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Genesis Rodriguez was born in Miami. She is the daughter of Jose Luis 'El Puma' Rodriguez the famous Venezuelan singer and actor and Carolina Perez, a Cuban model. She is half-sister to two women. She attended the Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart, Miami. Rodriguez realized as a child that she wanted to be an actor. She attended classes during the summer at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and continued her acting training. Rodriguez was a star in Spanish language TV shows such as Dame Chocolate (2007), Dona Barbara (2008) and Prisionera (2004). In the hit show "Entourage", she also played Sarah. Film productions include Man on a Ledge (2012) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012). Jose Luis El Puma’ Rodriguez's daughter. Half-sister to Liliana Rodrigo and Lilibeth Moillo. She mentioned on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) 9 January, 2013, episode, she was given the name Genesis after the British rock group Genesis. She ...

Paula Abdul was raised in San Fernando Valley. At age eight, she began learning dance. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the top cheerleader and senior class president. Her high school graduation was in 1980. After graduation, she began 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" the first of many videos and movies she choreographed. Following her debut album "Forever Your Girl" was released, she began singing and soon became a well-known artist and performer. Her time as an American Idol judge (2002) has made her a popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother, also Jewish, was born and raised in Canada. Her parents wer...

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is well known for her performances on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long list of roles both on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the daughter of Eileen (Mundy) the Irish-American computer expert, and John McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. A decade later she was offered her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990), playing "Stands with a Fist" as a white woman born to the Sioux Indians. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the role. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Indep...

Paula Faris is an American journalist. She was previously the TV reporter for ABC News. She is famous for her tenure as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend from 2014 to 2018 as well as being co-host of The View from 2015 to 2018. 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. Due to the lack of opportunities on television, she was offered the position of an agent for radio sales. Then she was able to work for one year as a producer assistant at WKEF/WRGT and later occasionally anchor or report. She was one of the weekend and weekday sports anchors for WCPO TV, Cincinnati, from 2002 to 2005. Her contract was terminated and she was hired as a reporter and anchor for NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, Chicago, from November 2005 until December 2011. She was appointed by ABC News the news division in December 2011. On January 2, 20...

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 born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. She is the middle of two brothers, the older one, Natasha Chalke, one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in the film City Boy (1992), an original television film. Following her debut film, Sarah auditioned for the role as Becky in Roseanne (1988) in 1993. The show was searching for a replacement after Alicia Goranson quit the show to attend college. Sarah graduated from highschool in 1995 and was involved in the making of Roseanne (1988) between 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Sarah starred alongside Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994). In 1996, Sarah starred in two movies: Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear (1996) in which she played an actress with the name Krista Wilson. Sarah was invited to be a part in a 1998 show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. This was one year after Roseanne (1988). Based on the show Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy (1...

Lauren Ash is a recent Second City Chicago Mainstage alumna. She is also a Second City Toronto Mainstage alumna and is one half of the comedy sketch duo "Cory!". She has been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she received the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, she was awarded the Best Sketch Troupe Award. She's appeared in various roles in the shows "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes" and "Almost Heroes," as well. She was a regular in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." She also appeared in "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox, and the Academy Award-nominated film "Lars and the Real Girl." She also voices Sam in the animated Canadian series "The Dating Guy." Her net worth has been growing dramatically in the period 2019-2020. What is Lauren Ash worth...

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American , and her mother is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived just next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up, and she was a big enthusiast of films from her very early years. Her mother, also appreciated good films, was a schoolteacher, and her father was a lawyer. Paula admitted that she tried to escape when she was young girls by "pretending" to appear to be someone different from herself. Therefore, it's no surprise that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School productions. Her most beloved role was one of Abigail in "The Crucible". She pursued her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. The program was a success, and she was given a three-month project to create documentaries for PBS. This led to her working as a production assistant for television documen...

The family was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Amy Carlson spent most of her early life in the Chicago area. But 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 has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, and a younger brother, Joe. Amy has traveled all over Europe with her entire family and on her own. They both taught and could travel and camp with each other every summer because of this. They've camped in every US state except Alaska. Amy was in Rwanda in 1994 following the war to help with aid efforts to help the victims. Amy showed her artistic talents early when she was acting in school productions and winning writing contests. High school was where she excelled as an athlete, placing in the first ever 3200 meter relay for girls in the Illinois track. After a college injury, she returned the theater with many roles on stage, beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July...

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a fervent performer in her youth and even reenacted commercials on TV to amuse the family. However, she decided to concentrate on dancing. After studying ballet for 9 years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her education under a variety of prominent dancers. She found her calling at age 15, when she defeated more than 300 contestants in an audition for an agency for talents. She was then offered roles in Spanish TV and music videos. This contract brought her many performances, which opened the way to a future on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She also briefly was in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it she played one of the four sisters trying to win the love of a handsome deserter from the Army. The film received ...

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 was nominated for the Golden Globes as a TV, stage, and film actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. In 2000 she was cast in a breakout role in Coyote Ugly. She has been featured in a number of films since then, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" which starred Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and "Because I Said So" which starred Diane Keaton, and "First Snow" with Guy Pearce. "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Imagine Me and You" films starring Steve Martin, "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cheaper by the Dozen" films, "10th & Wolf" crime drama with a cast that included Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. She appeared alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels in Rian Johnson's sci-fi action film "Looper.". Perabo was Annie Walker's television role in five seasons of USA Network’s spy dra...

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first attracted Hollywood's attention when she was given the part of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). Zurer is an American actress who has been featured in Studio films, such as Sony Pictures' Vantage Point and Vantage Point, starring Dennis Quaid (with William Hurt) Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive pieces alongside Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected in the film with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons, opposite Tom Hanks, Darling Companion, an ensemble Lawrence Kasdan casting that features Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in the role of Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was her co-filming partner in Rodrigo Garcia's The Last Days in Desert. Also, she waited for The Last Knights to be released by Kazuaki Kriya Kazuaki Kriya, the Japanese director. In recognition of her performance ...

Pollyanna McIntosh was raised in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began to perform on stage on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she left for London and soon began to get involved in indie filmmaking (her first professional gig was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre in both roles as an actress and director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" an original play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play received rave reviews. In Headspace (2005), she made her debut US film role as "Stacy" an manipulative person who was a newly-baptized Christian. She was then cast in the role of "Thumper Wint", a wild, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider), by Heathers (1988). The reviewers were impressed by her unique combinat...

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's NBC sitcom Friends, she was also an actor and singer. Her most well-known role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From 2006 until 2012, she was a guest on Criminal Minds regularly. The actress has returned with guest appearances ever since and is now returning to Criminal Minds regularly in 2016. Her other roles include voicing Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart in the last 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 as Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 season of DuckTales, marking the first animated appearance of the character. Brewster was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 10 in 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was a government official, and her father, ...