Post by HollymCombs on Mar 6, 2006 18:48:54 GMT -5
Alyssa Milano literally grew up in front of the world on ABC's long-running comedy "Who's the Boss." For eight years, she brought the character of "Samantha Micelli" to life on the top-rated series. After the show completed its' last season in 1992, she continued to hone her talents on both the big and small screen.
After two seasons playing "Jennifer Mancini" on the hit Fox show "Melrose Place," Milano re-teamed with Spelling Television last year in The WB series "Charmed." Now in its second successful season, Alyssa stars with Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs, as one of three San Francisco sisters who discover they are Witches with magical powers. "Charmed" series debut had the highest Nielsen rating of any premiere on The WB.
Milano recently wrapped production on Destination Films' "Buying the Cow." The romantic comedy is scheduled for release in the spring of 2000.
Milano has done several highly rated telefilms, most recently, "Gold Rush," which aired as part of ABC's revival of "The Wonderful World of Disney." Also for ABC, Alyssa starred in "To Brave Alaska" and "The Surrogate," and for teh Showtime Network, Milano starred in the "Confessions of a Sorority Girl" episode of "Rebel Highway," directed by Uli Edel. She was also seen in "Casualty of Love: The Buttafuoco/Fisher Story," playing Amy Fisher; HBO films "Conflict of Interest," and "Candles in the Dark," directed by Maximiliian Schell.
Milano's feature film career includes the title role in the comedy, "Hugo Pool," which debuted at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. The film, directed by Robert Downey, Sr. and co-starring Sean Penn, Malcolm McDowell and Richard Lewis, chronicled a day in the life of a Bel Air pool cleaner (Milano).
Milano made her executive-producing debut in the thriller, "Body Count," in which she also starred opposite actor/recording artist Ice-T.
Milano's additional feature credits include the Imagine Entertainment/Universal Pictures' feature, "Fear," directed by James Foley. In this psychological thriller, Milano co-starred with Reese Whitherspoon and Mark Wahlberg as "Margo," a seventeen year-old going on twenty-five who is involved in a dangerous "fatal attraction" relationship. Other feature films include the action-thriller "Double Dragon," "Where the Day Takes You," "Commando," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Little Sister."
Milano got her thespian start in 1980 with the national touring company of "Annie." Besides this beloved musical, Alyssa has starred in "Tender Offer," a one-act play written by Wendy Wasserstein; "All Night Long," directed by Andre Gregory, and the first musical adaptation of "Jane Eyre." She returned to the theatre in 1991 when she starred in and produced a Los Angeles-based production of "Butterflies are Free."
Milano has also been very active on the Internet, offering millions of fans on the web The Official Alyssa Milano Home Page to visit for photos of herself and info about her acting projects and personal interests. She has also taken groundbreaking action to protect her rights and the rights of celebrities on the World Wide Web. Milano has won several copyright infringement suits, and has dedicated the settlement money to the launch of a new search index on the web, safesearching.com, a global community bringing a safe way to get the best entertainment on the Internet.
