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124 celebrities 5' 1" tall have been found. Add to favourites (210 fans)Biography of Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986 in New York, Lenox Hill Hospital (birth time sources: http://twitter.com/#!/search/March%201986%20at%209%3A53 and http://gagafreshnews.com/?p=682), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American recording artist. After being signed to and quickly dropped from Def Jam Records at age nineteen, she began performing in the rock and roll scene of the Lower East Side. During this time, she was also working at Interscope Records as a songwriter for several established acts, including Akon, who, after hearing Gaga sing, convinced Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine to sign her to a joint deal with the label and Akon's Kon Live Distribution label. Her debut album The Fame was released in August 2008 to critical and commercial success... Add to favourites (142 fans)Biography of Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronunciation: /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/; AV-ril lə-VEEN; born 27 September 1984 (Birth time source: Avril: She's Complicated by Natasha Jay)) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million. In 2002, when she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album Let Go. Let Go made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach No. 1 in the UK, and the album was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. By 2009, over 16 million copies had been sold w... Add to favourites (75 fans)Biography of Kristin Kreuk
Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30, 1982 in Vancouver, BC) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles on the Canadian television series teen soap Edgemont and on the American television series Smallville in which she stars as Clark Kent's star-crossed love Lana Lang. Kreuk (Dutch pronunciation: IPA: øːk] {krooyk}, but more commonly pronounced "krook" to rhyme with the English, "spook") was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father, Peter Kreuk, is of Dutch descent; her mother, Deanna Che, is Chinese descent, but born in Indonesia; her maternal grandmother is Chinese-Jamaican.Both parents are landscape architects. Kristin has a sister who is about five years younger. Kristin trained in gymnastics at the national level until high school but quit in grade 11 due to sco... Add to favourites (47 fans)Biography of Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. The source for her birth time is http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/nellyfurtado.html. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm Like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful Folklore (2003), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles "Promiscuous" ,"Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". Furtado is known for experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, languages, and vocal styles. This diversity has been influenced by her wi... Add to favourites (78 fans)Biography of Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actress. Ricci made her acting debut at age 10, starring with Cher and Winona Ryder in the 1990 film Mermaids, followed by a small role in 1992's The Hard Way. Her breakout role was as the dark 12-year-old Wednesday Addams in the successful The Addams Family film (1991) and its sequel, Addams Family Values (1993), where she received commercial attention and critical praise. As an adult, Ricci began appearing in more mature roles after 1997's The Ice Storm, going on to successfully emerge out of her status as a child star, starring in a string of critically acclaimed independent films, such as The Opposite of Sex (1998), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Nicole Richie
Nicole Camille Richie (born September 21, 1981 (birth time source: http://www.astrolreport.com/gallery.php?cid=13&pid=375)) is an American socialite, actress, author, and singer. The adopted daughter of Lionel Richie, she is best known for her role in the reality show The Simple Life. She is also known for setting major fashion trends in Hollywood. Nicole Richie was born Nicole Camille Escovedo in Berkeley, California. Her biological father was a drummer who worked with Lionel Richie; her biological mother was a backstage assistant for Lionel. It is rumored that her biological father is musician Pete Escovedo (brother of musician Sheila E.), but Richie denied this in a November 2005 interview with Jane magazine. When Nicole was two, Lionel and his wife Brenda Harvey-Richie informally ad... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Kristen Bell
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress who is best known for starring in the title role on the television show Veronica Mars. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early life Bell, who is of Polish and Irish descent, was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, a suburb about 3 miles north of Detroit. As a child she once broke both wrists at once, while playing hockey. She went to her first audition at age 11 and won a dual role as a banana and a tree in a suburban Detroit theater's production of Raggedy Ann and Andy. She attended Shrine Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak, where she took the starring role in the school's 1997 production of The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale. She also appeared in Fiddler on the Roof (1995), Lady Be Good (1996), and Li'l Abner ... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Hayden Panettiere
American actress and composer; she stars as Claire Bennet in the NBC series Heroes as a high school cheerleader with a healing factor.... Add to favourites (42 fans)Biography of Ellen Page
Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as the title character in the 2007 film Juno. For this performance, Page received both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She is also known for her starring role in Hard Candy (2006), as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand, and she received attention in her native Canada for award-winning roles in Pit Pony and Marion Bridge, as well as television shows Trailer Park Boys and ReGenesis. Early life Page was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. She attended the Halifax Grammar School until grade 10, graduating from the Shambhala School in 2005. Growing up, Page enjoyed play... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Isabelle Boulay
Isabelle Boulay (born 6 July 1972 in Sainte-Félicité, Quebec) is a francophone Canadian pop singer. In 1990, some friends registered her at the Petite-Vallée song festival without her consent, but she completed a performance there and was regarded as a huge success. The following year she won at the Granby song festival for her rendition of Jacques Brel's "Amsterdam". That same year she was invited to take part in the festival Les FrancoFolies de Montréal. In 1993 she represented Radio Canada at the "Truffe de Périgueux" festival held in Périgord, France. She carried off the prize for Best Singer in the "chanson francophone" (francophone song) category. Following her success in France, she was noticed by songwriter Luc Plamondon who was looking for emerging talents to perform in a ne... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox (born 15 April 1966 in Mile End, London) is an English former glamour model and dance-pop singer. Personal life Fox was twice linked to Australian con man Peter Foster. They dated in 1986-87 and then, after a seven year separation, they reunited in 1994 for a year. They were at one time reportedly engaged to be married. Fox described Foster as "the love of my life". She has also been in relationships with Paul Stanley, the singer and rhythm guitarist for the band KISS. In 1994, it was reported that she had become a born-again Christian and she was invited to play at Christian music festival Greenbelt. When queried about how she could reconcile topless modelling with her Christian beliefs, she said: “ Easily. God gave me my body. I know it has made many pe... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Monica Keena
Monica C. Keena (born May 28, 1979) is an American actress, known for her roles as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek, Rachel Lindquist on the short-lived comedy Undeclared, Kristin on HBO's Entourage, and as Lori Campbell in Freddy vs. Jason. Early life Keena was born in New Jersey, the daughter of Mary, a nurse, and William Keena, a financial sales manager. She was raised in Brooklyn, New York City, and has an older sister named Samantha. During her early childhood (and again at the end of high school), Keena attended Saint Ann's School, a progressive private school in Brooklyn Heights. She auditioned for acceptance into LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts at age thirteen. Although she chose the drama department as her preference, she was accepted in both the dramatic and the vocal... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. She is perhaps most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia Organa in the original Star Wars trilogy, although her comedic novels also have won praise. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early life Fisher was born in Beverly Hills, California, the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds; her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Her younger brother is Todd Fisher and her half-sisters are actresses Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher, whose mother is actress Connie Stevens. When Fisher was two, her parents divorced and her father married actress Elizabeth Taylor. The following year, her mother married shoe store chain owner Harry Karl. It was assumed from... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Cole Sprouse
Dylan Thomas Sprouse and Cole Mitchell Sprouse (born August 4, 1992) are American identical twin brother actors. They are sometimes collectively referred to as Cole & Dylan, the Sprouse Bros., or the Sprouse Twins, and are known for their roles in the film Big Daddy, as Patrick Kelly in Grace Under Fire, Ross's son Ben on Friends, and for portraying the title characters on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. As a result of the series' success, they have become "heartthrobs" and "overwhelming draws" among preteen and teen audiences. Early life The Sprouses were born in Arezzo, Italy to American parents Matthew Sprouse and Melanie Wright, who at the time were teaching at an American English language school in Italy. Dylan, named after poet Dylan Thomas, is fifteen mi... Biography of Julia Channel
Julia Channel, sometimes known as Giulia Chanel / Julia Chanel / Julie Chanel / Giulia Channel / Julia Channel / Julia / Giulia Santos / Lady Shanne / Julia Sow / Ute Wolf, born November 3, 1973 in Paris, is French former pornographic actress. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Awards 1998: Hot d'Or Selected filmography Le Parfum de Mathilde (1994), Marc Dorcel La Vénus bleue (1993), Michel Ricaud... Biography of Wendy Whoppers
