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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. When she was eight years of age, she began dance lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the cheerleader of the year as well as the class president. Her graduation was in 1980 and went to college at Cal State Northridge to major in TV and radio. 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" that was the first of a long series of movies and video she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and was soon a well-known singer/dancer. The time she spent as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, who is also Jewish, was born in Cana...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is well-known for her portrayals of characters that span both present and past screen roles, as well as the long list of stage and film roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) who was an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. Growing up in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Then, she went to drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She was only 22 when she got her first movie role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell has been in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such veteran actors like Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich's Indep...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as the TV reporter at ABC News. She is most famous for her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, from 2014 to 2018, and host of The View, 2015-2018. The show was co-hosted by her prior co-anchors 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 in television, she held a job as a radio sales representative. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant, and later was promoted to reporter and anchor. From 2002 to 2005 she was the sports anchor for weekends and weekday sports anchor at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. She became a sports reporter for the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 through December 2011, when her contract was terminated. In December 2011, she was recruited by ABC News the news division of ABC. The first time she ap...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and started her career on films and TV shows such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and then went on to make such shows as Double Dare (1976) and appeared on such television projects like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her character "Christine Sullivan" who was a Night Court star (1984). From 1984 to 1992, she appeared in 156 shows. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - 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). Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up in the vicinity of Walnut Creek in California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School located in Walnut Creek. Earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts de...

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. Sarah is the middle child. She has an older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in the film City Boy (1992), produced for television. Following her debut film Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was seeking an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend studies at college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in 1995, while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah was also in the film with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she was in two films in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to appear in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one year following Roseanne (1988). Th...

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 one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she won the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's been featured in different roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" as well. She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Her film and television credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown dramatically between 2019 and 2020. How much is Lauren Ash's net worth at 3...

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 is of German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up and she was a big fan of movies since her earliest days. Her mother, too, who enjoyed good films was a teacher, and her father was a lawyer. Paula claimed that she tried to escape as an innocent child by "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. So it is no surprise that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her favorite role was the one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". But, she decided to study film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and won a 3-month assignment making documentaries for PBS. The result was that she was hired as a production assistant for documentary films on TV as well as Howie Mandel’s talk show. Later, she...

Amy Carlson

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Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. But when Amy was in junior high, she and her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe as a solo traveler and with her family. Since her parents were teachers which allowed them to spend every summer together traveling and camping all over the United States. They've camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy has also traveled to Rwanda after the war in 1994 to aid relief efforts. Amy was a skilled actor in school plays , and she won writing contests. Amy was a highly competitive athlete in high school and participated in the very first 3200-meter relay on the Illinois girls track. After an injury, she was able to return to theater and play many roles in plays, including Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and Wall...

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 compulsive performer as a child, and reenacted TV commercials to amuse the family. But she chose to devote her time to dancing. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. She realized her passion at the age 15 after she defeated over 300 girls at an audition for an agency for talent. She was offered roles in Spanish TV and music videos. This contract resulted in a variety of roles, which opened the way to a future on the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut in a film with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it, she played one of four sisters that were trying to win the love of a handsome Ar...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor director, musician, and actor. She has helmed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots that are currently in the process of development. Milena was selected as one of eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable the short film she created, as well as a TV series proof of concept was shown at SXSW. It also took home Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been screened across the nation and won the 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 appeared in more than 100 television shows. She first gained national attention in CBS...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for the Golden Globe as a stage actress, television and film actor. She was born in Dallas and was raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was cast in a breakout role in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has 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" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" with an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons on the spy drama on USA Network "Covert Affairs." After that, Perabo played as Annie Walker on...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best loved actresses, is a truly special woman. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role, as Eric Bana's character's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer has been in a variety of Studio films since arriving in the United States, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion with Lawrence Kasdan with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel, opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garces' Last Days in Desert. Also, she waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, t...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she started performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she moved to London, where she soon began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first professional gig on The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). In addition, she has participated in theater, as an actress and director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" which was a stage play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. It received great reviews. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" an empathetic birthed Christian, in Headspace (2005). The role was later recast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) and directed by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were awed by her distinctive combina...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress, and singer. Her character as Kathy the character who appeared in recurring roles on Friends' fourth season, was her first public recognition. Her breakthrough role came as the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she starred on a regular basis from 2006 until 2012. She has since returned for guest appearances , before returning regularly in the year 2016. 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, which was the first appearance in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) was employed in government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was raised in Massachuse...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She received her training at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in films such as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She portrays the role 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, Canada, to a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was working as a consul there for the French government. Her grandfather was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Pom was her name since it sounds like the Korean words "spring" and "tiger" in Korean. Klementieff spent one year in Canada before her family moved frequently due to her father's work. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was just 5 and her mother suffered from schizophrenia and could n...