Racing motorcycles as a teenager fed Amy Weber's desire for excitement and her Hollywood career still tries to keep up. An appearance on popular teen show "Saved by the Bell" (1989) launched her acting career and she has since appeared on numerous other series such as "Melrose Place" (1992), "USA High" (1997) and "Port Charles" (1999).
Weber has played roles in numerous television shows including CSI: Las Vegas, Son of the Beach, Saved by the Bell, Melrose Place, Pacific Blue, The Young & The Restless, Baywatch, Jenny, USA High, and City Guys. She also appeared in country musician Toby Keith's video for his song "Whiskey Girl" as the Whiskey girl, and, on December 31, 2004 she was featured in a sketch on the New Year's Eve live episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Correspondent Tom Green travelled all over New York City looking for someone to kiss him at midnight, which Weber eventually agreed to do.
Weber has had lead roles in the movies Scarlet Mirror, Games (a.k.a Forbidden Games), The Bet, Dr. Life, Art House, Kolobos, The Contract, Pumpkin Karver, and Transmorphers.
Amy has had starring roles in theatre productions of Reservations for Two, 110 in the Shade, Apocalyptic Butterflies, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Grease.
Born March 2, 1972, Amber Smith's stunning looks and talent have aided in her transition from Sports Illustrated supermodel to big screen actress to WonderBra spokeswoman. Feature films on her resume include "L.A. Confidential" (1997), "American Beauty" (1999) and "Tomcats" (2001).
American actress/model from Fort Worth, Texas known for posing for over 50 pin-up calendars as well as numerous catalogs and trading cards. Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and Hawaiian Tropic winner/swimsuit model. Has started up her own production company "My Gig Productions" to produce a short film titled "Vicious Cycle", in which McCurdy wrote and will be playing the leading lady. She also has written a full length feature to follow after her short. Her short and feature will be directed by Stephen Bridgewater, who is also a private acting coach to such celebrities as Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, and Bruce Willis. As well as directing, Bridgewater will also be coaching McCurdy for her role in "Vicious Cycle".
Adele Silva (born 19 November 1980 in Croydon, London) is an English actress, television personality and sometime glamour model. She was educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and has been on stage and television since she was a child.
Ali Larter Biography Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter (born February 28, 1976) is a Saturn Awards-nominated American actress and former fashion model best known for her screen roles aimed at teenage audiences. Larter is currently starring on the hittelevision series Heroes. She has also had roles in successful Hollywood films including, Varsity Blues, House on Haunted Hill, Final Destination, Legally Blonde, and most recently Resident Evil: Extinction.
Ali Larter was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey to parents Margaret, a homemaker, and Danforth Larter, a trucking executive. She attended Carusi Middle School and Cherry Hill High School West. She began modeling with Ford Models at the age of fourteen and traveled the world. At seventeen, Larter settled temporarily in Japan. A year later, in 1995, she accompanied her boyfriend in his move to Los Angeles, California. Soon after, she began taking acting classes, at a friend's suggestion.
Larter is best friends with actress Amy Smart with whom she co-starred in Varsity Blues. The two had previously been roommates before pursuing acting careers. Larter has also lived in Miami and then New York City after the spring of 2002. In January 2007, she moved to Los Angeles to take on the commitment of working on Heroes.
In November 1996, Larter portrayed the hoax model Allegra Coleman in Esquire magazine. The article published in the magazine told of the fictional model's relationship with David Schwimmer, how Quentin Tarantino broke up with Mira Sorvino to date her, and Woody Allen's overhaul of a film to have her star. Even after the hoax had been revealed, its effects lingered, and various talent agencies sought to represent the non-existent Coleman.Larter on the cover of Esquire portraying the fictional Allegra Coleman.
Larter landed her first professional roles in 1997, in which she appeared for one episode in the Brooke Shields' television series, Suddenly Susan, and the short lived television series Chicago Sons. The roles were followed by a number of other appearances on Dawson's Creek with James Van Der Beek, Chicago Hope and Just Shoot Me!