Wendy Whoppers (born August 13, 1970) is the stage name of a big-bust feature dancer and pornographic actress originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Whoppers, with the aid of large breast implants, became a popular big-bust entertainer. Her first pornographic film was Palm Springs or Bust (1992), which also starred big bust performer Lisa Lipps. The two appeared in many films together. Height: 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Weight: 97 lb (44 kg) She had a total of 4 operations to enlarge her breasts from an original 34B, starting in 1989, ending with double lumin implants, which were made of one bag of 1000 cc's of silicone inside of another bag of 2000 cc's of saline. She retired from films in 1994, and has since had her breasts reduced. In addition to touring on the feature dancing circuit... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. She is currently scheduled to succeed Celine Dion as the headliner at Caesars Palace, beginning February 20, 2008. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in nearby Aiea. She attended Radford High School in Honolulu. She is of Jewish descent. Her aspirations were clearly defined from the outset, and she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, and earned money in the film Hawaii (released in 1966) a... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi (September 26, 1181 – October 3, 1226) was a Roman Catholic friar and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans. Boyhood and early manhood Francis was born to Pietro di Bernardone, a prominent businessman, and his wife Pica Bourlemont, about whom little is known except that she was originally from France. He was one of seven children. Pietro was in France on business when Francis was born, and Pica had him baptized as Giovanni di Bernardone in honor of Saint John the Baptist, in the hope he would grow to be a great religious leader. When his father returned to Assisi, he was furious about this, as he did not want his son to be a man of the Church. Pietro decided to call him Francesco (Francis), in honor of the child's mater... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Lisa Lopes
Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), a rapper/singer/actress, also known under the stage name of "Left Eye", was a member of the popular R&B and hip hop group TLC. In addition to hit songs like "Waterfalls" with TLC, Lopes also did some solo performing. She was considered by some fans as the creative talent behind TLC and contributed her own self-written raps to many of TLC's popular singles, including "Waterfalls" and "No Scrubs". Lopes was also a self-taught keyboardist and, by way of a Beethoven piano piece, displayed those talents during her solo spot on TLC's headlining concert performances (featured in a pay-per-view broadcast of TLC's FanMail Tour in the spring of 2000). She was known for wearing a pair of glasses with a condom in place of the left eye lens, which was ... Biography of Zizi Jeanmaire
Renée Marcelle Jeanmaire, known as Zizi Jeanmaire, (born April 29, 1924) is a ballet dancer and wife of renowned dancer and choreographer Roland Petit. She became famous in the 1950s because of her titular role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949. Born in Paris, France, she met her future husband and long-time collaborator Roland Petit at the Paris Opera Ballet at the age of nine. In 1954 they married, and their successful shows put her on the road to stardom. By this time she was the prima ballerina at Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées. She became noted for her energy and passion. This led to a brief stint in Hollywood (where she was credited as Jeanmaire), appearing in the musicals Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and Anything Goes (1956). After that, she concentrated on ba... Biography of Riya Sen
Riya Sen (Bengali: রিয়া সেন IPA: ITRANS:riYA sen) (born Riya Dev Varma in Kolkata, India on January 24, 1981) is an Indian film actress and model. She is often regarded as a sex symbol. Coming from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moonmoon Sen and sister Raima Sen, she started her career in 1991 as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya. Her father Bharat Dev Varma belongs to the royal family of Tripura. As a model she had been featured on some of the top music videos, television commercials, fashion shows and magazine covers. Her biggest film successes include Style by N. Chandra and Ananthabhadram by Santhosh Sivan. She faced controversies around an intimate MMS clip with actor Ashmit Patel, as well as her ... Biography of Laurence Parisot
Laurence Parisot, born August 31, 1959 in Luxeuil-les-Bains (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is the head of the French MEDEF employers' union, and also directs the IFOP poll institute.... Biography of Alexa Vega
Alexa Ellesse Vega (born August 27, 1988) is an American actress and occasional singer. She is best known for portraying Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy, as well as for a variety of film appearances, including her roles in Sleepover, Odd Girl Out, Walkout and The Beautiful Ordinary. Early life Alexa Vega was born in Miami, Florida to a Colombian father and an American mother. Her sisters are actresses Makenzie Vega and Krizia Vega. She has two half-sisters named Margaux Vega (b. December 25, 1981) and Greylin James (b. September 22, 2000), as well as a half-brother named Jet James (b. October 4, 2005). Vega lived in Florida until she was four years old when she moved with her family to California. Career Vega guest-starred in numerous television shows and films, includi... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December 1934), usually known as Dame Judi Dench, is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, three-time BAFTA, and six-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress. Height 5' 1" (1.55 m) In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her main forte throughout her career. She has more than once been named number one in polls for Britain's best actress. Furthermore, she gained worldwide popular fame through taking over the role of M in the James Bond film series in 1995, and subsequently through many acclaimed film appearances. Early life Judi Dench was born in York, North Yorkshire to Olave (nee Jones) and Reginald Art... Biography of America Ferrera
America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, and Emmy Award-winning role as Betty Suarez on the ABC television comedy-drama series Ugly Betty and for her roles in the films Real Women Have Curves and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early life Ferrera, the youngest of six siblings, was born in Los Angeles, California, to Honduran parents. She was raised by her mother in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. She started acting at age eight in school plays and community theater. She attended George Ellery Hale Middle School and El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills. In interviews, Ferrera has noted the contrast between the image of the “typical Latina” expe... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Hayley Williams
Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of Paramore. Life and career In 2002, at the age of 13, Williams moved from her hometown, Meridian, Mississippi, to Franklin, Tennessee, where she met fellow band members Josh Farro and Zac Farro in school. Shortly after arriving, she began taking vocal lessons with Brett Manning. While still in school, she tried out for a local funk cover band called The Factory where she met Jeremy Davis. In 2005, John Janick, founder of record label Fueled by Ramen, signed a contract with them. In 2007, Williams appeared in the music video for "Kiss Me" by New Found Glory. In the 2007 Kerrang! Readers' Poll she finished second to Evanescence's Amy Lee in the "Se... Biography of Kay Lenz
Kay Lenz (born March 4, 1953) is an Emmy-award-winning American television and film actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California, and began as a child actor, appearing in television shows such as The Andy Griffith Show. She won an Emmy in 1974 for her role in ABC's Heart in Hiding and again in 1989 for her role in Midnight Caller. She also played in the television mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man and in movies such as Death Wish 4: The Crackdown and Stripped to Kill. She was memorable in the title role of the 1973 movie Breezy. She was the voice of Cowlamity Kate in the animated television series the Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa. Lenz was the first wife, from 1977 to 1982, of actor and television personality David Cassidy.... Biography of Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr on April 27, 1959, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish Grammy Award-winning pop singer and theatre & television actress. Sheena became famous for being the focus of an episode of the United Kingdom television programme The Big Time, a 1980 reality TV series which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and got her a deal with EMI. Easton was the youngest of six children of a steel mill laborer, Alex Orr, and his wife Annie. Her siblings included brothers Robert and Alex and sisters Marilyn, Annessa and Morag. Her earliest known public performance as a singer was at the age of five, when in 1964 she sang "Early One Morning" for her uncle and aunt and various relatives at the couple's 25th wedding anniversary celebration. ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Andrea Corr
Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born May 17, 1974) is the lead singer of Irish pop-rock band The Corrs and an actress. Although her voice is her greatest instrument, she also plays the tin whistle for the band. The Corr siblings were awarded honorary MBEs in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of their musical talents and their charitable work which raised money for Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, victims of the Omagh Bombing, and other charities. She was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, the youngest daughter of Jean and Gerry Corr, two musicians. She and her elder siblings, sisters Caroline (b. 1973) and Sharon Corr (b. 1970) and brother Jim Corr (b. 1964), formed The Corrs to audition for the 1991 film The Commitments. Although all four appeared in the film, Andrea was the only one ... Biography of Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) is a professional musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993. Family Her paternal surname Merchant is of Sicilian origin and was originally Mercanto before being Anglicised. The name O'Shea is on her maternal side; they are of Irish extraction. As a child, her mother listened to music (Beatles, Al Green, Aretha Franklin) and encouraged her children to study music, but she wouldn't allow TV after Natalie was 12. "I was taken to the symphony a lot because my mother loved classical music. But I was dragged to see Styx when I was 12. We had to drive 100 miles to Buffalo, New York. Someone threw up next to me and people were smoking pot... Biography of Christine Lakin
Christine Helen Lakin (born January 25, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Alicia "Al" Lambert on the 1990s ABC situation comedy Step by Step. Lakin was born in Dallas, Texas to James Daley Lakin and Karen Niedwick, and raised in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from The Lovett School in 1997. She got her start in commercials, before landing her first major role as Young Rose in the American Civil War drama The Rose and the Jackal. That movie aired in 1990, one year before she was cast as Al Lambert, the tomboyish daughter, on Step by Step. After Step by Step was cancelled in 1998 (due to low ratings), she continued to appear in made-for-TV movies, and has several new films either in production or post-production. She is a 2003 graduate of UCLA, where she earned a degr... Biography of Kellie Pickler
Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986) is an American pop country music singer-songwriter who finished sixth on the fifth season of the Fox television series American Idol. She has since been signed to BNA Records as a recording artist, with her debut album Small Town Girl being released in late 2006. The album has been certified gold in the United States and has so far sold 710,000 copies, producing three singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and two on the Billboard Hot 100. Early years Pickler was born at the Stanly Memorial Hospital in Albemarle, North Carolina, to Cynthia Morton and Clyde "Bo" Pickler, Jr. Her mother was 18 years old when she gave birth to her, and relinquished custodial rights to Pickler when she was two years old. The major influences in he... Biography of Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Diller (born July 17, 1917, a Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne, is considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. She created a stage character persona that was a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who made jokes about a fictional husband named "Fang" while smoking from a long cigarette holder. Another distinct characteristic is her cackling laugh, one of the best-recognized in comedy. Diller is given credit for opening the locked doors for the stand-up comedy field to women such as Rita Rudner, Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Joy Behar, Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr. . Early life Diller was born on July 17, 1917, to Perry Marcus Driver and Frances Ada Romshe, in Lima, Ohio. She attended Lima Central High School, then ... Biography of Soleil Moon Frye
