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- 104/20/1966Paula Michelle White-Cain (née Furr; April 20, 1966), better known as Paula White, is an American non-denominational pastor. Prior to May 2019, she was senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center, in Apopka, Florida, a non-denominational, multicultural megachurch. She hosts a television show, Paula White Today. She was the co-pastor of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, a church she co-founded with pastor and then-husband Randy White. White became chair of the evangelical advisory board in Donald Trump's administration. She delivered the invocation at his inauguration, on January 20, 2017. She was listed number three on the "50 Most Powerful 2017: Philanthropy & Community Voices" list in the Orlando Magazine July 2017 issue.More Paula White
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- 212/29/1959Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is the host of the Maximum Fun podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, which is the successor to the National Public Radio program Live from the Poundstone Institute. She is a frequent panelist on NPR's weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, and was a recurring guest on the network's A Prairie Home Companion variety program during Garrison Keillor's years as host.More Paula Poundstone
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- 306/19/1962Paula Abdul, a name synonymous with the world of entertainment, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer, and television personality. Born on June 19, 1962, in San Fernando, California, Abdul's artistic journey began in earnest at a very young age. As a child, she was a cheerleader and honed her dancing skills. It was this talent that catapulted her into the limelight when she was spotted by The Jacksons during a Los Angeles Lakers game, leading to her breakthrough as a choreographer for their music video "Torture." Abdul's career trajectory took an even more upward swing when she released her debut pop album, Forever Your Girl, in 1988. With its catchy beats and her unique voice, the album quickly climbed the charts and made her a household name. The album spawned multiple hits, including "Straight Up," "Opposites Attract," and the title track "Forever Your Girl." These songs not only showcased her vocal prowess but also highlighted her ability to deliver captivating performances, making her an undeniable force in the music industry. In addition to her music career, Abdul is well-known for her role as a judge on popular reality TV shows. She became a familiar face on television screens across America when she joined the panel of judges on American Idol in 2002. Her insightful critiques and compassionate approach endeared her to millions of viewers. Abdul also served as a judge on The X Factor and So You Think You Can Dance, further cementing her status as a respected figure in the entertainment industry.More Paula Abdul
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- 408/19/1969Paula Jai Parker (born August 19, 1969) is an American actress, comedian, director and singer-songwriter. She has a number of supporting roles in films, including Friday (1995), Sprung (1997), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), Phone Booth (2002), Hustle & Flow (2005), and Idlewild (2006). Parker is also known for her voice of Trudy Proud in the Disney Channel animated comedy series, The Proud Family (2001-2005).More Paula Jai Parker
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- 501/16/1930Paula Tilbrook (born 16 January 1930) is a retired English actress who played Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 1994 to 2015. In April 2015, it was announced that Tilbrook would be retiring and her final scenes as Betty aired on 25 May. She had played the role of Betty for 21 years.She briefly reprised her role in Emmerdale on Christmas Day 2015, when Betty appeared via Skype to speak to the villagers. On 1 January 2016, she made an appearance on "The Big Quiz 2016 Corrie V Emmerdale" appearing in a scene with actor Mark Charnock ("Marlon"). In 1977, Tilbrook made an appearance as Estelle Plimpton in Coronation Street, and followed this by appearances as Olive Taylor-Brown in the same show in 1978 and 1980. In 1979 she appeared in Tales of the Unexpected. From 1991-93, she played Vivian Barford in the ITV soap opera. In 1988, Tilbrook played Flo Capp in the sitcom Andy Capp. She appeared as dog-lover Mrs Tattersall in Open All Hours and played three roles in Last of the Summer Wine. Her other credits include Crown Court Brookside and two episodes of the BBC's Play for Today. Tilbrook's film credits include Yanks and Alan Bennett's A Private Function.
- 604/04/1959Paula West' is an American jazz and cabaret singer.
- 703/20/1974Paula Garcés (born March 20, 1974) is a Colombian American film and television actress, known for her appearance in films such as Clockstoppers, Man of the House and The Harold and Kumar Series, and on TV shows such as CSI: Miami, On My Block, The Shield, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Oz, Devious Maids, Guiding Light and All My Children.
- 804/09/1929Paula Stewart (born Dorothy Paula Zürndorfer, April 9, 1929) is an American stage, film and television actress.
- 902/24/1956Paula Ann Zahn (; born February 24, 1956) is an American journalist and newscaster who has been an anchor at ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN. She currently produces and hosts the true crime documentary series On the Case with Paula Zahn on the Investigation Discovery channel.More Paula Zahn
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- 1008/23/1962Paula Toller (born on August 23, 1962) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Toller is most known as the lead singer of Kid Abelha. In 1998, she released her self-titled first solo album, which was very well received. Her second solo album, titled SóNós, was released in 2007.
