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Biography

Paula Julie Abdul was born on June 19, 1962 in San Fernando, California to Harry and Lorraine Abdul. Her parents seperated in 1969. In…more

Born

6/19/1962, San Fernando, California

Birth Name

Paula Julie Abdul

Gender

Female

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Star (11)

Role
- The X Factor
  Judge
  - S 1: Ep 35 LIVE Results Show 7
    12/15/11
  - S 1: Ep 22 LIVE Results Show 6
    12/8/11
  - S 1: Ep 21 LIVE Performance Show 6
    12/7/11
  - S 1: Ep 20 LIVE Results Show 5
    12/1/11
  - S 1: Ep 17 LIVE Performance Show 4
    11/22/11
  - + 13 More Credits
- Live to Dance
  Judge
  - S 1: Ep 6 Final Performance
    2/2/11
  - S 1: Ep 2 Auditions #2
    1/5/11
  - S 1: Ep 1 Auditions #1
    1/4/11
- Live to Dance
  Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 Performance Show #3
    1/26/11
  - S 1: Ep 3 Performance Show #1
    1/12/11
- American Idol
  Performs
  - S 8: Ep 36 Find Out Which Of The 4 Remaining Finalists Stay And Who Goes Home
    5/6/09
- American Idol
  Judge
  - S 8: Ep 1 Phoenix, AZ Auditions
    1/13/09
  - S 7: Ep 24 The Top 10 Perform Live
    3/25/08
  - S 7: Ep 23 One More Goes Home Tonight!
    3/19/08
  - S 7: Ep 22 Top 11 Finalists Compete Live, Lennon/McCartney Round 2
    3/18/08
  - S 7: Ep 21 One Of The Top 12 Must Go Home Tonight!
    3/12/08
  - + 185 More Credits
- Hey Paula
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    8/2/07
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    7/26/07
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    7/19/07
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    7/12/07
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    7/5/07
  - + 2 More Credits
- Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards
  Herself (Presenter)
  - S 21: Ep 1 2007 Kids' Choice Awards
    3/31/07
- The X Factor (UK)
  Guest Judge
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Auditions (Part Four)
    9/9/06
- Entertainment Tonight
  Correspondent(SOMETIMES)
  - S 25: Ep 308 Ellen in Car Crash
    9/2/06
  - S 25: Ep 300 Karr Faces Charges in Colorado
    8/25/06
- I Love the ‘80s: 3D
  Teen Idols of the 80s Host
  - S 1: Ep 10 1989
    10/28/05
  - S 1: Ep 9 1988
    10/28/05
  - S 1: Ep 8 1987
    10/27/05
  - S 1: Ep 7 1986
    10/27/05
  - S 1: Ep 6 1985
    10/26/05
  - + 5 More Credits
- Retrosexual: The '80s
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Hotties
    11/19/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Turn Ons
    11/18/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Taboos
    11/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 Teen Sex
    11/16/04
  - S 1: Ep 1 Sex Sells
    11/14/04
Recurring Role (9)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 16: Ep 151 Show #3126
    6/4/09
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 186 Paula Abdul; Chris Matthews; Sean Paul
    4/10/06
  - S 14: Ep 133 Show #3077
    1/16/06
  - S 13: Ep 183 Show #2904
    4/1/05
  - S 12: Ep 211 Show #2707
    5/10/04
  - S 11: Ep 173 Show #2447
    3/10/03
- The View
  Hereself
  - S 8: Ep 155 Murphy/Abdul
    4/15/05
- Soul Train
  presenter
  - S 34: Ep 14 The 19th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    3/12/05
  - S 32: Ep 24 The 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    3/1/03
- The View
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 106 Abdul/Carrington
    2/1/05
  - S 7: Ep 169 Ford/Abdul
    5/7/04
  - S 7: Ep 98 Abdul/Stossel
    1/23/04
  - S 4: Ep 22 September 5, 2001
    9/5/01
- American Music Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 30: Ep 30 The 30th American Music Awards
    1/13/03
- American Music Awards
  Herself
  - S 26: Ep 26 The 26th American Music Awards
    1/11/99
  - S 25: Ep 25 The 25th American Music Awards
    1/26/98
  - S 24: Ep 24 The 24th American Music Awards
    1/27/97
  - S 19: Ep 19 The 19th American Music Awards
    1/27/92
  - S 17: Ep 17 The 17th American Music Awards
    1/22/90
- Soul Train
  Presenter
  - S 19: Ep 18 The 4th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    3/14/90
- Soul Train
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 4 New Edition/ Paula Abdul
    10/15/88
Guest Star (63)

