Sarah Michelle Gellar

• Birth Name

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  

• Birth Date

  04/14/1977

• Birthplace

  New York, New York

• Credits

  16 Movies, 7 TV appearances, 4 awards
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• Family

  Father: Arthur Gellar
  

  Jewish; born c. 1941; divorced from Gellar's mother c. 1984; found dead in his apartment on October 9, 2001

  Mother: Rosellen
  divorced from Gellar's father c. 1984

• Notes

  "I was thinking to myself: 'I can't do this....I can't do it.' I was worried about it the night before, wondering if I'd ever be able to go ahead. It was no better on the day itself."

  "As for the scene being sexy, I was so nervous I thought I was going to throw up! We had to film in the open in New York's Central Park and it seemed that half the city was watching."---Gellar on her kiss with Selma Blair in "Cruel Intentions" Now Magazine January 2004
  "It was always a financial struggle," she recalls. "A private education in New York is one of the best you can get in the world, but we were barely able to make rent payments on our apartment. I'm not going to pretend it was easy at school either. There were a lot of rich kids who made my life hell. They soon got to know that I was there on a

  part scholarship and could hardly afford to make up the fees. They constantl

  

  y reminded me of the fact, too, so I've always thought of high school as being a breeding ground for evil. It made me more determined than ever to make something of my life."---Gellar on growing up with no money and financing her own education with TV commercials Now Magazine January 2004
  "What Sarah bring to the part is her intelligence. At the same time, she's got that hormonal, idiosyncratic goofiness that makes Buffy not just the Terminator." --series creator Joss Whedon quoted in TV GUIDE, August 2, 1997
  "You know that when you hire her to do a job she's not going to be in the trailer, complaining about everything. She's going to be right out there at three in the morning, barefoot, in the freezing cold, giving you the 10th take." --screenwriter Kevin Williamson quoted in TV GUIDE, August 2, 1997
  In the 1999 online voting for the initial presentation of the TV GUIDE Awards, Gellar was cited for Best Woman's Hair-Do and as both the Sexiest Female and Best-Dressed Female.
  

• Milestones

  (1981) Began career in commercials for Burger King at age four (date approximate)
  (1986) Co-starred opposite Matthew Broderick (and later Eric Stoltz) in Horton

  

  Foote's play "The Widow Claire"
  (1999) Co-starred with Ryan Phillippe in "Cruel Intentions", a contemporary version of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
  (1997) Had first screen lead in "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
  (1992) Had regular role on syndicated serial "Swan's Crossing"
  (1984) Had small role in feature film "Over the Brooklyn Bridge"
  (2003) Left the cult classic series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to pursue a full time film career
  (2004) Once again played Daphne in "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed"
  (2002) Played Daphne in the live-action version of "Scooby Doo"
  (1993-1996) Played Kendall Hart on "All My Children" (ABC); won Daytime Emmy
  (1997) Played supporting role as a sorority sister in "Scream 2"
  (1991) Played the young Jacqueline Bouvier in "A Woman Named Jackie" (NBC)
  Set to star in an arthouse film based on the stories from Melissa Bank's book, "A Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing" (lensed 2005)
  (2001) Starred in "Harvard Man", directed by James Toback
  (2006) Starred in "The Grudge 2" a sequel to the 2004 American horror film remake; again directed by Takashi Shimizu
  (2004) Starred in Takashi Shimizu's thriller "The Grudge"
  (1983) TV acting debut in the CBS TV-movie "An Invasion of Privacy"
  (1992) Was in pre-Broadway cast of Neil Simon's "Jake's Women"
  Will co-star with Seann William Scott in Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales" (lensed 2005)
  (1997-2003) Starred in title role of the series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (The WB, 1997-2001; UPN, 2001-2003)

Rebecca Romijn Biography

• Birth Name

  Rebecca Romijn

• Birth Date

  11/06/1972

• Birthplace

  Berkeley, California

• Credits

  11 Movies, 9 TV appearances, 1 awards

• Family

  Husband: Jerry O'Connell
  met in the fall of 2004 when Romijn was scouting for her documentary "Wet Dreams"; they became engaged September 2005; wed July 14, 2007 in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles

  Husband: John Stamos
  born August 1963; engaged December 24, 1997; married on September 20, 1998; separated April 2004, after five years of marriage; divorce final March 2005

  Father: Jaap Romijn
  Dutch; divorced from Rebecca's mother

  Mother: Elizabeth Kuizenga
  second generation Dutch American; divorced from Rebecca's father

  Sister: Tamara Romijn
  born April 1975

• Notes

  "I don't mind doing sort of sexy, raunchy pictures if there's a sense of humor about it." --Rebecca Romijn-Stamos to Detour, September 1998.
  "I grew up in this hippie environment in Berkeley, where they don't really care if you're good-looking . . . It's a very anti-vain place where it's cool to own a progressive bookstore or to work with abused children, but not to want to be in the spotlight or even to pay much attention to your looks. I honestly never even put makeup on or had my hair done until I started modeling in 1991. Neither my sister nor I ever really thought about the way we looked growing up. In our teens, we didn't know or care about makeup or designers or anything like that. We both lucked out in the genes department. In fact, my first agent wanted to hire my mom as a supermodel-making machine. It was like, 'I'll pay you to make more babies'." --From Movieline, February 2000.
  

