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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. At age eight, she began dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the school's head cheerleader as well as the class president. Following her graduation in 1980 she started the Cal State-Northridge campus, majoring 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. The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture", their first of a series of videos and movies she choreographed. After the release of her debut CD "Forever Your Girl", she began singing and became a popular singer/dancer. Her time 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. Her parents are

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who was previously TV correspondent for ABC News. She is well-known for her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, between 2014 and 2018, as well as hosting of The View, 2015-2018. 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 limited TV opportunities she worked in sales for radio. Her next job was one year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor and report. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati, and the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati between 2002 and 2005. After her contract expired in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was recruited by ABC News which is the division for news of ABC. On Jan

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 continued to make projects like Double Dare (1976) and was a guest on television projects like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps she is most well-known for her performance in "Christine Sullivan", the Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was a part of 156 shows. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a noted poet and nuclear scientist 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). Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark Col

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle child having one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut came in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. In 1993, shortly after her debut film, she was a candidate for the role of "Becky" on the TV show Roseanne (1988). After Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college, the show was searching for the perfect replacement. Sarah graduated high school in 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 Roseanne (1988) season. 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) as an actress called Krista Wilson. In 1998, one year following the time that Roseanne (1988) ended, Sarah was asked to be a part of a show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the award for the Best Comedic play award and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes", as well. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"""Cracked,"""Bomb Girls" and "Lost Girl." She has also been featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced the character of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has risen dramatically between 2019 and 2020. What's t

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, while her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch roots. Her family resided across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a lover of movies from her early childhood. Her mother, a schoolteacher and her father who was a lawyer were both avid film buffs. Paula claims that she used to hide from her mother by pretending to be someone else while a child. It's not too surprising that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school plays. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After having graduated from the University of Southern California's summer school, she studied film and was given a 3-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. The result was that she was hired as a production assistant on documentaries on TV and also on Howie Mandel's talk

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. However, when Amy was in high school, she and her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and Joe, the brother. Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe on her own as well as with her family. Both of her parents worked as teachers, so they had the opportunity to spend their summers together in the campfire and travelling across the United States. They've camped across every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda in 1994 following the war to aid in relief efforts. From the beginning, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions and winning contests for writing. In high school she was a promising athlete who finished in the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. After an injury, she could return to theater and play many roles that included Lanford W

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 child and a devoted performer, and would reenact commercials on TV for the entertainment of her family. But, she decided to devote her energies to dancing. She continued her training with a number of well-respected dancers, after having spent 9 years studying classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. When she was 15 she followed her destiny when she outclassed over 300 other dancers at an audition by a talent agency. The agency offered her roles on Spanish music videos and TV. The contract resulted in a variety of roles, which opened the way to a future on the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) the Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of the four sisters fighting to win the he

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actress also a director, actor, and musician. She has helmed numerous 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 working on two pilots in the process of development. Milena was among eight women chosen by AFI for their prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her short film as well as a TV show proof of concept, was premiered at SXSW. The film also won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film, Temporary, she produced (2017) was shown throughout the United States. She was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. And the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festiv

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and television actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was cast in a starring role in Coyote Ugly. She has appeared in numerous films since then, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" in which she starred with 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 starring 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. In Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. On TV, Perabo was a part of Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy thriller "Cover

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best loved actresses, is an extremely special person. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood after she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing Eric Bana's character's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast featuring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also waited for the release of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. Recently, she was honored

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is when she began performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at 16 and quickly became involved with indie filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actress and director in the theatre. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre and productions, including "The Woolgatherer" that 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. In Headspace (2005) the actress landed her first US movie part as "Stacy", a manipulative, born-again Christian. Her first film appearance was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). In both LA as well as London, Exam (2009) w

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer, and voice actor. Her role as Kathy, a recurring character on Friends' fourth season, was her first big break. Her most well-known role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 she appeared on Criminal Minds regularly. She has returned for guest appearances since then and will be appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in the year 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the last season of Community, the voice of 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 series of DuckTales that marked the first appearance in animation of the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official of the government, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an adminis

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on the 3rd of May 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in films like Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She plays the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was employed there as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff was in Canada for a short time before her family was able to travel extensively due to her father's job. Prior to making the move to France, they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Her father was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 5 and her mother suffered from schizophrenia and was u