Katherine Marie Heigl
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Born on the 24th of November year 1978, in Washington DC, where her family stayed for a while before moving to Connecticut where she spent most of her child hood. She had an older brother who died in 1986 from injuries from an auto accident after being thrown off the back of a pick-up. His doctors explained that he was brain dead and the family had to make the very difficult decision to donate his organs. Katherine, realizing the urgency and importance of organ donations uses her influence to promote organ donations. She was first thrust into the limelight when a visiting aunt of hers took several pictures of her at age nine as a model to promote a hair care product line she had invented. Her pictures were sent and seen with fervor by many modeling agencies that she debut in magazine advertisements shortly. Her film career launched soon after that seeing her with famous names as Steven Segal even landing a role In Disney’s Wish Upon a Star.
Stacy Keibler
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Born on the 14th of October year 1979, in Baltimore, Maryland where she started dancing at age 3. No wonder she has a background in ballet, tap and Jazz dancing. In her hometown, she became one of the very first Cheerleaders for the Baltimore Ravens. She used her dancing career as a stepping stone into showbiz when she wowed fans in Dancing with the Stars where she received some of the highest scores from the Judges. Her assets are her long legs that stand at 42 inches and are considered to be some of the best in the business. She danced for the Nitro Girls in the WCW circuit. Her dancing in the popular wrestling show launched her into showbiz with her many TV performances. Stacy is a Mass Communications Major with experience in acting, modeling and Physical Therapy. Even though she has been ranked as one of the sexiest women in the world, she has repeatedly refused offers by Playboy do pose for the famous men’s magazine.
Elizabeth Winstead
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Born on the 28th of November year 1984 in Rocky Mount North Carolina, Mary Elizabeth Winstead aspired to be in the performing arts as a child when she took ballet and acting. She began in Broadway in Donny Osmond’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” followed by appearances in several TV series and soaps. She tried to enter the independent scene but was more successful with mainstream films like Disney’s comedy Sky High. She has since contributed to many films including The X-Files, Final Destination 3, Black Christmas, Bobby, Live Free Die Hard and Grindhouse. Die Hard, was a commercial success with over $130,000,000 becoming her highest top-grossing film. Recently she has screen tested for Justice League, the film adaptation of the comics series and is due to star for a dance film to be shot in Winnipeg and Chicago.
Shannon Elizabeth
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Born on the 7th of September 1973, in Houston Texas, she is the daughter of a Syrian/Lebanese Father and a mother of Cherokee Indian descent. Was born in Houston but moved to Waco, also in Texas where she has lived ever since. Known for her role in “American Pie” and the sequel, as well as for her roles in “Scary Movie” and “Seamless:Kidz Rule”. She took dance lessons as a child along with ballet and many other styles but was drawn in by tennis in High School. As a senior, she got a taste of the runway as a part-time model in New York.
She went to Tokyo Japan soon after she graduated then to Milan and Hong Kong and many other places where she worked as a model. She was employed by the famous Elite and Ford Modeling companies for sometime soon after she returned to the US but acting took her eyes of the catwalk which drove her to do lessons. Her young inclinations towards cheer leading landed her a role in American Pie and the Sequel with more projects planned in the future. She was married to Joseph Reitman but has filed for divorce due to unspecified reasons. Boys and men, be wary, she knows Krav Maga, an Israeli hand-to-hand combat technique which is very effective.
Hayden Panettiere
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Hayden Leslie Panettiere was born August 21, 1989 in Palisades, New York. An actress, model and singer, she is best known today for her role as Claire Bennet on the popular TV series Heroes. Hayden began modeling at the age of 5 months, and acting at the age of 7 years old. She has appeared in over a dozen films, like Remember the Titans (2000) & Raising Helen (2004), and played a recurring role in several TV series (Malcolm in the Middle & Ally McBeal to name a few). She is one of Disney’s favorite singers, and has lent her voice as Dot in A Bug’s Life. Her album, Falling Down, will be released in 2009 by Hollywood Records.
In 2006, Hayden was made the cover girl for Neutrogena, and in February 2008, she became the spokesperson for the clothing line Candie. She has also been a very visible activist, participating in efforts to disrupt dolphin hunt in Japan, as well as becoming an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities. Hayden is currently involved with her Heroes costar, Milo Ventimiglia.
