Tom Cruise

 

Freezing Point

Born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, Thomas Cruise Mapother IV thought that the only thing he wanted to become in life is a priest. He is the son of Mary Lee, a special education teacher and Thomas Cruise Mapother III, an electrical engineer. Cruise attended Robert Hopkins Public school for grades three, four, and five. He completed grade six at Henry Munro Middle School, part of the Carleton Board of Education. When Cruise was twelve his mother left his father, taking Cruise and his sister Lee Anne with her. They were living close to the poverty line and it was Tom’s newspaper delivery job that put food on the table. Cruise lived in Louisville, Kentucky; Winnetka, Illinois; and Wayne, New Jersey. In all, Cruise attended eight elementary schools and three high schools. Cruise has said that he was abused as a child; this was partially due to his suffering from dyslexia. He stated that when something went wrong, his father came down hard on him. Having gone through 15 schools in 12 years, Cruise dropped his father’s surname at age 12.

Tom started acting after being sidelined from his high school’s wrestling team due to a knee injury. While injured, he successfully auditioned for a lead role in his high school’s production of Guys and Dolls and decided to become an actor after his success in the role. In 1981, he had a small role in Endless Love, a drama/romance film starring Brooke Shields, this was his first film role. Cruise was then selected as the first choice by producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson for an upcoming American fighter pilot film. He was welcomed with success the year when he received Academy Award nominations for Oliver Stone’s ‘Born on the Fourth of July’. The following year he starred in Sydney Pollack’s The Firm along with Gene Hackman and Ed Harris. He won Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture at the People’s Choice Awards. In 1994, Cruise starred along with Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater in Neil Jordan’s Interview with the Vampire, a gothic drama/horror. In 2000, Cruise returned as Ethan Hunt in the second installment of the Mission Impossible films, releasing Mission: Impossible II, it continued the series’ blockbuster success at the box office, taking in almost $547M in worldwide figures, like its predecessor, being the third highest grossing film of the year. Mission: Impossible III was more positively received by critics than its predecessor, and grossed nearly $400 million at the box office. In 2008, Cruise appeared in the hit comedy Tropic Thunder with Ben Stiller and Jack Black and this performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Cruise partnered with his former talent agent Paula Wagner to form Cruise/Wagner Productions in 1993. The company has since co-produced several of Cruise’s films, the first being Mission: Impossible in 1996 which was also Cruise’s first project as a producer. He won a Nova Award for Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures at the PGA Golden Laurel Awards in 1997 for his work as a producer for the film Mission: Impossible. Motion Pictures at the PGA Golden Laurel Awards in 1997 for his work as a producer for the film Mission: Impossible. On August 22, 2006, Paramount Pictures announced it was ending its 14-year relationship with Cruise.

Cruise married Mimi Rogers on May 9, 1987; they divorced on February 4, 1990. Rogers is generally believed to have introduced Cruise to Scientology. Cruise met Nicole Kidman on the set of their film Days of Thunder. The couple married on December 24, 1990. He and Kidman adopted two children, Isabella Jane and Connor Antony. They separated in February 2001 when Kidman was three months pregnant; she later miscarried. Cruise was next romantically linked with Penélope Cruz, the lead actress in his film Vanilla Sky. After a three-year relationship, in March 2004, Cruise announced in January that their relationship had ended. In April 2005, Cruise began dating actress Katie Holmes. Shortly after they began their highly publicized relationship, on June 17, 2005, Cruise announced he had proposed to her at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. On April 18, 2006 Katie gave birth to a baby girl named Suri. The couple married in Bracciano, Italy on November 18, 2006.

Emma Stone

  

 Emma Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her original name is Emily Stone, but her stage name is Emma Stone. Her parents are Krista Jean and Jeffery Charles. Emma has a younger brother named Spencer. She attended school through the 6th grade but then took two years of homeschooling. During this time, she appeared in 16 productions of a theater group. Right from a young age she was sure about her career path and so even took acting lessons from a local teacher.

During the first year of freshman, she convinced her parents to allow her to pursue her acting career and therefore moved to Las Vegas. Stone dated Andrew Garfield, her co-star from The Amazing Spider-Man, for four years. As a result of personal circumstances, she also supports Revlon and Stand Up Comedy to fight women’s cancer. Work: Having begun at an early age, Emma debuted with a reality show In Search of the New Patridge Family. She moved on to appearing in some TV shows as guest appearances.

She debuted in the movies with comedy film Superbad in 2007. The next few years were on an upward roller coaster for her career. Emma featured in some hits such as The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel, Birdman, etc. She has acted in 26 movies from 2006 to 2016 and 14 TV shows from 2004 to 2015. Apart from this, she has also given her voice for a video game and also a music video. Emma has also expressed her wish of delving into production. Awards: Stone has received many awards and nominations for her work, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and two Golden Globe nominations for her work in Easy A and Birdman.

