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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started dancing when she was eight. Van Nuys High School was where she was the class president and the chief cheerleader. When she graduated in 1980, she started college at Cal State Northridge, with a major in radio and TV. 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" video, which was the first of many videos and movies she choreographed. After her debut CD "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and soon became a well-known singer/dancer. The stint she held as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her 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 Canada. Her parents have lived in Syria, B...

  Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best famous for her performance on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage as well as 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 later attended drama school and was admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she got her first film part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman that is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such well-known actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kin...

Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as a television correspondent at ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are popular. 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 held a job in sales for radio, due to the lack of television opportunities. Then she was able to work for an entire year as a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT. Later, she would occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend anchor at WCPO TV in Cincinnati, and the anchor for weekdays at WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 to 2005. She became a sports reporter for the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 until December 2011, when her contract was terminated. In December 2011 she was recruited by ABC News the news division of ABC. On January ...

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a television and film producer, producing films such as "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post produced projects such as Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous TV shows, including E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). She is perhaps most famous for her part in "Christine Sullivan", who was a Night Court star (1984). From 1984 to 1992, she appeared in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was famous for her poetry and as a 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 in 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Born in Palo Alto, California and raised in Walnut Creek. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degr...

Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 27, 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. Sarah is the middle child with one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a TV-made film, City Boy (1992). After her first film she auditioned for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for someone to replace Alicia Goranson, who left the show to go to the college of her choice. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988) 1994-1995. Sarah was also in the film with Jim Varney (1994) in Ernest Goes to School (1994). Then, in 1996 she was in two films, including Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleadernamed "Krista Wilson". In 1998, just a year following the time that Roseanne (1988) ended, Sarah was asked to perform in a show titled Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). Based on ...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is a member of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser and has also won for the best Comedic Performance in 2008 as well as Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has performed a range of characters on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" which is a Canadian TV series. She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She was also featured in "Video on Trial," Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated movie "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices Sam in animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has increased dramatically in the period 2019-2020. So, what is Lauren Ash worth at the age of 37? Laur...

Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American and her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch heritage. Her family lived directly next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew older, and she was a huge film buff since her very early years. Her mother, who also loved good films also taught at a school as was her father, an attorney. Paula said that she attempted to escape when she was a young girl through "pretending" to be someone other than herself. It's no surprise that she participated in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School plays. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". However, she went on to pursue a film degree at the University of Southern California in an internship program for summer, and won a 3-month assignment making documentary films for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant on television documentaries, as well as on Howie M...

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago until she was in junior high school. Parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, along with a brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family as well as on her own. Because her parents were teachers, they were able to enjoy every summer with each other, traveling and camping all across the United States. In actuality, they've been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was sent to Rwanda to assist in relief efforts after the 1994 war. Amy demonstrated artistic talent early through acting in school productions, and taking part in writing competitions. She was a talented athlete in high school who participated in the very first 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. After college, she suffered an injury, she was back in the theater and pe...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. As a young child she was an obsessed performer. She would even re-enact TV commercials for the amusement of her family. But, she decided to dedicate her time to dance. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of famous dancers. When she was 15 she realized her real calling when she bested over 300 girls at an audition for a talent agency. The contract she received landed her roles in Spanish TV shows , as well as music videos. The contract opened the possibility of a lucrative career in the world of film. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). The third film she starred in, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production where she played one of the four sisters ...

Milena Govich is an actor, director, and musician. She has directed many episodes of TV and film, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She was also co-producer and Co-EP on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots in the process of development. Milena was one of the eight filmmakers selected for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. The short film she made and the TV show proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober has had its World Premiere at SXSW and was awarded Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) is screened across the United States 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 F...

Piper Perabo has been nominated for a Golden Globe as a stage, TV and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated with a summa cum Laude degree from Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She appeared in "The Prestige" by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" as well as "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. Alongside "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode as well as the crime thriller "10th & Wolf", she also starred with James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci fi action movie "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. Perabo was also a character in ABC's legal drama "Notorious" ...

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv, and first was noticed by Hollywood when she was enlisted by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking role, as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r) nominated film Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress that has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point which starred Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the film with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's cast, stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. She filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release of the film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya opposite Clive Owen...

Pollyanna McIntosh was a child in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her home in Scotland, where she first began to perform on stage on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16 she relocated to London where she began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first paid gig in The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). In addition, she has been involved in theatre as both an actor as well as 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 well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular part on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to praises of awe. In Headspace (2005) the actress made her debut US movie part as "Stacy", a manipulative, born-again Christian. She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) and directed by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were impressed by her unique mix of power sexual...

Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor vocalist, singer, and actress. Most famously, she was known for her character as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends in addition, she was an actor and singer. Her breakthrough role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 to 2012 she appeared on Criminal Minds regularly. She has returned to guest appearances since and has returned to Criminal Minds regularly in the year 2016. Other roles she has appeared in 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, as well as voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in DuckTales 2017. It was the first time that she appeared in animation as the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father and worked as an ad...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school, Paris. She has appeared in films like 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). Avengers: Endgame (2019). Pom Klementieff was the child of two parents: a Korean mother, as well as an American-Russian father. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Her grandfather was a painter Eugene Klementieff. Because it is a resemblance to the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff stayed in Canada for a year prior to her family was able to travel extensively due to her father's job. After moving to France and then to France, she resided in Japan. Klementieff lost her father to cancer around age five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizoph...