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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At the age of eight, she began taking dance classes. Van Nuys High School was where she was the class president and was the school's chief cheerleader. She graduated in 1980, and entered 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 video "Torture" which was the first in a lengthy sequence of videos and movies she would choreograph. She began her singing career with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until the hit song "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . she has been a renowned dancer ever since, aided by her time as a judge on the hit show American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jew...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is most well known for her portrayals on screen in both traditional and contemporary roles. She has also had a long line of roles both on stage and screen. 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. She was raised in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She went on to the drama school and then was accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). She was just 22 when she landed her breakthrough movie part in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman who is white. For the role, she earned her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell was a part of the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) with such famous actors such as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from America. She previously worked as the TV reporter for ABC News. She is most famous for her stint as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, between 2014 and 2018, as well as hosting of The View, 2015-2018. Prior to that she was co-anchor for America This Morning (World News Now) as well as America This Morning (America This Morning). After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. She worked in sales of radio stations due to the lack of television opportunities. She was eventually able to find work for one year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor or report. She was the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. She became a sports reporter at the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 through December 2011, when her contract was terminated. She was recruited b...

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career with films and TV shows, like Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and continued to produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and appeared on such TV shows like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her character "Christine Sullivan" as the Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she appeared in 156 shows. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is an accomplished poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-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). Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. Earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Lewis &...

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 27, 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut with City Boy (1992), the first television-produced film made by TV. After her first film she auditioned for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was seeking an alternative to the character after Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated high school in 1995 as she was filming the 1994-95 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she appeared in two films in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to be a part in a show from 1998 called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent alumna of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and one half the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also took home the 2008 Best Comedic Play and the 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. The actress has been in several roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes", as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" in addition to guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,"" "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays the role of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has been growing significant in 2019 and 2020. So, how much is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37 years old? Lauren Ash's main source...

Paula Patton

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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

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and was a part of her early years living in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she was in junior college. The family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe as a family member and independently. Both of her parents worked as teachers so they could spend the entire summer camping together and travel all across the United States. They have been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 following the war to assist with relief efforts. Amy was an accomplished actor in school plays and also won writing contests. In high school, she was a promising athlete who finished in the very first 3200 meter relay at the Illinois girls track. In college, after an injury, she returned to the stage with a variety of roles on stage beginning ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez who was a hairdresser. When she was a toddler and a devoted performer who would recreate commercials on television for the enjoyment of her parents. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. After nine years of ballet classes at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her training under the tutelage of a variety of prominent dancers. When she was 15 she followed her call when she topped over 300 other girls in an audition for a talent agency. She was offered roles on Spanish video and television. This led to a number of more roles, which opened the doors to a career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) Then she appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production in which she was one of the four sisters that were trying to win t...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is an actor, director actress, musician, and actor who has helmed many episodes of TV which include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors for AFI's highly acclaimed Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made and the TV series proof of concept called Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober, had its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the US. 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 given at Sedona Intern...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for a Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000 she was cast in a starring role in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has been seen in such films as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me &"Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th & Wolf" with an ensemble cast which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". In television Perabo appeared as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs....

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she was first noticed by Hollywood when she was offered the part of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Since moving to the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion, a Lawrence Kasdan cast with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel which is starring Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor while waiting for the release of her movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya. She also appeared in Clive Owen. For her role as Hostages the lead actress, she won t...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia But she returned to Scotland where she started performing on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at 16 and quickly started to become involved in indie filmmaking. Her first paid gig was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actress and director in the theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought an increase in theatre productions such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which she directed 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. She was then offered her first US film role in the movie as the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009), which...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer and voice actor. Most famously, she was known for her character as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends as well as being a voice actress and singer. Her first big 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 been back to guest appearances since and is now returning to Criminal Minds regularly in 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the last season of Community as well as the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and also voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales, marking the first appearance in animation of the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), was a government official. Galen Brewster ...