Josie
Bissett (October
5, 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Jane Mancini
on FOX-TV's Melrose Place. Bissett, a native of Seattle, Washington,
began her career in front of the camera at the age of 12 as a model
in print advertisements
and television commercials. At 16, she left home and moved to Japan
to further her career, and at 17 headed to Hollywood to make her
mark.
Josie Bissett soon landed
the role of Cara on The Hogan Family, where she spent two seasons.
Within two years
of her arrival in Los Angeles,
she was cast on Melrose Place. She has made appearances in such projects
as the ABC movies The Fire Above and Dare to Love, the FOX telefilm
Deadly Vows and the USA cable film Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear. She
most recently starred in the ABC Family Channel original telefilm
I Do, They Don't, a romantic comedy about blending two families into
one. She has also made numerous guest-starring appearances, such
as a 2004 appearance on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
In 2008 she guest-starred for 10 episodes on the ABC Family TV series,
The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She starred in the Lifetime
Television original film The Other Woman, based on the Joy Fielding
novel and directed by Jason Priestley. It debuted on June 28, 2008.
Josie Bissett made her big-screen film debut in
Oliver Stone's The Doors, as the wife of Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger.
Her subsequent
films
include the coming-of-age comedy Book of Love and the psychological
thriller Mikey.
She has appeared on several magazine covers, including
TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Shape's Fit Pregnancy
and New
Woman. Bissett has also been the face of several national
commercial campaigns, including Neutrogena's skin care line, Dr.
Scholl's Pedicure Essentials,
and Murad Skin Care. She also authored a children's book, Tickle
Monster, released in April 2008.
On June 18, 2009, People.com reported that Bissett
would appear as a guest star in the 2009 series Melrose Place, reprising
her role
as Jane Andrews-Mancini.
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Tea Leoni
Actress
Tea Leoni attended Brearley School and The Putney
School. She attended but did not complete studies at Sarah Lawrence
College. In 1988 she
was cast as one of the four new angels in Angels 89, an updated version
of the 1970's show, Charlie's Angels.
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Penelope
Cruz Spanish Actress
On January 22nd, 2009, Penelope Cruz received a nomination
and subsequently won for Best Supporting Actress, making
her
the only Spanish
Oscar nominee of 2008 and
the second Spanish actor to win an Academy Award. Penelope
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Rhona
Mitra Television and Movie Actress
Rhona appeared in the final season of
The Practice as Tara Wilson, and continued that role into its
spin-off
Boston Legal. She also
appeared as the second live action model for Lara Croft, the
lead character in the Tomb Raider video game
series.
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Renee
Zellweger
In junior high school, Zellweger
actively took part in several sports, including soccer,
basketball, baseball and football. Zellweger acted in
several school plays and was voted the "Best Looking" of
her class before graduating from high school in 1987.
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Emily
Deschanel TV Actress
After starring in 2005's Boogeyman,
Deschanel landed the role of Dr. Temperance Brennan on
FOX's Bones, a series based on the heroine in the novels
of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs.
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Sandra
Bullock
Only three credits short of graduating, to pursue
an acting career. She went on to Manhattan to pursue auditions
and supported herself with a variety of odd jobs (bartender, cocktail
waitress, coat checker). Bullock later earned her bachelor's degree
from East Carolina University. Sandra
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Famke Janssen Actress
and Model
Upon moving to Los Angeles, Janssen
obtained her first parts, appearing in guest roles on TV
series. One of her first appearances was in 1992, when
she starred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The
Perfect Mate" as empathic metamorph Kamala, opposite
Patrick Stewart. Famke
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Laura Vandervoort
Model and TV Actress
Laura joined
the seventh season cast of Smallville as Kara Zor-El aka Kara Kent
aka Supergirl. She graced the cover of
the October 2007 issue of Stuff Magazine.
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Amanda
Crew
Amanda began her career in the entertainment
industry by training in tap, hip-hop and jazz dancing. She began
acting in
the fourth
grade when she landed a lead role in a musical called Dragon Tales.
Three agents contacted her, and she has been acting ever since.
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Uma Thurman Movie
Actress
Uma began her career as a fashion
model at age 15. She signed with the agency Click Models.
Her
modeling credits included Glamour Magazine. In 1989, she
appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine's annual
Hot issue.
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Nicole
Eggert Model and Actress
Nicole is an American actress who
jumped to fame with her role as Jamie Powell in the television
series Charles in Charge. She is also well known for playing
Summer Quinn in the hit TV Series Baywatch. Nicole
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