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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At the age of eight, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was where she was the class president and was the school's chief cheerleader. She graduated in 1980, and entered the college process at Cal State Northridge to major 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. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 video "Torture" which was the first in a lengthy sequence of videos and movies she would choreograph. She began her singing career with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until the hit song "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . she has been a renowned dancer ever since, aided by her time as a judge on the hit show American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jew...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is famous for her portrayals of characters from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is an Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Born in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She later attended drama school , and was admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. She was only 22 when she scored her first movie part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman who is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith...

Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as the TV correspondent for ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of 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. Because of limited TV opportunities, she worked in radio sales. After a year of working as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT. She was then allowed to anchor and report periodically. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 to 2005. After her contract expired and she became a anchor and reporter for sports at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago between November 2005 and December 2011. In December 2011, she was recruited by ABC News the division for news of ABC. On January 2, 2012, she made her debut on ABC News...

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was in television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she was the producer of such projects as Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most memorable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she appeared in 156 episodes. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 90) was her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto in California and raised in Walnut Creek. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awarded her a Bachelo...

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's debut as an actor was City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. After her debut film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role of "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). After Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college, the show was searching for someone to replace her. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995 and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) from 1994 to 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah starred in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played a cheerleader with the name Krista Wilson. In 1998, a year following the time that Roseanne (1988) was finished, Sarah was asked to act in a show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). It was bas...

Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She also graduated of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the comedy duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the award for the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's appeared in various roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "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." 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 voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." In the period 2019-2020, her net worth has risen significantly. What ...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother who is caucasian, has German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived directly across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up and she was a huge film buff since the beginning of her life. Her mother was a teacher while her father worked as an attorney. Paula claimed that she tried to escape as an innocent child through "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. Therefore, it's no surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her most loved role was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer camp, she pursued film studies and was assigned a three-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. She was then hired as a production assistant on television documentaries as well as Howie Mandel's talk-s...

Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago, when she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has three siblings, sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has backpacked all over Europe with her entire family and on her own. Because her parents worked as teachers and teachers, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping across the United States. They've camped in every American state with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to help with the relief efforts. Amy displayed her talent for art early when she was acting in school productions, and winning writing contests. She was an athlete of great potential during high school, and was a participant in the very first 3200-meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she could return to the stage and tak...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. As a toddler she was already an avid performer, performing commercials on TV for her parents' entertainment, but she eventually decided to concentrate on dance. After studying classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a variety of famous dancers. When she turned 15, she heeded her true destiny when she outclassed over 300 other girls in a talent agency audition. She was offered roles on Spanish video and television. This contract led to a number of more roles, and opened the doors to a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she briefly was in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production where she played one of four sisters who were competing to win the ...

Milena Govich, a director and actor, has directed many episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. In addition, she was co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots currently in the process of development. Milena was among eight women selected for AFI’s most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV show as well as a short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won the best episodic award at the Seattle International Film Festival as and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been screened across the nation and was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest, and the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. ...

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and television actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and born in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She has been in a variety of films since then, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "Because I Said So" featuring Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me & You" films with Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama with a cast that included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affair...

Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking film role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since moving to the United States, Zurer has played 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 in the role of Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's cast, stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel, opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor, as well as awaiting the release of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya in the role of Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Awa...

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia However, she later returned to Scotland where she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she moved to London and was soon involved in the indie filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress and director. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" an original play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. It was well-received by critics. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" an empathetic and reborn Christian who appeared in Headspace (2005). Her first film role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) The film, which was made in London and LA is her next film. It was nominated for Outstanding British Debut by the BAFTA and won the Sa...

Paget Valerie is an American actor, singer, and voice actor. Her role as Kathy, a recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first major recognition. Her breakout role was as Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds frequently. She has been back to guest appearances since and is currently appearing on Criminal Minds 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 voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della, in DuckTales 2017. This was the first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 of 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew), worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts and later moved to New Yo...

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 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 (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to her Korean mother and French-Russian father, who was working there as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for "spring" as well as "tiger". The actress spent a year in Canada before her family moved frequently because of her father's work. Prior to making the move to France the family lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was just 5 and her mother was suffering...