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Sometimes, a glamorous career conceals some of the saddest stories. Lolo Jones, who won both the USA championships as well as the World Championships in hurdle events has reached her current place with much effort as well as a lot of patient. Jones is a child born to a motherless family with five children suffering from poverty and hardships as a child, had an incredibly difficult childhood. The mother of Jones moved around constantly and stayed for a while in the basement of her church. Jones' nomadic lifestyle forced her to change school every year up to high school. Jones was forced to move away from mother in Theodore Roosevelt School to pursue her love of track. Jones lived with four distinct families, which helped focus on her studies. Jones, a cellist in the school's orchestra, and winner of the Gatorade Iowa track and field athlete of the year won her the Gatorade Iowa Athlete Award towards the end of high school. As she began college, Jones proved to be one of the top hurdlers. In 2002, at the NCAA Track & Field Championship she was the winner of the hurdles 100 meters. She was also one of the runners-up team for the relay race of 100 meters. Jones has been the NCAA Champion indoor hurdles in both 2003 and 2014. The track career after she completed her studies at the end of 2005 Jones was able to begin training to pursue a track career. In 2005, she was winning Torino Memorial race. Torino Memorial race, in 2006, she won the Heusden and Ostrava runners.

Brandt moved to Auckland, New Zealand, from Cape Town South Africa in later adolescence. Brandt, found by local casting agents she was offered the leading role of Naevia on the Starz blockbusters Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. Her performance was a hit with audiences and production team members Steven S. D Knight, Sam Raimi and Sam Raimi. She was on the show's hit Netflix show Lucifer that had a six year run playing the fan favorite Vertigo/DC comic book character Mazikeen. Lucifer has broken the record of binge viewing and was named the top shows that were binge watched in 2021 by Forbes. Brandt will be next in a six-episode Walking Dead limited spin-off starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Giurira and will be aired in 2024. The adult animated 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 was born on 2nd December 1981, in Cape Town South Africa. She's a very talented New Zealand actor. Lesley Brandt and her family moved to Auckland, New Zealand in the year 1999. In Auckland Brandt started out as sales representative and was later elevated to the position of an IT expert. After a few modelling projects, Lesley appeared in many commercials. She completed her acting major in 2008, and then continued to study the methods of Meisner. Lesley Brandt was the first to get a major acting job in New Zealand in TV Drama Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt is a supporting guest on New Zealand television drama Shortland Street. Then she appeared on a Science-fiction drama series called This Is Not My Life which was based upon Waimoana, a fictional city. Waimoana. Lesley Brandt played Naevia in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. She later portrayed the role in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.