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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 is an American journalist who worked previously as an anchor for television at ABC News. She is best known for her stint as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, and as host of The View, 2015-2018. She was previously co-anchor of 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. Due to limited TV opportunities she worked in radio sales. She was eventually able to find work for an entire year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT . She then occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until. When her contract ended in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was employed by ABC News which is the division for news of ABC. She joined the network for its World N...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a TV and film producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many television shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) as well as Dyna Girl (2001). Her most memorable TV performance was as "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 , she played in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and a well-known nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 to April 7 15th, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 the 30th of March, 1990) were born during her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto, California and was raised in Walnut Creek. The school she attended was Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athl...

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. She has one older sister, Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career with City Boy (1992), a made for television movie. After her first film she auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was in search of an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show in order to attend studies at college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She also appeared in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In both films she played the part of Krista Wilson and was an athlete. Sarah was asked to be a part in a show from 1998 called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year after Roseanne (1988). The show was based ...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna as well as one half of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She also won awards for Best Comedic Play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. The actress has been in several roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes. She played a frequent role in "The Ron James Show" and made guest appearances in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." The timeframe of 2019-2020 is when her net worth increased significant. What's the sum of Lauren A...

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 is of German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. When she was a young girl in the area, her family lived in front of the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent film enthusiast since her early years. Her mother, who liked good movies, was a schoolteacher, and her father was an attorney. Paula claimed that she tried to escape as an innocent child through "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. So it's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". However, she went on to learn film at the University of Southern California in a summer program, and was awarded a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. She was later hired as a production assistant for documentaries for television and Howie...

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. Amy was a resident of Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she was in junior college. Her family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her family and independently. Because her parents were teachers, they were able to enjoy every summer with each other, traveling and camping all over the United States. They've stayed in every state with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda to assist in efforts to help after the 1994 war. From the beginning, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions, and winning contests for writing. In high school she was an accomplished athlete who was a part of the first ever 3200 meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After a college injury, she was back in the theater with many roles ...

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 actress as well as a director and musician. She has directed 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), and has been tapped to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was one of eight women selected for AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept called Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober It featured 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 film she made in the short form Temporary (2017, by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the United States. It won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's C...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and TV actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She has been in a variety of films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige", with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale as well as "Because I Said So" featuring Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me and You" films with Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama featuring a cast which also comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action flick "Looper". On television, Perabo played Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." S...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best well-known 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 of Eric Bana's wife on the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Since moving to the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as 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 is an ensemble of Lawrence Kasdan which features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also was waiting for the release of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding Ac...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. That's where she started performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she relocated to London, where she soon got involved in indie filmmaking. (Her first paid gig on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). In addition, she has been involved in theatre, as an actor 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. The play was praised by critics. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" who was a manipulative and reborn Christian who appeared in Headspace (2005). She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The critics were amazed by her unique mix of sensuality and irreverent hum...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends' fourth season, was her first recognition. Her first fame was due to her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent in the crime drama Criminal Minds. She was on the show on that show regularly from 2006 until 2012. The show has been back regularly since then , with guest appearances. She also portrayed 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, marking the first time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was born on March 10, 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a senior government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at the school. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts. She was able t...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on 3 May 1986. She studied 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) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the daughter of two parents: a Korean mother, as well as a father who was French-Russian. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. The name was chosen by her parents "Pom" due to the fact that it's similar in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff resided in Canada for a year prior to her family traveled extensively because of her father's job. After the move to France she resided in Japan. Klementieff lost her father to cancer at age five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. Klementieff was raised ...