Kristanna Sommer Loken or Kristanna Sommer Løken (born October 8, 1979) is an American actressfashion model. known for her work in both film and television, and as a former

Biography

Early life

Loken was born in Ghent, New York, the daughter of Rande (née Porath), a model, and Merlin “Chris” Loken, a writer and apple farmer. Both her paternal and maternal grandparents were born in Norway and immigrated to Wisconsin’s Norwegian American community. She grew up on her parents’ fruit farm in Upstate New York. She has a sister named Tanya.

Career

Loken started her acting career in 1994, playing “Danielle ‘Dani’ Andropoulos #3″ on an episode of As The World Turns, and she appeared in several television shows and films, including regular appearances on the television shows Philly, Unhappily Ever After, Mortal Kombat: Conquest, and Boy Meets World. She is probably best known for her performance as the cybernetic warrior T-X (Terminatrix) in the 2003 movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. In 2004, she appeared in a German television movie, Die Nibelungenmini-series (also known as “Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King” or “Sword of Xanten”), which aired as a 2-part and set a ratings record. Subsequently, she starred as the leading character in the 2006 film version of the video game BloodRayne, and appeared in director Uwe Boll’s film version of the video game Dungeon Siege, called In the Name of the King.

She appeared in 10 episodes of the fourth season of The L Word, which debuted in January 2007. Additionally, she also starred as the title character in SciFi Channel’s series Painkiller Jane which aired from April to September 2007.

Personal life

Loken stated in an interview with Curve magazine “I have dated and have had sex with men and women and have to say that the relationships I have had with certain women have been much more fulfilling, sexually and emotionally, than of those with certain men… I connect with an aura, with energy. And if the person with whom I connect happens to be a female, that’s just the way it is. That’s what makes my wheels turn”.

Loken first generated public speculation about her sexuality when she kissed P!nk at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo.^[10] The Advocate and other LGBT news sources in November 2006 reported Loken might be in a romantic relationship with actress Michelle Rodriguez,^[11][12] her co-star in Bloodrayne. Asked about the relationship in April 2007, Kristanna Loken said “We’re great friends. She’ll always remain a great, close friend of mine. I’ll always love Michelle”.

On January 17, 2008, she announced on her web site that she was engaged to actor Noah Danby (her co-star in Painkiller Jane). The two were married at her family’s farm on May 10, 2008.

Filmography

Films

• The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2008)
  In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
  Lime Salted Love (2006)
  BloodRayne (2005)
  Worn Like a Tattoo (2004)
  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
  Battlestar Galactica (2003)
  Panic (2001)
  Gangland (2000)

Television

• The L Word (2007-2008)
• Painkiller Jane (2007)
• Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
• Philly (2001-2002)
• D.C. (2000)
• Pacific Blue (1999)
• Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998-1999)
• Sliders (1999)
• Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997-1998)
• Just Shoot Me! (1997)
• Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997)
• Aliens in the Family (1996)
• Law & Order (1996)
• As the World Turns (1956)

Krista Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress and model. She is most well known for her roles as Billie Reed on Days of our Lives from 1996–1999, as Jenna Avid on Baywatch Hawaii from 2000–2001, and as Bridget on What About Brian from 2006–2007. Her notable film roles include Liar Liar, Anger Management and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind with George Clooney, whom she has occasionally dated. She also took the lead role in a series of softcore tv movies inspired by the sex icon Emmanuelle.

Early life

Allen was born in Ventura, California, the daughter of Portuguese American Katherine Mary (née Raposa) and Irish American Dalton Earl Allen, Sr., who later divorced. Allen has an older brother, Dalton Earl Allen, Jr. She grew up in Houston and later lived in Austin, Texas, going to school at Austin Community College and majoring in education. Krista eventually graduated from the University of Texas with an education degree. She considered teaching as a profession but ultimately decided to move back to California and pursue an acting career.

Career

Allen appeared on the television shows Days of our Lives (as Billie Reed, 1996-1999) and Baywatch HawaiiJenna Avid, 2000-2001). Allen has also appeared in (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and the Project Greenlight horror film Feast. Allen is also well known for playing a sexy virtual realityepisode of character Maitreya/Jade Blue Afterglow in an The X-Files, and is remembered for her brief appearance as the busty “Elevator Girl” in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar. She also played the lead role in the erotic series Emmanuelle in Space (1994). In 2002, she appeared in an episode of Friends,The One Where Joey Dates Rachel as Joey’s girlfriend Mable. In 2005, she appeared in the short-lived FOX sitcom Head Cases.

In both Smallville and Mutant X, Allen played a woman who could control men with her sex pheromones. In 2001, Krista guest starred in supernatural TV series Charmed as “The Oracle” for three episodes, She also appeared in Toby Keith’s video “A Little Too Late”, and had a small role in CSI as a hooker, Kristy Hopkins who caught the eye of Nick Stokes in the pilot episode on October 6, 2000. She returned later in the first season as a murder victim.