Soleil Moon Frye (born August 6, 1976 in Glendora, California) is an American actress and director. Frye is best known for her childhood role as the title character in Punky Brewster, a television sitcom. Height: 1m55 (5' 1") Frye's father is Virgil Frye, and her mother is Sondra Peluce Londy. She has two half-brothers, Sean Frye and Meeno Peluce. "Soleil" (pronounced /soʊˈleɪ/) is French for the sun. Punky Brewster Soleil Moon Frye stars as Punky Brewster in the 1980s television sitcom.At age eight, Frye starred in the title role of Punky Brewster, a television sitcom. The show aired on NBC and in syndication for several years during the mid-1980s. She also voiced the lead role in the animated series It's Punky Brewster. Other television roles Around th... Biography of Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater and the 1992 Olympic Champion in women's singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won two national titles in 1989 and 1990 and one junior world title in 1988 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for NBC 11 during the 2006 Winter Olympics. Kristi Yamaguchi was born on July 12, 1971 in Hayward, California, to Jim Yamaguchi, a dentist, and Carole Doi, a medical secretary. A third-generation Japanese American, Kristi’s parents and grandparents were victims of the United States' anti-Japanese policies dur... Biography of Gelsey Kirkland
Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American ballet dancer. She was reportedly inspired to dance by watching a performance of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age fifteen after being invited by George Balanchine and was promoted to Soloist in 1969 and principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor. These include Balanchine's version of Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird, Robbins' Goldberg Variations, and Tudor's Leaves are Fading. She joined the American Ballet Theatre after meeting Mikhail Baryshnikov, who would become her perennial partner. She was practicing when she received a phone cal... Biography of Vanina Ickx
Vanina Ickx (born on February 16, 1975, in Brussels) is a Belgian racecar driver. She is the daughter of Belgian Formula One driver Jacky Ickx. She started racing at a relatively late age, entering the BMW Compact Cup in 1996, a sub-division to the national touring car championship, Belgian Procar, partnering the Cup's most successful entrant, Stéphane De Groodt. For 1997 she got a Cup racer of her own, before she moved up to the major class in 1998, which runs to Super Production regulations. She shared a BMW 320i with another girl racer, Sylvie Delcour, but the partnership wasn't to last long as she soon got herself a transfer to the more competitive Renault team. She scored her first podium that year, partnered by French ace Franck Lagorce, but on the downside, when sharing a car ... Biography of Jane Wiedlin
Jane Wiedlin (born Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin, May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.) is the rhythm guitarist of the all-female multi-platinum rock band, The Go-Go's, and an actress. Wiedlin was part of the LA punk scene that spawned bands like X and The Dickies and went by the name "Jane Drano." As a member of The Go-Go's, she had a brief love affair with Specials and Fun Boy Three member Terry Hall. It was the ups and downs of this long-distance celebrity relationship with Hall that inspired the hit Go-Go's song "Our Lips Are Sealed". In 1983, Jane Wiedlin recorded "Cool Places" with the new wave band Sparks. In 1984, Wiedlin was the first to leave The Go-Go's to pursue a solo career (largely because the group refused to let Wiedlin sing lead vocals on "Forget That Day" fro... Biography of Keisha Castle-Hughes
Keisha Castle-Hughes (born March 24, 1990) is a New Zealand actress, best-known for her first role, as Paikea in Whale Rider. She became the youngest female ever nominated for the Academy Awards' Oscar for Best Actress, for this role. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early life Born in Donnybrook, Western Australia to Desrae Hughes, a Māori mother and Tim Castle, an English-Australian father, Keisha Castle-Hughes was four years old when her family moved to New Zealand; her parents (who had never married) later separated. Castle-Hughes became a New Zealand citizen in 2001. She has three younger brothers and a younger sister. Her siblings include Rhys, Liam, Maddisyn, and Qayde. She is currently living in Papakura, Auckland and was once a student of Penrose High School, and Rosehill Colleg... Biography of Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Anne Carteris (born January 2, 1961) is an American actress known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman on the early seasons of the 1990s television series Beverly Hills 90210. Personal life Carteris was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Marlene, a realtor, and Ernest Carteris, a restaurant owner. She has a a twin brother, James. Her parents separated six months after her birth. Carteris's mother moved with her children to San Francisco, California, where she set up a children's clothing store. While attending high school in Marin County, California, Carteris took an interest in the arts, studying ballet and performing as a mime on a European tour at 16. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts. Carteris is Jewish and... Biography of Shannon Miller
Shannon Lee Miller (b. March 10, 1977 in Rolla, Missouri) is an artistic gymnast from Edmond, Oklahoma. She has earned 7 Olympic Medals and 9 World Championship Medals since her Elite International debut in 1990. She is as the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history. Gymnastics career Early years Shannon was born in Rolla, Missouri, but she and her family moved to Edmond, Oklahoma when Shannon was only six months old. Shannon began gymnastics at age five, and four years later, she and her mom traveled to Moscow, Russia to participate in a gymnastics camp. The Soviet coaches were astounded by her talent and believed that she had the potential to be a world-class elite gymnast. Shannon also met Oklahoma-based coach Steve Nunno in Russia, and began training with him up... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bonnie Langford
Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford (July 22, 1964) is an English actress and entertainer. She came to prominence as a child star in the early 1970s then subsequently became one of the best-known companions of Doctor Who and has appeared on stage in various musicals such as Peter Pan: The Musical, Cats and The Pirates of Penzance. After a brief hiatus she has returned to screen and stage following her acclaimed performances on celebrity talent show Dancing on Ice. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early career and Doctor Who Langford attended The Arts Educational School and the Italia Conti Academy stage school. Her first stage appearance was at four months and her first public appearance was at 15 months when she danced in specially made ballet shoes. She first came to public attention wh... Biography of Sally Struthers
Sally-Ann Struthers (born July 28, 1947) is a two-time Emmy-winning American actress and spokesperson, primarily known for her roles in sitcoms and television. The naturally blonde-headed Struthers is perhaps best known for playing Gloria Stivic, née Bunker, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton respectively) on All in the Family. Biography Personal life Struthers was born in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, who was a surgeon. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants and her father was of Scottish descent. She attended Grant High School. Struthers married Dr. William Rader, a psychiatrist, on December 18, 1977. Now divorced, they had one child together, Samantha ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Janeane Garofalo
Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964 (source: quoted birth certificate)) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist, writer, and former co-host on Air America Radio's The Majority Report. On August 20, 2007, it was announced that she will join the FOX Network television series 24 in its seventh season. Garofalo will play an FBI agent who is part of the team investigating the crisis of the new season. Despite her celebrity status, Garofalo continues to circulate regularly within New York City's local comedy and performance art scene. Personal life Garofalo was born in Newton, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a secretary in the petrochemical industry who died of cancer when Janeane was 24, and Carmine Garofalo, a former executive at Exxon. Garofalo is of It... Biography of Adolphe Thiers
Louis Adolphe Thiers (Marseille, April 15 (not 16), 1797–September 3, 1877) was a French politician and historian. Thiers was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871. From 1871 to 1873 he served initially as Head of State (effectively a provisional President of France), then provisional President. When, following a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly, his offer of resignation was accepted (he had expected a rejection) he was forced to vacate the office. He was replaced as Provisional President by Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, who became full President of the Republic, a post Thiers had coveted, in 1875 when a serie... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Danielle Fishel
Danielle Christine Fishel (born May 5, 1981, in Mesa, Arizona) is an Maltese-American actress who is best known for her role as Topanga Lawrence on the 1990s TV sitcom Boy Meets World. Early Life Danielle Christine Fishel was born to Rick Fishel, a medical equipment sales executive and Jennifer Fishel, a homemaker, in Mesa, Arizona. She has one younger brother, Christopher Fishel. When she was only three weeks old, the family relocated to Yorba Linda, California. Career In 1991, 10-year-old Fishel was discovered in a community theater where she performed in two productions, "The Wizard of Oz" and "Peter Pan." She quickly moved on to do voice-overs and commercials, including several as a Barbie Girl for Mattel. Soon after, she appeared on two episodes of the hit show Full House, ... Biography of Tara Lipinski
Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American figure skater and celebrity. At the age of 15, she won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and remains the youngest gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games. Height: 5'1 (1m55) Early life Lipinski is the only child of Patricia Brozyniak Lipinski and Jack Richard Lipinski, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1982. The family lived in Sewell, New Jersey until 1991. Lipinski began roller skating at age three and later won a number of competitions. She began figure skating at age six. Her first competition was the 1990 regional championship, where she finished second. In 1991 her father's job required the family to move to Sugar Land, Texas. However, training facilities were... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stefania Belmondo
