Katie Holmes Biography

Katie Holmes

• Birth Date

  12/18/1978

• Birthplace

  Toledo, Ohio

• Family

  Husband: Tom Cruise
  began dating April 2005; became engaged June 17, 2005 atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France; married November 18, 2006 in a 15th-century castle outside of Rome in Bracciano, Italy; they had "officialized their marriage in Los Angeles prior to their departure for Italy"

  Brother: Martin Holmes Jr
  older

  Daughter: Suri Cruise
  born April 18, 2006; father, Tom Cruise

  Father: Martin Holmes
  

  Mother: Kathy Holmes
  

• Hookups

  Companion: Chris Klein
  began dating January 2000; became engaged in December 2003; announced split March 4, 2005

• Notes

  "I know I grew up very naive and sheltered, but I like that. I feel sad when I see kids who have experienced too much too young. I'm just learning myself what the real world is like. I'm glad I could wait this long before I had to deal with reality."---Holmes quoted in ROLLING STONE, September 17, 1998.

  "I was overjoyed in being pregnant and then had to withstand ridicule about my pregnancy when it was the most normal, non-controversial thing imaginable."---Holmes on the media storm surrounding her pregnancy to Vanity Fair, October 2006.
  "I've been accepted to Columbia, and I deferred for this year. Eventually I'll go back. I want to major in English right now, but that'll probably change next month!"---Katie Holmes in USA TODAY, October 31, 1997.
  

• Milestones

  Attended a modeling and talent convention in NYC where she was spotted by a talent manager
  Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio
  (1998) Cast as Joey Potter, the childhood best friend of the title character, in the ensemble TV drama "Dawson's Creek" (The WB); series created by Kevin Williamson
  (1999) Featured in the ensemble of Doug Liman's "Go"
  (2003) Featured opposite of Colin Farrell in Joel Schumacher's feature "Phone Booth"
  (1997) Had featured role as Libbets Casey in Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm"
  (2000) Had supporting role of a college student infatuated with her English professor in "Wonder Boys"
  (1997) Landed role of Lola in high school production of "Damn Yankees" (date approximate)
  (2000) Played a slutty rich girl whose disappearance and murder is an integral plot point in "The Gift"
  (2003) Played a troubled young woman forced to reevaluate her familial ties in "Pieces of April"
  (1998) Played leading role in David Nutter's "Disturbing Behavior"
  (2006) Portrayed a reporter opposite Aaron Eckhart in the satirical comedy "Thank You for Smoking" directed by Jason Reitman
  (2002) Starred as a college student troubled when a detective reopens the two-year-old case of her boyfriend's mysterious disappearance in "Abandon"
  (2005) Starred as the love interest to Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) in "Batman Begins"
  (1999) Starred in "Teaching Mrs Tingle", Kevin Williamson's directorial debut
  Will co-star with Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton in "Mad Money" (lensed 2007)

Amanda Bynes Biography

• Birth Name

  Amanda Bynes

• Birth Date

  04/03/1986

• Credits

  6 Movies, 6 TV appearances, 2 awards
  

• Family

  Brother: Thomas Bynes
  born c. 1976

  Father: Rick Bynes
  

  Mother: Lynn Bynes
  works with her husband

  Sister: Jillian Bynes
  born c. c. 1984

• Hookups

  Companion: Channing Tatum
  met while filming "She's the Man"; no longer together

  Companion: Nick Zano
  reportedly dated in 2003; no longer together

  Companion: Phil Lord
  reportedly dating as of July 2006

• Notes

  "I'm the type of person who believes that everything happens for a reason and at the time that it's supposed to,.."-Bynes
  

• Milestones

  Began acting in plays at an early age
  (2007) Cast as dorky Penny Lou Pingleton in the new big-screen remake of the musical "Hairspray"
  (2002) Co-starred in the television comedy series "What I Like About You."
  Co-stars with Chris Carmack and Jamie-Lynn DiScala in the romantic comedy "Lovewrecked" helmed by Randal Kleiser (lensed 2005)
  Discovered at a showcase performance in Los Angeles
  (2002) Feature acting debut, "Big Fat Liar"
  (1996-2000) Made guest appearances on the Nickelodeon series "All That"
  (2006) Played a girl who disguises herself as a boy in "She's the Man"
  (1999) Starred in own sketch comedy series "The Amanda Show" (Nickelodeon)
  (2003) Starred in the teen romance "What a Girl Wants"
  (2005) Voiced the role of Piper Pinwheeler in "Robots"

Aishwarya Rai Biography

Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan or Aishwarya Bachchan^[1] (Birthname: Aishwarya Rai; Tulu: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World contest in 1994.

Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997) opposite Mohanlal. She had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998), and came to the attention of Bollywood in the Hindi movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and she successfully performed in Bhansali's next project, Devdas (2002), for which she won her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare. Since then, she has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and English, including the international productions Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2005), The Last Legion (2007) and The Pink Panther 2 (2009) in English.

Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. Her family belongs to the Bunt community of Mangalore. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai and he works in Navy and also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). At an early age her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her "HSC" studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect.

She can communicate in several languages, including Tulu, Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil.^[2] While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place (behind Sushmita Sen), and went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.

Rai has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. She is now married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan who is three years her junior. The wedding took place on 20 April 2007.^[3]

Adriana Sklerinova Biography

name: Adriana Sklenarikova Karembeu
birth: Slovakia, 1971
bust: waist hips cm: 87-59-90,
inch: 34-24-35
height: 178cm, 6 feet
hair: blonde
eyes: blue
husband: Christian Karembeu

Adriana Sklenarikova was born in 1971, Slovakia. Her childhood went through some rough times as a result of a poor country seized with war.
It was a big change coming into fashion - like an underground culture. She later hit a great jackpot, which started the foundations of success. The tall, sexy blonde was named the new Wonder Bra girl, and this increased awareness of the soon to be star.
Adriana has represented many big companies, Dnyx Jeans, Byron Lars, Laura Biagiotti, to name a few.
"I've changed my life from black to white. There was nothing like fashion in Slovakia. I would like to keep working in this amazing world after the ending of my modeling career. I appreciate the proposal of the Italian movie director Carlo Vanzina for making a movie, but I think that was too involving for me, I'm too busy now. I also think that a model should not diversify too much her objectives." - Adriana.
Her deal with Peroni Beer paved the final stretch to fame, where she appeared in TV spots. She is now part of the Victoria Secret modeling team with other great supermodels like Tyra Banks. In 1998, Cupid's arrow finally got the better of her and one lucky man became her husband. Adriana Sklenarikova married Christian Karembeu, a soccer player to the Real Madrid team, in Spain of '98. The event was a big one, and made some noise.
The Slovakian is very famous in Europe but North America is still too stupid to realize they're missing out on the beauty and business of Adriana. Too bad. Maybe you have read that quote [from somewhere in the page] which askmen.com says, "A true test of a woman's beauty is how long you can really look at her." Maybe not the perfect barometer to go by, but you get the feeling of what hits the jackpot and what doesn't. Adriana definitely hits the jackpot. She is beautiful. Maybe it's that great tall figure with great curves, or her charming face. Those lips look like they could land a huge suction cup style kiss.
Face it, Adriana is a beauty bomb still exploding.

Amanda Peet Biography

Date of Birth

11 January 1972, New York, New York, USA

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Mini Biography

Amanda Peet grew up in New York with her older sister and their parents, Charles, a lawyer, and Penny, a social worker. She made an unconventional stage debut at the age of three when she jumped onto the stage during a play; yet, despite this early start, she later studied acting more as a hobby than anything else. She studied history at Columbia University where a drama professor convinced her to audition for acting teacher Uta Hagen, with whom she later went on to study for a four-year period; during which time, she participated in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing." She supported herself during the audition phase of her career by waitressing and with the residual checks she received from a Skittles candy commercial. Perseverance and hard work paid off, and in 1995, she was cast in a guest-starring role on the hit series "Law & Order" (1990).

Her feature film debut came in 1995 in the movie Animal Room (1995). For a while after, Amanda continued to find steady work, but also found herself appearing in a depressingly large number of indie films that were never picked up. She did however, meet her boyfriend Brian Van Holt on the set of indie movie Whipped (2000). Her turn as the ditzy hit-woman with the heart of gold in the hit comedy The Whole Nine Yards (2000) opposite Bruce Willis, that took her from supporting role status to leading lady. That same year she was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People In The World By People Magazine.

Spouse

David Benioff

(30 September 2006 - present) 1 child

Trivia

Graduated from Columbia University in 1994.

Voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the World 2000 by People Magazine.

Was maid of honor at actress Lauren Holly's wedding to Francis Greco. [10 March 2001]

Worked at "City Crab" in New York before hitting it big. (Source: Interview, "Larry King Live" (1985), 10 February 2000).

Replaced Amelia Heinle (the original Jack in the "Jack & Jill" (1999) pilot episode).

Attended Friends Seminary high school with actor Liev Schreiber when he was a senior and she was a freshman.

Educated at an all-girls' prep school in London.

Her father, Charles, has been a prominent corporate attorney in New York City for decades.

Ranked #44 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Engaged to David Benioff [July 22, 2005].

Has one older sister.

Named #87 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Did not learn to drive until she moved to L.A. in 2000.

Her character, "Jordan McDeere" on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006), is based on former NBC president Jamie Tarses.

Mother: the former Larry (sic) Levy, who was born in England.

At age 35, she gave birth to her first child. Daughter, Frances Pen was born on February 20, 2007 weighing 6 lbs, 10 oz. The baby's middle name is in honor of Amanda's mom, Penny.

Amanda and David were married at her alma mater, Friends Seminary high school, in New York City.