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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. She began taking dance lessons when she was eight. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, where she was the senior class president and head cheerleader. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. After graduation she enrolled in college at Cal State Northridge. There she studied 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. The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" the first of many films and videos she would choreograph. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and became a popular artist and performer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, who is also Jewish was bor...

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is most well famous for her performance on screen in both historical and modern roles. She also has a long history of roles on stage and screen. 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. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Later, she attended the drama program and was admitted to the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. After a few decades she scored her first major film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl born to the Sioux Indians. Her first Academy Award nomination was for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite the likes of well-known actors like Robert Redfo...

Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. Prior to this, she hosted World News Now and 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 on television, she held an opportunity as a radio sales representative. Her next job was a year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor or report. From 2002 to 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor and the weekday sports anchor for the station WCPO in Cincinnati. Her contract was terminated and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. She was recruited by ABC News' news division in December of 2011. She made her network debut on ...

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She started her career with television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she worked on projects such as Double Dare (1976). Also, she has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most popular role was for her character "Christine Sullivan" who was the Night Court star (1984). The actress was on more than 156 episodes of the comedy from 1984 to 1992. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 - April 7 in 2015). She had two daughters with her 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 was raised in Walnut Creek. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. The Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis ...

Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. Sarah is the middle of two brothers, one older, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut with City Boy (1992), the first television-produced film made by TV. In 1993, following her debut film, she was a candidate for the part of "Becky" in the TV show Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking the replacement for Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend university. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995. She was also involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). She also appeared in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand against Fear(1996). In these films, she played the role of Krista Wilson, an athlete. Sarah was invited to be a part in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year following Roseanne (1...

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

 

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. However, when Amy was in high school, she and her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the younger sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe on her own and with her family. They were both teachers and were able to travel and camp with each other every summer because of this. They have camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy has also traveled to Rwanda after the 1994 war to aid relief efforts. Amy displayed her talent for art early through acting in school plays, as well as winning writing contests. She was a promising athlete in high school who participated in the very first 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. In college, after an injury, she returned to the theater and performed in a variety on stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" a...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). When she was a toddler she was an obsessed performer. She would even re-enact TV commercials for the amusement of her family. However, she decided to focus her efforts on dance. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a variety of famous dancers. At 15, however she discovered her true purpose when she beat more than 300 other girls at an audition for a talent agency. The contract she signed secured her a variety of roles in Spanish television shows as well as music videos, which in turn led to a career on the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly was in Framed (1992), a Timothy Dalton thriller. The third film she starred in was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she played one of four sisters vying for the affection of...

Milena Govich is an actor as well as a director and musician. She has directed numerous episodes of TV, including 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 one of eight women selected for AFI’s most prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She was also a participant in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series as well as a short film. With Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort It was awarded the award for Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to the Best Pilot award at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made, Temporary (2017) was screened throughout the United States. She won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. As an actor, Milena ...

Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage actress, television and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and living in New Jersey, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She was seen in "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So", and "Because I Said So" as well as "Because I Said So" featuring Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. Alongside "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode as well as the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" in which she also starred alongside James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action flick "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker's television part in five seasons on the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." After that, Perabo pl...

Ayelet Zurer is one of Israel's most popular actresses, is a special lady. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in the film of Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. The actress also waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya who is Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. As the ...

Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. That's where she started performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London and soon found herself involved in independent filmmaking (her first job paid for was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre acting, both as an actor and director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" which was a stage play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play was praised by critics. In Headspace (2005) in which she got her first US film role as "Stacy", a manipulative woman who is a born again Christian. She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a rebellious, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) in Heathers (1988). The critics were impressed with her unique combination of powerful sexuality an...

Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer as well as voice actor. Her role as Kathy as a character that recurred on Friends Season 4, was her first public recognition. Her breakthrough role came as the Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds in which she appeared regularly from 2006 until 2012. She was then re-cast for guest appearances before returning 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, marking the first appearance in animated form for the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at school. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts. She was able to move to New York City for P...

Pom Klementieff is an actress from France, French actress was born on the 3rd of May 1986. She attended the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared in movies such as Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. 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 born in Quebec City, Canada, to the parents of a Korean mother and a French-Russian father, who was working as a consul there for the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandfather. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" Her parents named their daughter Pom. Klementieff stayed in Canada for a time of one year, before her family was able to travel extensively because of her father's work. Before moving to France, they resided in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father died of can...