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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She began dancing at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader and the senior class president. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. Following graduation she started college 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 Jacksons recruited her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" video, which was the first of many films and videos she would choreograph. Her first album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career took off. However, the song "Straight Up" was a major hit and she's been a successful dancer/singer ever after. It was made easier by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardic Jewish and...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is famous for her portrayals of characters from the past and present screen 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 and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then attended drama school and then was accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Two decades later, she landed her breakthrough film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990), playing "Stands with a Fist" who is a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) with veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starri...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who worked previously as the TV correspondent for ABC News. Her roles as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are very well-known. The show was co-hosted by her prior co-anchors 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. Because of the lack of opportunities in television, she was offered an opportunity as a radio sales representative. After one year working as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT, she was eventually in a position to report and anchor occasionally. From 2002 until 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor and weekday sports anchor at the station WCPO in Cincinnati. The contract was ended and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011, she was hir...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her professional career as a film and TV producer, with projects like "The New Card Sharks", (1978) and "Card Sharks" (1986). Post produced projects such as Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous TV shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most notable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was featured in the show's 156 episodes from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a noted poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015.). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. As an athlete, she was a part of Las Lomas High School located in Walnut Creek. She received her Bachelor of Arts at L...

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. Sarah is the middle child, with one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career with City Boy (1992), the first television-produced film made by TV. After her first movie she auditioned for the role of Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was in search of an actor to replace Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated high school in 1995 and began filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she appeared in two movies that included Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as 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. This was one year following Roseanne (1988). Based on the show Nothing Too Good F...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has been awarded for the Best Comedic Show in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has appeared in a variety of roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" as well. 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." She was also featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has increased substantially between the years 2019 and 2020. What is Lauren Ash's net worth at 37? Lauren Ash's primary source of inc...

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother, who is caucasian, has German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived just next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and she was a big film buff since her early days. Her mother, a schoolteacher, and her dad who was a lawyer were both avid fans of films. Paula claims that when she was an teen she would get away from the world by "pretending to play a different character" therefore it wasn't the case that she appeared in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". She continued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. At the time, she was granted a three-month assignment to make documentaries for PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant in documentary...

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent the majority of her childhood living in Chicago. But when Amy was in junior high her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the younger sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has backpacked all over Europe with her family and independently. Both of them were teachers and could travel and camp together each summer as a result of this. They have camped in every state except Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda in 1994 after the war to assist with relief efforts. Amy was a gifted actor in school plays and won writing contests. In high school, she was a star athlete taking part in the first ever 3200 meter relay for girls in Illinois track. After college, she suffered an injury, she returned the stage with a variety of roles on stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and directing Wallace Shawn's "Aunt Dan and Lemon". Amy attend...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. She was a fervent performer in her youth and would reenact TV commercials to keep the family entertained. But she chose to concentrate her energy on dance. After nine years of ballet training at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the direction by a range of well-known dancers. When she was 15 she realized her real call when she topped more than 300 other girls in a talent agency audition. She was offered roles in Spanish television and music videos. The contract led to a number of more roles, and opened the doors to a successful 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 final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning movie in which she played one the four sisters that were fighting to win the heart of a h...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor director, musician, and actor. She has helmed numerous episodes of TV, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf’s CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was among eight filmmakers chosen for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, in addition to the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable the short film she created, as well as a television show proof of concept, was shown at SXSW. It also took home Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was screened throughout the United States. She was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. As an actor, Milena has appeared in close to 100...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and raised in New Jersey. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in 2000. She appeared in "The Prestige" by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So", and "Because I Said So" together with "Because I Said So", with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode as well as the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" in which she also starred alongside 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 USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." After that, she was a co-star on ABC's 2016 legal drama "Notorious. It is also possible to watch "Tu...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first attracted Hollywood's attention when she was given the part of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point and Vantage Point, starring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the film with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. Also, she waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. In recognition of her performance ...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was a child in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her home in Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began to perform on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she relocated to London where she began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first professional gig in The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also been involved in theatre, both as an actor and director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows, including a production of "The Woolgatherer", in which she directed 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 excellent reviews. In Headspace (2005) the actress landed her first US movie part as "Stacy", a manipulative and a born-again Christian. Her first movie role was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint...

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 as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends in addition, she was vocalist and voice actor. Her first big role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds frequently. The actress has returned with guest appearances ever since and has returned to Criminal Minds regularly in 2016. Other roles she has played include Mr. Mumbles, Elise, and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered and the voice of Donald Duck's twin sister Della as well as in DuckTales 2017. The first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official for the government. her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator a...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on May 3, 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) as well as Sleepless Night (2011). She is the voice 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 worked there as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Pom was her nickname because it sounds like the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff stayed in Canada for a time of one year, before her family went on a long trip due to her father's job. Before moving to France the family resided in Japan and also on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of cancer at the age of 5 and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and was incapable of caring for children, so K...