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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She began dancing when she was just eight. Van Nuys High School was where she was the senior 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 TV and radio. 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 of a series of movies and videos she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" was released, she began singing and was soon a well-known artist and performer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born in Canada. He

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress recognized for her portrayals of characters in both period and present-day screen roles, as well as the long list of acting in stage and film. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) who was an Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. After that, she went to drama school and was accepted into the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. She was only 22 when she got her first movie part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who was white. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the role. McDonnell has appeared in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such experienced actors as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also starred in Roland E

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who was previously an anchor for television at ABC News. She is famous for her time as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2015 to 2018, and hosting The View from 2015 to 2018. She was previously co-anchor of America This Morning and 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 available on television, she landed an opportunity as a sales representative for radio. She was eventually able to find work for one year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT , and then occasionally anchor or report. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the anchor for weekdays at WCPO TV in Cincinnati between 2002 and 2005. The contract was canceled and she became a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was recr

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her career as a film and TV producer, including "The New Card Sharks", (1978) and "Card Sharks," (1986). She continued to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and appeared on various TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her greatest TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she played in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet as well as a noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 to April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990), were her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High school in Walnut Creek. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts at Lewis & Clark College, Portland Oregon. She w

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 August 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. She is the middle child. She has an older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a TV-made film called City Boy (1992). Following her first film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). The show was in search of an actor to replace Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She starred in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In both films Sarah played the role of Krista Wilson, an athlete. Sarah was invited to play in the 1998 show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy (1998) The show also had a basis.

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is a member of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the award of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she was awarded the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She has performed a range of characters in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes," a Canadian TV show. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She has also been featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Oscar 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 risen considerably between 2019 and the year 2020. What's the sum of L

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), and Charles Patton. Her father is African American, while her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch heritage. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up , and she was a lover of movies since her earliest days. Her mom was a school teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula claims that as an teen she would get away from the world by "pretending to pretend to be someone else" therefore it wasn't the case that she appeared in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to learn film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and received a three-month contract to create documentaries for PBS. In the end, she was able to work as a production associate in TV documentaries and on Howie Mandel̢۪s talk show. In the following years, sh

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. But at the time Amy was in junior high, she and her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family as well as independently. They were both teachers and were able to travel and camp together each summer as a result of this. They've camped across 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 also won writing contests. She was an athlete of great potential in high school who participated in the first ever 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. After an injury, she was able to return to theater and perform a variety of roles in plays, including Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and Wallace Shawn's film &quo

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a performer with a passion as a young girl, and reenacted TV commercials for family amusement. However, she chose to concentrate her energy on dance. She continued to train by working with several well-known dancers, after having spent the last nine years learning ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She realized what she wanted to do at age 15 after she defeated over 300 other girls during an audition held by an agency for talents. The contract she received landed her roles in Spanish TV programs as well as music videos. It opened the way to a promising career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) Then she appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her next film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she played one of the four sisters vying for the affection of a handsome d

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor as well as a director and musician. She has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently directing two pilots in development. Milena was among eight women who were selected by AFI's highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She was also a participant in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept , Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, featured its World Premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been shown 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

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage actress, television and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She has been featured in a number of films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige" which starred Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale as well as "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 comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. Perabo starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker's television part in five seasons on the spy drama on USA Netw

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most highly regarded actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first attracted the attention of Hollywood after she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role, as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer has been in a variety of Studio films since her arrival in America, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred William Hurt and Dennis Quaid, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion which is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garces' Last Days in Desert. She also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya who is Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese direct

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first started performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she left for London and soon found herself involved in indie filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress as well as a director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre as well as a production of "The Woolgatherer", in which she was the director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to excellent reviews. Then she landed her first US film role in the movie as the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) directed produced by Heathers (1

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. She first became famous for her recurring role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her most memorable role came in the form of the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds, on which she appeared regularly from 2006 to 2012 and is now back for guest appearances , before returning regularly in 2016. Other roles she's played include Mr. Mumbles, Elise, and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered and the voice of Donald Duck's twin sister Della, in DuckTales 2017. It was the first animated appearance by the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 of 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in government. Her father Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts and moved to New York City to attend Parson

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She appears as 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 to a Korean father and French-Russian mother. He was employed as consul with the French government. Her grandfather was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff was in Canada for a year prior to her family travelled extensively because of her father's job. They lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff lost her father to cancer around the age of five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. Klementieff wa