Showing posts with label actress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label actress. Show all posts

Lucy Lawless

Lucelle Frances Ryan born on March 29th 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand.
The fifth of seven children, she has five brothers and one sister. They lived in the suburbs of Mount Albert. Her mother Julie was a teacher. Her father was a banker and the mayor for Mount Albert.
She began acting in secondary school when she was younger, Lucy suffered bulimia, but was able to overcome the illness in college at the Auckland University. There she studied foreign languages for a year, including German, Italian and French.
She also studied opera for three years. She realized though learning opera required changes in her lifestyle that she was not ready to make. She gave up on both and moved herself to a course of violin and jazz.
Lucy became pregnant at 19 with Garth Lawless. They married in Kalgoorlie, Australia in 1988. Hence the name "Lucy Lawless".
I almost forgot, she is also a singer.
Is Lucy Lawless Gay or Bi-sexual?
There has been a lot of debate from certain people that I know on whether this is true or not.
From what I have found contrary to the show Xena the Warrior Princess, Spartacus and attending Gay Pride Marches. Lucy Lawless is heterosexual as far as I know.
When I saw her in 2007 in Curb Your Enthusiasm (season 6) I didn't even recognize her.  Maybe it was the blond hair.  Very good actress,singer and extremely hot!

Betty White

Betty Marion White born on January 17th 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois. I know her mostly from the Golden Girls show. She was also on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Hot in Cleveland.
Her Mother Tess Curtis (née Cachikis) a homemaker she was of Greek, English, and Welsh descent and her Father Horace Lawrence White, a traveling salesman and electrical engineer. He was of Danish and English.
Betty attended Horace Mann School in Beverly Hills, California and Beverly Hills High School.
Betty's career was put on hold when World War II broke out. At the time she was modeling and acting at the Bliss Hayden Little Theatre. During the 1940's she worked in Radio on the shows Blondie, The Great Gildersleeve and This Is Your FBI.
In 1945, White married Dick Barker, a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot. Unfortunately that marriage was short-lived. In 1947, she married Lane Allen, a Hollywood agent. This marriage ended in divorce in 1953.
On June 14, 1963, White married television host and personality Allen Ludden whom she had met on Ludden's game show Password where she was a celebrity guest in 1961. He proposed to White at least twice before she accepted. The couple appeared together in an episode of The Odd Couple featuring Felix's and Oscar's appearance on Password. Allen appeared as a guest panelist on Match Game with White sitting in the audience. (She was prompted to rip apart one of Ludden's wrong answers on camera during an episode of Match Game '74). The two appeared together on the Match Game panel in 1975.
Allen Ludden died from stomach cancer on June 9, 1981, in Los Angeles. They had no children together. White has not remarried since Ludden's death. When asked about her real-life heroes Betty told Vanity Fair that "Charles Darwin" was her hero.
Betty White has won seven Emmy awards including Funniest Female in 1987 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. In all she received 20 Emmy nominations.
She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6747 Hollywood Boulevard next to the star of her late husband Allen Ludden.  Betty has also released several books over the span of her career including Pet-Love: How Pets Take Care if US, Betty White in Person, The Leading Lady: Dinah's Story, Here We Go Again: My Life In Television.  In August 2010, she entered a deal with G.P. Putnam Sons to produce two more books, the first of which is scheduled for release in 2011 called If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't).  So keep an eye out for those as well.
Here is a song she sang in 1954 "Never The Less (I'm In Love With You)"

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Neve Campbell

Neve Adrianne Campbell born October 3rd, 1973. I thought she was younger than that? Anyways, always gorgeous and extremely jealous of any man who has been with her.
Neve is from Canada and is an actress. The first show I remember seeing her is Party of Five. A televison series in the 1990's about a family who trying to cope after losing their parents in a car accident.
Neve Campbell was born in Guelph, Ontario. Her mother's name Marnie (née Neve), is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam. Her father is Gerry Campbell he came from from the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. In Canada taught high school drama classes in Mississauga, Ontario at Westwood Secondary School (now Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School) then later at Lorne Park Secondary School and now at Erindale Secondary School. Neve's maternal grandparents ran a theatre company in the Netherlands and her paternal grandparents were also performers.
Neve is Roman Catholic, but also identifies as Jewish because of her mother's Sephardic Jewish ancestry, about which she has said: "I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes".
Campbell has three brothers, Christian, Alex, and Damian (aka Damian McDonald). Her parents divorced when she was two years old. She and her brother Christian resided largely with their father (who received custody of the two), with regular periods at their mother's home, until Neve was nine years old. At that time she moved into residence at the National Ballet School of Canada, training there and appearing in performances of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. At the age of 15 she performed in The Phantom of the Opera at the Canon Theatre in Toronto.
In 1998 she was in Peoples Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People"
She was in the kids in the hall,Madtv,The Craft,Scream,Wild Things,The Simpsons as Cassandra in the Episode "Rednecks and Broomsticks"(Special Guest Voice).