MOVIES:
1. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (V) (voice) .... Angel
2. Buying the Cow (2000)
3. Below Utopia (1997) as Suzanne - aka Body Count (Executive Producer: Alyssa Milano)
4. Hugo Pool (1997) as Hugo Dugay
5. Fear (1996) as Margo - aka Obsession Mortelle
6. Glory Daze (1996) as Chelsea
7. Jimmy Zip (1996)
8. Deadly Sins (1995) as Christina
9. Poison Ivy II - Lily (1995) as Lily
10. Public Enemy #1 (1995) as Amaryllis - aka Public Enemies
11. Embrace of the Vampire (1994) as Charlotte
12. Conflict of Interest (1993) as Eve
13. Double Dragon (1993) as Marian Delario - aka Double Dragon: The Movie
14. Webbers, The (1993) as Fan - aka At Home with the Webber's or Webber's World
15. Little Sister (1992) as Diana
16. Speed Zone! (1989) as Truck Driver - aka Cannonball Fever
17. Canterville Ghost, The (1986) as Jennifer
18. Commando (1985) as Jenny
19. Old Enough (1984) as Diane
TV MOVIES:
1. Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (Disney TV, 1997) as Frances Ella Fitz - aka Gold Rush
2. Brave Alaska (1996) as Denise Harris - aka To Brave Alaska
3. Surrogate, The (1995) as Amy Winslow
4. Candles in the Dark (1993) as Sylvia Velliste
5. Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) as Amy Fisher
6. Confessions of a Sorority Girl (1993) as Rita
7. Crash Course (1988) as Vanessa Crawford - aka Driving Academy
8. Dance Til Dawn (1988) as Shelly Sheridan
# Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom (2004) (TV) (voice) .... April
# Dinotopia: Curse of the Ruby Sunstone (2004) (voice) .... 26
# Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) .... Cyndi
... aka Dickie Roberts: (Former) Child Star (USA: promotional title)
TV SERIES/TV GUEST SPOT:
1. Diamond Hunters (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Tracey Van der Byl
2. Women of Charmed, The (2000) (TV) as Herself/Phoebe Halliwell
3. Charmed (1998-current series) as Phoebe Halliwell
4. Fantasy Island (October 1998) as Gina in episode: "Superfriends" (episode 1.2) Air Date: 10/3/98
5. TRL (1998) as Herself
6. Melrose Place (1997-September 1998) as Jennifer Mancini
7. Spin City (1997) as Meg Winston, the Mayor's daughter in episode: "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (episode 2.11) Air Date: 12/10/97
8. Spin City (1997) as Meg Winston (recurring role), the Mayor's daughter in episode: "Rain on my Charades" Air Date: 02/28/01
9. Outer Limits, The (1995) as Hannah Valesic in episode: "Caught in the Act" (episode 1.14) Air Date: 7/1/95
10. Who's The Boss? (1984-1992) as Samantha Micelli
THEATER:
1. All Night Long
2. Annie (1980)
3. Jane Eyre
4. Tender Offer
5. Warning Signals
Mini biography
Alyssa Milano is the daughter of Italian-American parents Lin, a fashion designer, and Tom, a film music editor. Alyssa was born in a working class neighborhood in Brooklyn and grew up in a modest house on Staten Island. One day, her babysitter, who was an aspiring dancer, dragged Alyssa along to a an open audtion for the first national tour of Annie. But it was Alyssa, not the sitter, who beat out 1,500 other wanna be stage actresses to snag a role. So at the tender age of seven, with her mother in tow, Alyssa joined the tour as July, one of the orphans. After 18 months on the road, Alyssa, who had begun to garner a reputation as an energetic and charismatic young actress, left Annie to be featured in off-Broadway productions and television commercials. Then, in 1983 at age 10, she landed her breakthrough role on the new sitcom "Who's the Boss?" (1984) as Tony Danza's saccharine sweet daughter, Samantha Micelli, a kid whose native Brooklyn accent rivaled her TV dad's. In order for Alyssa to accept the gig, the Milano family had to uproot and move 3,000 miles to Hollywood.
Had a best-selling excercise video in 1988 called Teen Steam.
She's the 1-800-COLLECT girl.
Awarded $230,000 in a default judgement against a web designer that allegedly posted nude pictures of her. [December 1998]
Engaged to Scott Wolf but their engagement was broken off and they are no longer seeing each other. [1993]
Her first role was in the musical 'Annie' on Broadway, she was 8 years old then.
Wore colored contact lenses in some episodes "Who's the Boss?" (1984).
Born under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Alyssa has seven tattoos. She has a sacred heart on her behind, a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, rosary beads on her back, an angel on her left ankle, an Orobous (a snake biting its own tail) on her right wrist, an "om" on the other wrist and a garland of flowers around her right ankle.
Favorite sport is Hockey.
