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Sometimes a glittering career hides many of the most tragic stories. A winner of the USA and World champions in hurdle events, Lolo Jones has reached her current position after many years of hard work and an immense amount of patience. She was the only child of a single mom in a family of five kids, Jones had a difficult and a squatter's childhood. She lived with her mom in a basement church and was constantly on the go. Jones had in a mobile and nomadic lifestyle until the time she entered high school, had to move to a new school every year. Jones was kept apart from her family at Theodore Roosevelt for the purpose of competing in the track and field. She was a member of four families during her time in high school, in order to learn in one place. Jones received the Gatorade Iowa Track and Field Athlete of the Year award during her time at school. She also was a part of the school orchestra, as a cello player. Jones was one of the college's most skilled hurdlers following her entry into. At the 2002 NCAA Track & Field Championships, Jones won the 100 meter hurdles. She also was part of the winning team for the 100-meter relay. In 2003 and 2004, Jones won the indoor hurdles competition at the NCAA Championship. Jones began her track and field career in 2005 when she graduated from university. In 2005 she won first in Torino Memorial race. Torino Memorial race, in 2006 she was in the Heusden and Ostrava runners.

Brandt relocated to Auckland, New Zealand after moving from Cape Town South Africa in later in her adolescence. The talent of Brandt was discovered in Auckland by the local cast director Brandt. She took the part of Naevia in the Starz show Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. In the course of her collaboration together with Steven S. D Knight's and Sam Raimi's producers, she became an international star. Mazikeen was a cult comic book character on Vertigo/DC, and was a character in the Netflix popular series Lucifer for 6 seasons. Forbes named Lucifer the show with the highest amount of binge-watching in 2021. Brandt is next seen in a 6 episode Walking Dead limited spin-off starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Giurira that will premiere in 2024. Brandt is also set to star alongside Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan and Chris Meloni in the adult animated comedy Captain Fall which airs July 2023 on Netflix. Lesley-Ann Brandt, a South African actress, born in Cape Town on the 2nd of December, 1981. She is a highly skilled New Zealand actor. Lesley Brandt moved with her entire family of New Zealand to Auckland in the year 1999. The first time she worked working in Auckland as a retail store owner after which she was made an IT management consultant. Lesley began modeling, and then began to appear in commercials. In 2008, she completed her studies and enrolled in Meisner techniques for studying. Lesley's debut prominent role on screen in New Zealand was as a TV actor in Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt appeared in the New Zealand drama Shortland Street as a supporting visitor role. In a subsequent sci-fi adaptation This Is Not My Life she played the town of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt played Naevia in the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. She later portrayed Naevia in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.