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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At age eight, she began learning dance. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and went to 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 recruited her to choreograph the 1984 "Torture" the first of many videos and movies she choreographed. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl" the singer's career began to take off. However, the single "Straight Up" was a massive success and she has become a popular singer/dancer for years after. This is aided by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother, also Jewish, was born and raised ...

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is well-known for her character roles in both contemporary and period screen roles, as well as many acting in stage and film. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then attended theatre school, and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her film debut 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. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) with veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring W...

Paula Faris is an American journalist who was previously an anchor for television at ABC News. She is most famous for her role as co-host of Good Morning America Weekend, from 2014 to 2018, and host of The View, 2015-2018. Before this, she co-anchored World News Now as well as America This Morning. 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 landed an opening as an agent for radio sales. She was eventually able to find work for a year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT , and then occasionally anchor and report. From 2002 to 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor and sports anchor on weekdays at the station WCPO in Cincinnati. The contract was ended and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she was appointed by ABC News, the ne...

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in films and TV shows like Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and then went on to create projects such as Double Dare (1976) and has made appearances on such programs on television like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most famous TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). The actress was on an entire 156 episodes of this show from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was an accomplished poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918-April 7, 2015). She had two daughters with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). Her birthplace was Palo alto, California and grew up in the vicinity of Walnut Creek in California. As an athlete, she was a part of Las Lomas High school located in Walnut Creek. The Bachelor of Arts deg...

Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle child having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a television film called City Boy (1992). After her debut film her audition, she was cast in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). After Alicia Goranson left the show to go to college the show was in search for the perfect replacement. Sarah completed her high school graduation in the year 1995, while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994) together with Jim Varney. She was in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear(1996). In these films, she played the role of Krista Wilson and was a cheerleader. Sarah was invited to be a part in the 1998 show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988). Based on the show No...

Lauren Ash is a recent graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she was awarded the best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has appeared in a variety of characters on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes," an Canadian TV show. She was an actor in "The Ron James Show" and also had 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 movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays Sam in animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been increasing substantially in the years 2019-2020. What is Lauren Ash's net worth when she i...

Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American and her mother is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch roots. Her family lived next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up and she was a huge movie buff from her very early years. Her mother, who appreciated good films taught in a school, as was her father, an attorney. Paula states that as young, she would try to escape from the world by "pretending to play a different character" so it was not a surprise that she acted in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". After graduating from the University of Southern California's summer school, she pursued film studies and was assigned a three-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. Then, she was hired as a production assistant on television documentaries as well as Howie Mandel's talk show. In the followi...

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. However, at the time Amy was in junior high, she and her family also lived in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe both on her own and with her family. They were both teachers and could travel and camp together each summer because of this. They've camped in every state, except Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda following the war in 1994 to assist in relief efforts. From the beginning, Amy showed artistic talent performing in school productions, and winning contests for writing. She was a promising athlete in high school and participated in the very first 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. In college, after an injury, she returned the stage with a variety of roles on stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez. When she was a baby, she was already an avid performer, who would reenact commercials from the television for her family's amusement. However, she chose to focus her energies on dance. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a variety of highly acclaimed dancers. When she was 15, she heeded her true purpose when she beat over 300 other dancers at an audition for a talent agency. She was then offered roles on Spanish TV and music videos. The contract brought her many roles, and opened the way to a future in the big screen. 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 final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production where she played one of four sisters who were trying to win the affe...

Milena Govich is an actor also a director, actor, and musician. She has directed a number of episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Milena served as the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf’s CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently in the process of completing two pilots. Milena was selected as one of the eight directors for AFI's highly acclaimed Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable was her television series as well as a short film. With Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort the film was awarded the Best Episodic Award at Seattle International Film Festival as well as Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) has been shown across the country and won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. As an actor Milena has been featured in more than 100 episodes of television. She fi...

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and TV actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and living in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. She was in the film Coyote Ugly's breakthrough role in 2000. She has appeared in numerous films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige", with Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and "Because I Said So" featuring Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me and 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. She was in the film with Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action film "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker's TV role in five seasons of USA Network's s...

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

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her hometown of Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began to perform on stage on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she moved to London and soon became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre (her first paid gig was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress as well as a director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities, including a production of "The Woolgatherer" and in which 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 amazing reviews. In Headspace (2005) she was offered her first US film role as "Stacy" who was a manipulative, born-again Christian. The role was later recast as "Thumper Wint", a rebellious, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) ...

Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. Her fame was first recognized due to her frequent appearance as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Friends. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 , she appeared on Criminal Minds frequently. She has been back with guest appearances ever since and will be appearing on Criminal Minds frequently in the year 2016. Other roles she's 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 voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della on the show DuckTales 2017. The first time that she appeared in animation as 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 worked as an administrator at the sch...

Pom Klementieff was born on May 3rd, 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 is 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 the child of two parents: a Korean mother, and a father who was French-Russian. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Her father was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for "spring" and "tiger". The actress spent a year in Canada before her family moved around extensively due to her father's work. Prior to moving to France they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff lost her father to cancer at age five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. Klementieff was rai...