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83 celebrities 5' 3½" tall have been found. Add to favourites (249 fans)Biography of Jodie Foster
November 19, 1962) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. She has also won two Golden Globes, BAFTA and a Screen Actors Guild Award. After appearing as a child in several commercials, Foster won her first role in the 1970 TV movie Menace On The Mountain, followed by several Disney productions. Foster did not experience her breakout role until 1976, when she received moderate recognition and acclaim for her role as a pre-teenage prostitute in Taxi Driver, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Oscar for Lead Actress in 1988, for playing a rape victim in The Accused. What many perceive as Foster's breakout performance came in 1991 with The Silence of the Lambs, in which she played the role of Clarice Starli... Add to favourites (102 fans)Biography of Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider (September 23, 1938 (birth time source: http://www.romy.de/romycms/index.php/content/html/biografie, Hans Taeger, Tony Bonin, Astrodatabank) – May 29, 1982) was a German actress. She was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach-Retty in Vienna, September 23, 1938 at 9:45 PM or 10:05 PM, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her father Wolf Albach-Retty of Austria and her German mother Magda Schneider . After the divorce in 1945, Magda took charge of Romy and her brother Wolfi, eventually supervising the young girl's career, often appearing alongside her daughter. Romy thus made her film debut in Wenn der weisse Flieder blüht (1953), at the age of 15. In the film Mädchenjahre einer Königin (Girlhood of a Queen, Ernst Marischka, 1954) R... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Natasha St Pier
Natasha St-Pier (born February 10, 1981 in Bathurst, New Brunswick and raised in Edmundston from the age of two) is a Canadian pop singer. Height: 1m61 Born in Canada, Natasha St-Pier started her career in Quebec in 1996 by releasing a first album, Émergence, produced by world renowned composer/producer Steve Barakatt. She came fourth in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen with the power ballad "Je n'ai que mon âme", in which she represented France, despite being perhaps the biggest fan favourite before the contest, alongside with Greek participating band Antique. She has released an English version of the song, entitled "All I Have Is My Soul". St-Pier became an overnight sensation in France releasing 5 albums and topping the French album and singles charts. She also made... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter who has enjoyed success in the pop genres. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album Thankful (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album Breakaway (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music, and won two Grammy Awards. Clarkson's new album, entitled My December, was released on June 26, 2007. On an interview with Good Morning America, Simon Cowell was asked of the six American Idol winners, who he thought had the best voice. Cowell immediately answered that Kelly Clarkson did "by a mile", n... Add to favourites (51 fans)Biography of Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980 (birth time source: @JessicaSimpson Screenshot of Tweet: http://i.imgur.com/hvKoM2b.jpg) is an American singer, actress, television personality and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and beauty products, and designed fragrances, shoes, and handbags for women. She has devoted time to philanthropic efforts including Operation Smile and a USO-hosted tour for troops stationed overseas. She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, three gold and two multi-platinum Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified studio albums, four of which have reached the top 10 on the US Bil... Add to favourites (57 fans)Biography of Alizée (singer)
Alizée Jacotey (born August 21, 1984) is a French singer. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, she goes by the stage name Alizée — the feminine form of alizé, the trade wind. She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, a successful Quebec-born French singer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999. While collaborating with Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, Alizée came up with two albums — both of which were hits inside and outside of France. Alizée used to be considered the protégée of Mylène Farmer, but since has struck out on her own. Alizée entered the music business in the year 2000. Since then she has released two studio albums, composed by Laurent Boutonnat and written by Mylène Farmer. Her first album was Gourmandises, which received Platinum certification... Add to favourites (65 fans)Biography of Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. She won two Oscars playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played in London's West End. She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. During her thirty-year stage career, she played parts that ranged from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth. One example of her range is the fact that she played Cleopatra, in both the comedy-drama and classic drama contexts (Shaw's and Shakespeare's... Add to favourites (65 fans)Biography of Amy Lee
Amy Lynn Hartzler (born and best known as Amy Lynn Lee, December 13, 1981 in Riverside, California (birth time source: http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29004)) is an American singer-songwriter and classically-trained pianist. She is a founding member and lead singer of the Grammy Award winning rock band Evanescence. Her influences range from classical musicians such as Mozart to modern artists like Björk, Tori Amos, Danny Elfman and Plumb. Early life Lee was born to parents John Lee, a disc jockey and TV personality, and Sara Cargill. She has one brother, Robby, and two sisters, Carrie and Lori. Lee had a third sister, who died in 1987 at the age of three from an unidentified illness. The song "Hello" from Fallen has been reported to have been written for her late ... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962 (birth time source: "No Fool To This Game" by Richard Buskin)) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock, country, pop, folk and blues, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a political activist. She has performed with the Rolling Stones and has sung duets with Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson and Kid Rock, among others. Crow's recordings have appeared on the soundtracks to Cars, Erin Brockovich, Home of the Brave, and Tomorrow Never Dies, among many others. Early life Sheryl Suzanne Crow was born in Kennett, Missouri on February 11, 1962, to parents Wendell, a trumpet player and lawyer, and Bernice Crow, a piano teacher. The third child of the family, she has three siblings: old... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983 (birth time source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_time_was_Carrie_Underwood_born#page3)) is an American pop country music singer who won the fourth season of American Idol. She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was certified 6x platinum and is the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history. Underwood is the first American Idol winner to sweep up honors at all three major music awards in the same awards show season (06-07), including one American Music Award, five Billboard Music Awards, and two Grammy Awards (including Best New Artist). Her critically acclaimed debut album is the best selling album of any American Idol contestant in the U.S. to date. Her album, Some... Add to favourites (52 fans)Biography of Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Michelle Seyfried (pronounced "Sigh-Frid", IPA: /əm'ændə mɪʃ'ɛl 'saɪfrɪd/; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress and former child model. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! and as Karen in Mean Girls; she has also appeared in Alpha Dog and in the television shows Veronica Mars and Big Love. Personal life Amanda Seyfried was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States, the daughter of Ann, an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. Her sister, Jennifer Seyfried is a musician in the Philadelphia organ-driven band, Love City. She graduated in 2003 from Allentown's William Allen High School and subsequently enrolled at New York City's Fordham University. As a t... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Line Renaud