Stefania Belmondo (born January 13, 1969) is an Italian former cross-country skier. Belmondo was born in Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo (Piedmont), the daughter of a housewife and an electric company employee. Debut She started to ski at the age of three in the Piedmontese mountains of her native city. She made her debut at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1987. The next season she joined the main national team of Italy, and then participated at the 1988 Winter Olympics, held in Calgary, Canada. In 1989, she won a World Cup event for her first time, in Salt Lake City, and ended that season second overall. Early success, injury, return, and later successes At the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 15 km trial, and a silver in ... Biography of Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack (born August 19, 1966) is a Grammy Award-winning American country-pop artist. Best-known for her 2000 Country-Pop crossover hit, "I Hope You Dance", Womack has had three Gold albums and four Platinum albums, since breaking through in 1997 with her debut self-titled album. She has also won two Grammy awards and over five awards from the Country Music Association, as well as having numerous Top 10 and 20 Country hits. Biography & career Early life & rise to fame Womack was born in Jacksonville, Texas in 1966. As a child, Womack was surrounded by Country music, because her father was a Country music disc jockey. Mr. Womack would take his daughter to the studio, and used her assistance in picking out records to play, from Bob Wills to Glen Campbell, which were her fav... Biography of Rachael Harris
Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968 in Worthington, Ohio) is an American actress and comedian. Career Harris performed with the Los Angeles improv troupe, Groundlings. Rachael is currently still a member of "The Groundlings Main Company". Her film credits include roles in Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, Starsky & Hutch, Kicking & Screaming, and Daddy Day Care. She landed her first television job on a 1993 episode of SeaQuest DSV and after an appearance on Star Trek: Voyager in 1997, she went on to a recurring role in Disney's Sister, Sister. Other television credits include a stint as a correspondent for The Daily Show's 2002-2003 season, as well as minor guest spots on The Sarah Silverman Program, Reno 911!, The West Wing, Friends, Star Trek Voyager, C... Biography of Natacha Atlas
Natacha Atlas (born March 20, 1964 (birth time source: Act n° 661, André Dekoster) is a Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and North African music with Western electronic music. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" (an updated form of Egyptian pop music). Her music has been influenced by many styles including Arabesque music, drum 'n' bass and reggae. Early life Atlas was born to a father of Moroccan, Egyptian, and Palestinian ancestry who was born in Jerusalem and a British mother who had converted to Islam. Her paternal grandfather was born in Egypt but grew up in Palestine, immigrating to Europe at age 15. However, there has been some disagreement about the origins of Atlas's parents. David Bennun of Melody Maker, in an article on Nation Records's website abou... Biography of Jamie Salé
Jamie Rae Salé (born April 21, 1977, in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian pair skater. With husband and partner David Pelletier, she is the 2002 Olympic champion and 2001 World Champion. Sale & Pelletier are also notable for being "the Canadians" during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal. Early career Salé competed first as a singles skater, winning the novice bronze medal and placing and 8th in junior ladies at the Canadian Championships. In 1994, Salé won the short program and finished with the bronze medal in the junior event at the Canadian Championships. That same year, she achieved her biggest success to date by winning the senior bronze medal with her pairs partner, Jason Turner. They were named to the 1994 Canadian Olympic team and placed 12th at the Lillehammer... Biography of Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynne Moorer, October 22, 1968, Quantico, Virginia) is an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. She won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best New Artist. Early life Shelby Lynne grew up in Frankville, Alabama. Her father was a local bandleader and her mother a harmony-singing teacher, and as children, she and her younger sister Allison Moorer — later a country recording artist in her own right — sometimes joined their parents on-stage to sing along. While the family was living in the small town of St. Stephens, Alabama, Lynne's father, an abusive alcoholic, shot and killed her mother and then himself when Lynne was 17. The sisters briefly lived with an aunt until Lynne turned 18, whereupon she married a friend from home. The marriage lasted only ... Biography of Mary Kay Place
Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947) is an American actress, singer, director and screen writer. Biography Early life & career Place was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Bradley E. Place. After graduating from the University of Tulsa, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, with a Speech Degree, Place moved to Hollywood with aspirations of becoming an actress and writer. She was hired for The Tim Conway Comedy Hour in the 1970s as a production assistant to both Conway and producer Norman Lear. It was Conway who gave her her first on-camera break, while it was Lear who saw to it that Place received her first writing credit on his subsequent All in the Family. Her appearance on one of the All in the Family episodes as one of Gloria’s buddies, is memorable. ... Biography of Norma Shearer
Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 - June 12, 1983) was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American actress. Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in the world from the mid-1920s until her retirement in 1942. Her early films cast her as the girl-next-door but after her 1930 film The Divorcee, she played sexually liberated women in sophisticated contemporary comedies and dramas, as well as several historical and period films. Unlike many of her MGM contemporaries, Shearer's reputation went into steep decline after her retirement. By the time of her death in 1983, she was in danger of being known only for her "noble" roles in the regularly-revived The Women and Romeo and Juliet or, at worst, as a forgotten star. However, Shearer's legacy began to be re-evaluated in the 1990... Biography of Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985), better known as Ruth Gordon, was an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and Emmy Award-winning American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her films roles such as the oversolicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby and the eccentric life-loving Maude in Harold and Maude. In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous well-known plays, film scripts and books. Early life Gordon was born at 14 Elmwood Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was the only child of Annie Ziegler Jones and Clinton Jones, a factory foreman who had been a ship's captain. Prior to graduating from Quincy High School, she wrote to several of her favorite actresses for an autographed picture. A personal reply she received from Hazel Dawn (whom she ... Biography of Jacqueline Pirie
Jacqueline Pirie (born 10th October 1975 in Stirling, Scotland) is a Scottish actress best known for appearing in ITV's popular soap operas Emmerdale, as Tina Dingle from 1994-1996, and Coronation Street as Linda Baldwin from 1998-2001. She left both shows when she became pregnant. Linda Baldwin and Tina Dingle were classic characters from both shows and TV producers have always wanted Jacqueline to return but she has refused. Jacqueline is now teaching drama and running her own performing arts workshop, "The Jacqueline Chadwick Academy of Performing Arts" with branches across the North West.... Biography of Anne Robinson
Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and television game show hostess who is most famous for hosting the BBC game show, The Weakest Link, which has earned her the nickname "Queen of Mean". She was also one of the presenters on the long-running British consumer affairs series, Watchdog, from 1993 to 2001. Born in Crosby, Liverpool, Robinson is of Irish descent. Her father was a school teacher, while her mother Anne Josephine Robinson Sr. (nee Wilson), was a successful agricultural businesswoman from Ireland, where she was the manager of a market stall. When she came to England she married into her husband's family of wholesale chicken dealers, and sold rationed rabbit after World War II. Raised initially at the family home in Crosby Beach, A... Biography of David Bennent
David Bennent (Lausanne, Switzerland, September 9, 1966) is a Swiss actor. His parents are actor Heinz Bennent and former dancer Diane Mansart. His sister Anne is also an actress. He has lived in Germany and France as well as Switzerland and speaks fluent French. When he was 11 he starred in The Tin Drum, which caused much controversy due to the fact that David was shown in sex scenes with an adult. He also played the role of Honeythorn Gump in the movie Legend, co-starring alongside Tom Cruise and Mia Sara. When David was 19, his height was under 5 feet and he and his parents were unsure if he would grow any taller. The IMDB lists his height at 5' 1" (1.55 m) and recent pictures show he clearly is still likely to be around 5 feet or so. Even though he is in very few feature... Biography of Lynn Hill
Lynn Hill (born January 3, 1961) is a United States climber, known as a top sport climber of the 1980s and famous for making the first free ascent of the Nose Route on Yosemite's El Capitan. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, she grew up in southern California. Hill started climbing as a 14 year old on a climbing trip with her sister and her sister's fiancé. During the early 1980s she became part of the climbing community centered around Camp 4 in Yosemite Valley. She participated in various television productions, such as being a candidate in the TV show Survival of the Fittest. In 1979, Lynn Hill completed one of many impressive landmarks in her career by becoming the first woman to establish a 5.12+/5.13, Ophir Broke in Ophir, Colorado. In 1984 at the Gunks she performed one of he... Biography of Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Marianne Raigipcien Jean-Baptiste (born 26 April 1967) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated English actress. She became a star overnight following the international success of the social drama Secrets & Lies in 1996 receiving an Academy Award nomination. She also received a Golden Globe nomination for this performance. She is also known for her collaboration with director Mike Leigh on stage in It's a Great Big Shame (1993). She is also a writer/composer. Jean-Baptiste has recorded an album of blues songs and composed the musical score for Leigh's 1997 film Career Girls. Jean-Baptiste currently stars on the American television series Without a Trace as FBI agent "Vivian Johnson" who has a serious heart disease and a young son to raise while still doing her demanding law en... Biography of Danielle Fischel
Danielle Christine Fishel (born May 5, 1981, in Mesa, Arizona) is an Maltese-American actress who is best known for her role as Topanga Lawrence on the 1990s TV sitcom Boy Meets World. Early life Danielle Christine Fishel was born to Rick Fishel, a medical equipment sales executive and Jennifer Fishel, a homemaker, in Mesa, Arizona. She has one younger brother, Christopher Fishel. When she was only three weeks old, the family relocated to Yorba Linda, California. Career In 1991, 10-year-old Fishel was discovered in a community theater where she performed in two productions, "The Wizard of Oz" and "Peter Pan." She quickly moved on to do voice-overs and commercials, including several as a Barbie Girl for Mattel. Soon after, she appeared on two episodes of the hit show Full House, ... Biography of Nancy Spungen
Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27, 1958 (birth time source: Carolyn Caufman in MH 4/1984 quotes Spungen's mother's biography "And I Don't Want to Live This Life." , Astrodatabank) – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Spungen has been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols. Early life Spungen was born at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Frank and Deborah Spungen. She was born with severe cyanosis, and nearly died of brain damage after being choked by her umbilical cord during delivery. The doctors successfully secured a blood transfusion which healed her brain damage, and she was released from the hospital eight days after birth. The Spungen family was a middle... Biography of Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892 - February 23, 1930) was an American film actress and the most popular screen comedienne of the silent film era. Her later career was marked by several successive scandals, including the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, whom she was with only minutes before he was shot and killed. Early life and career Born Mabel Ethelreid Normand in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, she grew up in extreme poverty. Her father, Claude Normand, was sporadically employed as a carpenter at Sailors' Snug Harbor home for elderly seamen. Before she entered films at age 16 in 1909, Normand worked as an artist's model, which included posing for postcards illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the Gibson Girl image. She met director Mack Sennett and embarked... Biography of June Allyson
June Allyson (October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was a Golden Globe-winning American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Early life Allyson was born Eleanor (Ella) Geisman in the Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North America. Her parents were Clara Provost and Robert Geisman. Her paternal grandparents, Harry Geisman and Anna Hafner, were immigrants from Germany, although Allyson has claimed that her last name was originally "Van Geisman", and was of Dutch origin. In 1918, when June was only six months old, her alcoholic father, who had worked as a janitor, abandoned the family. To make ends meet, her mother worked as a telephone operator and restaurant cashier. Allyson was brought up in near poverty. In 1925, when she was eight, a dead tree br... Biography of Addison Timlin
Addison Timlin (born June 29, 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American teen actress. She will guest-star as Sasha Bingham in season 4 of Californication. She also stars as Amy in the 2005 film Derailed alongside co-stars Melissa George playing her mother and Clive Owen her father, where she played a 14 year old girl ill with type 1 diabetes. She stars as Juliet in the music video Check Yes Juliet by the band We the Kings. References http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUFEQL5XOVY&NR=1 Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1789970/ ) 2010 Day One (TV series short) Hunter – Pilot … Hunter 2009 New York - Police judiciaire (TV series) Hayley Kozlow – Memo from the Dark Side (2009) … Hayley Kozlow (as Addison J. Timlin) 2008 Afterschool Amy 20... Biography of Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée (September 30, 1898 – October 5, 1933) was a French actress, who had appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. Early life Born Jeanne de La Fonte in Lille, Nord, France, she was the daughter of circus artists and who, by age five, was performing in the circus with her parents. In her teen years she began acting in minor stage productions and toured Europe with her troupe. She was performing in Russia when World War I broke out and fled to London. Career rise From London she went on to New York City where she continued to work in the theatre until the opportunity came to work in the motion picture business. In 1920, given the exotic name Renée Adorée (meaning "Reborn" for a female - very common French first name - and "Adored", yet again for a female) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Megumi Okina
Megumi Okina (奥菜 恵 ,Okina Megumi?, born 6 August 1979) is a Japanese actress, and J-Pop singer in the 1990's. Born in Hiroshima and raised in Tokyo, she made her J-Pop debut on 19 August 1995. She starred in the Japanese original of The Grudge. She married Susumu Fujita in January 2004, however they divorced on 22 July 2005. Megumi's latest movie was a remake of a 2004 Thai film, "Shutter". It was released March 21, 2008. She portrayed ghost Megumi Tanaka. Discography Albums 1995/09/21 : Blossom 1996/05/21 : illusion 1997/03/20 : gradation 1998/04/01 : i・n・g 1998/09/01 : Stairs -The Best Songs- Singles 1995/08/19 : この悲しみを乗り越えて 1996/04/23 : そ... Biography of Daphne Rosen
Daphne Aviva Rosen (Hebrew: דפנה אביבה רוזן; born June 9, 1982) is a pornographic actress. Early life She was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Career Rosen has performed in over 150 pornographic movies since 2003, including the AVN Award winning Faster Pussycat! Fuck! Fuck!, an adult remake of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. In 2005 she signed a non-exclusive contract with Venom Digital Media. In 2005–06 she took a break from films for over a year to focus on her college education and to work on her website. As of 2005, she co-hosted the KSEXradio show D 'n A with Annie Cruz. She has also appeared on an episode of the television show Blind Date. She also acted... Biography of Dominique Dunne
Dominique Dunne (November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982) was an American actress. Dunne made appearances in several made for television movies, television series, and films, but is probably best known for her role as the oldest daughter, Dana, in the 1982 film Poltergeist. Early life Dunne was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Ellen Griffin, a ranching heiress, and producer/journalist/novelist Dominick Dunne. She was also the niece of novelists John Gregory Dunne and his wife, Joan Didion, and the sister of actor and director Griffin Dunne. Dunne attended schools in Los Angeles, California as well as Fountain Valley School and Colorado State University. After spending a year in Italy, Dunne worked for a short period in L.A. as a receptionist and translator for the Italian... Biography of Karrueche Tran
Karrueche Tran, born on May 17, 1988 in Los Angeles, California (source: http://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/karrueche-tran/), is an Amercian model of both Vietnamese and African descent. Karrueche dated Chris Brown and was his first serious girlfriend after Brown’s tumultuous relationship with Rihanna.... Biography of Anita Gillette
Anita Gillette (born August 16, 1936) is a Tony Award-nominated American actress, most notable for her work on Broadway and as a celebrity guest on various game shows. Gillette was born Anita Luebben in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Juanita (née Wayland) and John Alfred Luebben. Gillette studied at the Peabody Conservatory and made her Broadway debut in Gypsy in 1959. Additional Broadway credits include Carnival!, All American, Mr. President, Kelly, Jimmy, Guys and Dolls, Don't Drink the Water, Cabaret, They're Playing Our Song, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Chapter Two, for which she was nominated for the Tony for Best Actress in a Play. She received the 1960 Theatre World Award for her performance in Russell Patterson's Sketchbook. Gillette's first television appearance was on... Biography of Judith Sheindlin
Judith Sheindlin (born October 21, 1942), better known as Judge Judy, is an American lawyer, judge, television personality and author. She passed the New York Bar examination in 1965 and became a prosecutor in the family court system. In 1976, Mayor Ed Koch appointed her a judge, first in criminal court and later, in 1980, as Manhattan's supervising family court judge. She was featured on CBS's 60 Minutes in the 1990s as a result of her reputation as a tough judge. Since retiring in 1996, Sheindlin has garnered much fame for presiding over her own syndicated courtroom show, Judge Judy. The show's ratings have consistently ranked highly. Early life and education Sheindlin was born Judith Susan Blum in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish and German parents Murray and Ethel Blum. Sheindlin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Waheeda Rehman
Waheeda Rehman (Hindi: वहीदा रहमान), born on 14 May 1936 is a famous Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies, most notably C.I.D. (1956) and Guru Dutt classics such as Pyaasa (1957), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962). Early life One of the most prominent actresses of the golden era, Waheeda Rehman was born into a traditional Muslim family in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India. She and her sister learnt Bharatnatyam at Mumbai's Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir, where Guru T. K. Mahalingam Pillai, doyen among nattuvanars taught and performed on stage together. Her father, who was a District Commissioner, died while she still in her teens. Many people believe that Rehman was born in... Biography of Yohana Cobo
Yohana Cobo (born Madrid, January 12, 1985) is a Spanish film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Penélope Cruz's daughter in Pedro Almodóvar's's Volver. Filmography Films 2006 - Arena en los bolsillos (post-production) 2006 - Volver 2005 - Fin de curso 2004 - Seres queridos 2004 - El Séptimo día 2004 - Las Llaves de la independencia 2003 - La Vida mancha 2001 - Sin noticias de Dios 2000 - Aunque tú no lo sepas 1997 - Campeones TV El Comisario La Casa de las meriendas (2005) Código fuego Despedidas (2003) Hospital Central Decisiones (2002) es Sonia Hermanas (1998-99) Latest filmography (source: Imdb) Bullying (2009) (post-production) .... Ania Vlog (2008/II) .... Helena Canciones de amor en Lolita's Club (2007) ....... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Marsden
Jason Christopher Marsden (born January 3, 1975) is an American screen and voice actor largely known for numerous voice roles in animated films, as well as various television series. He also has a short stature (as he is five feet, one inche tall (source: Imdb)). Early life Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Marsden is the youngest of four children (he has two older stepbrothers, Rick and Mark, and one older stepsister, Ana Marsden Fox). His mother Linda Marsden, is a former fashion model, and his father, Myles Marsden, is a former Premier dancer of the Yugoslav National Ballet and co-founder of the first regional ballet company in New England called State Ballet of Rhode Island. Jason and his parents moved from Rhode Island to Fullerton, California in August 1985 when he was 10, whe... Biography of Emily Haines
Emily Haines (born on January 25, 1974 in New Delhi) is a Canadian indie rock singer. In addition to having a solo career, Haines records and performs as a member of the bands Metric and Broken Social Scene. She is a contralto. She has contributed backing vocals to albums by other Broken Social Scene members, such as Jason Collett and Kevin Drew. Personal life Emily is the daughter of Canadian poet Paul Haines; her sister is Canadian television journalist Avery Haines and her brother is Tim Haines, owner of Bluestreak Records in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. She was born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Canada. After settling in Peterborough at the age of three, she grew up in a house rich with experimental art and musical expression. Paul would often make cassettes of rare and... Biography of Alicia Sacramone
Alicia Marie Sacramone (pronounced /əˈliʃə ˌsækɹəˈmoʊni/)(born December 3, 1987) is a retired American artistic gymnast. A member of the U.S. National Team, she is the 2005 World Champion on floor exercise, the 2008 U.S. National Champion on vault, and a seven-time medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she won a silver medal competing for the USA in the artistic gymnastics team all-around competition. Sacramone began gymnastics at the age of eight, began competing in the elite ranks in 2002 and joined the U.S. national team in 2003. Since 2005 she has been a key member of the U.S. team, and has won two World Championship titles and seven World Championships medals in total. Shannon Miller and N... Biography of Maybelle Carter
