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Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. When she was 8 years old, old, she began dancing lessons. She was a student at Van Nuys High School, where she was the class head cheerleader and president. Her graduation was in 1980 and started 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. She was enlisted by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a lengthy list of movies and videos she would choreograph. After her debut album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career began to take off. The single "Straight Up" was a huge success and she has become a popular singer/dancer for years after. This was made possible by her time on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother is also J

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best known for her performances on screen in traditional and contemporary roles. She also has a long history of roles both 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 heritage. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She then attended theatre 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" as a Sioux Indian-born white woman. In exchange for the role, she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) in which she starred alongside veteran actors such as Robert R

Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as the TV reporter at ABC News. She is most famous for her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, from 2014 to 2018, and host 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. Because of the lack of opportunities in television, she held a job as a radio sales representative. She was hired as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant, and later was promoted to reporter and anchor. From 2002 to 2005 she was the sports anchor for weekends and weekday sports anchor at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. She became a sports reporter for the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 through December 2011, when her contract was terminated. In December 2011, she was recruited by ABC News the news division of ABC. The first time she ap

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her career as a television and film producer, with projects like "The New Card Sharks", (1978) as well as "Card Sharks," (1986). Post produced projects like Double Dare (1976), and appeared on various television shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Her most notable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 , she was part of 156 episodes. Daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and famous nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 - April 7, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 the 30th of March, 1990) were born in her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto, California and was raised in Walnut Creek. She was a cheerleader at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark College in Po

Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle child. She has an older sister Natasha Chalke and one younger sister, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in the film City Boy (1992), produced for television. Following her debut film Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was seeking an alternative to Alicia Goranson, who left the show to attend studies at college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in 1995, while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Sarah was also in the film with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, she was in two films in which she starred, including Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleader "Krista Wilson". Sarah was asked to appear in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This happened one year following Roseanne (1988). Th

Lauren Ash is a recent participant in the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an alumna from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the Best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, the Best Sketch Troupe award. The actress has been in several roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other television and film credits include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" as well as the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown considerably between 2019 and the year 2020. So, how

Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, and her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch origins. Her family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up and she was a huge fan of films from her earliest years. Her mother, a schoolteacher and her father as a lawyer were both avid film fans. Paula states that she used to hide from her mother by pretending to be a different person as young. It is not surprising that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She completed her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a program for summers in film. The program was a success, and she was given a three-month assignment to produce documentaries for PBS. She was then hired as a production assistant on documentaries for tele

Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and spent her childhood in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, until she graduated from junior college. The family also lived in 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 backpacked all over Europe with her family , and on her own. Her parents were teachers so they could spend every summer together in the campfire and travelling across the United States. In actuality, they've spent time camping in every state other than Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda following the war in 1994 to aid in relief efforts. Amy was a gifted actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who placed in the first ever 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. After sustaining an injury, she was able to go back to theater and play many roles such as Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July&qu

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. She was a fervent performer as a child, and reenacted TV commercials to keep the family entertained. However, she decided to devote her time to dancing. After studying classical ballet for nine years at the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of highly acclaimed dancers. She realized her true calling at 15 years old when she beat more than 300 other girls in an audition with a talent agency. She was then offered roles on Spanish television and music videos. The contract resulted in a variety of performances, which opened the doors to a career in the big screen. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning film in which she played one the four sisters that were competing to

Milena Govich is an actress, director, and musician. She has directed many episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director of Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI (2018) and is currently working on two pilots. Milena was one of the eight women selected for AFI’s highly regarded Directing Workshop for Women. She was also a participant in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable the short film she created, as well as a TV series proof of concept was premiered at SXSW. It also took home Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has been shown all over the country and has won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest and the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in more than 100 television series. She first gained

Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage as well as a TV and film actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and born in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. In 2000 she was cast as a breakout actor in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has been 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" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. Perabo was in the film alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action movie "Looper". On TV, Perabo was a part of Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert A

Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has been praised for her performance. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she was first noticed by Hollywood when she was chosen to play the role of Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has been featured in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces opposite 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 with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. She was a part of Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release of her movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is also starring Clive Owen. Recently, she won the Gold Nymph Aw

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is when she began her stage debut at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she relocated to London where she became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first gig as a paid actor on The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She's also participated in theater as both an actress and director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer", a play in which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. It was well-received by critics. In Headspace (2005) the actress made her debut US movie part as "Stacy" who was a manipulative woman who is a born again Christian. She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) and directed by Heathers (1988). The critics were impressed with her unique blend of

Paget Valerie is an American singer, actress, as well as voice actor. She was first recognized for her role as Kathy on the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. She was first recognized for her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime series Criminal Minds. She was a regular guest on that show regularly from 2006 to 2012. She has returned frequently since then , with guest appearances. She has 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. This was the first appearance in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was an official of the government, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. Brewster was raised in Massachusetts. She made the move to New York City

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She is the character Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mom. He was employed as consul with the French government. Her father was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Because it sounded similar to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff was in Canada for a year prior to her family went on a long trip due to her father's employment. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died from cancer at age 5 was her mother. Additionally, she suffere