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.”
Alice Braga
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Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the 15th of April year 1983, where she was exposed early to the acting world for her mother and aunt were both in the business. She was launched into stardom in the smash hit “City of God” for which she received a nomination for an award for the Best Supporting Actress in Brazil. Her last hit was the blockbuster “I Am Legend” where she played supporting actress to Will Smith in a world that has been decimated by a mutating virus that was hailed to be the cure for cancer. With three films in the releasing or to be released state in 2008; Blindness, Redbelt and Crossing Over, she will continue to lure moviegoers to the nearest theaters with her talent and charm.
Laetita Casta
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Born on the 11th of March, year 1979 in Normandy France, Laetita Marie Laure Casta is a well known French Supermodel and actress. Discovered by a photographer on a family outing in Corsica at age 15, she has graced the likes of Dior, L’Oreal, Guess, Tommy, Miu Miu, XoXo and Chanel. She has also appeared in catalogs for big names such as Victoria’s Secret, Elle and Vogue along with several issues of Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and the Pirelli Calendar. She has had experience in acting in her native France where most of her film career began. Her ties with modeling and film makes her one of the most visible personalities to date and would surely be gracing more in the future of film, TV and Print.
Alexa Davalos
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Born on the 28th of May, Year 1982, in France, she is the granddaughter of American Actor Richard Davalos. Her first role in a major film was in the film, “The Chronicles of Riddick” opposite Vin Diesel. She also starred in an HBO original opposite Antonio Banderas in the TV film, “And Starring Pancho Villas as Himself”. Her talent is in-born and we would be sure to see her in many more films. With film-oriented lineage, she is said to become one of the biggest names in Hollywood in times to come. She has had some success in both TV and film and has more coming this year.
Ellen Page
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Ellen Philpotts-Page, was born on the 21st of February 1987 in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. She began acting at the age of 10 with several Canadian television series. She launched her filming career when she starred in “Hard Candy” in 2005. Also in the same year, she played Juno in the film with the same name, which got the attention of many critics who praised her complex and disturbing performances for the year. In 2008, she has four films which were to be released; An American Crime, The Tracey Fragments, Stone Angel and Smart People. She already has films scheduled for 2009 with Whip It, Peacock and Drag me to Hell.
Emily Blunt
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Emily Olivia Blunt, was born in London England on the 23rd of February year 1983. At the age of 16, she moved to a sixth-form college, the Hurtwood House which is widely known for it’s performing arts program. She lives in Vancouver Canada with her boyfriend Michael Buble’ who surprised her in 2008 by bringing her with a friend on stage in front of 7,000 people who sang her a happy birthday. She began her career in television when she starred in “Boudica”, a television documentary which showed the life of an ancient British Queen turned warrior who fought the Romans. In 2004, she got her break into the film industry when she was cast into the movie “My Summer Love”, a countryside lesbian movie in England. Her works total of 10 with three scheduled for release in 2008 and one in 2009.
Abigail Breslin
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Abigail Kathleen Breslin is a promising young actress who was born in New York, New York on the 14th of April year 1996. She has two brothers, one of whom is also in the film business, Spencer Breslin, she was named after a first lady of the United States, Madam Abigail Adams. She has appeared in “Signs” in 2002, Raising Helen (where she and her brother played siblings), “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” (her brother was also in the film) and several other films. Being so young, she has already had several successful films which now number 12 with further 4 projects for release in 2008, she is one busy young lady.
Hayden Panettiere
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Born on the 21st of August 1989, she has also managed to make her name a household label due to her role in the NBC hit “Heroes”. She has made her acting debut before the age of 1 for at 11 months she has already appeared in a commercial for Playskool and then doing more work in soap opera show on TV. She is also an established singer with a Grammy Nomination under her belt at her young age. In 2006, she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her role as “Claire Bennet” in Heroes the TV series. With the show on it�s second season, she shows no sign of stopping as she continues to captivate TV audiences in the US and around the Globe.
Mischa Barton
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She was born on the 24th of January, 1986, in London England to an Irish mother Nuala who was a photographer and Paul Mardsen, an English foreign exchange broker. She has two sisters and she became a naturalized citizen of the US at the age of four. Graduating from the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan and then went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in the summer of 2006. She began acting at the age of nine when she played in the Broadway production, “The Slavs!”. She made her debut into the film industry when she played a part in “Lawn Dogs”, which received much acclaim at home and around the world as well. She has several successful films under her belt such as “The Sixth Sense”, “Notting Hill”, “St Trinians” and “Closing the Ring”.
More known for her part in the television series, “The O.C.” and her endorsements for several brands including; Calvin Klein, Bebe, Aeropostale, Neutrogena and many more products in the fashion and cosmetics industry. She has also been thrust into the limelight in 2007, this time for all the wrong reasons when she was arrested for DUI, possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and driving without a license(she wasn’t even licensed in the US).