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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing when she was eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the cheerleader of the year and the senior class president. She graduated in 1980 and went to the college process at Cal State Northridge to major 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 recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first of a series of films and videos she choreographed. After the release of her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and was soon a well-known artist and performer. 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 Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother, who was

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best known for her portrayals on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long history of roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the role of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite to such veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) (sta

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as the TV correspondent for ABC News. She is best known for her role as co-host 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. Due to limited TV opportunities she was employed in radio sales. Then she was able to work for one year as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT. Later, she would occasionally report and anchor. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. The contract was ended and she became a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. She was recruited by ABC News the news division in December 2011. The 2nd of January, 2012, she debuted on the network&

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was in productions for television and film like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Then, she created projects such as Double Dare (1976). Also, she has appeared on television shows like 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) as well as Dyna Girl (2001). She is perhaps most famous for her part in "Christine Sullivan" in the show, a Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was a part of 156 shows. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and famous nuclear physical scientist 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 in 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). She was born in Palo alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. Attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. She

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the 27th of August, 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle child, having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career with City Boy (1992), an original television film. In 1993, after her first film, she was a candidate for the part of "Becky" in the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for an actor to replace Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from high school in the year 1995, when she was filming the season 1994-1995 of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She was in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In both films she played the character of Krista Wilson as the cheerleader. In 1998, one year following the time that Roseanne (1988) was finished, Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV show called Nothing Too Good for

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna as well as one half of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She's twice a winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also won the 2008 best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She's appeared in various roles in "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was an actor on "The Ron James Show" and also had guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." She was also featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays the role of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." The timeframe of 2019-2020 is when her net worth has grown dramatically. What does Lauren Ash's net worth today at 37? Lauren Ash's main sou

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 , and her mother, who is caucasian, has German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. Her family lived next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and she was a huge enthusiast of films from her early days. Her mother was a teacher , and her father worked as an attorney. Paula claims that when she was young, she would try to escape from the world by "pretending to pretend to be someone else" which is why it came as a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in a summer program, and was awarded a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant for television documentaries as well as Howie Mandel's tal

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and was a part of her early years living in Chicago. But when Amy was in high school her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe on her own and with her family. They were both teachers and were able to travel and camp with each other every summer due to this. They've camped across every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to aid in relief efforts. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions and winning contests to write. She was a talented athlete at high school and took part in 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 stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" as well as

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a performer with a passion when she was a kid and even reenacted commercials on TV to keep the family entertained. But she chose to devote her time to dance. She continued her dance training by working with several well-known dancers after she had spent the last nine years learning ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She realized what she wanted to do at the age of 15, when she smashed more than 300 girls in an audition for an agency for talent. She was offered roles in Spanish music videos and TV. The contract led to many more performances, which opened the doors to a successful career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her movie debut with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she appeared in a brief scene in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production in which she pl

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, who is a director, actor and musician, has directed many episodes of TV including Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. She also served as Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and is attached to direct two pilots in development. Milena was one of the eight women chosen by AFI for their highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her short film as well as a television show proof of concept was shown at SXSW. It also took home Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short form Temporary (2017 directed by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the United States. It won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and television actor. 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" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow", with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was in the film alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In television Perabo appeared as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy thriller "Covert Affairs." She also appeared in ABC's legal drama "Notorious" in 201

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 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 Broughster is an American actor vocalist, singer, and actress. Her role as Kathy as a character that recurred on Friends the fourth season was her first big break. Her first fame was due to her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime drama Criminal Minds. She appeared frequently on the show from 2006 until 2012. The show has been back regularly 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, which 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) worked in government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts. She made the move to New York City fo

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff is a French actress was born on May 3, 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 plays the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mom. He was working as consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff spent one year in Canada prior to moving her family frequently due to her father's work. After moving to France the family lived in Japan. Her father was diagnosed with cancer when she was five, and her mother had schizophrenia and was incapable of caring for childr