In 2005, she was one of the stars of HBO’s Unscripted, playing herself as an actress who struggles to overcome her sex symbol status in order to win more serious roles. Allen is featured in Maxim magazine’s Girls of Maxim gallery and was Named #70 on the Maxim “Hot 100 of 2005″ list.

Allen had a recurring role on the ABC series What About Brian as Bridget, a reluctant but potential love interest for the main character Brian, played by Barry Watson. In 2007, Allen appeared in the ABC reality television series Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, featuring a dozen celebrities in a stock car racing competition. In the first round, she matched up against skateboarder Tony Hawk and rodeo champion Ty Murray.

In addition to acting, Allen also has a t-shirt line called SuperEXellent.

Personal life

Allen is sometimes credited as Krista Allen-Moritt as a result of her marriage to Justin Moritt, which lasted from 1996 to 1999; they have one son, Jacob Nolan Moritt, born on July 12, 1997.

Allen also dated actor George Clooney from 2002 until 2004.

Filmography

• Rolling Thunder (1996)
• The Haunted Sea (1997)
• Liar Liar (1997)
• Sunset Strip (2000)
• Face Value (2001)
• Totally Blonde (2001)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• Paycheck (2003)
• Anger Management (2003)
• Shut Up and Kiss Me (2004)
• Feast (2005)
• All Along (2007)
• Meet Market (2007)
• Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding (2007)
• Strange Wilderness (2008)
• The Third Nail (2008)
• Final Destination 4 (Filming, 2009)

Television

• Emmanuelle: First Contact (1994)
• Emmanuelle: A World of Desire (1994)
• Emmanuelle 3: A Lesson in Love (1994)
• Emmanuelle 4: Concealed Fantasy (1994)
• Emmanuelle 5: A Time to Dream (1994)
• Emmanuelle 6: One Final Fling (1994)
• Emmanuelle 7: The Meaning of Love (1994)
• Emmanuelle, Queen of the Galaxy (1994)
• Deadly Games (1 episode, 1995)
• Silk Stalkings (1 episode, 1995)
• Diagnosis: Murder (1 episode, 1996)
• Married… with Children (1 episode, 1996)
• High Tide (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
• Weird Science (1 episode, 1996)
• Raven (1997)
• Days of our Lives (41 episodes, 1996-1999)
• Pacific Blue (2 episodes, 1996-1999)
• Avalon: Beyond the Abyss (1999)
• The X-Files (1 episode, 2000)
• 18 Wheels of Justice (1 episode, 2000)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
• Baywatch (27 episodes, 2000-2001)
• Arli$$ (1 episode, 2001)
• Spin City (1 episode, 2001)
• Charmed (3 episodes, 2001)
• Inside Schwartz (1 episode, 2001)
• Zero Effect (2001)
• Friends (1 episode, 2002)
• Glory Days (1 episode, 2002)
• Mutant X (1 episode, 2002)
• Smallville (1 episode, 2002)
• Fastlane (2 episodes, 2003)
• Andromeda (1 episode, 2003)
• Just Shoot Me! (1 episode, 2003)
• The Lyon’s Den (2 episodes, 2003)
• Frasier (1 episode, 2003)
• Two and a Half Men (1 episode, 2003)
• I’m with Her (1 episode, 2004)
• The Screaming Cocktail Hour (2004)
• Monk (1 episode, 2005)
• Jake in Progress (1 episode, 2005)
• Head Cases (2 episodes, 2005)
• Out of Practice (1 episode, 2006)
• Freddie (1 episode, 2006)
• What About Brian (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race (Unknown episodes, 2007)
• Business Class (2007)
• Cashmere Mafia (1 episode, 2008) as “Victoria”
• Held Up (Pre-Production, 2008)

Kirsty Hume (born September 4, 1976) is a Scottish model who came to prominence in the fashion world in the 1990s. A columnist likened her appearance to a Botticelli angel.

She is married to rocker and actor Donovan Leitch, Jr.. After getting married in Scotland in 1997, they drove all around Bali in a jeep. The couple have a daughter named Violet.

In 1996 Hume was the feature model for Chanel ads. She has modelled for Victoria’s Secret. For the March 1996 Gucci presentation of fall and winter fashion collections in Milan, Italy, Hume wore a fabulous dress made of white jersey (clothing) with a plunging neckline.

Following a 1997 Paris, France showing of Karl Lagerfeld designs for Chanel, Hume was queried by a Russian TV reporter. He asked her what was the most exciting part of her job. She answered, Um, the money. She appeared in a bias-cut chiffon gown designed by Donatella Versace at the January 1998 Milan fashion show.

Hume patronized the 26th Street flea market in Manhattan when shopping for Momo Falana, a line of hand-dyed dresses made from vintage lingerie. Parker Posey and Donna Karan were also customers of the business, which sells to patrons by appointment only.

Hume attended a Halloween party at Lot 61 in Chelsea, Manhattan, with Leitch and Oliver Stone, in 1998. The Japanese-themed event included an appearance by Leonardo DiCaprio and friends dressed as members of Kiss. Hume arrived in fangs. The night before Halloween in 1999 Leitch and Hume hosted a party at the same venue. Hume was draped in vines and the couple were scantilly dressed as Adam and Eve.

