Read more about Lolo Jones and Lesley Ann Brandt

A glittering career sometimes hides the most piteous stories underneath. Lolo, who won the USA as well as the World championships in hurdle events in 2013, only achieved this feat through a great deal of work and perseverance. Jones had the most difficult of lives as the child of an unwed mother with five children. Her mother and she lived in a basement church and was constantly in motion. Jones had to attend an entirely new high school every year due to her nomadic background. Jones was kept apart from her family during Theodore Roosevelt for the purpose of competing in athletics in track and field. She stayed in four residences during her time at high school so that she could attend all of her classes in one location. Jones was also a cellist in the orchestra at school. In high school, she won the Gatorade Athlete Of The Year Award for Iowa Track and Field. Jones was among the best hurdlers in her age group in her first year of the college. She won the 100-meter hurdles at 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 winner of the NCAA Indoor Hurdles competition in the years 2003 as well as the 2004. Jones was a professional athlete when she graduated in 2005. her degree. Jones began training to prepare for a successful track career. She was the winner of both the Torino Memorial and the Heusden Track races that same year.

Brandt was raised and born in Cape Town in South Africa. She emigrated to Auckland New Zealand with her family during her late teens. Her talent was discovered in Auckland through local casting director Brandt. She was cast in the part of Naevia as her role on the Starz series Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. She was among the breakout stars for this series, working with Steven S. D Knight and Sam Raimi. Mazikeen appeared as the Vertigo/DC comics popular Mazikeen in Netflix's Lucifer that ran for a total of six years. Lucifer has broken record for binge watching and was named the most shows that were binge watched in 2021 by Forbes. Brandt is set to appear in the role of Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in the six-episode limited Walking Dead spin-off which airs in 2024. Captain Fall, an adult-oriented series Captain Fall will premiere on Netflix on July 20, 2023. Brandt will be starring alongside Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni. Lesley Ann Brandt, born on December 2, 1981, from Cape Town South Africa. She is a highly skilled New Zealand actor. Lesley Brandt, along with the rest of her family, relocated to Auckland New Zealand back in 1999. After a few years of working in the retail sector and then being promoted to the post of the IT Manager consultant. Lesley began modeling, after which she began appearing in commercials. She completed her acting major and further trained in Meisner methods of studying. Lesley's first major acting gig was with the new Zealand TV series Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt is a supporting guest on New Zealand television drama Shortland Street. Then she appeared on the sci-fi thriller This Is Not My Life which is based on the anecdote of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt played Naevia in the show Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Later, she played Naevia in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.