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Genesis Rodriguez was conceived in Miami, Florida. She is the daughter of Jose Luis El Puma' Rodriguez (the famous Venezuelan singer/actor) as well as Carolina Perez (a Cuban-model). There are two half-sisters to her. She went to the Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart. Rodriguez realized as a child she wanted to be an actor. She attended classes during the summer at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and continued her training in acting. After that, she got roles in Spanish language programs like Prisionera (2004), Dame Chocolate (2007) and Dona Barbara (2008). In the popular show "Entourage", she also played Sarah. Man on a Ledge (2012) was her first film. What to Expect when You Expect (2012) is her second. Jose Luis El Puma’ Rodriguez's daughter. Half-sister of Liliana Rodriguez, Lilibeth Morillo. On The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (January 9, 2013 episode), she mentioned that her name was Genesis in honor of the British rock group Genesis. She i...

Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She started taking dance classes when she was just eight. Van Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader and class president for senior year. Her high school graduation was in 1980. After graduating, she began college at Cal State Northridge. There she was a radio and television major. 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 hired her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture" which was the first in a long series of movies and video she choreographed. She started singing through her first album, "Forever Your Girl", which had lackluster sales until her hit single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 . Since then, she's been a well-known artist and singer ever since. This was made eve...

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is well-known 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 heritage. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Then, she went to drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. In the following two decades she got her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist", a white woman that is raised by Sioux Indians. In exchange for the role, she received her first Academy Award nomination. 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 In...

Paula Faris, an American journalist, previously worked as an anchor for television at ABC News. Her stints as co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend (2014-2018) and co-host of The View (2015-2018) are famous. She was also co-anchor on America This Morning as well as World News Now. After graduating, she worked in several communications-related jobs including an operations position at Mills/James Productions in Columbus, Ohio. Because of the lack of opportunities in television, she was offered an opportunity as an agent for sales at radio. After one year working as a production assistant at WKEF/WRGT, she eventually was capable of reporting and anchoring at times. She was the anchor for weekends for WCPO TV in Cincinnati as well as the anchor for weekdays for WCPO TV in Cincinnati from 2002 until 2005. She was a sports reporter for the NBC's Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV from November 2005 until December 2011, when her contract was terminated. She was appointed by ABC News the news d...

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her professional career as a film and TV producer, with projects like "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 like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most notable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was featured in the show's 156 episodes 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.). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. As an athlete, she was a part of Las Lomas High School located in Walnut Creek. She received her Bachelor of Arts at L...

Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Angie Chalke is her mother and Doug Chalke are her father. She is the middle child having an older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a television film called City Boy (1992). After her debut film her audition, she was cast in 1993 for the role of "Becky" from Roseanne (1988). After Alicia Goranson left the show to go to college the show was in search for the perfect replacement. Sarah completed her high school graduation in the year 1995, while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). In 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film Ernest Goes to School (1994) together with Jim Varney. She was in Robin of Locksley (1996) and Stand Against Fear(1996). In these films, she played the role of Krista Wilson and was a cheerleader. Sarah was invited to be a part in the 1998 show Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy. It was a year after Roseanne (1988). Based on the show No...

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 comedy duo "Cory!". She's been an Canadian Comedy Award nominee twice for the title of Best Female Improviser. In 2008, she won the award for the Best Comedic Play award , and in 2006, she received the Best Sketch Troupe award. She has played a variety of roles on "Scare Tactics" and "Almost Heroes," an Canadian TV series. She had a recurring role in "The Ron James Show" and also appeared in "Lost Girl," "Cracked," "Bomb Girls" and "Call Me Fitz." Her film and television credits also include "Video on Trial,"" Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated "Lars and the Real Girl." She voices Sam in "The Dating Guy,"" an animated Canadian show. In the years 2019 and 2020, her net worth has grown dramatically. How much does Lauren...

