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Alyssa Jayne Milano was born on December 19, 1972 in
Staten Island, New York. She is an American actress.
She currently appears in The WB network program
Charmed. Milano was born to Italian-American
parents, Tom and Lin Milano, and she has a younger
brother, Cory (born 1982), who is also an actor. She
and Cory grew up on Staten Island.
She began her career at the age of eight when she won a part in an open audition for a national tour of Annie. Having gained a reputation, she appeared in television commercials and off-Broadway productions. One of her first acting roles was at the age of 10 in the television program Who's the Boss? with Tony Danza, Judith Light, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond. She starred as Samantha Micelli, the daughter of Tony Danza's character, Tony Micelli. In order to appear in this show, her family relocated from Brooklyn to Hollywood.
In 1985 Alyssa played the role of Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter in Commando.
For the majority of her career Milano was known for her role on Who's the Boss?, something which she tried to shed by appearing in many very adult film roles. Many of these included nudity or very graphic (simulated) sex scenes. Many actresses do not manage to escape the stigma of such a career turn, and the years following Who's the Boss? were rough for her, but Milano redeemed herself with her success on Melrose Place and especially Charmed.
Milano is also an accomplished singer and recording artist, though not in her home country of the United States. She has released 5 albums that have all reached sales of over 1 million copies in Japan. She even appeared in the blink-182 video for the song "Josie".
In 1989 her image was used for the character development of Ariel in the Disney movie, The Little Mermaid.
Milano is an avid fan of tattoos and has several of them. She was briefly engaged to actor Scott Wolf in 1993. Later she was married to Remy Zero lead singer Cinjun Tate from January 1st until November 20th, 1999. At present she is dating Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny. Milano also had a brief fling with pop music singer Justin Timberlake in 2002.
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- Is number30 on '100 Greatest Teen Stars' list,
ahead of people like Tom Cruise, Leonardo Dicaprio,
Will Smith and Christina Aguilera.
- Alyssa appeared in Blink 182's music video, "Josie".
- Alyssa Milano: I turned vegetarian after 9/11. A friend of mine came back from New York and said that he couldn't stand the smell of burnt flesh. It immediately reminded me of a barbecue.
- Has played two different characters who both rode on a horse naked. Phoebe in Charmed and the mayor's daughter in Spin City.
- Is allergic to soy products. Is a vegetarian and a supporter of PETA.
- Her nicknames are Lyssa and Conan.
- She has recently stated (along with Rose McGowan) that she will not be renewing her contract for a ninth season of Charmed.
- Alyssa is going through Laser Hair Removal Surgery and says it is more painful than when she had any of her seven tattoos done.
- Alyssa is Dyslexic.
- In November 2005, Alyssa and the rest of the cast from Who's the Boss? appeared in a reunion on The Tony Danza Show.
- Holly Marie Combs was a bridesmaid at her wedding to Cinjun Tate.
- The show Alyssa stars in, Charmed, will become the longest run female-lead show in TV history in January 2006!
- Alyssa is a big hockey fan.
- She had 5 albums released in Japan which all went platinum. These were titled Alyssa, Look In My Heart, Best in the World, Locked In a Dream, and Do You See Me?
- She was voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list.
- She wore colored contact lenses in some episodes of Who's the Boss?
- She was awarded $230,000 in a default judgement against a web designer that allegedly posted nude pictures of her.
- She had a best-selling excercise video in 1988 called: Teen Steam.
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