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Biography
pp-move-indefInfobox person| image = Alyssa Milano.jpg| imagesize =| caption = Milano in 2008| birth_name = Alyssa Jayne Milano| birth_date = birth date and age|1972|12|19| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York , U.S.| years_active = 1984–present| othername =| occupation = Actress, singer, producer| spouse = David Bugliari (2009–present; 1 child)| website = http://www.alyssa.com/ alyssa.com Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress and former singer, known for her childhood role as Samantha Micelli in the sitcom '' Who's the Boss? and an eight-year stint as Phoebe Halliwell on the series Charmed . She was also a series regular on the original Melrose Place (1992 TV series)|Melrose Place portraying the role of Jennifer Mancini. Milano has a female sports apparel line, Touch .
Early life
Alyssa Milano is the daughter of Lin, a fashion designer and talent manager, and Thomas M. Milano, a film music editor.cite web|url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Alyssa-Milano.html|title=Alyssa Milano Biography (1974–)|work=Filmreference.com|accessdate=2003-01-23 Milano was born in Brooklyn , grew up on Staten Island , and was raised Roman Catholic .cite web|url= http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/us0699.html|title=WITCH ON HEELS|work=Geocities.com|accessdate=1999-05-14|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5kmtBD5Ow|archivedate=2009-10-25|deadurl=yes She has a younger brother, Cory (born in 1982), who is also an actor. In a 2003 interview, Milano recalled having had a good childhood, having grown up in a "loving, true family."Cite episode | title = Intimate Portrait: Alyssa Milano | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367888/ | series = Intimate Portrait (TV series)|Intimate Portrait | credits = Suju Vijayan, Julie Frankel, Alyssa Milano | network = Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime | airdate = 2003
Milano is a cousin to actors Eric Lloyd and Emily Ann Lloyd .
Career
Early career
Milano began her career at age eight after winning a role in an open audition for a national tour of Annie (musical)|Annie . She was one of the four picked out of an audition with over 1500 girls. Cite episode| title = Revealed with Jules Asner: Alyssa Milano | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0685684/ | series = Revealed with Jules Asner | serieslink = | credits = Jules Asner , Alyssa Milano | network = E! | airdate = July 1, 2002
She appeared in television commercials and off-Broadway productions.
At age 10, she won her first major role in the television show '' Who's the Boss? '' alongside Tony Danza , Judith Light , Danny Pintauro and Katherine Helmond . She co-starred as Samantha Micelli, the daughter of Danza's character. After Milano won the role, she and her father relocated from Staten Island to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood . The rest of the family followed a year later, because her mother was initially unwilling to give up her home life "for a show that wasn't a guarantee." Cite episode| title = The Bonnie Hunt Show | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1438132/ | series = The Bonnie Hunt Show | serieslink = The Bonnie Hunt Show | credits = Bonnie Hunt | network = NBC | airdate = May 14, 2009 | season = 1
Although born and raised in Brooklyn, Milano had trouble getting this accent right because she worked to lose it to land more roles in the theater, including in a stage adaption of Jane Eyre .
On stage, she starred in Tender Offer , a one-act play written by Wendy Wasserstein , All Night Long by American playwright John O'Keefe (playwright)|John O'Keefe ,cite news|url= http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html? res=990CE1DB1E39F93AA15750C0A962948260|date= 1984-03-29|accessdate=2008-02-10|title="STAGE: 'All Night Long'" by Frank Rich |work=The New York TimesDead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot and the first American musical adaptation of Jane Eyre . She returned to the theater in 1991, when she starred in and produced a Los Angeles production of Butterflies Are Free .
In 1985, Milano was in the film Commando (film)|Commando as Jenny Matrix, daughter of John Matrix ( Arnold Schwarzenegger ). Appearing at age 12 in an R-rated action film, Milano admitted she was sometimes "freaked out" by the weapons on set. A few years later this film was shown in Japan , prompting a producer to offer Milano a five-album record deal.
