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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She began dancing at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the cheerleader of the year and class president for senior year. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. After graduating, 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. She was approached by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first in a long list of videos and movies she choreographed. After the release of her debut CD "Forever Your Girl", she began singing and was soon a well-known dancer and singer. Her stint as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Je

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is known for her portrayals in characters in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy) and an Irish-American computer expert, and John McDonnell. Born in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. Later, she attended drama school , and was admitted to the highly regarded Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Two decades later she was offered her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist", a white woman that is raised by Sioux Indians. In exchange for the role, she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich&

Paula Faris is an American journalist who worked previously as TV correspondent for ABC News. She is known for her tenure as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as hosting The View from 2015 to 2018. She was also co-anchor on 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. Because of the lack of opportunities on television, she was offered an opening as an agent for radio sales. After a year of working as a production assistant with WKEF/WRGT, she eventually was capable of reporting and anchoring on occasion. Between 2002 and 2005, she was the weekend sports anchor and sports anchor on weekdays at WPO-TV in Cincinnati. She was hired as a sports journalist for the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 to December 2011 after her contract had expired. She was recruited by ABC News' news divis

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her career as a TV and film producer, including "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks" (1986). She continued to produce projects like Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many television shows such as E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her part in "Christine Sullivan", an actress and Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she played in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a poet and noted nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990), were her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. The Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle of two siblings, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut came in City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. In 1993, shortly after her debut film, she auditioned for the part of "Becky" in the TV series Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in the year 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994) alongside Jim Varney. In 1996, she was in two films, including Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV series named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998), one year following Roseanne (1988). Ba

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she won the award for the Best Comedic Play award and in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She has played a variety of characters on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" which is a Canadian TV series. She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as 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 been increasing signi

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 ancestry. When she was growing up and her family lived in front of the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie enthusiast from childhood. Her mother, also liked good movies, was a schoolteacher, and her father was an attorney. Paula says that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be a different person as young. It is not surprising that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school plays. Her most beloved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer school, she studied film and was assigned a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant in TV documentariesand for Howie Mandel's talk show. In the following time she was able to ma

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and was a part of her early years living in Chicago. Amy resided in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she graduated from junior college. The family also lived in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, along with a brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family as well as independently. Since her parents were teachers which allowed them to enjoy every summer with each other, traveling and camping across the United States. They've camped in every US state with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 following the war in order to help with the relief efforts. In the beginning, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions and winning contests to write. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who was a part of the very first 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After sustaining

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). When she was a toddler she was an obsessive performer, and would reenact commercials from the television to entertain of her parents. However, she decided to focus her efforts on dancing. She continued to study alongside a group of highly respected dancers after spending nine years studying classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. When she turned 15 she realized her real destiny when she outclassed more than 300 other girls at an audition by a talent agency. The contract that resulted in her being signed secured her several roles in Spanish television shows and music videos. This led to a future career on the screen. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly appeared in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it she played one of four

Milena Govich, director, actor and musician, has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots that are in development. Milena was selected as one of the eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her TV series as well as a short film. It starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort The film won the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival as well as the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) was shown across the United States. She was awarded the the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. Also, the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in more

Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, TV, and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and was raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then, she's been in movies such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" featuring 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 and"Imagine Me & You" with 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 alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. In the television world, Perabo was a part of Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." She also appeared in ABC's legal drama "Notor

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most well-known actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was chosen by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing Eric Bana's character's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer has appeared in many Studio films since her arrival in America, which includes Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with William Hurt and Dennis Quaid Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion, a Lawrence Kasdan cast, stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel, opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor shot Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She waited for the release of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya. She is starring alongside Clive Owen. Recently, she was honored wi

Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is when she began her stage debut at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London when she was 16 and immediately began to get involved in independent filmmaking. The first time she was paid was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and director in theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows and productions, including "The Woolgatherer" that 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. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy", the manipulative woman who was a born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder), by Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Wa

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actor as well as a singer. Her role as Kathy the character who appeared in recurring roles on Friends' fourth season, was her first major recognition. Her first fame was due to her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. She appeared on that show regularly from 2006 until 2012. She has returned regularly since then to guest appearances. She 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. This was the first appearance in animated form for the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) was employed by the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts and then moved

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She received her training at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in films such as 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 (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was employed in the city as a consul for the French government. Her father was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Because it sounded similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. The actress spent a year in Canada prior to moving her family around extensively due to her father's job. After the move to France she lived in Japan. Her father, who passed away aged 5 of cancer was her mother. She was also sufferin