Line Renaud is a popular French singer, actress and activist (born Jacqueline Ente, on July 2 1928 in Nieppe). Early life Line Renaud was born in Pont-de-Nieppe on July 2, 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist and father, a truck driver during the week, who played trumpet on the weekends in a local brass band. She showed the first signs of her talent in the primary school, when at the age of 7 she won an amateur competition. During the Second World War, Jacqueline’s father was mobilised, spending five years away from the family. During this time, Jacqueline was brought up by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her grandmother had a cafe in Armentières, where she used to sing for the passing soldiers. Early career and meeting Loulou Gasté She auditioned at ... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Noel Hill-Marley (born May 25, 1975) is an American vocalist, singer, rapper, musician, record producer and film actress. She initially established her reputation as the most visible and vocal member of The Fugees. On August 25, 1998 she launched her solo career by releasing the critically lauded album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, bringing the then-emerging neo-soul genre to a wider commercial platform. After a four year hiatus, she released the controversial MTV Unplugged No. 2.0; a live album of completely original material (except for So Much Things to Say and The Conquering Lion). She has won eight Grammy Awards and is the mother of four children with Rohan Marley, the seventh son of reggae legend Bob Marley. Early life Lauryn Hill was born in South Orange, New Jersey. S... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Beatriz Luengo
Beatriz Luengo (born December 23, 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish actress, singer and dancer. She released her first album Mi Generación in 2005. Beatriz Luengo was born in Madrid on 23 December 1982. The daughter of Angelines and Juan, she grew up and lived in the district of Hortaleza. In her free time, she played in the district basketball team and, in spite of her height, was the best player. She considered herself like Chicho Terremoto, small but brave. It was not until she was six years old that she began to be interested in show business, after seeing a TV broadcast of the musical Cabaret starring Liza Minelli, who became a role model for her and has remained so. She studied until COU and made interpretation studies. She has specialized in singing with the best teachers. H... Biography of Annie Cordy
Leonie Cooreman best known as Annie Cordy is a Belgian singer and actress, born June 16, 1928 in Laeken. Discography Discographie Les indispensables de Annie Cordy vol1(Version originales) Best of Annie Cordy : 50 ans de succès Tata Yoyo Le meilleur d'Annie Cordy Annie Cordy Annie Cordy 1957 / 1960 / vol.1 Annie Cordy 1963 / 1965 / vol.2 Les indispensables de Annie Cordy vol2 La route fleurie Les trois bandits de Napoli Que du bonheur Annie Cordy Chante Broadway Les meilleurs d'Annie Cordy Cigarettes, whisky et p'tites pépées Les aventures de Bernard et Bianca (Walt Disney) Annie Cordy Live Danse Annie ! La bonne du curé Hello Dolly Pince-moi j'allucine A l'Olympia Les Années Chansons / vol.1 Les Années Chansons / vol.2 Oh la la quelle... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist of the impressionistic period, known especially for the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music and orchestral works have become staples of the concert repertoire. Ravel's piano compositions, such as Jeux d'eau, Miroirs and Gaspard de la Nuit, demand considerable virtuosity from the performer, and his orchestral music, including Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, uses tonal color and variety of sound and instrumentation very effectively. To the general public, Ravel is probably best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, which he considered trivial and once described as "a piece for orchestra without music." ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (Burton) (born September 6, 1971) is an Irish singer and songwriter. She led The Cranberries to worldwide success and fame for thirteen years before the band took a hiatus in 2003. Her first solo album Are You Listening? was released in May 2007. Career 1989-2003: The Cranberries Main article: The Cranberries In 1990 Dolores O'Riordan auditioned and won the role of lead singer for a band called The Cranberry Saw Us (later changed to The Cranberries). The band released five albums Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993), No Need to Argue (1994), To the Faithful Departed (1996), Bury the Hatchet (1999) and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001) and a greatest-hits compilation entitled Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002 (2002), before their f... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Elsa Pataky
Elsa Pataky (born July 18, 1976 as Elsa Lafuente Medianu) is a Spanish actress of half-Romanian descent. Early life and career Elsa Pataky was born in Madrid, Spain, and is fluent in Spanish, French, English and Romanian. Pataky attended the Universidad de San Pablo and studied journalism. During this time, Pataky also enrolled in acting classes. She was also a member of the Madrid theatre company, Teatro Cámara de Ángel Guitiérrez. Eventually, she left school when she was cast in the television series Al Salir de Clase. Acting career With the success of Al Salir de Clase, Pataky received her first film offer, El Arte de Morir. Some of her subsequent films were co-productions with the UK and France, which introduced her to working in English and French. Pataky has appeared in... Biography of Elisabeth Guigou
Élisabeth Guigou (born Élisabeth Vallier, 6 August 1946, Marrakesh, Morocco) is a French Socialist politician. After attending ENA, France's elite graduate school of public affairs, she worked on Jacques Delors' staff in 1982 before being hired by Hubert Védrine in François Mitterrand's . She was appointed Secretary-General of the Interminsterial Committee on European Economical Matters in 1986 during the period of cohabitation. She first got a taste of front-line politics when she was appointed Minister of Eureopean Affairs (1990-1993), during the campaign on the Maastricht Treaty, before she was elected to the European Parliament in 1994. In 1997, she was elected to the National Assembly in the Vaucluse département and entered incoming Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's cabinet, as ... Biography of Sadie Frost
