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An impressive career can conceal some of the darkest stories beneath. Lolo Jones, who won both USA championships as well as the World Championships in hurdle events was able to achieve her standing with lots of effort as well as a lot of perseverance. Jones was raised with the most difficult of lives being the daughter of a single mother who was also a mother to five kids. Her mother was always on the move, and had even lived in a basement church for a length of time. Jones lived a nomadic existence that led her to switch schools each year, until she reached high school. At Theodore Roosevelt High School, Jones lived apart from her mother in order to pursue her interests in the track and field events. Jones lived in four different houses during her highschool years in order to study at one location. Jones was part of both the orchestra of the school in Iowa as well as the Gatorade Track and Field Award. The award was also hers. prize in high school. Jones, when she went to university, was recognized as one of the top hurdlers. She was the winner of the 100-meter hurdle during the 2002 NCAA Track & Field Championship. Jones also was a part of the second team to win the 100-meter Relay race. Jones was the NCAA champion in indoor hurdles in both 2003 and 2014. Jones started her track career in the year 2005, when she completed her studies at the university. Jones took home the Torino Memorial in 2005, and also Ostrava and Heusden races the following year.

Brandt, who was raised within Cape Town South Africa with her parents and siblings, moved from Cape Town South Africa to Auckland New Zealand when she was in her late teens. Her talent was discovered in Auckland through the local Director of casting Brandt. Brandt was cast as a part of Naevia for part of the Starz show Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. Produced by Steven S. D Knight and Sam Raimi she captivated audiences with her performance and became an one of the series' biggest actors. Mazikeen appeared as the Vertigo/DC comics popular Mazikeen in Netflix's Lucifer that ran for six seasons. Forbes identified Lucifer in 2021 as the show that had the highest number of binge watchers. Brandt is set to next appear alongside Andrew Lincoln in the limited Walking Dead 6 episode spin-off scheduled to air in 2024. The animated adult series Captain Fall will premiere on Netflix in the month of July 2023. She stars alongside Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni. Lesley-Ann Brandt, a South African actress born in Cape town on 2nd December 1981. She is a renowned New Zealand actress. Lesley Brandt, along with her whole family, moved into Auckland New Zealand back in 1999. In Auckland, Brandt began as a salesperson and then was made an IT expert. Lesley started out modeling before deciding to make an appearance in commercials. In 2008 she graduated from her college and began studying Meisner techniques for studying. Her first acting job was in the new Zealand TV series Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt made a guest appearance in New Zealand's TV series Shortland Street as a supporting actor. Then she appeared on the science-fiction action thriller This Is Not My Life, based on anecdotal Waimoana. Lesley Brandt was cast in the Television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand as Naevia who was a young hostage, and was later featured on the Spartacus: Gods of the Arena mini-series.