In 1999, Larter began her film career with an appearance in Varsity Blues which re-united her with Dawson's Creek star Van Der Beek, and close friend Amy Smart. Varsity Blues drew a domestic box office gross of $53 million, making Larter's first film a commercial success. Afterwards, Larter appeared in teen comedies, Giving It Up and Drive Me Crazy. That year as well, Larter starred in the horror remakeHouse on Haunted Hill . Made for around $20 million, the movie was panned by the critics but grossed $15 million on its opening weekend and went on to earn over $40 million.
In 2000, Larter starred in the teenage audience aimed horror film Final Destination as the "final girl" Clear Rivers. The following year in 2001, she appeared in the comedy Legally Blonde with Reese Witherspoon, western American Outlaws with Colin Farrell and the Kevin Smith film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. That year as well, Larter performed in the stage play The Vagina Monologues in New York City. The next year in 2002, Larter was ranked #40 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World". In 2003, Larter reprised her role as Clear Rivers in the sequel toFinal Destination, Final Destination 2. The series went on for a third installment without Larter as her character was killed off in the second installment of the series. In 2005, Larter appeared in the independent film Confess and the romantic comedy A Lot Like Love alongside Amanda Peet and Ashton Kutcher.
2006 saw Larter in the biographical film Crazy based on guitarist Hank Garland. As of September 2006, Larter has been portraying Niki Sanders on the NBC Emmy Award-nominated science fiction dramatelevision series Heroes, created by Tim Kring. The show includes an ensemble cast including Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Leonard Roberts, Masi Oka and Greg Grunberg. Larter's character Niki Sanders, who is a wife and mother, is a former internet stripper from Las Vegas who exhibits superhuman strength and an alternate personality who goes by the name of Jessica. After completing half its first season, Heroes had already collected an assortment of honors and accolades, and Larter had been nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" for the 33rd Saturn Awards.
In 2007, Larter starred in the Bollywood Marigold as the title character along side Salman Khan, which was released in August. She also joined the cast of the popular film franchise Resident Evil: Extinction portraying the character Claire Redfield in the horror film with Milla Jovovich. Her role sent her to Mexicali, Mexico for filming from May to late July in which she also dyed her hair a light red for the film. Larter explains on her character Claire, "She became the leader of this convoy. She's incredibly strong, patient. I think she serves a role for everyone within this convoy, let it be a mother to someone, a buddy, a best friend." Larter also attended the 2007 Comic Con International, her second appearance at the event, to promote the film, which was released in theaters on September 21, 2007. This year as well, she will appear in the comedy Homo Erectus. Larter was also featured as #6 in Maxim's Hot 100 for 2007.
In an interview for Resident Evil: Extinction, Larter had expressed interest in producing films in the future, saying, "I definitely have many ideas and different avenues that I want to take as my career goes on."
Alison Eastwood (born on May 22, 1972, in Carmel, California) is an American model, fashion designer and Hollywood actress. The daughter of swimsuit model Maggie Johnson and the legendary western filmstar Clint Eastwood (and younger sister to Kyle Eastwood), she attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California and Stevenson School in Pebble Beach. Eastwood was a rebellious teenager. When she was eighteen, in 1990, Eastwood moved to Santa Barbara to study acting.
In addition to rebelling against her parents and being arrested for drunk driving, Eastwood also landed some professional acting roles during her childhood and preadolescent years. Her acting in the 1984 movie Tightrope won her some degree of success. She has also worked as a runway and magazine model in Paris, posing for several European fashion magazines and Vogue (U.S. edition). She posed nude in the February 2003 issue of Playboy.
More recently, Eastwood has again appeared on screen. Credits include the movie Absolute Power (1997), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Black and White (1998), Breakfast of Champions (1999), and Poolhall Junkies (2003).
She has also moved into working behind the camera, becoming associate producer for Don't Tell (2005) and she is currently directing the upcoming movie Rails & Ties
Alicia Hall is an American fashion model. She was the winner of NBC's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search, a reality TV show which aired in January 2005. She stands 5'8" tall and weighs 115 pounds.
Alicia Hall was born in 1985 and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the young age of 7, she told her family that becoming a swimsuit model was her lifelong career goal and, at an almost equally early age, she began practicing by sneaking into the bathroom to take pictures of herself in her swimwear.
