Read more about Lolo Jones and Lesley Ann Brandt

The most glamorous of careers often hide some of the darkest stories beneath. Lolo has achieved her present post after a lot of struggle and perseverance. Jones grew up with the most difficult of lives being the daughter of an unwed mom who had five other children. Her mother was always moving around and even lived in the basement of a church for some period of time. Jones needed to go to the same high school each year due to her nomadic upbringing. At Theodore Roosevelt High School, Jones lived apart from her mother to pursue her passion for athletics. She stayed in four houses during her years of high school, so she could complete her studies in the same place. Jones, a cellist in the school's orchestra, and winner of the Gatorade Iowa track and field athlete of the year award was awarded the Gatorade Iowa Athlete Award towards the close of her high school career. Jones was among the most skilled hurdlers when she first entered college. In 2002, at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in 2002, Jones took home the 100 meter hurdles. Jones also was a part of the second-placed team in the 100-meter relay. Jones took home both the indoor and outdoor hurdles during the NCAA Championship in 2003. Jones started her track career in 2005 when she completed her studies at the university. Jones was the winner of Torino Memorial in 2005, as well as Ostrava and Heusden races the following year.

Born and raised within Cape Town South Africa Brandt moved with her family to Auckland New Zealand in her in her late teens. Brandt, found by local casting agents, took the lead character of Naevia on the Starz blockbusters Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. In the course of her collaboration with Steven S. D Knight's and Sam Raimi's producers, she was a breakout movie star. Mazikeen was a popular fan favorite DC/Vertigo character from comics and the Vertigo/DC show Lucifer was her role in the cult Netflix show. Lucifer went on the break the record of binge viewing and was named the top series to binge in 2021 according to Forbes. Brandt will next be seen with Andrew Lincoln in the limited Walking Dead 6 episode spin-off scheduled to air in 2024. The July 2023 episode of the Netflix adult animated series Captain Fall, Brandt stars opposite Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni. Lesley Ann Brandt born in Cape Town South Africa on December 2nd 1981. She is an accomplished New Zealand actress. Lesley Brandt, along with her whole family, moved into Auckland New Zealand back in 1999. In Auckland she started her career as a salesperson, and then get promoted to IT managerial consultant. Lesley began her modeling career and then began to appear in commercials. The year 2008 was the time she finished her acting studies. In 2009, she began her acting studies, she continued training with the Meisner approach to study. The first time she was a prominent actor, her role was on the TV drama series Diplomatic Immunity in New Zealand. Lesley Brandt appeared in the New Zealand drama Shortland Street in the role of a guest supporting part. In a later sci-fi arrangement This Is Not My Life she portrayed the city of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt was cast as Naevia the hostage's young daughter and is later featured in the Spartacus: Gods of the Arena miniseries in the Television show Spartacus: Blood and Sand.