Alyssa Milano Biography

Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

Date of Birth:

19 December 1972, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name:

Alyssa Jayne Milano

Nickname:

Lyssa Conan

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography:

Alyssa Milano is the daughter of Italian-American parents Lin, a fashion designer, and Tom, a film music editor. Alyssa was born in a working class neighborhood in Brooklyn and grew up in a modest house on Staten Island. One day, her babysitter, who was an aspiring dancer, dragged Alyssa along to a an open audtion for the first national tour of Annie. But it was Alyssa, not the sitter, who beat out 1,500 other wanna be stage actresses to snag a role. So at the tender age of seven, with her mother in tow, Alyssa joined the tour as July, one of the orphans. After 18 months on the road, Alyssa, who had begun to garner a reputation as an energetic and charismatic young actress, left Annie to be featured in off-Broadway productions and television commercials. Then, in 1983 at age 10, she landed her breakthrough role on the new sitcom "Who's the Boss?" (1984) as Tony Danza's saccharine sweet daughter, Samantha Micelli, a kid whose native Brooklyn accent rivaled her TV dad's. In order for Alyssa to accept the gig, the Milano family had to uproot and move 3,000 miles to Hollywood.

IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous

Spouse:

Cinjun Tate (1 January 1999 - 20 November 1999) (divorced)

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Filmography

Threesome (2009) (TV) (pre-production) (rumored) .... Rebecca

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009) (VG) (voice) .... Dr. Ilyssa Selwyn

"My Name Is Earl" .... Billie / ... (10 episodes, 2007-2008) - Camdenites: Part 1 (2008) TV episode .... Billie - Camdenites: Part 2 (2008) TV episode .... Billie Cunningham - Girl Earl (2008) TV episode .... Billie - Love Octagon (2008) TV episode .... Billie - Killerball (2008) TV episode .... Billie (5 more)

Pathology (2008) .... Gwen Williamson

Wisegal (2008) (TV) .... Patty Montanari

Single with Parents (2008) (TV) .... Lou

The Blue Hour (2007) .... Allegra

Reinventing the Wheelers (2007) (TV) .... Annie

"Charmed" .... Phoebe Halliwell (178 episodes, 1998-2006)

Blink 182: Greatest Hits (2005) (V) .... Josie (segment "Josie")

Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005) (voice) .... 26

Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom (2004) (TV) (voice) .... April

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) .... Cyndi ... aka Dickie Roberts: (Former) Child Star (USA: promotional title)

Kiss the Bride (2002) .... Amy Kayne

Buying the Cow (2002) .... Amy

"Spin City" .... Meg Winston (2 episodes, 1997-2001) - Rain on My Charades (2001) TV episode .... Meg Winston - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1997) TV episode .... Meg Winston

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (V) (voice) .... Angel

Diamond Hunters (2001) (TV) .... Tracey Van der Byl

"Fantasy Island" .... Gina Williams (1 episode, 1998) - Superfriends (1998) TV episode .... Gina Williams

"Melrose Place" .... Jennifer Mancini (40 episodes, 1997-1998)

Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (1998) (TV) .... Frances Ella 'Fizzy' Fitz

Hugo Pool (1997) .... Hugo Dugay ... aka Pool Girl (UK: DVD title)

Below Utopia (1997) .... Susanne ... aka Body Count (video title)

To Brave Alaska (1996) (TV) .... Denise Harris

Fear (1996) .... Margo Masse ... aka No Fear

Public Enemies (1996) (V) .... Amaryllis ... aka Public Enemy #1 ... aka Public Enemy No. 1 (USA: TV title)

Poison Ivy II (1996) .... Lily Leonetti ... aka Poison Ivy 2 ... aka Poison Ivy II: Lily

Jimmy Zip (1996)

The Surrogate (1995) (TV) .... Amy Winslow

Glory Daze (1995) .... Chelsea

"The Outer Limits" .... Hannah Valesic (1 episode, 1995) ... aka "The New Outer Limits" (USA: promotional title) - Caught in the Act (1995) TV episode .... Hannah Valesic

Embrace of the Vampire (1995) .... Charlotte ... aka The Nosferatu Diaries: Embrace of the Vampire (USA)

Deadly Sins (1995) .... Cristina

Double Dragon (1994) .... Marian Delario, Power Corps Chief ... aka Double Dragon: The Movie

Confessions of a Sorority Girl (1994) (TV) .... Rita Summers ... aka Confessions of Sorority Girls (USA: video title)

Candles in the Dark (1993) (TV) .... Sylvia Velliste

Conflict of Interest (1993) .... Eve

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) (TV) .... Amy Fisher

The Webbers (1993) (TV) .... Fan ... aka At Home with the Webbers ... aka Webber's World

"Who's the Boss?" .... Samantha Micelli (196 episodes, 1984-1992) Where the Day Takes You (1992) .... Kimmy

Little Sister (1992) .... Diana ... aka Mister Sister (UK)

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990) (TV)

"Série rose" (1 episode, 1990) ... aka "Erotisches zur Nacht" ... aka "Softly from Paris" (USA: video title) - Softly from Paris (1990) TV episode

Speed Zone! (1989) .... Lurleen ... aka Cannonball Fever (Australia)

Dance 'Til Dawn (1988) (TV) .... Shelley Sheridan

Crash Course (1988) (TV) .... Vanessa Crawford ... aka Driving Academy

The Canterville Ghost (1986) (TV) .... Jennifer Canterville

Commando (1985) .... Jenny Matrix

Old Enough (1984) .... Diane

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Fun Facts

Trivia:

Had a best-selling excercise video in 1988 called Teen Steam.