Hume and Leitch eschewed city life and relocated to Woodstock, New York. Hume began to study painting and paganism after their move. She is fond of wearing flip flops and Birkenstocks.

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress and singer. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short directed by Woody Allen for the anthology film New York Stories. She appeared in the 1994 film Little Women opposite Winona Ryder and Claire Danes. That same year, Dunst starred in her breakthrough role in Interview with the Vampire, in which she portrayed vampire Claudia, a surrogate daughter to Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt’s characters in the film. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance.

Dunst became well known when she was cast as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man films. Since then, she has starred in Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film, Marie Antoinette, in which she plays the title character. Dunst appeared in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, and will next star in All Good Things, and Sweet Relief.

Dunst made her singing debut in the 2001 film Get Over It, in which she performed two songs. In The Cat’s Meow, she sung Henry Creamer and Turner Layton’s song “After You’ve Gone” to the end credits of the film. In 2008, Dunst admitted that she was battling with depression and checked herself into rehab. She discharged herself in March 2008, to resume filming in All Good Things. In her personal life, Dunst has dated playwright Jeff Smeenge, actor Jake Gyllenhaal and Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell.

Biography

Early life

Kirsten Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, the daughter of Inez and Klaus Dunst, who are divorced. She has a younger brother, Christian. Her father, a German medical services executive from Hamburg, initially remained in New Jersey but now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, a Swedish former art gallery owner, also moved to California. Dunst attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California and then attended the Ranney School in New Jersey, before leaving to pursue acting. She is a Lutheran.

Career

Dunst began her career as a child fashion model at the age of three in television commercials. She was signed with Ford Models and Elite Model Management. In 1989, Dunst made her film debut in Woody Allen’s Oedipus Wrecks, a short film that was released as one-third of the anthology film New York Stories. Soon after, she landed a small part in The Bonfire of the Vanities as Tom Hanks’ daughter. In 1993, Dunst played Hedril in “Dark Page“, the seventh season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. At the age of fifteen, Dunst was the voice of Kiki in the 1997 anime series Kiki’s Delivery Service. She also had a recurring role as a child prostitute, Charlie Chiemingo, on ER.

Dunst portrayed young Amy March in the 1994 film adaptation of Little Women. The film received widespread praise; critic Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film was the greatest adaptation of the novel, and also remarked on Dunst’s performance: “The perfect contrast to take-charge Jo comes from Kirsten Dunst’s scene-stealing Amy, whose vanity and twinkling mischief make so much more sense coming from an 11-year-old vixen than they did from grown-up Joan Bennett in 1933. Ms. Dunst, also scarily effective as the baby bloodsucker of “Interview With the Vampire,” is a little vamp with a big future.” She made her feature film breakthrough in Interview with the Vampire, a 1994 film based on Anne Rice’s novel, in which she played the child vampire Claudia. In the Chicago Sun-Times review of the film, critic Roger Ebert wrote: “One of the creepier aspects of the story is the creation of the child vampire, Claudia, played by Kirsten Dunst, who is about 12 years old. The character was six in the novel, but even twice as old she is disturbing, trapped in her child’s body as she ages, decade after decade. Dunst, perhaps with the help of Stan Winston’s subtle makeup, is somehow able to convey the notion of great age inside apparent youth.” Todd McCarthy in Variety remarks that: “Dunst is just right in the difficult part of the child vampire.” The film featured a scene in which Dunst, then aged eleven, received her first kiss from Brad Pitt, who was twenty-nine. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress. She also starred alongside Robin Williams in Jumanji in 1995. That same year, she was named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People, which she repeated in 2002.

In 1997, she was the voice of Young Anastasia in Anastasia. Dunst was also offered the role of Angela in the 1999 Academy Award-winning film American Beauty, but turned it down because she did not want to appear in the film’s suggestive sexual scenes or kiss co-star Kevin Spacey. The same year, she had the role of troubled adolescent Lux Lisbon in Sofia Coppola’s independent film The Virgin Suicides.

In 2000, she played the captain of a cheerleading squad in Bring It On. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series based on Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s comic book, alongside Tobey Maguire. She portrayed the neighbor and romantic interest of the mild-mannered superhero in the first film. She was generally well-received in the role, and had a now-famous and often-parodied scene in which she kisses the hero while he hangs upside-down from his web. The success of the first film led her to reprise the role in two sequels, Spider-Man 2 in 2004 and Spider-Man 3 in 2007. Dunst initially signed on to appear in three Spider-Man films, and has said that she would not appear in a fourth film unless director Sam Raimi returned to direct.

At the 2002 Mar de Plata Film Festival, Dunst won the Best Actress Silver Ombú for her performance as silent film actress Marion Davies in Peter Bogdanovich’s The Cat’s Meow. In 2004, Dunst starred in the critically acclaimed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.^[28][29] She was ranked at #59 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Kid Stars.

