characters

Piper Halliwell- Piper is now the oldest sister after Prue died. Juggling with her sucesssful nightclub and her recent marriage to the sister's White-lighter, Leo, Piper seeks the inner strength to lead and look out for her two sisters. Her two wiccan powers are that of to Freeze Time the ability to stop time, objects and demons and to blow up a demon at will.

Phoebe Halliwell- Phoebe the eccentric and free spirited sister had always enjoyed the priviledges that come of being the youngest. Now she must relinquish that role to Paige. Having graduated from college last year, she is working on gaining maturity as well as honing her Martial Arts skills and the ability to Levitate. Phoebe's relationship with the half human, half demon Cole continues to intensify, yet the reality that he is on the run makes thier romance and lives in constant peril. Phoebe's wiccan power's are that of Premonitions the ability to see into the past and future and her recently new power of Levitation the ability to float in mid-air.

Paige Matthews Halliwell- Paige the newest of the Halliwell sisters was raised by adopted parents and always felt that there was something different about her. In the search for her birth parents, she learned that she was abandoned at birth at an local church, the result of an clandestine love between Phoebe and Piper's mother and a White-lighter. Paige's wiccan power's were that of Telekinetic Orbing the ability to move things with her mind by calling to it and also to Orb the ability to move from one place to another in a flash of blue lights was because her father, Sam, was a White-lighter.

Leo Wyatt- Leo is the sisters White-lighter-a gaurdian angel for witches who provides the sisters with information and assistant when demons attack.He was sent to protect all the sisters, but he always had a special affinity with Piper.He wasn't supposed to fall in love with her but he did which lost him his White-lighter status for a while all so he could be with the woman he loves.In Febuary 2001 he finally got the chance to become her husband after objections sent by his "Bosses".Leo was actually a soldier during World War II but was killed in this battle so he was offered immortality and a position as a White-lighter protectors of witches.

Cole Turner/Belthazor- Cole or better known as Belthazor was half human and half demon.As a human he was a DA, but as demon he was Belthazor the big red demon who was sent after The Charmed Ones to destroy them but was unsuccessful when his human half was in love with Phoebe the youngest of the three sisters but now the middle. He is now more vulnerable to his human side then his demon side.Since he is doing good rather then evil, The Source sends Bounty Hunters to go after Belthazor and destroy him.But now he is mortal and the Bounty Hunters nor The Source can track him.He also asked for Phoebe's proposal but he is still waiting for an answer.

Holly Marie Combs
Combs was born in San Diego, California and moved with her family to New York when she was 8 years old.Following in her mother's footsteps as an anspiring 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 starrring roles, inlcuding the daughter of a murdered heiress in the fact-based "Daughters", killer Diane Zamora in "Loves Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder" and a rape victim in "Sins Of Silence".

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 "Chain Of Desire" with Malcolm McDowell and Linda Fiorentino, and "Simple Men".

Alyssa Milano
Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. , Milano got her start with the national touring company of "Annie".At 10 she was cast as Samantha Mircelli in "Who's The Boss?" and starred opposite Tony Danza for 8 years.The show ended in 1992, and she continued to hone her talents on both the big and small screens.Most recently, Milano starred for two season on "Melrose Place", and in "Gold Rush", an original television movie on "The Wonderful World Of Disney".

Milano starred in the title role 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", "Little Sister" and "Below Utopia".

She has starred in a wide range of television movies including "Braving Alaska", "The Surrogate", "The Conflict Of Interest and "Candles In The Dark".She also guest-starred in the episode Showtimes "Rebel Highway".

On stage, Alyssa starred in "Tender Offer", a one-act play written by Weny Wesserstein;"All Night Long", and the first American musical adaptation of "Jane Eyre".She returned to her theatre roots in 1991 when she starred in and produced a Los Angeles production of "Butterflies Are Free"

Rose McGowan
One of six children in her family, McGowan was a citizen of the world at an early age.Raised in Italy, she spent her childhood traveling throughout Europe.She returned to the U.S. in order to attend high school and move to Seattle.

A chance trip to Los Angeles resulted in her being cast in the film "The Doom Generation".Her performance in Gregg Araki's dark and style road movie earned her nomination for Best Newcomer at the 1996 Independent Spirit Awards.Also in 1996, Rose appeared in Wes Craven's smach hit "Scream" as Sydney's (Neve Campbell) doomed best friend who met with unseemly death under a garage door.

Since this auspicious debut, McGowan has worked non-stop.In 1997, she had the distinction of starring in four films appearing at the Sundance Film Festival: "Going All The Way, Louis & Clark & George, Nowhere" and the short film "Seed".In 1998 Rose starred with Ben Affleck and Peter O'Toole in the feature film thriller "Phantoms"and in the independent film "Southie", which won best picture at the 2000 Seattle Film Festival.

Recently starring roles include the dark comedy "Jawbreaker", about three high school girls who conspire to cover up the accidental murder of thier friend.She was also found earlier this year in "Monkeybone", co-starring Brendan Fraser.She will next star in the independent film "Vacuums" which was co-written and will be directed by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, the duo that created the Broadway hit "Stomp".

Brian Krause
Krause first rose to attention when he starred opposite Milla Jovovich in "The Return To The Blue Lagoon".Shortly thereafter, he landed the head role of Charles Brady in Stephen King's feline thriller "Sleepwalkers".Additional feature credits include "Breaking Free" with Jeremy London and Christine Taylor, "Naked Souls" with Pamela Anderson Lee", "The Lair's Club" with Wil Wheaton and "December" co-starring Balthazor Getty and Jason London"He will be seen next opposite with Judd Nelson in television thriller "Return To The Cabin By The Lake".

In addition to his series regular work, Krause has made guest appearances on a number of shows including "Walker", "Texas Ranger" and "Tales From The Crypt", as well as a six-month stint as Matthew Cory on the daytime drama "Another World".

Julian McMahon
The son of the late Sir William McMahon, who served as Prime Minister in Australia in the 1970's, McMahon grew up in the public eye until he escaped into academia as a law student at University of Sydney.During his first year, however, the limelight beckoned and he won the lead in the primetime drama "The Power, The Passion".Law school was but a memory as he moved on to star in a second hit series, "Home And Away".

Moving to the United States to continue his career, McMahon broke into American television with a two-year stint as lan Rain on the daytime drama "Another World".He also co-starred in the cable movie "In Quiet Night" and guest-starred on "Will And Grace".

On the big screen, McMahon appeared opposite Elliot Gould in the feature film "Wet And Wild Summer", appeared in "Magenta" and co-starred with Jeff Daniels in "Chasing Sleep".He has also starred on stage, most notably in Sydney and Melbourne productions of "Love Letters".