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Paula Kania
11/06/1992Paula Kania (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpau̯la ˈkaɲa]; born 6 November 1992) is a professional Polish tennis player. Kania has won one WTA title in doubles, as well as five titles in singles and twelve in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 June 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 128, and on 2 May 2016, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 58. - 1209/15/1952Paula Margaret Duncan (born 15 September 1952) is an Australian actress. Her numerous television roles include playing Nurse Lisa Brooks in The Young Doctors (1976–77), Detective Danni Francis in Cop Shop (1977–83), for which she twice won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress, Lorelei Wilkinson in Prisoner (1986), Janet Bryant in Richmond Hill (1988) and Bridget Jackson in Home and Away (1990). Her sister was actress Carmen Duncan.
- 1305/01/1962Paula Jo Weishoff (born May 1, 1962 in Hollywood, California) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won two medals with the USA National Women's Team at the Summer Olympics: 1984 (silver) and 1992 (bronze). Weishoff also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place. A 1980 graduate of West High School in Torrance, California, she was inducted in the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998. She played on the USC team for one season (1980), "where she earned all-America and all-conference acclaim en route to leading Trojans to [the] national championship."
- 1412/12/1946Paula Wagner (born Paula Sue Kauffman) is an American film producer and film executive.
- 1509/28/1992Paula Ormaechea (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaula oɾmaeˈtʃea]; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. She has won 14 singles and eight doubles ITF titles in her career, and, on 21 October 2013, reached a singles ranking high of world No. 59. Ormaechea has a 12–12 record for the Argentina Fed Cup team.
- 1612/05/1975Paula Patton, an American actress hailing from Los Angeles, California, has carved a niche for herself in the world of cinema with her notable performances and dynamic acting skills. Born on December 5, 1975, to a school teacher mother and a lawyer father, Patton's diverse cultural background, with African-American, German, and English ancestry, shaped her early life and later influenced her approach to her roles. Patton's journey into the entertainment industry began with a unique blend of determination and serendipity. After earning a degree in critical film studies from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, she started her career behind the camera, working on documentaries for PBS. Her transition to on-screen work came after a successful audition for the 2005 film, Hitch, which marked her debut. Since then, Patton displayed her versatility by portraying a wide range of characters in various film genres, including comedy, drama, and action. Some of her most memorable performances include roles in Precious, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, and 2 Guns. Despite facing several personal and professional challenges, Patton continued to rise, proving her mettle time and again. She has not only achieved success as an actress but also ventured into producing movies, thus extending her influence within the film industry.More Paula Patton
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- 1704/05/1968Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Her song "I Don't Want to Wait" was used as the theme song of the television show Dawson's Creek.More Paula Cole
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- 1801/19/1947Paula Deen, born as Paula Ann Hiers on January 19, 1947, is an American culinary icon, television host, and author known for her Southern charm and traditional cooking style. Deen was raised in Albany, Georgia, where she cultivated a deep appreciation for Southern cuisine from her grandmother. Her humble beginnings, including her struggle with agoraphobia, a condition that often kept her at home, greatly influenced her life and career. In fact, it was during this time that Deen turned to food, a consistent source of comfort, which ultimately led to her successful career in the culinary industry. In 1989, Deen started The Bag Lady, a catering business run out of her own kitchen, providing meals to local offices. It was a stepping stone to her first restaurant, "The Lady & Sons" in Savannah, Georgia, which quickly became a popular haunt among locals and tourists alike. This success led to her first cookbook, The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cooking, published in 1998, introducing her delicious recipes to a broader audience. Deen's easy-going approach to cooking, coupled with her enchanting personality, caught the attention of the Food Network, which resulted in her show Paula's Home Cooking launching in 2002. Beyond her culinary ventures, Deen has also made her mark as an entrepreneur and philanthropist. She launched Paula Deen Enterprises, which includes a magazine, Cooking with Paula Deen, and a product line featuring cookware, food items, and more. Despite facing criticism and controversy over her cooking‚ health implications and personal indiscretions, Deen remains a significant influence in the food industry.More Paula Deen
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- 1912/10/1981Paula Julia Vesala (born December 10, 1981) is a Finnish singer-songwriter, actress, and playwright. She was one of two singers and main lyricist in the pop rock duo PMMP along with Mira Luoti. Her solo career began in 2015 under the stage name "Vesala". She has composed songs for other well-known Finnish artists such as Vesa-Matti Loiri, Jenni Vartiainen, and Antti Tuisku.
