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Paula Abdul

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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 school's head cheerleader and class president for senior year. Her high school graduation was in 1980. Following graduation she enrolled in college at Cal State Northridge. There she was a radio and television major. and television. 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 in a long sequence of videos and movies she choreographed. Following her debut album "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and soon became a well-known artist and performer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish backg

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is well known for her portrayals on screen in both historical and modern roles. She has also had a long line of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both of Irish origin. Growing up in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. After that, she went to drama school and was accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. In the following two decades she was offered her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) where she played "Stands with a Fist", a white woman born to the Sioux Indians. The role was so well-loved that she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) with veteran

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) as well as co-host on The View (2015-2018) are well-known. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring 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. The position she held was in radio sales, due to the lack of television opportunities. After a year of working as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT she was allowed to anchor and report periodically. Between 2002 and 2005, she was the sports anchor for weekends and sports anchor on weekdays at WPO-TV in Cincinnati. Following the expiration of her contract and she became a anchor and sports reporter at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 until December 2011. In December 2011, she was appointed by ABC News, the division fo

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. Sarah is the middle child having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut on TV in a made-for-TV movie, City Boy (1992). Following her first film she auditioned in 1993 for the role "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995. She was also involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she was in two films that included Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear on a television show named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) which was a year following Roseanne (1988). It was based on the

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and is one half of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She is a twice-winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 Best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She has performed a range of characters in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes," an Canadian TV series. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"" “Cracked,""Bomb Girls," and "Lost Girl." She has also been featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced the character of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has increased considerably between 2019 and the year 2020. What is the amount Lauren Ash make at 37 years of age? Lauren Ash&

Paula Patton

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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 lived right next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up, and she was a major movie buff from the beginning of her life. Her mother, a teacher, and her dad as a lawyer were both avid film buffs. Paula states that as an adult she would escape from the world by "pretending to play a different character" which is why it came as surprising that she was a part-time actress in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer program, she studied film and was offered a three-month assignment to create documentaries for PBS. The result was that she could work as a production assistant in documentaries on TV and also on Howie Mandel's talk show. In t

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. Amy resided in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she graduated from junior college. The family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, and a brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family , and independently. Because her parents worked as teachers which allowed them to spend the entire summer traveling and camping across the United States. They've camped in every US state with the exception of Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda after the 1994 war to aid in relief efforts. From the beginning, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions and winning writing contests. High school was where she was a star athlete winning the first ever 3200-meter relay to be held for girls in Illinois track. After suffering an injury, Amy went back to college and played a variety of roles on the stage,

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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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 who would recreate commercials from the television to entertain of her family. But, she decided to concentrate on dance. After nine years of ballet classes in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the direction of a number of famous dancers. She found her calling at the age 15 when she beat more than 300 contestants in an audition for a talent agency. The agency offered her roles in Spanish television and music videos. This contract led to many more roles, opening the doors to a successful career in the big screen. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) She then made a brief appearance in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her next film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters vying for the love of a

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a writer, director as well as an actor and musician who has helmed many episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. She was also the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently working on two pilots that are in development. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her television series and short film. With Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 directed by Milena Vandervoort) was screened across the US. It won the title of Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also awarded at Sedona International Film

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. 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 starring 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. She was in the film with Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action flick "Looper.". On television, Perabo played Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy thriller "Covert Affairs." Then, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performance. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first attracted the attention of Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing Eric Bana's character's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point and Vantage Point, starring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected along with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion with Lawrence Kasdan and starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel which is starring Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release of her film The Last Knights by the Japanese directo

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began performing, on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she left for London and soon became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre (her first pay-per-view was as stoner in Irvine Wales's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre in both roles as an actress and director. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more theatre. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as along with David Dayan Fisher (a regular star on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to great reviews. Her first US film role was "Stacy" as the manipulative and reborn Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) which was written by Heathers (1988) author Daniel Waters, that the public began to notice of her tal

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. Her first recognition came from her frequent appearance as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakout role was as Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 she appeared on Criminal Minds frequently. She has returned to guest appearances since and is currently appearing on 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 was the first appearance 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 an official in the government, while her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts in the

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on May 3, 1986. She was a student at the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her role includes Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). 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 born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and French-Russian father, who worked there as a consul with the French government. Her grandfather was painter Eugene Klementieff. The name was chosen by her parents "Pom" because it is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for both "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff lived for a year in Canada before her family moved frequently due to her father's work. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died in the age of five from cancer was also her mother. Also, she was suf