Andrea Corr Biography

Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born May 17, 1974) is an Irish singer, and an actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the frontwoman of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group, The Corrs which consists of herself and her three siblings, Caroline, Sharon and Jim. As a band, they are notable for their hit singles, including their debut "Runaway" and "Breathless." Aside from singing lead vocals, she can play the tin whistle and the piano which was taught by her father.

With The Corrs she has released five studio albums, two compilation albums, one remix album and two live albums. The Corrsare currently on hiatus because Sharon, Jim and Caroline are raising their children, so Andrea is pursuing a solo career, releasing her debut album, Ten Feet High, in 2007. The album moved away from the folk-rock genre of The Corrs and features a darker, edgier dance-pop sound.

Andrea is involved in philanthropic acitivies. She has played charity concerts to raise money for the Pavarotti & Friends Liberian Children's Village, Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, the victims of the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland and The Prince's Trust in 2004. She is an ambassador for the Nelson Mandela's "46664" campaign, raising awareness towards AIDS in Africa. During the Edinburgh Live 8 on 2 July 2005, The Corrsperformed "When the Stars Go Blue" alongside Bonoto promote the Make Poverty History campaign. As a result, she had received an honorary MBEs for her contribution to music and charity in 2005.

Ester Canadas Biography

Born March 1, 1977, in Alicante at Costa Blanca, Spain, Esther Cañadas did not initially want to become a model. She initially wanted to pursue a career as a criminologist, but after much convincing by her mother, she tried modeling out while she was still in school.

Esther signed her first contract with the Take 2 Agency after winning a local competition for a teen magazine. She represented her country in a model search and was sent to South Africa. She then moved to Barcelona on her own to begin working. When she started modeling, she felt that it was nothing more than a job and something new to try, but she eventually realized that it was what she really wanted to do.

She moved to New York in 1996, where it took only two days for her to get booked by twenty designers. Her modeling career took off from then on. The various advertisements she has appeared in include: Atelier Versace, J Crew, Mossimo, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Victoria's Secret. She is probably most known, however, for her appearances in DKNY ads. She has graced the cover of Elle Spain, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire Italy, Mondo Uomo, as well as Vogue Spain -- all in 1997.

Esther has walked down the catwalk at many designer fashion shows, including shows for Calvin Klein, D&G, DKNY, Oscar de la Renta, Richard Tyler, Todd Oldham, Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Versace, and Givenchy -- just to name a few.

When she's not strutting her stuff down the runway, appearing in advertisements, or jet setting to the fashion capitals of the world, she finds the time to involve herself in charity events as well as act in films. Esther made her feature film debut with an appearance in 1999's action/romance The Thomas Crown Affair, starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

Esther is definitely a natural beauty, admitting that she doesn't diet or exercise regularly. According to her, modeling has given her the opportunity to travel around the world, although the life of a model can get lonely from all the moving around. She refers to this loneliness by explaining that "the often solitary lifestyle demands an inner strength."

Evidently not living in solitude, Esther recently married Dutch model Mark Vanderloo in 1999.

Eva Herzigova Biography

Eva Herzigova was born in March 10, 1973, in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia. Her father works in an electricity company, Eva's mother is a secretary.
Eva grows up in a small village in Northern Czechoslovakia. Being a model was the last thing she could think of, as by that moment she had been doing sports actively: gymnastics, basketball, track, and cross-country skiing .
While paying a visit to the capital one day, the 16-year-old Eva meets a friend, who informs her of a forthcoming model contest organized by
: Metropolitan Models, a French modelling agency. However, Eva does not consider it real to take part in such a contest and sends her sister.
The latter, however, refuses to go at the last moment and Eva decides to try. Radiating the charm of Marilyn Monroe makes her pretty interesting.
Naturally, Eva is approved of at the contest and soon goes to Paris, where she is photographed for numerous fashion magazines. Many European designers prefer to promote their collections through her vivid appeal.
Those are giant names such as: Paolo Roversi, Peter Lindberg, Patrick Demarchelier and Gilles Bensimon .
Eva is not the typical woman - model, who is sought by fashion-makers : she is tall, with appealing breast, which is not characteristic of the
fashion trends in recent decades: thin, almost unreal measures.
She is invited to attend various fashion events and reviews. Versace, Valentino, Laroche and Oldman are just a small part of the numerous names that were blessed to have her as a model. The beautiful blond is the face of Wonder bra and nobody can forget the distinctive sentence, that makes most of the men go crazy : Look at my eyes, I said-eyes !
Just like every lady from her branch, she has also tried to break into cinema : she takes part in Ellen von Unwerth's film called Infern? .
Contrary to the widespread conviction regarding blonds, Eva is an intelligent woman: she speaks the following languages: English, Czech, Russian, and French. Her pastimes are: pottery, horseback riding, reading, going to the movies, and riding her Harley Davidson. She also adores: Japanese, Italian and French cuisine.
To date, she lives with her husband: Tico Torres, the drummer of Bon Jovy .