At the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Marie Antoinette premiered. It was released in North America on October 20, 2006. In the film, her second with director Sofia Coppola, Dunst plays the title character and uses an American accent in the role. Dunst was next seen in the film How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, co-starring Simon Pegg and released in October 2008. She will portray peace activist Marla Ruzicka in Sweet Relief scripted by Lorene Scafaria for Warner Independent Pictures in 2009. She is rumored to play the role of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in director Michel Gondry’s upcoming biopic about the band. Dunst also expressed interest in playing Jean Seberg in an upcoming biopic.

Music

Dunst made her singing debut in the 2001 film Get Over It, performing two songs written by Marc Shaiman. She also lent her voice to the end credits of The Cat’s Meow, singing Henry Creamer and Turner Layton’s jazz standard “After You’ve Gone”. In Spider-Man 3, she sings two songs as part of her role as Mary Jane Watson, one during a Broadway performance, and one as a singing waitress in a jazz club. She also appeared in the music video for Savage Garden’s “I Knew I Loved You”. Dunst also sang two tracks, “This Old Machine” and “Summer Day”, on Jason Schwartzman’s solo album, Coconut Records.

Personal life

In an article for Premiere, Sam Raimi confirmed the long-standing rumor that Dunst and her Spider-ManTobey Maguire had “a thing” going on during the 2001 shooting of the first film. As Raimi explained for the article, “I’m so dumb, because I met with them for dinner one night during the shooting to talk about the next day’s scenes. And I go, ‘Okay, well, that’s it for the meeting.’ And then I ask Kirsten, ‘Can I drive you home?’ And they look at each other and she goes, ‘No, no, I’m going to play a game of Touch 10 with Tobey.’ I don’t know, it was some game. I thought, ‘That’s weird. She’s got to work tomorrow.’” co-star

After briefly dating her longtime friend, playwright Jeff Smeenge, she started dating actor Jake Gyllenhaal in September 2002, after meeting him through his sister, Maggie her Mona Lisa Smile co-star. However, they broke up in July 2004. In March 2007, she dated frontman Johnny Borrell of Razorlight. However, they broke up in the fall of 2007.

Dunst was featured on Richard Blackwell’s famous Best Dressed List for 2005.

Dunst confirmed that she was treated for depression early in 2008. She sought treatment at the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah. She explained that she had been feeling “low” in the six months prior to her going to rehab. In late March, she checked out from the treatment center and began filming All Good Things. In May, she went public with this information to “highlight the struggle faced by so many other successful women” and to dispel false rumors that had “been very painful for my friends and family”.

Filmography

Films

• Spider-Man 4 (2011)
  Sweet Relief (2009)
  All Good Things (2009)
  How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
  Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  Marie Antoinette (2006)
  Elizabethtown (2005)
  Wimbledon (2004)
  Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
  Kaena: La prophétie (2003)
  Levity (2003)
  Spider-Man (2002)
  The Cat’s Meow (2001)
  Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
  Get Over It (2001)
  Deeply (2000)
  Bring It On (2000)
  Luckytown (2000)
  The Crow: Salvation (2000)
  All Forgotten (2000)
  Savage Garden: Superstars and Cannonballs: Live and on Tour in Australia (2000)
  Dick (1999)
  Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
  The Virgin Suicides (1999)
  Strike! (1998)
  The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1998)
  Small Soldiers (1998)
  Wag the Dog (1997)
  Anastasia (1997)
  True Heart (1997)
  Mother Night (1996)
  Jumanji (1995)
  Little Women (1994)
  Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
  Greedy (1994)
  High Strung (1991)
  The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
  Majo no takkyûbin (1989)
  New York Stories (1989)

Television

• The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton (2003)
• The Devil’s Arithmetic (1999)
• Fifteen and Pregnant (1998)
• Stories from My Childhood (1998)
• Tower of Terror (1997)
• Gun (1997)
• ER  (1996-1997)
• The Outer Limits (1997)
• Touched by an Angel (1996)
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special (1995)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)
• Sisters (1993)
• Darkness Before Dawn (1993)
• Loving (1983)
• Saturday Night Live (1988-1990)

Kimberley Davies (born 20 February 1973 in Ballarat, Victoria) is an Australian actress most famous for playing Annalise Hartman on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1993 to 1996. She is sometimes credited as “Kimberly Davies”.

In 1996, Davies hosted an Australian series called Just Kidding!, which featured outrageous pranks played on an unsuspecting public.

Davies later moved to the United States and played a regular role in lavish but short-lived night-time soap opera Pacific Palisades. She also made guest appearances on Ally McBeal and Friends, and appeared in the films Psycho Beach Party, The Next Best Thing, The Shrink Is In, Made and South Pacific. In 2005, she returned to Neighbours for the show’s twentieth anniversary.

