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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years old, she began dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was where she was the class president and the chief cheerleader. She graduated from high school in the year 1980. Following graduation she entered the college process at Cal State Northridge. There she majored in radio 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 Jacksons recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture", their first of a series of films and videos she would choreograph. The first album she released was "Forever Your Girl" Her singing career took off. But the hit single "Straight Up" was a major hit and she's become a popular singer/dancer for years after. It was made easier by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic J

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress, recognized for her character roles in both period and present-day screen roles, as well as an extensive history of acting in stage and film. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy), an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. She was raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended drama school , and was admitted to the highly regarded Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. She was only 22 when she scored her first movie role in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who was white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the part. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independen

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as a TV correspondent for ABC News. Her most well-known work is her time as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to 2018. Prior to this, she hosted World News Now and America This Morning. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She worked in radio sales because television was not a viable option. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. Later, she became a reporter and anchor. From 2002 until 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor as well as the sports anchor for weekdays at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. 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 hired by ABC News the division for news of ABC. The 2nd of January, 201

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her career as a film and TV producer, producing films such as "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks" (1986). She went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many television shows such as E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman 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. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and famous nuclear physical 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) were born in her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. Was a student at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. She received her Bachelor of Arts

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's debut as an actor was City Boy (1992), which was a TV-produced movie. After her first film Sarah auditioned for the role of Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. After Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college the show was in search for an alternative. Sarah graduated from high school in the year 1995, while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She was in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In both films, she played the role of Krista Wilson as an athlete. Sarah was asked to play a character in a television series named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year following Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (2000), Sarah also app

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna as well as one half of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she was awarded the Best Comedic play award and in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe award. She's appeared in various roles in "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian television series, "Almost Heroes." She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also appeared in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." In the years 2019 and 2020, her net worth has grown significant. So, how mu

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, while her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived directly across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up and she was an avid film buff since the beginning of her life. Her mother, who also enjoyed good films taught in a school, and her father was an attorney. Paula claims that when she was an adult she would escape by "pretending to appear to be someone else" and it shouldn't come as a surprise that she acted in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She continued her studies at University of Southern California, where she completed a summer program in film. It was during this time that she was awarded a 3-month task to create documentaries on PBS. Then she was employed as a production assistant for documentari

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy was a resident of Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she graduated from junior college. The family also resided in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family and independently. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping all over the United States. They've camped across every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda to help in relief efforts following the war in 1994. Amy showed her artistic talents early by participating in school productions, and taking part in writing competitions. In high school she was an accomplished athlete who was a part of the very first 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she retu

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. She was an obsessive performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to keep the family entertained. However, she decided to devote her time to dancing. After nine years of classical ballet instruction at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to further her education under the guidance of a variety of prominent dancers. When she turned 15 she followed her call when she topped over 300 other girls in a talent agency audition. The resulting contract landed her a variety of roles in Spanish television shows as well as music videos. This in turn opened the door to an acting career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film she played one of the four sisters competing for the affect

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor, director, actor, and musician who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She also served as the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and has been tapped to direct two pilots in the process of development. Milena was selected as one of the eight directors for AFI's highly acclaimed Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable is her short film and television show proof of concept, was premiered at SXSW. It also received Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has played all over the country and won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest, and the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. As an actor, Milena has been featured in over 100 episodes

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of TV, stage, and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was a part as a breakout actor in Coyote Ugly. Since then, she's been in movies such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th Wolf" with an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was also a part of the cast with Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In the television world, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." After that, Perabo play

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most loved actresses, is a very special woman. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first gained the attention of Hollywood when she was chosen to play the role as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has played in Studio films such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion which is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast that includes 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 opposite Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release of her film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya. She also appeared in Clive Owen. She recently received the Gol

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began her stage debut at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at the age of 16 and soon started to become involved in indie filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and a director in the theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which she was the 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 excellent reviews. Then she landed her first US movie role as the manipulative woman who is a new Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heather

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actress, and singer. First recognized for her role in the role of Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also an actor and singer. Her breakout role was as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds in which she was on the show regularly between 2006 and 2012 and is now back for guest appearances before returning frequently 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, as well as playing Donald Duck's twin sister, Della, in DuckTales 2017. This was the first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at school. Brewster was raised in Massachus

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