"Mother" Maybelle Carter (May 10, 1909 - October 23, 1978) was an American country musician. She is best known as a member of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s and also as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters. Maybelle Carter was born Maybelle Addington on May 10, 1909 in Nickelsville, Virginia, the daughter of Hugh Jackson Addington and Margaret S. Kilgore. According to family lore, the Addington family of Virginia is descended from former British prime minister Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. On March 13, 1926, Maybelle married Ezra J. Carter. They had three daughters, Helen, Valerie June (better known as June Carter Cash), and Anita. She was a member of the original Carter Family, which was formed in 1927 by her brother-in-law, A. P. C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lupita Tovar
Lupita Tovar (born July 27, 1911 (source: Imdb)) is a Mexican actress, best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish language version of Dracula, filmed in Los Angeles by Universal Pictures at night using the same sets as the Bela Lugosi version, but with a different cast and director. Born in Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Tovar was discovered by documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty of Fox Film studios while acting in a school play in Mexico City, Mexico. She came to Hollywood in 1929 and a perusal of her lessons at the time reflects how serious she was in her attitude. Her weekly schedule included guitar, two hours four days, Spanish dances, one hour three days, dramatics, one-half hour two days, and English, one hour every day. Her accent was considered an asset in talking motion pictu... Biography of Meghan McCain
Meghan Marguerite McCain (born October 23, 1984) is an American, columnist, blogger, and the daughter of U.S. Senator John McCain and Cindy Hensley McCain. McCain began to receive media attention in 2007 for her blog, McCain Blogette, on which she documented life on the campaign trail and mused about fashion, music, and pop culture. In January 2009, she became a contributing author with The Daily Beast. Early life Meghan is the oldest of the four children of John and Cindy Hensley McCain. She has been a public figure for most of her life, appearing at the 1996 Republican National Convention. She was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Phoenix Country Day School and Xavier College Preparatory, an all-girl Catholic high school. She attended Columbia University, where she earned he... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jimmy Johnstone
James Connolly "Jimmy" Johnstone (30 September 1944 – 13 March 2006), was a Scottish international association football player. Johnstone, known as "Jinky", was best known for his time as a Celtic player, and was voted their best ever player by the club's fans in 2002. Born in Viewpark, South Lanarkshire, the youngest of five children, Johnstone grew up at the family home on Old Edinburgh Road, directly across from Robertson Park, the home of local Junior side Thorniewood United FC. After being spotted by Celtic and Manchester United scouts at age 13, he chose to sign with Celtic and he played his first game for the senior team on 21 March 1963. The coach of Saint John The Baptist school football team in Uddingston, in which Johnstone had excelled, was friendly with some of Celtic's co... Biography of Asia Nitollano
Asia Nitollano (born February 14, 1988 in Mt. Vernon, New York) is an American singer, dancer and model, who won the television series Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. She was also a dancer for the New York Knicks of the NBA. Life and career Asia Nitollano has a four-year-old daughter. She has African-American, Filipino, and Puerto Rican ancestry. Before her entry into the group, Nitollano was a dancer for the New York Knicks. In 2007 she became one of the nine finalists on the CW reality television series, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. During the season finale of the show, she was chosen to become the newest member of the group by judges Robin Antin, Ron Fair and Lil Kim. According to judge and Pussycat Doll founder Robin Antin, while Nitol... Biography of Hallie Todd
Hallie Todd (b. January 7, 1962) is an American actress, producer and writer. Personal life Hallie Todd was born as Hallie Eckstein in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of producer George Eckstein and actress Ann Morgan Guilbert. She has a sister Nora Eckstein (acting teacher). Hallie Todd is married to Glenn Withrow; they have a daughter Ivy Withrow. Career Todd played a homeless character, “The Kid,” on a Christmas episode of the sitcom, Growing Pains. She played Penny Waters, the daughter of fictional former football player Joe Waters on the Showtime comedy series Brothers. Then she played Lal, Data’s “daughter”, on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Offspring", as Blanche's niece, Lucy, on the The Golden Girls episode "Nice and Easy", the mom on Disney Chann... Biography of Moisés Arias
Moisés Arias, born on April 18, 1994 in New York, is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his role as Rico on Hannah Montana and as host of his own show Moises Rules!. Life and career Born in New York City, Arias' parents are from Colombia. He is fluent in Spanish. Arias has made guest appearances on shows such as The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Everybody Hates Chris. He had a recurring role as Rico on Hannah Montana, and became a series regular in the show's second season. In 2009, he played Andre in the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped. As a regular on the Disney Channel, Arias participated on the first and second Disney Channel Games on the red team. He also participated in the third Disney Channel games on the Yellow Team (Comets). He has als... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miyoshi Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志, Umeki Miyoshi?, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki; May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a naturalized American actress and standards singer. She was best known for her roles as Katsumi, the wife of Joe Kelly (Red Buttons), in the 1957 film Sayonara, as Mei Li in the 1958 Broadway musical and 1961 film Flower Drum Song, and as Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper, in the TV series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. She was a shin Issei or post-1945 immigrant from Japan. She was a Tony Award- and Golden Globe-nominated actress and was the first person (and as of 2010 the only) of East Asian descent to win an Academy Award for acting. Life Born as Umeki Miyoshi (in Japanese, a person's family name ... Biography of Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, OBE (born 4 December 1930) is a Scottish actor and comedian best known for his association with Ronnie Barker in the long-running British television comedy sketch series The Two Ronnies. He first achieved prominence in David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme, The Frost Report and later played starring roles in the sitcoms Sorry! and No - That's Me Over Here! Early life and career Corbett was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of London-born Annie Elizabeth (Main) and William Balfour Corbett, master baker in 1930. He has a brother about six years younger, and a sister about ten years younger than himself. Corbett was educated at the Royal High School Edinburgh in the city, but did not attend university. After leaving school, he then decided... Biography of Lisa Origliasso
Lisa (born December 25, 1984 in Brisbane, Queensland) is most notably the lead vocalist for the band The Veronicas. Early life Origliasso was born to a middle class Sirian family. She has an identical twin sister, Jess Origliasso, who plays guitar in The Veronicas. She has an older brother named Julian. Origliasso attended Brisbane Junior High School in Brisbane, Australia. Career The Veronicas In 2005, Origliasso attended the Beastie Boys Ill Communication Tour with his sister Jess. Drawing from music introduced to them by their older brother Josh, such as Rancid and Social Distortion, as well as the influence of the Beastie Boys concert, the two started their own band with a friend. The band was short lived and the Origliassos eventually recruited fellow high schoolers... Biography of Natalia París
Natalia París Gaviria (born August 12 of 1973, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia) is a Colombian model. She is one of the most recognized models in Colombia, who owns her own brand of personal care products that bear her name. External links * www.nataliaparis.com.co Biography Natalia, whose mother was also a model, graduated San Jose del la Vega School as a publicist. She is one of the more successful Colombian models, in spite of not being a Top Model at any international level. She has succeeded due to her charisma and phenomenal figure. No other model has as many admirers in Colombia as she does. Lately, she has done a lot of work raising money for poor children both in her own country and elsewhere in the world. Presently, she is the exclusive model for Crystal Gold Beer ... Biography of Britney Arianna
Britney Arianna, born August 5, 1986 in Portland, Oregon, is an American model. She was the Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week - May 12, 2008.... Biography of Calli Ryals
Calli Ryals, born September 21, 1982 in Elyria, Ohio, is an American actress and former gymnast. Filmography Stick It (2006) .... Gloria Javier... Biography of Tina O'Brien
Tina O'Brien (born 7 August 1983) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sarah-Louise Platt on the show Coronation Street. Acting career Born in Rusholme, Manchester, O'Brien left Trinity Church of England High School with two GCSEs. She starred in the drama Children's Ward in 1997, The Cops in 1998 and Clocking Off in 2000,playing the on-screen sister of actor Jack P Shepherd who later became her on-screen brother David in Coronation Street. She joined Coronation Street on 31 October 1999, taking over the role of Sarah-Louise Platt from Lynsay King. At the age of sixteen, she was three years older than her character. Sarah's pregnancy with baby Bethany won O'Brien Best Storyline at the British Soap Awards. She has also won best newcomer at the National Televi... Biography of Sherrié Krenn
Sherrie Veronica Krenn (born 28 August 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress and singer, known professionally as Sherrié Austin. Active as a singer since her teenage years, Sherrié initially recorded as one half of the duo Colorhaus, which also featured Phil Radford. After leaving Colorhaus, she recorded one album in her native Australia before moving to the United States in pursuit of a singing career. There, she recorded four studio albums, and charted several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Her highest-charting single was the #18 "Streets of Heaven" in 2003. She has sold over 430,000 albums and 288,000 singles in her career, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Her fifth album is being released digitally November 15th, 2011. Career Early Career Austin ... Biography of Eve Hewson
Eve Hewson, born on July 7, 1991 in Glasnevin, County Dublin, is an Irish actress, the daugther of Bono and Ali Hewson, the younger sister of Jordan Hewson and the older sister of Elijah Bob Hewson and John Abraham Hewson. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2016723/) 2011 This Must Be the Place Mary 2010 For the First Time (short) Della 2008 The 27 Club Stella 2008 The Twenty Seven Club... Biography of Jenni Rivera
Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012), better known as Jenni Rivera, was a Mexican-American singer known for her work within the banda and norteña music genres. She began recording in 1992, and her recordings often have themes of social issues, infidelity, and relationships. Her tenth studio album, Jenni (2008), became her first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. In 2010, she appeared in and produced the reality TV show Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis & Raq-C. She also appeared in and produced I Love Jenni starting in 2011 and Chiquis 'n Control in 2012. Rivera died in a plane crash near Iturbide, Nuevo León, México, on December 9, 2012. Early life Rivera, a Mexican American, was born in Long Beach, California. He... Biography of Vanessa White