Paula Patton was the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She has German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. While growing up, her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a huge film enthusiast since her early years. Her mother, who also appreciated good films also taught at a school and her father was an attorney. Paula admits that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else as an infant. It is not surprising that she was involved in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most loved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". She completed her studies at the University of Southern California, where she completed a summer course in film. It was during this time that she was awarded a 3-month task to create documentaries on PBS. This led to her being employed as a production assistant in documentary films on TV, as...

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 was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez who was a hairdresser. As a young child she was an obsessed performer who would recreate commercials on television for the enjoyment of her family. But, she decided to devote her energies to dance. She continued her dance training with a variety of highly-regarded dancers following her 9 years studying classical ballet in Spain's National Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at the age 15 after she defeated over 300 girls at an audition for an agency that represented talent. The resulting contract landed her roles in a variety of Spanish television shows and music videos, which led to an acting career on the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly made an appearance in Framed (1992) which was a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film, she played one of t...

Milena Govich, a director, actor and musician, has directed numerous episodes of TV such as Chicago Med (2015), The Equalizer (2021), FBI The Most Wanted(2020), Chicago Fire (2012) among others. Milena was the Co-EP/Producing Director for Dick Wolf’s CBS series FBI (2018) and is currently attached for two pilots. Milena was chosen as one of eight directors for AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Her short film and TV series proof-of-concept called Unspeakable featuring Laura Vandervoort and Jeff Kober has was screened at its World premiere at SXSW and was awarded Best Episodic at the Seattle International Film Festival and Best Pilot at the SoHo International Film Festival. Her short film Temporary (2017) is screened across the country, winning 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 more than 100 television episodes as an...

Piper Perabo has been nominated for an Golden Globe as a stage or TV actor. Her birthplace was in Dallas, Texas and raised in New Jersey. She appeared in Coyote Ugly's breakthrough role in the year 2000. She has been in a variety of films since the time, including Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" which starred Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale as well as "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 comprised Dennis Hopper and James Marsden. In Rian Johnson's sci-fi action movie "Looper," she starred with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Perabo was Annie Walker's TV part in five seasons of the spy drama on USA Network "Covert Affairs...

Ayelet Zuer, an Israeli actress, has received praise for her performance. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, she first caught the attention of Hollywood when she was given the role of Eric Bana's spouse in the Oscar(r), nominated movie Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces opposite Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons opposite Tom Hanks. Darling Companion is a Lawrence Kasdan ensemble cast that includes Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Warner Bros. Man Of Steel together with Russell Crow. Ewan McGregor was the director of Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She waited for the release of The Last Knights, a film written by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen. She recently received the Gold Nymph Award for Outstanding actress in a Dra...

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia She was born in Colombia and Portugal, but she later moved to Scotland where she began performing on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. After 16 she relocated to London where she began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first pay-per-view on The Acid House was as a stoner alongside Irvine Welsh (1998)). Also, she's participated in theater, as an actor as well as director. The 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 and David Dayan Fisher (a regular actor in 24 (2001/NCIS 2003)) to acclaim. In Headspace (2005) she made her debut US movie part as "Stacy" as a manipulative, born-again Christian. It was in the role of crazy "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona Ryder) which was written by Heathers (1988) author Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talent, ...

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress, voice actress, and singer. Her first recognition came from her role as Kathy in the fourth season of NBC sitcom Friends. Her first big role was Emily Prentiss, a Supervisory Special Agent on Criminal Minds. From the year 2006 until 2012 she was on Criminal Minds regularly. She has been back to guest appearances since and has returned to Criminal Minds frequently in 2016. Other roles she's played include Mr. Mumbles, Elise and Mr. Mumbles in Dan Vs. Frankie Dart, Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Lawyer, Sara Kingsley, on Fox sitcom Grandfathered and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in DuckTales 2017. This was the first time that she appeared in animation as the character. Brewster was conceived in Concord, Massachusetts on March 10 of 1969. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (nee Tew) was an official in the government, while her father, Galen Brewster, worked as an administrator at a school. Brewster was raised in Massachuse...