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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started taking dance classes when she was eight. She went to Van Nuys High School, in which she was a senior class president and head cheerleader. She graduated in 1980 and began college 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 recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" the first of a series of videos and movies she would choreograph. She began singing with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until her single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . Since then, she has been a popular performer ever since. Her popularity was further boosted by her appearance as an judge on the hit series American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardi

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is famous for her portrayals of characters from both contemporary and period 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 of Irish descent. Growing up in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She attended the drama school after which she was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). At the age of 22, she was when she was offered her breakthrough film part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for this role. McDonnell was a part of the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such veteran performers as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also was a part of R

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, was previously a TV correspondent for ABC News. Her most well-known work is her role as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 and as co-host of The View from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring 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. Because of the lack of opportunities in television, she was offered an opportunity as an agent for radio sales. She was hired as a WRGT/WKEF production assistant, and later became a reporter and anchor. From 2002 to 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor as well as the sports anchor for weekdays at the station WCPO in Cincinnati. Her contract was terminated , and she became a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that she was hired by the ne

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career with films and TV shows such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and later on produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and has made appearances on such programs on television like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her most famous TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992, she appeared in 156 shows. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark College, Port

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 child. She has one older sister, Natasha Chalke and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut on TV in a made-for-TV film called City Boy (1992). After her debut film her audition, she was cast in 1993 for the role "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). Following the time that Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college the show was in search for a replacement. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 while filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she was in two films in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was also invited to star in a television series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year following Ros

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and a member of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the award for the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has performed a range of roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as "Almost Heroes," an Canadian television series. 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." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been growing substantially in the years 2019-2020. What

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. Her family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a huge fan of movies from her early childhood. Her mother, who also liked good movies was a teacher, as was her father, a lawyer. Paula claims that as a girl she would escape by "pretending to pretend to be someone else" and it shouldn't come as a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She pursued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a course in film. In that time, she was granted a three-month assignment to make documentaries for PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant for documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago region. Amy lived with her family in Chicago until she was in junior high. Her parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the younger sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family as well as on her own. Her parents were teachers so they could spend every summer camping together and travel all across the United States. They've camped across every state except Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to help with relief efforts. Amy was a talented actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. High school was where she was a star athlete taking part in the first ever 3200 meter relay race for girls in the Illinois track. After a college injury, she returned the theater and performed in a variety on stage starting with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" 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 an obsessive performer when she was a kid and often reenacted TV commercials for family amusement. However, she decided to concentrate her energy on dance. She continued her dance training with a number of well-respected dancers after spending nine years learning classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. At 15, however she realized her real destiny when she outclassed more than 300 other dancers at a talent agency audition. The contract she was offered secured her roles on Spanish television programs as well as music videos. This opened up the doors to a promising career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that, she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it, she played one of the four sisters that were try

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, a writer as well as an actor and musician has directed numerous episodes on TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. She was also the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently working on two pilots in the process of development. Milena was one of eight women chosen by AFI for their famous Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable is 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 short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the United States. It was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Direc

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, television, and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000 she was cast in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has been in movies such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" featuring Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me &"Imagine Me & 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 as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker's television part in five seasons on the spy drama on USA Network "

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performance. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was given the role of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite 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 a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast that includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel together with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She waited for the release of The Last Knights, a film written by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. She recently received the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding actress in a Dra

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began to perform on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at the age of 16 and soon was involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. The first time she was paid was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actress and director in the theatre. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer", a play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was the director. The play received rave reviews. Then she landed her first US film role as the manipulative new-to-the-scenes Christian, "Stacy", 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), by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were awed by her unique mix of the power of sexuality and

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. She was first recognized for her role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends, she was also vocalist and voice actress. Her breakout role was as the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she appeared regularly from 2006 until 2012. She has since returned to as a guest on the show 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, marking the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 of 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official of the government, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator at a school. Brewster was raised in M

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff is a French actress, was born 3 May 1986. She received her training 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 portrays the role 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 child of two parents: a Korean mother and an American-Russian father. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Her parents picked the name "Pom" because it's like the Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff stayed in Canada for a short time before her family traveled extensively because of her father's job. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father died of cancer at the age of 5, and her mother had schizophren