As soon as she was old enough, Alicia began appearing in local fashion shows. At the age of 13 and encouraged by her mother and stepfather, the fledgling model strutted her stuff all the way into her first professional photo shoot in October 1998. As she continued to gain experience in the cut-throat modeling industry, Alicia began to realize that her part-time stint could blossom into a full-time career.
Alicia moved one step closer to her goal when she won a competition held by the John Robert Powers School, a well-established Las Vegas modeling institution. The school took Alicia in and gave her formal training, allowing her to graduate as a disciplined and confident model. To pay the bills as she continued to pursue her dream, Alicia offered up her creative services as a freelance Web designer.
In January 2003, Alicia experienced her first brush with fame when she competed on CBS's revival of Star Search. She made it as far as the semi-finals in the model category before being eliminated by the celebrity judges. While it was tough to have her dream elude her again, the aspiring model grew stronger from having to deal with the public rejection of losing.
It would take almost two years for Alicia to get another stab at fame. In late 2004, she got word that NBC was taking in portfolios for a new reality series, and immediately jumped at the opportunity. The series, titled Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search, was a joint effort between the network and SI magazine. The show pitted beauties against one another in a six-episode modeling competition. The winner would be set up with a $1-million modeling contract and a spread in SI's annual Swimsuit Issue.
Alicia was chosen from thousands of applicants to be one of the 12 finalists on the program, and she moved into a posh Los Angeles house with her fellow competitors. After a blitz of modeling sessions, physical training and catching some tough love from the judges, Alicia made it to the final two, facing off against fellow contestant Shannon Hughes.
Both girls were flown to Bora Bora for the final test, which included a head to head "shoot-out." Thanks to her combination of exotic good looks and girl next door appeal, Alicia was voted the winner by the American public.
Alicia's victory was announced live on television in February 2005. As part of the prize package, she signed a modeling contract with NEXT Model Management and her sexy tropical photos were featured in SI's Swimsuit Issue that same month. She is no longer with Next Model Management, but she continues to model in Australia with Chic Model Management.
Paz Vega was born in Seville, Spain and is well-known for her sense of humor and outstanding sex appeal. Born January 2, 1976 as Paz Campos Trigo, she would later assume her grandmother’s family name when she started acting. She originally aspired to become a sports star, but later turned to government and politics while still in school, finally settling on journalism. At age sixteen, her life changed considerably when she saw the movie "La Casa de Bernarda Alba", and ever since then wanted to be an actress and Hollywood celebrity.
Paz attended the Centro Andaluz de Teatro, a renowned acting and performance school close to Seville, and after graduation moved to Madrid, Spain to follow her dream of acting. She spent an incredible amount of time auditioning for movie and television roles, while working at a bar before being hired for four episodes on the Spanish television series “Menudo es mi Padre” (1997). She was then cast in her first feature film, “Zapping” in1999, a dramatic comedy thriller about the power of TV and its influence on people’s ordinary lives.
Returning to the small-screen, she was hired and cast on the trendy Spanish award winning situation comedy, “7 Vidas” in 1999 for 50 episodes. The show told the story of a man who wakes up after being in a coma for eighteen years only to find his world entirely changed. She was then cast in the feature film, “Nobody Knows Anybody” (1999), a romantic thriller set among the spectacular festivities of Holy Week in Seville Spain, where an aspiring novelist struggles with his job and pays his bills by composing crossword puzzles.
Vega was then hired for the lead role of Angela in the dramatic film “Mine Alone” (2001), where she portrayed a physically abused wife who takes matters into her own hands after her family and the police are unable to help. She was nominated for a Goya, Spain’s equivalent of the Oscar Award, for Best Actress. She then won worldwide attention with her role as Lucia in the romantic drama “Sex and Lucia” (2001). In this sexy and erotic movie, she played a waitress who escapes to the island paradise of her deceased boyfriends dreams, where she encounters two others with a connection to her past life and former lover. The film won the actress another Goya Award for Best New Actress, and she was also nominated for her role in “Solo Mia”—the first time ever in Spanish Goya Award history that the same actress was nominated for two different categories for two different movies. Vega was red hot and now a certified celebrity, and everybody wanted to see more of the actress.
