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Though she has several features and TV movies to her credit, Terry Farrell has thrived primarily as an actress on series television. Born Theresa Lee Farrell Grussendorf in Cedar Rapids, IA, Farrell moved to New York City to become a model. During her several years as a cover girl, she also studied acting and landed her first major role as an actress by playing a model on the short-lived TV series Paper Dolls (1984). While she continued her acting studies, Farrell had a small role in the Rodney Dangerfield comedy Back to School (1986) and appeared in the TV movies Beverly Hills Madam (1986) and The Deliberate Stranger (1986), a well-received docudrama on serial killer Ted Bundy. After she starred in the horror sequel Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), Farrell attracted a following as Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1998). During her five years on Deep Space Nine, Farrell also appeared in the TV adaptation of Danielle Steel’s Star (1993), the B-action movie Red Sun Rising (1994), and the TV thriller Reasons of the Heart (1996). After Deep Space Nine ended, the actress stayed with TV, signing on to play Reggie, the beautiful diner worker and occasionally sharp-tongued foil to Ted Danson’s grumpy doctor on the CBS sitcom Becker (1998).

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A porcelain-skinned, blue-eyed beauty, Vera Farmiga began her professional acting career in the mid-1990s counting among her credits performances in stage productions of “The Tempest”, “The Glass Menagerie” and “Hamlet”. Making her Broadway debut as an understudy in the 1996-1997 play “Taking Sides”, Farmiga followed up with a well-reviewed featured turn in the 1997 Off-Broadway production “Second-Hand Smoke”. That same year she was featured in the CBS “Hallmark Hall of Fame” TV-movie “Rose Hill”, and starred with then-unknown Heath Ledger on the Fox medieval adventure series “Roar”, playing female lead Catlin. A former slave turned dreadlocked battler, Farmiga’s Catlin was a fan favorite, though she would later admit embarrassment over the attention garnered for the role on the short-lived genre program. (The series did introduce her to her future husband, actor Sebastian Roache.)

1998 saw Farmiga make her big screen debut, acting in the drama “Return to Paradise”. In 2000 she played the daughters of Christopher Walken and Richard Gere in “The Opportunists” and “Autumn in New York” respectively, and made the most of her underwritten roles. 2001’s “15 Minutes” marked the actress’ breakthrough, in a part that somewhat utilized her own Eastern European background. (She was born to immigrants and raised in a Ukrainian community in New Jersey.) In the film, she played a Czech import who witnesses a crime and falls for the investigating detective (Edward Burns). Winning critical raves and audience notice for her supporting turn, Farmiga had already lined up a host of projects to continue her upward climb.

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When Anna Faris’ college roommate first saw Faris in her breakthrough role in “Scary Movie,” the ex-roomie called the actress in surprise and told her “That’s so weird that you were cast, because you are not funny.” Hollywood has continually disagreed with that assessment, casting Faris in several projects where her comedic skills–subtle or, if Faris is to be believed, even unintentional–were allowed to shine.

An actress and performer since age six, the naturally blond, Seattle-bred beauty began her acting career in the independent horror feature, “Lover’s Lane.” In 2000, she received her breakout role as the hapless Cindy Campbell in the Wayans Brothers’ horror spoof feature “Scary Movie”. It was during the filming of “Scary Movie” that Faris decided to dye her blond tresses to black in an attempt to make her character look more like Neve Campbell and Jennifer Love Hewitt in the “Scream” and “I Know What You Did Last Summer” features, the already-self-aware slasher hits “Scary Movie” was primarily parodying. The consistently amusing, often crude but good-natured spoof was a surprise hit–with much deserved credit going to Faris for her vanity-less performance (an admiring Hewitt sent her a bouquet of roses after seeing the film)–and the actress returned again under director Keenan Ivory Wayans’ guidance for the lesser 2001 sequel “Scary Movie 2″ and its 2003 non-Wayans follow-up, “Scary Movie 3″ (with her clueless character promoted to the full lead and parodied Courteney Cox rather than Campbell).

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Evoking public amazement with her incredible acting skills, Hannah Dakota Fanning has truly established herself as the most popular child actress in the Hollywood film industry. Four awards and seven nominations she had received so far have proven that she is indeed worthy to deserve the title. It is likely because of her immense love to acting that she is always able to give brilliant performances in each movie she starred in. This infatuation has grown at her very young age, looking upon her interest to conduct some role-plays repeatedly at home. “I’ve always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter,” she admitted. “I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.”