Role
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 93 Episode #5.093
    12/21/11
  - S 4: Ep 118 Episode #4.118
    1/20/11
  - S 4: Ep 112 Episode #4.112
    1/13/11
  - S 3: Ep 221 Episode #3.221
    5/21/10
  - S 3: Ep 166 Episode #3.166
    3/18/10
  - + 16 More Credits
- Extra
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 55 November 18, 2011
    11/18/11
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 24: Ep 12 September 20, 2011
    9/20/11
  - S 23: Ep 76 January 4, 2011
    1/4/11
  - S 20: Ep 87 January 15, 2008
    1/15/08
  - S 19: Ep 83 January 15, 2007
    1/15/07
  - S 5: Ep 84 January 1, 1993
    1/1/93
  - + 4 More Credits
- OK! TV
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 21 Thursday 15/9/11
    9/15/11
- The Talk
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 54 Episode 54
    1/17/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 83 Paula Abdul/Dave Attell
    1/11/11
  - S 5: Ep 106 Paula Abdul/Carl Edwards
    2/19/09
  - S 3: Ep 131 Paula Abdul/Vinnie Jones/Billy D. Washington
    4/24/07
- American Idol
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 43 And The Winner Is............
    5/26/10
  - S 7: Ep 29 Idol Gives Back 2008
    4/9/08
- American Music Awards
  Presenter
  - S 37: Ep 1 2009 American Music Awards
    11/22/09
- CMT Music Awards
  Presenter
  - S 1: Ep 7 2008 CMT Music Awards
    4/14/08
- The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 146 Morning Show With Mike and Juliet
    4/1/08
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 78 Show #2885
    3/10/08
  - S 11: Ep 79 Show #2110
    1/20/04
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 50 March 10, 2008
    3/10/08
  - S 56: Ep 143 July 18, 2007
    7/18/07
  - S 55: Ep 100 May 19, 2006
    5/19/06
- Best Week Ever
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 7 March 7th, 2008
    3/7/08
- Hotel Babylon
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Episode 17
    2/19/08
- Hollywood Residential
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Hotness
    1/23/08
- Family Guy
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 5 Lois Kills Stewie (2)
    11/11/07
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Father, The Son, and The Holy Fonz
    12/18/05
- The Sunday Night Project
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 6 Paula Abdul
    7/6/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 134 Paula Abdul; D.L. Hughley; Tyrese and Lil Jon
    1/15/07
- Rock Star
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 21 Battle Of The Rock Stars
    9/12/06
- The X Factor (UK)
  Guest Judge
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Auditions (Part One)
    8/19/06
- E! True Hollywood Story
  herself
  - S 10: Ep 34 Simon Cowell
    5/14/06
  - S 7: Ep 42 Paula Abdul
    9/14/03
- The Tyra Banks Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 135 Tyra in Las Vegas
    5/4/06
- The Tony Danza Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 101 Episode 276
    2/13/06
  - S 2: Ep 58 Episode 233
    12/1/05
  - S 1: Ep 141 Episode 141
    5/2/05
  - S 1: Ep 96 Episode 96
    2/4/05
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 87 Paula Abdul
    1/17/06
  - S 1: Ep 157 Paula Abdul/Wilmer Valderrama
    5/14/04
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 170 Paula Abdul, Balthazar Getty, & Faith Evans
    12/7/05
  - S 3: Ep 159 Paula Abdul & Neil Diamond
    11/16/05
- Primetime Live
  Herself
  - — Fallen Idol
    5/4/05
- All of Us
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 20 Hollywood Swinging
    5/3/05
- Less Than Perfect
  Kathleen
  - S 3: Ep 16 Distractions
    2/4/05
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 17 Paula Abdul
    2/1/05
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - — The Best of Cheri Oteri
    9/4/04
  - S 24: Ep 24 Saturday Night Live 25: The Music: 1995-1999
    9/24/99
  - S 23: Ep 21 David Duchovny/Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page
    5/9/98
- That's So Raven
  Undercover Superstars Talent Scout
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Road to Audition
    7/30/04
- The Howard Stern Show
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 66 American Idol Judges
    6/7/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 179 Paula Abdul, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rachel Yamagata, and Toots & the Maytals
    5/17/04
  - S 5: Ep 147 Paula Abdul, Louis Mandylor, Bruce Vilanch, and The Roots
    3/17/03
  - S 5: Ep 6 Paula Abdul, Jeffrey Tambor, and Midnight Oil
    7/15/02
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 30 American Idol
    5/16/04
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 109 Lauren Graham, Paula Abdul, Old Crow Medicine Show
    5/7/04
- The Bernie Mac Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 18 That Old Mac Magic
    4/26/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 7 1/19/04
    1/19/04
- Union Jack
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    11/23/03
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 22 9/30/03
    9/30/03
  - S 1: Ep 21 9/3/02
    9/3/02
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 55: Ep 1 The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/03
  - S 41: Ep 1 The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/17/89
- Good Day Live
  Host
  - — March 16, 2003
    3/16/03
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Series 2, Episode 3
    1/25/03
- TRL
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 13 1/20/03
    1/20/03
- MadTV
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 3 Episode #803
    9/28/02
  - S 8: Ep 1 Episode #801
    9/14/02
- Dr. Phil
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ask Dr. Phil
    9/17/02
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 1: Ep 19 MTV 19th Annual Video Music Awards
    8/29/02
- Good Day Live
  Guest Co-Host
  - S 1: Ep 110 February 18th 2002
    2/18/02
- Good Day Live
  Co-Host
  - S 1: Ep 71 Christmas Eve 2001
    12/24/01
  - S 1: Ep 70 December 21st 2001
    12/21/01
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 8 Aging, Not So Gracefully
    11/12/99
- The Wayans Bros.
  Sasha
  - S 5: Ep 20 Dreamgirl
    5/6/99
- All That
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 9 All That Live! - 100th Episode
    3/13/99
- Spin City
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 5 It Happened One Night
    10/20/98
- Muppets Tonight
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 6 Paula Abdul
    11/2/97
- The Single Guy
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 16 Affair
    2/15/96
- Cybill
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 15 Lowenstein's Lament
    2/11/96
- The Brian Conley Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 5 Series 4 Episode 5
    7/1/95
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 43: Ep 3 Bob Hope: The First 90 Years
    5/14/93
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 33 October 25, 1991
    10/25/91
  - S 2: Ep 73 January 9, 1990
    1/9/90
  - S 2: Ep 55 November 28, 1989
    11/28/89
  - S 2: Ep 1 September 11, 1989
    9/11/89
  - S 1: Ep 7 January 11, 1989
    1/11/89
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 8 MTV 8th Annual Video Music Awards
    9/5/91
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Promo Video
  - S 28: Ep 27 27th June 1991
    6/27/91
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 62: Ep 1 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/90
- The Tracey Ullman Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Wave Girls / The Cure / D.U.I. / Maggie in Pearl: Chapter One
    4/30/89
- Wendy Williams Is On Fire
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Wendy Williams Red Carpet Special
Cameo (2)

