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Genesis Rodriguez

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Genesis Rodriguez was conceived in Miami, Florida. She is the daughter of Jose Luis 'El Puma' Rodriguez the famous Venezuelan actor and singer and Carolina Perez, a Cuban model. She has two half-sisters. She studied at the Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami. Rodriguez realized as a child she wanted to be an actor. She attended summer courses at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and continued her acting training. She soon became successful and was offered roles in Spanish language shows like Prisionera (2004) and Dame Chocolate (2007). Also, she was a part of the hit television series "Entourage" (2004). Man on a Ledge (2012), and What to Expect when you're expecting (2012) are a couple films she has worked on. The daughter of Jose Luis 'El Puma' Rodriguez. Half-sister to Liliana Rodriguez, Lilibeth Morillo. She mentioned on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) 9 January episode. she was named Genesis after the British roc

Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She began dancing at the age of eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader and the senior class president. Her high school graduation was in the year 1980. Following graduation she started 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. The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" video, which was the first of many films and videos she would choreograph. Her first album "Forever Your Girl", her singing career took off. However, the song "Straight Up" was a major hit and she's been a successful dancer/singer ever after. It was made easier by her stint on American Idol (2002-2004). Her father (Harry Abdul), is Sephardic Jewish and

Mary McDonnell

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Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is recognized for her roles on screen in both contemporary and historical roles. She also has a lengthy history of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant who are both of Irish heritage. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to drama school and then was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the character "Stands with a Fist" an Indian Sioux-raised white woman. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such seasoned performers as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well

Paula Faris

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Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her most well-known work is her tenure as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as in her role as co-host on The View from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, she was co-anchoring 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 the company employed her in sales for radio. She was eventually able to find work for a year as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally report and anchor. She was the anchor for weekends at WCPO TV in Cincinnati and the weekday anchor for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. After her contract was up in 2005, she was a sports reporter and anchor at the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV in Chicago from November 2005 to December 2011. In December 2011 she wa

Markie Post

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Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her career began in television and film productions like "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Then, she created 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 and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most memorable TV part was "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was in an entire 156 episodes of this show, from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a noted poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). She had two daughters with her husband, Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 in 1990). Her birthplace was Palo alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek, California. She attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was a cheerleader. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree a

Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 27 August 1976. Angie Chalke, and Doug Chalke are her parents. She is the middle child, having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah's first acting role was in City Boy (1992), an adaptation of a film for television. After her debut film was a success, Sarah auditioned for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). The show was seeking someone to fill in for Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah completed her high school graduation in the year 1995, when she was filming the season 1994-1995 of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994) as did Jim Varney. In 1996, Sarah appeared in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) as an actress named Krista Wilson. In 1998, a year following the time that Roseanne (1988) ended, Sarah was asked to play a character in a TV show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998)

Lauren Ash

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Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumni. She is also an alumna of the Second City Toronto Mainstage. She is also part of the sketch comedy duo "Cory!". She has twice won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improviser. She also received the Best Comedic Play and 2006 Best Sketch Troupe awards. She's played various roles in "Scare Tactics" as well as the Canadian TV series, "Almost Heroes." She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and appeared in guest roles in "Call Me Fitz,""Cracked,"" “Bomb Girls” as well as "Lost Girl." Her credits in television and film also include "Video on Trial," Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She's the voice of Sam in "The Dating Guy,"" an animated Canadian series. In 2019-2020, her net worth has grown dramatically. What is Lauren Ash's net worth when she is 37? Lauren Ash is a suc

Paula Patton

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Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden), and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American . her mother, who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch her ancestry. Her family lived directly next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and she was an avid movie buff from her early days. Her mother was a teacher while her father worked as an attorney. Paula states that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else when she was when she was a kid. It's not a surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school plays. Her most loved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After graduation from the University Southern California's summer school, she pursued film studies and was assigned a three-month project to make documentaries for PBS. This meant that she was hired as a production associate in TV documentaries and on Howie Mandel’s talk show. Later, she produced documentaries for Med

Amy Carlson

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Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent the majority of her childhood living in Chicago. Amy lived in Glen Ellyn Illinois, right up to the time she graduated from junior college. The family also lived in Middle East, where her parents, Bob (and Barb) taught at the American School. Amy is the mother of two sisters: Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her family and independently. Both of them were teachers and were able to travel and camp together every summer due to this. In reality, they've camped in every state except Alaska. Amy has also traveled to Rwanda after the war in 1994 to help in relief efforts. Amy was a skilled actor in school plays , and she won writing contests. In high school she was a promising athlete who placed in the first ever 3200 meter relay in Illinois girls track. Following an injury, she was able to return to theater , and played a variety roles, including Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of Ju

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

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Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. As a young child she was an obsessive performer, and would reenact commercials on TV for the entertainment of her parents. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. She continued her dance training by working with several well-known dancers after spending nine years learning classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory. She discovered her true passion at the age of 15, when she smashed more than 300 other girls during an audition with an agency for talents. The agency offered her roles in Spanish TV and music videos. The contract resulted in a variety of performances, which opened the doors to a career on the big screen. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she was briefly featured in Framed (1992) by Timothy Dalton. Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992), was an Oscar-winning production in wh

Milena Govich

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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 was the Co-EP/Producing Director on Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI (2018), and is currently directing two pilots in the process of development. Milena was among eight filmmakers chosen by AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, as well as the only Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program. Unspeakable the short film she created, and TV series proof of concept was shown at SXSW. It also won Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival, and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. The short film she made, Temporary (2017) is screened all over the country and won Best Narrative Short at Anthem Film Festival, Best Dark Comedy at Atlanta ShortsFest as well as the Director's Choice Award at Sedona International Film Festival. Milena has appeared in over 100 television shows. She fir

Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo has been nominated for the Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. She was born in Dallas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000, she was a part in the role of a breakout character in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has been in films such as Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton and "First Snow" which starred Guy Pearce, "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin, "Imagine Me & You" with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the crime thriller "10th and 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.". In television Perabo was a part of Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network's spy drama "Covert Affairs." Then she starred as a co-star in ABC's

Ayelet Zurer

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Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel's most popular actresses, is a very special woman. She was born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first gained the attention of Hollywood when she was offered the part as Eric Bana's wife in the Oscar(r), nominated movie 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 with 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 is an ensemble film by Lawrence Kasdan that features Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel with Russell Crow. She also filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert, which she starred in alongside Ewan McGregor, as well as waiting for the release of her film The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya. She also appeared in Clive Ow

Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. It was here that she began performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she moved to London and soon found herself involved in the indie filmmaking (her first paid gig was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and 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 along with David Dayan Fisher (a regular part on 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to rave reviews. In Headspace (2005), she was offered her first US film role as "Stacy" who was a manipulative, born-again Christian. She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a unorthodox, born-again, Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) as played by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were impressed by her distinctive combination of power sexuality and irrevere

Paget Valerie Brewster

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Paget Valerie is an American actress, singer and voice actor. She was first recognized for her role as Kathy in the fourth season's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also an actor and singer. Her breakout role was as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the crime drama Criminal Minds where she appeared regularly between 2006 and 2012 and was then re-cast for guest appearances and then returned regularly in 2016. Her other roles include voiceovers for Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the final season of Community as well as her voice as Birdgirl in the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered and also voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales, marking the first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10, 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew), was a government official. Galen Brewster was her father, and was an administrator at school. B

Pom Klementieff

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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