Sadie Frost (born Sadie Liza Vaughan on June 19, 1965), is an English fashion designer and former actress. She is probably best known for her six-year marriage to Jude Law and her friendship with Kate Moss, which have made her a staple of the British tabloids. Frost was born in London. Her father, David Vaughan, was a psychedelic artist who did work for The Beatles. Frost had numerous siblings and step-siblings, including a sister named Sunshine Purple Tara Velvet. She was brought up in Primrose Hill, but spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, when her parents separated. At the age of five, she appeared with Morecambe and Wise. She studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. At nineteen she joined the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre to app... Biography of J. M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with the popularisation of the name "Wendy", which was little-known in either Britain or America before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited. Childhood and Adolescence Barrie was born to a family of Scottish weavers in Kirriemuir, Angus, the ninth child of ten. When he was six, his brother David, his mother's favourite, died in a skating accident on the eve of his 14th birthday. His mother never recovered from the loss, and i... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her silent film work in the 1920s. Bow was widely recognized as an archetypal flapper and the original "It Girl". Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Early life Bow was born in a tenement in Brooklyn, New York, the only surviving child of a dysfunctional family afflicted with mental illness, poverty, and physical and emotional abuse. She was the third child born to her parents; the first two children, both daughters, were stillborn. Bow's mother, hoping that her third child would also die at birth, didn't bother with a birth certificate. As a child, she was a tomboy and played games in the streets with the boys. Her clothes were ragged and dirty; other girls wouldn't play with her. C... Biography of Anna Popplewell
Anna Katherine Popplewell (born 16 December 1988) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Height: 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Personal life Popplewell is the eldest of three children born to Andrew (a barrister) and Deborah (an immunologist); her paternal grandfather, Sir Oliver Popplewell, was a former High Court judge. Her two siblings, Freddie Popplewell and Lulu, are also actors. She lives in London and attended North London Collegiate School, a prestigious girls' school, where she was Head Girl of the school, for the academic year 2006/7. Popplewell is currently reading English at the same place where C.S. Lewis taught for several years, Magdalen College, Oxford. Career Popplewell began acting at the ag... Biography of Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Height: 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Early life Hayward was born Edythe Marrenner in Brooklyn, New York to Walter Marrenner and Ellen Pearson. Her maternal grandparents were from Sweden. She began her career as a photographer's model. She went to Hollywood in 1937, aiming to secure the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Her screen name was chosen by her management because it was "as close to Rita Hayworth as we can get away with." Career Although she was not given the role, Hayward found employment playing bit parts until she was cast in Beau Geste (1939) opposite Gary Cooper. During the war years, she played leading lady to John Wayne twice in Reap the Wild Wind (1942) and The Fighti... Biography of Scott Hamilton
Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958(1958-08-28) in Toledo, Ohio) is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist known for his originality and engaging on-ice personalities. Childhood Hamilton was adopted at the age of six weeks by Ernest S. Hamilton and Dorothy McIntosh of Bowling Green, Ohio. He has two siblings, older sister Susan and younger brother Steven (also adopted). When Scott was two years old he contracted a mysterious illness that caused him to stop growing. After numerous tests and several wrong diagnoses (including a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis that gave him just six months to live), the disease began to correct itself. His family physician sent him to Boston Children's hospital to see a Dr. Shwachman. Sources are unable to verify if he was actually diag... Biography of Mistress Persephone
Mistress Persephone, born November 15, 1972 in Santa Ana, California, is a famous American professional dominatrix and fetish goddess. She is the wife of Tim Worman (October 31, 2001 - ). External link, her Myspace profil: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=193340... Biography of Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia (birth time source: Contemporary American Horoscopes, Astrodatabank) is an American R&B/soul singer, actress and author. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most famous incarnation of which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. Gladys is also a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons. Gladys Knight & the Pips Main article: Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight was born to Merald Woodlow Knight and Sarah Elizabeth Woods. She first achieved minor fame by winning Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour TV show conte... Biography of Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American television, film, character and musical theater actress. A natural brunette, Barbeau came to prominence through her roles as Bea Arthur's divorced daughter, Carol Trainer, in the 1970s sitcom, Maude, and in several early 1980s horror and science fiction films. A sex symbol during that time, her more notable film work includes The Fog, Creepshow and Swamp Thing. Early life Barbeau was born in Sacramento, California, the daughter of Arman and Joseph Barbeau, who was a public relations executive for Mobil Oil. Barbeau's father was French-Canadian and her mother Armenian-American. She attended Del Mar High School in San Jose, California. In her autobiography, Barbeau says that she first caught the showbiz bug while entertaining tro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Neile Adams
Neile Adams is an American actress and a dancer on stage, film and TV. She was the first wife of actor Steve McQueen, married in 1956 (2 November 1956 - 26 April 1972). Filmography Dead on the Money (1991) (TV) Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990) (TV) .... Saleswoman "Hotel" .... Madelyn Rogers (1 episode, 1985) ... aka Arthur Hailey's Hotel - Saving Grace (1985) TV Episode (as Neile McQueen) .... Madelyn Rogers Buddy Buddy (1981) (as Neile McQueen) .... Saleswoman Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) (as Neile McQueen) .... Car Woman "Vega$" .... Monique Duvalier (1 episode, 1981) - French Twist (1981) TV Episode (as Neile McQueen) .... Monique Duvalier "Fantasy Island" .... Trish (1 episode, 1980) - The Invisible Woman/The Snow Bird (1980) TV Episode (as Neil... Biography of Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Lyonne (born April 4, 1979) is an American film and television actress and producer. Early life Lyonne was born Natasha Braunstein in New York City, the daughter of Yvette Lyonne, a product licensing consultant, and Aaron Braunstein, a native of Brooklyn who worked as a boxing promoter. Lyonne grew up in an Orthodox Jewish household and lived in Israel with her family during her childhood; her maternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors. When her parents divorced, Lyonne moved back to New York and lived with her mother and older brother Adam in a one-bedroom apartment. Lyonne attended several schools. She first attended a private Jewish school at Ramaz in Manhattan. Her mother then moved to Miami, where Lyonne attended and graduated from Miami Country Day School. Ca... Biography of Prunella Scales