Plays piano and flute.
Her ex-husband, Cinjun Tate, is the lead singer for the rock group, Remy Zero.
Caused a stir with her TV Commercial for Candies perfume, which featured a black-lingerie clad Alyssa and a goateed man. The "Anywhere You Dare" campaign was rejected by such stations as WB and FOX. [2000]
Caused a stir with 2 of her Candies Print Ads, which one shows a man perfuming Milano's cleavage, the other presents her standing before a medicine cabinet stocked with perfume and condoms. Both ads were turned down by youth-oriented magazines Seventeen and Teen People. [2000]
Attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Caused a commotion with her TV dad, Tony Danza, when she posed nude in the 1993 pages of 'Bikini' magazine. "I worried about her, but it wasn't my place to say anything," explains Danza. "I played her father, but I wasn't her father."
A picture of her was used to create Ariel in the classic Disney movie The Little Mermaid (1989)
Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2001]
Had 5 albums released in Japan which all went platinum. These were titled Alyssa, Look In My Heart, Best in the world, Locked In a Dream, and Do You See Me?
Lost out to Shannen Doherty for a role in Mallrats (1995).
Older sister of Cory Milano.
Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2003]
Measurements: Bust 36C
During the animation of The Little Mermaid (1989), her picture was used to create the lead character, Ariel. Coincidentally, her character on the WB hit TV show, "Charmed" (1998), temporarily turned into a mermaid at the beginning of the 5th season.
Ranked #5 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
Her family once suffered a tragic fire. Her dad went back into the house to save the dog, risking his own life. He injured himself by jumping out of a second story window after the search for the dog became impossible due to the heat. The dog unfortunately did not survive.
Personal quotes
Alyssa's favorite saying is "It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice."
"Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?"
"I've always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies."
We were in Brooklyn and we stopped by a neighbor's house ... there were these dogs there and I guess they had puppies, she was going to keep one but said she may have to put the rest to sleep if she couldn't find homes for them, so if we knew anyone that wanted puppies to let her know. I asked what she meant by "putting them to sleep", so I asked and my mom being as subtle as possible said it means they are going to kill them. So we took home one named Pluto.
After two seasons playing "Jennifer Mancini" on the hit Fox show "Melrose Place," Milano re-teamed with Spelling Television last year in The WB series "Charmed." Now in its second successful season, Alyssa stars with Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs, as one of three San Francisco sisters who discover they are Witches with magical powers. "Charmed" series debut had the highest Nielsen rating of any premiere on The WB.
Milano recently wrapped production on Destination Films' "Buying the Cow." The romantic comedy is scheduled for release in the spring of 2000.
Milano has done several highly rated telefilms, most recently, "Gold Rush," which aired as part of ABC's revival of "The Wonderful World of Disney." Also for ABC, Alyssa starred in "To Brave Alaska" and "The Surrogate," and for teh Showtime Network, Milano starred in the "Confessions of a Sorority Girl" episode of "Rebel Highway," directed by Uli Edel. She was also seen in "Casualty of Love: The Buttafuoco/Fisher Story," playing Amy Fisher; HBO films "Conflict of Interest," and "Candles in the Dark," directed by Maximiliian Schell.
Milano's feature film career includes the title role in the comedy, "Hugo Pool," which debuted at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. The film, directed by Robert Downey, Sr. and co-starring Sean Penn, Malcolm McDowell and Richard Lewis, chronicled a day in the life of a Bel Air pool cleaner (Milano).
Milano made her executive-producing debut in the thriller, "Body Count," in which she also starred opposite actor/recording artist Ice-T.
Milano's additional feature credits include the Imagine Entertainment/Universal Pictures' feature, "Fear," directed by James Foley. In this psychological thriller, Milano co-starred with Reese Whitherspoon and Mark Wahlberg as "Margo," a seventeen year-old going on twenty-five who is involved in a dangerous "fatal attraction" relationship. Other feature films include the action-thriller "Double Dragon," "Where the Day Takes You," "Commando," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Little Sister."
