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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. At eight, she started taking dance lessons. Van Nuys High School was where she was the class president and the chief cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980 and entered college 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. She was approached by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first of a series of movies and videos she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl", she began singing and soon became a renowned performer and dancer. Her stint as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a more popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born in Canada. Her parents have lived in Syria, Brazil, and Canada - and thi

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to theatre school, after which she was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the part of "Stands with a Fist" an Indian Sioux-raised white woman. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) (starring Wil

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris is an American journalist who worked previously as an anchor for television at ABC News. She is most famous for her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, between 2014 and 2018, as well as hosting of The View, 2015-2018. 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. Due to the limited opportunities on TV the company employed her in radio sales. She eventually found work for one year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor or report. From 2002 until 2005, she was the sports anchor for weekends and sports anchor on weekdays at WPO-TV in Cincinnati. She was hired as a sports journalist at the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV between November 2005 and December 2011, when her contract ended. She was employed by ABC News the news division in December. On

Markie Post

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Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a film and TV producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978) as well as "Card Sharks," (1986). She went on to produce projects like Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous television shows such as E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most popular role was for her role as "Christine Sullivan" in the show, who was a Night Court star (1984). She was featured in more than 156 episodes of the comedy from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 to April 7 in 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 the 30th of March, 1990), were her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto in California and raised in Walnut Creek. The school she attended was Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, Californ

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child. She has an older sister, Natasha Chalke and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), which was a TV-produced movie. Following her first film, Sarah auditioned in 1993 for the role "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking an actor to replace Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995 and was a part in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994), along with Jim Varney. Then, in 1996, she appeared in two movies which included Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was invited to appear in a TV show named Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998), one year following Roseanne (1988).

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to 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 right across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up and she was an avid fan of movies from her earliest days. Her mother was a teacher , and her father worked as an attorney. Paula states that she would hide from her mother by pretending to be someone else while when she was a kid. It is not surprising to learn that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's plays for high school students. Her favorite character was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". After having graduated from the University of Southern California's summer camp, she took film classes and was assigned a three-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant for TV documentariesand for Howie Mandel's talk show. Then she b

Amy Carlson

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The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago region. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago until she was in junior high. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the youngest of three siblings: sisters Betsy and Lori and brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family and on her own. They were both teachers and were able to travel and camp together every summer because of this. They've camped in every American state except Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda to aid in efforts to help after the 1994 war. Amy was a skilled actor in school plays and won writing contests. 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 was back in the theater with many roles on stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and directing Wallace Shawn's "Au

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). As a young child she was an obsessive performer who would recreate commercials from the television to entertain of her parents. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. After nine years of classical ballet instruction at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the supervision of a variety of prominent dancers. Her true calling was discovered at 15 years old after she defeated over 300 girls in an audition with an agency for talent. The agency offered her roles on Spanish music videos and TV. The contract led to a number of more performances, which opened the doors to a successful career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992

Milena Govich

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Milena Govich, director, actor and musician, has directed many episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012), and others. Additionally, she was co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently a part of two pilots currently in development. Milena was chosen as one of the eight directors in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Unspeakable is her short film as well as a television show proof of concept was shown at SXSW. The film also won Best Episodic Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017 written by Milena Vandervoort) has been screened across the United States. It was awarded the title of Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest. The Director's Choice Award was also awarded at Sedona International Film Festival. As an actor, Mi

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes in the category of stage, television, and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. The film featured her in Coyote Ugly's breakout role in the year 2000. She was seen in "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So", and "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. Alongside "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode as well as the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" She also appeared with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action film "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons of USA Network's spy show "Covert Affairs." She was a part of ABC's legal drama "Notorious" in the year 2016. It is also possible

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most well-known actresses is a special lady. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing Eric Bana's character's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has starred in Studio films such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite 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, an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan cast that includes Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor shot Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also was waiting for the release of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya. She is starring alongside Clive Owen. R

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia, but she returned to Scotland where she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she relocated to London where she quickly got involved in indie filmmaking. (Her first gig as a paid actor in The Acid House was as an actor with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She has also participated in theater, as an actor as well as a director. In 2004, her move to Los Angeles in 2004 led to more stage work. She directed Anne Dudek (a regular star on Mad Men/Big Love (2006)) as and David Dayan Fisher (a regular part in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to praises of awe. Then she landed her first US movie role as the manipulative woman who is a new Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). The role was later recast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) in Heathers (1988). The reviewers were impressed by her unique blend of power sexuality and irreverent humor. Exam (2

Pom Klementieff

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Pom Klementieff was born on May 3rd, 1986. She received her training at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in films such as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the character of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and French-Russian mother. He was employed as a consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Pom was her name since it sounds similar to the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff stayed in Canada for a time of one year, before her family traveled extensively due to her father's job. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. The father of Klementieff died from cancer when she was 5 and her mother suffered from schizophrenia and could not c