She then returned to television series work for eighteen episodes in the Spanish comedy "Companions" (1998), about the lives and interactions of a group of young teenage students and their teachers set in a Spanish high-school. She was next cast in a small role in the movie “Talk To Her” (2002). The Oscar Award winning dramatic story about two men who share an odd friendship while they care for their girlfriends who are both in deep comas. Next, she was cast in a lead role for the comedy “The Other Side of the Bed” (2003), Spain's biggest box office hit of the year. She sang and danced her way through the story of two couples who become trapped in their search for love.
She was next hired for the title role in the romantic “Carmen” (2003), another box office smash hit in Spain, directed by Vincente Aranda, "Carmen" told the story of a journey through Spain, and the French writer Prosper Merimee (Jay Benedict) who is forced by fate to be the witness to a story of love in the boundless, mysterious nature of a woman named Carmen, who turns the character of Jose into the victim with a dangerous chain of bizarre events, chaotic loves, jealousy and bloodshed.
She finally made the move to American movies in the Adam Sandler movie “Spanglish” (2004), a romantic comedy starring Sandler and Tea Leoni, about a woman name Flor, and her daughter who emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife. She had finally arrived in Hollywood and was a red hot sexy celebrity. She next starred alongside Morgan Freeman and Jonah Hill in the romantic comedy "10 Items Or Less" (2006), about an actor prepping for an upcoming role who meets a peculiar grocery clerk, and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds.
She then starred with Danny Huston and Christopher Walken in the mystery thriller "Fade To Black" (2006), an independent film that tells the story of Orson Welles, who in an attempt to recover from his marriage to Rita Hayworth and restart his career, travels to Italy only to be drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue, murder and politics when an actor is murdered on his set. Now fully embracing American cinema, she starred a long string of hit films that would make her a household name in the world of Hollywood.
Her next starring role was as Michael in "The Human Contract" (2008), with Jason Clarke, Steven Brand, Ted Danson and Jada Pinkett Smith, about a successful corporate man harboring a deep, dark secret who becomes friends with a a free-spirited stranger who encourages him to ditch his stuffy lifestyle and live life in reckless abandon. Next was "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay" (2008), starring Elisha Cuthbert, Tim Allen, Jenna Elfman and Vega, in a tale about a grieving daughter who tries to arrange her father's funeral while putting up with all of his ex-wives.
She ended that year with the action drama "The Spirit" (2008), starring with Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht and Eva Mendes, in a story about a rookie cop, Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht), who returns from the beyond as "The Spirit", a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City. Another big break and starring role followed with the thriller "Not Forgotten" (2009), set in a Texas Mexico border town where a man and his wife must face their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter.
She wrapped her year starring next to Colin Farrell in the mystery thriller "Triage" (2009), where the girlfriend of a photojournalist (Farrell) sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague and best friend.
Real Name: America Georgina Ferrera Birthday: April 18, 1984 Biography And Filmography:
Born on April 18, 1984 and raised in Woodland Hills, CA., America Ferrera’s parents came to the United States from Honduras in the 1970’s. After arriving in America, her mom divorced her father and raised all six kids on her own, five girls and one boy, while reinforcing the importance of school and education. All six children graduated from college, and she received her degree in International Relations from the University of California, while she pursued acting during breaks and summer vacations.
By the time America was just eight years old, when she performed in a small school production of Hamlet, she knew that she wanted to be an actress and performer. She performed in school plays and small community theaters throughout Los Angeles, but without the approval of her mother, who insisted that she pursue other interests geared toward the business world.
At age sixteen, the actress signed a contract with a talent agency and manager and started auditioning for television and print commercials and other show business projects. Her first big break came at age seventeen when she was cast as one the championship dancers in the Disney Channel’s TV movie “Gotta Kick It Up” in 2002. Executives were impressed with her performance and was hired and cast is the lead in the dramatic comedy “Real Women Have Curves” (2002), portraying a young Latina girl determined to go to college to follow her writing dreams instead of staying with her family and work in a dressmaking factory.
Ferrera was then cast to play a young high school student with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in “Touched By an Angel”, and was then hired for the role of a pregnant young teen thrown out of her house in “Plainsong” (2004) with Rachel Griffiths. After a guest appearance in an episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” in 2000, she was next cast as the skateboarding groupie, Thunder Monkey, in “Lords of Dogtown” (2005) featuring Heath Ledger. The film follows the surf and skateboarding culture and trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970's.
