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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years old, she began taking dance lessons. She went to Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class president and head cheerleader. She graduated from high school in the year 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 Lakers enlisted The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first of a number of movies and videos she would choreograph. With her first CD "Forever Your Girl" Her singing career took off. However, the song "Straight Up" was a massive success and she has been a successful singer/dancer ever after. It was made easier by her time on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress, recognized for her character roles in both period and present-day screen roles, and many stage and film roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer expert, and John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She attended drama school after which she was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). She was 22 years old when she scored her first film part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman, who is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's film credits include the 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's Independence Day (1996) (starring Will...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as a television correspondent at ABC News. She is most famous for her role as co-host of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, as well as host of The View, 2015-2018. Prior to this, she hosted World News Now as well as America This Morning. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She worked in radio sales, because of the limited opportunities for television. After a year of working as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT she was able to report and anchor occasionally. From 2002 until 2005, she was the sports anchor for weekends and weekday sports anchor at the WCPO-TV station in Cincinnati. Following the expiration of her contract and she became a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011 the news was released that she has been hired by ABC...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her career as a television and film producer, producing films such as "The New Card Sharks", (1978) as well as "Card Sharks," (1986). She went on to produce projects like Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most popular role was for her performance in "Christine Sullivan" who was who was a Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she played in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is an accomplished poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918-April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990) were born during her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek, California. Was a student at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlet...

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 Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She also graduated of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a twice Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She also won awards for the Best Comedic Performance in 2008 as well as Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has played a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes," a Canadian TV series. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"""Cracked,"" “Bomb Girls” and "Lost Girl." She also appeared in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has grown significantly in 2019-2020. What is the amount Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren Ash's earnings come...

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 is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch origins. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was young and she was a big fan of films from her earliest age. Her mother, too, who enjoyed good films also taught at a school as was her father, a lawyer. Paula said that she attempted to get away as young girls by "pretending" to be someone other than herself. Therefore, it's no surprise that she appeared in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School plays. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She completed her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. The program was a success, and she was granted a three-month project to create documentaries for PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant for television documentaries, ...

Amy Carlson

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Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago area. However, when Amy was in high school, she and her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the younger sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family as well as independently. Since her parents worked as teachers and teachers, they could enjoy every summer with each other, traveling and camping all across the United States. They have camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda after the war in 1994 to assist in relief efforts. At a young age, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions and winning contests for writing. High school was where she was a star athlete winning the first ever 3200 meter relay for girls in the Illinois track. After college, she suffered an accident, she returned to the stage with a variety of roles on stage beginning with Lanford Wil...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez. She was an obsessive performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to keep the family entertained. But she chose to concentrate on dance. She continued her dance training with a variety of highly-regarded dancers after she had spent the last nine years learning ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. She discovered her true passion at the age of 15, after she defeated over 300 other girls during an audition with a talent agency. The contract she signed secured her roles on Spanish television shows as well as music videos. The contract opened the doors to a promising career on the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it she played one of four sisters who were seeking the affection of a handsome d...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, who is a director, actor and musician, has directed many episodes on TV including Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. Also, she was the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots in production. Milena was one of eight women who were selected by AFI's most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober has saw its World premiere at SXSW and won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made, Temporary (2017) was screened across the country. The film won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award from Sedon...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes as a stage, television and film actress. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was chosen in a breakout role in Coyote Ugly. She has been featured in a number of films since that time, including Christopher's "The Prestige" featuring 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 starring Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama featuring a cast which also included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. She appeared alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action film "Looper.". Perabo played Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama ...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most beloved actresses, is a special lady. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since her arrival in the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion with Lawrence Kasdan with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. She also waited patiently for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. For her role as Hostages as the lead actres...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her native Scotland and where she initially began to perform on stage on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London where she quickly became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first paid gig on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). Also, she's participated in theater as an actor 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 was well-received by critics. Her first US film role was "Stacy" an empathetic and reborn Christian as seen in Headspace (2005). It was as the crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona Ryder) which was written produced by Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talent, noting an u...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. She was first recognized for her role in the role of Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also an actor and singer. Her breakout role was as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds in which she was a regular on the show from 2006 until 2012 and has since returned to for guest appearances , before returning frequently in 2016. She also portrayed 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 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), worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts. S...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born 3 May 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). She is the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to her Korean mother and a French-Russian father who was employed as a consul in the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff lived in Canada for one year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's job. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5 was her mother. She was also suffering from schizophrenia , and could not care for her children. Klementieff was raised with her paternal ...