  "In some ways, coming from the modeling background that she did, she probably has to work harder to break these preconceived notions...and she worked really hard on this role, but never in a way that looked affected. She has a really strong, natural ability that makes an impact without feeling forced."---Greg Kinnear on working with Romijn-Stamos in "Godsend" Premiere Magazine April 2004
  "Sometimes I find myself having to try extra hard to be goofy and disarming to prove to people that, yeah, I pick my nose just like you do." --Romijn-Stamos to Movieline, February 2000.
  "The makeup was the most excruciating part of the shoot. Only somebody with modeling experience could have done it."---About her role as Mystique in "X-Men", Romijn-Stamos told Josh Chetwynd of USA Today July 6, 2000
  "When I have structure, ai get so much more done. If I have nothing to do, I won't do anything. I will sit at home and watch TV all day."---Romijn to Emmy, issue 1, 2006.
  On filmmakers' desire to cast her as a sex object: "There are plenty of gay filmmakers out there that aren't interested in you for your sex ... I have no problem with being a talented moviemaker's fag hag." --From Movieline, February 2000.
  

• Milestones

  (1999) Again named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People"
  

  (2003) Again played Mystique in "X2"
  (2006) Appeared in the documentary, "Wet Dreams" about her attempt to choreograph one of the Bellagio's famous water fountain routines; premiered at the CineVegas Film Festival in Las Vegas
  (1991) Began modeling career after being recruited by a Parisian model scout
  (2002) Cast in female lead of the remake of "Rollerball"
  (2000) Donned blue body paint to play the evil mutant Mystique in the big-screen version of "X-Men"
  (1999) Had a cameo in the blockbuster comedy "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"
  (2002) Had a small role as an actress doubling for the computer generated female lead of "Simone"
  (1999) Had recurring role as David Spade's model wife on the NBC comedy "Just Shoot Me"
  (1998) Had small but unforgettable part as a drunken, bearded lady in Norm Macdonald's big-screen comedy "Dirty Work"
  

  

  (2007) Joined the cast of ABC's "Ugly Betty" as a series regular
  (1998) Made TV acting debut on an episode of NBC's "Friends"; played a messy girlfriend of David Schwimmer's Ross
  (2006) Makes series lead debut as a reporter in the WB's "Pepper Dennis"
  (1997) Named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People"
  (1999) Played Hugh Hefner's daughter Kimberly in the TV-movie "Hefner: Unauthorized" (USA Network)
  Raised in Berkeley, California
  (2006) Reprised the role of Mystique in the third installment of the "X-Men" series, "X-Men: The Last Stand"
  (1992-1995) Spent three years in Paris modeling for magazines like Elle, Sports Illustrated, Marie Claire, etc.
  (2002) Starred as Laure Ash, a con woman trying to get straight, in Brian De Palma's erotic thriller "Femme Fatale"
  (2004) Starred opposite Greg kinnear, as parents who clone their son after he was killed in an accident in the thriller "Godsend"
  (2004) Starred opposite Thomas Jane and John Travolta in "The Punisher"
  (1997) Succeeded Daisy Fuentes as host of MTV's "House of Style" (December); was replaced in 1998 by James King
  Was featured in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition
  (1995) Moved to NYC and divided time between USA and Europe

Keira Knightley Biography

• Birth Name

  

  Keira Knightley

• Birth Date

  03/26/1985

• Birthplace

  Teddington, London, England

• Credits

  13 Movies, 1 TV appearances, 3 awards

• Family

  Brother: Caleb Knightley
  born c. 1979

  Father: Will Knightley
  

  Mother: Sharman McDonald
  

• Hookups

  Companion: Jamie Dornan
  model; met at a Manhattan photo shoot in August 2003; began dating in 2004; announced split August 10, 2005.

  Companion: Rupert Friend
  

  met while co-starring in "Pride & Prejudice"; began dating December 2005

  Companion: Del Synnott
  actor; met in 2001, while working together on "Princess Of Thieves"; split November 2003

• Notes

  "I first stared asking for an agent when I was three. I thought it was really unfair that I didn't have one. I got my first part when I was seven. I basically just stood in the background, smiled... and looked very cute... I didn't really do very much."---Knightley to Vanity Fair, February 2003.
  

