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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader as well as the class president. Her graduation was in 1980 and entered 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 their 1984 film "Torture", their first of a series of films and videos she choreographed. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career took off. But the hit single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has been a successful dancer/singer ever after. This is aided by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother is Jewish and was born in...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters from the past and present 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 raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Then, she went to drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. Two decades later she scored her first major film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) where she played "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 also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith); the...

Paula Faris is an American journalist from the United States. She previously worked as the TV reporter for ABC News. Her roles as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. She was previously co-anchor of America This Morning as well as World News Now. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. Due to the lack of TV opportunities the company employed her in radio sales. After a year of work as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT, she eventually was in a position to report and anchor periodically. She was the weekend anchor and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. After her contract was up and she became a sports reporter and anchor at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 2011, she was employed by ABC News the division for news of ABC. Sh...

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began her career in television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Then, she created projects like Double Dare (1976). She has also appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps she is most well-known for her part in "Christine Sullivan" who was an actress and Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she played 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 15th, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 the 30th of March, 1990) was her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto, California and raised in Walnut Creek. Attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. She earned her...

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, with one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career with City Boy (1992), the first television-produced film made by TV. After her first movie she auditioned for the role of Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was in search of an actor to replace Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated high school in 1995 and began filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she appeared in two movies that included Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to perform in a 1998 TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This was one year following Roseanne (1988). Based on the show Nothing Too Good F...

Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and is one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has also won for the Best Comedic play in 2008 and the Best Sketch Troupe award in 2006. She's been featured in different roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes", as well. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and appeared in guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," “Cracked,""Bomb Girls" and "Lost Girl." The credits on her television and film work also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has been growing dramatically in the period 2019-2020. How much does Lauren Ash's net worth when she is 3...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American . her mother who is caucasian, has German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived directly next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a huge movie buff from the beginning of her life. Her mother, who loved good films also taught at a school as was her father, a lawyer. Paula claimed that she tried to escape when she was an innocent child through "pretending" to become someone else. Therefore, it's no surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer program, she studied film and was given a 3-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. This meant that she was able to serve as a production assistant in documentary films on TV as well as Howie Mandel’s talk show. Later, ...

Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago area. Amy lived with her family in Chicago when she was in junior high. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe together with her family and also independently. They both worked as teachers and were able to travel and camp together each summer because of this. They've camped in every US state with the exception of Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda in 1994 after the war in order to help with the relief efforts. Amy was a skilled actor in school plays and won writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who placed in the first ever 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she was able to go back to theater and play many roles such as Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and Wallace Shawn's directorial "Aunt Dan and Le...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez who was hairdresser. As a child she was an obsessive performer, and would reenact commercials from the television to entertain of her family. However, she chose to dedicate her time to dancing. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years at the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her education under a variety of prominent dancers. Her true calling was discovered at the age of 15 when she smashed more than 300 other girls at an audition with a talent agency. The resulting contract landed her roles in a variety of Spanish TV shows and music videos. This opened the door to a future career on the 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 the film, she played one of the four sisters competing for the affection of a handsome des...

Milena Govich, who is a director, actor and musician, has directed numerous episodes on TV including Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf’s CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. Milena was among eight filmmakers selected for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable was her TV show and short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort The film won the award for Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) was screened across the country. It won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also given out at Sedona International Film...

Piper Perabo has been nominated for a Golden Globe as a stage actress, television and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ohio University. In 2000, she was cast in a starring role in Coyote Ugly. She has been featured in a number of films since then, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" which starred Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale as well as "Because I Said So", with 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 with a cast that 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.". On telev...

Ayelet Zuer is an Israeli actress who has received praise for her performances. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first gained the attention of Hollywood when she was given the role of Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in several Studio films since arriving in America, which includes Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel opposite Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor in addition to waiting for the release date of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya in the role of Clive Owen. Recently, she won the ...

Pollyanna McIntosh was a child in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her home in Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began to perform on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she relocated to London where she began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first professional gig in The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also been involved in theatre, both as an actor and director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows, including a production of "The Woolgatherer", in which she directed 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 excellent reviews. In Headspace (2005) the actress landed her first US movie part as "Stacy", a manipulative and a born-again Christian. Her first movie role was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint...

Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. She was first recognized for her recurring role as Kathy in the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. The first time she was recognized was her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime drama Criminal Minds. She was on the show frequently on the show from 2006 until 2012. She has returned regularly in the years since to guest appearances. Other roles she has played include Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the last season of Community and as the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered, and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales which was the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as s...

Pom Klementieff was born May 3rd, 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared in films such as Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. 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 (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was working as a consul there for the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Pom was her name due to the fact that it sounds similar to the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff resided in Canada for a short time before her family travelled extensively due to her father's job. After moving to France, Klementieff resided in Japan. Her father passed away from cancer when she was just 5 and her mother suffered from schizophrenia and was unable to take care of child...