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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 where she was the senior class president and also the head cheerleader. She graduated from high school in 1980. After graduating, she began 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. The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture", their first of many videos and movies she would choreograph. After the release of her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" was released, she began singing and soon became a renowned artist and performer. Her time as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother, also Jewish was ...

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best known for her performances on screen in both contemporary and historical roles. She has also had a long line of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant Both from Irish origin. Born in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She then attended drama school after which she was accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). In the following two decades, she landed her breakthrough film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist" who is a white woman who is raised by the Sioux Indians. For the role, she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell has starred in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) with such experienced actors a...

Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She previously worked as the TV reporter for ABC News. She is well-known for her role as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as as co-host of The View from 2015 to in 2018. Before that she was the co-anchor on America This Morning (World News Now) and America This Morning (America This Morning). After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. Because of limited TV opportunities she was employed in radio sales. After a year of work as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT. She was then in a position to report and anchor on occasion. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. Her contract was terminated , and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 through December...

  Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began her career in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she worked on such projects as Double Dare (1976). Also, she has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most notable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was part of 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). Alongside her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Her birthplace was Palo alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek in California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis &a...

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 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 she auditioned in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated high school in 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 Roseanne (1988) season. Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994) as did Jim Varney. In 1996, Sarah starred in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) as an actress named Krista Wilson. In 1998, a year after Roseanne (1988) was over, Sarah was asked to perform in a show titled Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). It was based on a TV movie with the same name which was called Nothing Too Go...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has also been recognized for her Best Comedic play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She's been featured in different roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared as a guest in "Call Me Fitz,""Cracked,"""Bomb Girls," and "Lost Girl." She also appeared 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 series "The Dating Guy." In 2019-2020, her net worth has grown significant. How much does Lauren Ash make at 37 years o...

Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American . her mother, who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. Her family lived directly next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and she was an avid movie buff from her early days. Her mother was a teacher while her father worked as an attorney. Paula states that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else when she was when she was a kid. It's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school plays. Her most loved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After graduation from the University Southern California's summer school, she pursued film studies and was assigned a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. This meant that she was hired as a production associate in TV documentaries and on Howie Mandel’s talk show. Later, she produced documentaries for Med...

Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago area. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago until she was in junior high. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe as a solo traveler and together with her family. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could travel together every summer, and camping all over the United States. They have spent time camping in every state other than Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda following the 1994 war to help in relief efforts. Amy displayed her talent for art early through acting in school productions and taking part in writing competitions. She was an athlete of great potential at high school and took part in the first ever 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. After a college injury, she returned the theater and performed in a variety on stage, beginning ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. As a young child she was an obsessive performer, and would reenact commercials on TV for the entertainment of her parents. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. She continued her dance training by working with several well-known dancers after spending nine years learning classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She discovered her true passion at the age of 15, when she smashed more than 300 other girls during an audition with an agency for talents. The agency offered her roles in Spanish TV and music videos. The contract resulted in a variety of performances, which opened the doors to a career on the big screen. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she was briefly featured in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production in wh...

Milena Govich is an actor, director, and musician. She has directed a number of episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Additionally, she was co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots currently in production. Milena was among eight women selected for AFI’s famous Directing Workshop for Women. She was also a participant 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, it won the best episodic award at the Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was shown throughout the country. She was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. As an actor Milena has be...

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. She appeared in the film's breakout character, CoyoteUgly in 2000. Since then, she's been seen in such films 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 You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" with an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was also a part of the cast with Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". Perabo played Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. In the fol...

Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most well-known actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role , Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected opposite 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 was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days In Desert. Also, she waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya who is the Japanese director. For her role as Hostages' lead actress, she won the Gold Nymph Award at the 54th Festival of ...

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she moved to London and soon found herself involved in the indie filmmaking (her first paid gig was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and director. In 2004, her move to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more stage work. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as along with David Dayan Fisher (a regular part on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. In Headspace (2005), she was offered her first US film role as "Stacy" who was a manipulative, born-again Christian. She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) as played by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were impressed by her distinctive combination of power sexuality and irrevere...

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress, and singer. Her character as Kathy the character who appeared in recurring roles on Friends' fourth season, was her first public recognition. Her breakthrough role came as the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she starred on a regular basis from 2006 until 2012. She has since returned for guest appearances , before returning regularly in the year 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, which was the first appearance in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) was employed in government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was raised in Massachuse...

Pom Klementieff, an actress from France, French actress was born on 3 May 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). She is the character Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mother. He was a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Because it sounds similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff was an American citizen for a single year. Her family had travelled extensively because of her father's work. Prior to moving to France, they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was just 5 and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and was unable ...