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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She began taking dance lessons when she was just eight. She went to Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class president and head cheerleader. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. Following graduation, she began the college process at Cal State Northridge. There, she majored 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 video "Torture" that was the first of a long sequence of videos and movies she would choreograph. Her first album "Forever Your Girl" the singer's career took off. However, the song "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This is aided by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdu...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is well-known for her portrayals of characters in contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy), who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was born in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. In the following years, she was a student at a the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. After a few decades she was offered her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" as a white woman that is raised by Sioux Indians. Her first Academy Award nomination for the part. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite other experienced actors as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) ...

Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her tenures as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are very well-known. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring World News Now and America This Morning. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. Due to limited TV opportunities she was employed in radio sales. After one year working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT. She was then capable of reporting and anchoring periodically. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati between 2002 and 2005. The contract was canceled and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 2011 she was appointed by ABC News, the news division of ABC...

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career with films and TV shows, like Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and continued to produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and appeared on such TV shows like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her character "Christine Sullivan" as the Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she appeared in 156 shows. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is an accomplished poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). Alongside her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. Earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Lewis &...

Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. She is the middle child with one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut with City Boy (1992), the first television-produced film made by TV. Following her debut film, Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was in search of an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue university. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, during the filming of the 1994-1995 seasons of Roseanne (1988). Sarah was also in the film with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah appeared in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996), where she was a cheerleader who was named Krista Wilson. In 1998, just a year following the time that Roseanne (1988) was finished, Sarah was asked to perform in a show titled Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). It ...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She also graduated of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a twice Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She also won awards for the Best Comedic Performance in 2008 as well as Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has played a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes," a Canadian TV series. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"""Cracked,"" “Bomb Girls” and "Lost Girl." She also appeared in "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 show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has grown significantly in 2019-2020. What is the amount Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren Ash's earnings come...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English roots. Her family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a big fan of movies in her early years. Her mother, also enjoyed good films, was a schoolteacher, as was her father, a lawyer. Paula admitted that she tried to escape when she was an infant by "pretending" to become someone else. Therefore, it's no surprise that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School plays. Her favorite role was the one of Abigail in "The Crucible". But, she decided to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in an summer program. She got a 3-month job making documentaries for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant in documentary films on TV, as well as for Howie Mandel's talk show. Then she ...

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago until she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, along with a brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family as well as on her own. Because her parents were teachers, they were able to enjoy every summer with each other, traveling and camping all across the United States. In actuality, they've been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was sent to Rwanda to assist in relief efforts after the 1994 war. Amy demonstrated artistic talent early through acting in school productions, and taking part in writing competitions. She was a talented athlete in high school who participated in the very first 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. After college, she suffered an injury, she was back in the theater and pe...

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 is a writer, director musician, actor, and actor who has directed many episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena served as the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf’s CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently in the process of completing two pilots. Milena was one of the eight women selected for AFI’s highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable is her short film as well as a television show proof of concept, was shown at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been screened across the United States 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 Int...

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 popular actresses, is a very special woman. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first gained the attention of Hollywood when she was chosen to play the role of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), 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, an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor in addition to waiting for the release date of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya in the role of Clive Owen. Recently, she receiv...

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began to perform on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she moved to London and soon found herself involved in independent filmmaking (her first job paid for was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre in both roles as an actress as well as a director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" the play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play received rave reviews. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" as the manipulative, born again Christian as seen in Headspace (2005). The role was later recast as "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were impressed by her unique mix of powerful sexuality and irreverent humor. Working in ...

Paget Valerie is an American actor, singer, as well as voice actor. Her fame was first recognized due to her role as Kathy on the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. The first time she was recognized was her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent in the crime drama Criminal Minds. She appeared often on the show from 2006 until 2012. She has returned regularly since then , making guest appearances. She has also played 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 was the first time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official for the government. her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator in a school. Brewster grew up in Massachusetts and later moved ...

Pom Klementieff is a French actress was born on the 3rd of May 1986. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared 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), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was the child of two parents: a Korean mother and her father was French-Russian. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Her grandfather was painter Eugene Klementieff. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff lived for a year in Canada prior to moving her family frequently because of her father's work. After moving to France, Klementieff lived in Japan. Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was just 5, and her mother had schizophrenia and was unable to take care ...