  

  "Sex scenes are easy," she laughs. "I don't have a problem with them. I'm an actress. I have certain tools - one of them is my body. I don't mind stripping off occasionally."---Knightley in the Mirror, May 14, 2007.
  "There are a lot of beautiful girls around the world, but the problem is, they can't turn off who they are when the camera turns on. Keira is very natural in front of the camera-when she becomes the character, you don't see any of the acting wheels turning"---Jerry Bruckeimer, producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Vanity Fair April 2004
  "To take this character who's so infamous and completely change her is one of the reasons that you do this job, to keep on changing and surprising people,"---Knightley on playing Guinevere in "King Arthur" to People, July 09, 2004.
  Knightley was diagnosed with dyslexia as a small child
  Producer Jerry Bruckheimer predicts that in 10 years, Knightley will be: "a major star. She is a terrific kid. Not to mention her enormous talent. In the end, it all comes down to her screen persona. I mean, you like what you see onscreen; she becomes the character. She is the real thing." People July 7, 2004
  

• Milestones

  (2005) Cast as Elizabeth Bennet, the eldest of five sisters in "Pride and Prejudice," an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, directed by Joe Wright; earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress
  (2004) Cast as Guinevere opposite Clive Owen in "King Arthur" a demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
  Cast as a French silkworm merchant's wife in the period drama "Silk" (lensed 2006)
  (1996) Cast as the princess in the television feature "Treasure Seekers"
  Cast in "Atonement," a drama based on the World War II-era novel by Ian McEwan (lensed 2006)
  (2003) Co-starred in Richard Curtis' directorial debut "Love Actually"
  (2001) Co-starred in the independent thriller "The Hole"
  (2003) Co-starred in the sleeper hit "Bend it Like Beckham"
  (2003) Joined Johnny Depp for the action summer feature "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
  (1989) Obtained her first agent by the age of six
  (1994) Obtained her first role in Moira Armstong's "A Villiage Affair"
  (2005) Portrayed Domino Harvey, a model-turned-bounty hunter and daughter of actor Laurence Harvey in Tony Scott's "Domino"
  (1999) Portrayed the character Sabe who acted as a decoy to Natalie Portman's character in "Star Wars Episode 1"
  (2006) Re-teamed with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom in Gore Verbinski's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
  (2007) Reprised role of Elizabeth Swann in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Jennifer Connely Biography

• Birth Name

  Jennifer Connelly

• Birth Date

  12/12/1970

• Birthplace

  New York, New York

• Credits

  15 Movies, 1 TV appearances, 7 awards
  

• Family

  Father: Gerard Connelly
  married once before

  Mother: Eileen Connelly
  

  Son: Kai Dugan
  born in July 1997; father, David Dugan

  Son: Stellan Bettany
  born August 5, 2003; named after Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgaard

• Notes

  "I don't want that leap (into comedy) with the wrong film and have people say, 'See? We told you. She's only good at playing neuroic, suicidal people. Put her back into drama, quick!'"---Connelly on wanting to pursue other types of roles, to VLife, June/July 2005.
  "I like doing things that intimidate me."---Jennifer Connelly in Vanity Fair, February 1996.
  "I wasn't a kid who wanted to be an actress. I suddenly found myself making movies, and eventually I had to stop, take acting apart, and then choose it again on my own terms."---Connelly quoted in Movieline, October 2000.
  On her childhood interest... "I had no aspirations, I had no movie posters in my room, I wasn't a movie buff. I liked Evel Knievel and animals and I kind of liked science."---Connelly US Weekly Sepetmber 2, 2002.
  

• Milestones

  (1984) Acted in first feature, "Once Upon a Time in America"; portrayed Elizabeth McGovern's character as a child
  

  (2000) Appeared as the painter's young mistress in "Pollock", Ed Harris' biopic of Jackson Pollock; screened at Venice, Toronto and New York Film Festivals
  Began modeling and doing commercials at age ten; continued working as a model until her teens
  (2006) Cast in Todd Field's "Little Children" alongside Kate Winslet
  (1991) Cast in the female lead of "The Rockateer"
  (2003) Cast opposite Eric Bana in "The Hulk", directed by Ang Lee
  (1998) Co-starred as Rufus Sewell's estranged spouse in "Dark City"
  (2001) Co-starred opposite Russell Crowe in the biopic of schizophrenic Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash Jr in "A Beautiful Mind"; received Best Supporting Actress Oscar
  (2006) Co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio in Edward Zwick's "Blood Diamond"
  (2000) Had featured role in the fall drama series "The $treet" (Fox)
  (1996) Played Nick Nolte's mistress whose death is at the center of a mystery in "Mulholland Falls"
  (2000) Played a drug addicted fashion designer in "Requiem for a Dream"; premiered at Cannes (not in competition)
  (1986) Played a girl trying to rescue her baby brother from Goblin King David Bowie in "Labyrinth"
  (2003) Plays a recovering addict trying to save her home in "House of Sand a