Role
- Drop Dead Diva
  Judge Paula Abdul
  - S 2: Ep 1 Would I Lie To You?
    6/6/10
  - S 1: Ep 13 Grayson's Anatomy
    10/11/09
- America's Most Wanted
  Herself
  - S 21: Ep 30 May 17, 2008 (1000th Capture Special Edition)
    5/17/08
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Drop Dead Diva
  Judge Paula Abdul
  - S 3: Ep 1 Hit and Run
    6/19/11
  - S 2: Ep 13 Freeze The Day
    8/29/10
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Dress
    9/13/09
Executive Producer (2)

Role
- Live to Dance
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Final Performance
    2/2/11
  - S 1: Ep 5 Performance Show #3
    1/26/11
- Hey Paula
  Executive Producer

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Trivia
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- In November 2008, a former American Idol contestant committed suicide in her car outside of Paula's home. The woman was reportedly obsessed with Paula and died following an overdose of drugs.
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- Paula's favorite love song is "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack.
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- Paula's religion is Judaism.
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- Paula: People talk about Madonna being the queen of reinvention, and while I applaud her, I don't know anyone who's reinvented themselves more than me.
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- Paula: I do [want children]. I'll probably adopt because I think it'll be in the next three to five years. I wouldn't necessarily adopt from abroad like some celebs. I just want a healthy baby.
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- Paula: Eating disorders are one of the toughest things to talk about. It's very shame-based.
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