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A glittering career sometimes hides some of the darkest stories beneath. Lolo is in her current position after much struggle and patience. Jones, who was born into a family of no mothers that included five kids living in poverty and hardship as a child, had an extremely challenging childhood. She lived with her mom at a basement church and was constantly moving around. Jones needed to go to the same high school each year due to her nomadic lifestyle. Jones was separated from her family at Theodore Roosevelt to pursue athletics in track and field. Jones lived with four different families to ensure that she was studying at a high level. Jones as a cellist in the school's orchestra and recipient of Gatorade Iowa track and field athlete of the year was awarded the Gatorade Iowa Athlete Award at the close of her high school career. Jones was one of the college's best hurdlers after entering. Jones was the winner of the 100-meter hurdles in the 2002 NCAA Track & Field Championship. Jones was also a member of the second-placed team in the 100-meter Relay race. Jones won the NCAA Indoor Hurdles event in the years 2003 and 2004. Jones has been training since 2005 when she graduated from her college studies. The same year she also won the Torino Memorial Event, while in 2026, she was the winner of the Ostrava Track competition and Heusden.

Brandt moved to Auckland, New Zealand from Cape Town South Africa in late adolescence. Brandt was discovered locally by casting directors and landed the part of Naevia on the Starz sensation Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. Due to her work with Steven S. D Knight's and Sam Raimi's producers, she became an international star. Mazikeen was a cult comic character in Vertigo/DC and she played her on the Netflix popular series Lucifer for 6 seasons. Forbes has ranked Lucifer as the most watched show of 2021. Brandt will be next in a 6 episode Walking Dead limited spin-off starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Giurira that will premiere in 2024. Captain Fall, an adult-oriented series Captain Fall will premiere on Netflix on July 20, 2023. Brandt is a co-star with Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni. Lesley-Ann Brandt was born the 2nd of December, the 2nd of December 1981 at Cape Town South Africa. She is a talented New Zealand actress. Lesley Brandt moved along with her entire family to Auckland New Zealand in 1999. In Auckland she began working as a retail person then get promoted to IT managerial consultant. After several modeling assignments, Lesley appeared in many commercials. Her acting degree was completed in 2008 and continues to research Meisner's techniques. Lesley Brandt was the first to get a major acting job with New Zealand in TV Drama Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt was a guest acting support on the New Zealand television drama Shortland Street. In addition, she was on the Science-fiction drama series called This Is Not My Life which was based upon the fictional city of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt appeared as Naevia a young hostage in the Television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. This character was later depicted in the Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.