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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader as well as the class president. Her graduation was in 1980 and entered college 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 recruited her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture", their first of a series of films and videos she choreographed. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career took off. But the hit single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has been a successful dancer/singer ever after. This is aided by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother is Jewish and was born in...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is well-known for her portrayals of characters from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant who are both from Irish descent. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Then, she went to the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she played "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. In the film, she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's credits in films include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite to such well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Indep...

Paula Faris is an American journalist from the US. She was previously the TV reporter for ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are famous. She was also co-anchor on 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 was offered an opening as an agent for radio sales. She was hired as a WRGT/WKEF production assistant and then was promoted to anchor and reporter. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. The contract was canceled and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 it was revealed that she was employed by ABC's news di...

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her career as a TV and film producer, including "The New Card Sharks", (1978) and "Card Sharks" (1986). She produced projects like Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her most famous TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She was featured in 156 episodes of this comedy from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a poet and noted nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). She had two daughters with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 90, 1990). Her birthplace was Palo alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school located in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awarded her a Bachelor of Arts d...

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child, having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. After her debut film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in the year 1995, when she was filming the season 1994-1995 of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994) as did Jim Varney. In 1996, Sarah appeared in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) as an actress named Krista Wilson. In 1998, a year following the time that Roseanne (1988) ended, Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998)...

Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She has also won for the award for the most outstanding Comedic Show in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has appeared in a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as "Almost Heroes," an Canadian TV show. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also has been featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." In 2019-2020, her net worth has grown significant. What does ...

Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American , and her mother is caucasian, has German, English, and Dutch heritage. Her family lived directly across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and she was a big film buff since her earliest days. Her mom was a teacher while her father was an attorney. Paula said that she attempted to escape when she was an innocent child through "pretending" to become someone else. So it's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her most loved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She pursued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a course in film. In that time, she was awarded a 3-month task to create documentaries on PBS. Then she was employed as a production assistant on TV documentaries and Howie Mandel's talk-show. Then she began producing documentary segments for...

Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy resided in GlenEllyn, Illinois, until she was in junior college. There, her family also lived in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy is the youngest of three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family , and independently. Her parents were teachers so they could spend every summer camping together and travel all across the United States. They've camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda for aid with relief efforts following the 1994 war. Amy was a talented actor in school plays , and she won writing contests. She was a talented athlete during high school, and was a participant in the very first 3200-meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After an injury, she went back to university and was a part of the stage, starting with Lanford Wilson’s “Fifth of July” and later ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. When she was a toddler she was an obsessed performer who would recreate commercials on TV for the entertainment of her parents. However, she decided to dedicate her time to dancing. After studying ballet for nine years at the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her education under a number of famous dancers. Her true calling was discovered at the age of 15 when she defeated more than 300 contestants in an audition for a talent agency. She was then offered roles in Spanish television and music videos. The contract resulted in a variety of roles, opening the way to a future in the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut in a film with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film, she played one of the four sisters seeki...

Milena Govich is an actor, director musician, actor, and actor who has directed a number of episodes of TV which include 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 attached to two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Her short film and TV show proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober The film had its World Premiere at SXSW and was awarded Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been shown all over the country, winning Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in ove...

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and TV actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. In 2000 she was cast in a starring role in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has 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" featuring Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and"Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" with an ensemble cast which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. Following that she co-starred in ABC's legal ...

Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most highly regarded actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first recognized by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion, a Lawrence Kasdan cast and starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel, opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. She filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release of her film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya opposite Clive Owen. Recently, she received the Gold Nymph Award...

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her home in 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 began to get involved in filmmaking in the indie genre (her first professional gig was as stoner in Irvine Wales's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre in both roles as an actress and director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer", a play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play was praised by critics. In Headspace (2005) she was offered her first US movie part as "Stacy", a manipulative, born-again Christian. Her first film role was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) that was the first, in which she acted in London and LA was th...

Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer and voice actor. Her fame was first recognized due to her regular role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her most well-known role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 she appeared on Criminal Minds frequently. She has returned for guest appearances since then and is now returning to Criminal Minds regularly in the year 2016. Her other roles include voiceovers for Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the last season of Community, her voice as Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and as Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales that marked the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) was employed by the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as s...

Pom Klementieff was born May 3rd, 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). She plays the character of 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 the child of two parents: a Korean mother, as well as her father was French-Russian. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Because it sounded similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger", her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff was an American citizen for a year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's job. After moving to France she resided in Japan. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5, was her mother. Also, she was suffering from schizophrenia and was unable to care for her children. Klementieff was raised with h...