Neve married a fellow Canadian and actor Jeff Colt on April 3, 1995. They met at Toronto's Pantages Theatre where he was bartending. They ended up getting a divorce though in May 1998. In 2005, Campbell began dating John Light, an English actor whom she met while filming the movie Investigating Sex. The couple became engaged in December 2005 and have lived together in London for the last 5 years. They waited a couple years and then got married in Malibu, May 2007.

Conchata Ferrell

One of my favorite female actresses, she is hilarious and very good at acting. Conchata Galen Ferrell was born on March 28th, 1943 in Charleston, West Virginia, daughter of Mescal Loraine (nee George) and Luther Martin Ferrell, and grew up in Circleville, Ohio.



She attended West Virginia University and graduated from Marshall University with a degree in social studies in education. She is married to Arnie Anderson and has one daughter, Samantha.
She is recently known for her role as Berta the housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, for which she received a 2005 and a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She was previously nominated in 1992 for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Susan Bloom on L.A. Law.
I liked her in the movie Mr.Deeds personally. I also liked her in Edward Scissorhands,True Romance and K-Pax.

Jessica Biel

Jessica Claire Biel born March 3rd 1982.  I remember seeing her in that show 7th Heaven, although I didn't really like it.  I did however think Jessica has always been very attractive. The show 7th Heaven ran 11 seasons, making it the longest running family drama in U.S. television history. I had no idea of how old she was until now. She is younger than I thought? (Don't get me wrong, she doesn't look old. Far from it!)Anyways, Jessica is a model and an actress. She was born is Ely, Minnesota and comes from a German, French, English, and Choctaw ancestry. Her family moved frequently when she was younger living in Texas, Connecticut, and Woodstock, Illinois before finally settling in Boulder, Colorado. While growing up, Biel played soccer and also trained as a gymnast and a snowboarder. Her Mother Kimberly née Conroe was a homemaker/spiritual healer and her Father Jonathan Biel worked for GE as well as being an entrepreneur and business consultant. Other than that she has a younger brother Justin who was born in 1985.
Jessica initially trained to be a vocalist, and from age nine appeared in several musical productions in her hometown, playing lead roles in productions such as Annie, The Sound of Music, and Beauty and the Beast.
At the age of twelve, Jessica attended The International Modeling and Talent Association conference in Los Angeles where she was discovered and signed by a talent agency. She began modeling for print advertisements, and appeared in commercials for products such as Dulux Paint and Pringles.
She applied to join the a cappella choir the Tufts Amalgamates while studying at University but was not accepted.
She performed two songs on the Easy Virtue soundtrack, "Mad About the Boy" and "When the Going Gets Tough".
The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced that Jessica would perform the role of "Sarah Brown" in a fully-staged concert production of Guys and Dolls during the 2009 season at the Hollywood Bowl. On the last night, she received a rousing standing ovation from 17,000 people.
She also landed a part in Lincoln Center Theater's two-week-long workshop of the musical version of the Pedro Almodóvar classic Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, along with Salma Hayek.
Jessica has been with actor Adam LaVorgna from 1998 to 2001. They were co-stars in the film I'll Be Home for Christmas and 7th Heaven. She dated actor Chris Evans from 2001 to June 2006, and appeared opposite him in the films Cellular and London. Beginning in 2007 she dated musician Justin Timberlake. She has also been romantically linked to actor Ryan Reynolds, and baseball player Derek Jeter. Those lucky bastards, probably didn't even know how good they had it either.

