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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing when she was eight. Van Nuys High School was where she was the class president and the chief cheerleader. When she graduated in 1980, she started college at Cal State Northridge, with a 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 recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first of many videos and movies she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and soon became a well-known singer/dancer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a more popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born in Canada. Her parents have lived in Syria, B

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is an Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She later attended the drama school and was accepted into the highly regarded Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Two decades later she got her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist", a white woman born to the Sioux Indians. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for this role. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of seasoned performers as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich

Paula Faris is an American journalist from the United States. She previously worked as the TV reporter for ABC News. Her roles as co-anchor for 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. Due to the lack of TV opportunities the company employed her in radio sales. After a year of work as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT, she eventually was in a position to report and anchor periodically. She was the weekend anchor and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until 2005. After her contract was up and she became a sports reporter and anchor at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 2011, she was employed by ABC News the division for news of ABC. Sh

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was in film and television productions such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced such projects as Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared on television shows like 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most famous TV performance was as "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she was in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was a noted poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her husband, Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1997) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 and died on March 30, 1990). Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. Attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlet

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. 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 on TV in a made-for-TV film, City Boy (1992). In 1993, after her debut film, she was a candidate for the role of "Becky" on the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was searching for an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend studies at college. Sarah completed her high school degree in 1995 while filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she was in two films that included Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played the cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was also invited to star on a television show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) in the year after Roseanne (1988). Based on the

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the 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 been in various roles on "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian TV series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was 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 also the voice of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has grown substantially between the years 2019 and 2020. What is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37? Lauren

Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African American, while her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a lover of movies in her early days. Her mom was a teacher and her father worked as an attorney. Paula states that as young, she would try to escape from the world by "pretending to pretend 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 role was the one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She pursued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a program for summers in film. In that time, she was awarded a 3-month project to create documentaries for PBS. The result was that she was hired as a production assistant for documentary films on TV as well as H

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago when she was in junior high. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has three siblings, sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe both with her family and alone. Both of them were teachers and were able to travel and camp together every summer due to this. They've camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the war in 1994 to aid in relief efforts. Amy was a talented actor in school plays , and she won writing contests. High school was where she was a star athlete taking part in the first ever 3200 meter relay for girls in the Illinois track. After college, she suffered an injury, she returned the stage with a variety of roles on stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and also directing Wallace Shawn's "Au

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez who was a hairdresser. When she was a toddler and a devoted performer who would recreate commercials on television for the enjoyment of her parents. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. After nine years of ballet classes at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her training under the tutelage of a variety of prominent dancers. When she was 15 she followed her call when she topped over 300 other girls in an audition for a talent agency. She was offered roles on Spanish video and television. This led to a number of more roles, which opened the doors to a career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) Then she appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production in which she was one of the four sisters that were trying to win t

Milena Govich, a director as well as an actor and musician has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf’s CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. Milena was one of the eight women selected for AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV show and short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort It was awarded Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been screened across the country, winning Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has app

Piper Perabo has been nominated for the Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. 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", with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me &"Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast that included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's television character in five seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." In the following seasons, Perabo was a star as Annie Walker in th

Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most acclaimed actresses. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first role in English as Eric Bana's wife in Munich (2005). Zurer has been featured in numerous Studio films since her arrival in the United States, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts opposite 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 movie by Lawrence Kasdan which features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel together with Russell Crow. She also filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release date of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is also starring Clive Owen. She recently won the Gold

Pollyanna McIntosh was a child in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her hometown of Scotland, where she first began to perform on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she relocated to London where she started working in independent filmmaking. (Her first paid gig in The Acid House was as a stoner in the film Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also participated in theater, both as an actor as well as a director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more stage work. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as and David Dayan Fisher (a regular star in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to praises of awe. In Headspace (2005), she got her first US movie part as "Stacy" an manipulative person who was a newly-baptized Christian. The role was later recast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) as played by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were awed by her distinctive co

Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, and voice actor. First recognized for her role as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also vocalist and voice actress. Her breakthrough role came as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds in which she was a regular on the show from 2006 until 2012 and is now back for guest appearances before returning regularly in 2016. She also portrayed Mr. Mumbles and Elise on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in Community's final season Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at law, Sara Kingsley in Fox's Grandfathered and Donald Duck's twin sister Della on DuckTales 2017, marking the first appearance on animated television for the character. Brewster was born on March 10, 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at school. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts. She was able to move t

Pom Klementieff was born May 3rd, 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). She plays the character 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 the child of two parents: a Korean mother, as well as her father was French-Russian. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Because it sounded similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger", her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff was an American citizen for a year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's job. After moving to France she resided in Japan. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5, was her mother. Also, she was suffering from schizophrenia and was unable to care for her children. Klementieff was raised with h