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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She began taking dance lessons when she was just eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class head cheerleader and president. 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 video "Torture", the first in a lengthy line 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 successful dancer/singer ever after. This was helped by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother, also Jewish, was born and was raised ...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is known for her portrayals in characters from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) she was the daughter of a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was born in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She later attended the drama program and was admitted to the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she was offered her breakthrough film role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the part. McDonnell has starred in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) opposite such experienced actors as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also was a part of Roland Emmerich's I...

Paula Faris is an American journalist. She previously worked as the TV reporter for ABC News. She is most famous for her stint as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, and as host of The View, 2015-2018. Prior to that she was the co-anchor on America This Morning (World News Now) as well as 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 the lack of opportunities in television, she held an opportunity as a sales representative for radio. She eventually found work for one year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT . She then occasionally report and anchor. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati, and the anchor for weekdays at WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. After her contract expired in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 until Decemb...

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and started her career on films and TV shows, including Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and then went on to produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and has made appearances on such TV shows like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her biggest TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992, she was in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was an accomplished poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 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). Born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awarded her a Bachelor of Arts degree. She ...

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child. She has one older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a made-for-TV film, City Boy (1992). After her first movie Sarah was a candidate for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show in order to attend studies at college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in 1995 while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994), along with Jim Varney. She was in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear(1996). In these films she played the part of Krista Wilson who was who was a cheerleader. Sarah was invited to be a part in a show from 1998 called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one year after Roseanne (1988). The show was based...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna as well as one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a twice-winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also received the 2008 Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian television series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" as well as guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." In the years 2019 and 2020, her net worth increased dramatically. How much money does Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren ...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She has German, English, Dutch and English heritage. While growing up in the area, her family lived close to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent film fan from her childhood. Her mom was a teacher while her father was an attorney. Paula claimed that she tried to escape when she was a young girl through "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. So it's not a surprise that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to learn film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and received a three-month contract to create documentary films for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant in TV documentariesand for Howie Mandel's talk show. She ...

Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she entered junior college. The family also resided in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the youngest of three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe both on her own as well as with her family. Both of her parents worked as teachers, so they had the opportunity to spend their summers together camping and traveling all across the United States. They've camped in every American state except Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda to assist in relief efforts following the 1994 war. Amy was an accomplished actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. In high school, she was a promising athlete who placed in the very first 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. After a college injury, she returned to the stage with a variety of roles on stage starting with...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. When she was a child she was already a fervent performer, performing TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to devote her energy to dancing. After nine years of ballet training in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the tutelage of a variety of prominent dancers. She found her calling at the age of 15, after she defeated over 300 girls at an audition for an agency that represented talent. The contract that resulted in her being signed secured her roles in a variety of Spanish television shows as well as music videos. This in turn set the stage for an acting career on the big screen. Cruz was first seen in a movie with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played on...

Milena Govich is an actress director, musician, and actor. She has directed many episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots that are in development. Milena was among eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. The short film she made and the TV series proof-of-concept called Unspeakable with Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober The film featured its World premiere at SXSW and was awarded the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) was screened across the United States. It won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's ...

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and TV actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then, she's been in films such 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 drama "10th Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast that included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. She also appeared in ABC's legal drama "Notorious" in 2016. You can also watch "Turn Up Charlie" on Netflix with IdrisElba....

Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most popular actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she was first noticed by Hollywood after she was cast in the part of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred Dennis Quaid (with 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, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in the film of Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days in Desert. The actress also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. Recently, she was honored with the Gold Nymph Award as Outstanding Actress...

Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began to perform on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London where she quickly started working in independent filmmaking. (Her first pay-per-view on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). In addition, she has participated in theater as both an actress and a director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" that 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. Her first US film role was "Stacy" an empathetic woman who was a born again Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian, in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon...

Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. Her first recognition came from her role as Kathy in the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakout role was as Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From the year 2006 until 2012 she was on Criminal Minds frequently. She has been back with guest appearances ever since and will be appearing on Criminal Minds regularly in the year 2016. She has 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. This was the first appearance in animated form for the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a senior government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at the school. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts and...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her roles include Loup (2009) as well as Sleepless Night (2011). She portrays the role of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was employed there as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Her parents picked the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's like the Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff was a Canadian citizen for a year. Her family was able to travel extensively because of her father's work. After the move to France she resided in Japan. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was five, and her mother had schizophrenia an...