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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She started taking dance classes when she was just eight. She went to Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class president and head cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and started college at Cal State Northridge to major in 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. She was approached by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first of a number of videos and movies she would choreograph. Her first album "Forever Your Girl" the singer's career began to take off. The single "Straight Up" was a major hit and she's been a successful singer/dancer ever after. This was made possible by her appearance on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her moth...

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is well-known for her character roles in both contemporary and period screen roles, as well as many acting in stage and film. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then attended theatre school, and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her film debut came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) with veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring W...

Paula Faris is an American journalist. She previously worked as the TV reporter for ABC News. She is most famous for her work as cohost on Good Morning America Weekend, from 2014 to 2018, and host of The View, 2015-2018. 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. Due to the lack of opportunities available on TV, she took a job as an agent for sales at radio. She was recruited as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. She later became a anchor and reporter. She was the weekend anchor for WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. Her contract was terminated and she was a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011, she was recruited by ABC News the news division of ABC. She made her debut fo...

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career with films and TV shows such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and later on produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and has made appearances on such programs on television like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her most famous TV performance was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992, she appeared in 156 shows. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). With her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark College, Port...

Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle child with one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's acting debut was in City Boy (1992), a movie made for TV. After her debut film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role "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 highschool in 1995 and was a part in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Sarah was also in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In these films she played the character of Krista Wilson, the cheerleader. Sarah was asked to appear in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year following Roseanne (1988). Bas...

Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She has also won for the award for the most outstanding Comedic Play in 2008 and the Best Sketch Troupe award in 2006. She's played various roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian television series, "Almost Heroes." She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" as well as guest appearances in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She is also the voice of Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has been increasing...

Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She has German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. While growing up, her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a huge film enthusiast since her early years. Her mother, who also appreciated good films also taught at a school and her father was an attorney. Paula admits that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else as an infant. It is not surprising that she was involved in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most loved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". She completed her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. It was during this time that she was awarded a 3-month task to create documentaries on PBS. This led to her being employed as a production assistant in documentary films on TV, as...

Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago while she was in junior high. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the youngest of three siblings, sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family as well as on her own. Since her parents were teachers and teachers, they could spend the entire summer traveling and camping across the United States. In actuality, they've been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda to help in efforts to help after the 1994 war. Early on, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions as well as taking part in writing contests. In high school, she was a star athlete and was the first to participate in the ever 3200 meter relay for girls in the Illinois track. In college, following an injury, she returned to the theater and performed in a variety on stage....

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, and would reenact commercials on TV for the entertainment of her family. However, she decided to dedicate her time to dancing. After nine years of classical ballet instruction in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her training under the direction of a variety of prominent dancers. At the age of 15 she followed her calling when she bested more than 300 other girls in an audition by a talent agency. The contract she received landed her roles in Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. This opened up opportunities for a successful career in the world of film. Cruz was first seen in a movie with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she was briefly featured in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film, she play...

Milena Govich is an actor as well as a director and musician. She has directed numerous episodes of TV and film, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also the Co-EP/Producing director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots in the process of development. Milena was among eight filmmakers who were selected by AFI's highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable was her short film as well as a television show proof of concept, was shown at SXSW. It also received Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been shown across the nation and has won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Mi...

Piper Perabo has been nominated for a Golden Globe as a stage actress, television and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakthrough role in the year 2000. Since then, she's been featured in films such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" which starred Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast, which 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.". Perabo played Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. After that, Per...

Ayelet Zuer is an Israeli actress who 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 as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces with 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 an ensemble movie by Lawrence Kasdan which features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's Last Days In Desert. She also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. Recently, she was awarded the Gold Nymph Award as Outst...

Pollyanna McIntosh grew up 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. She relocated to London at the age of 16, and swiftly began to get involved in independent filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was as a stoner for Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and director in the theatre. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities such as a production called "The Woolgatherer", in which she was the director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to high praise. Her first US film role was "Stacy", the manipulative and reborn Christian, in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Hea...

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actor as well as a singer. She first became famous for her regular role as Kathy in the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her most well-known role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 she appeared on Criminal Minds regularly. She has returned for guest appearances and has returned to Criminal Minds regularly in 2016. She also portrayed 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 time that the character appeared in animation the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a senior government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an administrator at the school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts. She reloca...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared in films such 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 (2019). Pom Klementieff was the daughter of the Korean mother, as well as a father who was French-Russian. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" due to the fact that it's similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff resided in Canada for a short time before her family traveled extensively because of her father's work. Prior to moving to France they resided in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff lost her father to cancer at the age of five. Her ...