Angelina Jolie

Actress, humanitarian. Born June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of actor Jon Voight and French actress Marcheline Bertrand, Angelina Jolie rose to stardom in the 1990s. She began acting at a young age, studying at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute while in her early teens. Jolie later attended at New York University.

In the 1990s, Angelina Jolie became a popular actress. She gave a star-making performance in the 1998 television film Gia based on the short, tragic life of model Gia Marie Carangi, which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Another great dramatic role in Girl, Interrrupted (1999) brought Jolie her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has continued to take on a variety of interesting roles, such as an adventurer in the Lara Croft films, a FBI profiler in Taking Lives (2004), an assassin in Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005), and a neglected, troubled socialite wife in The Good Shepherd (2006).

A devoted humanitarian, Angelina Jolie was made a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency in 2001. She has made headlines for her work to obtain aid for refugees in Cambodia, Darfur and Jordan, to name just a few. In 2005, Jolie received the Global Humanitarian Action Award from the United Nations Association of the USA for her activism on behalf of refugee rights. She continues to travel the world to drawing attention to global issues.

Famous for her off-screen romances, Angelina Jolie has been married twice. She married Hackers co-star Jonny Lee Miller in 1995. The couple divorced in 1999. The next year Jolie married Academy Award-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton. That union lasted until 2003.

In 2002, Angelina Jolie adopted a son from Cambodia and named him Maddox. Three years later, she adopted a daughter, Zahara, and later in 2005, actor Brad Pitt filed paperwork to adopt both of Jolie’s children. Jolie and Pitt met during the making of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2004. The couple’s first biological daughter, Shiloh, was born in the African country of Namibia in 2006. Jolie, Pitt, and their children had traveled there to avoid the media frenzy that seemed to follow them wherever they went. After the joy of welcoming her third child to the world came great sadness for Jolie. She experienced a great personal loss in the beginning of 2007—her mother died of cancer after fighting the disease for many years.

In March 2007, Angelina Jolie added a new member to her family. She adopted a three-year-old boy from a Vietnamese orphanage. Her son is named Pax Thien Jolie.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1982	Lookin' to Get Out	Tosh
1993	Cyborg 2	Casella "Cash" Reese
1995	Hackers	Kate "Acid Burn" Libby
1996	Mojave Moon	Eleanor "Elie" Rigby
	Love Is All There Is	Gina Malacici
	Foxfire	Margret "Legs" Sadovsky
1997	Playing God	Claire
	True Women (TV)	Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods
	George Wallace (TV)	Cornelia Wallace	Golden Globe – Best Supporting Actress
1998	Gia (TV)	Gia Marie Carangi	Golden Globe, SAG Award – Best Leading Actress
	Hell's Kitchen	Gloria McNeary
	Playing by Heart	Joan	National Board of Review Award – Breakthrough Performance Actress
	Pushing Tin	Mary Bell
1999	The Bone Collector	Amelia Donaghy
	Girl, Interrupted	Lisa Rowe	Golden Globe, SAG Award, Academy Award – Best Supporting Actress
2000	Gone in Sixty Seconds	Sara 'Sway' Wayland
2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Lara Croft
	Original Sin	Julia Russell/Bonnie Castle
2002	Life or Something Like It	Lanie Kerrigan
2003	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Lara Croft
	Beyond Borders	Sarah Jordan
2004	Taking Lives	Illeana Scott
	Shark Tale	Lola	(voice)
	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Franky
	Alexander	Olympias
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Jane Smith
2006	The Good Shepherd	Clover Wilson
2007	A Mighty Heart	Mariane Pearl
	Beowulf	Grendel's mother
2008	Wanted	The Fox
	Kung Fu Panda	Tigress	(voice)
	The Changeling

Awards
Preceded by Kathy Bates for The Late Shift	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series, or Motion Picture Made for Television 1997 for George Wallace	Succeeded by Faye Dunaway for Gia, Camryn Manheim for The Practice
Preceded by Alfre Woodard for Miss Evers' Boys	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television 1998 for Gia	Succeeded by Halle Berry for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Preceded by Alfre Woodard for Miss Evers' Boys	Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Movie 1998 for Gia	Succeeded by Halle Berry for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Preceded by Judi Dench for Shakespeare in Love	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1999 for Girl, Interrupted	Succeeded by Marcia Gay Harden for Pollock
Preceded by Lynn Redgrave for Gods and Monsters	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1999 for Girl, Interrupted	Succeeded by Kate Hudson for Almost Famous
Preceded by Kathy Bates for Primary Colors	Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1999 for Girl, Interrupted	Succeeded by Judi Dench for Chocolat

Adam Sandler

Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is a Jewish-American actor, comedian, producer, and musician who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire.