In May 2005, she appeared on an Australian reality television show called Celebrity Circus and in November 2005 she appeared in the fifth series of UK reality television show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! but left half way through after she hurt her shoulder, during one of the “Bush Tucker Trials”. In 2007, Davies was a contestant on Australia’s Dancing with the Stars, and in the summer of that year she appeared in a Daz advert in the UK.

Davies also played ‘Alura McCall’ in the James Bond videogame Nightfire.

Filmography

Films

• Death to the Supermodels (2005)
  007: Nightfire (2002)
  The Month of August (2002)
  Feather Pimento (2001)
  Made (2001)
  The Shrink Is In (2001)
  The Next Best Thing (2000)
  Psycho Beach Party (2000)
  Storm Catcher (1999)
  True Love and Chaos (1997)

Television

• Thank God You’re Here (2006)
  Neighbours (2005)
  Friends (2004)
  Seconds to Spare (2002)
  The Invisible Man (2001)
  South Pacific (2001)
  Spin City (2000)
  Profiler (2000)
  Early Edition (1999-2000)
  Ally McBeal (2000)
  The Magicians (2000)
  Close Contact (1999)
  Silk Stalkings (1999)
  Viper (1998)
  It’s True (1998)
  Pacific Palisades (1997)
  Twisted Tales (1996)

Kimberly Katherine Smith (born March 3, 1983 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress/fashion model. She has appeared in the film Catwoman with Halle Berry, and has modeled for Victoria’s Secret and Guess?.

Smith, a graduate of Permian High School in Odessa, Texas, got her big break into modeling when she accompanied a friend to a Model Search of America contest. She was changed from a spectator to a competitor by the head of the contest, and soon after signed with Clipse Management of Dallas. Her face and figure have been featured for Victoria’s Secret, Mac and Jac, Abercrombie & Fitch, Harper’s Bazaar, and Andrew Marc. Her big break came in the form of two of Paul Marciano’s Guess? campaigns in 2000.

Smith has also appeared in several music videos, including *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” and “It’s Gonna Be Me,” Maroon 5’s “Wake Up Call,” and Aerosmith’s “Girls of Summer”. She entered the movie business in 2002 with a cameo in Van Wilder as comely coed Casey, and followed with a small role in 2004’s Catwoman as model Drina.

The July 2005 issue of Maxim magazine, which Smith appeared in was dedicated to American troops serving overseas and featured Kim posing with militaria including dog tags and a camouflage hat; the article and pictures are featured in the Girls of Maxim Gallery. The publication named her #91 in its 2006 Hot 100 List.

It was announced that Smith would become the new face of the Italian swimsuit designer Parah and an official spokesperson for the Italian watchmaker Breil in 2006.

In 2007, Smith played a recurring role in the television series Friday Night Lights, which was preceded by a film of the same name about the real-life football team of Smith’s old high school, Permian.

She is currently in a relationship with Tyson Ritter

Filmography

Films

• Catwoman (2004)
  Van Wilder (2002)

Television

• Friday Night Lights (2007)

Kim Victoria Cattrall (born 21 August 1956) is an English-Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City, and for her leading roles in the 1980s films Police Academy and Mannequin.

Early life

Cattrall, one of four children, was born in Wavertree, Liverpool Lancashire, England. Her mother, Shane, was a secretary, and her father, Dennis, a construction engineer. When she was less than a year old, her family emigrated to Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada. At 11 she returned to England when her grandmother became ill, and she studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), before returning to Canada at 16 where she finished her final year of secondary school.

Career

Cattrall began her career after graduating from high school in 1972 when she left Canada for New York City. There, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and upon her graduation signed a five-year movie deal with director Otto Preminger, making her film debut in Preminger’s Rosebud in 1975. A year later, Universal Studios bought out that contract and Cattrall became one of the last participants of the Universal Contract Player System. During her time with Universal, she guest starred in numerous television programmes of varying style and genre. In 1979 she played Dr. Gabrielle White in The Incredible Hulk and would go down in TV Hulk lore as one of the few characters who knew David Banner was alive and was the creature. Her work in television paid off, and she quickly made the transition to cinema. She starred opposite Jack Lemmon in his Oscar-nominated movie Tribute in 1980. The following year, she starred in the critically acclaimed Ticket to Heaven.

In 1982, Cattrall played Miss Honeywell in Porky’s, followed two years later by a role in the original Police Academy. In 1985, she starred in three movies: Turk 182, City Limits and Hold-Up, the latter with French star Jean-Paul Belmondo. In 1986, she played Kurt Russell’s brainy flame in the action film Big Trouble in Little China. In 1987, her lead role in Mannequin proved a huge success with audiences. One of her most well-known film roles is that of Lieutenant Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Aside from her film work, Cattrall is also a stage and theater actress, with performances in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge and Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters to her credit. In 1997, she was cast in Sex and the City, Darren Star’s series that was broadcast on HBO. As Samantha Jones, Cattrall gained international recognition. She capitalized on her success by appearing in steamy television commercials promoting Pepsi One. She also signed a publishing deal to write a book about sex with her third husband, Mark Levinson. In addition, she can be heard reading the poetry of Rupert Brooke on the CD Red Rose Music SACD Sampler Volume One.