Prunella Scales CBE (born 22 June 1932) is an English actress best known for her role as the fearsome Sybil Fawlty in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Height: 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Born Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, she has had a long and distinguished career as an actress mostly in comic roles. Her early film roles included Pride and Prejudice and Hobson's Choice. Her first career break came with the early 1960s sitcom, Marriage Lines starring opposite Richard Briers. She has had major roles in BBC Radio 4 sitcoms, most notably After Henry, Smelling of Roses and Ladies of Letters; on television she starred in the London Weekend Television/Channel 4 series Mapp & Lucia based on the bestselling novels by E. F. Benson. She played Queen Elizabeth II in Al... Biography of Marina Anissina
Marina Anissina (Cyrillic Марина Анисина) (born August 30, 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a French figure skater and the 2002 Olympic champion in ice dancing. Her last name is spelled with a double "s", as opposed to the literal translation "Anisina", to facilitate correct pronunciation outside Slavic language areas. Height: 161cm Weight: 47kg Marina Anissina's mother, Irina Cherniaeva, is a former pair skater who participated in the 1972 Winter Olympics and finished in sixth place with her partner Vasili Blagov. She is now a pairs figure skating coach. She followed her daughter to France and worked as a coach in Paris but moved later with her daughter to Lyon. Marina Anissina's father is Wiatscheslaw Mi... Biography of Ashley Roberts
Ashley Roberts (born September 14, 1981.) is an American dancer, singer, and actress. She is in the modern burlesque singing group the Pussycat Dolls and is also a glamour model. Early life and career Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Shadow Mountain High School. She began dancing at the age of three and singing at the age of eight. Her father was a drummer who played for the Mamas and the Papas. He later became a car dealer. Her mother was a Pilates instructor and they both inspired her to be a part of the entertainment industry. During high school summer breaks she had traveled to the West Coast to study modern dance. After high school she moved permanently to Los Angeles. She appeared in television commercials and a Counting Crows music video for "Accidentally in ... Biography of Tracey Gold
Tracey Gold (born Tracey Claire Fisher on May 16, 1969 in New York City) is an American actress, best known for playing Carol Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains. Early life Her sister is the actress Missy Gold, who appeared on Benson. Missy would be famous first, but Tracey's fame would later eclipse that of her sister, who is only 14 months younger than she. Her adopted stage name "Gold" comes from her stepfather Harry Gold (né Goldstein), who married her mother when Tracey was a preschooler, and later became a very powerful Hollywood agent, and the agent of his stepdaughters. Her sister Missy also shares the birth name Fisher. Acting career Gold has been an actress since the age of four, first appearing in a Pepsi print ad. She appeared in two canceled series, Shirley wi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an Oscar-nominated American actress, artist and children's author, best known for her role on the hit CBS drama, Dallas, as matriarch Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing. She also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock, and starred in the classic Vertigo (1958). Biography Personal life Bel Geddes was born in New York City, the daughter of Helen Belle (née Sneider) and stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. Married to theatrical manager Carl Sawyer (aka Carl Schreuer) in 1944, and had one daughter, Susan. They divorced in 1951. Later that year, she married stage director Windsor Lewis with whom she had a daughter, Betsy. When Lewis became ill in 1967, Bel Geddes suspended her career to care for him until his death in 1972. ... Biography of Joyce Dewitt
Joyce Anne DeWitt (born April 23, 1949) is an American actress perhaps most famous for her role as Janet Wood on the television situation comedy Three's Company. Early life Dewitt was born in West Virginia to Shirley and Paul DeWitt. Although she was born in West Virginia, Joyce grew up in Speedway, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. After she received a bachelor's degree from Ball State University, she moved to California to earn her masters degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). While attending UCLA, she worked part-time as a house painter and once was hired to paint the actor Abe Vigoda's garage doors. This painting job spawned a friendship between DeWitt and Vigoda which still endures. Career Being an avid pantyhose wearer, DeWitt is famous for refus... Biography of Kim Hunter
Kim Hunter (November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress. Early life Hunter was born Janet Cole in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Donald Cole and Grace Lind. She attended Miami Beach High School. Career Hunter performed in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), playing the role of Stella Kowalski. She appeared in the 1951 film, for which she won both the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture. She appeared opposite Mickey Rooney in the 1957 live broadcast of The Comedian, a harrowing drama written by Rod Serling and directed by John Frankenheimer. She was blacklisted from film and television during the Hollywood commun... Biography of Ludmilla Tchérina
Ludmilla Tchérina (10 October 1924 – 21 March 2004) was a French prima ballerina, sculptor, actress, painter, choreographer and author of two novels. Tchérina was born Monique Tchemerzine, into Circassian aristocracy as the daughter of Kabardian Prince Avenir Tchemerzine (Shamyrze), a former Russian general, who had escaped from St. Petersburg, and Stéphane Finette, a Frenchwoman. She studied with Blanche d'Alessandri, Olga Preobrajenska and Clustine. She started dancing at 16 and danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, where she was spotted by Serge Lifar. She made her Paris debut creating the rôle of Juliet in his Romeo and Juliet in 1942, becoming the youngest prima ballerina in the history of dance. In 1945 she was a principal dancer with the Ballet des Champs-Élysées and pe... Biography of Fabrice Bénichou
Fabrice Benichou (born April 5, 1965, in Madrid, Spain) is a French boxer. Personal Benichou is of Spanish-Jewish heritage. Amateur career In 1984 Benichou made it to the finals for the French National Bantamweight championship, but lost. Pro Boxing career Benichou won the IBF World Super Bantamweight championship in 1989. He lost it the following year to Welcome Ncita. He began a comeback campaign in late 2005.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Manuela di Centa
Manuela Di Centa (born January 31, 1963) is an Italian cross-country skier and former Olympic athlete. Career Di Centa, born in Paluzza, province of Udine, to a family of nordic skiers, made her debut on the Italian national team in 1980 at the age of 17. Two years later, she competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo finishing in eighth place. After a quarrel with the president of the Italian Skiing Federation, Di Centa left the national team, not returning until 1986. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she finished sixth in the 20 km classic. She won her first medals in international competition at the 1991 World Championships in Val di Fiemme: a silver (4 x 5 km) and two bronzes (5 km, 30 km). An Olympic medal followed in 1992, a bronze in the 4 x 5 km. In 19... Biography of Dolores del Río
Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 – April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and became an important actress in Mexican films later in her life. Early life Born Dolores Martínez Asúnsolo y López Negrete in Durango, Mexico, del Río was the second cousin of actor Ramón Novarro. Her wealthy family lost all their assets during the Mexican Revolution, and a desire to restore her comfortable lifestyle inspired her to follow a career as an actress. In 1921 at the age of 16, she married Jaime Martinez del Rio, and through a Hollywood friend the couple emigrated to the USA with the plan of establishing show business careers for themselves: as screenwriter and actress, respectively. The marriage ended in divorce, but del Río retained he... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Gachassin