By the late 1980s, Milano was established as a teen idol, appearing in made-for-television teen films such as Crash Course and '' Dance 'til Dawn (both 1988). Both projects allowed her to work alongside close personal friend Brian Bloom . Bloom and his brother Scott Bloom|Scott worked with Milano in episodes of Who's the Boss''. This working camaraderie would later expand in 1993 when Milano guest starred in Brian's series The Webbers . She produced a teen workout video in 1988 called Teen Steam and achieved some fame outside the USA with her music career, which lasted until the early 1990s. In 1991, Milano wanted to quit acting to pursue an academic career, but was unable to gain release from her contract.
When her role on ''Who's the Boss ended in 1992, Milano feared having trouble obtaining other roles, aware of the fate of many grown-up child stars in that period. Nevertheless, she was excited when she found out the show was cancelled, being ready "to move on." Milano tried to shed her "nice girl" image by appearing nude in several erotic films targeted at adults, such as Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993), Embrace of the Vampire (1994), Deadly Sins (film)|Deadly Sins (1995), and Poison Ivy II: Lily (1996), where she starred opposite Johnathon Schaech and Xander Berkeley .
In 1992, Milano auditioned for female lead as a homeless teenager in the independent film Where the Day Takes You . Although the crew was reluctant to sign a former child star, she was given a small role as a prostitute in the production. She was noticed by the media, that helped her land the controversial role of Amy Fisher in the high profile TV movie Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story . In 1994, she was considered to replace Shannen Doherty in Beverly Hills, 90210 ."Doherty out, Milano in? ", The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) , January 29, 1994. p. 16 In 1996, Milano appeared opposite Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in the thriller Fear (1996 film)|Fear
Later roles
Her performance in Fear led to a starring role in Hugo Pool (1997), her first film released through cinemas since Commando . Despite the milestone, Milano was soon out of work and after a period of six months, she decided to return to television. She portrayed bad girl Jennifer Mancini on Melrose Place (1992 TV series)|Melrose Place (1997–1998), Meg Winston in Spin City , and most notably as Phoebe Halliwell on the eight-year run of the popular hit TV series Charmed (1998–2006). Her role on Melrose Place was offered to the actress by Aaron Spelling himself. The stint garnered her new fame and she was named the most successful and popular actress on the primetime soap, alongside Heather Locklear . Milano and close friend Holly Marie Combs became producers for Charmed during the show's fourth season.
She played the role of Eva Savelot in MCI Inc.|MCI's commercials. In 2007, Milano filmed a pilot for ABC entitled Reinventing the Wheelers . The series was not picked up for the 2007–2008 season, but instead, Milano appeared in ten episodes of the show My Name Is Earl . This reunited her with Jaime Pressly , who guest-starred in the two-part Season 5 premiere of Charmed , " Siren's Song (Charmed)|A Witch's Tail ".cite web|url= http://www.tvguide.com/news/Exclusive-Earl-Charmed-8259.aspx|title=Exclusive: Earl Charmed By Alyssa Milano|work=TVGuide.com|accessdate=2007-09-06
Milano's commercial work includes appearing in the " Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)|Josie " music video by Blink-182 , as well as 2007 television ads for Veet and Sheer Cover . She also appeared in mid-1980s commercial for Hi-C
Milano was part of TBS (TV network)|TBS's special coverage installment Hot Corner for the 2007 Major League Baseball playoffs.cite web|url= http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/hotcorner/index.jsp|title=The Official Site of Major League Baseball: TBS Hot Corner|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=2008-10-28 She reported at Fenway Park during the 2007 American League Division Series|ALDS between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim . She also reported at Chase Field during the 2007 National League Championship Series|NLCS between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies .
Milano starred in the 2008 film Pathology (film)| Pathology alongside Milo Ventimiglia and was then cast in a television sitcom, Single with Parents , which was pulled prior to production.
On March 20, 2009, it was announced that Milano would provide a voice for the Ghostbusters: The Video Game .cite web|url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29801049/|title=Alyssa Milano to co-star in 'Ghostbusters' game|publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=2009-03-21 In a 2010 interview, she told the press that she had 'a blast' working on the game, although she recalled it being 'odd' having to grunt in a room alone.cite web|url= http://theflickcast.com/2010/04/19/interview-alyssa-milano-talks-romantically-challenged-charmed-ghostbusters/|title=Interview: Alyssa Milano Talks ‘Romantically Challenged’, ‘Charmed’, ‘Ghostbusters’|date=April 19, 2010|work=The Flick Cast|accessdate=April 20, 2010 It was speculated that following the voice over in the video game, she was set to star in Ghostbusters III , although Milano claimed she was never approached.
