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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, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is well known for her performances on screen in both historical and modern roles. She also has a long history of roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) who was a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then attended the drama school after which she was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her first film role came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. In exchange for the role, she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence

Paula Faris is an American journalist who formerly worked as a television correspondent 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. She was previously co-anchor of 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 was employed in sales for radio, due to the lack of television opportunities. After one year working as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT, she eventually was able to report and anchor periodically. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 until. After her contract was up she took on the role of anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 through December 2011. In December 2011, she was recruited by ABC News, the division for news of A

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her career began in television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Then, she created 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 and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most memorable TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was in an entire 156 episodes of this show, from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a noted poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). She had two daughters with her husband, Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 in 1990). Her birthplace was Palo alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek, California. She attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was a cheerleader. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree a

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 child with one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a TV-made movie, City Boy (1992). After her first film, Sarah auditioned in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was searching for an alternative to the character after Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in 1995 when she was filming the season 1994-1995 of Roseanne (1988). Sarah also starred alongside Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she starred in 2 films, including Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to perform in a 1998 TV 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 took home the Best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She has played a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics," and "Almost Heroes,"" a Canadian TV series. She was an actor in "The Ron James Show" in addition to guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." She also has been featured in "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 series "The Dating Guy." In 2019-2020, her net worth has risen significant. How much does Lauren Ash's net worth when she is 37? Lauren Ash'

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

Born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago region. Amy resided in GlenEllyn Illinois, right up to the time she was in junior college. There, her family also resided in 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 backpacked all over Europe with her entire family and independently. Both of them were teachers and were able to travel and camp together every summer because of this. They've camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy also went to Rwanda following the 1994 war to aid in relief efforts. Amy was an accomplished actor in school plays and won writing contests. She was a promising athlete at high school and took part in the first ever 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she could return to the stage and take on a variety of roles in plays, including Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July"

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. When she was a baby she was already an avid performer, performing commercials on TV for her parents' amusement. However, she chose to concentrate on dancing. After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. She realized what she wanted to do at the age of 15 when she defeated more than 300 other girls at an audition for an agency for talents. She was then offered roles in Spanish music videos and TV. This contract brought her many roles, and opened the way to a future in the world of big screens. Cruz was first seen in a movie 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 where she played one of the four sisters that were fighting to

Milena Govich is a producer, actor actress, musician, and actor who has directed a number of episodes of TV that include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) and Chicago Fire (2012), among others. Milena served as the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was among eight women selected by AFI's highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept , Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober has was screened at 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) has been screened across the nation and was awarded the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and television actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and was raised 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" featuring Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th Wolf" with an ensemble cast that included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's television part in five seasons on the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." After that, Perabo played as Anni

Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most popular actresses, is a truly special woman. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role , Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since moving to the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan cast that includes Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel opposite Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also has been waiting for the release date of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. She recently received the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding actor in the Drama Seri

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia However, she later returned to Scotland and began to perform on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she left for London and soon began to get involved in the indie filmmaking (her first paid gig was as stoner in Irvine Wales's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress as well as a director. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities and productions, including "The Woolgatherer" where she was 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 great reviews. Her first US film role was "Stacy" who was a manipulative, born again Christian who appeared in Headspace (2005). The first time she appeared in a movie was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) The film, which was shot in L

Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. Her first recognition came from her frequent appearance as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakout role was as Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 she appeared on Criminal Minds frequently. She has returned to guest appearances since and is currently appearing on Criminal Minds regularly in the year 2016. She also played 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 was the first appearance 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 an official in the government, while her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. Brewster was born in Massachusetts in the

Pom Klementieff is a French actress was born on the 3rd of May 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared in films such as Loup 2009, Sleepless Night 2011 and Hacker's Game 2015. She portrays the role Mantis, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the child of a Korean mother, as well as an American-Russian father. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Her grandfather was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Pom was her name since it sounds similar to the Korean words "spring" and "tiger" in Korean. The actress spent a year in Canada before her family moved extensively due to her father's job. Prior to moving to France, they resided in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff's father, who died aged 5 of cancer was her mother. Also, she was suffering from schizophrenia , and could not care for her