Jennifer Ellison (born 30 May 1983) is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer. Ellison, who was born in Liverpool, is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003 and has recently made appearances in many different television shows, and as Meg Giry in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera. She is a former girlfriend of Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool and England footballer.

Career

Modelling and magazine appearances

Ellison is currently featured in Maxim magazine’s Girls of Maxim gallery. She has appeared regularly in almost all of the mainstream British “lads’ magazines” over the last eight years, though her first appearance was in 1999 in a sexually suggestive shoot for FHM at the age of just 16, under the heading “Jailbait”. Recently, Ellison took over a contract with lingerie giant Ultimo for its “Young Attitude” line from fellow model Jordan barely two months after she had been signed on. Though Ultimo boss Michelle More had chosen Jordan for being “sexy, fun and outgoing,” she later changed her mind, stating, “Jordan was just the wrong choice for [us]. Jennifer is a far better option and far classier.” In 2005 Ellison was voted “world’s sexiest blonde” by readers of the UK magazine, Nuts, beating model Victoria Silvstedt, who came second, and pop superstar Britney Spears, who was voted third. Ellison is also a regular in the yearly FHM “100 Sexiest Women in the World” feature. She first appeared in 2003 at number 60; then at number 29 in 2004; by 2005 she was at number 17; in 2006 she was number 31; in 2007, she fell to number 87; and in 2008 she did not feature. Her drop down the list over the last 2 years is largely attributable to her taking a break from modelling from late 2006 to early 2008. However, she has since returned to modelling. Ellison’s most distinctive attributes are her large (32DD) breasts, which appear all the bigger due to her small frame. They are often commented upon at in the tabloid press, although she has never posed fully topless. In 2008, she won the prestigious Rear of the Year award. (more…)

Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American film actress and former child model. Although she has been working in the film industry since she was a teenager and catapulted to fame on the basis of her appearances in films like Labyrinth and Career Opportunities, she did not receive wide exposure for her work until the 2000 drama Requiem for a Dream, and the 2001 biopic A Beautiful Mind, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards.

Biography

Early life

Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, the daughter of Eileen, an antiques dealer, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer who worked in the garment industry. Connelly’s paternal grandparents were of Irish and Norwegian descent, respectively, while her maternal grandparents were Jewish, their families having come from Russia and Poland. Connelly was raised in Brooklyn Heights, near the Brooklyn Bridge, and attended St. Ann’s School, except for four years the family spent living in Woodstock, New York. One of her father’s friends was an advertising executive, who suggested that she audition at a modeling agency. (more…)

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American film actress and former teen model. She is known for her roles as Alexandra “Alex” Owens in the 1983 film Flashdance and as Bette Porter on the lesbian-themed drama series The L Word. She has appeared in more than 50 movies.

Biography

Early life

Beals was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Jeanne, an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Beals, who owned a grocery store. Her father was African-American and her mother was Irish American. She has two brothers, Bobby and Gregory. Her father died when Beals was ten years old and her mother re-married to Edward Cohen. Beals stated that her biracial heritage had some impact on her, as she “always lived sort-of on the outside”, with an idea “of being the other in society”. She graduated from the Francis W. Parker School and Yale University, receiving a B.A. in American Literature, 1987. (more…)

Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American film and television actress. She became famous from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s for playing the role of Rachel Green in the popular US sitcom Friends, a role for which she won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

She has starred in several Hollywood films. While most of her film roles have been in comedies such as Bruce Almighty, Office Space, Rumor Has It, and the romantic comedies Along Came Polly and The Break-Up, she has also appeared in films from other genres, such as the crime thriller Derailed.

Aniston’s marriage to actor Brad Pitt and their subsequent divorce received widespread media coverage. He now shares a domestic partnership with Angelina Jolie. (more…)