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Paula Abdul short bio Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962 in San Fernando, California) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer, and television personality.
Abdul's mother is Canadian-born and Jewish; her father is of Syrian Sephardic Jewish origin.
As a small child she watched Gene Kelly in the classic film Singin' in the Rain and decided she wanted to be a dancer. She began dance lessons around the age of eight and showed a natural talent for it. She attended Van Nuys High School where she was on the cheerleading squad, played flute in the band, and was an honor student.
Paula Abdul enrolled at California State University at Northridge to study broadcasting but dropped out once her choreography career took off.
Paula Abdul began her career as the head cheerleader and choreographer for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team.
She started choreographing the live tour for The Jacksons, and got her big break as the choreographer for the 1980s videos of singer Janet Jackson. She also choreographed music videos for Duran Duran, Prince, The Jacksons, Jermaine Jackson, Kool & the Gang, the Pointer Sisters, Steve Winwood, Luther Vandross, INXS, Deborah Gibson (known as Debbie Gibson during that time), ZZ Top, George Michael and Dolly Parton. She choreographed and appeared in Toto's 1986 music video for "Till The End" and appeared in Michael Jackson's music video "Liberian Girl".
Abdul choreographed the stage shows for Suzanne Somers and Toni Basil.
In film, Abdul choreographed the dance sequences in the films Coming to America and American Beauty, as well as Cuba Gooding Jr.'s touchdown celebration in Jerry Maguire.
Abdul received two Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Achievement in Choreography": in 1989 for her work on The Tracey Ullman Show and in 1990 for The 17th Annual American Music Awards.
In a 1990 commercial for Diet Coke, Abdul danced, via editing with footage from the classic film Anchors Aweigh, with childhood inspiration Gene Kelly.
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