Hayden Panettiere

The ever so beautiful Hayden Leslie Panettiere born August 21th 1989. She is both an actress and a singer. Better known for her acting. The first role I remember her in was "Remember The Titans" but apparently she was in other things before that including two soap operas, One Life To Live and Guiding Light. Her big break was the hit show Heroes on NBC. Although I think if it wasn't that it would have been something else she would have stared in.
Hayden was born and raised in Palisades Rockland Country New York. Her mother Lesley R. Vogel was an actress in Soap operas and her father was an Fire Department Lieutenant.
Her last name Panettiere means "baker" in Italian. Which Hayden and her brother Jansen are Italian descent. Her brother Jansen acts as well.
Panettiere attended South Orangetown Middle School in New York but had home schooling from then on until she received her diploma. Putting off her education for her acting career at the moment.
Panettiere began modeling when she was four months old! She first appeared in commercials at 11 months, beginning with an advertisement for Playskool.
She has appeared in over a dozen full-length feature films, several made-for-TV movies. Hayden was the voice for Dot in the animated tale A Bug's Life. She also is the voice behind Kairi in the Kingdom Hearts series of video games for the PlayStation 2. She made an appearance in Ally McBeal acting as her daughter. Hayden was nominated for a Grammy in 1999 for A Bug's Life Read-Along in 2000. In 2004 she recorded a song entitled "My Hero Is You" with a video for the Disney Channel film she starred in Tiger Cruise. The next year she recorded a song entitled "I Fly" for the Disney film Ice Princess in which she also co-starred. She recorded a song for the Hollywood Records compilation Girl Next in 2006 and another song entitled "Go to Girl" for Girl Next 2 (2007). Also in 2007, She also recorded a cover for "Cruella De Vil" for DisneyMania 5, "Try" for the Bridge to Terabithia soundtrack and a ballad called "I Still Believe" for Cinderella III: A Twist in Time. Hayden's first single, "Wake Up Call," was digitally released on August 5, 2008. A clothing brand named Candies announced that it was premiering an ad campaign for the single in late July. Similarly, Candie's would also provide additional promotion for the single with a television advertisement and a music video.




In late 2006 Neutrogena made her the cover girl for their new worldwide ad campaign following in the footsteps of actresses of Kristin Kreuk, Josie Bissett,Jennifer Love Hewitt,Mandy Moore,Mischa Barton,Gabrielle Union and Jennifer Freeman.

In September 2007, Panettiere appeared in a Heroes-themed Got Milk? ad.








In February 2008 Kohl's announced that Hayden would be their next Candie's spokesperson. She would then be following the likes of Stacey Ferguson better known as "Fergie",Hilary Duff and Kelly Clarkson.
In 2006, Panettiere began dating Stephen Colletti, former Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, star. The couple broke up in September 2007. In December 2007, it was widely reported that she was dating her Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia though Panettiere denied these reports in an interview with GQ. These reports continued through the early part of 2008 and several sources had reported that she asked Ventimiglia to move in with her. In April 2008, during an interview on the BBC's The Cris Moyle Show to promote the second season of Heroes, Ventimiglia confirmed that he was dating Panettiere. They ended their relationship in February 2009.
She is currently dating heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko. She was ringside for his knockout victory over Samuel Peter on September 11th, 2010. She has a tattoo of the Italian words Vivere senza rimipianti running down the side of her left flank. The word rimpianti is misspelled in what otherwise would mean "To Live Without Regrets".

Meryl Streep


Mary Louise Streep was born on June 22nd 1949. Meryl is an American actress and has been in theatre,television and films.
Meryl has received 16 Academy Award nominations, although she only won two. She also was nominated for 25 Golden Globes, she won seven of those. That is more nominations than any other actor in the history of acting in either award! Pretty impressive I thought.
She has won two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, four New York Film Critics Circle Awards, five Grammy Award nominations, a BAFTA award, an Australian Film Institute Award and a Tony Award nomination. She was awarded the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Meryl Streep is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors in her generation and now.
Meryl Streep was born in Summit New Jersey but grew up in Benardsville. Her mother Mary Wolf (née Wilkinson)a commercial artist and former art editor, and Harry William Streep Jr. her Father was a pharmaceutical executive. She has two brothers, Dana and Harry.
Meryl and her family is German,Swiss and English. She was raised to be Presbyterian. She was asked though if religion plays a part in her life now during an interview in 2009, Meryl replied, "I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram."
Meryl was in a relationship with actor John Cazale until his death in March of 1978. She then married sculptor Don Gummer on September 15, 1978. They have four children Louisa Jacobson Gummer, Grace Jane, Henry Wolfe, and Mamie Gummer. Grace and Mamie are now actresses.







My favorite films she acted in are The Deer Hunter,Defending Your Life, Death Becomes Her,The River Wild,A.I. Artificial Intelligence,Adaptation,Stuck On You,Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events and The Manchurian Candidate.
She also has done voices for cartoons The Simpsons as Jessica Lovejoy episode "Barts Girlfriend in 1994. King of the Hill episode "A Beer Can Named Desire" as Aunt Esme Dauterive.
New movies with Meryl Streep coming out in 2010-2011 Mommy and Me,The Iron Lady and Great Hope Springs.
Here is a classic clip from "Death Becomes Her"

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