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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started taking dance classes at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader and the senior class president. Her high school graduation was in 1980. After graduation she enrolled in college 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. She was recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a long list of movies and videos she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career began to take off. The single "Straight Up" was a massive success and she has been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This was made possible by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdu...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy) the American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. She was raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She later attended drama school and was accepted into the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. In the following two decades she scored her first major film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" who is a white woman who is raised by the Sioux Indians. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite other veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsl...

Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She was previously the TV reporter for ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are popular. She was also co-anchor on America This Morning as well as 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 the limited opportunities for TV, she took an opportunity as a radio sales representative. She was recruited as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant and then was promoted to reporter and anchor. Between 2002 and 2005, she was the weekend sports anchor and sports anchor on weekdays at the station WCPO in Cincinnati. After her contract was up she took on the role of anchor and reporter for sports at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011 she was employed by ABC News the division for news of ABC. The 2n...

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in film and TV shows including Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and was a guest on television projects like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her greatest TV part was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she was in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 90) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto in California and raised in Walnut Creek. As a cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon. S...

Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child of two siblings: the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut was in City Boy (1992), the TV-produced film. After her first film, Sarah auditioned in 1993 for the role of "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for a replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to go to university. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995, and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. Sarah also starred with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah played in two films: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) as a cheerleader named Krista Wilson. In 1998, one year following the time that Roseanne (1988) was finished, Sarah was asked to act in a show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). It was based on the show the show Nothing To...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also received the Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She's played various roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian TV series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and appeared in guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,""Cracked,"" “Bomb Girls” as well as "Lost Girl." Her credits in television and film also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She's the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy,"" an animated Canadian series. In 2019-2020, her net worth has grown dramatically. What is Lauren Ash's net worth when she is 37? Lauren Ash is a suc...

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. Her family lived directly next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a major movie buff from her very early years. Her mother was a teacher , and her father was an attorney. Paula states that as a girl she would escape by "pretending to pretend to be someone else" therefore it wasn't 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 took film classes and was given a 3-month project to make documentaries for PBS. She was later hired as a production assistant on TV documentaries and Howie Mandel's talk-show. Later, she made documentary segments for Medi...

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and was a part of her early years living in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn Illinois, right up to the time she graduated from junior college. Her family also lived in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, and a brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe by herself as well as together with her family. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could travel together every summer, and camping across the United States. They've camped in every US state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda to assist in efforts to help after the war of 1994. Amy showed her artistic talents early through acting in school productions, and winning writing contests. High school was where she was a star athlete and was the first to participate in the ever 3200 meter relay race for girls in the Illinois track. After sustaining an injury, she...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. As a child, she was an obsessive performer. She would even re-enact commercials on TV for the entertainment of her family. However, she decided to devote her energies to dancing. After pursuing classical ballet for 9 years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of prominent dancers. At the age of 15 she followed her purpose when she beat over 300 girls at an audition at a talent agency. The agency offered her roles in Spanish music videos and TV. The contract 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). Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she played one of the four sisters fighting for the...

Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has directed a number of episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently in the process of completing two pilots. Milena was one of eight women who were selected by AFI's highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series as well as a short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort The film won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival as and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was screened across the country. She won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International...

Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage, TV and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was a part in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. She has been featured in a number of films since that time, including Christopher's "The Prestige", with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me & 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 starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action film "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker's TV character in five seasons of ...

Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best loved actresses, is a truly special woman. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films like 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 in the role of Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion which is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. She filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release of her movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya opposite Clive Owen. Recently, she was aw...

Pollyanna McIntosh was a child in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her native Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began to perform on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she relocated to London where she quickly became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first pay-per-view on The Acid House was as a stoner in the film Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also been involved in theatre, as an actor and a director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought an increase in theatre productions, including a production of "The Woolgatherer" where she was the director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to high praise. Then she landed her first US film role, playing the manipulative woman who is a new Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). The role was later recast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian, in Sex and D...

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress and a vocalist. First recognized for her role as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends as well as being a voice actress and singer. The first time she was recognized was her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. She appeared in the show on a regular basis from 2006 to 2012. She has returned often in the years since to 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 time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an administrator at the school. Brewster was b...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in films like Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the character of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the daughter of an Korean mother, as well as a father who was French-Russian. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Pom was her name since it sounds similar to the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff lived in Canada for a year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's work. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died at the age of 5 from cancer was also her mother. She also suffered with schizophrenia and didn...