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Alyssa Milano Profile |
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Birth Date: December 19, 1972
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Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Birth Name: Alyssa Jayne Milano
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Height: 5'2"
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Biography |
Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 19th, 1972, Alyssa
Jayne Milano is the daughter of Thomas, a film music editor
and Lin, a fashion designer, and older sister to Cory.
By the age of 7, Alyssa knew she wanted to become an
actress, after seeing the Broadway play Annie. One year
later, she made her acting debut with the role of "July" in
the same musical, and toured with the play for 18 months.
After that time, Alyssa left Annie to star in off-Broadway
productions and TV commercials.
Milano made her television debut in 1984, with her role as
Tony Danza's daughter in the popular sitcom Who's the Boss?,
which ran for eight years. And only one year after she
starred in the popular sitcom, Alyssa had a small role
playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter in 1985's Commando.
While her role on Who's The Boss continued to flourish,
garnering her millions of fans and even a best-selling
exercise video in 1988 called Teen Steam, Alyssa starred in
a bunch of forgettable TV movies including The Canterville
Ghost (1986), Crash Course (1988) and Voices That Care
(1991).
In 1989, a picture of Alyssa served as the inspiration
behind Disney's The Little Mermaid and was used to create
Ariel in the classic movie. However, after that, Milano also
starred in the made-for-TV movie Casualties of Love: The
Long Island Lolita Story (1993), about the true story of Amy
Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco.
The '90s were also a time when Alyssa wanted to shed her
little girl image and prove that she's a sexy adult woman.
She did so by starring in the sexually charged, albeit
terrible movies Embrace of the Vampire (1994) and Poison Ivy
II (1996). It worked, as popular men's mag FHM voted her No.
4 in its 100 Sexiest Women list in 2001 and 2003.
She then starred alongside relative newcomers Reese
Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg in the surprise hit Fear
(1996).
Also in 1996, Alyssa starred in To Brave Alaska, a
made-for-TV flick about a couple fighting for their lives
while abandoned in Alaska.
In 1997, Milano then returned to television full-time as
troublemaker Jennifer Mancini in the primetime Aaron
Spelling soap, Melrose Place. She was cast as a regular for
one season, and became the enemy of fellow beauty Amanda,
played by Heather Locklear.
In December 1998, Alyssa was awarded $230,000 US, after she
sued a Web designer that allegedly posted nude pictures of
her without her permission.
While her role on Melrose Place was hot in 1997, Milano
attended the Sundance Film Festival, where her new movie,
Hugo Pool, also starring Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn and
Patrick Dempsey, premiered. At the festival, Alyssa was
awarded with the Spirit Award for women.
In 1998, Milano settled into a television role in which she
portrays one of the three witches on the WB's Charmed, as
the sister of fellow witches Rose McGowan and Holly Marie
Combs (Shannen Doherty quit in 2001 and was replaced by
McGowan).
But that didn't stop Alyssa from starring in big screen
films. In 2003, Alyssa conveniently starred alongside David
Spade in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, and in Dinotopia:
Curse of the Ruby Sunstone (2004).
Alyssa also continued doing TV commercials and was
well-known as the spokesperson for 1-800-Collect and
Candie's perfume, the latter for which she did some very
provocative commercials and print ads.
But Alyssa didn't stop at TV and movies; she released five
albums entitled Alyssa, Look In My Heart (both in 1989),
Best In The World (1990), Locked In a Dream (1991) and Do
You See Me? (1992) in Japan, which all went platinum.
As for her love life, Alyssa was engaged to Party of Five
star Scott Wolf in 1993, but the couple called it off in
1994, and went their separate ways. In January 1999, on New
Year's Day, Alyssa wed musician Cinjun Augustus Tate (lead
singer for the rock group Remy Zero), but divorced him that
same year in November. But don't worry, Alyssa and her seven
tattoos will surely find someone to love her. |
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Other
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Had a best-selling excercise video in 1988 called Teen
Steam.
She's the 1-800-COLLECT girl.
Awarded $230,000 in a default judgement against a web
designer that allegedly posted nude pictures of her.
[December 1998]
Engaged to Scott Wolf but their engagement was broken off
and they are no longer seeing each other. [1993]
Her first role was in the musical 'Annie' on Broadway, she
was 8 years old then.
Wore colored contact lenses in some episodes "Who's the
Boss?" (1984).
Born under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Alyssa has seven tattoos. She has a sacred heart on her
behind, a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, rosary beads
on her back, an angel on her left ankle, an Orobous (a snake
biting its own tail) on her right wrist, an "om" on the
other wrist and a garland of flowers around her right ankle.
Favorite sport is Hockey.
Plays piano and flute.
Her ex-husband, Cinjun Tate, is the lead singer for the rock
group, Remy Zero.
Caused a stir with her TV Commercial for Candies perfume,
which featured a black-lingerie clad Alyssa and a goateed
man. The "Anywhere You Dare" campaign was rejected by such
stations as WB and FOX. [2000]
Caused a stir with 2 of her Candies Print Ads, which one
shows a man perfuming Milano's cleavage, the other presents
her standing before a medicine cabinet stocked with perfume
and condoms. Both ads were turned down by youth-oriented
magazines Seventeen and Teen People. [2000]
Attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.
Caused a commotion with her TV dad, Tony Danza, when she
posed nude in the 1993 pages of 'Bikini' magazine. "I
worried about her, but it wasn't my place to say anything,"
explains Danza. "I played her father, but I wasn't her
father."
A picture of her was used to create Ariel in the classic
Disney movie The Little Mermaid (1989)
Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2001]
Had 5 albums released in Japan which all went platinum.
These were titled Alyssa, Look In My Heart, Best in the
world, Locked In a Dream, and Do You See Me?
Lost out to Shannen Doherty for a role in Mallrats (1995).
Older sister of Cory Milano.
Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2003]
Measurements: Bust 36C
During the animation of The Little Mermaid (1989), her
picture was used to create the lead character, Ariel.
Coincidentally, her character on the WB hit TV show,
"Charmed" (1998), temporarily turned into a mermaid at the
beginning of the 5th season.
Ranked #5 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the
World" (2002).
Her family once suffered a tragic fire. Her dad went back
into the house to save the dog, risking his own life. He
injured himself by jumping out of a second story window
after the search for the dog became impossible due to the
heat. The dog unfortunately did not survive.
Ranked #28 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
Ranked #28 of "The 100 Greatest Child Actors of All Time"
Holly Marie Combs was a bridesmaid at her wedding to Cinjun
August Tate
Has played two different characters who both rode on a horse
naked, Phoebe in "Charmed" (1998) and the mayor's daughter
in "Spin City" (1996).
Is allergic to soy products.
Is a vegetarian and a supporter of PETA.
Ranked #30 in 100 Greatest Teen Stars.
Named #6 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005"
special supplement. (2005) |
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