Paula Abdul is an American recording artist, dancer

Paula Abdul

Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American recording artist, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.
In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits in the late-1980s and early-1990s. Her six number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 tie her for fifth among the female solo performers who have reached 1 there. She won a Grammy for "Best Music Video - Short Form" for "Opposite Attract" and twice won the "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography".

 

 

 

Biography for
Paula Abdul

Date of Birth

19 June 1962, San Fernando, California, USA

Birth Name

Paula Julie Abdul

Height

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography

Paula Abdul

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" (2002).

Paula Abdul

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1978	Junior High School	Sherry
1987	Can't Buy Me Love	Dancer	Uncredited
1997	Touched By Evil	Elle Collier	TV Movie
1998	The Waiting Game	Amy Fuentes	TV Movie
	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Herself	1 Episode
1999	The Wayans Bros.	Sasha	1 Episode
	Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story	Denise Walton	TV Movie
	Family Guy	Herself	2 Episodes
2002–2009	American Idol	Judge	Guest Appearance Finale 2010 2003 Zoe's Dance Moves Herself
2004	That's So Raven	Undercover Judge	1 Episode
2005	Romy and Michele: In the Beginning	Herself	TV Movie
	Less Than Perfect	Kathleen	1 Episode
	Robots	Watch	Cameo
2007	Hey Paula	Herself	7 Episodes, also Executive Producer
2009	RAH! Paula Abdul's Cheerleading Bowl	Herself	Host
	Brüno	Herself	Uncredited
2008	Hotel Babylon	Herself	Guest star
2009–2010	Drop Dead Diva	Herself	3 episodes
2010/2011	Live to Dance	Judge
2011	The X Factor	Judge

As choreographer

Year	Film	Notes
1983	Private School
1986	A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1987	The Tracey Ullman Show	Won 1989 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Choreography"
	Can't Buy Me Love
	The Running Man
1988	Action Jackson
	Big
	Coming To America
1989	She's Out of Control
	Dance To Win
	The Karate Kid, Part III
1990	17th American Music Awards	Won 1990 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Choreography"
1991	The Doors	Val Kilmer's choreographer
1996	Jerry Maguire
1999	American Beauty
2001	Black Knight
2002	The Master of Disguise