Realizing Dakota’s enthusiasm to act, her parents, Steve and Joy Fanning, brought her to a playhouse near their residence where she could perform every week with other children in front of the parents. The playhouse’s instructors quickly spotted her talent, thus advised her parents to put her in an agency. The agent later suggested the family to look for an opportunity in L.A. to develop Dakota’s potentiality. A promising chance approached in 1999 as this charming little girl surprisingly was selected out of thousands to be in Tide dishwashing liquid commercial. Born on February 23, 1994 in Conyers, Georgia, she was barely five years old at that time. By the following year, she had performed in an episode of the notable TV series, such as “ER”, “Ally McBeal”, and “CSI.”

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Fann Wong is a Singapore-born actress-singer-model of Chinese origin. Born on 27 January 1971, she derived her artiste name, Fann Wong, from a combination of her father’s surname (Fann) and her mother’s surname (Wong). With GCE ‘A’ Levels and a diploma in fashion merchandising from the La Salle International Academy, her break into showbiz was when she was 16, and was crowned champion of a beauty contest in Singapore which she participated in. She stayed in the modelling circuit between 1990 to 1994, occasionally flying to Taiwan to film product endorsements for products such as Oil of Ulan. In 1994, she was discovered in Taipei by a Singapore TV producer who invited her back to Singapore to act in a drama serial, “Mei meng cheng zhen” (1994). Fann’s natural acting talent was discovered in the show, and this led to her career transition as a television actress based in Singapore. A slew of television projects soon after - including her third and award-winning serial, “Yuan jin jin sheng” (1995) - raised her profile, status and popularity such that she became a top name in Singapore by 1995.

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With an open expressive face and a penchant for taking roles that might prove too much of a challenge for a performer with more vanity and less integrity, blonde actress Edie Falco emerged as a rare gem among those who shared her profession. With lead actor talent and appeal and character actor versatility, she would capture many enviable roles on stage, screen and television.

Often cast as the tough female in many male-dominated projects, Falco brought increased dimensionality to the stereotypical hardened woman, aptly playing an overworked and understanding corrections officer as a regular on HBO’s “Oz” (1997-1999). She was frequently a featured guest star on the crime dramas “New York Undercover” (Fox) and “Law & Order” (NBC) and had a particularly memorable recurring role as a strong-willed wife of an injured officer on NBC’s “Homicide: Life on the Street”. In 1999, the busy actress began her award-winning portrayal of a cautious Mafia wife on the successful and critically acclaimed HBO series “The Sopranos”. Falco brought a multifaceted spin to her portrayal of Carmela Soprano, a woman determined to keep her family together and to keep her husband’s criminal activities from her children.

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Angie Everhart (born September 7, 1969) is an American model and actress.

Angie Everhart was born in Akron, Ohio.

Everhart began modeling when she was 16 and moved to Europe to pursue her modeling career at 17. Born to an engineer father and a homemaker mother in Akron, Everhart was the middle child of three siblings, graduating from Harvey S. Firestone High School (where she took on the role of the school’s Falcon mascot) in 1987. Following a playful photo session with her mother and the subsequent submission of the results to a local modeling agency, Everhart was on a plane to Paris later that same year. By the end of the following year, the burgeoning model had graced the covers of such fashion mainstays as ELLE and Glamour (for which she was the first-ever red-haired cover girl). Though a horseback riding accident in which she broke her back nearly put an end to her catwalk aspirations, the determined model was soon on her feet again against all odds.

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Eve was one of a new breed of tough, talented, commercially viable female MCs to hit the rap scene during the late ’90s. Though she could be sexy when she chose, she wasn’t as over the top as Lil’ Kim or Foxy Brown, and as part of the Ruff Ryders posse, her production was harder than Da Brat’s early work with Jermaine Dupri. In the end, Eve came off as her own person; a strong, no-nonsense street MC who could hold her own with most anyone on the mic; and was finding success on her own terms. She was born Eve Jihan Jeffers in Philadelphia on November 10, 1978, and started out as a singer in her early teens, performing with an all-female vocal quintet. She was also honing her skills as a rapper in impromptu battles with friends, and before she left high school, she formed a female rap duo called EDGP (pronounced “Egypt”), adopting the name Gangsta. EDGP performed at local talent shows and club gigs, often to the detriment of Eve’s dedication to school. When the group broke up, she went solo and changed her name to Eve of Destruction; she also moved to the Bronx in the wake of her mother’s remarriage, and worked for a time as a table dancer at a strip club. Unhappy with this direction, she decided to give rap another shot after being encouraged by Mase.

