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Even a brilliant career can hide the darkest of stories. Lolo Jones, who won both the USA championships and World Championships in hurdle events has reached her current position with a lot struggle and an immense amount of patient. Jones was born into a single mother that included five kids living who were stricken by poverty and hardship when she was a kid, endured an incredibly difficult childhood. Her mother had been constantly shifting and even was a resident within the basement. A life of constant movement made it necessary for Jones to change schools and attend the same school each year up until her first day of the high school. At Theodore Roosevelt High School Jones resided apart from her mother to pursue her interest in track events. Her family was split up during high school to be able to concentrate on her academics. Jones also performed as a cellist for the school orchestra. In high school, she won the Gatorade Athlete of the Year Award for Iowa Track And Field. Jones at the time she was going to college, was recognized as a top hurdler. She won the 100 meter hurdles at the 2002 NCAA Track & Field Championship. Additionally, she was an athlete that was second in the 100 meter relay. Jones won the NCAA Indoor Hurdles event in the years 2003 as well as 2004. Jones completed her college education in 2005, started to work hard in track. That following year, she took home in the Torino Memorial event, and in the year 2206 she took home the Ostrava track event as and the Heusden event for track.

Brandt relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, from Cape Town South Africa in later in her adolescence. Brandt was discovered in Auckland by casting directors. She was then offered the part of Naevia as a character in the Starz smash Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. Due to her partnership alongside Steven S. D Knight's and Sam R. Raimi's producers, she was a breakout actor. Mazikeen, a fan-favorite Vertigo/DC character from comic books and the Vertigo/DC show Lucifer was her character on this hit Netflix show. Lucifer has broken the record of binge viewing and was named the top series to binge in 2021 according to Forbes. Brandt's next appearance is in a six-episode Walking Dead spin-off in 2024 with Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurrira. Also, she stars with Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni and Chris Meloni as Captain Fall in an adult animated film to be released by Netflix July 20, 2023. Lesley Ann Brandt was born on December 2, in Cape Town in South Africa. She is a highly skilled New Zealand actor. Lesley Brandt along with the other members of her family moved to Auckland New Zealand, in 1999. In Auckland she was employed as a retail person then was promoted to IT management consultant. Lesley's professional career started with couple of model projects. Then she appeared in countless commercial advertisements. She completed her acting major in 2008 and continued to study Meisner's methods. Lesley's debut prominent role in New Zealand was as a TV actor on Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt is a supporting guest on New Zealand television drama Shortland Street. Her next appearance was in This Is Not My Life. It's based on the real tale of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt was cast as Naevia the young hostage and is later featured as a character in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena miniseries in the Television show Spartacus: Blood and Sand.