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Some of the worst stories can be found in the glamor of a career. Lolo is in her current position after much struggle and patience. Jones was the only member of a family with five children who lived living in poverty. Her mom lived in the roads and within the basement of the local church at times. Jones had to be moved to a different school each throughout her time in high school due to this sporadic lifestyle. Jones was separated from her parents at Theodore Roosevelt to pursue athletics in track and field. Jones stayed in four houses during her highschool time to pursue her education in one place. Jones was a cellist with the school's orchestra, and winner of the Gatorade Iowa track and field athlete of the year was awarded an award called the Gatorade Iowa Athlete award at the close of her high school career. Jones, when she went to university, was recognized as one of best hurdlers. Jones won the 100-meter challenge during the 2002 NCAA Track & Field Championship. She also participated in the team that finished second in the 100-meter relay. Jones took home both the hurdles in the indoor as well as outdoor hurdles event during the NCAA Championship in 2003. Jones' career began in 2005 after she completed her degree. Jones began training to prepare for a successful track career. She won both the Torino Memorial and the Heusden Track events in the same year.

Brandt relocated to Auckland, New Zealand after moving from Cape Town South Africa in late in her adolescence. The local casting directors discovered her. Brandt assumed the character as Naevia on the Starz hits Spartacus: Blood and Sand as well as Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. She was one of the main stars of this show, working with Steven S. D Knight and Sam Raimi. Mazikeen appeared as the Vertigo/DC comics fan favorite Mazikeen in Netflix's Lucifer show, which lasted for a total of six years. Forbes has ranked Lucifer the most binged-out show of 2021. Brandt's next appearance will be in an episode of six in the Walking Dead spin-off in 2024, opposite Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurrira. In the summer of 2023's Netflix adult animated comedy Captain Fall, Brandt stars in the role of Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan Chris Meloni. Lesley Ann Brandt was born on December 2, in Cape Town in South Africa. She is a highly skilled New Zealand actor. Lesley Brandt moved along with the entire family to Auckland New Zealand in 1999. After a few years of working in the retail sector and then being promoted to the post of IT manager consultant. Lesley has performed in numerous commercial ads after several modeling assignments. In 2008, she completed her acting studies. Then, in 2009, she continued training by using the Meisner approach to study. The first big acting role for Lesley was in the New Zealand TV drama Diplomatic Immunity. Lesley Brandt is a supporting guest on New Zealand television drama Shortland Street. She then appeared on the science-fiction drama arrangement 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 as a hostage. She later appeared in the Spartacus: Gods of the Arena miniseries.