Paula Abdul - Biography

Last Editor: ibacarolinagirl				Paula Abdul Biography -   Name : Paula Abdul Birth Date : June 19, 1962 Birth Place : San Fernando, California, USA Birth Name : Paula Julie Abdul Height : 5' 2 Nationality : American Occupation : Actress, musician

Paula Abdul Trivia -

Paula choreographed videos for several artists such as George Michael, Deborah Gibson, Dolly Parton, Janet Jackson, and ZZ Top. Paula is former L.A. Lakers cheerleader. She is Grammy award winning singer. She is dancer, choreographer. She appeared in and choreographed Janet Jackson's "Nasty" and "What Have You Done For Me Lately?" music videos. She said a few lines on Chunky A's (Arsenio Hall) song "Dope, The Big Lie." The song appears on the Chunky A album "Large And In Charge.". Paula spent her honeymoon with ex-husband Emilio Estevez in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 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. Had 6 #1 hits from 1989-1991. They include "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", "Opposites Attract", "Rush Rush", and her last #1 on September 1991 "The Promise Of A New Day". Measurements: 34B-23-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Her 1989 #1 hit "Straight Up" was ranked #81 on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs. In a guest appearance on "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) on 18 May 2004, she remarked that she is no longer a vegetarian. When she was growing up, Michael Bolton was her babysitter. Paula has a star on Hollywood Boulevard. 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 has an older sister named Wendy Her favorite love song is "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. She is former daughter-in-law of Martin Sheen and Janet Sheen Former sister-in-law of Ramon Estevez and Charlie Sheen Big fan of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. Ranked #85 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. She co-wrote, with Kara DioGuardi, Kylie Minogue's UK #1 hit "Spinning Around".

Paula Abdul Detailed Biography -

Paula Julie Abdul was born June 19th, 1963, in San Fernando, California. The daughter of Harry and Lorraine Abdul knew early on that she wanted to dip her feet into dance. The youngest of two daughters, Paula's love for dance originated from the film, Singing In The Rain, whose star, Gene Kelly, was her idol. A student at Van Nuys high school, Paula applied her choreography skills as head of the cheerleading squad. She graduated in 1980, and shimmied her way to Cal State-Northridge, as a TV and radio student. But as her heart was truly in dance, Paula took her LA Lakers Cheerleading gig as a full-time job, after dropping out of college. Paula began to make inroads in pop music when she was hired as an assistant dance director on the Jacksons' Victory tour, which led to a job choreographing Janet Jackson's videos for Control. Abdul's work on Jackson's videos helped make the album a hit, making her a sought-after choreographer. After working on #The Tracy Ullman Show and videos for ZZ Top, Duran Duran, and the Pointer Sisters, Abdul began a recording career, releasing her debut album, Forever Your Girl, in 1988. The first two singles drawn from the record were moderate hits, but the release of "Straight Up" at the end of the year made her a superstar. Staying at the top of the charts for three weeks, "Straight Up" began a string of six number one singles (with "The Way That You Love Me" recharting at number three in 1989) that ran through the summer of 1991. While her second album, 1991's Spellbound, wasn't as successful, it still sold over three million copies and spent two weeks at number one. Abdul released her third album, Head Over Heels, in the summer of 1995. Paula returned to acting with cameo appearances in Cybill, The Single Guy, Spin City, All That, The Wayans Bros., and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. She also starred in made-for-TV movies such as Touched by Evil and The Waiting Game, and appeared in Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Allan Freed Story. Moving from the realm of television to video, Paula starred in her own exercise videos, Get Up And Dance! and its follow-up, Paula Abdul: Cardio Dance. She is also currently keeping busy with her own dance education company, Co Dance, and as the sweetheart in the trio of American Idol judges.