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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. At the age of eight older, she began her dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was where she was the senior class president and also the head cheerleader. She graduated from high school in the year 1980. Following graduation, 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. She branched out into singing on her debut album, "Forever Your Girl" with a mediocre sales performance until the hit song "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 and she's been a household dancer ever since, aided by her time as a judge on the hit series

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress, who is well-known for her portrayals of characters in both period and present-day screen roles, and many films and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. She was raised in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended drama school and was accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Two decades later she got her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist", a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the part. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) in which she starred alongside veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist. She previously worked as a TV correspondent for ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are well-known. In the past, she anchors 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. Due to the limited opportunities on television, she landed an opportunity as an agent for sales at radio. After a year of work as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT she was in a position to report and anchor at times. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until. She was a sports reporter at NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 through December 2011 after her contract expired. In December 2011 she was appointed by ABC News, the news division of ABC. Her debut on the network was on the 2nd of

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her career as a film and TV producer, producing films such as "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post produced projects such as Double Dare (1976), and appeared on various television shows such as E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most memorable TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she appeared in 156 episodes. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 in 2015). She had two daughters with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). She was born in Palo Alto, California and was raised in Walnut Creek. The school she attended was Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis &

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle child. She has one older sister, Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career with City Boy (1992), a made for television movie. After her first film she auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was in search of an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show in order to attend studies at college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She also appeared in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In both films she played the part of Krista Wilson and was an athlete. Sarah was asked to be a part in a show from 1998 called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year after Roseanne (1988). The show was based

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a twice Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has also won awards for the Best Comedic Play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes", as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and appeared in guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" “Cracked," “Bomb Girls” and "Lost Girl." Other film and television credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays Sam in animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." In the period 2019-2020, her net worth has increased significant. What's the average amount Lauren Ash make at 37 years of age? La

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. She is of German, English, Dutch and English roots. As a child her family was located right across from the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie buff from the time she was a child. Her mother, who was a teacher, and her dad, a lawyer, were both avid movie buffs. Paula says that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else while when she was a kid. It's not too surprising that she was involved in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school plays. Her favorite character was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer program she took film classes and was assigned a three-month assignment to create documentaries for PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant on documentaries for television and Howie Mandel's talk-show. Af

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago while she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her entire family and on her own. They both taught and were able to travel and camp together every summer because of this. In actuality, they've been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 after the war to help with aid efforts to help the victims. Amy was a gifted artist from the beginning when she was acting in school productions, and taking part in writing competitions. She was a talented athlete in high school and participated in the very first 3200-meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After a college accident, she returned to the theater and performed in a variety on stage, beg

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. When she was a baby she was already an avid performer, performing commercials on TV for her parents' amusement. However, she chose to devote her energy to dance. She continued to train with a number of well-respected dancers following her nine years studying classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. She realized her true calling at age 15 when she beat more than 300 other girls in an audition held by an agency for talents. The resulting contract landed her roles in a variety of Spanish TV shows and music videos. This in turn paved the way for an acting career on the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She also briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992), a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film she played one of the four sisters that were fighting for t

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, director, actor and musician, has directed many episodes of TV including Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and many more. She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and is attached to direct two pilots currently in development. Milena was one of eight filmmakers chosen for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable is her short film and TV show proof of concept was premiered at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short form Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the nation. It won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also given at

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of TV, stage, and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was a part as a breakout actor in Coyote Ugly. Since then, she's 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" with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "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 as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In the television world, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." After that, Perabo play

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has been praised for her performance. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was enlisted by Steven Spielberg in her first character in English, Eric Bana's character's wife the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in many Studio films since arriving in America, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts 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, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast featuring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her filming partner in Rodrigo Garces' Last Days in Desert. She also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. Recently, she won t

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 and began to perform on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. At 16 she moved to London, where she soon became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first professional gig on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She's also been involved in theatre, both as an actor and director. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more theatre. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as and David Dayan Fisher (a regular part in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to great reviews. In Headspace (2005) the actress landed her first US film role as "Stacy", a manipulative woman who is a born again Christian. The role was later recast as "Thumper Wint", a rebellious, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were awed by her distinctive combination of

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends the fourth season was her first big break. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she starred on a regular basis from 2006 to 2012 and has since returned for guest appearances and then returned frequently in 2016. Other roles she has played include Mr. Mumbles, Elise, and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered and the voice of Donald Duck's twin sister Della as well as in DuckTales 2017. The first time that she appeared in animation as the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an administrator at the school. Brewster was born in Massac

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She appears as 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 to a Korean father and French-Russian mother. He was employed as consul with the French government. Her grandfather was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff was in Canada for a year prior to her family travelled extensively because of her father's job. They lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff lost her father to cancer around the age of five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. Klementieff wa