Paula Abdul

Age: 47
Height: 5' 2"

Birth Place: San Fernando, California, USA
Born: Jun. 19th, 1962

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Paula Abdul's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
American Idol	Herself - J…
The Friday Night Project (UK)	Paula Abdul
Hey Paula	Paula Abdul
Good Day Live	Paula Abdul Guest Co-Ho…
Hollywood Residential	Paula Abdul
The Wayne Brady Show (2001)	Paula Abdul

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She began taking dance lessons when she was eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. After graduating in 1980, she started college at Cal State-Northridge, majoring in TV and radio. 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 recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a long list of videos and movies she would choreograph. She branched out into singing with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl", which had lackluster sales until the single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 and she has been a popular singer/dancer ever since, enhanced by her stint as a judge on the hit series "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002).

TRIVIA:

She said a few lines on Chunky A's ('Arsenio Hall' (qv)) song "Dope, The Big Lie." The song appears on the Chunky A album "Large And In Charge.".
3/24/05: A Los Angeles court sentenced her to two years probation and ordered her to pay $1100 after she pleaded no contest to an involvement in a hit-and-run incident in December of 2004.
Paula spent her honeymoon with ex-husband 'Emilio Estevez' (qv) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Choreographed videos for several artists such as 'George Michael (II)' (qv), 'Deborah Gibson (I)' (qv), 'Dolly Parton' (qv), 'Janet Jackson (I)' (qv), and 'ZZ Top' (qv).
Ranked #85 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
Her 1989 #1 hit "Straight Up" was ranked #81 on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs.
Her first album, "Forever Your Girl", took over 2 years to reach the top of Billboard's album charts in 1990 and spawned four #1 singles.
Her father is of Syrian Jewish descent and her mother is a Canadian Jew. Her parents divorced when she was a child.