Elizabeth Banks Biography

Name : Elizabeth Banks
Birth name : Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell
Date of birth : February 10, 1974
Place of birth : Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Profession : Actor
Years active : 1998–present
Height : 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Spouse : Max Handelman (2003 – present)

Elizabeth Banks' natural talent, striking presence and undeniable energy are quickly earning her a reputation as one of the most promising young actresses in Hollywood. Banks most recently appeared in Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed Catch Me If You Can. Banks plays a bank teller who is unwittingly instrumental in teaching Frank some tricks of the con-artistry trade.

Banks appeared in two other major motion pictures in 2002: she co-starred with Madonna, Jeanne Tripplehom and Bruce Greenwood in Guy Ritchie's Swept Away, the story of a group of socialites whose boating trip goes awry; she also appeared as Betty Brant (a role director Sam Raimi created for her) in the box office hit Spider-Man. The film about the iconic web-spinning hero starred Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe and Kirsten Dunst. Banks' additional feature credits include roles in John Singleton's Shaft, with Samuel L. Jackson, and Wet Hot American Summer, starring Janeane Garofalo and David Hyde Pierce. She has also appeared in several independent features, including The Trade and Ordinary Sinner, which won the Best Film Award at the 2002 Slamdunk Film Festival in Sundance.

On the small screen, Banks has appeared in several guest-starring roles, including a highly acclaimed performance in Law & Order: SYU, HBO's Sex and the City and NBC's Third Watch. Her extensive theater credits include roles in American Conservatory Theater's productions of Hurly Burly, Bethlehem, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Woman of No Importance and Uncle Yanya, as well as the Guthrie Theater's production of Summer & Smoke, directed by David Esbjornson. Originally hailing from Massachusetts, Banks received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her graduate degree at the American Conservatory Theater. Banks currently resides in Los Angeles.



* Elizabeth Banks graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1992.
* She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta. Was the first in her family to graduate from college.
* Banks graduated from American Conservatory Theater's Advanced Training Program in 1998.
* She enjoys "Fantasy Football" as a hobby.
* She was considered for the role of Susan Storm/Invisible Girl in Fantastic Four (2005), just like Fernanda Romero.
* She is wife of Max Handelman. She and her husband work as a production team (Brownstone Productions). They met at the University of Pennsylvania.
* College friends with Todd Lieberman.
* She is oldest of four children in a divided house (Her mom was for the Boston Red Sox and her dad was for the New York Yankees).
* She converted herself to Judaism after marrying her husband in 2003.
* She met President George W. Bush when Seabiscuit (2003) was screened at the White House. In Oliver Stone's W.(2008) she plays the role of Laura Bush, the president's wife.
* She was taking a course on flying the trapeze with a girlfriend (2008).
* Her father, Mark Mitchell, was a factory worker for General Electric and her mother, Ann Mitchell, worked, until recently, in a bank.
* As a young child, she was a contestant on the Nickelodeon game show, "Finders Keepers" (1987).
* Poltergeist (1982) was the scariest movie she has ever seen. She saw it, with her sister, when she was eleven.
* She is a major fan of David Letterman.
* Turned down a role in The Crazies (2009) because the role was too similar with her character in Slither (2006), and she didn't want to repeat herself.
* She got the role in Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) after Rosario Dawson turned it down.
* Bad Santa (2003) is her favorite holiday movie.