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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing at the age of eight. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class president and head cheerleader. She graduated from high school in the year 1980. After graduation, she began the college process at Cal State Northridge. There she studied radio and television. 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. She was recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first in a long list of videos and movies she would choreograph. After the release of her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and was soon a well-known artist and performer. The time she spent as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephard...

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress, who is well-known for her character roles in both period and present-day screen roles, and an extensive history of screen and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy), an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She went on to drama school, and was then accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). A decade later she scored her first major film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl born to the Sioux Indians. The role was so well-loved that she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's credits in films include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such experienced actors as Robert Redford, Sid...

Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her most well-known work is her role as co-host of Good Morning America Weekend, from 2014 to 2018, and host of The View, 2015-2018. 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 opportunities for TV, she took the position of a radio sales representative. She eventually found work for one year as a producer assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. The contract was ended and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that she had been hired by the news division of ABC, AB...

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She started her career in film and television productions such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced projects such as Double Dare (1976). She has also appeared on TV programs such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most memorable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She appeared in more than 156 episodes of the comedy between 1984 and 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and a well-known nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. Attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was a cheerleader. Lewis...

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. Sarah is the middle child having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut on TV in a made-for-TV movie, City Boy (1992). Following her first film she auditioned in 1993 for the role "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995. She was also involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she was in two films that included Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear on a television show named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) which was a year following Roseanne (1988). It was based on the ...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and a member of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the Best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's appeared in various roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and played guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" “Cracked,""Bomb Girls," and "Lost Girl." Her film and television credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has increased considerably between 2019 and the year 2020. What's the sum of Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37? Laure...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, and her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch heritage. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was young and she was a huge fan of movies in her early age. Her mother, who also loved good films also taught at a school as was her father, an attorney. Paula states she was able to get away from her mother by pretending to be someone else when she was a child. It is not surprising to learn that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most beloved role was of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". After having graduated from the University of Southern California's summer program she pursued film studies and was assigned a three-month task to produce documentaries for PBS. In the end, she was hired as a production assistant in documentaries on TV and also on Howie Mandel’s talk...

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent the majority of her childhood living in Chicago. However, at the time Amy was in junior high, she and her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family and on her own. They were both teachers and could travel and camp with each other every summer due to this. They've camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda to aid in efforts to aid in the aftermath of the war of 1994. At a young age, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions and taking part in writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who was a part of the first ever 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. In college, following an injury, she returned the theater and performed in a variety on stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez. She was a fervent performer in her youth, and reenacted TV commercials to entertain the family. But she chose to focus her attention on dancing. She continued her dance training with a variety of highly-regarded dancers after she had spent nine years studying classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. At 15, however she discovered her true purpose when she beat more than 300 other girls in an audition by a talent agency. The contract she got secured her roles on Spanish TV shows as well as music videos. It opened opportunities for a successful career in the world of film. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she briefly appeared in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it she played one of the four sisters competing for the affection of a handsome A...

Milena Govich, a director, actor and musician, has directed many episodes on TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and many more. Also, she was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in development. Milena was one of eight women chosen by AFI for their highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her television series as well as a short film. With Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort The film won the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been screened across the nation and has won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award a...

Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, television, and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and grew up in New Jersey. In 2000, she was chosen in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. Since then, she's been seen in such films 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 starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action flick "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons of USA Network's spy show "Covert Affairs." Then, Perabo ap...

Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most beloved actresses, is a truly special woman. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first garnered the attention of Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role, as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected along with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion with Lawrence Kasdan, stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor shot Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also has been waiting for the release date of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, opposite Clive Owen. In recog...

Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her hometown of Scotland, where she first began to perform on stage on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she left for London and soon found herself involved in indie filmmaking (her first job paid for was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and director. After moving to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more theatre. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular actor in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to acclaim. Her next project was her first US film role in the movie as the manipulative and a born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a rebellious, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) in Heathers (1988). The reviewers were awed by her distinctive combination of the power of sexuality and the ir...

Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor vocalist, singer, and actress. She first became famous for her frequent appearance as Kathy on the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her most well-known role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds regularly. She has been back with guest appearances ever since and is currently appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in the year 2016. Other roles she has played include Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community as well as the voice of Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and as Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales, marking the first appearance in animation of the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brew...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been 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) 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 employed as a consul in the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff stayed in Canada for a time of one year, before her family travelled extensively because of her father's work. They lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. The father of Klementieff died from cancer at the age of ...