Awarded $230,000 in a default judgement against a web designer that allegedly posted nude pictures of her. [December 1998]

Engaged to Scott Wolf but their engagement was broken off and they are no longer seeing each other. [1993]

Her first role was in the musical 'Annie' on Broadway, she was 8 years old then.

Wore colored contact lenses in some episodes "Who's the Boss?" (1984).

Born under the astrological sign Sagittarius.

Alyssa has seven tattoos. She has a sacred heart on her behind, a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, rosary beads on her back, an angel on her left ankle, an Orobous (a snake biting its own tail) on her right wrist, an "om" on the other wrist and a garland of flowers around her right ankle.

Favorite sport is Baseball and is a season ticket holder to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Plays piano and flute.

Her ex-husband, Cinjun Tate, is the lead singer for the rock group, Remy Zero.

Caused a stir with her TV Commercial for Candies perfume, which featured a black-lingerie clad Alyssa and a goateed man. The "Anywhere You Dare" campaign was rejected by such stations as WB and FOX. [2000]

Caused a stir with 2 of her Candies Print Ads, which one shows a man perfuming Milano's cleavage, the other presents her standing before a medicine cabinet stocked with perfume and condoms. Both ads were turned down by youth-oriented magazines Seventeen and Teen People. [2000]

Attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.

Caused a commotion with her TV dad, Tony Danza, when she posed nude in the 1993 pages of 'Bikini' magazine. "I worried about her, but it wasn't my place to say anything," explains Danza. "I played her father, but I wasn't her father."

Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2001]

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?

Lost out to Shannen Doherty for a role in Mallrats (1995).

Older sister of Cory Milano.

Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2003]

Measurements: Bust 36C

During the animation of The Little Mermaid (1989), her picture was used to create the lead character, Ariel. Coincidentally, her character on the WB hit TV show, "Charmed" (1998), temporarily turned into a mermaid at the beginning of the 5th season.

Ranked #5 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Her family once suffered a tragic fire. Her dad went back into the house to save the dog, risking his own life. He injured himself by jumping out of a second story window after the search for the dog became impossible due to the heat. The dog unfortunately did not survive.

Ranked #28 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"

Ranked #28 of "The 100 Greatest Child Actors of All Time"

Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty were her bridesmaids at her wedding to Cinjun August Tate.

Has played two different characters who both rode on a horse naked, Phoebe in "Charmed" (1998) and the mayor's daughter in "Spin City" (1996).

Is allergic to soy products.

Is a vegetarian and a supporter of PETA.

Ranked #30 in 100 Greatest Teen Stars.

Named #6 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Cousin of Eric Lloyd and Emily Ann Lloyd.

She is also an accomplished singer and recording artist, though not in her home country of the United States. She has released five albums that have all reached sales of over one million copies in Japan.

Was ranked #5 in E's 50 cutest child stars all grown-up.(2005)

Named #22 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Was an Indianapolis Colts supporter in the XLI Superbowl.

Is an active member of Unicef.

Out of what she called "necessity," Milano teamed with G-III and MLB to create her own signature "touch" line of team-logo fashion for the female fan, which was released for sale on-line on April 13, 2007.

Has a phobia of water, making her underwater scenes in the episode of Charmed "A Witch's Tail" very hard.

Has played four different characters named "Amy". In the 1995 movie The Surrogate (1995) (TV), she played .... Amy Winslow, in Buying the Cow (2002), she played .... Amy and in Kiss the Bride (2002), she played Amy and Amy Fisher in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) (TV).

Writes a blog for Major League Baseball's web site.

She is a huge fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Is a friend of baseball pitcher Carl Pavano, who pitched for the Montreal Expos, the Florida Marlins and the New York Yankees.

Appeared in underwear along with Yasmine Bleeth, Jamie Luner, Melissa Joan Hart, Garcelle Beauvais, Carmen Electra, Peta Wilson and Jeri Ryan on the cover of and inside the October 1997 issue of "Details" magazine.

[January 2009] Announced that she is engaged to her boyfriend Dave Bugliari, a Hollywood agent.

She stated on the DVD extras for her movie "Pathology" that she is an amateur photographer.

Personal Quotes:

Alyssa's favorite saying is "It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice."

"Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?"

"I've always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies."

We were in Brooklyn and we stopped by a neighbor's house ... there were these dogs there and I guess they had puppies, she was going to keep one but said she may have to put the rest to sleep if she couldn't find homes for them, so if we knew anyone that wanted puppies to let her know. I asked what she meant by "putting them to sleep", so I asked and my mom being as subtle as possible said it means they are going to kill them. So we took home one named Pluto.

Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have and, you know, if there are people that have compassion, there are very few people that put their money into animal rescue organizations. And if there is someone that has that passion, animals need all the help they can get.

"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." - On her decision to become a vegetarian.