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| Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell Holly Marie Combs, familiar to audiences for her role as teen age Kimberly Brock on the Emmy-Award winning series "Picket Fences," returns to series television in "Charmed." Combs was born in San Diego and moved with her family to New York when she was eight years old. Following in her mother's footsteps as an aspiring actress, she began her career working in television commercials and print advertisements at age 10. She won her first movie role by 13, playing the daughter of Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon in the feature film "Sweet Hearts Dance." At 18, Combs got her big break starring for four seasons as the insightful daughter of parents played by Tom Skerritt and Kathy Baker in the critically acclaimed drama "Picket Fences." In television movies, she has played an impressive range of starring roles, including the daughter of a murdered heiress in the fact-based "Daughters," killer Diane Zamora in "Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder," a rape victim in "Sins of Silence," and Robert Urich's daughter in Danielle Steel's "A Perfect Stranger." In feature films, Combs played a young girl propositioned by a wheelchair-bound Tom Cruise in the 1989 Vietnam War Saga "Born on the Fourth of July." Additional big-screen credits include the horror drama "Dr. Giggles," "Chain of Desire" with Malcolm McDowell and Linda Fiorentino, and "Simple Men." Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell Best known for her role on the long-running comedy "Who's the Boss," Alyssa Milano literally grew up on television. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Milano got her thespian start in 1980 with the national touring company of "Annie." Soon after, at the age of 10, she was cast as Samantha Micelli in "Who's the Boss" and starred on the series opposite Tony Danza for eight years. The show completed its last season in 1992, and she continued to hone her talents on both the big and small screen. Most recently, Milano starred on the prime time serial "Melrose Place," and "Gold Rush," an original film aired as part of "The Wonderful World of Disney." Additionally, Milano starred in the title role in the in the feature comedy "Hugo Pool." Directed by Robert Downey, Sr. and co-starring Sean Penn, Malcolm McDowell and Richard Lewis, the film chronicled a day in the life of a Bel-Air pool cleaner (Milano). Her additional feature credits include the psychological thriller "Fear" with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg, "Double Dragon," "Where the Day Takes You," "Commando" and "Little Sister." She has starred in a wide range of television movie roles including "Braving Alaska," "The Surrogate," "Confessions of a Sorority Girl," "Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story," "Conflict of Interest" and "Candles in the Dark." On stage, Alyssa starred in "Tender Offer," a one-act play written by Wendy Wasserstein; "All Night Long"; and the first American musical adaptation of "Jane Eyre." She returned to her theater roots in 1991 when she starred in and produced a Los Angeles production of "Butterflies Are Free." A performer of many talents, Milano also enjoys a successful recording career in Asia, having released five albums including her most recent work, "Do You See Me?" Her first album, "Look In My Heart," was second only to Madonna overseas and received platinum status. Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews The child of hippies, McGowan was born September 5, 1975, in Florence, Italy, to a French mother and Irish father. The second oldest of six children, McGowan was raised on an Italian commune run by the Children of God cult. Her family relocated to Oregon when McGowan was 10, and she left the commune at 15. She supported herself with a variety of odd jobs and even lived on the streets for awhile before traveling to Los Angeles to attend an arts school. It was in Los Angeles where director Gregg Araki discovered her. Araki was busy casting his "The Doom Generation" and gave her the role of Amy Blue, the film's beautiful, spoiled, and morally ambiguous protagonist. Prior to her role, McGowan had only appeared as a minor character in "Encino Man," making her casting in Araki's film all the more fortuitous. "The Doom Generation" was released in 1995, to mixed reviews and a fair amount of controversy, but helped to establish McGowan as, if not Hollywood's Next Big Thing, then Internet fodder for slavering males everywhere. The film also gave her a greater chance at steady work and she followed "The Doom Generation" with the low-budget thriller "Kiss and Tell." Afterwards, she landed a role in Wes Craven's "Scream." The film was a surprise hit and McGowan's turn as a frisky student who has an unfortunate encounter with a garage door further widened her fan base. After starring in the TV movie "Devil in the Flesh," McGowan appeared in two back-to-back movies with Ben Affleck. First came her turn as the girl who tries to seduce a very excited Jeremy Davies in "Going All the Way," followed by her role in the ski slope film "Phantoms." Recently, McGowan starred in independent film "Jawbreaker" with Rebecca Gayheart. As Courtney Shane, McGowan excelled in a role that was equal parts vamp, tramp, and camp. The film met with mixed reviews and lackluster box-office but helped to cement McGowan's position as one of the most watchable guilty pleasures of the late '90s. Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt Born and raised in Southern California, Brian Krause got his acting start starring in "The Return to the Blue Lagoon," opposite Milla Jovovich. He went on to star in several films including "Sleepwalker," "Breaking Free," "Naked Souls," and "The Liars' Club." Krause has also made guest appearances on "Walker, Texas Ranger," and "Tales from the Crypt." Like his Charmed co-star Julian McMahon, he also had a role on daytime soap "Another World" as Matthew Cory. When not on the set of Charmed, Krause enjoys golf, tennis, basketball, the beach and playing Scrabble. Julian McMahon as Cole Turner A native of Australia, Julian McMahon grew up in the public eye: His father, the late Sir William McMahon was the Prime Minister of Australia in the '70s. McMahon escaped the spotlight when he entered law school at the University of Sydney. However, after a year, he won the lead in a primetime drama "The Power, The Passion," and dropped out of school. He later went on to star in another Aussie hit series "Home and Away." His career took him to the U.S. where he got his TV start as Ian Rain on daytime soap "Another World." He appeared in cable movie "Quite Night," guest-starred on "Will and Grace" and portrayed Detective John Grant on TV drama "Profiler." McMahon's big screen credits include "Wet and Wild Summer" with Elliot Gould, "Magenta," and "Chasing Sleep" with Jeff Daniels. He recently starred in the cable TV movie "Another Day with Brad Renfro and Shannen Doherty. Now a Los Angeles resident, McMahon enjoys surfing, biking and cooking. Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell First known for her starring role as Brenda Walsh on "Beverly Hills, 90210," Shannen Doherty returned to series television and teamed with Aaron Spelling again for the first three season of "Charmed." Doherty was born in Memphis, Tenn., where she lived until she was seven. Her family then moved to Los Angeles, and she got her first big acting break when the late Michael Landon discovered her from an episode of "Father Murphy." He cast her at age 11 as Jenny Wilder in the series "Little House: A New Beginning." Doherty went on to star in the series "Our House" and "Beverly Hills, 90210," the show that made her a household name. She played the teenage twin sister of Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestly) on the popular Aaron Spelling drama from 1990 to 1994. Moving effortlessly between television and film, Doherty starred with Christian Slater and Winona Ryder in the 1989 black comedy "Heathers." Her other big-screen performances include the teen comedy "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" with Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker, Ron Howard's "Night Shift," and "Mall Rats," directed by Kevin Smith. Doherty won rave reviews for her performance as the famous "Gone With the Wind" author in the television movie "A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story," and starred opposite Antonio Sabato Jr. in the Showtime original film "Jailbreakers," directed by William Friedkin. She also starred in the miniseries "Gone in the Night" and "Robert Kennedy and His Times," as well as the TV movies "Sleeping with the Devil," "The Ticket" and "Friends 'Til the End." Copyright:WB11.com |