- 2012/13/1949Paula Wilcox (born 13 December 1949) is an English actress. She is best known for roles in TV shows such as Girlfriends, Upstart Crow, Mount Pleasant, Boomers, Emmerdale, The Smoking Room, The Queen’s Nose and Man About The House.
- 2106/12/1964Paula Marshall (born June 12, 1964) is an American actress.
- 2203/27/1966Paula Trickey (born March 27, 1966) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Cory McNamara on the USA Network series Pacific Blue (1996–2000), and for her roles in a number of television films.
- 2303/04/1938Paula Prentiss (born Paula Ragusa; March 4, 1938) is an American actress best known for her film roles in Where the Boys Are, Man's Favorite Sport?, The Stepford Wives, What's New Pussycat?, In Harm's Way, The Black Marble, and The Parallax View, and the cult television series He & She.More Paula Prentiss
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- 2407/07/1965Paula Michelle Devicq (born July 7, 1965) is a Canadian actress, known for her role as Kirsten Bennett Thomas Salinger on the Golden Globe-winning television drama Party of Five, a role she played between 1994 - 2000.
- 2508/07/1968Paula Jean Hixson is an actress.
- 2610/21/1943Paula Kelly (October 21, 1943 - February 9, 2020) was a dancer, singer, and actress in films, television and theatre. Kelly made her Broadway debut as Mrs. Veloz in the 1964 musical Something More!, sharing the stage with Barbara Cook. Her other Broadway credits included The Dozens (1969), Paul Sills' Story Theatre (1971), Ovid's Metamorphoses (1971), and Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies (1981) with Gregory Hines and Phyllis Hyman.
- 2712/17/1973Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE (born 17 December 1973) is a British long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), and 2002 Chicago Marathon winner. She is the fastest female marathoner of all time and has held the Women’s World Marathon Record in a time of 2:15:25 since 2003. Radcliffe is a former world champion in the marathon, half marathon and cross country. She has also been European champion over 10,000 metres and in cross country. On the track, Radcliffe won the 10,000 metres silver medal at the 1999 World Championships and was the 2002 Commonwealth champion at 5000 metres. She represented Great Britain at the Olympics in four consecutive games (1996 to 2008), although she never won an Olympic medal. Her running has earned her a number of accolades including the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Laureus World Comeback of the Year, IAAF World Athlete of the Year, AIMS World Athlete of the Year (three times) and a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). She has also been nominated for World Sportswoman of the year on several occasions. In 2010, she was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. She ended her competitive running career at the 2015 London Marathon.
- 2809/10/1971Paula Kelley is an American indie pop singer-songwriter and orchestral arranger/composer from Boston, Massachusetts. She began her musical career in the 1990s with the band Drop Nineteens before leaving them in 1994 to start her own career in songwriting. She worked with several other bands before finally going solo with her first album, Nothing/Everything, which was released in 2001 on Stop, Pop, and Roll Records in the US and then later on Caraway in Japan, which gained her plenty of Japanese fans. The Trouble With Success or How You Fit Into The World was released in 2003 on the independent Kimchee Records label in the US and again on Caraway in Japan. She followed this up with a US tour and a tour of France after the album's European release through Polaris Musique/Sony. Her latest release is the "Airports EP (2008)," a collection of four orchestrated tracks intended to be a teaser for her forthcoming album. Paula is known for her melodic, emotional songs, expansive instrumental arrangements and sweet, distinctive singing voice. Kelley began playing piano at age three and was an orchestral harpsichordist by the time she was in high school. She also plays guitar, bass, drums, and other sundry instruments. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy, then Boston University, receiving her bachelor's degree with a double major of History/Political Science. In 2005 Ms. Kelley relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career scoring films and doing orchestral arrangements, in addition to recording and performing her own music. A filmography can be found on her professional website.
- 2907/05/1943Paula Wynne Stephens Lambert (born July 5, 1943, in Santa Maria, California) is an American cheesemaker, cookbook author and entrepreneur. In 1982, she founded the Mozzarella Company in Dallas, Texas. She was listed in Who's Who in Food and Wine in Texas in 1988 and received the Roundtable for Women in Foodservice's Pacesetter Award in 1992. In 1998, she was listed in the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who in Food and Beverage in America. In 2005, she received the Career Achievement Award from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. She has published two cookbooks and teaches cooking classes.
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Paula Malcomson
06/01/1970Paula Malcomson (born 1 June 1970) is a Northern Irish actress. She is sometimes credited as Paula Williams.More Paula Malcomson- Dig Deeper...Cold Case Cast List
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