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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. She started taking dance classes at the age of eight. She went to Van Nuys High School, where she was the class head cheerleader and president. Her graduation was in 1980, and started 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. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" that was the first in a long sequence of videos and movies she would choreograph. With her first CD "Forever Your Girl" and her first solo album, her singing career began to take off. The single "Straight Up" was a big hit and she's been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. This was helped by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. He...

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress, recognized for her character roles that span both present and past screen roles, as well as the long list of stage and film roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) and an Irish-American computer consultant, and John McDonnell. Born in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. Then, she went to drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She was 22 years old when she scored her first film part in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman who was white. The role was so well-loved that she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell was a part of the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) in the role of experienced actors as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also appeared in Roland Emmeri...

Paula Faris is an American journalist. She previously worked as a TV correspondent for ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are well-known. 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. Due to the limited opportunities on television, she landed an opportunity as an agent for sales at radio. After a year of work as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT she was in a position to report and anchor at times. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until. She was a sports reporter at NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 through December 2011 after her contract expired. In December 2011 she was appointed by ABC News, the news division of ABC. Her debut on the network was on the 2nd of...

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began her career with television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she was the producer of projects such as Double Dare (1976). Also, she has appeared on TV programs such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most famous TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 , she was in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and a well-known nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 until 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 90, 1990). Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon...

Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a television movie, City Boy (1992). After her first film Sarah was a candidate for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was seeking someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue university. Sarah graduated high school in 1995 and began filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah also starred with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She starred in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In these films Sarah played the role of Krista Wilson as the cheerleader. Sarah was asked to be a part in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This was one year following Roseanne (1988). The show was based on a TV movie with the same name which was called Nothing To...

Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and one half the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she was awarded the award for the Best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, she won the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has played a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as "Almost Heroes,"" a Canadian TV show. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"" “Cracked," “Bomb Girls” as well as "Lost Girl." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She is the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy,"" an animated Canadian show. Her wealth has increased significant in 2019 and 2020. How much ...

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 roots. Her family resided across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up and she was a lover of movies from her early childhood. Her mom was a school teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula claims she was able to get away from her mother by pretending to be someone else when she was when she was a kid. It's not surprising that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's plays for high school students. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". She completed her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. It was during this time that she was given a three-month task to create documentaries on PBS. The result was that she was able to work as a production assistant in television document...

Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago region. However, when Amy was in junior high, she and her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, along with a brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe with her family and also independently. Since her parents worked as teachers and teachers, they could travel together every summer, and camping all across the United States. They've stayed in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda to assist in efforts to aid in the aftermath of the 1994 war. Amy showed her artistic talents early when she was acting in school productions and taking part in writing competitions. In high school, she was a promising athlete who placed in the very first 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After a college injury, she returned to the theater with many roles on stage. Her fi...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez. She was a fervent performer in her youth and would reenact TV commercials to amuse the family. But she chose to concentrate her energy on dance. She continued her training by working with several well-known dancers, after having spent 9 years studying classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She found her calling at the age of 15 after she defeated over 300 girls at an audition for an agency that represented talent. The contract she signed secured her roles on Spanish TV programs as well as music videos. It opened the doors to a promising career on the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), then appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she played one of four sisters who compete to win the heart of a handsome army deserter. It als...

Milena Govich is an actress 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 has been tapped to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was one of eight women selected for AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also participated in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept called Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober It featured its World Premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short form Temporary (2017, by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the United States. It won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's C...

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and TV actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She has been in a variety of films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige", 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 and You" films with Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama featuring a cast which also comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action flick "Looper". On television, Perabo played Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." S...

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most acclaimed actresses. 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 the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble film by Lawrence Kasdan that features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel alongside Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She was waiting for the release of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya, opposite Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Aw...

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland and where she initially began to perform on stage on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London at 16 and quickly 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 worked as an actress and a director in the theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought an increase in theatre productions, including a production of "The Woolgatherer" and in which she was the director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to high praise. Then she landed her first US film role in the movie as the manipulative and a born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona R...

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actor, and singer. She was first recognized for her role as Kathy on the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakout role was as Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds regularly. She has been back to guest appearances since and has returned to Criminal Minds regularly in the year 2016. 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 animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was an official of the government, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator in a school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts and then moved to New ...

Pom Klementieff is an actress from France, French actress was born on May 3, 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her roles include Loup (2009) as well as Sleepless Night (2011). She portrays the role Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian wife. He worked as consul for the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. The name was chosen by her parents "Pom" due to the fact that it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff lived in Canada for a short time before her family went on a long trip because of her father's job. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died aged 5 of cancer was also her m...