On March 24, 2009, her book on her baseball fandom, Safe At Home: Confessions of a Baseball Fanatic , was released. Milano has signed on to star in and produce '' My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010 film)|My Girlfriend's Boyfriend '', a romantic comedy in which she plays a woman with a relationship dilemma.cite web|title=Alyssa Milano commits to 'Boyfriend'|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i4722353a16827bf002a0583a79d6576b|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=2009-06-02Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot
Milano starred in the sitcom Romantically Challenged as Rebecca Thomas, a recently divorced single mom attorney in Pittsburgh who has not dated "since Bill Clinton was president". The series premiered on American Broadcasting Company|ABC on April 19, 2010.cite web|url= http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx? id=032610_05 |title=ABC Medianet |publisher=ABC Medianet |date=2010-03-26 |accessdate=2010-04-11 On why she accepted the role, Milano commented: :"I was so attracted to the writing. Our creative showrunner is Ricky Blitt from Family Guy and I was struck at how funny the female characters were written. Usually the female characters are written pretty straightforward, like the straight-man but with Ricky’s writing, the women get to be equally as funny. That was what hooked me. James Burrows , who’s our director, is another major part of what attracted me to the show. It just seemed like a really good package and something that I could commit to in the long-term."
On May 16, 2010, the series was cancelled after four episodes had aired.cite web |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |title=This Just In: ABC cancels 'Romantically Challenged,' 'Scrubs,' 'Better Off Ted,' and 'FlashForward' |url= http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/05/13/abc-cancels-romantically-challenged-scrubs-ted-flashforward/ |date=May 13, 2010|work= Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=2010-05-02 On the show's cancellation, Milano wrote on her website: :"It would be so very, very, easy for me to be upset and bitter about it. But... I'm not upset or bitter. .. I am well aware that I'm in a business that sometimes makes decisions that are inexplicable. Dealing with those decisions is almost just as much a part of the job as memorizing my dialogue. My only true sadness comes from not being able to see Ricky Blitt|Ricky , James Burrows|Mr. Burrows , Josh Lawson|Josh , Kelly Stables|Kelly and Kyle Bornheimer|Kyle's face every day."cite web |title=Romantically Challenged Cancellation |url= http://www.alyssa.com/news/romantically-challenged-cancellation/|date=May 19, 2010|work=Alyssa.com|accessdate=2010-05-23
Milano co-starred with Owen Wilson , Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate in the comedy Hall Pass (2011 film)|Hall Pass (2011), in which she was cast in February 2010.cite web |title=Applegate, Milano getting 'Hall Pass' |url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ibbd92b255f3c388a2ee4b2f022027394|date=February 25, 2010|work= The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=2010-09-04Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot She will produce and lead the cast of Lifetime's TV film ''Sundays at Tiffany's''.cite web |title=Milano plans for 'Sundays' |url= http://www.alyssa.com/news/alyssa-plans-for-sundays/|date=September 2, 2010|work=Alyssa.com|accessdate=2010-09-04 The latter will be her second collaboration with Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime , the first being 2008's Wisegal . Milano appeared in the ensemble romantic comedy '' New Year's Eve (2011 film)|New Year's Eve .
Philanthropy
Milano was appointed Founding Ambassador for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases , to which she donated $250,000. The Global Network is an alliance formed to advocate and mobilize resources in the fight to control neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Milano will work to raise awareness of NTDs by educating the mainstream media and general public of the plight faced by the one billion people who are afflicted by NTDs, and the importance in controlling and preventing this global health crisis.
