Read more about Lolo Jones and Lesley Ann Brandt

Sometimes, a glamorous career conceals some of the saddest stories. Lolo was able to achieve her current post after a lot of struggle and perseverance. A single mother in a family of five children, Jones had a difficult and impoverished growing up. She was constantly on the move and even been living in a basement church for a length of time. A life of constant movement made it necessary for Jones to change schools and attend an entirely new school each year, until she began the high school. Jones had to live away from mother in Theodore Roosevelt School in order pursue her love of track. She lived at four different residences during her time at high school to ensure that she could study all in one location. Jones, a cellist in the school's orchestra and the winner of the Gatorade Iowa track and field award for athlete of the Year won her an award called the Gatorade Iowa Athlete Award towards the close of high school. Jones was one of the college's best hurdlers after entering. The year 2002 was the time she was the winning athlete in the 100-meter hurdles during the NCAA Track & Field Championship. Jones was also part of the team that finished second in the 100-meter Relay event. Jones is a champion of hurdles in the indoor section at NCAA Championships both in 2003 and 2004. Jones began training in 2005, when she completed her studies. In 2005, she was first in the Torino Memorial race, in 2006 she took in the Heusden and Ostrava athletes.

Brandt moved to Auckland, New Zealand, from Cape Town South Africa in later the adolescent years. The talent of Brandt was discovered in Auckland by local Director of casting Brandt. She took the part of Naevia as her role on the Starz show Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. In collaboration with the producers Steven S. D Knight and Sam Raimi she captivated audiences by her acting and was one of the show's breakout actors. Mazikeen was the comic book Vertigo/DC popular Mazikeen in Netflix's Lucifer that ran for six years. Forbes has ranked Lucifer as their top binge-watched show for 2021. Brandt can next be seen alongside Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in the 6 episode limited Walking Dead spin-off which airs in 2024. In the July 2023 Netflix adult-oriented comedy Captain Fall, Brandt stars opposite Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni. Lesley-Ann Brandt, a South African actress, born in Cape Town on 2nd December 1981. She's a very talented New Zealand actress. Lesley Brandt along with the remainder of her family moved into Auckland New Zealand, in 1999. After a few years of working in retail, she was promoted to the post of IT manager consultant. Lesley started her career with commercial ads following a couple of modeling jobs. She graduated in 2008 and finished her acting studies. After that, in 2009 she began her training again with the Meisner method of study. Lesley Brandt was the first to get a significant acting position in New Zealand in TV Drama Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt is a supporting actor 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 Waimoana, a fictional city. Waimoana. Lesley Brandt was cast in the Television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand as Naevia who was a teenager hostage and later depicts in the Spartacus: Gods of the Arena mini-series.