Jean Gachassin (Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France, December 23, 1941) is a French rugby player, nicknamed Peter Pan. He is President of Fédération Française de Tennis (February 8, 2009). The Fédération Française de Tennis ("French tennis federation" in English), also known as the FFT is an organisation set up in 1920 that takes charge of the organisation, co-ordination and promotion of tennis in France. It is recognised by the International Tennis Federation and by the French Minister for Sports. Its headquarters are at the Roland Garros stadium. It was originally founded under the name Fédération Française de Lawn Tennis until it changed to the Fédération Française de Tennis in 1976. The roles of the FFT include organising tennis competitions in France, most notably the French Open, supporting ... Biography of Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulkova (Dominika Cibulková) (born May 6, 1989 in Piešťany, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has achieved a career high ranking of No. 29, which she reached on April 14, 2008. She is also a former World No. 3 at the junior level, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) Weight 55 kg (120 lb) Personal life Cibulkova began playing tennis between the ages of 7 and 9 and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia. She can speak both Slovakian and English. She lists clay and hard as her favourite surfaces, and has thus far proved to be most proficient on a hard surface. She has named Kim Clijsters as the player she admires most. She became a professional tennis player in 2005, after having played one ITF event in Prague ... Biography of Florine Valdenaire
Florine Valdenaire, born October 22, 1982 in Remiremont, is a French athlete, specialist of snowboard.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruna Di Tullio
Bruna Di Tullio or Bruna di Túlio, born October 2, 1981 in Campinas, São Paulo, is a Brazilian actress. She is the daughter-in-law of Marília Gabriela. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1773226/ ) "Amor e Intrigas" .... Fabíola Castro (2 episodes, 2007) - Episode dated 22 November 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Fabíola Castro - Episode dated 20 November 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Fabíola Castro "Paraíso Tropical" .... Viviane (14 episodes, 2007) - Episode dated 19 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane - Episode dated 18 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane - Episode dated 2 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane - Episode dated 1 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane - Episode dated 31 May 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane ... Biography of Heidi Goossens
Heidi Goossens, born April 13, 1969 in Herentals, Grobbendonk, Antwerpen, is a former judo champion. Height: 5'3" (161 cm) Weight: 115 lbs (52 kg)... Biography of Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American actress and producer. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won four Emmy Awards, three SAG Awards and one Golden Globe Award. Personal life Woodard was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to African American parents: Constance, a homemaker, and Marion H. Woodard, an entrepreneur and interior designer. Woodard attended Bishop Kelley High School, a private Catholic school in Tulsa. She studied drama at Boston University, from where she later graduated. Woodard lives in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, writer Roderick Spencer, and their two adopted children, Mavis and Duncan. Woodard follows Christian Science. She is a founder and board member of Artists for a New South Africa and is also active in the Democratic Part... Biography of Julie Pomagalski
Julie Pomagalski, born October 10, 1980 in La Tronche, is a French Snowboarder.... Biography of Carmen Maura
Carmen García Maura (born September 15, 1945, in Madrid) is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned several decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar. Early life Maura's immediate family are conservative lawyers but they are part of the influential and aristocratic Maura dynasty, whose members frequently combine theatre and political high office. Her great-uncle was Antonio Maura (prime minister of Spain on five occasions and noted oratorian), and three of her great uncles were Spanish cabinet ministers. Other relatives such as the Duke of Maura, Duchess of Medinasidonia or Fernandina, a film director, and several writers like Jorge Semprun. Maura studied philosophy and literature at the École de Beaux-Arts in Paris.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Susanna Foster
Susanna DeLee Flanders Larson Foster (born December 6, 1924) is an American film actress. Foster was born in Chicago, Illinois, and taken to Hollywood at the age of twelve by MGM, who sent her to school and groomed her for an acting and singing career. Two of her classmates at school were Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. MGM never used her, however, and she was signed to Paramount, where went on to make The Great Victor Herbert (1939) and many other movies in the 1940s. Filmography The Great Victor Herbert (1939) There's Magic in Music (1940) Glamour Boy (1941) Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) Phantom of the Opera (1943) starring Claude Rains Top Man (1943) This Is the Life (1944) The Climax (1944) Bowery to Broadway (1944) Frisco Sal (1945) That Night with You (194... Biography of Dorothy Burgess
Dorothy Burgess (March 4, 1907 – August 20, 1961) was a stage and motion picture actress from Los Angeles, California. Family, education She was a niece of Fay Bainter. On her father's side she was related to George Montgomery of Montgomery and Stone. Her grandfather was Henry A. Burgess, Sr. He came to Los Angeles in 1893, establishing a business at Terminal Island. His home was at 637 West 41st Place. He was born in England. Her dad was H.A. (Burgie) Burgess, a pioneer air transport executive. For a decade he was an assistant to Harris M. (Pop) Hanshue, who founded Western Air Express (Western Airlines), and was its first president. Burgess studied drawing, painting, and sculpture at Mrs. Dow's School in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Her talent in the three artistic disciplines was e... Biography of Emeli Sandé
Adele Emeli Sandé, (born 10 March 1987) known by her stage name Emeli Sandé, is a Scottish soul and R&B recording artist and songwriter. Sandé first became known to the public eye after she featured on rapper Chipmunk's third single, "Diamond Rings", which gained herself and Chipmunk a first top 10 single on the UK Singles Chart. In 2010, she appeared on Roll Deep star, Wiley's "Never Be Your Woman", which became another top ten hit. Simon Cowell called her "his favourite songwriter at the minute". She has written for a number of artists, including Cher Lloyd, Parade, Susan Boyle, Preeya Kalidas, Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, and Tinie Tempah. In 2010, she signed a publishing deal with EMI Music Publishing. She later announced that Virgin Records had given her a record deal. S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Angela Bettis
