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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years old, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader as well as the class president. When she graduated in 1980, she started the Cal State-Northridge campus, majoring 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. The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" which was their first of many films and videos she would choreograph. With her first CD "Forever Your Girl" and her first solo album, her singing career took off. The single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has been a successful singer/dancer ever after. This was helped by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from...

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is known for her character roles in both period and present-day screen roles, and an extensive history of films and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. In the following years, she was a student at a drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She was just 22 when she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who is white. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the role. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite other well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emme...

Paula Faris is an American journalist who worked previously as TV correspondent for ABC News. She is known for her tenure as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as hosting The View from 2015 to 2018. She was also co-anchor on 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 the lack of opportunities on television, she was offered an opening as an agent for radio sales. After a year of working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT, she eventually was capable of reporting and anchoring on occasion. Between 2002 and 2005, she was the weekend sports anchor and sports anchor on weekdays at WPO-TV in Cincinnati. She was hired as a sports journalist for the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 to December 2011 after her contract had expired. She was recruited by ABC News' news divis...

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her career as a TV and film producer, including "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks" (1986). She continued to produce projects like Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many television shows such as E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her part in "Christine Sullivan", an actress and Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she played in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a poet and noted nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990), were her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. The Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark ...

Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 27, 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. She is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut came in City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. In 1993, after her first film, she auditioned for the part of "Becky" on the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was searching for a replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue studies at college. Sarah completed her high school degree in 1995 and began filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah appeared in two films: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was an actress named Krista Wilson. In 1998, just a year after Roseanne (1988) was finished, Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). The show was based off ...

Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She is a twice-winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's appeared in various roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" as well. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also has been featured in "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays the role of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown significantly between 2019 and 2020. What's the sum of Lauren Ash wor...

Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American and her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch origins. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was young and she was a big fan of films from her earliest age. Her mother, too, who enjoyed good films also taught at a school as was her father, a lawyer. Paula said that she attempted to get away as young girls by "pretending" to be someone other than herself. Therefore, it's no surprise that she appeared in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School plays. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She completed her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. The program was a success, and she was granted a three-month project to create documentaries for PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant for television documentaries, ...

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and was a part of her early years living in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she was in junior college. The family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe as a family member and independently. Both of her parents worked as teachers so they could spend the entire summer camping together and travel all across the United States. They have been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 following the war to assist with relief efforts. Amy was an accomplished actor in school plays and also won writing contests. In high school, she was a promising athlete who finished in the very first 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. In college, after an injury, she returned to the stage with a variety of roles on stage beginning ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). When she was a little girl and a devoted performer. She would even re-enact commercials on television for the enjoyment of her parents. However, she decided to dedicate her time to dancing. After nine years of classical ballet training at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to further her education under the guidance of a number of famous dancers. Her true calling was discovered at the age of 15 when she beat more than 300 other girls in an audition at a talent agency. The contract she was offered secured her roles on Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. This opened up the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) She then made a brief appearance in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film, she play...

Milena Govich is an actor, director actress, musician, and actor who has helmed many episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's highly acclaimed Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made and the TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, had its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the US. It won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also given at Sedona Intern...

Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, TV, and film actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was chosen in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. Since then, she's 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" with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th Wolf" with an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was in the film alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker's television character in five seasons of the spy drama on USA Network "Covert Affairs." After that...

Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood when she was enlisted by Steven Spielberg in her first character in English, Eric Bana's character's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast which includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel along with Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is...

Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she relocated to London where she quickly became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first professional gig on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She's also participated in theater as an actress as well as a director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which she directed Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to amazing reviews. She was then offered her first US movie role as the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (20...

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress and singer. She first became famous for her regular role as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakout role was 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 was then re-cast for guest appearances before returning regularly in 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community and the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and also voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales that marked the first appearance in animation of the character. Brewster was born on March 10, 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official in the government, while her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. B...

Pom Klementieff was born on May 3rd, 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared 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 (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mom. He was working as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Pom was her name because it sounds similar to the Korean words "spring" and "tiger" in Korean. Klementieff was in Canada for one year before her family went on a long trip because of her father's job. They lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. The father of Klementieff died from cancer when she was five, and her mother had schizophrenia and was unable to take care of children, so Klementieff was cared for by her...