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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing at the age of eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class president and head cheerleader. After graduation in 1980, she started college at Cal State Northridge, majoring 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. She was enlisted by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first of a series of videos and movies she choreographed. She began her singing career with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl", which had lackluster sales until her hit single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . she has been a popular performer ever since. Her popularity was further boosted by her appearance as an judge on the hit series American Idol (2002). Her father (Ha

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is well recognized for her roles on screen in modern and historical roles. She also has a long history of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy), a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Later, she attended drama school and was accepted into the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Her most memorable film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian-raised white woman. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as a TV correspondent for ABC News. Her most well-known work is her stint as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, between 2014 and 2018, as well as hosting of The View, 2015-2018. Before that she was co-anchor of America This Morning (World News Now) and America This Morning (America This Morning). 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 TV, she took an opening as a radio sales representative. Then she was able to work for one year as a producer assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor or report. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 to 2005. Following the expiration of her contract, she became a anchor and sports reporter at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago between November 2005 and December 2011. In December 2011

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her career as a film and TV producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978) and "Card Sharks" (1986). She continued to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous television shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps she is most well-known for her performance in "Christine Sullivan" who was a Night Court star (1984). She was in the show's 156 episodes from 1984 until 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physicist 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 her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awarded h

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. Sarah is the middle child having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut was in City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. Following her debut film, Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for a replacement after Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, during the filming of the 1994-1995 seasons of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She also appeared in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In these films she played the part of Krista Wilson as a cheerleader. Sarah was asked to be a part in a show from 1998 called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988). It was based on the TV film of the same name which was called Nothing Too G

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She's played various roles in "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and also had guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Her television and film credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She is the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy," an animated Canadian series. Her wealth has been increasing substantially in the years 2019-2020. So, what is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37 years old? Lauren Ash is a succes

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American and her mother who is caucasian, has German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. Her family lived just across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up and she was a huge film buff since her early days. Her mother, too, who liked good movies, was a schoolteacher, and her father was a lawyer. Paula said that she attempted to get away as an innocent child by "pretending" to pretend to be someone else than. It's no surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". However, she went on to pursue a film degree at the University of Southern California in an summer program. She got a 3-month job making documentary films for PBS. As a result, she was able to serve as a production assistant on documentaries on TV and also on Howie Mandel̢۪s talk show. In the following

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago area. But at the time Amy was in junior high, she and her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her entire family and on her own. They both taught and could travel and camp with each other every summer because of this. They've camped in every US state except Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to help with aid efforts to help the victims. Amy showed her artistic talents early when she was acting in school productions and winning writing contests. High school was where she excelled as an athlete, placing in the first ever 3200 meter relay for girls in the Illinois track. After a college injury, she returned the theater with many roles on stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July&quo

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 actress director, musician, and actor. She has directed numerous episodes of TV and film, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She also served as Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and she is slated to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was selected as one of eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Her short film and TV show proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable with Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober has saw its World premiere at SXSW and was awarded Best Episodic at the 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 Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has acted in over 100 TV episodes acting as an actr

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. She was featured in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in 2000. Since then she has 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" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" with an ensemble cast including 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 flick "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker's television character in five seasons of USA Network's spy show "Covert Affairs." She also appe

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has been praised for her performance. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she was first noticed by Hollywood when she was chosen to play the role of Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has been featured in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. She was a part of 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, who is also starring Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Aw

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she started performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she left for London and was soon involved in indie filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre in both roles as 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 in addition to David Dayan Fisher (a regular character in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" who was a manipulative birthed Christian as seen in Headspace (2005). The first time she appeared in a movie was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) that was the first, in which she worked in London and LA w

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actor, singer, as well as voice actor. Her character as Kathy the character who appeared in recurring roles on Friends the fourth season was her first major recognition. Her first recognition was for her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. She was a regular guest frequently on the show from 2006 until 2012. She has returned frequently since then , making 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 was the first appearance on animated television for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at the school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) as well as Sleepless Night (2011). 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 born in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mother. He was employed as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Pom was her name because it sounded like the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff was in Canada for a year prior to her family travelled extensively due to her father's employment. They lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died at the age of 5 from cancer was her mother. She also suffered from schizophrenia and couldn't care for her children. Klementi