Milano is a United Nations Children's Fund|UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the United States. She traveled to India , Kosovo , as well as Angola , to work with UNICEF field officers there. In the fall of 2004, she participated in UNICEF's " Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF|Trick or Treat " campaign as an official spokesperson. She raised approximately $50,000 for South Africa n women and children with AIDS by selling own and school's photo work. In the late 1980s, she appeared on Phil Donahue 's talk show where she kissed Ryan White , a schoolboy ostracised for having AIDS, to show that she would not catch it from him.cite book|title=Ryan White: My Own Story|author=White, Ryan and Ann Marie Cunningham|isbn=0803709773|publisher=Dial Books|year=1991
In support of PETA, she appeared in an advertisement for them, advocating vegetarianism, in a dress made entirely of vegetables.cite web|author=about 2 hours ago |url= http://www.alyssa.com/media/peta/ |title=PETA & #124; Alyssa Milano |publisher=Alyssa.com |date=2009-06-12 |accessdate=2010-04-26
In honor of her 37th birthday (December 19, 2009), Milano ran an online fundraising campaign for Charity:Water. Her original goal was to raise $25,000, but a donation from her husband put her over the $75,000 mark on December 18. The fundraiser was scheduled to run until December 26.Citation needed|date=December 2009
Personal life
Milano has dyslexia . In a 2004 interview, she explained how she deals with the disorder:quote|I've stumbled over words while reading from teleprompters. Sir John Gielgud, whom I worked with on The Canterville Ghost years ago, gave me great advice. When I asked how he memorized his monologues, he said, "I write them down." I use that method to this day. It not only familiarizes me with the words, it makes them my own.cite web|url= http://abstracts.net/alyssa-milano/2004-04.html|title=Us Weekly reports Alyssa Milano was spotted sipping champagne at Mansion in Miami Beach|work=Abstracts.net|accessdate=2004-03-29
Milano is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and writes a regular baseball blog on the Major League Baseball 's website.cite web|url= http://alyssa.mlblogs.com/|title='I Want To Be Remembered as a Ballplayer Who Gave All He Had to Give'– Roberto Clemente |work=Alyssa.mlblogs.com |accessdate=2007-09-06 In 2007, Milano launched her signature "Touch" line of team apparel for female baseball fans, selling it through her blog and Major League Baseball 's website. It also became available in 2009 through a boutique store located in Citi Field , the home of the New York Mets .cite news |title=Milano launches boutique store at Citi Field |url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/n/a/2009/04/18/sports/s100516D86.DTL |agency=Associated Press |date=2009-04-18 |accessdate=2009-04-19 | work=The San Francisco ChronicleDead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot She has an interest in the Los Angeles Kings ,cite web|url= http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/columns/story? id=5115413 |title=Alyssa Milano talks about Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings – ESPN Los Angeles |publisher=Sports.espn.go.com |date=2010-04-19 |accessdate=2011-07-30 a National Hockey League team, and is involved with a related clothing line. In 2008, she expanded that to NFL football, as a New York Giants fan. Since Milano is in the same hometown as NFL Network's Rich Eisen (Staten Island), she revealed some of her family's connections with the New York Giants.cite web|url= http://www.nfl.com/videos? videoId=09000d5d80bb7e20 |title=Week 7 celebrity picks: Alyssa Milano |publisher=Nfl.com |date=2010-04-07 |accessdate=2010-04-11
Milano has eight tattoos on her body: one on each wrist and ankle, shoulder, neck, hip, and lower back. Milano is a vegetarianism|vegetarian and appears in numerous People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA advertising campaigns for vegetarianism. Outside of acting, her hobbies include photography, humanitarian work, and spending time with her three dogs and eight horses. Milano has commented on her love for animals, and in a 2009 interview discussed one of her dogs, a German shepherd called Pinto, who had died at the age of 14; he had worked with the Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD dogs and Milano had owned him for 10 years.cite journal | last = Novak| first = Blaine| authorlink = | coauthors = Alison Landis Stone| title = Alyssa Milano: Making a Difference in the Lives of People and Pets| journal = Healthy Pet| volume = | issue = | pages = 16–19| publisher = | location = | date = Spring 2009| url = | issn =| doi =| id = | accessdate = 2009-05-23