Her film work continued during Sex and the City when she appeared in Britney Spears’ first film venture, Crossroads. Sex and the City ended as a weekly series in spring 2004 with an audience of 10.6m viewers. Cattrall reprised the role of Samantha Jones in the Sex and the City film, released on May 30, 2008.

In 2005, she appeared in the Disney picture Ice Princess, in which she played the ice skating coach of the film’s lead character. She also portrayed Claire, a paralyzed woman who wants to die, in the West End drama revival of Whose Life Is It Anyway? In October 2006 she appeared in a West End production of David Mamet’s The Cryptogram at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Since late 2005, she has appeared in a number of British television commercials for Tetley Tea. In July 2006, a commercial for Nissan cars, which featured Cattrall as Samantha Jones, was withdrawn from New Zealand television, apparently because of complaints about its innuendo. In 2006 she starred alongside Brendan Gleeson in John Boorman’s 2006 film The Tiger’s Tail, a black comedy that focuses on the impact of the Celtic Tiger economy on Irish people. On 11 November on ITV, she starred alongside David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, and Carey Mulligan in My Boy Jack, the story of author Rudyard Kipling’s search for his son lost in World War I.

On 2 June 2008 Cattrall was reported to be set to star in and executive produce Sensitive Skin for HBO, an adaptation of the eponymous British series revolving around a middle-aged wife and mother who rediscovers her sexuality.

Personal life

Cattrall has been married three times. Her 1977-1979 marriage to Larry Davis was annulled; from him, she learned to speak German fluently, but admits she has forgotten a lot over the years . Her second marriage was from 1982-89 to Andre J. Lyson. From 1998 to 2004, she was married to audio designer Mark Levinson. The two co-wrote the 2002 book Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm.

Cattrall has also been linked with former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Houston Rockets stars Cuttino Mobley and Steve Francis, actor Daniel Benzali, French public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy, and her Whose Life is it Anyway? co-star Alexander Siddig. She currently resides in New York City and in East Hampton, New York.

Filmography

• Rosebud (1975)
• Deadly Harvest (1976)
• Tribute (1980)
• Ticket to Heaven (1981)
• Porky’s (1982)
• Police Academy (1984)
• Turk 182 (1985)
• City Limits (1985)
• Hold-Up (1985)
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• Mannequin (1987)
• Smokescreen (1988)
• Masquerade (1988)
• Midnight Crossing (1988)
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
• Good Night, Michaelangelo (1989)
• Honeymoon Academy (1990)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Split Second (1992)
• Breaking Point (1992)
• Above Suspicion (1995)
• Live Nude Girls (1995)
• Unforgettable (1996)
• Where Truth Lies (1996)
• Exception to the Rule (1997)
• Baby Geniuses (1999)
• 15 Minutes (2001)
• Crossroads (2002)
• The Devil and Daniel Webster (2004)
• Ice Princess (2005)
• The Tiger’s Tail (2006)
• Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)

Television

• Good Against Evil (1977)
• Quincy M.E. (1 episode, 1977)
• Logan’s Run (1 episode, 1977)
• Switch (1 episode, 1977)
• The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (2 episodes, 1978)
• What Really Happened to the Class of ‘65? (1 episode, 1978)
• Columbo: How to Dial a Murder (1978)
• The Bastard (1978)
• Starsky and Hutch (1 episode, 1978)
• The Paper Chase (1 episode, 1978)
• Family (1 episode, 1978)
• The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, 1979)
• How the West Was Won (1 episode, 1979)
• The Rebels (1979)
• Vega$ (1 episode, 1979)
• The Night Rider (1979)
• Crossbar (1979)
• Charlie’s Angels (1 episode, 1979)
• Scruples (Miniseries, 1980)
• The Gossip Columnist (1980)
• Hagen (1 episode, 1980)
• Tucker’s Wish (1 episode)
• Trapper John, M.D. (2 episodes, 1979-1982)
• Tales of the Gold Monkey (1 episode, 1983)
• Sins of the Past (1984)
• Double Vision (1992)
• Miracle in the Wilderness (1992)
• Wild Palms (Miniseries, 1993)
• Angel Falls (Unknown episodes, 1993)
• Dream On (1 episode, 1994)
• Running Delilah (1994)
• Two Golden Balls (1994)
• OP Center (1994)
• The Heidi Chronicles (1995)
• Every Woman’s Dream (1996)
• The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1997)
• Invasion (1997)
• Rugrats (Voice, 1 episode, 1997)
• Duckman (Voice, 1 episode, 1997)
• Creature (1998)
• Modern Vampires (1998)
• 36 Hours to Die (1999)
• Sex and the Matrix (2000)
• Sex and the City (94 episodes, 1998-2004)
• The Simpsons (1 episode, 2004)
• Him and Us (2006)
• My Boy Jack (2007)
• The Sunday Night Project (2007)
• Navtones.com (Voice Download) (2008)

Kiele Sanchez (pronounced kee-lee; born October 13, 1977) is an American actress who starred as the second-eldest Sorelli sister, Anne, a therapist in her mid-twenties, in The WB’s comedic ensemble drama, Related. She was cast as a co-star in the third season of the ABC television series Lost but her character was soon written out of the show. Sanchez appeared as a lead in the 2007 ABC pilot Football Wives, which did not go to series.