In the late 1980s, Sandler portrayed "Smitty" on The Cosby Show (1985-1989). He also was a performer for the MTV game show Remote Control, on which he made appearances as the characters "Trivia Delinquent" or "Stud Boy."

Sandler started performing in comedy clubs by spontaneously taking the stage at a club in Boston. He was then discovered by comedian Dennis Miller, who caught Sandler's act in Los Angeles. Miller immediately recommended him to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Sandler was hired as a writer for "SNL" in 1990 and became a featured player the following year, quickly making a name for himself by performing amusing original songs on the show, including The Chanukah Song. He left the show in 1995 to focus on his acting career.

Sandler's first starring vehicle was the cult frat-boy classic Billy Madison, in which he plays a grown man repeating grades 1-12 to get his reluctant father's hotel empire. He followed this movie up with other surprisingly successful comedies such as Happy Gilmore (1996) and The Wedding Singer (1998). After The Waterboy (1998) Sandler reached box-office superstardom, where he has remained since.

Although generally despised by movie critics, audiences have remained faithful to Sandler's slapstick humor to the tune of $100-million-plus grossing movies. Sandler has moved outside the genre of goofball humor to take on more serious parts such as the critically acclaimed Punch-Drunk Love (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe), and Spanglish. At one point, Sandler was considered for the part that went to Jamie Foxx in Collateral (2004).

A celebrity comic who keeps a low profile, he rarely gives interviews and keeps his personal life private. Nonetheless, he sporadicly posts short video messages on his website (www.AdamSandler.com) on updates in his life he can afford to share with his fans. Sandler graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1991. On June 22, 2003, he wed model Jackie Titone, whom he'd met on the set of Big Daddy. Sandler and Titone worked together again in the Rob Schneider comedy Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, which Sandler executive-produced. He also has his own production company, Happy Madison, named from two of his most popular early films.

Since Chris Farley's death, in Adam Sandler's movies there is usually a reference to Farley.

Adam is one of Hollywood's perceived few members of the Republican Party and has performed at RNC functions.

Filmography

• Going Overboard (1989)
• Shakes the Clown (1992)
• Coneheads (1993)
• Airheads (1994)
• Mixed Nuts (1994)
• Billy Madison (1995) (also writer)
• Happy Gilmore (1996) (also writer)
• Bulletproof (1996)
• The Wedding Singer (1998)
• Dirty Work (1998) (Cameo)
• The Waterboy (1998) (also executive producer and writer)
• Big Daddy (1999) (also executive producer and writer)
• Little Nicky (2000) (also executive producer and writer)
• The Animal (2001) (Cameo) (also executive producer)
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
• Mr. Deeds (2002) (also executive producer)
• Eight Crazy Nights (2002) (voice) (also writer and producer)
• A Day with the Meatball (2002) (short subject)
• The Hot Chick (2002) (Cameo) (also executive producer)
• Anger Management (2003) (also executive producer)
• Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) (documentary) (voice only)
• Stupidity (2003) (documentary)
• 50 First Dates (2004)
• Spanglish (2004)
• The Longest Yard (2005)
• Click (2006) (currently filming) (also producer and writer)
• The Benchwarmers (2006) (currently in post-production) (also writer)

Orlando Bloom

January 13, 1977 - Canterbury, Kent, England. Bloom was raised in Canterbury, Kent, with his sister, Samantha. Their mother taught them to enjoy the arts and encouraged them to participate in the local Kent Festival. Bloom began by reciting poetry and prose, displaying an advanced sensitivity to tone and modulation. Yet, it wasn't this precociousness or his frequent trips to the theater that influenced Bloom to become a professional actor. He was in awe of larger-than-life characters -- from Superman to the members of the A-Team -- and knew the only way to become one was to play one on the screen.

At 16, Bloom relocated to London and performed with the National Youth Theatre for two seasons before winning a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. At the conclusion of his term with the group, he played the lead in A Walk in the Vienna Woods, and secured an agent. This led to small roles on British television and an appearance in Brian Gilbert's Wilde (1997). Wishing to further his education, Bloom then enrolled at London's prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama (the alma mater of Ewan McGregor, Joseph Fiennes, and Ben Chaplin, among others). There, he acted in several plays, including Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Chekov's Three Sisters, and Sophocles' Antigone.

