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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was 8 years old, young, she started dancing lessons. Van Nuys High School was where she was president of the senior class and the chief cheerleader. Her graduation was in 1980, and started the college process at Cal State Northridge to major in radio and television. 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 their 1984 film "Torture" the first of a series of films and videos she choreographed. Following her debut album "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and soon became a well-known dancer and singer. The time she spent as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother, also Jewish, was born in Canada. Her parents wer...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is popular for her portrayals as characters from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the part of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. The actress received her first Academy Award nomination for the part. McDonnell was a part of the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) opposite such veteran performers as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also starred in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996), featuring Will Smith...

Paula Faris is an American journalist. She was previously a TV correspondent for ABC News. Her most well-known work is her time as cohost of Good Morning America Weekend, 2014-2018, as well as host of The View, 2015-2018. 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. Due to the limited opportunities on TV she was employed in radio sales. Then she was able to work for an entire year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT , and then occasionally anchor and report. She was the weekend anchor for WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the anchor for weekdays at WCPO TV in Cincinnati between 2002 and 2005. After her contract was up she took on the role of sports reporter and anchor at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago between November 2005 and December 2011. She was hired by ABC News' news division in December 2011. The firs...

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and started her career on films and TV shows, including Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and later on make projects like Double Dare (1976) and appeared on such television projects like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). One of her most memorable TV role was "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (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 a well-known nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 to April 7 in 2015). Two daughters were born to her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 and died on March 30, 1990). Her birthplace was Palo alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California. Lewis ...

Sarah Chalke was conceived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle child of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah began her acting career in a TV-made film called City Boy (1992). After her first movie Sarah was a candidate 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 in search for someone to replace her. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994) as did Jim Varney. In 1996, Sarah starred in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996), where she was a cheerleader who was named Krista Wilson. Sarah was asked to be a part in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. The show was released one year following Rosea...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She also graduated from the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also a part of the comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the award of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she took home the best Comedic Play award and , in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's been featured in different roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She played a frequent role in "The Ron James Show" and was a guest on "Lost Girl,"" "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Other credits in television and film include "Video on Trial," "Hotbox" and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also plays the role of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." The timeframe of 2019-2020 i...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American and her mother who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch heritage. When she was growing up and her family lived close to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie enthusiast from childhood. Her mom was a school teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula claims that when she was an teen she would get away from the world by "pretending to appear to be someone else" which is why it came as the case that she appeared in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School. Her favorite character was that of "Abigail" in "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to learn film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and received a three-month contract to create documentary films for PBS. Then she was employed as a production assistant on documentaries for television and Howie Mandel's talk show. She progresse...

The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. Amy was a part of her family in Chicago while she was in junior high school. Her parents, Bob, and Barb taught at the American School in the Middle East. Amy is the sister Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has travelled all over Europe with her family , and on her own. Because her parents were teachers who taught, they could enjoy every summer with each other, traveling and camping across the United States. In fact, they have been camping in every state, with the exception of Alaska. Amy was also in Rwanda after the war in 1994 to help in relief efforts. At a young age, Amy showed artistic talent acting in school productions and winning contests for writing. In high school she was a dazzling athlete who was a part of the first ever 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she returned to college and was a part of the stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's ...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a fervent performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to entertain the family. However, she chose to focus her attention on dance. After nine years of ballet instruction in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the direction of several prominent dancers. Her true calling was discovered at age 15 when she beat more than 300 girls in an audition for an agency for talents. The contract she signed secured her roles in a variety of Spanish TV shows and music videos. This opened the door to a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly appeared in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters vying for the love of a beautiful army deserter. It also too...

Milena Govich is a director, actor, and musician who has directed a number of episodes of TV that include The Equalizer (2021), Chicago Med (2015), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Chicago Fire (2012) as well as other. She also served as Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and has been tapped to direct two pilots that are in development. Milena was one of eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, and also the exclusive Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. The short film she made and the TV show proof-of-concept titled Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober It had its World premiere at SXSW and won the 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 shown all across the United States. It won the Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival and Best Dark Com...

Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage, TV and film actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and living in New Jersey, she graduated in the summa cum Laude class at Ohio University. In 2000, she was cast in a starring role in Coyote Ugly. The film starred her in "The Prestige" by Christopher Nolan with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So", along with "Because I Said So" and "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and Guy Pearce. Alongside "Cheaper by the Dozen", Lena Heady, Matthew Goode, and the crime thriller "10th & Wolf", she also starred alongside James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. She was also a part of the cast with Bruce Willis (with Joseph Gordon Levitt), Emily Blunt as well as Jeff Daniels in Rian John's sci-fi action film "Looper". Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons of the USA Network's spy drama "Cov...

Ayelet Zuer is an Israeli actress who has been praised for her performances. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Zurer has been in a variety of Studio films since arriving in the United States, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point with William Hurt and Dennis Quaid Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Parts, which starred Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected opposite Jeff Goldblum, and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion, a Lawrence Kasdan cast with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also waited for the release of The Last Knights, a film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. Recently, she was honored with the Gold Nymph Award as Outs...

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began to perform on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she moved to London and soon found herself involved in independent filmmaking (her first paid gig was as stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought an increase in theatre productions, including a production of "The Woolgatherer" that 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 high praise. She then landed her first US film role, playing the manipulative and a born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in the film Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Exam (2009) that was ...

Paget Valerie Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. Her character as Kathy, a recurring character on Friends' fourth season, was her first big break. She was first recognized for her character Emily Prentiss, Supervisory Special Agent on the crime drama Criminal Minds. She was a regular guest frequently on the show from 2006 to 2012. The show has been back regularly since then to guest appearances. Other roles she has played include Elise as well as Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community, the voice of Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and as Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales making it the first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew), worked in the government. Her father Galen Brewster worked as school administrator. Brewster grew up in...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress from France. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her roles include Loup (2009) as well as Sleepless Night (2011). She portrays the role 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 raised in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian mother. He worked as consul for the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Since it sounds like the Korean words for "spring" or "tiger" Her parents gave their daughter the name Pom. Klementieff resided in Canada for a year prior to her family traveled extensively due to her father's employment. Prior to making the move to France, they lived in Japan as well as on the Ivory Coast. Her father, who passed away aged 5 of cancer was also her mother. She was also suffering from schizophrenia , and could not care for he...