Read more about Lolo Jones and Lesley Ann Brandt

The most impressive career could conceal the most tragic of tales. Lolo, who won the USA and World Championships for hurdle events in 2013, only achieved this feat through a great deal of hard work and a lot of patience. She was the only child of a single mom with five kids, Jones had a difficult and impoverished childhood. She lived with her mother in the basement of a church, and was constantly on the go. Jones was required to go to a new high school each year due to her nomadic upbringing. Jones was forced to move away from her mother at Theodore Roosevelt School in order to pursue her interest in track. She lived with different families throughout high school, so that she was capable of focusing on her academics. Jones was awarded her the Gatorade Iowa Track and Field Award for the Best Athlete in high school. She was a part of the orchestra at school, playing a cello player. Jones made it to the top of the college's top hurdlers when she entered. In the 2002 NCAA Track & Field Championship she took home the hurdles 100 meters. In addition, she was a part of the team who placed second in the 100 meter relay. In 2003 and 2004 Jones won the indoor hurdles competition during the NCAA Championship. Jones began her track career in 2005 when she graduated from university. That identical year, she was crowned the Torino Memorial event, and in the year 2206 she took home the Ostrava track race as well as the Heusden track event.

Brandt was raised and born in Cape Town, South Africa. She immigrated into Auckland New Zealand with her family during her late teens. Her talent was recognized in Auckland by the local Director of casting 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 main stars of this show, working with Steven S. D Knight and Sam Raimi. She was a part of the cult Netflix show Lucifer that ran for a six year run playing the fan favorite Vertigo/DC comic book character Mazikeen. Forbes has ranked Lucifer as the number one binge-watched show for 2021. Brandt's next performance will be in the six-episode Walking Dead spin-off in 2024 alongside Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurrira. Other Netflix projects include the animated comedy Captain Fall starring Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan, Chris Meloni. This will be aired in July 2023. Lesley Ann Brandt was born on December 2, in Cape Town in South Africa. She is an New Zealand actress with a great potential. Lesley Brandt, along with the rest of her family, relocated into Auckland New Zealand back in 1999. The year 1999, in Auckland Brandt was initially a retail worker, but was later elevated to the position of IT Manager. Lesley started out modeling and then began to appear in commercials. Her graduation was with a degree in acting in 2008. In 2009 she began studying in Meisner methods of study. Lesley Brandt's debut notable actor role was on the TV drama Diplomatic Immunity, which aired in New Zealand. Lesley Brandt is a supporting guest on New Zealand television drama Shortland Street. In the following season, she was in the sci-fi action thriller This Is Not My Life that is based upon anecdotal Waimoana. Lesley Brandt was cast as Naevia the young hostage and is later featured in the Spartacus: Gods of the Arena miniature-series of the Television show Spartacus: Blood and Sand.