While still in school, Bloom was trying to make it onto a friend's rooftop terrace when he fell three stories and broke his back. The accident almost paralyzed the actor, but surgery let him walk out of the hospital on crutches. Soon afterward, all his peers auditioned for coveted roles in the upcoming The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The extensive and selective casting process took place in every English-speaking country. Bloom good-naturedly tried out for the role of Faramir, a character introduced in the second film, The Two Towers (2002). After meeting with the project's director, Peter Jackson, Bloom was not cast as Faramir. Instead, Jackson asked that he read for the part of Legolas Greenleaf, a much more prominent figure who is featured in all three films. The director offered Bloom the role a few weeks later, only two days before the burgeoning star graduated from drama school.

Legolas, Tolkien's warrior elf, has super-human strength, swift reflexes, and heightened sensory awareness. To play him, Bloom trained in archery, swordplay, and horseback riding for two months prior to shooting. He developed a graceful style of combat based on the characters in Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai and worked to manage his posture, poise, and composure. As Legolas, Bloom is immortal, and at 2,931 years old, is a tall, athletic, and skilled fighter of evil -- he truly is larger than life.

After finishing The Lord of the Rings -- all three films, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, were shot simultaneously over 18 months in New Zealand -- Bloom headed to Morocco for a role in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down. The film chronicles the horrific Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, in which a "simple" mission left 18 U.S. soldiers dead and 73 wounded. Debuting his American accent, Bloom plays a neophyte ranger who breaks his back after falling 70 feet from a helicopter. This combat film opened only a few weeks after The Fellowship of the Ring and received equal acclaim.

Following these blockbusters, Bloom performed in several quirky films with limited releases such as Lullaby of Clubland (2001). But it wouldn't be long before Bloom was blowing up the box-office once again with the 2003 crowd-pleaser The Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Bloom showed up opposite Brad Pitt and Black Hawk Dawn costar Eric Bana in the 2004 historical epic Troy, his intense star-power was unquestionable.

Bloom faced a down year in 2005, failing to match the box office success of Troy with Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven. That same year he stepped into the role once occupied by Ashton Kutcher in Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown (a romantic comedy opposite screen heartthrob Kirsten Dunst), but the film never recovered from the bad press it received after its initial film festival screening, failed to find an audience in theaters, and was unpopular with critics. Bloom rebounded one year later by returning with the other principles in back-to-back filmed sequels for Pirates of the Caribbean, the first of which, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, shattered box office records for opening day and opening weekend, and became the first film to take in one hundred million dollars in just two days. It will hardly strike one as prescient, then, that industry insiders and the trades were advance prepping Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End as one of the most lucrative releases of 2007, possibly of any year. That installment finds Bloom's Will Turner, Knightley's Elizabeth Swann, and Geoffrey Rush's Captain Barbosa setting out to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the mental tortures of Davy Jones's Locker, and ultimately battling Pirate Sao-Feng (Chow Yun-Fat) beyond the literal end of the world, where the seas fall off into an empty void.

In the mean time, however, Bloom shifted gears, turning away from epic action and giving romantic comedy a sophomore try after the lackluster Elizabethtown. Bloom essayed a small supporting role in the Alex Keshishian-directed Love and Other Disasters (2006), about a fashion editor for Vogue Paris (Brittany Murphy) who attempts to play matchmaker between two gay men (Matthew Rhys, Santiago Cabrera). The studios slated that picture (which debuted at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival) for U.S. release in 2007.

Lindsay Dee Lohan

In New York, NY, on 02 July 1986, Lindsay Dee Lohan (she later changed her middle name to Morgan) became the first child of a proud couple: Dina (a one-time Radio City "Rockette" who now manages her daughter's career) and Michael Lohan (a long-time Wall Street trader who developed, then sold, his family's multi-million-dollar pasta business to fund and develop major studios and independent Hollywood productions). Three siblings (Michael, Aliana and Dakota) would follow in the years to come.

Green-eyed, auburn-haired Lindsay started modeling (she was the first redheaded child ever signed by the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency) and acting at the tender age of 3. People in the business quickly recognized her talent, and she was hired to shoot more than 60 commercials; including spots for Pizza Hut, Wendy's and Jell-O (with Bill Cosby).

In 1993, Lindsay was one of several New York-area children to appear in a Halloween skit with David Letterman, dressed as garbage ("Things You Find on the Floor of the D-Train"). Within weeks, Letterman left NBC for CBS.

A plum role soon followed on the NBC-TV series Another World. Lindsay was the third actress — in late 1996 and early 1997 — to play "Alexandra 'Alli' Fowler". (AW ran until 1999.)

