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In 1987, Abdul used her savings to make a singing demo. Abdul also choreographed sequences for the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks's character in Big (1988). It was also due to the success of the video that Abdul was chosen to be the choreographer for the Jacksons' Victory tour.

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Abdul recalled feeling intimidated by having to tell the Jacksons how to dance, stating that she was 'not quite sure how got through that.' The success of the choreography in the music video led to Abdul's career as choreographer of music videos, notably Janet Jackson's ' What Have You Done for Me Lately', ' Nasty', and ' Control' music videos. She was signed to do the choreography for the music video to their single ' Torture'. Within a year, she became head choreographer.Ībdul was discovered by The Jacksons, after a few of the band members had watched her while attending a Los Angeles Lakers game. During her freshman year, she was selected from a pool of 700 candidates for the cheerleading squad of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball team - the famed Laker Girls. Abdul studied broadcasting at the California State University, Northridge. In 1980, she graduated from Van Nuys High School.

At 15, she received a scholarship to a dance camp near Palm Springs, and in 1978, appeared in a low-budget independent musical film, Junior High School. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was a cheerleader, and an honor student. As an avid dancer, Abdul was inspired towards a show business career by Gene Kelly in the film Singin' in the Rain.Ībdul began taking dance lessons at an early age in ballet, jazz, and tap. Rykiss, grew up in one of the two Canadian-Jewish families in Minnedosa, Manitoba, and has Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors from Ukraine. Her mother, the concert pianist Lorriane M. Abdul's father, Harry Abdul, is of Mizrahi Jewish ( Syrian-Jewish) heritage and was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in Brazil, and emigrated to the United States. Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando, California, to Jewish parents. She was also a guest judge on the All-Stars edition of Dancing with the Stars in 2012 and the tenth season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2013, and more recently became a permanent judge for that series, along with the Australian version of the show for its 2014 revival.

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She went on to star on CBS's short-lived television series Live to Dance, which lasted one season in 2011, and was subsequently a judge on the first season of the American version of The X Factor, along with her former American Idol co-judge Simon Cowell, the creator and producer of the show. She saw renewed fame and success as an original judge on American Idol in the 2000s, which she left after the eight season.

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She is best known for the role of herself in Opposites Attract, Skat Strut, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and the voice of the wristwatch in Robots.Īfter her initial period of success, Abdul suffered a series of setbacks in her professional and personal life. She won a Grammy for ' Best Music Video - Short Form' for ' Opposites Attract', and twice won the ' Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography'. Her six number one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 tie her with Diana Ross for seventh among the female solo performers, who have topped the chart. Abdul later scored a string of pop music hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 before rising to prominence in the 1980s as a highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era. Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter, voice actress, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality.