Read more about Lolo Jones and Lesley Ann Brandt

Some of the most terrifying stories could be hidden under a seemingly glamorous record. Lolo has achieved her present position after much struggle and patience. Jones grew up with a poor and difficult life being the daughter of an unwed mom who was also a mother to five kids. Her mom lived in the roads and within the basement of a local church at one point. A life of constant movement forced Jones to attend an entirely new school each year, until she began the high school. Jones left her mother to Theodore Roosevelt to enable her to pursue her track interest. Her family was split up during high school to be capable of focusing on her studies. Jones was a cellist with the school's orchestra as well as the winner of the Gatorade Track and Field Iowa athlete of the year award earned her the Gatorade Iowa Athlete award at the close of her high school career. Jones was among the top hurdlers when she first entered college. She became the champion of the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Track & Field Championship. She also participated in the runner up team for 100-meter relay. Jones was a winner of the hurdles in the indoor section at NCAA Championships in both 2003 and 2004. Jones started her track career in the year 2005, when she graduated from university. Jones won Torino Memorial in 2005, as well as Ostrava and Heusden track events in the next year.

Brandt is a child of the Cape Town region. She grew up within Cape Town South Africa with her parents and siblings moved from Cape Town South Africa to Auckland New Zealand when she was in her late teens. Brandt's talent was discovered in Auckland through the local Director of casting Brandt. She was cast in the part of Naevia for the Starz show Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. Her character was popular for both the audience and the producer Steven S. D Knight, Sam Raimi and Sam Raimi. She starred in the hit Netflix series Lucifer that ran for a six years run as the fan beloved comic book character from DC/Vertigo Mazikeen. 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 next appear alongside Andrew Lincoln in the limited Walking Dead 6 episode spin-off airing in 2024. She will also be starring alongside Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan and Chris Meloni in the adult animated series Captain Fall which airs July 2023 on Netflix. Lesley-Ann Brandt is a South African actress born in Cape Town, South Africa on the 2nd of December, 1981. She's a very talented New Zealand actress. Lesley Brandt, along with her entire family moved into Auckland New Zealand back in 1999. The year 1999, in Auckland Brandt began her career as an employee in the retail sector, and later was promoted to IT Management Consultant. Lesley's career began with a handful of modeling projects. She then appeared in countless commercial advertisements. In 2008 she graduated from her majors and studied Meisner techniques for studying. Lesley's debut prominent role on screen in New Zealand was as a TV actor on Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt is a supporting actor on the New Zealand television drama Shortland Street. She then appeared on the sci-fi drama called This Is Not My Life in which the story was based on the fictional city of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt starred in the TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand in the role of Naevia the hostage. She then appeared in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Miniseries.