It was not until 05 January 1997 that she knew she would be cast in a major motion picture. The director of The Parent Trap, Nancy Meyers, called Lindsay that day and told her that she had the part — or is that parts — of the twins. Lindsay proved that she is an actress of considerable skill, deftly handling two different personalities in one single movie. She was officially recognized for her talent as well; earning a Young Artist Award for Leading Actress (which she shared with Stepmom's Jena Malone), and nominations for a YoungStar Award and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award.

Early in 1999, Lindsay filmed another movie. Life-Size — originally a Wonderful World of Disney production later released on home video — allowed Lindsay to act with Tyra Banks.

In 2000, Lindsay won the role of "Rose" in Bette Midler's television sitcom, Bette. After shooting the pilot episode, the show's producers decided it would be easier on the crew — most of whom lived near Los Angeles — if filming moved to California. Lindsay gave up the role to stay in New York, and Los Angeles-area actress Marina Malota was pegged to take over the role of Midler's teen-aged daughter. The series was canceled only a few months later, due to sagging ratings and the strain on its stars (ironically, Midler had to fly cross-country from her New York home to tape her own show).

In June, 2001, Lindsay completed filming the role of "Lexy Gold" in Get a Clue, the Disney Channel Original Movie of the Month for January, 2002 — later rescheduled for telecast in June, 2002.

Walt Disney Pictures announced on 31 July 2002 that Lindsay had signed on to play Anna Coleman in the theatrical remake of Freaky Friday. To update another film from its own vaults, Disney signed Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda) as the mother-and-daughter team who wake up one day in each other's bodies. Lohan — who already proved she could fill Hayley Mills' shoes and then some — took on a role that helped propel a young Jodie Foster to stardom. Lindsay also sang the film's closing theme, Ultimate, written for the film by songwriters Jeff Coplan and Robert Ellis Orrall.

In September, 2002, Lindsay took her first step toward fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a recording artist when one of the biggest names in music, Emilio Estefan, Jr., took Lindsay under his professional wing. Estefan Enterprises announced a five-album production deal and the promise of an aggressive effort to "sell" her pop style "with a rock edge" to a major record label.

In 2003, Lindsay accepted the lead role in Disney's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (originally a New Line project written for Hilary Duff, who had to pass due to her full schedule). Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in New York City, Queen was released in theatres on 20 February 2004.

Later in 2003, leaving The Mouse behind (for the moment), Lindsay jumped over to Paramount Studios to re-team with Freaky director Mark S. Waters for Mean Girls, written by Tina Fey and starring several members of the cast of Saturday Night Live. Lorne Michaels asked Lindsay to host SNL as Mean Girls premiered in May, 2004, and she would host the show again a year later.

In 2004, Lindsay signed with Casablanca Records and released her first studio album, Speak. Her first single, Rumors—about a teen celebrity trying to keep her private life out of the spotlight—was a Gold Record, and the video was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Her second album, A Little More Personal (Raw), included the single, Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father). In that video, Lindsay's sister, Aliana, made her acting debut.

Back to Disney, Lindsay filmed Herbie: Fully Loaded with Michael Keaton and Breckin Meyer in 2005. In 2006, she'll headline Just My Luck for Fox. She will also play Meryl Streep's Daughter in A Prairie Home Companion. Lindsay also signed for leading roles in Bobby and Chapter 27.

Lindsay Lohan shares her birthday with the late US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, the late King Olav V of Norway, former Philippine First Lady Imelda ("I have more shoes than you") Marcos, New Hampshire Congressman John Sununu, WWF wrestler Bret "The Hitman" Hart, retired NASCAR driver Richard "The King of Stock Car Racing" Petty, and the late Wendy's Restaurant founder Dave Thomas (really!). Fellow actors born on 02 July include Yancy Butler (Witchblade), James McNichol (General Hospital, brother of actress Kristy McNichol), Jerry Hall (Batman, ex-wife of Mick Jagger), Ron Silver (Billionaire Boys' Club), Brock Peters (Star Trek), Ken Curtis (Gunsmoke), and Polly Holliday (Flo on television, "Marva Kulp, Sr." in The Parent Trap).

Jessica Marie Alba

Jessica Marie Alba was born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981. Jessica’s family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi while Jessica was very young. Her father, who was in the Air Force, moved the family to Del Rio, Texas, later. Eventually, the family settled in southern California when Jessica was nine. Jessica had always wanted to be an actress from the age of five. She took her first acting class at the age of 12. Shortly later, Jessica was signed by an agency.

In 1993, Jessica made her movie debut in Camp Nowhere. She was originally hired for a short time but got lucky when one of the main actresses dropped out. Jessica, who had the same color hair as the actress, eagerly took over the spot. After her first movie, Jessica appeared in two commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penny and a few independent films. In 1994, she landed a reoccurring role in "The Secret World of Alex Mac." She played a snob who made life hard for the main character with magical powers.

