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Sometimes, a glamorous career conceals some of the darkest tales. Lolo Jones, who won both USA championships and World Championships in hurdle events is able to reach her present place with much effort and a huge amount of patient. Jones had a difficult childhood due to her being the sole child of a mother with a large family. Her mother lived on the road and even inside the basement of a church in the area in the past. Jones, who lived in a mobile and nomadic lifestyle up until she enrolled in high school, had to transfer to a brand new school annually. Jones was kept apart from her family at Theodore Roosevelt to pursue athletics in track and field. Jones was part of different families throughout high school, so that she was capable of focusing on her studies. Jones also performed as a cellist for the orchestra of her school. At school, she was awarded the Gatorade Athlete of the Year Award in the Iowa Track & Field. Jones began her career at the college level as one of the best hurdlers. She won the 100-meter hurdles in the 2002 NCAA Track & Field Championship. She also was part of the winning team for the 100-meter relay. Jones won the NCAA Indoor Hurdles competition in the years 2003 as well as the 2004. Jones had completed her studies in 2005, began to put in the effort for track. The same year, she won in the Torino Memorial event, and in the year 2206 she took home the Ostrava track event as well as the Heusden event for track.

Brandt relocated to Auckland, New Zealand after moving from Cape Town South Africa in the latter part of her in her adolescence. Brandt was found by local casting agents, took the lead character of Naevia in the Starz blockbusters Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. Working with producers Steven S. D Knight and Sam Raimi she captivated audiences through her performances and became an one of the series' most memorable starlets. Mazikeen was the comic book Vertigo/DC fans' favorite Mazikeen in Netflix's Lucifer show, which lasted for six years. Forbes has ranked Lucifer as the number one series that was watched on a binge in 2021. Brandt can next be seen opposite Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in the limited series of six episodes Walking Dead spin-off which airs in 2024. She also stars alongside Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni and Chris Meloni as Captain Fall in an adult animated film that will be released on Netflix on July 20, 2023. Lesley-Ann Brandt is a South African actress born in Cape Town on 2nd of December, 1981. She's a very talented New Zealand actor. Lesley Brandt moved with her entire family of New Zealand to Auckland in 1999. After a few years of being employed in the retail industry and then being promoted to an IT consultant. Lesley started out modeling and then began to appear in commercials. The year 2008 was the time she concluded her studies in acting. Then, in 2009 she continued her studies using the Meisner technique of studying. Lesley's first big role in New Zealand was as a TV actor on Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt made a guest appearance on New Zealand's TV series Shortland Street acting as second actor. She also appeared on a sci-fi thriller called This Is Not My Life based on the anecdotal city of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt played Naevia in the TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. She later portrayed the role in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.