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Actress Rachael Leigh Cook began her career in the public eye at a young age, deciding she wanted to model in the second grade. Before she tried her hand at acting, Cook appeared extensively in print campaigns and was featured in a public service announcement encouraging people to be foster parents. The Minnesota native began acting at age 15, a career choice that would have her working steadily through her teen years, appearing as co-star, and later the lead of numerous films and television programs. Petite, with expressive pixyish features and hair that has been sandy blonde, chestnut brown and everything in between, the actress was drafted to play younger versions of performers as varying as Holly Hunter, Angelina Jolie and Parker Posey.

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This fresh-faced former child model made her film debut at age 12, seen in flashbacks as the young incarnation of Elizabeth McGovern’s character in Sergio Leone’s gangster epic “Once Upon a Time in America” (1984). Horror cultists may remember her as the girl who has a peculiar relationship with the insect world in Dario Argento’s Italian fear opus “Creepers” (1985).

Jennifer Connelly subsequently was featured in mostly forgettable teen fare, with the possible exception of Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth” (1986), in which she was overshadowed by David Bowie and a cast of Henson creatures. That same year she was the bright one among a trio of friends–Byron Thomas, Maddie Corman–in the lightweight “Seven Minutes in Heaven”. Connelly traded on her attractive looks as the only innocent among Southern schemers in Dennis Hopper’s thriller, “The Hot Spot” and as the voluptuous town beauty in the teen comedy “Career Opportunities” (both 1990). She was perfectly cast as a 1940s Hollywood starlet who got the guy in “The Rocketeer” (1991; Connelly and co-star Bill Campbell also enjoyed an off-screen relationship as well).

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A cute, kittenish brunette who played Sheriff Brock’s teenage daughter in the cultish CBS dramatic series “Picket Fences” (1992-96), Holly Marie Combs returned to series work as one of three sisters who discover they are witches in the surprise hit “Charmed” (The WB, 1998- ). On “Picket Fences”, Combs’ character Kimberly frequently found herself at odds with her parents as she navigated the growing pains of adolescence in the slightly wacky world of the series’ fictional setting of Rome, Wisconsin. On “Charmed”, the more mature actress portrayed the middle daughter with aspirations to be a chef who learns she possesses the ability to stop time. Combs began her career as a child actor having small roles in several features including Oliver Stone’s “Born on the Fourth of July” (1989), the Francis Ford Coppola-directed segment of “New York Stories” (1989) and Hal Hartley’s “Simple Men” (1992). She segued to more grown-up parts as the killer teen in the based-on-fact 1997 NBC drama “Love’s Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder”.

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Beautiful in an Elizabeth Taylor-Jean Simmons way and once more famous for the men she had bedded than anything else, sexy, savory Joan Collins soared to superstardom as the conniving Alexis Carrington on the popular, campy 1980s ABC primetime soap opera “Dynasty”. The daughter of a theatrical booking agent, she studied at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for 18 months and made her film debut as a beauty pageant contestant in “Lady Godiva Rides Again” (1951). After playing primarily erring juveniles in Britain, Collins ventured to Hollywood and immediately capitalized on her sultry appeal in “The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing” (1955), portraying Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the femme fatale whose involvement with prominent architect Stanford White brought about his shocking murder in early 20th Century NYC. She acted in many forgettable films throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s but did have the distinction of appearing with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the last of their ‘road’ movies, “The Road to Hong Kong” (1961).

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A tall, vivacious Australian actress with a chameleonic ability to alter her appearance as the role dictates, Toni Collette shot to international fame at age 22 as the overweight but determined bride-to-be in P J Hogan’s blackly comic “Muriel’s Wedding” (1994). Raised in Blacktown, a suburb of Sydney, this eldest of three first performed onstage as a teenager in a production of “Godspell”. By age 16, she had left home to work with the Australian Theatre for Young People before enrolling at the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art. After a year and half, though, she dropped out to pursue her career when she landed a major role in a stage production of “Uncle Vanya”. After appearing in a handful of other theatrical productions and guest appearances on Aussie TV shows, Collette landed her first film role as a tomboyish factory worker in the comedy “Spotswood/The Efficiency Expert” (1992).

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2006 Olympic Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen performed one of the most remarkable performances in figure skating history en route to her first Olympic medal in Torino, Italy.

Sasha set her sights on the top prize coming into the competition. She even held the lead after the short program.

A fall on her first jump in the free skate appeared it might have knocked her off the medals podium, as the closest group of women finalists ever was skating in the final group.

But Sasha rebounded with more triples landed than any other finalist and finished just less than eight points short of a gold medal.

Gracious in victory, Sasha also added thousands of new fans to her already worldwide fan base. Most impressive among letters and e-mails of support, were correspondence from members of all branches of the U.S. Armed Services sending their regard to the 2006 U.S. Champion.