Also in 1994, she landed the role of Maya for a pilot of "Flipper". Jessica spent 1995 filming the first season of "Flipper" in Australia. Jessica is a PADI-certified diver and the "Flipper" show allowed her to have fun and play with the dolphins. The success of the first season of "Flipper" lead to the filming of the second season, which Jessica also starred in. Jessica involvement in "Flipper" lasted from 1995-1997. Since "Flipper" Jessica has appeared in a number of television shows and movies.

In 1996, Jessica appeared in Venus Rising as Young Eve. Also in 1996, she appeared in an episode of "Chicago Hope", as Maria. In 1997, Jessica appeared on the "Dini Petty Show", a Canadian talk show, and talked about her role in Flipper and her general acting career. She began working on P.U.N.K.S., featuring Randy Quaid, in 1998. P.U.N.K.S. was just recently released on video in early January, 1999.

In 1998, Jessica appeared in several TV shows for an episode or two. In early 1998, she appeared in "Brooklyn South", as Melissa. A few months later, she appeared in two episodes of "Beverly Hills 90210", as Leanne. And finally, she appeared in an episode of "Love Boat: The Next Wave." In 1999 she appeared a huge number of magazines. She had a small role in "Never Been Kissed" which was released in the Spring. A month later she could be found with a larger role in "Idle Hands." Her two performances in those movies started a buzz in the entertainment industry. Many more magazines would come knocking on her door. Shortly after the release of those two movies, she landed the starring role in "Paranoia". She finished filming Paranoia in June. The movie is in post-production now.

Shortly later she started working on what will potentially be her biggest work ever. She auditioned for the leading role in Dark Angel. She caught the eye of James Cameron and will now star in the post anticipated TV show of 2000, Dark Angel. With the huge success of Dark Angel and its legion of fans, Jessica will no longer be a rising star, she will be among the hollywood elite, a star.

Jessica made a comeback in 2003 with the title role in Honey. In 2005 she appeared opposite Bruce Willis in the movie "Sin City", the down-and-dirty feature-film version of
Frank Miller's popular graphic novels. Alba played Nancy Nancy Callahan, stripper with a tortured past who's about as close to innocence as it gets in a grisly black-and-white world. She also starred in the classic Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four. Jessica went on to host the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches spoofing the movies King Kong, Mission Impossible 3, and The Da Vinci Code.

In 2006, readers of Askmen.com voted Alba No. 1 on 99 Most Desirable Women, while in 2007, Maxim Magazine placed Alba on the number 2 spot of their Top 100, Both GQ and In Style magazines had Alba on their June covers, and in May, after eight million votes, FHM named Alba the winner as 2007’s Sexiest Woman in the World.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Sin City 2	Nancy Callahan	(Cameo)
	The Eye 2 Part 2	Allison	(Cameo)
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Sue Storm	(completed)
	The Eye	Allison	(filming)
	The Ten	Liz
	Bill	Lucy	(post-production)
	Good Luck Chuck	Cam Wexler	(completed)
	Awake	Sam	(completed)
2005	Into the Blue	Sam
	Fantastic Four	Sue Storm
	Sin City	Nancy Callahan
2003	Honey	Honey Daniels
	The Sleeping Dictionary	Selima
2000–2002	Dark Angel	Max Guevara/X5-452	(TV series)
2000	Paranoid	Chloe
1999	Idle Hands	Molly
	Never Been Kissed	Kirsten Liosis
	P.U.N.K.S.	Samantha Swoboda
1996	Too Soon for Jeff	Christy	(TV series)
1995–1996	Flipper	Maya	(TV series)
1995	Venus Rising	Young Eve
1994	Camp Nowhere	Gail

Colin Farrell

Colin James Farrell (Born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth and S.W.A.T..

Farrell was born prematurely, weighing 1 pound 6 ounces, in Castleknock, Dublin to Rita and Eamon Farrell. His father was a footballer who played for Shamrock Rovers FC. Farrell has three siblings, two sisters, Claudine and Catherine, and a brother, Eamon Jr.

Farrell was educated at St. Brigid's National School in Castleknock followed by Castleknock College and Gormanston College. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was a promising young football player for Dublin team, Castleknock Celtic, as a goalkeeper. Farrell attended The Gaiety School of Acting, but dropped out and was cast in the part of Danny Byrne on Ballykissangel, a BBC television drama. Farrell appeared on the show from 1998 to 1999.