The Star on High School Musical: Vanessa Hudgens
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Born on the 14th of December, 1988 in Salinas, California. She started her harmonious career in theatre when she was nine years old. She has played leading and supporting roles in musical productions as well as “Evita,†“Carousel,†“The Wizard of Oz,†“The King & I,†“The Music Man,†“Cinderella†and “Damn Yankees.†Last 2007, she has also turn out to be a spokesperson for Neutrogena.
To date she has done three films: Thirteen (2003) as Noel, Thunderbirds (2004) as Tin-Tin and the much recognized High School Musical (2006) as Gabriella Montez. Her biggest role is in High School Musical earned her and her leading man Efron, “Best Chemistry†award at the Teen Choice Awards for their roles. The movie also generate a hit soundtrack, a worldwide concert tour, a show at Walt Disney World, and even a book series that helped Hudgens land in Forbes magazine’s list of top-earning stars under 21.â€
Keri Lyn Russell
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Born on the 23rd of March, year 1976, in Fountain Valley California, she moved a lot as a child due to her fathers work as a Nissan Motors Executive. Appeared in Disney’s the Mickey Mouse Club, along with Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake. She appeared in 1992 with Rick Moranis in the movie, “Honey I Blew Up the Kids” followed by a role in the sitcom “Boy Meets World”. She then appeared in several TV and film movies along with an MTV for Bon Jovi’s “Always”. Won a Globe award for the WB Network series “Felicity”, she starred in Mel Gibson’s “We We’re Soldiers” as the wife of an American Serviceman in Vietnam. She has been rumored to take on Scientology after working with Tom Cruise on the film, “Mission Impossible III” but that was fast silenced with releases from her agent that reiterated her Jewish heritage.
Jessica Biel
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Born on the 3rd of March, year 1982 in Ely Minnesota, Jessica Clara Biel started out with dreams of becoming a vocalist but ended up as a fashion model when she went to the International Modeling and Talent Association Convention which was held in LA in 1994. Her breaking role was in the Warner Brothers TV series “7th Heaven”, she became a spokes model for L’Oreal in 2002. After leaving the TV series, she was cast in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre which was a moderate critical success but made it big in the box office. She played roles in “Balde: Trinity” in 2004, and in the flop Stealth in 2005. Another of Hollywood’s charity workers, she worked to help a Colorado Teen who was injured in an auto accident promising to go on a date for $30,000 which she quipped as “I Promise, I’m a cheap date”. Tagged the Sexiest Woman Alive in 2005 by Esquire. With more than a dozen films for TV and silver screen, she is one of Hollywood’s upcoming starlets for many years to come.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
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The recently paparazzi mad Hewitt was born on the 21st of February year 1979 in Waco Texas USA is well known as an actress, songwriter and singer. In her younger years she appeared in almost twenty commercials eventually landing on the Disney Channel’s “Kid’s Incorporated†where she was known only as Love Hewitt. After encouragement from talent scouts, her mother supported her acting career ending up in several unsuccessful projects for TV and Film. Her debut into the silver screen began when she was cast into the film “I Know What You did Last Summer” which was a box office success. The sequel, though not as successful still managed to top the charts ion its opening week. She has won acclaim for her work in the Disney animated classic, “Hunchback of Notre Dame” for which she wrote the song “I’m Gonna’ Love You”. Her recent disgust with some photographers who took some pictures of her (which showed her quite out of shape) as the invasion of her privacy came into the spotlight which she says was not of any significance as that was the time her boyfriend proposed to her. She admits her strong opposition to nudity in TV and Film.
Scarlet Johansson
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The actress was born on the 22nd of the year 1984 in New York City to an architect father Karsten and Producer mother Melanie Sloan. Most of her siblings are fellow actors and actresses (which might be due to their family’s deep roots in the business) as well as her grandfather who was also screenwriter and director. Born to a less than average family in the Bronx, she started training in theater in the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan USA. Making her film debut in the 1994 movie “North”, she came into the spotlight for her performance for “The Horse Whisperer” in 1998 and “Ghost World” in 2001. “Lost in Translation” in 2003 won her the Upstream prize for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, winning again in the BAFTA’s for “Lost in Translation”. In 2004, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which she gladly took to enhance her character and position in the film industry. She is politically active and endorses Barack Obama in this year’s elections along with her activist nature for which she joined rock legend BONO in an anti-poverty campaign. The young actress already has 25 films to her credit with three more scheduled for release this 2008 and another already booked for 2009.