she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has three siblings, sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has backpacked all over Europe with her entire family and on her own. Because her parents worked as teachers and teachers, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping across the United States. They've camped in every American state with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to help with the relief efforts. Amy displayed her talent for art early when she was acting in school productions, and winning writing contests. She was an athlete of great potential during high school, and was a participant in the very first 3200-meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she could return to the stage and tak

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, a director and actor, has directed many episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. In addition, she was co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots currently in the process of development. Milena was among eight women selected for AFI’s most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV show as well as a short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won the best episodic award at the Seattle International Film Festival as and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been screened across the nation and was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest, and the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival.

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 Zurer is one of Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood when she was enlisted by Steven Spielberg in her first character in English, Eric Bana's character's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred 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 is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast which includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel along with Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia However, she later returned to Scotland where she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she moved to London and was soon involved in the indie filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress and director. In 2004, she relocated 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. It was well-received by critics. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" an empathetic and reborn Christian who appeared in Headspace (2005). Her first film 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 made in London and LA is her next film. It was nominated for Outstanding British Debut by the BAFTA and won the Sa

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer, as well as voice actor. Her first recognition was for her performance as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends but she was also an actor and singer. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds regularly. The actress has returned to guest appearances since and will be appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in 2016. Her other roles include voiceovers for Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the last season of Community, her voice as Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered, and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales making it the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a state official. Galen Bre

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff is an actress from France, French actress was born on May 3, 1986. She received her training at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in films like Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She is the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian wife. He was employed as consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Her parents picked the name "Pom" because it's similar in pronunciation to Korean words for "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff stayed in Canada for a short time before her family went on a long trip because of her father's job. After moving to France she lived in Japan. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5 was also her mother. Addit