Farrell had a number of small parts in various TV shows and movies, until 2000, when he was cast in the part of Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland, an American film directed by Joel Schumacher. Farrell's next American films, American Outlaws (2001) and Hart's War (2002), were not commercially successful, but his 2003 films, including Phone Booth, S.W.A.T. and The Recruit were well-received box office successes. Although he has a pronounced Irish accent, Farrell uses an American accent in some of his films including American Outlaws and his breakthrough role, Tigerland. Farrell is also a proven supporting actor, given his performances as an ambitious cop who chases after a potential criminal, played by actor Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002), and as the skilled villain Bullseye in Daredevil (2003).

In 2004, Farrell appeared in several films that received only a limited theatrical release, including Intermission and A Home at the End of the World, both of which received some positive reviews.

Farrell appeared in the title role of Alexander the Great in 2004's Alexander, which received mixed reviews. The film was marked by controversy, including homoerotic scenes with other men. Both the movie, including Oliver Stone's directing and story telling of Alexander, and Hephaistion's bisexual aspects, were heavily criticized by some historians and film critics who saw it as an inaccurate and misleading representation of the characters' sexualities. Though it failed at the US box office, it made a profit on its overseas revenues.

Farrell also appeared as a bisexual character in A Home at the End of the World. He has credited his homosexual brother, Eamon Farrell Jr., for inspiring him and teaching him about "the meaning of love and understanding."

His next film was 2005's Academy Award-nominated The New World, also a historical epic that was met with mixed reviews. Farrell played the leading role of captain John Smith, the founder of 17th century colonial Jamestown, Virginia who falls in love with a beautiful American Indian maiden, Pocahontas, played by actress Q'Orianka Kilcher. The film achieved success, despite being released in 811 theatres worldwide and having a relatively low box office gross.

The New World was followed by Ask the Dust, a romance film set in period Los Angeles co-starring Salma Hayek. It received a very limited theatrical release and was not a financial success. 2006 brought more success in Farrell's career, as he appeared opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's action-crime film Miami Vice. The film received box office status grossing a total of US$ 163,557,986.00 in its worldwide revenues; Universal Pictures released it in over 3,000 theatres worldwide and it captured the top spot at the box office, grossing more than US$ 25.7 million in its opening weekend.

Elisha Cuthbert

Biography
Elisha Ann Cuthbert (born November 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known as the former co-host of the Canadian children's television series, Popular Mechanics for Kids, and for her role as Kim Bauer in the American action-thriller television series 24. She had her first lead role in the 2004 feature film, The Girl Next Door.

Cuthbert was born in Calgary, Alberta, the oldest of Kevin and Patricia Cuthbert's three children. She grew up in Greenfield Park, near Montreal, Quebec. In 2000, she graduated from Centennial Regional High School and moved to Los Angeles, California (at the age of 17) to pursue a career in acting.


Career
Early Career
When she was 7, Cuthbert started modeling for various lines of children's clothing and also became a foot model. She made her first televised appearance as an extra in the horror-themed series for children, Are You Afraid of the Dark?; she later become a series regular. Cuthbert also co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids, which was filmed in Montreal. Her reporting captured the attention of then-First Lady, Hillary Clinton, who invited her to visit the White House.

Cuthbert landed her first role in a feature film in the family drama Dancing on the Moon (1997). She appeared in several other Canadian family-themed movies and an airplane thriller, Airspeed. Cuthbert starred in the Canadian television movie Lucky Girl in 2001 and was awarded a Gemini Award for her performance.

Soon after her move to Los Angeles, Cuthbert was cast in the role of Kim Bauer, daughter of CTU agent Jack Bauer in the television series 24. She appeared in the show's first three seasons, but not in its 4th; she guest-starred in only two episodes in the 5th season. She also re prised her role as Kim Bauer in 24: The Game.

Hollywood Film Career
Cuthbert auditioned for the role of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film, though the role eventually went to Kirsten Dunst. She began her Hollywood film career with small roles in Old School and Love Actually in 2003.

Cuthbert's next film, The Girl Next Door, cast her in her first lead role as a burgeoning porn star, Danielle, alongside Emile Hirsch. Cuthbert had initial reservations about taking the part, but was persuaded by director Luke Greenfield into accepting. She researched the role, speaking to actual adult actresses from Wicked Pictures and Vivid Entertainment. Upon its release the film received comparisons to Risky Business — although Cuthbert claims her character was not directly based on De Mornay's character — and was noted for Cuthbert's sex appeal. Critics were divided; some praised the film for its boldness, while others, notably Roger Ebert, decried it for being gimmicky and exploitative. Ebert wrote that he saw Cuthbert's character Danielle as "quite the most unpleasant character I have seen in some time."