Biography

Early life

Sanchez was born in Chicago, Illinois. Of Puerto Rican and French descent, she has three siblings. Sanchez began her acting career at Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream, IL, when she performed in a school production of The Grapes of Wrath. Her performance helped her overcome her stage fright, which she suffered at the time.

Career

In 2000, Sanchez auditioned for MTV’s Wanna Be a VJ contest in New York. Kiele was selected as one of the five finalists, but did not win the competition. However, an agent who had seen her on MTV expressed interest in representing her.

After her agent recommended a move to Los Angeles, Kiele auditioned and landed roles in the short-lived drama series That Was Then and the sitcom Married to the Kellys. In 2003, Kiele appeared in the film Stuck on You. She joined the cast of the hit ABC show Lost for the series’ third season, as Nikki Fernandez, but due to fan responses to her character, she was killed off eleven episodes after her first appearance. She now has a recurring role on the ABC show Samantha Who?

Personal life

Sanchez is divorced from writer and film director Zach Helm and owns a Teacup Maltese named Pooh Bear. She practices pilates and yoga. Sanchez is claustrophobic. She had trouble filming a scene where her character was buried due to her claustrophobia

Filmography

Films

• A Perfect Getaway (2009)
  Insanitarium (2008)
  Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)
  Stuck on You (2003)
  Rennie’s Landing (2001)
  The Kiss (2001)
  Migrating Forms (2000)

Television

• Samantha Who? (2007-2008)
• Lost (2006-2007)
• Football Wives (2007)
• Related (2005-2006)
• Modern Men (2006)
• Four Kings (2006)
• Girls on the Bus (2006)
• Married to the Kellys (2003-2004)
• Young MacGyver (2003)
• That Was Then (2002)
• Class Warfare (2001)

Kerry McGregor is a Scottish singer from West Lothian, who was a contestant in the UK TV show The X Factor. McGregor was being mentored by Sharon Osbourne but was eliminated in the third week of the live shows along with Dionne Mitchell.

Kerry is paraplegic, as she broke her spine when she fell out of a tree when she was 13 years old, and as a result is a wheelchair user.

In 1997, McGregor participated in The Great British Song Contest, the UK selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with her song “Yodel in the Canyon of Love”. McGregor’s song came second, behind Katrina and the Waves’ “Love Shine a Light”, which went on to win the competition that year.

In 2003, she appeared in three episodes of the Channel 4 comedy The Book Group playing Kenny’s love-interest Carol Ann.

In September 2007 Kerry will be the face of Wheelie Chix - Chic, a clothing firm to be launched at the London fashion week and Kerry will also perform he latest recordings at this event. In 2008, Mcgregor appeared in Grange Hill.

Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mission: Impossible III, Waitress, and August Rush. In January 2008, it was announced that she will voice the iconic comic book character Wonder Woman in an upcoming animated film of the same name.

Biography

Early life

Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California, the daughter of Stephanie (née Stephens), a homemaker, and David Russell, a Nissan Motors executive. She has an older brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Julie. Russell grew up in Coppell, Texas, Mesa, Arizona and Highlands Ranch, Colorado, moving frequently because of her father’s employment. Though she is known for her acting these days, she started out at Starstruck dance studio in a suburb of Denver, and it was her dancing, not her acting that earned her a spot on the Mickey Mouse Club subsequently starting her a career.

Career: 1991 - 2002

Russell first appeared on television as a cast member of the New Mickey Mouse Club variety show on the Disney Channel. She was on the show from 1991 to 1993 and co-starred with future pop stars Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, and Ryan Gosling. In 1992, she appeared in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid alongside Rick Moranis and in 1993 had a role on the sitcom Boy Meets World as Mr. Feeny’s niece. Russell subsequently starred in several film and television roles, including the 1996 made-for-television film The Babysitter’s Seduction. She also had a role on the short-lived soap opera series Malibu Shores the same year. In 1994, she appeared in Bon Jovi’s music video “Always” with Jack Noseworthy and on Married… with Children. In 1997, she appeared in two episodes of Roar alongside Heath Ledger.

From 1998 to 2002, Russell starred as the title character on the successful WB Network series Felicity; she won a Golden Globe for the role in 1999. Russell’s long and curly hair was one of her character’s defining characteristics, and a drastic hairstyle change at the beginning of the show’s second season was considered to be the cause of a significant drop in the show’s ratings. As a result, new policies were enacted at the network requiring hairstyle changes by cast to be approved by the network’s executives. Felicity ’s ratings drop also coincided with the show’s move to a Sunday night time slot, so it is unclear exactly how much effect the hairstyle change actually had. During the show’s run, Russell appeared in the films Eight Days a Week, The Curve and Mad About Mambo, all of which received only limited releases in North America. Her next role was in the film We Were Soldiers, playing the wife of an American serviceman. The film was released in March 2002, two months before the end of Felicity’s run.

