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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was 8 years old, young, she started dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was where she was the senior class president and was the school's chief 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 recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a long list of films and videos she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and became a popular dancer and singer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is Sephardic Jewish and hails from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is famous for her portrayals of characters from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy) the Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John McDonnell. 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 highly regarded Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the part of "Stands with a Fist" as a Sioux Indian-born white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of experienced actors as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) (

Paula Faris is an American journalist who previously worked as the TV correspondent for ABC News. She is famous for her work as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend from 2015 to 2018, and in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to the year 2018. She was also co-anchor on America This Morning and World News Now. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She worked in radio sales, due to limited television opportunities. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. Later, she became a reporter and anchor. From 2002 until 2005, she was the sports anchor for weekends as well as the sports anchor for weekdays at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. When her contract ended in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 it was revealed that she was employed by the news division of ABC, ABC News

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began her career in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced projects such as Double Dare (1976). She has also appeared on TV programs such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most famous TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was featured in an entire 156 episodes of this show between 1984 and 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 until April 7, 2015). Alongside her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School located in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark Coll

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. Sarah is the middle of two siblings, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in the film City Boy (1992), a made for television movie. In 1993, shortly after her first film, she was a candidate for the role of "Becky" on the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was in search of a replacement after Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995 and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) 1994-1995. In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994) alongside Jim Varney. Then, in 1996 she starred in 2 films in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played the cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to perform in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The s

Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is a member of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She also won awards for Best Comedic Play in 2008 and the Best Sketch Troupe award in 2006. She has played a variety of characters on "Scare Tactics," and "Almost Heroes," which is a Canadian TV series. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Her film and television credits also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has increased significant in 2019 and 2020. So, how much is Lauren Ash worth

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, and her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch heritage. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was young and she was a huge fan of movies in her early age. Her mother, who also loved good films also taught at a school as was her father, an attorney. Paula states she was able to get away from her mother by pretending to be someone else when she was a child. It is not surprising to learn that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most beloved role was of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". After having graduated from the University of Southern California's summer program she pursued film studies and was assigned a three-month task to produce documentaries for PBS. In the end, she was hired as a production assistant in documentaries on TV and also on Howie Mandel’s talk

Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. However, when Amy was in high school, she and her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family and on her own. Her parents were teachers, so they had the opportunity to spend their summers together in the campfire and travelling across the United States. They've camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 after the war in order to help with aid efforts to help the victims. Amy demonstrated artistic talent early on by acting in school plays, as well as 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. In college, after an accident, she returned to the theater , playing a variety of roles on stage starting wi

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was an obsessive performer in her youth and even reenacted commercials on TV for family amusement. But she chose to focus her attention on dance. After nine years of classical ballet instruction in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the tutelage by a range of well-known dancers. She realized her passion at age 15, when she beat more than 300 contestants in an audition for an agency for talent. The contract she received landed her roles in Spanish TV shows as well as music videos. This opened the possibility of a lucrative career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut in a film with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she appeared in a brief scene in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning movie in which she was one of the four sisters seeking to win

Milena Govich is an actor also a director, actor, and musician. She has helmed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Milena served as the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf’s CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Her short film and TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable, starring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober has had its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made in the short form Temporary (2017 directed by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the United States. It was awarded the title of Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also presented at the Sedona International Film Festival. Mi

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and television actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and born in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. The film featured her in the film's breakout character, CoyoteUgly in 2000. She has been in a variety of films since then, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige", with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale as well as "Because I Said So", with Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me & You" films with Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama featuring a cast which also included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's television part in five seasons of

Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most acclaimed actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was chosen to play the part of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as 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 which includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also was waiting for the release of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. As the Hostages as the lead actress she was awarded the Gold Nymph Awa

Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her home in Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began to perform on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16 she moved to London where she quickly began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first paid gig on The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also participated in theater as both an actress as well as director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more stage work. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular actor in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to great reviews. In Headspace (2005), she made her debut US film role as "Stacy", a manipulative and a born-again Christian. It was as the crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) which was written from Heathers (1988) author Daniel Waters, that the critics started to become awa

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American voice actress, actress and singer. Her role as Kathy an recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first major recognition. Her first big break came when she portrayed the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she appeared regularly from 2006 until 2012 and was then re-cast for guest appearances and then returned regularly in 2016. Her other roles include the voice of Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community and her voice as Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and playing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales which was the first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster was

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been 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 (1999). Pom Klementieff was the child of a Korean mother, as well as an American-Russian father. Her father was a consul of Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Because it sounds similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger", her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff lived in Canada for one year. Her family had travelled extensively as a result of her father's work. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5, was her mother. Also, she was suffering from schizophrenia , a