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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 is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) the Irish-American computer expert, and John McDonnell. Born in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. After that, she went to the drama school and was admitted to the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. She was 22 years old when she was offered her breakthrough film part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman who was white. The role was so well-loved that she was the first actress to receive an Academy Award nomination. McDonnell has appeared in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) with such famous actors such as Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier. She also appeared in Roland Emme...

Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She was previously the TV reporter for ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are popular. She was also co-anchor on America This Morning as well as 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 limited opportunities for TV, she took an opportunity as a radio sales representative. She was recruited as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant and then was promoted to reporter and anchor. Between 2002 and 2005, she was the weekend sports anchor and sports anchor on weekdays at the station WCPO in Cincinnati. After her contract was up she took on the role of anchor and reporter for sports at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011 she was employed by ABC News the division for news of ABC. The 2n...

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in film and TV shows including Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and was a guest on television projects like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her greatest TV part was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she was in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 90) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto in California and raised in Walnut Creek. As a cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon. S...

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle of two siblings, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a TV-made film, City Boy (1992). After her first movie Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. After Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college the show was searching for the perfect replacement. Sarah graduated from high school in the year 1995, while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also starred with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah starred in two films: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) as an actress called Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to be a part in a 1998 TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one year after Roseanne (1988). It was based on the television film with the same title, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also received the Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She's played various roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian TV series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and appeared in guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,""Cracked,"" “Bomb Girls” as well as "Lost Girl." Her credits in television and film also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She's the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy,"" an animated Canadian series. In 2019-2020, her net worth has grown dramatically. What is Lauren Ash's net worth when she is 37? Lauren Ash is a suc...

Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. When she was a young girl in the area, her family lived in front of the 20th Century Fox lot. She was an avid film enthusiast since her early years. Her mother who was a school teacher and her father, a lawyer, were both avid film fans. Paula said that she attempted to escape as an infant through "pretending" to pretend to be someone else than. So it's not a surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School plays. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and received a three-month contract to create documentaries for PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant on documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk show. Then she began pr...

Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy was a resident of Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she entered junior college. Her family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the sister Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe both with her family as well as alone. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend the entire summer traveling and camping across the United States. They've stayed in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda for aid with efforts to aid in the aftermath of the 1994 war. Amy was a gifted actor in school plays and also won writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who placed in the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she went back to university and performed in a variety of roles on the stage, starting with Lanford...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a compulsive performer when she was a kid and even reenacted commercials on TV for family amusement. However, she chose to devote her time to dance. She continued to study by working with several well-known dancers after she had spent 9 years studying classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She realized her true calling at the age of 15 when she beat more than 300 other girls in an audition with an agency for talent. The resulting contract landed her numerous roles on Spanish TV shows and music videos. This in turn led to a successful career on the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly was in Framed (1992) the Timothy Dalton thriller. Her third film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of the four sisters competing for the affections of a beautifu...

Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has directed a number of episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently in the process of completing two pilots. Milena was one of eight women who were selected by AFI's highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series as well as a short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort The film won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival as and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was screened across the country. She won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International...

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 one of Israel's best loved actresses, is a truly 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 as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion which is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. She filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release of her movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya opposite Clive Owen. Recently, she was aw...

Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is when she began to perform on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London and soon found herself involved in filmmaking in the indie genre (her first paid gig was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress and director. In 2004, her 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 along with David Dayan Fisher (a regular character in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. She then landed her first US film role, playing the manipulative woman who is a new Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a rebellious, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The critics were impressed with her unique mix of ...

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress and a vocalist. First recognized for her role as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends as well as being a voice actress and singer. The first time she was recognized was her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. She appeared in the show on a regular basis from 2006 to 2012. She has returned often in the years since to guest appearances. She also played 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, which was the first time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an administrator at the school. Brewster was b...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied 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 plays the character of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the daughter of an Korean mother, as well as a father who was French-Russian. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Pom was her name since it sounds similar to the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff lived in Canada for a year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's work. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died at the age of 5 from cancer was also her mother. She also suffered with schizophrenia and didn...