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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years older, she began her dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader and the senior class president. She graduated in 1980, and began 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 approached by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, which was the first in a long list of videos and movies she would choreograph. She began her singing career through her first album, "Forever Your Girl" which was not a huge success until her single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . Since then, she's been a household singer/dancer ever since, enhanced by her appearance as an adjudicator on the popula...

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is well-known for her portrayals of characters that span both present and past screen roles, as well as the long list of stage and film roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) who was an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John McDonnell. Growing up 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. She was only 22 when she got her first movie role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell has been in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such veteran actors like Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich's Indep...

Paula Faris is an American journalist who previously worked as a television correspondent for ABC News. She is famous for her work as co-anchor for Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as as co-host of The View from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring World News Now as well as 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 the lack of TV opportunities she worked in sales for radio. After a few years of working as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT, she was eventually allowed to anchor and report on occasion. From 2002 to 2005 she was the weekend sports anchor and the weekday sports anchor for the WCPO-TV station in Cincinnati. After her contract expired in 2005, she was a anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. She was hired by ABC News the news division in Decem...

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She started her career in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she worked on projects like Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her most famous TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She appeared in more than 156 episodes of the comedy from 1984 until 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis &amp...

Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 27, 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 debut as an actor was City Boy (1992), which was a TV-produced movie. Following her debut film she auditioned for the role of Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. Following the time that Alicia Goranson left the show to attend college, the show was searching for the perfect replacement. Sarah completed her high school graduation in the year 1995, while filming the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah was a part-time actress in two films: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) where she was a cheerleader called Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to appear in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988). Based on Nothing To...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto Mainstage and is part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She's a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She has also won awards for Best Comedic play in 2008 and Best Sketch Troupe in 2006. She has played a variety of characters in "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes,"" an Canadian television series. She played a recurring character in "The Ron James Show" and made guest appearances in "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial,"" "Hotbox" and the Oscar Award-nominated feature "Lars and the Real Girl." She also appears as Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her wealth has grown significant in 2019 and 2020. How much does Laur...

  Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African American, and her mother is caucasian and is of German, English and Dutch heritage. Her family lived on the same street as the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up , and she was a huge fan of movies from her early childhood. Her mother, also loved good films taught in a school, as was her father, an attorney. Paula claimed that she tried to escape when she was an infant through "pretending" to become someone else. So it's not a surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her most loved role 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 then given a 3 month task to produce documentaries for PBS. She was then hired as a production assistant on documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk-show. Her career progressed...

Amy Carlson was born in Glen Ellyn in Illinois and was raised in Chicago. However, at the time Amy was in junior high, she and her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy is the oldest of three siblings: Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe both with her family as well as independently. Since her parents worked as teachers and teachers, they could travel together every summer, and camping all over the United States. In reality, they've camped in every state except Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the war in 1994 to help in relief efforts. Amy was a skilled actor in school plays and also won writing contests. In high school, she excelled as an athlete taking part in the first ever 3200 meter relay race for girls in the Illinois track. After suffering an injury, Amy returned to college and played a variety of roles on the stage, starting with Lanford Wilson’s “Fifth of July” and then dire...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. When she was a toddler, she was an obsessive performer who would recreate commercials from the television to entertain of her parents. But, she decided to devote her energies to dancing. After pursuing classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. When she was 15, she heeded her true destiny when she outclassed more than 300 other dancers at an audition by a talent agency. The contract that resulted in her being signed secured her numerous roles on Spanish TV shows and music videos. This set the stage for a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) the Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it s...

Milena Govich, a writer and actor, has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI: Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. Additionally, she was the Co-EP/Producing director of Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018). She is currently attached to two pilots that are currently in the process of development. Milena was one of eight women selected by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Unspeakable was her TV series as well as a short film. The show starred Jeff Kober and Laura Vandervoort, it won the award for Best Episodic at Seattle International Film Festival as in addition to Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The film she made, Temporary (2017) was shown across the country. She was awarded the award for Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival. Best Dark Comedy Award at Atlanta ShortsFest. and the Director's Choi...

Piper Perabo has been nominated for the Golden Globe as a stage actress, television and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and born in New Jersey, she graduated with a summa cum Laude degree from Ohio University. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. She has been in a variety of films since that time, including Christopher's "The Prestige" which starred Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "Because I Said So" featuring Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me & You" films with Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama featuring a cast which also included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. She was a star alongside Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker on US...

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first role in English as Eric Bana's wife in Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point, with Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt), Samuel Goldwyn’s Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected alongside Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is an ensemble movie by Lawrence Kasdan that includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. She was a part of Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert alongside Ewan McGregor in addition to waiting for the release date of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya. She also appeared in Clive Owen. Recently, she was awarded the Gold Nymph Award as Outstan...

Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland, where she first began performing, on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London and soon began to get involved in independent filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress and director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which she directed Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to great reviews. Her first US film role was "Stacy" as the manipulative, born again Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). It was in the role of crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) written from Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the critics...

Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. Most famously, she was known for her character as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also an actor and singer. Her first recognition was for her role as Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime drama Criminal Minds. She was on the show often on the show from 2006 until 2012. She has returned frequently since then , with guest appearances. She also portrayed 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 animated appearance for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), worked as an official for the government. her father, Galen Brewster, worked as administrator of a school. Brewster was raised in Massachu...

Pom Klementieff was born 3 May 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 portrays 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 the child of an Korean mother, as well as a French-Russian father. Her father was consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter, was her grandfather. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff lived for a year in Canada before her family moved around extensively because of her father's work. After moving to France, Klementieff lived in Japan. Klementieff's father, who died at the age of 5 from cancer was her mother. Additionally, she suffered from schizophrenia and couldn...