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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years of age, she began dance lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the school's head cheerleader and senior class president. Following her graduation in 1980 she enrolled in 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. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" it was the first in a long sequence of videos and movies she would choreograph. With her first CD "Forever Your Girl" and her first solo album, her singing career began to take off. But the hit single "Straight Up" was a major hit and she's been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. It was made easier by her time on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul)

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is known for her character roles in both period and present-day screen roles, and an extensive history of films and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. In the following years, she was a student at a drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She was just 22 when she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who is white. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the role. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite other well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emme

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as a TV correspondent for ABC News. She is most famous for her stint as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, as well as host of The View, 2015-2018. The show was co-hosted by her prior co-anchors America This Morning and World News Now. 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 opportunities on television, she landed the position of an agent for radio sales. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. Later, she was promoted to anchor and reporter. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. Her contract was terminated and she was a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 through December 2011. She was recruited by ABC News' news division in December. The 2nd of January, 2012, she made her debut

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and started her career on films and TV shows like Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and later on make projects like Double Dare (1976) and was a guest on TV shows as 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) and Dyna Girl (2001). One of her most memorable TV part was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She was in 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, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. The school she attended was Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child. She has an older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a made-for-TV movie, City Boy (1992). In 1993, after her debut film, she was a candidate for the part of "Becky" in the TV series Roseanne (1988). The show was searching for an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show in order to attend the college of her choice. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995. She was also involved in the making of Roseanne (1988) 1994-1995. Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she appeared in two movies in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to perform in a 1998 TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one

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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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. Her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was young and she was a lover of movies in her early days. Her mother, who also loved good films, was a schoolteacher, as was her father, an attorney. Paula states that as an adult she would escape by "pretending to appear to be someone else" so it was not a surprise that she acted in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She continued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. It was during this time that she was granted a three-month task to create documentaries on PBS. In the end, she was able to work as a production assistant on television documentaries as well a

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, until she graduated from junior college. There, her family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her entire family and on her own. Since her parents were teachers, they were able to spend the entire summer traveling and camping all over the United States. In actuality, they've been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 after the war to aid in the relief efforts. Amy displayed her talent for art early on by acting in school plays, as well as winning writing contests. High school was where she excelled as an athlete taking part in the first ever 3200 meter relay race for girls in the Illinois track. After suffering an injury, Amy went back to universit

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). When she was a baby, she was already a fervent performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she ultimately decided to devote her energy to dancing. After nine years of classical ballet classes in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the guidance by a range of well-known dancers. When she was 15 she realized her real calling when she bested more than 300 other girls in an audition by a talent agency. She was offered roles on Spanish TV and music videos. This brought her many performances, which opened the way to a future in the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly was in Framed (1992), a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film she played one of the four sisters seeking the affection

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actress also a director, actor, and musician. She has directed numerous episodes of TV and film, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently working on two pilots currently in development. Milena was chosen as one of eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept called Unspeakable with Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, was screened at its World Premiere at SXSW and was awarded the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the US. It won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also presented at the Sedona International Film Festival. Milen

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for the Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and living in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. In 2000 she was cast in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. She has been in a variety of films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige" in which she starred with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "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 comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. She was in the film with Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action flick "Looper.". Pera

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best well-known actresses is a very special woman. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role , Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected along with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble movie by Lawrence Kasdan which includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel along with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert, and she eagerly awaited the release of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, opposite Clive Owen. In recognition of her performance as Hostages as the lead actress she won the Gol

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia, but she returned to Scotland when she began her career on the stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London when she was 16 and immediately started to become involved in indie filmmaking. Her first paid gig was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). Also, she was an actress and a director in the theatre. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more theatre. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as and David Dayan Fisher (a regular character on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to praises of awe. Her first US film role was "Stacy" who was a manipulative woman who was a born again Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona Ryder) directed from Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talent, citing an unbeatable bl

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends' fourth season, was her first recognition. Her first fame was due to her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent in the crime drama Criminal Minds. She was on the show on that show regularly from 2006 until 2012. The show has been back regularly since then , with guest appearances. She also portrayed Mr. Mumbles and Elise on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in Community's final season, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at law, Sara Kingsley in Fox's Grandfathered and Donald Duck's twin sister Della on DuckTales 2017, marking the first time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was born on March 10, 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a senior government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at the school. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts. She was able t

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born May 3, 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in films like Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She portrays the role of 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 born in Quebec City, Canada, to her Korean mother and French-Russian father, who was working there as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for "spring" as well as "tiger". The actress spent a year in Canada before her family moved frequently because of her father's work. Prior to making the move to France the family lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was just 5 and her mother was suffering