In her next big-screen outing, Cuthbert starred with Paris Hilton and Chad Michael Murray in the 2005 remake of the classic horror film House of Wax. Cuthbert, along with the rest of her cast mates, was made up to look haggard and frightened. In one scene, her character was to attempt to open her mouth while her lips were sealed with glue. For the sake of realism, Cuthbert opted for real superglue over prosthetics. Despite her efforts, House of Wax was largely panned, with critics citing a range of flaws. It was called "notable for having some of the most moronic protagonists ever to populate a horror film," though out of those characters reviews tended to think Cuthbert "fares the best". Others noted Cuthbert as an "exception" playing her role "earnestly" and "fine".

Cuthbert's next film project was the indie film The Quiet, which she not only co-starred in but also co-produced and helped finance. budget. She played Nina, a temperamental 17-year old cheerleader who suffered from sexual abuse. Cuthbert looked to her younger sister for inspiration as to how to play a teenager. The Quiet, distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited release in Los Angeles and New York City on August 25, 2006, before expanding regionally on September 1.

Recent career
Cuthbert appeared in the music video for Weezer's "Perfect Situation" in early 2006, where she played the group's fictional original singer who threw a tantrum that led to Rivers Cuomo, the unlikely roadie, becoming the frontman of the band. Cuthbert features a small role in Paris Hilton's music video for the song "Nothing In This World". As of September 2006, Cuthbert is scheduled to appear in three feature films. The first, Captivity, is a thriller centered around a fashion model and her chauffeur being taunted by a psychopath who has imprisoned them in a cellar. In He Was a Quiet Man, Cuthbert's character, Vanessa, will be a quadriplegic. The film will contain comedic and dramatic elements; the cast includes Christian Slater and William H. Macy. The third film, Cat Tale, is an animated film set in a civilized world of cats and dogs. Cuthbert will voice Cleo, "the feline daughter of a wealthy kitty litter baron." Cat Tale is scheduled for release in 2007 by Walt Disney Pictures. Reports indicated that Cuthbert would be collaborating with Babbit and Belle again in the upcoming comedy Itty Bitty Titty Committee; however, neither Cuthbert nor Belle are listed in the IMDb entry for the film.

Cuthbert also screened along with Brandon Routh for the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns but eventually she lost out to Kate Bosworth and also lost to Jessica Alba as Susan Storm of Fantastic Four. She is being considered to play the part of Wonderwoman.

In 2007, she will appear in My Sassy Girl alongside Jesse Bradford.

Personal life
Cuthbert, who enjoys painting, is a devoted hockey fan and Los Angeles Kings season ticket holder, as are her mother and brother, Jonathan, who are active in the sport. She maintained her own blog on the NHL's web site. She began a relationship with Ayala Justin Timberlake's personal assistant, and became engaged to him in June 2004. Sometime in November 2005, Ayala remarked, "Neither one of us is in a hurry to get married." The engagement has since been broken off.

Cuthbert regularly secures a place in FHM and Maxim's annual Top 100 Sexiest/Hottest lists. Her highest ranking was #5 in the 2005 UK Edition of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. She was ranked #14 in 2003, #10 in 2004, and #22 in 2006. The U.S. Edition ranked her #53 in 2003, #63 in 2004, and #54 in 2006. She was not listed in the U.S. 2005 list. Maxim magazine named her #92 in its 2006 Hot 100 list and features her in their Girls of Maxim Gallery. As of 2006, Cuthbert has stated that she would refuse to be photographed nude in film roles or magazines, and uses body doubles whenever necessary, specifying that she "like to keep some things to [herself]".

Most recently, Elisha was ranked #10 by AskMen.com readers in the list "Top 99 Women of 2007".

Cuthbert has expressed an interest in returning to live in Montreal once she has reached her "higher goals" and "feel[s] content" about her career.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Dancing on the Moon	Sarah
1997	Mail to the Chief	Madison Osgood
	Nico the Unicorn	Carolyn Price
1998	Airspeed	Nicole Stone
1999	Believe	Katherine Winslowe
	Time at the Top	Susan Shawson
2000	Who Gets the House?	Emily Reece
2001	Lucky Girl	Katlin Palmerson	Won a Gemini Award
2003	Love Actually	American Goddess Carol-Anne
	Old School	Darcie Goldberg
2004	The Girl Next Door	Danielle
2005	House of Wax	Carly Jones
2006	The Quiet	Nina Deer
2007	Captivity	Jennifer Tree
	He Was a Quiet Man	Vanessa
	My Sassy Girl	Jordan Roark	Post-production
2008	After Dark		Pre-production
	Cat Tale	Cleo (voice)	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role
1997-2000	Popular Mechanics for Kids	Herself
1999-2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Megan
2001-2004 (Guest appearances in 2006)	24	Kim Bauer