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Paula Abdul

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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 where she was the class president and also the head cheerleader. Her high school graduation was in 1980. Following graduation, she began the college process at Cal State Northridge. There she was a radio and television major. 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 recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a lengthy list of films and videos she would choreograph. With her first CD "Forever Your Girl", her singing career took off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This was helped by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her f

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is well known for her performances on screen in contemporary and historical roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage as well as screen. 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 origin. She was raised in Ithaca and attended Fredonia State University of New York. She then attended the drama school and was later accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). After a few decades she was offered her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist" who is a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was 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 an

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist. She previously worked as a TV correspondent for ABC News. She is famous for her role as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 until 2018 and also in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to in 2018. In the past, she anchors World News Now as well as 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 television was not a viable option. After one year working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT. She was then able to report and anchor periodically. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. Her contract was terminated and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. She was hired by ABC News the news divisi

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career with films and TV shows such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even create projects such as Double Dare (1976) and she has appeared on TV shows as 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most memorable TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). The actress was on 156 episodes of this comedy from 1984 until 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and a well-known nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7 in 2015). Two daughters were born to her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 and died on March 30, 1990). Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. Sarah is the middle child, having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a TV-made movie, City Boy (1992). In 1993, shortly after her first film, she auditioned for the role of "Becky" in the TV show Roseanne (1988). Following the time that Alicia Goranson left the show to go to college The show was looking for the perfect replacement. Sarah completed her high school graduation in 1995 while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994) together with Jim Varney. In 1996, Sarah played in two films: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader with the name Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to be a part in a TV show named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) the same year following Ro

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a twice Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She has also won awards for the award for the most outstanding Comedic Play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. The actress has been in several roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has grown dramatically between 201

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), and Charles Patton. Her father is African American, and her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch origins. When she was growing up and her family lived in front of the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie buff from the time she was a child. Her mom was a teacher and her father worked as an attorney. Paula admitted that she tried to escape as young girls through "pretending" to become someone else. So it's not a surprise that she appeared in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her favorite character was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". After having graduated from the University of Southern California's summer school, she took film classes and was then given a 3 month task to produce documentaries for PBS. It led her to work as a production assistant on TV documentariesand for Howie Mandel's talk show. Later, she produced documentary segments for Medical Diaries (2000

Amy Carlson

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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

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). As a young child she was an obsessive performer who would recreate commercials from the television to entertain of her parents. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. After nine years of classical ballet instruction at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the supervision of a variety of prominent dancers. Her true calling was discovered at 15 years old after she defeated over 300 girls in an audition with an agency for talent. The agency offered her roles on Spanish music videos and TV. The contract led to a number of more performances, which opened the doors to a successful career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actress director, musician, and actor. She has directed many episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots that are in development. Milena was among eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. The short film she made and the TV series proof-of-concept called Unspeakable with Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober The film featured its World premiere at SXSW and was awarded the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) was screened across the United States. It won the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer is an Israeli actress who has been praised for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she was first noticed by Hollywood after she was cast in the role of Eric Bana's wife on the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in many Studio films since arriving in the United States, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts with 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 an ensemble movie by Lawrence Kasdan which features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel along with Russell Crow. She also filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor while awaiting the release of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya opposite Clive Owen. In recognition of her performance as Hostages as the lead a

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she started performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at the age of 16, and swiftly began to get involved in independent filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and director in the theatre. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre as well as a production of "The Woolgatherer" where she was director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to great reviews. Then she landed her first US film role as the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). The role was later recast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian, in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) as played by Heathers (1988). Th

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. She was first recognized for her role in the role of Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also an actor and singer. Her breakout role was 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 has since returned to for guest appearances , before returning frequently 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. This was the first appearance in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew), worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts. S

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on May 3, 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). 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 the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father, who worked there as a consul with the French government. Her grandfather was painter Eugene Klementieff. The name was chosen by her parents "Pom" because it is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff lived for a year in Canada before her family moved frequently due to her father's work. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died in the age of five from cancer was also her mother. Also, she was suf