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Alyssa Milano: Melrose Place
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Alyssa Milano literally grew up in front of television audiences as Tony Danza's daughter Samantha in the long-running comedy series Who's the Boss? She ... starred for two seasons on the hit series Melrose Place and in The Wonderful World of Disney's made-fortelevision movie Gold Rush. Milano's feature film career includes the title role in the comedy Hugo Pool, which debuted at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. She added executive producer to her resume with the thriller Body Count, in which she also starred opposite actor/recording artist Ice-T. Her additional feature film credits include the Imagine Entertainment/Universal Pictures' feature Fear, directed by James Foley, the action/thriller Double Dragon, Where the Day Takes You, Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Little Sister. This fall, she starred opposite David Spade in the Paramount feature film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.
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At the age of eight, Alyssa Milano played one of the orphans in a stage production of Annie. At 11, she became famous as Samantha Micelli, the sweet albeit unlikely TV daughter of Tony Danza on Who's the Boss?, a role she played for eight years. At 16, she starred in a popular workout video called Teen Steam, performing such exercises as ankle-grab torso-jiggle and flat-back leg-splits. She later played the sexy and conniving Jennifer Mancini on Melrose Place, and the sexy witch Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed. She has at least six tattoos and a pierced belly button, and had breast implants at the age of 20.
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Alyssa Milano was born in December 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. She was born to Lin, a fashion designer and Tom, a musical editor. Alicia attended the The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, CA. Alyssa got a very lucky chance to prove her worth....something that made it easy to achieve her dreams. She got the chance to show her talents in an open show. It was her baby-sitter who took her for an open audition of national tour of Musical Annie. Alyssa beat more than some hundreds of participants and secured her place in the tour of Annie when she was of age around seven.
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Alyssa Jayne Milano is an American actress. She began acting on stage when she was eight. By the time she was eleven, she was on the ABC sitcom Who's The Boss, which ran eight seasons. After growing up on TV, Milano branched out into film roles, She starred in the erotic film Poison Ivy II, and 1994's Fear with Mark Wahlberg. In 1997 she was back on television, this time as one of the voluptuous cast of Melrose Place. She ... starred in the and the fantasy TV series Charmed.
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While her role on Melrose Place was hot in 1997, Alyssa Milano attended the Sundance Film Festival where her new movie, Hugo Pool... starring Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn and Patrick Dempsey, premiered. At the festival, Alyssa was given the Spirit Award for women.
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At the beginning of her career, Milano was known mainly for her role on Who's the Boss? (1984-1992). She tried to shed her "nice girl" image by appearing in several films targeted at adults, such as Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1992), Embrace of the Vampire (1994), Confessions of a Sorority Girl (1994), Deadly Sins (1995), and Poison Ivy II: Lily (1995), where she starred opposite Johnathon Schaech and Xander Berkley. She gained more mainstream success in TV as Jennifer Mancini on Melrose Place (1997-1998), Meg Winston in Spin City and most notably as Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed (1998-2006). Both Milano and Holly Marie Combs became producers for Charmed during the show's fifth season. In 2007, Milano filmed a pilot for ABC entitled Reinventing the Wheelers.
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