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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. When she was 8 years old, young, she started dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was where she was the class president and chief cheerleader. She graduated in 1980 and entered college at Cal State Northridge to major in 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 their 1984 film "Torture" video, which was the first of many films and videos she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl", she began singing and soon became a well-known dancer and singer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother, who was also Jewish was born in Canada. Her parents were residents of Canada, Syria, Br

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress, recognized for her character portrayals in both contemporary and period screen roles, and an extensive history of screen and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) she was a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Then, she went to drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. After a few decades she scored her first major film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990), playing "Stands with a Fist" as a white woman born to the Sioux Indians. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) as well as opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsl

Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as a TV correspondent for ABC News. Her most well-known work is her time as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to 2018. 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. She worked in radio sales because television was not a viable option. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. Later, she became a reporter and anchor. From 2002 until 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor as well as the sports anchor for weekdays at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. The contract was canceled and she became a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011, she was hired by ABC News the division for news of ABC. The 2nd of January, 201

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was with television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she was the producer of such projects as Double Dare (1976). She has also 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 performance in "Christine Sullivan" as who was a Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she played in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was a poet and noted nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918-April 7, 2015). Alongside her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26 June 26, 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Born in Palo Alto, California and raised in Walnut Creek. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis & Clark C

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 alumna. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the award of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she won the award for the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's appeared in various roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." The credits on her television and film work also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voiced the character of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has grown significantly in 20

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English ancestry. Her family lived right next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and she was a huge film buff since the beginning of her life. Her mother was a teacher and her father worked as an attorney. Paula states that as an teen she would get away by "pretending to pretend to be someone else" so it was not the case that she appeared in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer school, she studied film and was offered a three-month assignment to create documentaries for PBS. As a result, she was able to work as a production assistant on TV documentaries and on Howie Mandel’s talk show. She then began to produce documentaries

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy was a resident of Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she graduated from junior college. The family also resided in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family and independently. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping all over the United States. They've camped across every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda to help in relief efforts following the war in 1994. Amy showed her artistic talents early by participating in school productions, and taking part in writing competitions. In high school she was an accomplished athlete who was a part of the very first 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she retu

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. She was an obsessive performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to keep the family entertained. However, she decided to devote her time to dancing. After nine years of classical ballet instruction at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to further her education under the guidance of a variety of prominent dancers. When she turned 15 she followed her call when she topped over 300 other girls in a talent agency audition. The resulting contract landed her a variety of roles in Spanish television shows as well as music videos. This in turn opened the door to an acting career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film she played one of the four sisters competing for the affect

Milena Govich, director, actor and musician, has directed numerous episodes on TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. She was also the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently working on two pilots currently in the process of development. Milena was one of the eight women who were selected by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her short film as well as a television show proof of concept was premiered at SXSW. The film also won Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 produced by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the US. It was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director&#

Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. She was born in Dallas and grew up in New Jersey. She was featured in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in 2000. She has been in a variety of films since when, including Christopher's "The Prestige" featuring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me and You" films starring Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama with a cast that also included 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 movie "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker's television part in five seasons on the USA Network's

Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most popular actresses, is a very special woman. She was born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first gained the attention of Hollywood when she was offered the part as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as 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 opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble film by Lawrence Kasdan that features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. She also filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release of her film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya. She also appeared in Clive Ow

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began her stage debut at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at the age of 16 and soon started to become involved in indie filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and a director in the theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which 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 excellent reviews. Then she landed her first US movie role as the manipulative woman who is a new Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heather

Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. Her character as Kathy the character who appeared in recurring roles on Friends' fourth season, was her first recognition. 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 is now back for guest appearances before returning regularly in 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, which was the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 of 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official in the government, while her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator at a school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts.

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