  

  nd Fog"; an adaption of the novel written by Andre Dubus III
  (1995) Portrayed a lesbian college student in "Higher Learning"
  (1997) Portrayed one of three alluring sisters in the feature "Inventing the Abbotts"; first onscreen teaming with Billy Crudup
  Raised in Brooklyn Heights, New York
  (2000) Reteamed with Crudup in the romantic drama "Waking the Dead"; screened at Sundance
  (1986) Starred in "Seven Minutes in Heaven"
  (2005) Starred in the thriller "Dark Water," directed by Walter Salles
  (1993) TV-movie debut, "The Heart of Justice" (TNT)
  Will co-star with Philip Seymour Hoffman for a new adaptation of "Macbeth," (lensed 2005)

Liu Yi Fei Biography

Crystal Liu Yi Fei Profile

Name: Crystal Liu Yi Fei (Liu YiFei, Liu Xi Mei Zhi)
Birth name: An Feng
Nickname: Xixi, Baozi
Birth date: August 25, 1987
Birth place: Wuhan, China
Height: 170cm
Blood Type: B
Education: Beijing Film Academy (graduated 2006)
Languages spoken: Mandarin and English
Profession: Actress and singer

Favorite sports: Golf and tennis
Favorite actresses: Audrey Hepburn and Vivian Leigh
Favorite singers: Amuro Namie and Faye Wong

Crystal Liu Yi Fei Biography

Crystal Liu Yi Fei was born in Beijing but spent her childhood mostly in Wuhan. Her father was a university professor while her mother a famous dancer and stage performer.

Liu Yi Fei was already modeling since 8 years old; her photos are still found on some streets in Wuhan where she spent her childhood. Yi Fei was said to be a very potential artist since she was a kid; she showed talents in singing, dancing and playing piano.

After the divorce of her birth parents, Yi Fei left China to USA with her mother at age of 10. Yi Fei only came back to China in 2002, where she was accepted into the prestigious Beijing Film Academy at the tender age of 15.

Just shortly after Yi Fei got into Beijing Film Academy in 2002, she received chances to star in a TV drama, “Story of a Noble Family”.

Liu Yi Fei then got her leading role as ‘Wang Yuyan’ in CCTV’s “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils”, a WuXia drama based on the legendary Jin Yong same titled novel.

Crsytal’s age was a concern for most people as they were worried if she could performed to the standard at the age of 15… but Yi Fei proved to everyone that her maturity is beyond her age and her performance at the series was up to the par.

Liu Yi Fei starred in her first movie “Love of May” in 2003, followed by another movie “The Love Winner” in 2004.

It was however Crystal’s acting in another popular TV drama, “Chinese Paladin” in 2004 that made Yi Fei a superstar in China.

Chinese Paladin or “The Legend of Fairy Sword” was adapted from a popular RPG game and both the TV drama and game were superhit in China. Yi Fei played the leading role ‘Ling Er’ and Ling-Er was used as her nickname by Chinese fans as well.

In 2005/2006, Yi Fei made her fame as international superstar as ‘Xiao Long Nu’ in CCTV’s TV drama series, Return of the Condor Heroes, another Jin Yong’s WuXia novel adopted production. ROCH is a popular hit across Asia, from China to Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and South East Asia. Liu Yi Fei is becoming a household name and one of the most popular young actresses.

Liu Yi Fei is becoming a singer too, she signed a record contract with Sony Music in August 2005 and has been learning singing and dancing in Japan and China since then. Yi Fei has released her first Japanese single “Mayonaka no Door” in July 2006 and released her debut Chinese album in September 2006.

Crystal Liu decided to take a break from entertainment world in early 2007 to pursue her study in USA… but her plan was interrupted because of a great chance to star alongside superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li in movie “The King of Kungfu,” which they are filming at the moment.

Why I like Crystal Liu Yi Fei

For me, Crystal Liu Yi Fei is not stunningly beautiful, but she’s definitely cute and has the like-ability factor. It is hard for anyone, any ages or gender to not like a girl like Yi Fei.

Liu Yi Fei first caught my eyes in her role at "Love at May", her acting was just ok… but after I discovered that Yi Fei was just 15 when making the scene, I changed my perception about her… she was definitely showing more potential than one could expected from her age.

After Zhang Ziyi making her fame in Hollywood, people always wonder who is the next from China to shine in the international stages, everyone is still waiting… and Liu Yi Fei is a possible candidate to live up to international superstar status.