The star got her first big-league starring role in the adventure comedy “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” (2005) starring alongside Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively and Jenna Boyd, about four best girlfriends who hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
She took a breather from movie making when she was cast to portray the lead role in the one-hour television drama “Ugly Betty” (2006). America played the role of Betty Suarez, a smart, sweet and hard working person. The only problem is that she's not thin and beautiful like all her coworkers at Mode Magazine, the high-fashion magazine where she works. "Ugly Betty" became an overnight smash hit with audiences and critics alike and shot to the tops of the ratings chart within months of its debut.
Her performance in "Ugly Betty" won her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series. In all, the show has been nominated for 43 different awards and won 32 of them.
Riding high on the critical success of "Ugly Betty", Ferrera had become an overnight sensation and true Hollywood celebrity. During breaks from "Ugly Betty" taping, the actress lent her distinctive voice talent to the animated family adventure film "Tinker Bell" (2008) working with Raven-Symoné, Lucy Liu and Jesse McCartney. The film is a cute story about Tinker Bell, who uses the power of imagination to save Pixie Hollow, the home of all fairies, by finding out the true magic of Pixie Dust.
The following year she was hired for another leading role in the dramatic "An Invisible Sign of My Own", about a young math teacher (Ferrera) who uses the subject to help her students with their own crises. The actress wrapped her year with more voice work in the animated adventure "How To Train Your Dragon". America lent her voice to the character of Astrid, in a story about the son of a Viking who trains his scrawny, toothless dragon to be a brave hero. Based on Cressida Cowell's children's book, "How to Train Your Dragon."
Watch America Ferrera In "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" Movie Trailer
Real Name: Blake Christina Lively Birthday: August 25, 1987
Biography And Filmography:
At the tender age of 17, Blake Lively stepped into the Hollywood limelight, along with her fellow young teen co-stars America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn, to star in her first major movie role in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” (2005). Following her standout role in “Sisterhood”, she put school on hold and followed the family tradition of show business, later gaining an even larger celebrity bump by landing the lead role on the smash hit CW television drama, “Gossip Girl” (2007- ).
Born on Aug. 25, 1987, Blake was raised in Tarzana, California in a show business family. Her father, Ernie, was a veteran Hollywood actor and director; her mother, Elaine, a celebrity talent agent. She was the youngest of five children, a herd which included her acting brothers Jason and Eric, and actress sisters Robyn and Lori. When Blake was five years old she lost out on a major role in the Robin Williams family comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993). By age 11, she had made her big screen acting debut in the movie, “Sandman” (1998) starring Steve Susskind, but the experience discouraged her and Lively considered leaving the movie business.
Lively realized she had no interest in acting and decided not to go into the family business, as there were plenty of brothers and sisters to carry the torch. Instead, she focused on her studies at Burbank High School and became a nationally recognized choir and vocal singer and a popular student at the school, as the class president and a cheerleader.
Even with her love for school, her family convinced her that she had the family gift and would return to show business given the right set of circumstances. A year later, her older brother introduced her to his talent agent, insisting she should try her hand at auditioning again. The agent sent her on an audition for the feature film “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” (2005) based on the popular book series. Even with no formal acting experience, the producers saw a spark in the young actress and gave her the role of Bridget. The movie set out to tell the tale of four best girlfriends who hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
By the time she was a high school senior, she had been struck by the acting bug and passed on an opportunity to attend Stanford University in 2005 in order to pursue her show business career. She next took a role in her father’s horror movie “Simon Says” (2007) starring Crispin Glover, where she worked with her sisters, Lori and Robyn, as the terrorized victims of crazy killer Crispin Glover.
“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” was released in June 2005 to wonderful reviews and quickly became a box office hit. Blake was then hired and cast as Monica in the college comedy “Accepted” (2006) with Justin Long and Jonah Hill. "Accepted" tells the story of a high school burnout who discovers he's been rejected from every college he's applied to so he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents.
