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The most glamorous of careers often hide the most piteous stories underneath. Winner of the USA and World champions in hurdle events, Lolo Jones has reached her current position after many years of hard work and an immense amount of patience. A single mother with five children, Jones had a difficult and impoverished childhood. Her mother was constantly moving and lived for a time in the basement of the church. Jones was a nomadic and mobile life until the time she entered high school, had the option of moving to a new school each year. Jones was kept apart from her parents at Theodore Roosevelt to pursue track and field events. Jones was part of four families during her time in high school to study in one place. Jones as a cellist in the school's orchestra as well as winner of Gatorade the track and field award for athlete of the Year won her the Gatorade Iowa Athlete Award towards the end of her high school career. Since her college days, Jones proved to be one of the top hurdlers. At the 2002 NCAA Track and Field Championships in 2002, Jones took home the 100 meter hurdles. Also, she participated on the team finishing second for 100-meter relay. Jones is the NCAA Champion in indoor hurdles in both the year 2003 as well as 2014. Jones is training since 2005 when she finished her studies. Jones was the winner of Torino Memorial in 2005, as well as Ostrava and Heusden track events in the next year.

Born and raised in Cape Town South Africa Brandt relocated with her family Auckland New Zealand in her late teens. Brandt was discovered locally by casting directors, and was offered the part of Naevia on the Starz hit show Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. In the course of her collaboration alongside Steven S. D Knight's and Sam Raimi's producers, she became an international star. Mazikeen appeared as the Vertigo/DC comics popular Mazikeen in Netflix's Lucifer that ran for six seasons. Forbes has ranked Lucifer as the most watched show of 2021. Brandt is set to appear opposite Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in the limited series of six episodes Walking Dead spin-off which airs in 2024. Captain Fall, an adult-oriented series Captain Fall will premiere on Netflix in the month of July 2023. Brandt is a co-star with Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni. Lesley-Ann Brandt, a South African actress who was born in Cape town on 2nd of December 1981. She's quite an accomplished New Zealand actress. Lesley Brandt and her family moved to New Zealand in the city of Auckland. Zealand in the year 1999. Her first job was working in Auckland as a retailer after which she was made an IT manager consultant. Lesley's first job was a handful of modeling projects. Her appearances then included many commercial ads. In 2008, she finished her majors in acting and pursued further training in Meisner techniques of learning. Lesley's very first prominent acting job was in the TV drama series Diplomatic Immunity in New Zealand. Lesley Brandt made a guest appearance on the New Zealand's television drama Shortland Street as a support actor. In a subsequent sci-fi adaptation This Is Not My Life she played the town of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt appeared as Naevia a young hostage in the Television Series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Her character was depicted in the Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.