Vanessa Karen White (born 30 October 1989) is an English pop singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in 2008 as a member of English/Irish girl-group The Saturdays. She is the youngest member of the band. White is noted for her extensive vocal range. Early life White was born in Yeovil, Somerset. Attracted to performing from a young age she attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School on Saturdays before being offered a full time place and moving to Stratford, London with her family when she was five. She applied for The Brit School, but was turned down. She appeared in several theatre productions, including the West End production of The Lion King as Young Nala and also played one of the King's daughters in The King And I from 2000-2002. She has a brother, Ryan, and a younger sister, Cel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland, A.S.C. (May 29, 1904 - September 28, 1948) was an American cinematographer noted for his innovative use of lighting and techniques such as deep focus, an example of which can be found in his work on Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. Career During the 1930s, Toland became the youngest cameraman in Hollywood but soon one of its most sought-after cinematographers. Over a seven-year span (1936–1942), he was nominated five times for the "Best Cinematography" Oscar, including a win in 1940 for his work on Wuthering Heights. He worked with many of the top directors of his era, including John Ford, Howard Hawks, Erich von Stroheim, King Vidor, Orson Welles, and William Wyler. Toland was the subject of an "Annals of Hollywood" article in The New Yorker, "The Cameraman," by Hilton ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tasha Reid
Tasha Reid (also known as Natasha Shanta Reid) is an American born R&B singer and rapper born in Portland, Texas on May 31, 1981 to an African American father and a Korean mother. She is one of the leading female hiphop/R&B/Soul singers in Korea. Known as Queen of Soul in Korean music industry, she has been appointed as the ambassador/spokeswoman for DaMoonWha(Muti-Cultural Youth Organization). Making her debut at an early age of 16, she later formed Tashannie, a hip-hop and R & B duo in 1999 where she was the primary vocalist. In 2001, she started a solo career under the moniker T and was awarded in two categories at the Korea Music Awards, the prestigious music award in Korea. She monopolized the KMA by winning both the Best R&B/Soul album, and Best R&B/Soul song of 2008. Tasha, wh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Virginie Arnold
Virginie Arnold (born December 24, 1979 in Biscarrosse) is a female archer from France. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Arnold finished her ranking round with a total of 626 points. This gave her the 39th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Khatuna Lorig in the first round. Lorig won the confrontation between the 39th and 26th seed with 107-105 and Arnold was eliminated. Together with Bérengère Schuh and Sophie Dodemont she also took part in the team event. With her 626 score from the ranking round combined with the 645 of Schuh and the 632 of Dodemont the French team was in fifth position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. With 218-211 they were too strong for the Polish team. In the semi final against South... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louise Lorraine
Louise Lorraine (October 1, 1901 (source: Imdb) – February 2, 1981) was an American film actress. Life and career Born Louise Escovar in San Francisco, California in 1904, Louise Lorraine's rise to film happened quite accidentally. A photography salesman knocked on the door of the Los Angeles home where Louise lived with her widowed mother and five siblings one day. It was the 13-year old Louise who answered the door. The salesman was so taken aback by her look and demeanor that he told her mother that she should be in movies, and he had a contact at the Ince Studio who could make it happen. At first, Louise's mother refused, but eventually gave in. The young woman started out in two-reel comedies for independent studios, then spent time at MGM and Universal. She became very popular... Biography of Kim Richards
Kimberly "Kim" Richards (born September 19, 1964) is an American actress, former child actress, and television personality. She had roles in several Disney movies in the 1970s and later TV shows in the late 1970s and early 80s before returning to the screen with her sister Kyle Richards on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Early life Kim Richards was born in Mineola, New York, the daughter of Kenneth E. Richards (1917–1998) and Kathleen Dugan (1933–2002). The couple separated in 1972 and Kathleen later remarried. Richards has one sister, Kyle Richards (born 1969), as well as a half-sister, Kathy Hilton (born 1959), from her mother's previous marriage. Nicky and Paris Hilton are her nieces, daughters of her half-sister, Kathy. Career Her career began as a child in the... Biography of Lucie Silvas
Lucie Silvas (born Lucie Joanne Silverman on 4 September 1977 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, London) is an English singer-songwriter. Early life Lucie was born to a Liberal Jewish family in Kingston-Upon-Thames, London. Her parents were big music lovers and Lucie has stated this inspired her career, also that her mother, Isabella, was an opera singer and wanted to pursue a career in music herself. Lucie lived in London until she was 2, and moved to Auckland, New Zealand because her father found a house for sale, next to a golf course. In New Zealand she was a member of Habonim and was involved in other Jewish movements. She relocated to Thames Ditton, Kingston-Upon-Thames, England, when she was 13. Intrigued by Judaism, she soon became a member of Wimbledon District Synagogue Choir. Sh... Biography of Jenny Lewis
Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976), is an American singer-songwriter musician and actress. She was the primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and has released two solo albums. She currently performs as part of the duo Jenny & Johnny with boyfriend Johnathan Rice. She was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. Acting career Lewis made her professional debut in a Jell-O commercial. She was featured in the short-lived 1986 Lucille Ball sitcom Life With Lucy, where she was cast as one of Lucy's grandchildren. She also had small roles on TV shows, such as The New Twilight Zone, Baywatch, Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Just the Ten of Us, Roseanne, Mr. Belvedere, and Brooklyn Bridge. Lewis appeared in over a dozen teen-themed movies, such as Troop Beverly Hills, and in 1989 star... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlie Drake
Charlie Drake (19 June 1925 – 23 December 2006) was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer. With his small stature (5' 1" tall), curly red hair and liking for slapstick he was a popular comedian with children in his early years, becoming nationally-known for his "Hello, my darlings" catchphrase. The catchphrase came about because he was short, and so his eyes would often be naturally directly level with a lady's bosom. Because of this and because in his work he preferred working with the fuller, bigger busted lady, the catchphrase was born. He died from complications from a stroke on 23 December 2006, aged 81. Biography Born Charles Edward Springall in the Elephant and Castle, Southwark, South London, he took his mother's maiden name for the stage and, later, television an... Biography of Anna Abreu
Anna Abreu (born Anna Eira Margarida Mourão de Melo e Abreu on February 7, 1990 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish-Portuguese singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the third series of the Finnish singing talent show Idols in 2007. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, dance and Latin rhythms to them. Since her participation in Idols, Abreu has become one of the best-selling Finnish Idols contestants and one of the most successful Finnish female singers, with certified record sales surpassing 180,000 copies, which places her also among the 100 best-selling music artists of all time in Finland. Biography 1990-2005: Early life Abreu's Portuguese father Paulo lives in Sintra, Portugal, while she and her Finnish mother Liisa lives in Vantaa with Anna. Abreu has... Biography of Emy Coligado
Emy Coligado (born June 5, 1971) is an American actress, known for her role as Piama Tananahaakna on the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. Coligado was born in Geneva, Ohio, and lived in Borger in the Texas Panhandle. She attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, where she studied psychology. Although she had no significant acting background, Coligado saw a Broadway production of the musical Miss Saigon shortly before her 1993 college graduation and, after earning her degree, traveled to New York City to pursue acting and music. She landed a role in the 1st National Tour company before joining the show's Broadway cast; she also performed in a Stuttgart-based German production of the musical. Coligado moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to pursue an acting career and appeared in minor r... Add to favourites (1 fan)Biography of Bindi Irwin
Bindi Sue Irwin (born 24 July 1998 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank)) is the daughter of The Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin, and mother Terri Irwin. Bindi is a child celebrity who has been involved in acting, singing, songwriting, dancing, rapping, and a fitness DVD. She shares the same conservationist philosophy as her parents. Her first name comes from the name of her father's favourite female crocodile at the Australia Zoo, and her middle name is from the family's dog Sui, Sue. According to her father, Bindi is an Australian Aboriginal word that means "young girl." Life Bindi began appearing on television shows as early as age two. She appeared regularly in her father's television shows, including The Crocodile Hunter Diaries... Biography of Lexi Ainsworth
Alexandra Danielle "Lexi" Ainsworth (born October 28, 1992) is an American teen actress. She is known for her role as Kristina Davis on General Hospital. Personal life and career Ainsworth was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At age 6, she began dancing on stage at the local ballet company. This led her to appear in several theater productions, such as The Wizard of Oz (playing a munchkin) and To Kill A Mockingbird (portraying Scout). However, it was after attending a film camp in New York that Lexi developed an interest in film and television acting. She then headed to Los Angeles where she enrolled in an acting camp program. A talent agency noticed Ainsworth, and they sent her out to audition for her first national commercial, subsequently for Barbie dolls. After shooting vario... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Googoosh
Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین, Azerbaijani: فائقه آتشین, Faiqə Atəşin, born on May 7, 1949 in Tehran (source: Imdb)) also known by her stage name Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش, Azerbaijani: Ququş ) is an Iranian singer and actress. She is known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but also starred in a variety of movies from the 1950s to the 1970s. She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. Her overall impact and contributions to Middle Eastern and Central Asian pop-music earned her the title of the most iconic female pop-singer from those regions. Due to her gre... Biography of Natalie Press