Lively then accepted a role in the dramatic independent film “Elvis and Anabelle” (2007) starring Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen and Keith Carradine where she portrayed a dead beauty queen resurrected by the kiss of Max Minghella’s morgue worker. In 2008 she starred in the sequel "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" (2008). Her status as Hollywood celebrity and movie star had been cemented.
Wanting to broaden her appeal and experience, the actress auditioned for the role of the anchoring actress on the television pilot for “Gossip Girl” (2007), a young teen drama series for The CW based on the series of Cecily Von Ziegesar books. She was cast in the role of Serena, a savvy girl living inside New York’s privileged and corrupted world of private schools. When the series premiered in the fall of 2007, it became a runaway smash hit.
During her down time from taping "Gossip Girls", she appeared in the romantic drama "New York, I love You" working with an all-star cast that included the young Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Rachel Bilson, Hayden Christensen, Orlando Bloom, Kevin Bacon and Ethan Hawke. The film is an anthology film joining several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York. Twelve writes are asked to create a five minute mini-movie about New York City and the people who live there.
Now a seasoned actress and movie star, she wrapped her year taking the starring role in the dramatic "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" (2009) starring Lively and Keanu Reeves, where after her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Real Name: Selena Marie Gomez Birthday: July 22, 1992
Biography And Filmography:
She is being called the next Miley Cyrus and for good reason. Selena Gomez took the world by storm in the starring role of Alex Russo in the smash hit Disney Channel television series “Wizards of Waverly Place” (2007) playing a New York young teen girl with magical powers. While other young teen celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Hilary Duff grabbed new fans with their cloths and luxurious Hollywood lifestyle, Gomez chose tennis shoes and an 1980's hard rock groupie chic look, and she still had young fans hopeful to be just like her.
Selena Marie Gomez was born on July 22, 1992 in New York, but grew up an only child in Grand Prairie Rexas. Her mother, Mandy Teefy, was a stage actress who encouraged her daughter to seek a career in the entertainment business. Her first acting job was “Barney & Friends” in 1992 where she portrayed Gianna, one of the purple dinosaur’s singing and dancing friends. It was during this audition that she met her best friend and co-star Demi Lovato. Lovato herself became a Disney star when she was hired and cast in the starring role alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 television movie “Camp Rock.”.
When Selena was only ten years old, she participated in a Disney nationwide talent search and they fell in love with her immediately. She appeared in an episode of “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” starring Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse , followed by a returning guest role on the Disney network’s hit series “Hannah Montana” (2006- ) starring Cyrus. She played Mikayla, a opposing rock star to Hannah Montana. Portraying enemies on the sitcom, as well as a YouTube video Miley posted in 2008 that seemed to make fun of Gomez and her best friend Lovato, had many fans wondering whether the two celebrities were fighting in real life. The young actress laughed at the prospect, saying “I think Miley’s a wonderful performer. It’s all good.”
Her wonderful guest spots on the Disney Channel were enough for the network to give her a starring role in the television comedy series “Wizards of Waverly Place.” The young teen was side-splitting as middle child Alex Russo in the series. It also gave the actress the chance to grow with the Disney family, and they were more than happy to advertise her as one of the network's biggest and up and coming stars.
In 2008, she lent her voice to the animated character Helga in the star studded movie "Horton Hears A Who" starring Jim Carrey, Steve Carell and Carol Burnett, about Horton the Elephant who struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.
The young actress got another big break being hired and cast in the starring role in the musical comedy "Another Cinderella Story" (2008), a sequel to the first Disney Cinderella Story but with a modern twist. The film centers around a young dancer who meets a guy (Drew Seeley) at a ball where she drops her ipod while rushing out.
Gomez has also teamed with her friend Lovato in the television movie “Princess Protection Program” (2009), a family comedy about when a small country is invaded by a dictator and a young Princess is taken into custody by the Princess Protection Program. She is whisked away to rural Wisconsin where she must learn the ins and outs of behaving like a normal American teenager.
Selena also appeared in the Jonas Brothers’ music video for the song “Burnin’ Up” in July 2008 as youngest brother Nick’s onscreen girlfriend.
Keep your eyes on the young celebrity because you have not seen the last of this talented actress. We suspect that when Disney sets out to create the next Miley Cyrus sensation they will stop at little to make it happen.