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A strong-featured, coolly patrician blonde, Glenn Close spent her childhood and adolescence involved in the conservative Moral Re-Armament movement. As she entered her teenaged years, she was sent to boarding schools in Switzerland and Connecticut while her physician father operated medical clinics in the Congo (later Zaire). Close spent a couple of years traveling with the folk singing group Up With People before she decided to attend college. After graduating from William and Mary, she headed to NYC where she almost immediately found work with the Phoenix Theatre Company, appearing in “Love for Love” and “The Member of the Wedding”. Close was cast as Mary Tudor in the Richard Rodgers’ musical “Rex” (1976) and she had her breakthrough Broadway role in another musical, “Barnum” (1980), playing the patient wife of showman P T Barnum.

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Lana Clarkson was born in Long Beach, California, on April 5, 1962. From an early age, she loved stories and showing off – reciting nursery rhymes to anyone who would listen when just over a year old. Lana’s mother lovingly recalls styling her daughter’s hair and playing dress up, with Lana clad in bell bottoms and white go-go boots.

One day, hands on hips, Lana proudly proclaimed: “I’m independent!” When asked what she thought independent meant, she stated, “It means, I want to do it myself!” This would prove to be Lana’s motto throughout life.

The Clarkson family moved to San Francisco in 1967, then to Cloverdale, California, in the early 70’s. Living out in the country, Lana fell in love with horses and was given a roan mare named Breeze for her 10th birthday. Being naturally athletic and graceful, she quickly became proficient at both English and Western riding. Riding would be one of a number of activities at which Lana would excel.

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Melinda Clarke (born April 24, 1969 in Dana Point, California, USA) is an American actress who has worked on television series and independent films. Clarke appeared in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives (where her father, John Clarke was a senior cast member), and starred on Soldier of Fortune, Inc. for both of its seasons. She also guest starred on Xena: Warrior Princess, Firefly, Charmed, and has had three memorable appearances on CSI where she occasionally plays the dominatrix, Lady Heather. Coincidentally, one of her appearances on CSI was with Kelly Rowan, who would later be her co-star on The O.C.. She appeared as a guest star on the FOX drama The O.C., and due to fan response was offered a contract for her role as Julie Cooper, a cunning socialite who marries for money. Clarke accepted the role and has since become an integral part of the show’s success. She has a daughter, Kathryn with husband, Ernie Mirich. She resides in Beverly Hills, California.

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Ciara Princess Harris was born October 25, 1985. She moved from several places, because her father was in the army. When her mom knew that she was going to be a singer/superstar is when she picked Ciara up from day care in California and she knew every song on the radio, and she would sing her butt off. Ciara moved to Atlanta when she was 8 years old. One day when she was 14 she came home from school and told her mom that she really wants to be a singer, and her mom said “Ciara I don’t know if this what you really want that”. So Ciara teamed up with Jazze Pha and recorded songs when she was 16. In fact, some of the songs that she recorded when she was 16 is on her double platinum album “Goodies”. So when Ciara got her record deal from T.A. (Owner of Musicline Records), Jazze Pha (Owner of Sho’ Nuff Records), Zomba Label Group, and L.A. Reid (Owner of LaFace Records) she was on her way to stardom.

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Charlotte Maria Church was born on February 21, 1986 in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom to Michael Reed and his wife Maria. The couple separated shortly after the child’s birth, and she was left in her mother’s care. She started singing publicly when she was only three and a half years old, singing the _Ghostbusters (1984)_ theme with her cousin at a seaside holiday camp in Caernarfon, Wales. She came to public notice after an appearance on the UK daytime magazine program, “This Morning” (aka “Richard and Judy”) and then made an impromptu appearance on ‘The Big, Big Talent Show’. She came on to say a few words about her aunt Caroline, who was also making an appearance on the show, and the show’s host, Jonathan Ross, asked her to sing. She stole the show and immediately became an overnight sensation in her native Wales. More television and concert appearances followed, such as the ones at Cardiff Arms Park in Wales, the London Palladium, and the Royal Albert Hall, and opening for Shirley Bassey in Antwerp, Belgium. She was signed to Sony Music (UK) and has released three best selling albums of popular classics.

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Combining radiant, striking beauty and genuine talent, Julie Christie emerged as one of the more engaging female leads of the 1960s and 70s. She got her break as star of British TV’s “A For Andromeda” (1960) and had small parts in two Ken Annakin films before achieving big-screen success with leading roles in John Schlesinger’s “Billy Liar” (1963) and the tailor-made “Darling” (1965), for which she won an Oscar as Best Actress. Although usually exemplifying the sexually liberated, contemporary woman, Christie also starred as the object of desire in lavish period films: David Lean’s “Doctor Zhivago” (1965), with Omar Sharif, and Schlesinger’s “Far From the Madding Crowd” and Joseph Losey’s “The Go-Between” (both 1971), alongside Alan Bates.

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