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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years old, she began dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was where she was the senior class president and the chief cheerleader. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. After graduating she started college at Cal State Northridge. There she was a radio and television major. 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture", the first in a long line of movies and videos she choreographed. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and soon became a well-known performer and dancer. Her stint as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become more well-known as a performer and dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her ...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is an Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She later attended the drama school and was accepted into the highly regarded Long Wharf Theatre Company on the 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 born to the Sioux Indians. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for this role. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of seasoned performers as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She previously worked as an anchor for TV on ABC News. She is well-known for her role as co-host of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, as well as 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. Due to limited TV opportunities the company employed her in radio sales. Then she was able to work for an entire year as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT. Later, she would occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. Her contract was terminated and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. She was recruited by ABC News the news division in December of 2011. She first made an...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her career as a TV and film producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). She went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has been featured on many television shows such as E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her most famous TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she played in 156 episodes. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 in 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990) were born in her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As a cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. The Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark...

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 27, 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut with City Boy (1992), the first television-produced film made by TV. After her first film she auditioned for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was seeking an alternative to the character after Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated high school in 1995 as she was filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she appeared 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 be a part in a show from 1998 called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and one half the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 Best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. The actress has been in several roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes", as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" in addition to guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays the role of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has been growing significant in 2019 and 2020. So, how much is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37 years old? Lauren Ash's main source...

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, while her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch origins. While growing up in the area, her family lived close to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie buff from the time she was a child. Her mother, also appreciated good films was a teacher, as was her father, an attorney. Paula claimed that she tried to escape when she was young girls through "pretending" to become someone else. So it's not a surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School plays. Her favorite role was the one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". She completed her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a program for summers in film. It was during this time that she was given a three-month assignment to make documentaries for PBS. It led her to work as a production assistant for TV documentariesand o...

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy resided in GlenEllyn Illinois, right up to the time she entered junior college. Her family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy has three siblings, sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her family and independently. Both of her parents worked as teachers, so they had the opportunity to spend their summers together camping and exploring all across the United States. They've camped across every state except Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda to assist in relief efforts after the war in 1994. Amy was an accomplished actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who was a part of the first ever 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. In college, after an accident, she returned to the theater , playing a variety of roles on stag...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. As a young child she was an obsessed performer. She would even re-enact TV commercials for the amusement of her family. But, she decided to dedicate her time to dance. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of famous dancers. When she was 15 she realized her real calling when she bested over 300 girls at an audition for a talent agency. The contract she received landed her roles in Spanish TV shows , as well as music videos. The contract opened the possibility of a lucrative career in the world of film. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The third film she starred in, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production where she played one of the four sisters ...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor director, musician, and actor. She has directed many episodes of TV that include Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is attached to direct two pilots currently in development. Milena was one of eight women chosen by AFI for their most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series and short film. It starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded the best episodic award at Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017, by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the nation. It was awarded Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also given out at Sedona Internation...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes as a stage, television and film actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and living in New Jersey, she graduated with a summa cum Laude degree from Ohio University. She was in the film the film's breakout character, CoyoteUgly in the year 2000. 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" with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV role in five seasons of USA Network's spy show "Covert Affai...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has been praised for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first attracted 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 is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with 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 an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan cast featuring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days in Desert. She also waited patiently for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. She recently receive...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia, but she returned to Scotland and began to perform on the stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16 she moved to London and soon started working in independent filmmaking. (Her first gig as a paid actor in The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). In addition, she has participated in theater as both an actress as well as a director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" an original play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was the director. The play received rave reviews. Her first US film role was "Stacy" an empathetic, born again Christian who appeared 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) as played by Heathers (1988). The critics were amazed by her unique mix of powerful sexuality and irreverent humor. T...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer as well as voice actor. Her role as Kathy an recurring character on Friends' fourth season, was her first recognition. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds in which she was on the show regularly from 2006 until 2012 and has since returned for guest appearances and then returned frequently in 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. This was the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew), worked in government. Her father Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts in the United States, and later moved to New Y...

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 school, Paris. She has been in movies such as Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She plays the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was employed there as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Her parents picked the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff was an American citizen for one year. Her family had travelled extensively due to her father's work. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Her father was diagnosed with cancer when she was five ...