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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. She started taking dance classes at the age of eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was the class head cheerleader and president. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. Following graduation she entered college 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 of a series of films and videos she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl", she began singing and was soon a well-known singer/dancer. Her time as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, who is also Jewish, was born and raise

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 from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy) the American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. After that, she went to drama school and was admitted to the famous Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she was offered her breakthrough movie role in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman who was white. For the role, she earned her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell has starred in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such veteran actors like Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also was a part of Roland Emmerich's Independence

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from the United States. She was previously a television correspondent for ABC News. She is most famous for her stint as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, as well as host of The View, 2015-2018. Before this, she co-anchored 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 lack of opportunities for TV, she took the position of a radio sales representative. Then she was able to work for one year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 to 2005. She became a reporter for sports at the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 to December 2011, after her contract expired. In December 2011, she was hired by ABC News which is the news division of ABC. O

Markie Post

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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 later on create projects such as Double Dare (1976) and she has appeared on TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her most famous TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She was featured in 156 episodes of this comedy from 1984 to 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). She had two daughters with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 in 1990). Was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As a cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon a

Sarah Chalke

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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 sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut was in City Boy (1992), the TV-produced film. Following her debut film, Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was looking for someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to go to studies at college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 and began filming the 1994-1995 Roseanne (1988) season. 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 these films, she played the role of Krista Wilson as an athlete. Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV series named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) in the year after Roseanne (1988). Based on the show Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy (1998) on which

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the Best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, the Best Sketch Troupe award. The actress has been in several roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown considerably between 2019 and the year 2020. So, how

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English heritage. As a child, her family lived right close to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie enthusiast from childhood. Her mom was a teacher , and her father was an attorney. Paula claims that as a girl she would escape by "pretending to appear to be someone else" therefore it wasn't a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite role was the one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After graduating from the University of Southern California's summer camp, she took film classes and was given a 3-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant on TV documentariesand on Howie Mandel's talk show. Later, she produced documentary segments for Medical Diaries (200

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, until she graduated from junior college. There, her family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her entire family and on her own. Since her parents were teachers, they were able to spend the entire summer traveling and camping all over the United States. In actuality, they've been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 after the war to aid in the relief efforts. Amy displayed her talent for art early on by acting in school plays, as well as winning writing contests. High school was where she excelled as an athlete taking part in the first ever 3200 meter relay race for girls in the Illinois track. After suffering an injury, Amy went back to universit

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. When she was a child she was already an avid performer, performing commercials from the television for her family's amusement. However, she chose to concentrate her efforts on dancing. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a number of prominent dancers. She realized her passion at the age 15 when she topped 300 contestants in an audition for a talent agency. The contract she was offered secured her roles on Spanish TV shows , and music videos. The contract opened the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her debut in a film 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 four sisters competing for the aff

Milena Govich

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

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for a Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. The film featured her in the breakout role of Coyote Ugly in the year 2000. She was seen in "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So" together with "Because I Said So", with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode as well as the crime drama "10th & Wolf" She also appeared alongside James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action movie "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. After that, she was a co-star on ABC's legal drama "Noto

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first recognized by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role , Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since moving to the United States, Zurer has been in Studio films such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble of Lawrence Kasdan that features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also waited for the release of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia, but she returned to Scotland when she began her career on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at the age of 16 and soon was involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. The first time she was paid was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). Also, she was an actor and director in theatre. After moving to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more stage work. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as in addition to David Dayan Fisher (a regular part on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to acclaim. Her first US film role was "Stacy" as the manipulative woman who was a born again Christian as seen in Headspace (2005). It was as the crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder), from Heathers (1988) author Daniel Waters, that the public began to notice of her talents, citing a unique blend of powerful sexuality and hilarious humo

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actor, singer, as well as voice actor. Most famously, she was known for her character as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends but she was also an actor and singer. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds, on which she was a regular on the show between 2006 and 2012 and has since returned to for guest appearances , before returning regularly in the year 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the last season of Community as well as the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and playing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales which was 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) was employed by the governme

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born May 3, 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in films like Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She plays 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 raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mother. He was employed as consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Pom was her name because it is a symphony of the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff was a Canadian citizen for one year. Her family was able to travel extensively due to her father's job. Prior to making the move to France the family resided in Japan and on the Ivory Coast. The father of Klementieff died from cancer when she was five, and her mother had schizophrenia and could not care for children which is why Klementieff