Angela Marie Bettis (born January 9, 1973) is an American actress, film producer and director best known for her lead roles in the 2002 TV remake of the Stephen King film Carrie, the title character in May , and in Girl, Interrupted as the anorexic girl Janet Webber. Biography Early life Bettis was born in Austin, Texas to Mary Lynn (née Guthrie) and Richard Joseph Bettis and graduated from Westlake High School. Acting career Her debut role was a lead in the romantic tragedy, Sparrow, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, at the age of eighteen. After that film she attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She later went on to star in a movie called The Last Best Sunday, before supporting Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted and Kim Basinger in Bless the Child. Bettis is mo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mélanie Suchet
Mélanie Suchet, born September 1, 1976 in Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, is a French former alpine skier.... Biography of Candice Hillebrand
Candice Hillebrand (also known as Candîce) (born January 19, 1977, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa) is a South African-born actress and singer-songwriter. She has also worked as a presenter and model. She is recently known for playing Nina Williams in the upcoming 2010 Tekken live-action movie, based on the popular video game series, Tekken. Career Hillebrand's on screen career started early in life; she started hosting South African children's television channel, KTV, from the age of 6. Hillebrand went on to appear in numerous commercials and has acted in both TV and film. In 2002, she signed with Musketeer Records and released her debut album, Chasing Your Tomorrows in 2003. She has also appeared in Maxim magazine. In 2008, Hillebrand was offered the role of Nina Williams,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joy Lauren
Joy Lauren (born Lauren Joy Jorgensen on October 18, 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actress. She played a supporting character, Danielle Van de Kamp, on the hit ABC Comedy-drama Desperate Housewives. She will be attending Columbia University in the fall as a member of the class of 2012. Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2009 The Assignment 2007 Private Practice Darcy 1 Episode Television 2007 Tooth Amy Johnson 2007 Sweet Sorrow Nora Marces 2007 Shark Krystie Mays 1 Episode Television 2006 The Closer Amanda Carter 2 Episodes Television 2004 - Desperate Housewives Danielle Van de Kamp Supporting Star 2003 Rogues Choir 2003 Still Standing Jenna 1 Episode Television 2002 Lizzie McGuire Head Cheerleader 1 Episode Television 2002 The Division Mary Ellen Smi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi (岸 惠子, Kishi Keiko?, born August 11, 1932 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. She made her acting debut in 1951, but is mostly known for playing the main role in Kimi no na wa (Name unknown/Your name). Married French director Yves Ciampi in 1957, and commuted for a while between Paris and Japan to continue her acting career. In 1963 their only daughter, Delphine Ciampi, a musician and composer, is born. Divorced her husband in 1975. Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNFPA. Filmography (source : http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0457204/ ) Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku (2007) .... Torihama ... autre titre : For Those We Love (International: English title) ... au... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Émilie Vina
Émilie Vina (born March 24, 1982 in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie) is a French cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of ninth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Turin in 2006 and had her best individual finish of 47th in the indiivdual sprint event at those same games. Vina's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was ninth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Val di Fiemme in 2003 while her best individual finish was 36th in the individual sprint event at those same championships. Her best World Cup finish was fifth twice (2004, 2006) while her best individual finish was 14th in an individual sprint event at Germany in 2005.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of June Lang
June Lang (May 5, 1917 – May 16, 2005) was an American film actress. Early life Born Winifred June Vlasek in Minneapolis, Minnesota (parents: Edith and Clarence Vlasek), she originally trained as a dancer in "kiddie reviews" and went to Hollywood at the urging of her mother. Career She made her film debut in 1931 and caught the eye of Darryl F. Zanuck at 20th Century Fox, gradually securing second lead roles in mostly B movies. Noted for her fragile and demure appearance, she was usually cast as the little sister or the heroine's best friend in light comedies and adventure films. She soon graduated to leading roles, most notably in Bonnie Scotland (with Laurel and Hardy, 1935), in The Road to Glory (with Fredric March and Lionel Barrymore—written in part by William Faulkner—1936), ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ellen Drew
Ellen Drew (November 23, 1915 – December 3, 2003) was an American film actress. Born Esther Loretta Ray in Kansas City, Missouri, Drew worked various jobs and won a number of beauty contests before becoming an actress. Moving to Hollywood in an attempt to become a star, she was discovered while working at an ice cream parlor where one of the customers William Demarest took notice of her and eventually helped her get into films. She became a fixture at Paramount Pictures from 1938 to 1943, where she appeared in as many as six films per year, including Sing You Sinners (1938) with Bing Crosby and The Lady's from Kentucky (1939) with George Raft. She moved to RKO in 1944. Among her leading men were Ronald Colman, William Holden, Basil Rathbone, Dick Powell, and Robert Preston. Her films... Biography of Tomoko Kawase
Tomoko Kawase (born February 6, 1975 in Kyoto) is a Japanese female singer. Tomoko is the lead vocalist of the rock/pop group The Brilliant Green, and as a solo artist she has released music under the alter-ego pseudonyms Tommy february6 and later as Tommy heavenly6. Life and career 1995-2002: The Brilliant Green In 1995, after bassist Shunsaku Okuda and guitarist Ryo Matsui heard her sing in an amateur talent contest, Kawase was asked to join The Brilliant Green as the lead vocalist. The first two releases from The Brilliant Green were non-album singles "Bye Bye Mr. Mug", and "Goodbye and Good Luck" which received moderate success. Their break came in 1998 when their third single, "There Will Be Love There" was chosen as the theme song for the popular Japanese Drama Love Again, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Cohen
Robert Cohen (born November 15, 1930, in Bone, Algeria) was a French boxer. Cohen was world bantamweight champion from 1954 to 1956. Boxing career Cohen, who stood at 5' 3-1/2", won the French bantamweight title in November 1953 and took the European championship three months later. On September 19, 1954, he decisioned Chamrern Songkitrat in Bangkok for the world title. Later that year, his marriage took place at the Synagogue de la rue des Tournelles, in Paris, presided by Rabbi David Feuerwerker. In January 1955, Cohen was stripped of his title by the National Boxing Association for failing to defend it against Raton Macias. Both the New York State Athletic Commission and the European Boxing Union continued to recognize Cohen as champion, however. Also in 1955 he was severely i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jill Craybas