Career: 2003 - present

When Felicity ended, Russell took a break from acting. She moved to New York City and took two years off to avoid the business of Hollywood, spending time with friends. Russell subsequently made her off-BroadwayJeremy Piven, Andrew McCarthy, and Ashlie Atkinson in Neil LaBute’s stage debut in 2004, appearing opposite Fat Pig. In 2005, she returned to television and film, beginning with an appearance in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie The Magic of Ordinary Days, theatrical film The Upside of Anger (alongside Kevin Costner, Joan Allen and Evan Rachel Wood), and the television miniseries Into the West.

Although a number of her Felicity co-stars went on to appear in producer J. J. Abrams’ series, Alias, Russell declined invitations to be part of the show. In a seminar at the Museum of Television and Radio, Abrams said, “I’ve asked Keri if she would ever do it, and I usually get this, sort of like, giggle — and then she hangs up”. In 2005, Abrams asked Russell to join the cast of Mission: Impossible III, a film he directed, and she accepted. The film was released on May 5, 2006. In the summer of 2006, Russell was chosen to be a celebrity spokeswoman for CoverGirl Cosmetics. Before she was in Mission Impossible: III she was screen tested for the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns but lost the role to Kate Bosworth, with whom she is co-starring in The Girl in the Park.

Russell taped two episodes as a guest character on the NBC show Scrubs in 2007. She played Melody, a sorority sister and good friend of Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke). The first episode aired on April 26, and the second on May 3. Recently, she starred in Waitress, a well-reviewed independent film in which she plays Jenna, a pregnant waitress in the American South; it was the fourth film in a row in which Russell had played a pregnant woman. The film opened on May 4, 2007 and Russell’s performance was positively received by critics, with Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun writing that Russell’s performance had “aesthetic character” and “welds tenderness and fierceness with quiet heat”. In the summer of 2007, Russell appeared in The Keri Kronicles, a reality show/sitcom sponsored by CoverGirl and airing on MySpace; the show was filmed at Russell’s home in Manhattan and spotlighted her life.

Russell next appeared in August Rush, a drama released in November 2007. She also appeared on the cover of the New York Post’s Page Six Magazine On November 11, 2007. She has completed roles in Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story (titled Rohtenburg for its German release), in which she plays Katie Armstrong, a graduate student who writes a thesis paper on an infamous cannibal murder case, and the thriller The Girl in the Park, opposite Sigourney Weaver, Kate Bosworth and Alessandro Nivola.

Russell has recently joined the cast of Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler playing the lead.

Russell has recently been confirmed to provide the voice of Wonder Woman in a direct to DVD animated feature to be released in February 2009.

Personal life

In 2005, several reports claimed that Russell was set to adopt Scientology, after working with actor Tom Cruise, who is a Scientologist, on Mission: Impossible III. Russell’s representative subsequently threatened to sue the reporter who first made the claim. Stories about the incident had noted that Russell is of JewishMormon church. heritage and religion; older reports, which had originally suggested her conversion to Scientology, had mentioned that she was once a member of the

As of 2007, Russell resides in Brooklyn. Russell and Shane Deary, a carpenter she met through mutual friends, became engaged in 2006 and were married on February 14, 2007 in New York. Russell gave birth to a boy, named River Russell Deary, on June 9, 2007 in New York. Russell had a midwife-assisted hospital birth; she has described her pregnancy experience as “real great and easy”.

She also dated Felicity co-star Scott Speedman during the show’s run. She also dated her Mickey Mouse Club and Malibu Shores co-star Tony Lucca who accompanied her to the Golden Globe and Emmy awards in 1999.

She still remains friends with a handful of her Mickey Mouse Club costars, including Ilana Miller, who she took to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards, and Lindsey Alley, who she mentioned on the red carpet of the Oscar ceremony in 2008.

Filmography

Films

• Wonder Woman (2009)
• Leaves of Grass (2009)
• Bedtime Stories (2008)
• August Rush (2007)
• The Girl in the Park (2007)
• Waitress (2007)
• Rohtenburg (2006)
• Mission: Impossible III (2006)
• The Upside of Anger (2005)
• We Were Soldiers (2002)
• Mad About Mambo (2000)
• Dead Man’s Curve (1998)
• Eight Days a Week (1997)
• Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)

Television

• Scrubs (2007)
• Into the West (2005)
• The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
• Felicity (1998-2002)
• Cinderelmo (1999)
• Roar (1997)
• 7th Heaven (1997)
• When Innocence Is Lost (1997)
• The Lottery (1996)
• Malibu Shores (1996)
• The Babysitter’s Seduction (1996)
• Clerks. (1995)
• Married with Children (1995)
• Daddy’s Girls (1994)
• Emerald Cove (1993)
• Boy Meets World] (1993)