The Famous People

Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. When she was eight years old, she began learning dance. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader as well as the class president. Her high school graduation was in 1980. After graduation she entered college at Cal State Northridge. There she majored 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. She was approached by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first of a series of movies and videos she would choreograph. She started singing on her debut album, "Forever Your Girl" that had a lackluster success until the single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 and she has been a renowned dancer ever since, aided by her role as an adjudicator on the popular series American Idol (2002)....

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is famous for her portrayals of characters from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant Both of Irish origin. She was raised in Ithaca and attended Fredonia State University of New York. Then, she went to the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She was 22 years old when she scored her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who was white. In the film, she earned her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) in which she starred alongside veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith); the...

Paula Faris, an American journalist, worked previously as the TV reporter at ABC News. Her time as co-anchor on Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host on The View (2015-2018) are famous. She was also co-anchor on 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. She held a job in radio sales because of the limited opportunities for television. She was recruited to work as a WKEF/WRGT production assistant. Later, she was promoted to anchor and reporter. From 2002 to 2005 she was the sports anchor for weekends and sports anchor on weekdays at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. When her contract ended she took on the role of anchor and sports reporter for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. She was appointed by ABC News the news division in December 2011. The first time she appeared on ABC News was on the 2nd of J...

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career in films and TV shows, including Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and continued to make projects like Double Dare (1976) and has made appearances on such TV shows like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most famous TV performance was as "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992, she was part of 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is 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 June 26, 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High school located in Walnut Creek. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis...

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 graduate of the Second City Chicago Mainstage. She is also an Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and is one half of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has been a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser. She also won awards for the award for the most outstanding Comedic Performance in 2008 as well as the Best Sketch Troupe award in 2006. She has appeared in a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and the Canadian TV show, "Almost Heroes." She was an actor in "The Ron James Show" and also had guest roles in "Call Me Fitz," "Cracked," and "Bomb Girls." Her credits in television and film also include "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She is also the voice of Sam in the animated Canadian show "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has risen substantially between the years 2019 and 2020. What is the...

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 ancestry. As a child and her family lived next to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a fervent movie buff from the time she was a child. Her mother, a teacher as well as her father as a lawyer were both avid film fans. Paula said that she attempted to escape as an infant by "pretending" to become someone else. So it's not a surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her favorite role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". She went on to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in the summer program and won a 3-month assignment making documentaries for PBS. The result was that she began working as a production assistant in TV documentaries, and also on Howie Mandel's talk show. Then, she created documentary segments for Medical ...

The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago area. Amy resided in Glen Ellyn the city of Illinois, up until she was in junior college. The family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at American School. Amy is the older sister of Betsy, Lori, and brother Joe. Amy has traveled across Europe together with her family and independently. Because her parents were teachers and teachers, they could spend the entire summer traveling and camping across the United States. They've camped across every state, except Alaska. Amy has also traveled to Rwanda after the 1994 war to aid in relief efforts. Amy was a gifted artist from the beginning when she was acting in school plays, as well as taking part in writing competitions. In high school she was a promising athlete who finished in the first ever 3200-meter relay in the Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she went back to university and played many par...

Milena Govich is an actor, director, and musician. She has directed a number of episodes of TV, including Chicago Med (2015) (211) and The Equalizer (221). She also served as Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and is attached to direct two pilots in the process of development. Milena was one of eight women chosen by AFI for their famous Directing Workshop for Women. She also took part in the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors program. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept , Unspeakable which starred Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober has featured its World premiere at SXSW and won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) has played 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 Film Festival. As an actor ...

Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated stage, film and TV actor. She was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. Coyote Ugly was her breakout role. Since then, she's 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" with Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me and You" featuring Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime drama "10th Wolf" featuring an ensemble cast that included James Marsden and Dennis Hopper. In Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper," she starred alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker on USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs" for five seasons. She also appeared in ABC's legal drama "Notorious" in 2016. You can also watch "Turn Up Charlie" on Netflix with IdrisElba....

Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most well-known actresses is a special lady. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv, and first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was cast by Steven Spielberg in her first English-speaking part, playing 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 such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan cast that includes Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor shot Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She also was waiting for the release of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya. She is starring alongside Clive Owen. R...

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 Broughster is an American actor, singer, and voice actress. First recognized for her role in the role of Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also vocalist and voice actress. Her breakout role was as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds, on which she appeared regularly from 2006 until 2012. She has since returned for guest appearances , before returning regularly in 2016. Her other roles include the voice of Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community and as her voice as Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered, and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales which was the first time that she appeared in animated form for the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 the year 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster. (nee Tew) worked in government. Her father, Galen Brewste...

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She studied at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured 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 daughter of an Korean mother, as well as a father who was French-Russian. Her father was a consul in Quebec City, Canada. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her grandpa. Pom was her name since it sounds similar to the Korean words "spring" and 'tiger" in Korean. Klementieff lived in Canada for a year. Her family had traveled extensively due to her father's work. They lived in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff's father, who died at the age of 5 from cancer was also her mother. She also suffered with schizophrenia and didn...