Jill Craybas (born July 4, 1974, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American professional tennis player. Height 5 ft 3 in (1.61 m) Weight 123 lb (56 kg) Career Before entering the professional ranks in 1996, she attended and graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville, and was the 1996 NCAA Singles Champion. Her major was telecommunications and she has said in interviews that she hopes to enter this field (film or TV production) when her playing days are over. She credits all her achievements to her longtime coach, Michael Daly. Michael has worked with her from the start of her tennis career. Craybas has won one WTA title at the Tokyo Japan Open. She beat Silvija Talaja in the final after trailing 0–4 in the third set. In the 2006 season, Craybas had reached one quarte... Biography of Jessica Rose
Jessica Lee Rose (born April 26, 1987) is an American actress who first gained popularity after playing the role of lonelygirl15. In the Summer of 2006, Rose debuted as lonelygirl15, a fictional teenage homeschooled character named Bree who appeared in many video blogs on the popular video-sharing website YouTube. The mystery surrounding the possible fictionality of her character lead to an outing by the Los Angeles Times which thrust her into the mainstream spotlight. In 2007, Rose won a Webby for this role. After Bree was killed off lonelygirl15 in August 2007, Rose played "Jen K." on ABC Family's Greek. She went on to appear in various movies, such as Perfect Sport and SyFy's Ghost Town, and other web series, such as Hooking Up and Sorority Forever. She signed on to do the indepen... Biography of Erika Sawajiri
Erika Sawajiri (沢尻 エリカ, Sawajiri Erika?, born April 8, 1986 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika. She was affiliated with Sony Music Entertainment Japan for her record label (formerly as Kaoru Amane and later Erika), and Stardust Promotion for her talent agency (with her real name, Erika Sawajiri) before her contract was terminated in late 2009. On September 10, 2010, it was announced that she signed with Avex label for talent management and music releases. She became popular after playing a girl who suffered from an intractable disease called spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) in the nonfiction drama 1 Litre of Tear... Biography of Summer Bishil
Summer Yasmine Bishil (born July 17, 1988) is an American television and movie actress. She first came to prominence for her role as Jasira in the film Towelhead. Early life Bishil was born in Pasadena, California as the youngest of three children. Her mother is White American, and her father is a Saudi citizen of Indian descent. In 1991, when Bishil was three years old, the family moved to Saudi Arabia, later relocating to Bahrain, where she and her older brother attended the British School of Bahrain. The family returned to California when she was 14 years old, where she completed an independent study program for high school. She stated that the return was not easy: "I initially had some tough times trying to assimilate. It really makes you think about who you are and where you’... Biography of Ryōko Hirosue
Ryōko Hirosue (広末 涼子, Hirosue Ryōko?, born July 18, 1980) is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008. Early life Hirosue was born in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. She joined the "P&G" cosmetic model competition at the age of 14 and made her television debut the following year singing on the program,TK Music Camp. She made her television drama debut and is well known for her work as a spokesmodel for NTT DoCoMo. She studied in Waseda University but did not graduate. Career 1995-2000 Hirosue made her television debut in 1995 at the age of 15 in Fuji TV'... Biography of Jenna Ushkowitz
Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz (born April 28, 1986) is an American stage and television actress and singer, who is perhaps best known for her performances in Broadway musicals and for her role as Tina Cohen-Chang on Glee. Early life Ushkowitz was born in Seoul, South Korea; she was adopted at the age of three months and raised in East Meadow, New York. Ushkowitz was raised Catholic and attended Parkway Elementary School and Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, a Catholic school in Hicksville, Long Island known for its strong theater department. During high school, Ushkowitz appeared in several musicals, including the first-ever high school production of Les Misérables. Her other roles included Penny in Honk!, Inez in The Baker's Wife, Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods, and Romaine Patter... Biography of Caitlin Stasey
Caitlin Jean Stasey (born 1 May 1990) is an Australian actress from Melbourne, who is best known for her previous role as Rachel Kinski in Neighbours. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club. Her breakthrough movie role came in with Tomorrow, when the War Began, a 2010 movie adaption of the popular teen novel (of the same name) where she acts the leading protagonist Ellie Linton, a girl who fought against invaders of Australia with a group of her teenager friends. Early life Stasey has an Australian father and an English mother, Sally, from Norwich, who is a primary school drama teacher at Sandringham Primary School in Melbourne. At the age of seven she spent almost a year living in Norwich, and her grandparents were still living in the city in 2008. Stasey at... Biography of Alessandra Torresani
Alessandra Torresani (born Alessandra Olivia Toreson, May 29, 1987), is an American actress. She is best known for the portrayal of Zoe Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica. Prior to 2007, she was credited as Alessandra Toreson. Early life Torresani was born in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of Italian immigrants. Her mother, Marcia Glow, was a CEO while her father ran startup tech companies. Before becoming an actress she studied dancing and singing from the age of two. At the age of 8, she landed a job doing interviews between cartoons on the WB network. She has a black belt in taekwondo. Career Torresani's television debut was at age nine when she hosted the "Kids' WB Club" for San Francisco's KBWB (Channel 20). She co-starred in the Disney Chann... Biography of Louise Ekland
Louise Ekland, born on July 22, 1978 in Liverpool, is an English TV host and journalist. She works for BMF TV and France Télévisions.... Biography of Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun (born October 18, 1974) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the "Four Dan actresses" in China (四大花旦) in the early 2000s, along with Zhang Ziyi, Xu Jinglei and Zhao Wei. Early life Zhou was born to a middle-class family. Her father, Zhou Tianning (Chinese: 周天宁; pinyin: Zhōu Tiānníng), was a local film projectionist, and her mother, Chen Yiqin (Chinese: 陈以琴; pinyin: Chén Yǐqín), was a salesperson at a department store. Zhou enrolled at the Zhejiang Arts Institute to further her interest in dramatic arts, against the wishes of her parents, who wanted her to graduate from a university. She was handpicked for a role in the film Strange Tales Amongst Old and Desolate Tombs dur... Biography of Michelle Gomez
Michelle Gomez (born 21 April 1966 (source: Imdb) in Glasgow) is a Scottish actress best known for her comedy roles in Green Wing and The Book Group. Early life Her father, originally from Montserrat, was a photographer, while her mother ran a modelling agency. From the moment she saw a production of Kiss Me, Kate at age of seven, Gomez wanted to be an actress, an ambition her parents have always encouraged. She attended Shawlands Academy, Glasgow from 1978 - 1983. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Professional career Gomez's first major role was in The Acid House, based on three Irvine Welsh short stories. She went on to star in the cult Channel 4 comedy drama The Book Group before landing her role as madcap staff liaison officer Sue White in both Ser... Biography of Kohei Uchimura
