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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. She began taking dance lessons when she was eight. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class president and head cheerleader. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. After graduation she enrolled in college at Cal State Northridge. There she studied radio 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 recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" the first of many films and videos she would choreograph. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and became a popular artist and performer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, who is also Jewish was bor

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is most well famous for her performance on screen in both historical and modern roles. She also has a long history of 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 from Irish origin. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Later, she attended the drama program and was admitted to the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. After a few decades she scored her first major film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl born to the Sioux Indians. Her first Academy Award nomination was for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of well-known actors like Robert Redfo

Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as the TV reporter at ABC News. Her most well-known work is her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, and as host of The View, 2015-2018. Before this, she co-anchored 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 lack of TV opportunities she was employed in radio sales. After a year of working as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT, she eventually was capable of reporting and anchoring on occasion. She was the weekend anchor and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. She became a reporter for sports at NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 to December 2011 after her contract expired. In December 2011 she was employed by ABC News which is the news division of ABC. She first made an appearance on ABC News for

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a television and film producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978) as well as "Card Sharks" (1986). Post went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) as well as Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps her greatest TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She appeared in an entire 156 episodes of this show from 1984 until 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7, 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). She was born in Palo alto, California and grew up in the vicinity of Walnut Creek, California. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school located in Walnut Creek. The Ba

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. She is the middle child having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's debut as an actor was City Boy (1992), the TV-produced film. After her first film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role of "Becky" of Roseanne (1988). Following the time that Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college the show was searching for the perfect replacement. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah starred in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996), where she was a cheerleader who was named Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to be a part in a TV series called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) which was a year following Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing Too Good For a

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she won the best Comedic play award and in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as the Oscar Award-nominated feature "Lars and the Real Girl." She plays Sam in "The Dating Guy,"" an animated Canadian show. Her wealth has increased significantly between 2019 and 2020. What is Lauren Ash worth at the

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. Her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was young and she was a lover of movies in her early days. Her mother, who also loved good films, was a schoolteacher, as was her father, an attorney. Paula states that as an adult she would escape by "pretending to appear to be someone else" so it was not a surprise that she acted in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She continued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. It was during this time that she was granted a three-month task to create documentaries on PBS. In the end, she was able to work as a production assistant on television documentaries as well a

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. However, at the time 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 younger sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled throughout Europe as a solo traveler and with her family. They both taught and were able to travel and camp with each other every summer due to this. They've camped across every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy went to Rwanda in 1994 after the war in order to help with aid efforts to help the victims. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions, and winning writing contests. In high school, she excelled as an athlete taking part in the first ever 3200 meter relay race for girls in the Illinois track. In college, following an injury, she returned to the stage with a variety of roles on stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson&#

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez who was hairdresser. As a child, she was an obsessive performer who would recreate commercials on television for the enjoyment of her parents. But, she decided to devote her energies to dance. She continued her training with a variety of highly-regarded dancers, after having spent nine years learning classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at age 15 after she defeated over 300 other girls in an audition held by an agency for talent. She was then offered roles on Spanish TV and music videos. The contract led to a number of more roles, opening the doors to a successful career in the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she briefly was in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her next film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), where she played one of the four sisters vying

Milena Govich is a producer, actor, actor, and musician who has directed a number of episodes of TV, including 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 show FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors to take part in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her television series as well as a short film. It starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort The film won the award for Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival as and the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film Temporary (2017 directed by Milena Vandervoort) was screened across the country. It won the award for 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 F

Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of TV, stage, and film actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and was raised in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in the year 2000. She was seen in "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" as well as "Because I Said So" together with "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. In addition to "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode, and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" in which she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In television Perabo starred as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy dra

Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first recognized by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role , Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since moving to the United States, Zurer has been 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 alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble of 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 also waited for the release of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at

Pollyanna McIntosh was raised in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first started performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she left for London and soon became involved in indie filmmaking (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. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" that she was 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 amazing reviews. In Headspace (2005) she made her debut 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/Winona Ryder) directed produ

Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. Her fame was first recognized due to her frequent appearance as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 , she appeared on Criminal Minds frequently. She has been back with guest appearances ever since and will be appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in the year 2016. Other roles she's played includes Mr. Mumbles, Elise, and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della on the show DuckTales 2017. The first time that she appeared in animation as the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an administrator at the sch

Pom Klementieff was born 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). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the daughter of a Korean mother, as well as an American-Russian father. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Her father was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff was a resident of Canada before her family moved extensively due to her father's job. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died at the age of 5 from cancer, was her mother. She also suffered from schizophrenia and couldn't care for her kids. Klementieff was raised with her paternal