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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. She started taking dance classes at the age of eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was the class head cheerleader and president. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. Following graduation she entered college at Cal State Northridge. There she studied 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. She was recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first of a series of films and videos she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl", she began singing and was soon a well-known singer/dancer. Her time as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, who is also Jewish, was born and raise...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is famous for her performance on screen in traditional and contemporary roles. She also has a lengthy history of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy), who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She went on to theatre school, and then was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Two decades later she got her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist", a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. For the role, she was the first actress to receive an Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) as well as opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley;...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist. She was previously a TV correspondent for ABC News. Her tenures as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are famous. She was previously co-anchor of 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. She was employed in sales for radio, because of the limited opportunities for television. She was hired as a WRGT/WKEF production assistant, and later was promoted to reporter and anchor. Between 2002 and 2005, she was the weekend sports anchor and weekday sports anchor at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. Her contract was terminated , and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 2011 she was employed by ABC News the news division of ABC. She made her debut for the ABC News netwo...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a television and film producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978) as well as "Card Sharks" (1986). Post went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) as well as Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her greatest TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She appeared in an entire 156 episodes of this show from 1984 until 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7, 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). She was born in Palo alto, California and grew up in the vicinity of Walnut Creek, California. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school located in Walnut Creek. The Ba...

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 participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the Best Comedic play award and in 2006, the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She has played a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" an Canadian TV show. She was an actor on "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" as well as the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has been increasing significantly in 2019-2020. So, what is Lauren Ash worth at th...

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 has German, English, Dutch and English heritage. While growing up in the area, her family lived close to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent film fan from her childhood. Her mom was a teacher while her father was an attorney. Paula claimed that she tried to escape when she was a young girl through "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. So it's not a surprise that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to learn film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and received a three-month contract to create documentary films for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant in TV documentariesand for Howie Mandel's talk show. She ...

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago when she was in junior high. Her parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her family , and on her own. They were both teachers and could travel and camp with each other every summer due to this. They've stayed in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda after the war in 1994 to aid relief efforts. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions and winning writing contests. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who finished in the first ever 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she was able to go back to theater , and played a variety roles such as Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and Wallace Shawn's directorial "Aunt Dan and Lemon...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. When she was a child, she was already a fervent performer, who would reenact TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she ultimately decided to concentrate on dance. She continued to study alongside a group of highly respected dancers following her the last nine years learning ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She realized what she wanted to do at age 15 when she smashed more than 300 other girls in an audition held by an agency for talent. The agency offered her roles on Spanish music videos and TV. The contract led to many more roles, and opened the door to a career in the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production where she played one of the four sisters co...

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). Also, she was co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in the process of development. Milena was one of eight filmmakers selected for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, in addition to the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Her short film and TV show proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober It saw its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) is screened across the nation and was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedo...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of TV, stage, and film actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and was raised in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in the year 2000. She was seen in "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" as well as "Because I Said So" together with "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode, and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" in which she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In television Perabo starred as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy dra...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer is an Israeli actress who has received praise for her performances. 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 featuring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected 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 together with 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, Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. Recently, she was awarded the Gold Nymph Award...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her native Scotland and where she initially started performing on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she relocated to London where she got involved in indie filmmaking. (Her first gig as a paid actor on The Acid House was as a stoner in the film Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also participated in theater, both as an actor and a director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre and productions, including "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 amazing reviews. Her next project was her first US film role, playing the manipulative, born-again 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 Heathers (1988). S...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actress, and singer. She was first recognized for her regular role as Kathy in the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. She was first recognized for her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. The actress was seen often on the show from 2006 to 2012. She has returned regularly since then , making guest appearances. Her other roles include the voice of Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community, the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and also voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales, marking the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in government. Her father Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on May 3rd, 1986. She trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in films like Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the role 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 child of the Korean mother, as well as her father was French-Russian. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Her father was a painter Eugene Klementieff. The name was chosen by her parents "Pom" because it's like the Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff was an American citizen for one year. Her family traveled extensively as a result of her father's job. After the move to France and then to France, she lived in Japan. Her father passed away from cancer when she was just 5 and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and was unable to take care ...