# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paula-abdul
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:55:50.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paula-abdul"
name: "Paula Abdul"
slug: "paula-abdul"
description: "Paula Julie Abdul 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."
tagline: "American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paula_Abdul_(53384817755)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1962-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           76.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           27.582756
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 242
totalFollowers: 357000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/PaulaAbdul"
    handle:    "PaulaAbdul"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/paulaabdul/"
    handle:    "paulaabdul"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@paulaabdul"
    handle:    "paulaabdul"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/PaulaAbdul"
    handle:    "PaulaAbdul"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000716/"
    handle:    "nm0000716"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4PpmBoqphQusNFsxuVKb6j"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://paulaabdul.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClPHrtNd1LqDmHwavrRsTyw"
    handle:    "@paulaabdul"
    followers: 357000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باولا عبدول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "پولا ابدول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پائولا عبدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пола Абдул"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdulov%C3%A1"
    title: "Paula Abdulová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Πώλα Αμπντούλ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "پائولا عبدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "פאולה עבדול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Paula Abdul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1_%D4%B1%D5%A2%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC"
    title: "Պոլա Աբդուլ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://guw.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/275d1fca-22e8-46b9-85e6-c3523098a599"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185465"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump