Born and raised Brooklyn to Italian-American parents, actress, Alyssa Milano started acting on the stage in a national tour of Annie at the age of eight. She rose to teen stardom as the tomboyish Samantha Micelli on the ABC sitcom Who's the Boss, which ran from 1984-1992. Never really making the transition to feature films she appeared in sleazy made-for-TV movies, provacative ad campaigns, and nude photographs. In one of her more prominent TV performances, she portrayed Amy Fisher in "Casualties of Love: Long Island Lolita" Story on CBS in 1993. Her few feature film credits include quirky romantic comedey "Hugo Pool" and the thriller "Below Utopia", staring Ice-T. She joined the cast of Melrose Place on FOX for the 1998-1999 season before moving over to the WB for Charmed, co-staring Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs. In the late '90's, she released several pop/rock albums, which did quite well in Japan. She also married and divorced rocker August Cinjin Tate from the post-grunge band Remy Zero before embarking on a series of other well-publicized celebrity relationships. Since the popularity of Charmed, she's appeared in major television ad campaigns and the comedies "Kiss the Bride", "Buying the Cow", and "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star". After winning several legal battles involving her nude images on the internet, Milano helped to launch the website SafeSearching.com.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide |
