Alyssa Milano was born in December
of 1972 to Tom and Lin Milano. She has a younger brother Cory who has acted
in some of Alyssa's movies.Alyssa's career started in 1980 when she landed a
part of one of the orphans, June, in the musical Annie, which toured throughout
the United States for 14 months. Hot on the heels of her success in the musical
Annie, Alyssa next won the part of Adele in the musical version of Jayne Eyre
and followed that with a role in Tender Offer at the New York Ensemble Studio
Theatre. Alyssa next appeared in John O'Keefe's All Night Long at Manhattan's
Second Stage Theatre. Her feature film debut came in 1983 when she appeared
in the movie Old Enough.Wanting to get into television, because she hadnt done
that before, she started auditioning for some TV pilots. She went in for the
role of Samantha Micelli without having read any script for the show she would
star on for so long, Who's the Boss?.