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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At the age of eight, she began learning dance. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class head cheerleader and president. Her graduation was in 1980, and began the college process at Cal State Northridge to major in 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 enlisted by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first of a series of films and videos she choreographed. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" the singer's career began to take off. However, the song "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has become a popular singer/dancer for years after. It was made easier by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother, also

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 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 who are both from Irish descent. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Then, she went to the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. In the film, 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 to such well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Indep

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who previously worked as TV correspondent for ABC News. Her tenures as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) as well as co-host on The View (2015-2018) are well-known. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring World News Now and America This Morning. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She was employed in radio sales, because of the limited opportunities for television. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. She later was promoted to reporter and anchor. She was the weekend anchor and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. She became a sports reporter for NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 until December 2011, after her contract was terminated. In December 2011 it was revealed that she was employed by the news division of ABC, ABC News. On January 2, 2012

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and started her career on films and TV shows such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and then went on to make such shows as Double Dare (1976) and appeared on such television projects like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her character "Christine Sullivan" who was a Night Court star (1984). From 1984 to 1992, she appeared in 156 shows. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up in the vicinity of Walnut Creek in California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School located in Walnut Creek. Earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts de

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. Sarah is the middle of two siblings, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a TV-made film, City Boy (1992). After her first movie Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. After Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college the show was searching for the perfect replacement. Sarah graduated from high school in the year 1995, while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also starred with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah starred in two films: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) as an actress called Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to be a part in a 1998 TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one year after Roseanne (1988). It was based on the television film with the same title, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and is one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also won the Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's appeared in various roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes", as well. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and appeared in guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," “Cracked,""Bomb Girls," and "Lost Girl." Her television and film credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has increased significantly between 2019 and 2020. What is the amount Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren Ash's primary source of income comes

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 . her mother who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch heritage. While growing up and her family lived across from the 20th Century Fox lot. She was an avid movie buff from the time she was a child. Her mother was a teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula states that as an teen she would get away by "pretending to be someone else" and it shouldn't come as surprising that she was a part-time actress in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After graduating from the University of Southern California's summer program, she took film classes and was assigned a three-month task to produce documentaries for PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant on television documentaries, as well as for Howie Mandel's talk show. Later, she produce

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy resided in GlenEllyn, Illinois, until she graduated from junior college. 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 throughout Europe both on her own and together with her family. Her parents were teachers, so they had the opportunity to spend their summers together in the campfire and travelling across the United States. They've camped in every US state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 following the war to assist with the relief efforts. Amy was a skilled actor in school plays and also won writing contests. High school was where she excelled in athletics winning the first ever 3200 meter relay race for girls in Illinois track. After suffering an injury, Amy returned to college and performed in a variety of roles on the st

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). When she was a baby she was already a fervent performer, performing commercials on television for her family's amusement, but she decided to concentrate her efforts on dance. She continued to train alongside a group of highly respected dancers, after having spent the last nine years learning ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. She realized her passion at age 15, when she topped 300 girls in an audition for a talent agency. The resultant contract secured her roles in a variety of Spanish television shows as well as music videos. This in turn opened the door to a future career on the screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly was in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film she played one of four sisters that were trying to

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has directed many episodes of TV that include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots in development. Milena was among eight women who were selected by AFI's most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV show proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, was screened at its World Premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short form Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the nation. It was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for the Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. She was born in Dallas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was a part in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has been 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 with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast which included 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.". In television Perabo was a part of Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." Then she starred as a co-star in ABC's

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most popular actresses. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first garnered the attention of Hollywood when she was enlisted by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana's character's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the film with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast that includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. 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 by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia However, she later returned to Scotland when she began her career on the stage at 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 as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actress and director in theatre. 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 along with David Dayan Fisher (a regular star on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. She then landed her first US movie role as the manipulative and a born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). It was as the crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) written created by Heathers (1988) author Daniel Waters, that the public began to notice of her talent, citing the unique combination of strong sexuality

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress, voice actress, and singer. First recognized for her role as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends as well as being a voice actress and singer. Her first big role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From the year 2006 until 2012 she was on Criminal Minds frequently. She has been back for guest appearances since then and will be appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community as well as her voice as 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, marking the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a state official. Galen Brewster wa

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared in movies such as Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She is the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian wife. He was employed as consul with the French government. Her father was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Because it sounds similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger", her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff was an American citizen for a single year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's work. Prior to moving to France the family lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father, who died from cancer at age 5 was also her mother. Additionally, she s