Kōhei Uchimura (内村 航平?, born January 3, 1989 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a five-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning a gold and four silvers, and a nine-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor, high bar, and parallel bars). He is famous for becoming the first gymnast (male or female) to win three consecutive world all around titles (2009, 2010 and 2011) and for delivering difficult and accurately executed routines. His gymnastics skills were praised by International Gymnast Magazine as a "combination of tremendous difficulty, supreme consistency and extraordinary elegance of performance." Early life and career He began gymnastics at age 3, in Nagasaki Prefecture at his p... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Minzy
Gong Minji (born January 18, 1994), more commonly known as Minzy (Korean: 민지), is a South Korean idol singer, rapper and dancer. She was born in Seoul. In 2009, she debuted along with YG Entertainment label mates CL, Sandara Park and Park Bom as 2NE1. Her duet song with CL, "Please Don't Go," peaked at number 6 on the monthly Gaon Chart in November 2009. With 2NE1, she has released two extended plays, 2NE1 and 2NE1 2nd Mini Album, and one full length album, To Anyone, along with their Japanese releases. Life and career Early life Minzy was born in Seoul, South Korea, but moved to Gwangju shortly thereafter where she participated in many dance contests and competitions during her younger years. Minzy is the granddaughter of Gong Okjin, a legendary folk dancer in Sout... Biography of Jillian Barberie
Jillian Reynolds (born September 26, 1966), best known by her former name Jillian Barberie, is a Canadian actress, television hostess, and sportscaster, known for appearances on Fox Sports as the weatherperson on Fox NFL Sunday in the early to mid-2000s. Early life Reynolds was raised Jillian Warry in Burlington, Ontario after being adopted soon after her birth. Later in life after finding her biological parents she learned she was born to a native Irish mother and native Lithuanian father who had both immigrated to Canada and later went on to marry and raise Jillian's two sisters. She went to Assumption Catholic Secondary School and then went on to graduate from Mohawk College (Hamilton), with a diploma from its two-year program in broadcast journalism. After completing her diploma, s... Biography of Song Hye-kyo
Song Hye-kyo (Korean: 송혜교, born November 22, 1981) is a South Korean model and actress. She gained popularity through television dramas such as Autumn in My Heart (2000), All In (2003), and Full House (2004). Career Song Hye-kyo debuted in the entertainment industry in 1996 when she won First Place in the SunKyung Smart (a school uniform company) Model Contest when she was finishing her third year in high school. It was not long until she starred in her first drama, Merry Morning. Since then, she would continue to star in a string of various dramas and sitcoms but it wasn't until the KBS drama Autumn in My Heart in 2000 with Song Seung-hun and Won Bin that she rose to fame throughout Asia. In 2003, her popularity continued to climb when she played a leading role... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ashley Argota
Ashley Spencer Argota (born January 9, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and student. She is best known for role as Lulu in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. She also co-starred as Kelly Peckinpaw in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures on Nickelodeon. Life and career Argota was born in Redlands, California and her background is Filipino, her parents and family being from the Philippines. She began her professional career as contestant on the Arsenio Hall-hosted Star Search on CBS in 2003. She began acting at the age of 14. In 2007, she starred in an independent film titled Schooled. She also appeared in a Nickelodeon celebrity-episode of the series BrainSurge during which she lost during a Sudden Death round to Jerry Trainor. She appeared again in 2011 with other various Nick... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ariel Winter
Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998), known professionally as Ariel Winter, is an American actress. She is best known for her current role as middle child Alex Dunphy in the TV series Modern Family, for which she has won two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series, along with the rest of the show's cast. Career Ariel Winter obtained her first entertainment industry job in a Cool Whip commercial at age six. She had her first television role at age 7, in an episode of Listen Up!, and followed it with appearances in a variety of shows such as Tickle U, Freddie, Monk, Bones and ER. In the animated children's show Phineas and Ferb, she voiced the character of Gretchen before winning the regular role of Alex Dunphy in the series Modern Family, which premiere... Biography of Amy Castle
Amy Castle (born Amy Jessica Castle on April 2, 1990 in Woodland Hills, California) is an American actress, and internet personality. She is known for her role as Viki Vanderheusen on Passions, as the original Cuppycake Girl, and as a YouTube Partner under the channel SandCastleInc.. Personal life When Castle isn't working, she enjoys dancing, which she has been studying since she was 4, singing, playing guitar, and making short films with friends. She has recently discovered her passion for filmmaking (editing specifically), and has her own YouTube channel which she shares with Erin Sanders who played Quinn on Zoey 101. Contrary to popular belief, Castle is the one who sang "You're My Honeybunch", also known as "Cuppycake", one of her best-known songs, not Strawberry Shortcake, who... Biography of Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera (born January 23, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her roles in musical theater. She is the first Hispanic woman and the only Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award (December 2002). She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Early years Rivera (birth name: Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero) was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Katherine, a government clerk, and Pedro Julio Figueroa del Rivero, a clarinetist and saxophonist for the United States Navy Band. Her father was Puerto Rican and her mother was of Scottish and Italian descent. Rivera was seven years old when her mother was widowed and went to work at The Pentagon. In 1944, Rivera's mother enrolled her in the Jones-Haywood School of Ba... Biography of Geri Jewell
Geraldine Ann "Geri" Jewell (born September 13, 1956) is an American actress. Early life and career Originally from Buffalo, New York, she is most famous for her role on the television program The Facts of Life from 1980 to 1984. This role made her the first person with a disability to have a regular role on a prime time series, as well as the first actor with cerebral palsy to be featured on a TV series. She began her career doing stand up comedy at The Comedy Store in 1978. In 1980, she performed at the 2nd Annual Media Access Awards, when she was introduced to Norman Lear by producer, Fern Field. Jewell appeared as the recurring character "Jewel" on the HBO original series Deadwood from 2004—2006. Awards She has been the recipient of many awards, including the 1992 Founders A... Biography of Yuka Kashino
Yuka Kashino (樫野 有香 Kashino Yuka?), nicknamed Kashiyuka (かしゆか?), is a member of the Japanese electropop group Perfume. Biography Kashino was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, where she attended Hiroshima Actors School with friends and current Perfume members Ayaka Nishiwaki and Ayano Ōmoto. She and Nishiwaki are the two original members of Perfume. Kashino and Nishiwaki formed Perfume in 2001 with former member Yūka Kawashima, who left shortly after to focus on her schoolwork. When Ōmoto joined Perfume, after being asked by Nishiwaki, the two had not met.... |
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