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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At age eight, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was where she was president of the senior class and the chief cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and went to the college process 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" which was the first of a long series of movies and video she would choreograph. She began her singing career through her first album, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until her hit single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December of 1988. she's been a household dancer ever since, aided by her stint as a judge on the hit show American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic J

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is well-known for her portrayals of characters in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is an Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was born in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. After that, she went to drama school , and was accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. She was only 22 when she scored her first movie role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. In exchange for the role, she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) as well as opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, was previously the TV reporter at ABC News. She is most famous for her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, as well as host of The View, 2015-2018. In the past, she anchors World News Now and America This Morning. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She was employed in radio sales, because television was not a viable option. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. Later, she became a anchor and reporter. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until. She became a reporter for sports for NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV between November 2005 and December 2011 after her contract had expired. In December 2011 she was recruited by ABC News, the news division of ABC. The 2nd of January, 2012 she made her debut on ABC's World News Now and America This Morning.

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her career as a film and TV producer, with projects like "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post produced projects such as Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous TV shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her most famous TV part was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). The actress was on the show's 156 episodes between 1984 and 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is an accomplished poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 in 1990). Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. As a cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts at Lewis & Clark

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 of two sisters, one older, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. Following her first film, Sarah auditioned in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend studies at college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, during the filming of the 1994-1995 seasons of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994) alongside Jim Varney. In 1996, she appeared in two movies which included Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear in a TV series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year foll

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the award for the Best Comedic play award and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes", as well. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"""Cracked,"""Bomb Girls" and "Lost Girl." She has also been featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced the character of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has risen dramatically between 2019 and 2020. What's t

Paula Patton

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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 roots. Her family lived directly across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a major fan of movies from her earliest days. Her mom was a school teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula says she was able to get away from her mother by pretending to be someone else while an infant. It's not surprising to learn that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most beloved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After having graduated from the University of Southern California's summer program she took film classes and was assigned a three-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant for television documentaries, as well as for Howie Mandel's talk sh

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent the majority of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago, when she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the youngest of three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family and independently. Both of them were teachers and were able to travel and camp together every summer due to this. They have camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda after the 1994 war to assist in relief efforts. Amy demonstrated artistic talent early by participating in school productions and taking part in writing competitions. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who was a part of the first ever 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. After an injury, she returned to college and played many parts on the stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson’s “Fifth of July” and then dir

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. She was an obsessive performer when she was a kid and even reenacted commercials on TV to amuse the family. But she chose to focus her attention on dancing. She continued to train with a number of well-respected dancers, after having spent 9 years studying classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at age 15, when she beat more than 300 girls at an audition for an agency for talents. The agency offered her roles on Spanish music videos and TV. This 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). The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it, she played one of the four sisters who were fighting for the

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has helmed many episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is attached to direct two pilots in development. Milena was chosen as one of eight directors to take part in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her television series as well as a short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been shown across the nation and was awarded Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival.

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage actress, television and film actor. She was born in Dallas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then, she's been seen in such films as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" which starred Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast, which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was in the film alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action flick "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. She was a part of ABC's legal drama "Notorious" in 20

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most well-known actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first recognized by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking film role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the film with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast that includes Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor while awaiting the release of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is also starring Clive Owen. Recently, she was honored with the Gold Nymph Award as Outs

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia She was born in Colombia and Portugal, but she later moved to Scotland when she began her career on the stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she left for London and soon found herself involved in independent filmmaking (her first paid gig was as stoner in Irvine Wales's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre acting, both as an actor and director. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" the play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was the director. It was well-received by critics. In Headspace (2005), she made her debut US film role as "Stacy" who was a manipulative and a born-again Christian. It was in the role of wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) written by Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the public began to notice of her talent, noting a unique blend of powerful sexua

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor as well as a singer and voice actress. Most famously, she was known for her character as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends, she was also vocalist and voice actress. Her breakthrough role was 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 is now returning to Criminal Minds frequently in 2016. Other roles she has played include Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community and the voice of Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and also voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales, marking the first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Gale

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on May 3rd, 1986. She trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in films like Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays 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 the Korean mother, as well as her father was French-Russian. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Her father was a painter Eugene Klementieff. The name was chosen by her parents "Pom" because it's like the Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff was an American citizen for one year. Her family traveled extensively as a result of her father's job. After the move to France and then to France, she lived in Japan. Her father passed away from cancer when she was just 5 and her mother was suffering from schizophrenia and was unable to take care