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Diane Lane Biography

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A stage veteran before she made her first films as a teenager, Diane Lane landed on the cover of TIME magazine in a 1979 profile of rising child stars. Few of those featured, however, were as lucky as Lane in making the transition to adult roles, and while her career has had the requisite peaks and valleys, she has continued to land challenging and diverse roles ranging from a frontier prostitute in the acclaimed miniseries “Lonesome Dove” (CBS, 1989) to sexually awakening Jewish housewife of “A Walk on the Moon” (1999) to her Oscar-nominated turn as a straying wife in the provocative “Unfaithful” (2002) .

Ali Landry Biography

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Ali Landry (born July 21, 1973) is an actress best known as a spokesperson for Doritos, for whom she appeared in celebrated commercials aired during the 1998 and 1999 Super Bowls. A trained gymnast, she still required hours of takes to get the seconds of footage doing acrobatic stunts for the commercials. She got national fame after winning the 1996 Miss USA pageant, as the contestant from Louisiana. In later years she has hosted the pageant.

Veronica Lake Biography

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Petite blonde lead of the 1940s who built a career out of an aloof attitude and an eye-obscuring “peek-a-boo” hairstyle. Along with many routine films, Lake did appear in a handful of fondly-remembered efforts: Preston Sturges’ “Sullivan’s Travels” (1941), Rene Clair’s “I Married a Witch” (1941), Frank Tuttle’s “This Gun for Hire” (1942) and George Marshall’s “The Blue Dahlia” (1946), the last two featuring her most appropriate co-star, the equally low-key Alan Ladd.

Cheryl Ladd Biography

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Possessing impeccable TV beauty, blonde, bright and “sexy” Cheryl Ladd burst into the national spotlight as one of the title characters of the immensely popular 1970s series “Charlie’s Angels” (ABC, 1976-1981), replacing Farrah Fawcett-Majors by playing her younger sister, Kris Monroe.

Ladd began her career in high school singing with the group Music Shop, and when a tour brought them to Los Angeles, Ladd stayed. She quickly secured work (most notably as the singing voice of Melody in the animated series “Josie and the Pussycats” 1970-74) and slowly began making her visual presence felt on the tube: as a regular (“The Ken Berry ‘Wow’ Show”), a guest (“Happy Days,” “Police Woman”), and in character parts in movies (“Satan’s School for Girls” 1973, where future “Angels” producer Aaron Spelling probably got his first glimpse of her).

The results of success as an angel have included a short-lived solo recording career, TV specials and a spate of made-for-TV movies (e.g., “Grace Kelly”, ABC 1983) with herself as star. While Ladd’s big screen work has lagged behind, she has demonstrated not only a willingness to stretch herself, but an ability–at the very least on par with the bulk of current “mature” actors–to do so as well. In 2000, she tackled a musical comedy role on Broadway replacing Bernadette Peters in the revival of “Annie Get Your Gun”.

Karolina Kurkova Biography

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KurkovÃ¡ was born in DÄ›ÄÃn, Czech Republic, and had an early insight into what celebrity life would be like, as her father Josef Kurka, was a star basketball player. As a child, her height made her relatively awkward and gangly, but that would all change with age. A close friend recognized her beauty and sent photos of KurkovÃ¡ to an agency in Prague. KurkovÃ¡ immediately landed a runway appearance, as well as a commercial and print ad. Still, being a model in the Czech Republic did not expose her to what fashion was really about, so KurkovÃ¡ took a chance and traveled to Milan to gain some more experience.

There, Miuccia Prada (the designer behind the famous brand name, Prada) signed her to a contract that proved to be the beginning of her stellar career. In September of 1999, KurkovÃ¡’s hard work as a 15-year-old model culminated in a meeting with some Vogue editors in New York City. She impressed them immediately and the execs began to slowly groom her for success. A move to NYC and a hectic work schedule ensued. It all paid off when KurkovÃ¡ finally made her presence known in the February 2001 issue of Vogue. One of the youngest models ever to grace its cover, the magazine helped propel her to stardom. She was now recognized at haute couture fashion shows and Victoria’s Secret swept her up and chose her to be a part of that year’s television special, in November. Even fashion houses like Yves Saint-Laurent took note of the her and signed KurkovÃ¡ to deals. Print campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino, and others helped expose KurkovÃ¡ even more, while she headlined the second Victoria’s Secret show the following year. The constant flow of work (she is said to have worked 23 weeks straight) was recognized by Vogue as they honored her with the “Model of the Year” title at the 2002 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards.

Mila Kunis Biography

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At the age of seven, Mila Kunis and her family moved from their native Russia to Los Angeles. Soon after learning English, the young girl enrolled in acting classes at the Beverly Hills Studio, where she was “discovered” by her future manager. By 1995, the striking, dark-haired Kunis had done several commercials and made guest appearances on the TV series like “The John Larroquette Show” (NBC) and “Hudson Street” (ABC). Such forgettable fare as the horror fish flick “Piranha” (Showtime, 1995) and a 1996 Hulk Hogan holiday feature, “Santa With Muscles”, followed. Kunis emerged unscathed from these endeavors and went on to build up her acting resume in the 1996-1997 season with recurring roles on two series on the fledgling The WB network: “7th Heaven” and “Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher”. At the same time, she also guest starred on the CBS dramas “Moloney” and “Walker: Texas Ranger” and The WB comedy “Unhappily Ever After”. Kunis seemed a natural choice to play the young Gia Carangi in “Gia” (1998), HBO’s acclaimed biopic of the fallen supermodel. While her performance in that highly-rated outing was strong, the actress was wasted in 1998′s “Krippendorf’s Tribe” and the previous year’s direct-to-video release “Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves”. Kunis put her flawless American accent to excellent use in the ensemble cast of Fox’s retro comedy series “That ’70s Show”, with an impressive turn as the bossy but well-meaning, slightly spoiled teen Jackie Burkhardt.

Lisa Kudrow Biography

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While Lisa Kudrow has made her name portraying slightly ditsy, even flaky characters on the small screen, she has also proven to be a strong actress in features. While capable of projecting the quintessential “Valley girl” persona (in fact she was raised in the San Fernando Valley), this intelligent woman holds a degree in biology from Vassar. Although she had initially harbored dreams of a medical career (following in her father’s wake), Kudrow turned to show business partly at the urging of her brother’s friend Jon Lovitz. Lovitz encouraged her to audition for the famed L.A. improv group The Groundlings and while she did not make the cut on her first try, Kudrow was impressive enough to be referred to acting teacher Christine Szigeti. Eventually, the then-brunette actress was accepted as a member of the troupe where she honed her impeccable deadpan delivery and comic timing.