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Emilie De Ravin Biography

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Emilie de Ravin (born December 27, 1981) is an Australian actress currently starring in the hit ABC drama Lost as the character Claire Littleton. She resides in Los Angeles, California and spends most of the year commuting back and forth between Oahu, Hawaii where the show is filmed.

De Ravin was born in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. Having studied ballet since the age of nine, she was accepted into the highly selective Australian Ballet School at fifteen. There, she performed in productions with the Australian Ballet Company as well as Danceworld 301. De Ravin studied acting at Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art, and with the Prime Time Actors Studio in Los Angeles.

De Ravin, whose first name is pronounced like “Emily”, was previously best known for her role as alien/human hybrid Tess Harding on the teen drama Roswell. She landed this role one month after moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18.

On 1 January 2005 de Ravin became engaged to actor Josh Janowicz while they visited her family in Australia for the holidays.

Jennifer Ellison Biography

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Jennifer Ellison (born May 30, 1983 in Liverpool, England) is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003 when she became a pop singer.

Ellison is a constant feature in British magazines in sexy outfits. Her cleavage (32DD) is often the subject of much speculation â€“ Jennifer herself strenuously denies the implants, stating that as she grew up on camera due to her Brookside role, she was also a dancer, and when she stopped dancing she put on weight all over, resulting in her curvy figure.

Missy Elliott Biography

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Cooperated with The Chrysler Group to support the launching of its Jeep Commander, Missy Elliott once again has confirmed her status as one of the most celebrated female artists in the world. This merely was an addition to what the African-American rapper had accomplished during the year of 2005, which among others include six MTV Music Award nominations as well as the glorious success of her sixth album, â€œThe Cookbookâ€ (2005). The latter even has soared to the 2nd rank at both Billboard’s Top 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Charts while sold more than 170,000 copies after one week being released. Conclusively, it had been a distinct proof that Elliott still maintains her skillful touch to create an exceptional work of music.

Born as Melissa Arnette Elliott on July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., little Missy experienced a gloomy childhood for she grew up with an abusive father. During this time, she often witnessed his ill treatment toward her mother, leading her to seek solace by imagining herself as a performer. Unable to bear her husband’s torment, the mother finally decided to leave and took her only daughter along, raising the little child on her own. Getting inspired by her mother’s courage and independence to start anew, Missy determined to materialize her dream of becoming a formidable artist. Together with LaShawn Shellman, Chonita Coleman and Radiah Scott, she established an R&B group called Sista in the late 1980s.

Shannon Elizabeth Biography

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Dark-haired, with olive skin and sultry good looks, Shannon Elizabeth first gained notice as sexually precocious Czech exchange student Nadia in 1999′s summer hit comedy “American Pie”. Elizabeth’s partially nude scene in the film, the Playboy layout that followed, and her popular photo-intensive Web site made her a favored lust object among young American men, giving an added boost to her up-and-coming career. Of Syrian descent, the actress had an exotic allure that belied her all-American Texas roots.

On television, Elizabeth took guest roles on the TV series “Step by Step” (CBS) and “USA High” (USA Network), before her “American Pie” fame, and her high-profile guest shot on an episode of USA Network’s supernatural action comedy “GvsE” quickly followed the film’s release. She additionally had a small role in the Fox TV adventure movie “Blade Squad” (1998) and co-starred as a psychopathic teen in the TV movie thriller “Dying to Live” (UPN, 1999).

Jenna Elfman Biography

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An ebullient actress who garnered fame with her role as a buoyant free-spirit on ABC’s popular romantic comedy series “Dharma & Greg” (1997-2002), statuesque blonde actress Jenna Elfman broke through as a stand out member of the cast of the failed sitcom “Townies” (ABC, 1996). A professional dancer who made the switch to acting in the early 1990s, Elfman did extensive commercial work before landing her first series jobs, making guest appearances in the 1995-1996 season on the ABC series “Roseanne”, “NYPD Blue”, “The Monroes” and “Murder One” and the CBS sitcom “Almost Perfect”. A role as a drug counselor in the NBC TV movie “Her Last Chance” came in 1996 as well, before the charismatic actress auspiciously landed a regular role as the boy-crazy Shannon, one of three young working class waitresses in the Molly Ringwald sitcom vehicle “Townies”. Although short-lived, “Townies” proved a big break for Elfman, who impressed ABC executives with her scene-stealing turn and signed her own sitcom deal before the last “Townies” episode aired.

Erika Eleniak Biography

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Born in Glendale, California, Eleniak is the eldest daughter in her family of four girls and one boy whose parents divorced. During the late 1970s, Eleniak’s father introduced her to her future career in the movie industry when his then girlfriend got Eleniak a part to model children’s clothing for TV commercials. Her first role was in the world wide hit film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)â€”as the girl kissed by Elliott.

In high school her life took a turn for the worse, as she plunged into a world of drugs and alcohol. Her redemption came in the form of Steve Ferguson, a young charismatic crippled man who became Erika’s guiding light. He introduced her to Alcoholics Anonymous in 1988, and helped her through her detoxification.

She went on to have several small roles in television. She played Stephanie Curtis, Scott Baio’s on-screen girlfriend in Charles in Charge (1984) (and was also his off-screen girlfriend) and Jamie Coburn in Broken Angel (1988) (TV). In 1989 Erika decided that appearing in Playboy would help boost her career, and Steve helped her realize that dream when he contacted a Playboy photographer. Playboy featured her on two covers and later as the centerfold in the July 1989 issue.

Carmen Electra Biography

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A stunning, sexy star with an enviable array of dance moves who has built an increasingly high-profile career primarily on her considerable erotic appeal while maintaining a nice-girl-next-door persona, Carmen Electra effectively transformed herself from pop star protege and Playboy model into a pop culture phenom.

The petite brunette with the arresting eyes was born Tara Patrick in the suburbs of Cincinatti and began preparing for show biz early, taking dance classes as early as age five and dreaming of hoofing on Broadway. He parents supported her by enrolling her in a performing arts school, and immediately upon her graduation in 1990 she relocated to Los Angeles. Dancing in an L.A. nightclub she caught the eye of a talent scout and landed an audition with the hugely successful pop singer Prince (actually, at that point, the Artist Formally Known as Prince), who was looking to assemble an all-girl rap group for his record label. Although he didn’t tap her for the group, Prince later wrote a song for her demo album and rechristened her as Carmen Electra (“You look like a Carmen,” he told her, reportedly thinking of the Bizet opera and adding the heroine of the Greek tragedy as her new surname). Although she flopped with her eponymous 1992 debut album (produced by her purple-minded mentor) but later scored in 1996 by baring it all for the pages of Playboy and racking up guest spots on several TV series, including a stint on “Baywatch Nights.”