Milano got her thespian start in 1980 with the national touring company of "Annie." Besides this beloved musical, Alyssa has starred in "Tender Offer," a one-act play written by Wendy Wasserstein; "All Night Long," directed by Andre Gregory, and the first musical adaptation of "Jane Eyre." She returned to the theatre in 1991 when she starred in and produced a Los Angeles-based production of "Butterflies are Free."
Milano has also been very active on the Internet, offering millions of fans on the web The Official Alyssa Milano Home Page to visit for photos of herself and info about her acting projects and personal interests. She has also taken groundbreaking action to protect her rights and the rights of celebrities on the World Wide Web. Milano has won several copyright infringement suits, and has dedicated the settlement money to the launch of a new search index on the web, safesearching.com, a global community bringing a safe way to get the best entertainment on the Internet.
MOVIES:
1. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (V) (voice) .... Angel
2. Buying the Cow (2000)
3. Below Utopia (1997) as Suzanne - aka Body Count (Executive Producer: Alyssa Milano)
4. Hugo Pool (1997) as Hugo Dugay
5. Fear (1996) as Margo - aka Obsession Mortelle
6. Glory Daze (1996) as Chelsea
7. Jimmy Zip (1996)
8. Deadly Sins (1995) as Christina
9. Poison Ivy II - Lily (1995) as Lily
10. Public Enemy #1 (1995) as Amaryllis - aka Public Enemies
11. Embrace of the Vampire (1994) as Charlotte
12. Conflict of Interest (1993) as Eve
13. Double Dragon (1993) as Marian Delario - aka Double Dragon: The Movie
14. Webbers, The (1993) as Fan - aka At Home with the Webber's or Webber's World
15. Little Sister (1992) as Diana
16. Speed Zone! (1989) as Truck Driver - aka Cannonball Fever
17. Canterville Ghost, The (1986) as Jennifer
18. Commando (1985) as Jenny
19. Old Enough (1984) as Diane
TV MOVIES:
1. Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (Disney TV, 1997) as Frances Ella Fitz - aka Gold Rush
2. Brave Alaska (1996) as Denise Harris - aka To Brave Alaska
3. Surrogate, The (1995) as Amy Winslow
4. Candles in the Dark (1993) as Sylvia Velliste
5. Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) as Amy Fisher
6. Confessions of a Sorority Girl (1993) as Rita
7. Crash Course (1988) as Vanessa Crawford - aka Driving Academy
8. Dance Til Dawn (1988) as Shelly Sheridan
# Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom (2004) (TV) (voice) .... April
# Dinotopia: Curse of the Ruby Sunstone (2004) (voice) .... 26
# Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) .... Cyndi
... aka Dickie Roberts: (Former) Child Star (USA: promotional title)
TV SERIES/TV GUEST SPOT:
1. Diamond Hunters (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Tracey Van der Byl
2. Women of Charmed, The (2000) (TV) as Herself/Phoebe Halliwell
3. Charmed (1998-current series) as Phoebe Halliwell
4. Fantasy Island (October 1998) as Gina in episode: "Superfriends" (episode 1.2) Air Date: 10/3/98
5. TRL (1998) as Herself
6. Melrose Place (1997-September 1998) as Jennifer Mancini
7. Spin City (1997) as Meg Winston, the Mayor's daughter in episode: "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (episode 2.11) Air Date: 12/10/97
8. Spin City (1997) as Meg Winston (recurring role), the Mayor's daughter in episode: "Rain on my Charades" Air Date: 02/28/01
9. Outer Limits, The (1995) as Hannah Valesic in episode: "Caught in the Act" (episode 1.14) Air Date: 7/1/95
10. Who's The Boss? (1984-1992) as Samantha Micelli
THEATER:
1. All Night Long
2. Annie (1980)
3. Jane Eyre
4. Tender Offer
5. Warning Signals
Mini biography
Alyssa Milano is the daughter of Italian-American parents Lin, a fashion designer, and Tom, a film music editor. Alyssa was born in a working class neighborhood in Brooklyn and grew up in a modest house on Staten Island. One day, her babysitter, who was an aspiring dancer, dragged Alyssa along to a an open audtion for the first national tour of Annie. But it was Alyssa, not the sitter, who beat out 1,500 other wanna be stage actresses to snag a role. So at the tender age of seven, with her mother in tow, Alyssa joined the tour as July, one of the orphans. After 18 months on the road, Alyssa, who had begun to garner a reputation as an energetic and charismatic young actress, left Annie to be featured in off-Broadway productions and television commercials. Then, in 1983 at age 10, she landed her breakthrough role on the new sitcom "Who's the Boss?" (1984) as Tony Danza's saccharine sweet daughter, Samantha Micelli, a kid whose native Brooklyn accent rivaled her TV dad's. In order for Alyssa to accept the gig, the Milano family had to uproot and move 3,000 miles to Hollywood.
