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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At age eight, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was where she was president of the senior class and the chief cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and went to the college process 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 video "Torture" which was the first of a long series of movies and video she would choreograph. She began her singing career through her first album, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until her hit single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December of 1988. she's been a household dancer ever since, aided by her stint as a judge on the hit show American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic J

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is well-known for her portrayals of characters from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant who are both from Irish descent. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Then, she went to the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. In the film, she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's credits in films include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite to such well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Indep

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, was previously the TV reporter at ABC News. She is most famous for her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, as well as host of The View, 2015-2018. In the past, she anchors World News Now and America This Morning. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She was employed in radio sales, because television was not a viable option. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. Later, she became a anchor and reporter. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until. She became a reporter for sports for NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV between November 2005 and December 2011 after her contract had expired. In December 2011 she was recruited by ABC News, the news division of ABC. The 2nd of January, 2012 she made her debut on ABC's World News Now and America This Morning.

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her career as a film and TV producer, with projects like "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post produced projects such as Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous TV shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her most famous TV part was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). The actress was on the show's 156 episodes between 1984 and 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is an accomplished poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 in 1990). Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. As a cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts at Lewis & Clark

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle of two sisters, one older, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. Following her first film, Sarah auditioned in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend studies at college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, during the filming of the 1994-1995 seasons of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994) alongside Jim Varney. In 1996, she appeared in two movies which included Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear in a TV series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year foll

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the award for the Best Comedic play award and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes", as well. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"""Cracked,"""Bomb Girls" and "Lost Girl." She has also been featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced the character of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has risen dramatically between 2019 and 2020. What's t

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, while her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch roots. Her family lived right next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up, and she was a major movie buff from the beginning of her life. Her mother, a teacher, and her dad as a lawyer were both avid film buffs. Paula states that as an adult she would escape from the world by "pretending to play a different character" which is why it came as surprising that she was a part-time actress in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer program, she studied film and was offered a three-month assignment to create documentaries for PBS. The result was that she could work as a production assistant in documentaries on TV and also on Howie Mandel's talk show. In t

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy was a resident of Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she entered junior college. Her family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the sister Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe both with her family as well as alone. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend the entire summer traveling and camping across the United States. They've stayed in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda for aid with efforts to aid in the aftermath of the 1994 war. Amy was a gifted actor in school plays and also won writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who placed in the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she went back to university and performed in a variety of roles on the stage, starting with Lanford

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 an obsessive performer when she was a kid and even reenacted commercials on TV to amuse the family. But she chose to focus her attention on dancing. She continued to train with a number of well-respected dancers, after having spent 9 years studying classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at age 15, when she beat more than 300 girls at an audition for an agency for talents. The agency offered her roles on Spanish music videos and TV. This led to many more roles, and opened the doors to a successful career on the world of big screens. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) Then she appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it, she played one of the four sisters who were fighting for the

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has helmed many episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is attached to direct two pilots in development. Milena was chosen as one of eight directors to take part in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her television series as well as a short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been shown 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.

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, television and film actress. Her birthplace was in Dallas and was raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then she has been in films such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" featuring 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"Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. In the television world, Perabo played Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy thriller "Covert Affairs." In the following seasons, Perabo was a star

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 grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland which is where she first started performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London at the age of 16, and swiftly began to get involved in independent filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actress and director in theatre. In 2004, her move to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more theatre. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as and David Dayan Fisher (a regular actor in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" as the manipulative woman who was a born again Christian as seen in Headspace (2005). It was as the crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) written from Heathers (1988) author Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talent, citing a

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor as well as a singer and voice actress. Most famously, she was known for her character as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends, she was also vocalist and voice actress. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From the year 2006 until 2012 she was on Criminal Minds frequently. She has been back with guest appearances ever since and is now returning to Criminal Minds frequently in 2016. Other roles she has played include Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community and the voice of Birdgirl in 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 of the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Gale

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff is a French actress was born on 3 May 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in movies such as Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She is 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 the child of an Korean mother and a father who was French-Russian. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Her grandfather was painter Eugene Klementieff. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" Her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff was a Canadian citizen for a year. Her family traveled extensively due to her father's job. Before making the move to France, they resided in Japan and also on the Ivory Coast. Her father was diagnosed with cancer when she was five and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and was unable to care for c