Milano dated actor Corey Haim from 1987 to 1990.cite web|title=Alyssa Milano on Ex Corey Haim's Death: "RIP Sweet Boy" |url= http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/alyssa-milano-on-ex-corey-haims-death-rip-sweet-boy-2010103 |work= US Magazine |date=2010-03-10 |accessdate=2010-04-04 She was engaged to Scott Wolf in 1993.cite web |first=Susan |last=Schindehette |url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20107729,00.html |title=Who'll Be the Boss& #33; |work= People (magazine)|People |date=1994-03-28 |accessdate=2009-09-24 She was married to musician Cinjun Tate for 10 months in 1999.cite news |url= http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/movies/actresses/alyssa-milano.htm |title=Alyssa Milano Gives Birth to Baby Boy |work=Fox News |date=August 31, 2011 |accessdate=December 6, 2011 She briefly dated Justin Timberlake in 2002.cite news |title=Justin Timberlake flies solo |url= http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/04/people.cel.timberlake/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=2002-11-04 After one year of dating, she and Creative Artists Agency|CAA agent David Bugliari were engaged December 18, 2008. http://www.usmagazine.com/news/alyssa-milano-is-engaged "Alyssa Milano is Engaged!" US Magazine . January 6, 2009. Milano and Bugliari married on August 15, 2009 in New Jersey, at the home of Bugliari's family.cite web |title=Alyssa Milano Gets Married& #33; |first=Ulrica |last=Wihlborg |url= http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20298139,00.html |work= People (magazine)|People |date=2009-08-15 |accessdate=2009-08-15 In February 2011, it was announced that Milano and Bugliari were expecting their first child, a baby boy.cite web|last=Chiu |first=Alexis |url= http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20468163,00.html |title=Alyssa Milano, David Bugliari Expecting |publisher=People.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-07-30cite web|author= |url= http://alyssa.com/? p=2368 |title=IT’S A BOY!!& #33; « Alyssa Milano – Official Website – Verified news source for Actress and Humanitarian Alyssa Milano|publisher=Alyssa.com |date=2011-03-14 |accessdate=2011-07-30 In August 2011 she gave birth to a son named Milo Thomas Bugliari.cite web|last=Byrne |first=Alla |url= http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20515859,00.html |title=Alyssa Milano Baby Born |publisher=People.com |date=2011-08-31 |accessdate=2011-11-11
Filmography
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1984
Old Enough
Diane
1985
Commando
Jenny Matrix
Nominated— Young Artist Award for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Feature Film–Comedy or Drama
196 episodes Young Artist Award for Best Young Supporting Actress in a Television Series (1986) Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Starring in a Television, Comedy or Drama Series (1986) Best Young Female Superstar in Television (1988) Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite TV Actress (1988, 1989) Blimp Award–Favorite TV Actress (1990)
1997–98
Melrose Place (1992 TV series)>Melrose Place
Jennifer Mancini
5–7
40 episodes Recurring season 5 Seven episodes in Season 7, left to take lead role in Charmed
178 episodes Became a producer at the beginning of season 4. Nominated—Blimp Award for Favorite TV Actress (2005) Nominated— Teen Choice Awards for TV–Choice Actress (2006)
Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius episodes#Television films>Win, Lose and Kaboom "
Voice, season 2
2010
Castle
Kyra Blaine
" A Rose for Everafter "
Season 2, episode 12
2011
Breaking In
Amy
"Tis Better to Have Loved and Flossed"
Season 1, episode 2
Discography
The discography of American pop singer Alyssa Milano includes four studio albums, two compilations, and eleven singles. These albums were only commercially available in Japan, with the exception of one single that was only available in France and a charity single that was available in the US.
; Studio albums
Year
Information
Peak positions
JPN
1989
Look in My Heart
First Studio Album
Released: March 25, 1989
Formats: Vinyl, Cassette, CD
68
1989
Alyssa
Second Studio Album
Released: October 25, 1989
Formats: Vinyl, Cassette, CD
15
1991
Locked Inside a Dream
Third Studio Album
Released: May 21, 1991
Formats: Vinyl, Cassette, CD
19
1992
Do You See Me?
Fourth Studio Album
Released: September 18, 1992
Formats: Vinyl, Cassette, CD
47
; Compilations
Year
Information
| Peak positions
JPN
1990
' The Best in the World: Non-Stop Special Remix/ Alyssa's Singles
"Teen Steam" – Theme song from ''Alyssa Milano's Teen Steam Workout Video (1988).
References
Reflist|30em
External links
Wikiquotecommons-inline|Alyssa Milano
Official website| http://www.alyssa.com
iMDb name|192
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