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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At eight, she started taking dance lessons. She went to Van Nuys High School, in which she was a senior class president and head cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and entered the college process at Cal State Northridge to major in TV and radio. 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 film "Torture" which was the first in a long sequence of videos and movies she would choreograph. She branched out into singing in her first album, "Forever Your Girl" with a mediocre sales performance until the single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 and she has been a renowned singer/dancer ever since, enhanced by her appearance as an adjudicator on the popular show American Idol (2002). Her father (Harry Abdul)

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is known for her portrayals in characters in period and contemporary screen 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 origin. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. Later, she attended the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. Her first film role came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian-raised white woman. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell has appeared in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) with such veteran performers as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996), which

Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. She is known for her time as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 until 2018 and also being co-host of The View from 2015 to the year 2018. The show was co-hosted by her prior co-anchors 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 held a job in sales for radio, because of the limited opportunities for television. Her next job was an entire year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT , and then occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend anchor for WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. She was a sports reporter at NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 until December 2011, after her contract was terminated. In December 2011 she was employed by ABC Ne

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a film and TV producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks" (1986). Post was later able to create projects like Double Dare (1976), and appeared on various TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most popular role was for her performance in "Christine Sullivan" who was the Night Court star (1984). From 1984 to 1992 she appeared in 156 shows. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 in 2015). Had two daughters with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1997) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). She was born in Palo alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awar

Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. She is the middle child, having one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a TV-made film called City Boy (1992). Following her debut film Sarah was a candidate for the role of Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. After Alicia Goranson left the show to go to college, the show was searching for someone to replace her. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 Roseanne (1988) season. Sarah also starred with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she starred in 2 films which included Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleadernamed "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 following Roseanne (1988). Based on the show Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy

Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and one half the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the Best Comedic Play award and in 2006, she won the Best Sketch Troupe award. She's appeared in various roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and made guest appearances in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" as well as the Oscar Award-nominated feature "Lars and the Real Girl." She's the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy,"" an animated Canadian series. Her net worth has grown significantly between 2019 and 2020. Wh

Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English heritage. As a child, her family lived right close to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie enthusiast from childhood. Her mom was a teacher , and her father was an attorney. Paula claims that as a girl she would escape by "pretending to appear to be someone else" therefore it wasn't a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite role was the one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After graduating from the University of Southern California's summer camp, she took film classes and was given a 3-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant on TV documentariesand on Howie Mandel's talk show. Later, she produced documentary segments for Medical Diaries (200

Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, until she was in junior college. Her family also resided in the Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, along with a brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe as a family member and also independently. They both taught and were able to go camping and travel together every summer due to this. In reality, they've spent time camping in every state other than Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war in order to help with relief efforts. Amy was a gifted artist from the beginning by participating in school productions and winning writing contests. She was an athlete of great potential in high school and participated in the first ever 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. After college, she suffered an injury, she returned to the theater and performed in a variety on stage beginning wi

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez who was a hairdresser. She was a performer with a passion when she was a kid and even reenacted commercials on TV to entertain the family. However, she decided to concentrate her energy on dancing. After pursuing classical ballet for 9 years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a variety of highly acclaimed dancers. She discovered her true passion at 15 years old when she smashed more than 300 other girls during an audition for an agency for talent. The resulting contract landed her a variety of roles in Spanish television shows and music videos. This in turn led to a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut in a film with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). After that she appeared in a brief scene in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning film in which she was one of the four sisters

Milena Govich is an actor, director actress, musician, and actor who has directed numerous episodes of TV, including The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. She also was the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and she is slated to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was one of the eight women selected for AFI’s highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her short film and TV series proof of concept was premiered at SXSW. It also received Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been screened across the United States and 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 I

Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, TV, and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and living in New Jersey, she graduated with a summa cum Laude degree from Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. 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", with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me &"Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" with an ensemble cast including James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. In television Perabo starred as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy thriller "Covert Af

Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise 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 film role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since moving to the United States, Zurer has played in Studio films such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's cast, stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel, opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. The actress filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor, as well as awaiting the release of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya in the role of Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Awa

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her native Scotland and where she initially began to perform on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she relocated to London where she quickly started working in independent filmmaking. (Her first professional gig on The Acid House was as a stoner in the film Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also participated in theater as an actor as well as director. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" the play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play was praised by critics. Her first US film role was "Stacy" as the manipulative woman who was a born again Christian as seen 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), which was filming in London and LA and was her su

Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer and voice actor. Her fame was first recognized due to her regular role as Kathy in the fourth season of 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 frequently. She has returned for guest appearances since then and is now returning to Criminal Minds regularly in the year 2016. Her other roles include voiceovers for Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the last season of Community, her voice as Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and as Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales that marked the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969, in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) was employed by the government. Her father, Galen Brewster worked as s

Pom Klementieff was born May 3, 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has been in films like 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 raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mother. He was employed as consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Pom was her name because it is a symphony of the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff was a Canadian citizen for one year. Her family was able to travel extensively due to her father's job. Prior to making the move to France the family resided in Japan and on the Ivory Coast. The father of Klementieff died from cancer when she was five, and her mother had schizophrenia and could not care for children which is why Klementieff