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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started taking dance classes at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader and the senior class president. Her high school graduation was in 1980. After graduation she enrolled in 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. She was recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a long list of movies and videos she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career began to take off. The single "Straight Up" was a massive success and she has been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This was made possible by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdu...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is well-known for her portrayals of characters from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant both of Irish heritage. She was born in Ithaca, New York 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. In the following two decades she got her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist", a white woman that is raised by Sioux Indians. In exchange for the role, she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s In...

Paula Faris is an American journalist. She was previously a TV correspondent for ABC News. She is best known for her stint as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, between 2014 and 2018, as well as hosting of The View, 2015-2018. Prior to that, she was co-anchor of America This Morning (World News Now) and America This Morning (America This Morning). After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She held a job in sales for radio, because television was not a viable option. She was recruited as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. She later became a anchor and reporter. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. Following the expiration of her contract she took on the role of anchor and sports reporter at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 201...

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a film and TV producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post produced projects such as Double Dare (1976), and appeared on various TV shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her biggest TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She was featured in more than 156 episodes of the comedy between 1984 and 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 until April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 90) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis & Clark College in Portland O...

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle child having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a TV-made film, City Boy (1992). Following her debut film she auditioned for the role of Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. After Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college The show was looking for an alternative. Sarah completed her high school graduation in the year 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah was also in the film with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she starred in 2 films in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played the cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to be a part in a 1998 TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988). It was based on th...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a twice-winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also won the best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" an Canadian TV show. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared as a guest in "Call Me Fitz," “Cracked,""Bomb Girls" as well as "Lost Girl." Her television and film credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She is the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy" an animated Canadian series. Her wealth has grown dramatically in the period 2019-2020. What is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37? Lauren Ash is a successful Actres...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American . her mother is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch roots. As a child and her family lived next to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie enthusiast from childhood. Her mother, also enjoyed good films, was a schoolteacher, and her father was a lawyer. Paula says that as a girl she would escape from the world by "pretending to be someone else" which is why it came as an unsurprising that she performed in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She continued her studies at University of Southern California, where she completed a course in film. The program was a success, and she was awarded a three-month assignment to produce documentaries for PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant for TV documentariesand on Howie Mandel's talk show. In the fol...

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago while she was in junior high. Her 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 all over Europe both on her own as well as with her family. Because her parents were teachers, they were able to travel together every summer, and camping throughout the United States. In fact, they have spent time camping in every state other than Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda to aid in relief efforts following the war of 1994. Amy was a gifted artist from the beginning when she was acting in school productions, and winning writing contests. In high school she was an accomplished athlete who was a part of the very first 3200 meter relay in the Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she returned to school and was a part of the stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. When she was a child, she was already a fervent performer who would recreate TV commercials for her family's entertainment, but she eventually decided to focus her energies on dancing. After studying classical ballet for 9 years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. She realized what she wanted to do at the age of 15 when she smashed more than 300 other girls in an audition with a talent agency. The contract she was offered secured her roles in Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. This opened up the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it she played one of four s...

Milena Govich is a writer, director musician, actor, and actor who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in progress. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her TV series and short film. Starring Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort It was awarded Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017) was screened across the country. She won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in mo...

Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, television and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She was seen in "The Prestige" by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So", and "Because I Said So" as well as "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" in which she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was the main character alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In television Perabo was a part of Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." Then, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker on ...

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most popular actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was given the role of Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's cast with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. She also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya, Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. As the Hostages leading actress, she was awarded the Gol...

Pollyanna McIntosh was a child in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her hometown of Scotland and where she initially began to perform on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she left for London and soon began to get involved in indie filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress 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 well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular character on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to praises of awe. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" who was a manipulative and reborn Christian, in Headspace (2005). Her first film appearance was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009), which she worked with in London and LA was the next. BAFTA-nominated for Outstanding British Debut ...

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress and a vocalist. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first big break. Her breakthrough role came as the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds that she was a regular on the show between 2006 and 2012 and is now back for guest appearances before returning regularly in 2016. Other roles she's played includes Mr. Mumbles, Elise and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered, as well as the voice of Donald Duck's twin sister Della as well as in DuckTales 2017. The first appearance on screen in animated form by the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as a government official, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as administrator of a school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts. She...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She received her training at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in films such as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She portrays the role Mantis, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was working as a consul there for the French government. Her grandfather was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Pom was her name since it sounds like the Korean words "spring" and "tiger" in Korean. Klementieff spent one year in Canada before her family moved frequently due to her father's work. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was just 5 and her mother suffered from schizophrenia and could n...