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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the school's head cheerleader and class president for senior year. Her high school graduation was in 1980. Following graduation she enrolled in college at Cal State Northridge. There she was a radio and television major. 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 video "Torture" that was the first in a long sequence of videos and movies she choreographed. Following her debut album "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and soon became a well-known artist and performer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish backg...

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to theatre school, after which she was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the part of "Stands with a Fist" an Indian Sioux-raised white woman. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) (starring Wil...

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist from the US. She was previously the TV reporter for ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are famous. 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. Because of the lack of opportunities available on television, she was offered an opening as an agent for radio sales. She was hired as a WRGT/WKEF production assistant and then was promoted to anchor and reporter. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. The contract was canceled and she became a reporter as well as an anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 it was revealed that she was employed by ABC's news di...

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She started her career in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she worked on projects like Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her most famous TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She appeared in more than 156 episodes of the comedy from 1984 until 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis &amp...

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle child. She has one older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a television movie, City Boy (1992). After her first film Sarah was a candidate for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for a replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend studies at college. Sarah graduated from high school in the year 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994), along with Jim Varney. Then, in 1996 she appeared in two movies in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played the cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to be a part in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released on...

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the award of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's been featured in different roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She played a frequent role in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film 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." The timeframe of 2019-2020 i...

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 who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch heritage. When she was growing up and her family lived close to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie enthusiast from childhood. Her mom was a school teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula claims that when she was an teen she would get away from the world by "pretending to appear to be someone else" which is why it came as the case that she appeared in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to learn film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and received a three-month contract to create documentary films for PBS. Then she was employed as a production assistant on documentaries for television and Howie Mandel's talk show. She progresse...

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago while she was in junior high school. Her parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the sister Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family , and on her own. Because her parents were teachers who taught, they could enjoy every summer with each other, traveling and camping across the United States. In fact, they have been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the war in 1994 to help in relief efforts. At a young age, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions and winning contests for writing. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who was a part of the first ever 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she returned to college and was a part of the stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a fervent performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to entertain the family. However, she chose to focus her attention on dance. After nine years of ballet instruction in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the direction of several prominent dancers. Her true calling was discovered at age 15 when she beat more than 300 girls in an audition for an agency for talents. The contract she signed secured her roles in a variety of Spanish TV shows and music videos. This opened the door to a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly appeared in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters vying for the love of a beautiful army deserter. It also too...

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has directed a number of episodes of TV that include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. She also served as Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and has been tapped to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was one of eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, and also the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. The short film she made and the TV show proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober It had its World premiere at SXSW and won the Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) has been shown all across the United States. It won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Com...

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and TV actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and was raised in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. In 2000, she was a part in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. She has been in a variety of films since the time, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" in which she starred 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 with a cast that comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in fi...

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zuer is an Israeli actress who has been praised for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Zurer has been in a variety of Studio films since arriving in the United States, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with William Hurt and Dennis Quaid Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts, which starred 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 with Russell Crow. Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. 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 was honored with the Gold Nymph Award as Outs...

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began to perform on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she moved to London and soon found herself involved in independent filmmaking (her first paid gig was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought an increase in theatre productions, including a production of "The Woolgatherer" that she was the 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 high praise. She then landed her first US film role, playing the manipulative and a born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) that was ...

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actor, voice actress as well as a singer. Most famously, she was known for her character in the role of Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also vocalist and voice actress. Her first big break came when she portrayed Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she appeared regularly from 2006 until 2012 and has since returned for guest appearances and then returned frequently in 2016. Other roles she has 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 portraying Donald Duck's twin sister Della, in DuckTales 2017. It was the first time that she appeared in animation as the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a senior government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and wa...

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her roles include Loup (2009) as well as 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 raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mother. He worked as consul for the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" Her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff resided in Canada for a year prior to her family traveled extensively due to her father's employment. Prior to making the move to France, they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Her father, who passed away aged 5 of cancer was also her mother. She was also suffering from schizophrenia , and could not care for he...