Had a best-selling excercise video in 1988 called Teen Steam.
She's the 1-800-COLLECT girl.
Awarded $230,000 in a default judgement against a web designer that allegedly posted nude pictures of her. [December 1998]
Engaged to Scott Wolf but their engagement was broken off and they are no longer seeing each other. [1993]
Her first role was in the musical 'Annie' on Broadway, she was 8 years old then.
Wore colored contact lenses in some episodes "Who's the Boss?" (1984).
Born under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Alyssa has seven tattoos. She has a sacred heart on her behind, a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, rosary beads on her back, an angel on her left ankle, an Orobous (a snake biting its own tail) on her right wrist, an "om" on the other wrist and a garland of flowers around her right ankle.
Favorite sport is Hockey.
Plays piano and flute.
Her ex-husband, Cinjun Tate, is the lead singer for the rock group, Remy Zero.
Caused a stir with her TV Commercial for Candies perfume, which featured a black-lingerie clad Alyssa and a goateed man. The "Anywhere You Dare" campaign was rejected by such stations as WB and FOX. [2000]
Caused a stir with 2 of her Candies Print Ads, which one shows a man perfuming Milano's cleavage, the other presents her standing before a medicine cabinet stocked with perfume and condoms. Both ads were turned down by youth-oriented magazines Seventeen and Teen People. [2000]
Attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Caused a commotion with her TV dad, Tony Danza, when she posed nude in the 1993 pages of 'Bikini' magazine. "I worried about her, but it wasn't my place to say anything," explains Danza. "I played her father, but I wasn't her father."
A picture of her was used to create Ariel in the classic Disney movie The Little Mermaid (1989)
Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2001]
Had 5 albums released in Japan which all went platinum. These were titled Alyssa, Look In My Heart, Best in the world, Locked In a Dream, and Do You See Me?
Lost out to Shannen Doherty for a role in Mallrats (1995).
Older sister of Cory Milano.
Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2003]
Measurements: Bust 36C
During the animation of The Little Mermaid (1989), her picture was used to create the lead character, Ariel. Coincidentally, her character on the WB hit TV show, "Charmed" (1998), temporarily turned into a mermaid at the beginning of the 5th season.
Ranked #5 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
Her family once suffered a tragic fire. Her dad went back into the house to save the dog, risking his own life. He injured himself by jumping out of a second story window after the search for the dog became impossible due to the heat. The dog unfortunately did not survive.
Personal quotes
Alyssa's favorite saying is "It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice."
"Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?"
"I've always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies."
We were in Brooklyn and we stopped by a neighbor's house ... there were these dogs there and I guess they had puppies, she was going to keep one but said she may have to put the rest to sleep if she couldn't find homes for them, so if we knew anyone that wanted puppies to let her know. I asked what she meant by "putting them to sleep", so I asked and my mom being as subtle as possible said it means they are going to kill them. So we took home one named Pluto.