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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years young, she started dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the cheerleader of the year and class president for senior year. She graduated in 1980, and went to 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. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture", the first of a long series of movies and video she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and soon became a well-known artist and performer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become a more popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is from a Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born in C...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters in contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant both from Irish origin. She was born in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to theatre school, and then was accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Two decades later she was offered her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" who is a white woman who is raised by the Sioux Indians. The role was so well-loved that she was the first actress to receive an 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 Redford, Sidn...

Paula Faris is an American journalist who was previously TV correspondent for ABC News. She is well-known for her work as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 and in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to the year 2018. Prior to this she was the co-anchor on America This Morning (World News Now) as well as America This Morning (America This Morning). After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. Due to limited TV opportunities she was employed in sales for radio. Her next job was an entire year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT . She then occasionally anchor or report. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors at WCPO TV, Cincinnati, between 2002 and 2005. Her contract was terminated , and she became a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 it was revealed that she was h...

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 was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle child, having one older sister Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in the film City Boy (1992), produced for television. After her first film she auditioned for the role of Becky on Roseanne (1988) in 1993. Following the time that Alicia Goranson left the show to go to college The show was looking for someone to replace her. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995 and was involved in the production of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996, she was in two films, including Robin of Locksley (1996) as well as Stand Against Fear (1996) where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". Sarah was also invited to star in a TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998), one year after Roseanne (1988). B...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She also graduated of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a twice Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She also won awards for the Best Comedic Performance in 2008 as well as Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has played a variety of roles in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes," a Canadian TV series. She was a regular on "The Ron James Show" and was a guest in "Call Me Fitz,"""Cracked,"" “Bomb Girls” and "Lost Girl." She also appeared in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Oscar Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices the character of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has grown significantly in 2019-2020. What is the amount Lauren Ash make at 37 years old? Lauren Ash's earnings come...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She has German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. Her family lived directly next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a major movie buff from her earliest days. Her mother, who also enjoyed good films, was a schoolteacher, and her father was a lawyer. Paula says that as an teen she would get away by "pretending to be someone else" which is why it came as a surprise that she acted in high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her most loved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She went on to pursue a film degree at the University of Southern California in an internship program for summer, and got a 3-month job making documentaries for PBS. In the end, she was able to serve as a production associate in TV documentaries and on Howie Mandel's talk show. She progressed to actually p...

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent most of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived with her family in Chicago while she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe both with her family and also independently. Because her parents worked as teachers who taught, they could spend every summer together traveling and camping all across the United States. They've camped in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the 1994 war to aid in relief efforts. Amy was a gifted actor in school productions and was a winner of writing contests. She was a promising athlete at high school and took part in the very first 3200-meter relay on the Illinois girls track. After an injury, she returned to college and performed in a variety of roles on the stage, starting with Lanford Wilson's "...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez. She was an obsessive performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to keep the family entertained. But she chose to concentrate on dance. She continued her dance training with a variety of highly-regarded dancers after she had spent the last nine years learning ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. She discovered her true passion at the age of 15, after she defeated over 300 other girls during an audition with a talent agency. The contract she signed secured her roles on Spanish television shows as well as music videos. The contract opened the doors to a promising career on the big screen. Cruz made her film 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 it she played one of four sisters who were seeking the affection of a handsome d...

Milena Govich is an actress, director, and musician. She has directed a number of episodes of TV that include Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and she is slated to direct two pilots currently in development. Milena was one of the eight women chosen by AFI for their famous Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable the short film she created, as well as a television show proof of concept, was shown at SXSW. It also received Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) was screened throughout the nation. She was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. And the Director's Choice Award from Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeare...

Piper Perabo was nominated for the Golden Globes for her work as a TV, stage, and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas and was raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then she has been seen in such films as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" featuring Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films starring Steve Martin, "Imagine Me & You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast which included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She starred alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action flick "Looper.". On TV, Perabo played Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." Then she starred as a co-star in ABC's 2016 le...

Ayelet Zurer one of Israel's best loved actresses, is a special lady. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood after she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role as 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 like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as 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 which is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. She filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release date of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese di...

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia However, she later returned to Scotland when she began her career on the stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she moved to London where she became involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. (Her first paid gig in The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). Also, she's been involved in theatre as both an actor and director. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities and productions, including "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. Her first US film role was "Stacy" as the manipulative, born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona Ryder), from Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the critic...

Paget Valerie is an American actor, singer, as well as voice actor. Her role as Kathy an recurring character on Friends Season 4, was her first big break. Her first recognition was for her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent in the crime drama Criminal Minds. She was a regular guest often on the show from 2006 to 2012. She has returned frequently in the years since to 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, marking the first animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born on the 10th of March 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an administrator at school. Brewster was born in Massachusetts. She moved to New York City for Parsons School of Des...

Pom Klementieff was born on May 3rd, 1986. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in films like Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the role 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 born in Quebec City, Canada, to a Korean mother and French-Russian father who was working in the city as a consul for the French government. Her grandfather was painter Eugene Klementieff. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff was a resident of Canada before her family moved throughout the world because of her father's work. They resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died in the age of five from cancer, was her mother. Also,...