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Despite her child-like persona, you can’t help but sense Hamasaki was never truly a child. Born in Fukuoka on the southern island of Kyushu, she was just a toddler when her father walked out. “I don’t even know if he’s dead or alive,” she says. Raised by a single mother and a grandmother, she began modeling locally at seven, in part to earn money for the family. It was an unusual and lonely childhood in this country of steadfastly nuclear families, but Hamasaki says she wasn’t aware of what she was missing.

Hamasaki made that move at 14 to pursue an acting and modeling career. Old magazine spreads feature the sweetly smiling young starlet clad in bathing suits or prim outfits that would never make it to her own wardrobe. After bit parts in five low-budget movies and a handful of TV dramas, she tired of acting and, with her tiny frame, did not have a future in modeling. Canned by her talent agency and dropping out of school in the 10th grade, Hamasaki frittered away her days shopping at trendy shibuya boutiques and her nights dancing at the massive Velfarre nightclub in Roppongi.

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Ashanti Douglas was born October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York into a musical family. Her father used to sing and her mother is a dance instructor.

Ashanti began to sing in a gospel choir at the age of 6. As she grew, her musical talent developed and with it, appearances followed. She danced in a show at Carnegie Hall and in the Disney television musical Polly . It was in high school that she honed her songwriting skills and harnessed her talent for creating a story that people could relate to, song after song. Ashanti first announced her presence with the Big Pun hit “How We Roll ” in 2001. Her sound was infectious and caught the attention of record producers. Irv Gotti, the polished producer with Murder Inc. Records, was credited with her discovery and what was supposed to be an initial collaboration, turned into a record contract.

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This petite, quirky lead with a winsome sensuality and distinctive overbite first played adolescents in several high-profile TV-movies in the late 1970s before coming into her own as the star of offbeat, independent films of the 80s. Hailing from a bohemian showbiz clan (her grandfather was radio and TV humorist Cliff Arquette–Charley Weaver of “Hollywood Squares” fame; her father, actor Lewis Arquette; her younger siblings, actors Patricia, Alexis, and David Arquette), Rosanna Arquette became established in features playing slightly spacey women often torn between the desire for adventure and a concern for social convention.

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The youngest daughter of a performing family, the vivacious and vulnerable Patricia Arquette quickly rose from the world of horror sequels and genre fare to become a leading player working with topnotch directors and co-stars. Since beginning her career as a teenager in the late 1980s, she has alternated between television and features, although by the late 90s, she primarily concentrated on films. After studying acting with Milton Katselas, Arquette landed roles as a teenaged mother in the ABC TV-movie “Daddy” (1987) and made guest appearances on such series as “thirtysomething” and “The Outsiders”. She has the distinction of starring in two small screen projects directed by Diane Keaton: a “CBS Schoolbreak Special” entitled “The Boy With the Crazy Brother” (1990) and the longform “Wildflower” (Lifetime, 1991). In the latter, the actress had the demanding role of a young girl with epilepsy whose stepfather keeps her locked up believing she is possessed by demons. Arquette earned a CableACE award for her touching performance.

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Young, beautiful, and blonde, Samaire Armstrong seems to fit the prototype of aspiring actresses everywhere, yet this young starlet on the rise is far from the typical Hollywood breed. Born in Japan and raised in both Hawaii and Arizona, Armstrong knew she wanted to be an actress at the early age of 3. Best known for her role as the stylish Anna Stern on the “The O.C.” (2003 – ), Armstrong has since racked up credits that are quickly cementing her place on Hollywood’s most-wanted list.

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An Italian actress whose career has invoked comparisons with the American Winona Ryder, Asia Argento has been acting in features since she was nine years old. The waif-like brunette has since played a variety of troubled youths and disturbed young women. While she was not considered attractive as a young girl when she began acting, Argento has matured into a beauty and was voted the most desirable actress in Italy in 1996. Though practically unknown in the USA despite nearly 20 films, she cracked the English-language market playing the street urchin Jared Harris hopes to reform in Michael Radford’s “B. Monkey” (1997).

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Alicia Arden is the new face of beauty. Her enchanting eyes have the power to lure you into her web. Alicia is the illusion of what women want to look like and the woman that men want to be with. Alicia’s chameleon-like appearance has allowed her to be showcased in such glamorous magazines as: Vogue, Elle, W, Redbook, and Brides Magazine’s.

Alicia’s captivating look has graced numerous cosmetics packaging including: Andrea Waxes, Bare Escentuals Infomercial currently running on cable. Alicia is the Cover girl for Nicole Miller and English Ideas Makeup lines inside Sephora National stores.

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Leila Arcieri (born December 18, 1973 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress and model. She was Miss San Francisco in the 1997 Miss America pageant and has appeared in the many films such as XXX, Wild Things 2, and Daddy Day Care. Her father is Italian and her mother is African-American.

The product of an Italian father and African-American mother, Arcieri spent the better part of her childhood in Sebastopol, located in California’s wine and redwood country.

Shyness was a major obstacle in Leila’s early life, one that she tried to overcome by throwing herself into high-school cheerleading. Upon graduating from high school, she moved to San Francisco, where she dabbled with both graphic design and photography before becoming a make-up artist.

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This attractive, blonde actress is best known for her portrayal of nymphet Kelly Bundy, on the long-running Fox sitcom “Married… With Children” (1987-97). Applegate’s career began at the age of three months when she appeared in her mother’s arms on the daytime soap “Days of Our Lives”. After eight years away from the industry she made a small turn in the little-seen film “Jaws of Satan” (1979). From there she did a series of guest spots on such TV series as “Quincy”, “Amazing Stories” and “Family Ties” before receiving her first break when cast as a regular on the short-lived series “Heart of the City” (ABC, 1986-87).

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Shiri Freda Appleby  was born December 7, 1978 in Los Angeles, California and grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of L.A with her mother, father and younger brother Evan. Her parents are both of Jewish descent and her name Shiri means “song of mine” in Hebrew.

When she was in high school (the Calabasa High School in Calabasa for those who require such details) she was also working as a hostess at a gourmet restaurant and was on the Calabasa Coyotes cheerleader squad. After graduation she headed off to the University of Southern California where she began studying English literature along with her courses in Theatre Arts.

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Apple is a member of a family rich with roots in entertainment. Born Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart in New York City, she is the daughter of singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. Her older sister, Amber Taleullah, sings cabaret under the stage name Maude Maggart. Her brother Spencer is a director and directed the video for her single “Parting Gift.” Her half brother Garett Maggart starred in the TV series The Sentinel. In addition, her maternal grandparents were Millicent Green, a dancer with the George White’s Scandals, a flapper-era group similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, and Johnny McAfee, a multireedist and vocalist of the big band era; her grandparents met while touring with Johnny Hamp and his Orchestra.

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Devon Aoki is the frontwoman of the new fashion wave that appreciates women of various ethnicities. Born August 10th, 1982, Devon Edwenna Aoki is the daughter of Japanese Olympic wrestler and Benihana steakhouse magnate Rocky Aoki and Anglo-Bavarian jewelry designer Pamela Hilburger.

A New York native, she grew up in the swank ‘burbs of Malibu, only to move back to her hometown in her early teens. It is rumored that she was discovered at a Rancid concert in NYC, where she gate-crashed. She was 13 when her godmother introduced her to Kate Moss, who later took Aoki as her apprentice.

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