Natalie Press (born 15 August 1980) is an English actress, perhaps best known for her award-winning performance in the 2004 film My Summer of Love and a number of short and feature length independent films, including Wasp, which won the 2005 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. Personal life Press is from North London and practised Judaism until the age of 13. After studying Fine Art at university, she worked as an office temp and as a video store clerk on the Fulham Road until the success of My Summer of Love. Career Press' first credited screen role was in a 2001 episode of the BBC television series Holby City. Her film debut and first lead role was in the short film Wasp (2003), which went on to win the Academy Award for best short film in 2005. She was recognized by the... Biography of Angela Kinsey
Angela Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an American actress. She currently appears as the uptight accountant Angela Martin on the hit NBC television series The Office. Personal life Kinsey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. When she was two, her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where her father worked as a drilling engineer. They lived there for twelve years, and she attended the Jakarta International School. During this time she learned Indonesian, which she still knows. Her family then returned to the United States and settled in Archer City, Texas. Kinsey studied English at Baylor University, where she became a member of the Chi Omega sorority, "took as many theatre classes as possible", and participated in the "Baylor in London" program. In a 2007 interview with the Baylor stude... Biography of Karan Ashley
Karan Ashley (born September 28, 1975) is a former American actress. Ashley was born Karen Ashley Jackson in Odessa, Texas. She graduated from David W. Carter High School in Dallas, Texas. In 1992, she was a member of the short-lived girl group K.R.U.S.H, who contributed a song to the soundtrack of Mo' Money. She was known as "Ashley Jackson" at this time. Ashley's first acting job was as Aisha Campbell, the second Yellow Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, replacing Thuy Trang (Trini Kwan). Staying on for two years, Ashley left the show in 1996. She was replaced by Nakia Burrise (Tanya) for Power Rangers: Zeo. Her last Power Rangers appearance was in the finale for the third season of the series. Ashley has said that her decision to leave the series was because of the demanding ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aria Wallace
Aria Summer Wallace (born November 3, 1996) is an American teen actress and singer. Wallace landed a role on The Bernie Mac Show. Subsequently, she appeared on a variety of shows, including Carnivàle, Charmed, That '70s Show, Judging Amy, What Should You Do?, and iCarly. Wallace has also starred in the 2007 Nick Movie, Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost and all of the other Roxy Hunter movies to date.Those include Roxy Hunter and the secret of the Shaman etc. In 2005, Wallace made her film debut in The Perfect Man, starring alongside Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear. She is notable for guest-starring on the Nickelodeon TV show iCarly, portraying Mandy, an obsessed fan. She says she will now concentrate on her music, and she is currently working on her new album. Roles pl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Butterfly McQueen
Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen (January 7, 1911 – December 22, 1995) was an American actress. Originally a dancer, the 28-year-old McQueen first appeared as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, then continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, then moving to television acting in the 1950s . Early life Born Thelma McQueen in Tampa, Florida, she had planned to become a nurse until a high school teacher suggested that she try acting. McQueen initially studied with Janet Collins and went on to dance with the Venezuela Jones Negro Youth Group. Around this time she acquired the nickname "Butterfly"—a tribute to her constantly moving hands—for her performance of the Butterfly Ballet in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (she had always hated her birth name... Biography of Natasha Leggero
Natasha Leggero (born March 26, 1974) is an American actress and stand-up comic from Rockford, Illinois. Biography Leggero began performing at age 10, in several Chicago plays. After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City to study at the Stella Adler Conservatory. While there, she also attended Hunter College and received her B.A. in theater criticism. She moved to Los Angeles shortly after graduation. Leggero is a frequent roundtable panelist on friend Chelsea Handler's late-night talk show Chelsea Lately. Her stand-up television appearances include performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Last Call with Carson Daly, and she has appeared on multiple Comedy Central stand-up programs, including the animated show Ugly A... Biography of Madylin Sweeten
Madylin Anne Michele Sweeten (born June 27, 1991) is an American actress. Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas, to Timothy Lynn Sweeten and Elizabeth Anne Millsap. She is perhaps best known for playing the role of Ally Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996–2005. Her younger twin brothers Sullivan and Sawyer played her twin brothers Geoffrey and Michael Barone on the sitcom. She also has a younger sister, Maysa Sweeten. Sweeten began her acting career by attending the Kay Scott School of Performing Arts in San Saba, Texas, at age 3. While attending Kay Scott, Sweeten, at age four, was cast in the television movie A Promise to Carolyn. From there, she went on to book several commercials in Dallas. Madylin also captured the title of World's Universal Beauty ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kaki King
Kaki King (b. Katherine Elizabeth King, August 24, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres. In February 2006, Rolling Stone released a list of "The New Guitar Gods," on which King was the sole woman and youngest artist (beating Derek Trucks in age by two months as the youngest on the list). In addition to a 10-year career that includes five LP and two EP albums, King has also scored music for television and film. She worked alongside Eddie Vedder and Michael Brook contributing music for the soundtrack to Sean Penn's Into the Wild, for which the trio received nominations for a Golden G... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elizabeth Daily
Elizabeth Ann Guttman (born September 11, 1961), better known by her stage names of Elizabeth Daily and E.G. Daily, is an American voice actress, actress, singer-songwriter, and musician. She has voiced television characters such as Tommy Pickles in Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!, Buttercup in The Powerpuff Girls, and Rudy Tabootie in Chalkzone, and the titular role in the live-action feature film Babe: Pig in the City, replacing Christine Cavanaugh. Singing career Daily signed with A&M Records in 1985, working with Madonna's frequent collaborators John "Jellybean" Benitez and Stephen Bray. In 1986, that label released the R&B/rock single "Say It, Say It". The song made it to #70 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the #1 spot on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. (Other versions o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sarah Sutton
Sarah Sutton (born 12 December 1961) is a British actress best known for her role as Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Nyssa was a companion of Tom Baker and Peter Davison's Doctors from 1981 to 1983. She was the youngest female actor to play a companion as a regular co-star in the series. (Matthew Waterhouse, who played Adric, was the youngest actor to have played a companion full-time, and since the series' revival in 2005 several companions have been portrayed in their youths by child actors guest-starring on the programme; including 10-year-old Caitlin Blackwood who originated the role of Amy Pond before it was taken over by her adult cousin, Karen Gillan.) Sutton was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Sutton studied ballet as a little girl and wen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Keiko Agena
Christine Keiko Agena (born October 3, 1973) is an American actress known professionally as Keiko Agena. Personal life Agena, a Japanese-American, was born in Honolulu, and began acting at the age of 10. She attended Mid-Pacific Institute preparatory school on O‘ahu, and Whitman College for one year as a drama major. She enjoys riding her motorcycle around Los Angeles and participating in an Asian-American theatre company called Hereandnow. Agena married Shin Kawasaki in a helicopter over Las Vegas, Nevada on December 19, 2005. Career Agena is probably best known for her role in Gilmore Girls, where she played Lane Kim, a Korean-American teenager who is the best friend of Rory Gilmore, one of the lead characters. Agena played this role despite being significantly older than her ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maria Sansone
Maria Grace Sansone (born February 26, 1981 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American television personality, and currently the co-anchor of Good Day LA on KTTV FOX 11 in Los Angeles. She is former field reporter for WNBC 4 New York who appeared daily on LX New York. Sansone is television host and reporter who has contributed to Access Hollywood, Extra, ABC, NBC, MTV, TV Guide Network, Yahoo!, CBS Sports, NESN and ESPN. Biography Maria Sansone gained celebrity at a very young age when a local reporter, Mike Gallagher discovered her while competing in a kids slam-dunk contest in Erie, Pennsylvania. After interviewing her for the local news he was impressed by the 11 year old, Sansone, and gave her a sports segment called "Down to Size" on WJET-TV which appeared weekly on the ABC affiliate i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Taylor Parks
Taylor Parks (born September 20, 1993 in Mesquite, Texas) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Little Inez in the 2007 film Hairspray. She has also appeared in the television series Gilmore Girls, Everybody Hates Chris, Carpoolers, Bones and had a recurring role in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP starring Keke Palmer. Parks is also a personal friend of Palmer's. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2264260/) 2012 Victorious (TV series) Kara – Tori and Jade's Playdate (2012) … Kara 2010 Bones (TV series) Jill MacIntosh – The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck (2010) … Jill MacIntosh 2009-2010 True Jackson, VP (TV series) Shelley / Shelly – Class Election (2010) … Shelley – Pajama Party (2010) … Shelly – House Party (2... Biography of Lorrie Morgan
Loretta Lynn "Lorrie" Morgan (born June 27, 1959, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer. She is the daughter of George Morgan, a country music singer who charted several hit singles between 1949 and his death in 1975. Lorrie Morgan charted her first single in 1978, although she did not break into the top of the U.S. country charts until her 1989 single, "Trainwreck of Emotion." Since then, she has charted more than 25 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, with three number one hits: "Five Minutes," "What Part of No" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." She has also recorded more than 15 studio albums. At various points in her life, Morgan has been married to three different country singers: Keith Whitley, Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw. She has... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Holliday Grainger
Holliday Clark Grainger (also credited as Hollie Grainger; born 27 March 1988) is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles include Lucrezia Borgia in Showtime series The Borgias and Estella in Mike Newell's Great Expectations. In May 2010, Grainger was named one of the 55 faces of the future in Nylon magazine's Young Hollywood Issue. Early life Grainger was born in Didsbury. She is of partial Italian descent through a grandfather. Growing up in Manchester, Grainger's first taste of acting came aged 6 when she was scouted for a BBC TV series. From then on, she appeared in multiple TV shows and independent films as a child actor. She attended Parrs Wood High School from 1999 to 2006, then she started in 2007 a degree in English Literature at the University of L... |
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