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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. When she was eight years of age, she began dance lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the cheerleader of the year as well as the class president. Her graduation was in 1980 and went to 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" that was the first of a long series of movies and video she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and was soon a well-known singer/dancer. The time she spent as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, who is also Jewish, was born in Cana

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 that span both present and past screen roles, as well as the long list of stage and film roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) who was an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. Growing up in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Then, she went to drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She was only 22 when she got her first movie role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell has been 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 played in Roland Emmerich's Indep

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She was previously the TV reporter for ABC News. She is well-known for her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, from 2014 to 2018, and 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. The position she held was in sales of radio stations due to the lack of television opportunities. After a year of working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT. She was then capable of reporting and anchoring at times. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. The contract was canceled and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. She was employed by ABC News the news division in December 2011. The 2nd of January, 20

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began her career in television and film productions such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced projects like Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her greatest TV part was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She appeared in 156 episodes of this comedy, from 1984 to 1992. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 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 received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark C

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. She is the middle child. She has one older sister, Natasha Chalke and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut with City Boy (1992), a made for television movie. After her first movie Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. After Alicia Goranson left the show to go to college The show was looking for someone to replace her. Sarah completed her high school graduation in 1995, when she was filming the season 1994-1995 of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She starred in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In both films she played the part of Krista Wilson, an athlete. In 1998, a year after Roseanne (1988) ended, Sarah was asked to be a part of a show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). It was based on the show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (2000), S

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She has also won awards for Best Comedic play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has played a variety of characters in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" an Canadian television series. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and made guest appearances in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" and the Oscar Award-nominated feature "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown significant in 2019 and 2020. How much does Laur

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, who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. When she was growing up and her family lived in front of the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a huge movie buff from the time she was a child. Her mother, also loved good films also taught at a school and her father was a lawyer. Paula claimed that she tried to get away as an infant by "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. It's no surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She continued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a course in film. The program was a success, and she was awarded a 3-month assignment to make documentaries for PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant on documentaries on TV and H

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago area. But 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 two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her entire family and on her own. They both taught and could travel and camp with each other every summer because of this. They've camped in every US state except Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to help with aid efforts to help the victims. Amy showed her artistic talents early when she was acting in school productions and winning writing contests. High school was where she excelled as an athlete, placing in the first ever 3200 meter relay for girls in the Illinois track. After a college injury, she returned the theater with many roles on stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July&quo

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 a compulsive performer in her youth and often reenacted TV commercials to amuse the family. But she chose to concentrate on dance. She continued her training alongside a group of highly respected dancers after she had spent nine years studying classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. At the age of 15 she realized her real destiny when she outclassed over 300 other girls in an audition at a talent agency. The resultant contract secured her several roles in Spanish television shows and music videos, which opened the door to an acting career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992), a Timothy Dalton thriller. The third film she starred in, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production where she played one of four sisters

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, a writer and actor, has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in the process of development. Milena was one of eight women selected by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series as well as a short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won the award for Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made, Temporary (2017) was shown across the country. She was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choi

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. She was born in Dallas and grew up in New Jersey. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in 2000. Since then she has been featured in films such 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 starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" with an ensemble cast which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She appeared 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 on the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." Following that she co-starred in ABC's legal dr

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best loved actresses, is a very special woman. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first attracted the attention of Hollywood when she was chosen by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana's character's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in several Studio films since arriving in the United States, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point opposite William Hurt and Dennis Quaid Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts 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 along with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert, and she has been waiting for the release date of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. She

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland, where she first began performing, on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London and soon began to get involved in independent filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress and director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which she directed Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to great reviews. Her first US film role was "Stacy" as the manipulative, born again Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) written from Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the critics

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress, and singer. Her role as Kathy, a recurring character on Friends the fourth season was her first big break. The first time she was recognized was her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. She was on the show on that show regularly from 2006 until 2012. She has returned regularly since then , with guest appearances. Her other roles include voiceovers for Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community, her voice as Birdgirl in the 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 animated appearance of the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official of the government, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administ

Pom Klementieff

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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 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 the child of two parents: a Korean mother and a French-Russian father. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Her parents picked the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff lived in Canada for a time of one year, before her family travelled extensively because of her father's work. Prior to making the move to France, they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was 5, and her mother had s