Jordana
Brewster (born
April 26, 1980) is an American actress, perhaps best known for
her roles in The Fast and the Furious, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Beginning, The Faculty, DEBS, Annapolis, and Chuck.
Jordana Brewster was born
in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Maria João (née
Leal de Sousa), a former Sports Illustrated swimsuit
model from Brazil,
and Alden
Brewster, an American investment
banker. Her paternal grandfather, Kingman Brewster, Jr., was an
educator, diplomat, and president of Yale University. Brewster left
Panama when she was 2 months old, relocating to London where she
would spend 6 years before moving to her mother's native Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. She left Brazil at the age of 10, settling in Manhattan,
New York, where she would live for the next 15 years. Brewster studied
at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York and graduated from
the Professional Children's School in New York. She then enrolled
at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 2003.
Jordana Brewster made her
debut in daytime soap operas, with a one-time appearance on All My
Children as Anita Santos,
followed
by a recurring
role on As the World Turns as Nikki Munson from 1995 to 1998. Her
first film role was in Robert Rodriguez's 1998 film, The Faculty.
One of Brewster's most notable film roles to date is Mia Toretto
from
The Fast and the Furious (2001), which she will reprise in Fast
and Furious (2009). Subsequent film work has included roles in Win
a Date with Tad Hamilton! (scenes deleted), as criminal mastermind
Lucy Diamond in D.E.B.S., and as Chrissie in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Beginning.
Her television work includes the NBC miniseries
The 60's, as Sarah Weinstock, a college student and radical activist,
and a pilot for
a followup to the film Mr & Mrs. Smith, playing the role depicted
in the film by Angelina
Jolie. She is also appearing on Chuck, as
the title character's former girlfriend in a multi-episode stint
during the second season.
In 2002, Stuff magazine named her the 96th
hottest woman in their "102
Sexiest Women in the World". In 2005 Maxim magazine named her
the 54th sexiest woman in the world in their annual Hot 100. In 2006
Maxim ranked her at #59 on their Hot 100. She placed 8th on afterellen.com's "100
Hottest Women" list in 2007 and 22nd in 2008.
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Lauren
Conrad Actress Laguna Beach MTV The Hills
Lauren Conrad is an American
Television personality and fashion designer. She is best
known for being featured in the MTV reality series Laguna
Beach: The Real Orange County and for her spin-off show,
The Hills, which follows her personal and professional
life as she pursues a career in the fashion industry. Lauren
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Audrina
Patridge Model and Television Actress
Audrina Patridge is an American
reality television participant, best known as one of the
cast members, along with Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag and
Whitney Port, on the MTV reality show The Hills. Audrina
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Kim Kardashian
In addition to her burgeoning “film” career,
Kim Kardashian is also a part-owner of Dash, a Calabasas, California-based
clothing store which she operates with her sisters Kourtney and
Khloe. Kim
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Christina
Applegate Television Actress
Christina Applegate quit school
at age 17 to pursue acting. From 1987 to 1997, she played
Kelly Bundy on Married with Children. From 1998 to 2000.
In 2002 she co-starred with Cameron Diaz, on the comic
movie The Sweetest Thing.
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Hayden
Panettiere TV Actress NBC Heroes
Hayden Panettiere got started in
the business by doing commercials when she was just 11
months old. Then at only 4 1/2 she was cast on the soap
opera One Life To Live, where she remained until 1997.
Since then, she has gone on to appear in many feature films
and TV movies.
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Autumn
Reeser Actress and Model
Autumn Reeser lives in Hollywood,
California with her boyfriend Jesse Warren. She enjoys
cooking, scrapbooking, dancing, painting, and playing with
her dog, a Papillon named Gatsby after the book The Great
Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. . Autumn
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Holly Valance Actress
Model and Musician
In 1999, then 17-year-old Holly
Valance got her first big break. Her agent heard about
a casting call going out for a role on the long-running
Australian soap opera, Neighbours. Holly
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Shenae Grimes Actress
90210
Shenae Grimes graced the
cover of the November 2008 issue of Saturday Night Magazine,
who called her the "new Brenda" on 90210.
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Taylor
Momsen Actress Gossip Girl
Taylor Momsen portrays the
character Jenny Humphrey on the The CW television series
Gossip Girl. Momsen was born in St. Louis, Missouri to
Collette and Michael Momsen and lives in Potomac, Maryland.
Her younger sister Sloane Momsen is also an actress. Taylor
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Blake Lively Television
Actress Gossip Girl
Blake Lively started out in film
with a bit role in Sandman in 1998. In 2005, Lively played
Bridget in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, for which
she received a Teen Choice Award nomination for "Choice
Movie Breakout - Female".
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Vanessa
Minnillo Television Actress and Model
vanessa Minnillo is an American
television personality. A former Miss Teen USA, she is
mostly known for hosting Total Request Live on MTV from
2003-2007 as well her past reporting as a New York-based
correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. Vanessa
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