Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1969, although other sources list July 20, 1970) is an American pop music singer, dancer and actress, better known by her stage name, Vitamin C. Her singles include “Smile,” “As Long As You’re Loving Me,” “Graduation (Friends Forever)” and “The Itch.” She was ranked #76 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001. Mattel released a Vitamin C Doll in 2000. She has her own lipstick color developed after her signature red-orange and blonde hair.

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Personal life

Fitzpatrick was born in Old Bridge, New Jersey, the daughter of Vita, a legal secretary, and Gerard Goldstein, a communications executive, on the day of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. She married guitarist Michael Kotch in 2004, who was her former band mate from Eve’s Plum and worked on her solo debut. (more…)

Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970) is a German model and actress, who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s, due to her close resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. Schiffer is one of the world’s most successful supermodels, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers. Forbes estimated Schiffer to be worth £38 million in 2002.

Schiffer was born in Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is a small town 15 km northeast of Duisburg. She is the daughter of Gudrun and Heinze Schiffer, a lawyer. She has two brothers, Stefan and Andreas, and one sister, Ann Carolin.

Schiffer said that she was popular in high school, but felt socially overshadowed by the other girls in her class. She has revealed that because she was so tall, she became very shy and did not want to be noticed. She was also subjected to jealousy by others as she came from a wealthy family that was well-known locally. Schiffer became fluent in French and English. (more…)

Claire Forlani (born July 1, 1972) is an English film and television actress.

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Early life

Forlani was born in Twickenham in London, the daughter of Barbara, who was English, and Pier Forlani, a music manager from Ferrara, Italy. At the age of eleven, Forlani entered the Arts Educational School in London, where she began to study acting. During her six years at the school, she also studied dance, which led to performances on stage in The Nutcracker and Orpheus in the Underworld. (more…)

Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actress most known for the television series My So-Called Life and the films Romeo + Juliet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and Stardust.

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Early life

Danes was born in Manhattan, New York City. Her mother, Carla, is a day-care provider, painter, and textile designer who would later serve as her daughter’s manager, and her father, Christopher Danes, is a computer consultant and former architectural photographer. Danes has described her background as being “as WASPy as you can get”; her paternal grandfather, Gibson A. Danes, was the dean of the art and architecture school at Yale University. She has a brother, Asa, who graduated from Oberlin College and works as a litigation attorney for the law firm of Paul Hastings. (more…)