Real Name: Amy Poehler Birthday: September 16, 1971 Biography And Filmography
A veteran of improvisational comedy, comedian and movie actress Amy Poehler started her show business career while still a college student in Boston Massachusetts. Known for her impersonations, Poehler’s breakthrough role came as an ensemble cast member of “Saturday Night Live” in 2001, where she portrayed such Hollywood celebrities as Kelly Ripa, Avril Lavigne and Sharon Osbourne. The wife of fellow actor and comedian, Will Arnette, she started her movie career slowly, appearing in such comedies as "Duce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" with Rob Schneider, “Mean Girls” (2004) with Lindsay Lohan, “Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny” (2006) with Jack Black and “Blades of Glory” (2007) with fellow SNL cast member Will Ferrell.
The daughter of retired high school teachers Bill and Eileen, Amy was born in Burlington, Massachusetts on Sept. 16, 1971. Overly energetic since early childhood, she seemed determined to be a comedy actor. Poehler attended Boston College after graduating in 1993. At Boston, she attempted a degree in media and communications by day, and performed stand-up comedy at the local comedy clubs by night and quickly became a smash hit on the Boston comedy scene.
After graduation, Poehler moved to Chicago Illinois and became active in improvisational workshops at Second City and later, the Improv Olympics, where she worked with famous comedy coach Del Close – a teacher to other “SNL” cast members like Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and Chris Farley. During her stay in Chicago, she joined the "Upright Citizens Brigade", a sketch improv group created by Matt Besser and Horatio Sans. She and fellow U.C.B. cast member Matt Walsh led the attempt to move the comedy troupe to New York City in the late 1990s. Once in New York, it was not long before the troupe received its own television show on Comedy Central – “The Upright Citizens Brigade” (1998-2000). She was both a writer and performer on the series. During the shows three-season run, “The Upright Citizen’s Brigade” became a cult classic and gained a loyal fan base.
On the small screen, the comedian created the character of Stacey Richter – the young sister of co-host Andy Richter – on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”. In 2001, she hit the big time when she was hired at “Saturday Night Live,” as a featured player. Promoted to a full cast member less than eight months later, she was only the second cast member in “SNL” history to receive a promotion in the middle of a season – with Eddie Murphy being the first. She was given the coveted co-anchor spot on “Weekend Update,” replacing Jimmy Fallon.
Her first major movie role was in the Ben Stiller and Jack Black comedy “Envy” (2004) featuring Rachel Weisz and Christopher Walken, about a man who becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success. She struck gold with her next movie with Lindsay Lohan in “Mean Girls” (2004). Released to theaters the same day as “Envy,” “Mean Girls” was written by her fellow “S.N.L.” cast member Tina Fey and took the top spot during its opening weekend. After a small cameo appearance as a waitress in Jack Black's 2006’s “Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny,” she appeared as herself in “Man of the Year” (2006).
In 2007, she teamed with fellow SNL cast members Cheri Oteri, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy as one of the classic fairy tale princesses imprisoned by Prince Charming in the animated, “Shrek the Third”. Hired and cast as the voice of Snow White, she gave her usual sarcasm to a character well known for her beauty, virtue and purity. Also that year, the actress appeared in the sport comedy " Mr. Woodcock" starring Billy Bob Thornton and Susan Sarandon, a film about a young man who is taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement and returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
In 2008, Poehler joined with funny man Jim Carrey in the animated comedy "Horton Hears A Who" working with an impressive cast that included Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen and Jesse McCartney, where Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists. Amy then appeared in the comedy "Baby Momma" (2008) alongside fellow SNL cast member Tina Fey and funny man Greg Kinnear. The film tells the story of a successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby and discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
Riding a wave of success, the actress next was hired and cast in the comedy "Spring Breakdown" (2008) starring Rachel Dratch, about three women who vacation together at a popular travel destination for college co-eds on spring break. She then lent her voice to the animated Gretel character in "Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil" starring Hayden Panettiere as Little Red Riding Hood, Bill Hader as Hansel, Patrick Warburton as the wolf, Glenn Close as Granny and Brad Garrett as the Giant. The movie tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood, who is training in the group of "Sister Hoods", when her and the Wolf get called away to examine the sudden and mysterious disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.
Amy Weber
