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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At age eight, she began dancing lessons. She went to Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and began the college process at Cal State Northridge to major 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. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 movie "Torture" it was the first of a long line of movies and videos she would choreograph. Her first album "Forever Your Girl" and her first solo album, her singing career began to take off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has been a wildly successful performer/singer ever after. It was made easier by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her m

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress she is well-known for her portrayals of characters in both period and present-day screen roles, and an extensive history of screen and stage roles. 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 heritage. 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 accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. A decade later, she landed her breakthrough film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl that is raised by Sioux Indians. Her first Academy Award nomination was for this role. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of veteran actors such as Robert

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 is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, while her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch origins. Her family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up , and she was a huge fan of movies from her early days. Her mother, who liked good movies, was a schoolteacher, as was her father, a lawyer. Paula claims that she used to hide from her mother by pretending to be someone else while when she was a kid. It's not surprising that she was involved in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most beloved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After graduation from the University Southern California's summer program, she studied film and was assigned a three-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant for documentary films on TV, as well as on Howie Mandel's talk

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 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 in the category of stage, television and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She was seen in "The Prestige" by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So", and "Because I Said So" as well as "Because I Said So" and "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 and Wolf" in which she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was the main character alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt, and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In television Perabo was a part of Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." Then, Perabo appeared as Annie Walker on

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most popular actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was given the role of Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces, which starred 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 Lawrence Kasdan's cast with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. She also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya, Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. As the Hostages leading actress, she was awarded the Gol

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London where she quickly began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first gig as a paid actor on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also participated in theater, both as an actress as well as a director. After 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 character on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to acclaim. In Headspace (2005) she was offered her first US film role as "Stacy" an manipulative person who was a newly-baptized 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). Working in both LA and London, E

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