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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing when she was eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the school's head cheerleader and senior class president. She graduated in 1980 and went to 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 video "Torture", the first in a long line of movies and videos she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" the singer's career took off. The single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has become a popular singer/dancer for years after. This is aided by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is known for her portrayals on screen in contemporary and historical roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. After that, she went to drama school and was admitted to the famous Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. A decade later she scored her first major film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist", a white woman born to the Sioux Indians. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the part. McDonnell has appeared in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such famous actors such as Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich's Independ

Paula Faris, an American journalist, was previously an anchor for television at ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are famous. In the past, she anchors World News Now and 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 TV she was employed in radio sales. Her next job was one year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT . She then occasionally report and anchor. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the weekday anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati between 2002 and 2005. Her contract was terminated , and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. She was recruited by ABC News' news division in December 2011. She joined ABC News for their World News Now and America This Mor

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She started her career with television and film productions such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced projects like Double Dare (1976). She has also appeared on television programs like 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most memorable TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was featured in the show's 156 episodes between 1984 and 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet, and well-known nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 to April 7 in 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990) were born in her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was a cheerleader. Earned her B

Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child, having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut came in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. After her first movie she auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to pursue the college of her choice. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also appeared with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she appeared in two movies, including Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear in a television series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) in the year following Roseanne (1988). Based on the show Noth

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she was awarded the best Comedic Play award and in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She has played a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics," as well as "Almost Heroes," a Canadian television series. She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" and made guest appearances in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also appeared in "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox, and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She's the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy" an animated Canadian show. Her net worth has increased dramatically in the period 2019-2020. What is La

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

Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago region. Amy resided in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she entered junior college. The family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the older sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe by herself as well as with her family. Both of them were teachers and were able to travel and camp together each summer due to this. They've camped across every state, except Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda for aid with relief efforts after the war in 1994. Amy was a talented actor in school plays and won writing contests. In high school, she was a promising athlete who was a part of the first ever 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she was able to go back to the stage and take on a variety of roles such as Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and Wallace Shawn's

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. She was an obsessive performer as a child and would reenact TV commercials to keep the family entertained. However, she chose to focus her attention on dancing. After pursuing classical ballet for 9 years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a number of prominent dancers. She discovered her true passion at the age of 15, after she defeated over 300 other girls at an audition at an agency for talents. The resultant contract secured her numerous roles on Spanish TV shows and music videos. This in turn opened the door to an acting career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly was in Framed (1992), a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her next film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of four sisters fighting to win the heart of a handsome deserter from the

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 was nominated for the Golden Globes as a stage, television and film actress. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. In 2000 she was cast in a starring role in Coyote Ugly. She was seen in "The Prestige" by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" as well as "Because I Said So", along with "Because I Said So", with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf", she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She appeared alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action film "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. Perabo was also a character in ABC's legal drama "Noto

Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood when she was enlisted by Steven Spielberg in her first character in English, Eric Bana's character's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared 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 with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast which includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel along with Russell Crow. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia However, she later returned to Scotland where she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she moved to London and was soon involved in the indie filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress and director. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" an original play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. It was well-received by critics. Her first US movie role was as "Stacy" an empathetic and reborn Christian who appeared in Headspace (2005). Her first film role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) The film, which was made in London and LA is her next film. It was nominated for Outstanding British Debut by the BAFTA and won the Sa

Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. Her role as Kathy as a character that recurred on Friends' fourth season, was her first big break. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From the year 2006 until 2012 she was on Criminal Minds frequently. She has returned with guest appearances ever 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, which was the first time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew), worked in the government. Her father Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster grew up in Massachusetts and late

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 been featured in such films 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 (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to an Korean mother and a French-Russian father who was employed as a consul there for the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandfather. Pom was her name due to the fact that it is a symphony of the Korean words "spring" and "tiger" in Korean. Klementieff spent one year in Canada before her family moved frequently because of her father's occupation. Before making the move to France the family resided in Japan and on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff lost her father to cancer around age five. H