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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years young, she started dancing lessons. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. After graduating she started the college process at Cal State Northridge. There, she majored in radio and television. 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 of a series of films and videos she would choreograph. With her first CD "Forever Your Girl" the singer's career began to take off. But the hit single "Straight Up" was a big hit and she's become a popular singer/dancer for years after. It was made easier by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress, who is well-known for her character portrayals that span both present and past screen roles, as well as the long list of acting in stage and film. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant both from Irish descent. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. After that, she went to drama school , and was admitted to the famous Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. In the following two decades she was offered her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990), playing "Stands with a Fist" as a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell has been in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) in the role of experienced actors as Robert Redf

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who was previously an anchor for television at ABC News. She is famous for her time as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2015 to 2018, and hosting The View from 2015 to 2018. She was previously co-anchor of 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. Because of the lack of opportunities available on television, she landed an opportunity as a sales representative for radio. She was eventually able to find work for one year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT , and then occasionally anchor or report. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the anchor for weekdays at WCPO TV in Cincinnati between 2002 and 2005. The contract was canceled and she became a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was recr

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her career began in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Then, she created projects like Double Dare (1976). She has also appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her biggest TV part was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). The actress was on an entire 156 episodes of this show, from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was a noted poet and 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 the 30th of March, 1990), were her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. The school she attended was Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was a cheerleader. L

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the 27th of August, 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle of two siblings, one older, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in the film City Boy (1992), the first television-produced film made by TV. In 1993, after her debut film, she auditioned for the role of "Becky" on the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show in order to attend college. Sarah graduated high school in 1995 as she was filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994) as did Jim Varney. In 1996, she appeared in two films which included Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to perform in the 1998 show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This was one year after Roseanne (1988).

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 part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's been in various roles on "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also appeared in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She is also the voice of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been increasing dramatically in the period 2019-2020. How much does Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren Ash's main source of income is

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 heritage. Her family lived just next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a huge film buff since the beginning of her life. Her mother was a teacher while her father worked as an attorney. Paula claims that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else as an infant. It's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's plays for high school students. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". After graduating from the University of Southern California's summer program she pursued film studies and was then given a 3 month assignment to create documentaries for PBS. This led to her being employed as a production assistant for documentary films on TV, as well as on Howie Mandel's talk show. In th

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. Amy resided in GlenEllyn in Illinois until she graduated from junior college. The family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy is the oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe both with her family and alone. Her parents were teachers so they had the opportunity to spend their summers camping together and travel all across the United States. In actuality, they've camp in every state with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the 1994 war to aid relief efforts. Amy was a gifted actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. She was a talented athlete during high school, and was a participant in the very first 3200-meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After suffering an injury, Amy returned to school and performed in a variety of roles on the stage, starting with Lanfo

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. She was a fervent performer as a child, and reenacted TV commercials to keep the family entertained. However, she decided to devote her time to dancing. After studying classical ballet for nine years at the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of highly acclaimed dancers. She realized her true calling at 15 years old when she beat more than 300 other girls in an audition with a talent agency. She was then offered roles on Spanish television and music videos. The contract resulted in a variety of performances, which opened the doors to a career in the big screen. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning film in which she played one the four sisters that were competing to

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor, director musician, actor, and actor who has directed a number of episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena served as the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. Milena was one of the eight filmmakers chosen for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable was her television series and short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded the award for Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short form Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the United States. It was awarded Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes as a stage, television and film actress. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then, she's been featured in films such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" which starred Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me &"Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast that included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. On television, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." In the fo

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has been praised for her performances. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was given the part of Eric Bana's wife on the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer has been in a variety of Studio films since arriving in America, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan cast featuring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. The actress also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. Recently, she was awarded the Gold Nymph Award as Outstanding

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. That's where she began her stage debut in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London, where she soon began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first paid gig on The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She's also been involved in theatre, both as an actress as well as director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities and productions, including "The Woolgatherer" where she was director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to amazing reviews. Her first US film role was "Stacy" who was a manipulative birthed Christian as seen in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Th

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress, voice actress and singer. Her role as Kathy as a character that recurred on Friends the fourth season was her first public recognition. Her first recognition was for her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. She was a regular guest in the show on a regular basis from 2006 to 2012. The show has been back regularly since then 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, marking the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was an official of the government, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as administrator of a school. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts and later

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