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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. When she was 8 years old, young, she started dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was where she was the class president and the chief cheerleader. She graduated from high school in 1980. Following graduation she started 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 would choreograph. With her first CD "Forever Your Girl", her singing career began to take off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a massive success and she has been a successful dancer/singer ever after. This is aided by her time on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress, recognized for her portrayals of characters in both contemporary and period screen roles, as well as the long list of stage and film roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both from Irish descent. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. After that, she went to drama school , and was accepted into the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Her first film role came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the role of "Stands with a Fist" as a Sioux Indian-born white woman. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for this role. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) in which she starred alongside veteran actors such as Robert Redford,

Paula Faris, an American journalist, was previously a television correspondent at ABC News. She is known for her work as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend from 2015 to 2018, and in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to the year 2018. Before that she was co-anchor of America This Morning (World News Now) and America This Morning (America This Morning). After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She was employed in sales of radio stations because television was not a viable option. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant and then was promoted to anchor and reporter. From 2002 until 2005, she was the weekend sports anchor and weekday sports anchor at WPO-TV in Cincinnati. The contract was canceled and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that she w

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a television and film producer, producing films such as "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post produced projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has been featured on many TV shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her greatest TV role was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she appeared in 156 shows. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and a well-known nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 until April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 the 30th of March, 1990) was her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. She was 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 graduated with a Bachelor of A

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 child of two siblings: the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a TV-made film called City Boy (1992). After her first movie Sarah was a candidate for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. After Alicia Goranson left the show to go to college the show was searching for a replacement. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995. She was also involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) 1994-1995. Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994) alongside Jim Varney. Then, in 1996 she was in two films that included Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to appear in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year following Roseanne (1988). It was ba

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and a member of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's twice a winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the Best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe Awards. She's played various roles in "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Her credits in television and film also include "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." In 2019-2020, her net worth has risen substantially. How much money does Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren Ash's primary source

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 heritage. While growing up, her family lived right next to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was an avid film fan from her childhood. Her mother, too, who enjoyed good films was a teacher, and her father was an attorney. Paula admitted that she tried to escape as an innocent child through "pretending" to become someone else. So it's not a surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her most loved role was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". However, she went on to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in an summer program. She was awarded a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. This led to her being employed as a production assistant on documentary films on TV, as well as on Howie Mandel's talk sho

The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago region. 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 two sisters, Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe both with her family and also independently. They were both teachers and were able to travel and camp together every summer as a result of this. They've stayed in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda following the war in 1994 to aid in relief efforts. Amy demonstrated artistic talent early by participating in school productions, and taking part in writing competitions. In high school, she excelled as an athlete, placing in the first ever 3200 meter relay for girls in Illinois track. In college, after an injury, she was back in the theater with many roles on stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's &quo

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). When she was a young girl, she was already a compulsive performer who would recreate commercials from the television for her family's amusement, but she decided to focus her energies on dance. After studying classical ballet for 9 years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. She discovered her true passion at age 15 when she smashed more than 300 other girls at an audition for an agency for talent. She was offered roles in Spanish television and music videos. This contract resulted in a variety of roles, and opened the doors to a successful career in the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she playe

Milena Govich is a writer, director actress, musician, and actor who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. She also served as the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently directing two pilots in development. Milena was one of the eight filmmakers chosen for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, in addition to the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Her short film and TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable, starring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, saw its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) is screened across the country and was awarded Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and television actor. She was born in Dallas and was raised in New Jersey. She appeared in Coyote Ugly's breakthrough role in the year 2000. Since then she has been featured 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 with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" with an ensemble cast that included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was in the film alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action flick "Looper". On TV, Perabo starred as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." She also appeared in ABC's legal dr

Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking film role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since moving to the United States, Zurer has played in Studio films such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces 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 Lawrence Kasdan's cast, stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel, opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor, as well as awaiting the release of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya in the role of Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Awa

Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of 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. When she was 16, she moved to London and was soon involved in the indie filmmaking (her first job paid for was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress and director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities, including a production of "The Woolgatherer", in which 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" who was a manipulative person who was a newly-baptized Christian. It was in the role of crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona Ryder) directed created by He

Paget Valerie is an American actor, singer, as well as voice actor. Her character as Kathy an recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first recognition. The first time she was recognized was her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime show Criminal Minds. She appeared frequently on the show from 2006 until 2012. The show has been back regularly since then , with guest appearances. Her other roles include voiceovers for Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community, the voice of Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and also voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales, marking 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 for the government. her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator in a school

Pom Klementieff is an actress from France, French actress, was born 3 May 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared in films such as Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She portrays the role 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 daughter of an Korean mother and an American-Russian father. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Her parents picked the name "Pom" because it's like the Korean words for "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff was a citizen of Canada for a single year. Her family had travelled extensively because of her father's work. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff lost her father to cancer at the age of five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schi