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Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian supermodel.

Linda was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working class, traditional Catholic family .[1] She is 5′9½” (1.77 m) tall and her natural hair colour is dark brown. She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. She got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara Contest. She later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management there. She then moved to Paris, France to further her career. She has also appeared in music videos with George Michael.

Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, Linda is regarded as one of the few, true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Evangelista is a part of the triumvirate of model friends that includes Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington. These three women were affectionately dubbed the “trinity” and are commonly credited as the ones responsible for sparking supermodel mania. The Trinity pushed for better wages for models and for better projects and subsequently Evangelista was called the founder of the supermodel “union”.

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Melissa Etheridge became one of the ’90s most popular recording artists due to her mixture of confessional lyrics; pop-based folk-rock; and raspy, Janis Joplin/Rod Stewart-esque vocals. But the road to stardom was not all smooth sailing for Etheridge as she debated behind the scenes whether or not to disclose to the public that she was gay early on in her career. Born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, KS, Etheridge first picked up the guitar at the age of eight and began penning her own songs shortly thereafter. Playing in local bands throughout her teens, Etheridge then attended the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. The up-and-coming singer/songwriter and guitarist dropped out after a year before making her way to Los Angeles in the early ’80s to give a shot at a career in music. Etheridge’s music at this point was slightly more bluesy than her subsequently renowned folk-pop style, as a demo of original compositions caught the attention of Bill Leopold, who signed on as Etheridge’s manager. Soon after, steady gigs began coming her way, including a five-night-a-week residency at the Executive Suite in Long Beach, which led to a bidding war between such major record labels as A&M, Capitol, EMI, and Warner Bros., but it was Island Records that Etheridge decided to go with.

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When the producers of the ABC sitcom “Spin City” were casting the spunky Brooklyn-born, Italian-American mayoral secretary, they found their actress in Brooklyn-born, Italian-American actress Jennifer Esposito. The sultry beauty, who isn’t afraid to project what one of the show’s executive producers called “New York attitude”, trained at the Actors Studio and put in the requisite stint as a waitress before finding success. She landed her first TV role on the ABC soap opera “The City” in 1995 and after that brief stint marked time on stage and in occasional guest appearances before landing supporting roles in several independent films, including “Kiss Me, Guido” (1997) and “No Looking Back” (1998). When she was hired to play Stacey Paterno, the mayor’s feisty right hand, Esposito was filming a recurring role as a gangster’s daughter on Fox’s “New York Undercover”. The actress had decidedly pointed opinions about her sitcom character should dress and behave and gradually the writers and producers allowed her to make some modifications in her character. Still, Esposito felt unchallenged and after little more than a season and a half, opted to quit the show in favor of concentrating on a big screen career. By that time, she had played a bartender in the summer sequel “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” (1998) and had twice worked with Spike Lee, most notably in her breakthrough role as Ruby, an aspiring punk singer whose boyfriend (Adrien Brody) is suspected of being the notorious Son of Sam killer in “Summer of Sam” (1999). Additionally, she had a prominent part in “Side Streets” and made a cameo appearance in the Chris O’Donnell vehicle “The Bachelor” (both 1999).

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Enya (born 17 May 1961), birth name Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (sometimes seen as the Anglicized Enya Brennan), is Ireland’s best-selling solo musician. As a musical group, Enya is really three people: Enya herself composes and performs the music; Nicky Ryan, who produces the records; and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics, often in several languages. Enya is a phonetic approximation of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish Gaelic.

Eithne was born in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland in 1961 to a musical family. Her grandparents were in a band that traveled and played throughout Ireland, her father was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band before opening a pub, and her mother played in a dance band and later taught music at the Gweedore Comprehensive School. Eithne has four brothers and four sisters, several of whom formed the band An Clann As Dobhair in 1968 (they renamed the band Clannad in the 1970s).

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