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Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by the Jacksons. After choreographing music videos for Janet Jackson, Abdul became a choreographer at the height of the music video era and soon thereafter she was signed to Virgin Records. Abdul's debut studio album, Forever Your Girl (1988), became one of the most successful debut albums at that time, selling seven million copies in the United States and setting a record for the most U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from a debut album: "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract". Her second album, Spellbound (1991), scored the number-one singles "Rush Rush" and "The Promise of a New Day". With six number-one singles on Hot 100, Abdul tied Diana Ross for the third-most chart-toppers among female solo artists at the time. As of 2025, Abdul places seventh along with Diana Ross and Lady Gaga for the most number-one singles by female artists in the U.S. to date. Abdul was one of the original judges on the television series American Idol from 2002 to 2009, and has since appeared as a judge on The X Factor, Live to Dance, So You Think You Can Dance, and The Masked Dancer. She received choreography credits in numerous films, including Can't Buy Me Love (1987), The Running Man (1987), Coming to America (1988), Action Jackson (1988), The Doors (1991), Jerry Maguire (1996), and American Beauty (1999). She received 17 MTV Video Music Award nominations, winning five, as well as receiving the Grammy Award for Best Music Video for "Opposites Attract" in 1991. She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography twice for her work on The Tracey Ullman Show, and her own performance at the American Music Awards in 1990. Abdul was honored with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is the first entertainer to be honored with the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards' Hall of Fame Award. Abdul was born in San Fernando, California. She is Jewish: her father, Harry Abdul, is of Syrian Jewish heritage and was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in Brazil and emigrated to the United States. Her mother, Lorraine (Rykiss), was a concert pianist of Jewish heritage, from Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada. Abdul has an older sister named Wendy. As an avid dancer, Abdul was inspired towards a show business career by Gene Kelly in the film Singin' in the Rain. ... Source: Article "Paula Abdul" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1962-06-19
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.8
- info Birth Place San Fernando, California, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Paula Abdul
6.5
Robots
2005-03-10
0
Sesame Street: Zoe's Dance Moves
2003-01-01
5.8
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986-12-14
7
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022-05-20
8.1
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
2009-05-19
0
Power Girls
2002-08-12
5.4
Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
1999-10-31
4
The Waiting Game
2001-01-25
8
2022 American Rescue Dog Show
2022-05-25
6.8
Howard
2018-04-22
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009-09-05
0
Raging Midlife
2025-03-14
8
American Idol: The Search For A Superstar
2002-01-01
0
Paula Abdul: Under My Spell Live
1992-02-09
3.9
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
1992-09-10
0
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995-12-14
6.5
L.A. Story
1991-02-08
0
American Idol: The Best of Seasons 1-4
2005-11-22
7.5
Barbie Dance Club
1989-01-01
7
For Our Children
1993-02-16
7
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
2012-07-17
0
VH1 Divas 2009
2009-09-17
5.7
Private School
1983-06-29
0
American Idol: The Worst of Seasons 1-4
2005-11-22
4
The Master of Disguise
2002-08-02
0
Paula Abdul Cardio Dance
2000-10-31
7.2
A Sister's Secret
2018-08-05
5.7
Brüno
2009-07-08
4
Touched By Evil
1997-01-12
5.2
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
2005-05-30
0
Paula Abdul's Get Up & Dance
1994-01-01
7.7
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007-05-19
2.8
Junior High School
1978-10-01
6.6
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
2020-02-21
6.2
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006-08-19
8.8
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
2020-04-07
7
Can't Buy Me Love
1987-08-14
6.9
Less than Perfect
2002-10-01
4.1
Entertainment Tonight
1981-09-15
5.7
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08
6.1
The Tony Danza Show
2004-09-13
7.4
Family Guy
1999-01-31
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26
7.3
All of Us
2003-09-16
6.4
The Daily Show
1996-07-22
5
The Single Guy
1995-09-21
7
The Tracey Ullman Show
1987-04-05
7.3
The Wayans Bros.
1995-01-11
5.6
Today
1952-01-14
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05
5.8
The Friday Night Project
2005-02-04
4.3
The View
1997-08-11
5.9
Cybill
1995-01-02
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25
7.8
All That
1994-04-16
3.5
The Jay Leno Show
2009-09-14
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13
7.4
Muppets Tonight
1996-03-08
4
Celebrities Uncensored
2003-06-04
3.6
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019-09-16
6.3
Al TV
1984-04-01
4
Hey Paula
2007-06-28
4.6
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999-03-30
3
Good Day Live
2001-09-17
5.1
TRL
1998-09-14
5.9
This Is Pop
2021-03-06
0
Live to Dance
2011-01-04
6.8
So You Think You Can Dance
2005-07-20
6.1
The Muppets Mayhem
2023-05-10
7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996-09-27
0
2009 Game Show Awards
2009-06-06
6.4
Lip Sync Battle
2015-04-02
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009-02-02
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005-06-01
7.1
Spin City
1996-09-17
6.8
So You Think You Can Dance
2005-07-20
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
2009-07-12
7.7
MTV Video Music Awards
1984-09-14
6.9
Hell's Kitchen
2005-05-30
6.9
The Nineties
2017-07-09
6.7
Made for Love
2021-04-01
5.7
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-12
6.5
The Bernie Mac Show
2001-11-14
7.3
The Movies That Made Us
2019-11-29
4.8
The Reichen Show
2005-11-11
6
Going Live!
1987-09-26
5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16
5.1
American Idol
2002-06-11
8
Impractical Jokers
2011-12-15
5.7
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013-09-09
4.8
RuPaul
2019-06-10
4.1
Entertainment Tonight
1981-09-15
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
6.3
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
9.5
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004-01-01
7.2
Fresh Off the Boat
2015-02-04
7
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021-01-07
4.9
The X Factor
2011-09-21
7.5
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party
2020-05-21
7.4
The Masked Dancer
2020-12-27
7.8
JANET JACKSON.
2022-01-28
5.1
Sacrée Soirée
1987-09-02
0
Let's Dance
2006-10-08
7.2
That's So Raven
2003-01-17
7.3
Paris in Love
2021-11-11
3
The Golden Bachelor
2023-09-28
6.7
Canada's Drag Race
2020-07-02
0
The Streamy Awards
2009-03-28
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0
Black Knight
2001-11-21
0
1660 Vine
2022-11-04
0
War Dancing - Dance to Win
1989-05-25
0
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986-12-14
0
American Beauty
1999-09-15
0
She's Out of Control
1989-04-14
0
Coming to America
1988-06-29
0
Can't Buy Me Love
1987-08-14
0
The Running Man
1987-11-13
0
The Karate Kid Part III
1989-06-16
0
The Master of Disguise
2002-08-02
0
The Doors
1991-03-01
0
Action Jackson
1988-02-12
0
Live to Dance
2011-01-04
0
So You Think You Can Dance
2005-07-20
0
So You Think You Can Dance
2005-07-20
0
So You Think You Can Dance
2005-07-20