Alyssa Milano

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, N.Y., Milano got her start with the national touring company of Annie. At 10, she was cast as Samantha Micelli in Who's the Boss? and starred opposite Tony Danza for eight 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 seasons 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, Conflict of Interest and Candles in the Dark. She also guest-starred in an episode of Showtime's Rebel Highway.

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.

Milano has taken groundbreaking action to protect her rights and the rights of celebrities on the World Wide Web. She has won several copyright infringement suits, and has dedicated the settlement money to the launch of a new search index on the web, safesearching.com, a global community bringing a safe way to get the best entertainment information on the Internet. Milano resides in Los Angeles, Calif. and spends her free time writing, attending dance classes and traveling.

Spouse: 'Cinjun August Tate' January 1, 1999 - November 20, 1999 (divorced)

Had a best-selling excercise video in 1988 called Teen Steam.

She was the 1-800-COLLECT girl.

(December 1998) Awarded $230,000 in a default judgement against a web designer that allegedly posted nude pictures of her.

(1993) Engaged to Scott Wolf but their engagement was broken off and they are no longer seeing each other.

Her first role was in the musical 'Annie' on Broadway, she was 8 years old then.

Wore colored contact lenses in some episodes Who's the Boss.

Born under the astrological sign Sagittarius.

Alyssa has five tattoos. She has a sacred heart on her behind, a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, rosary beads on her back, an angel on her left ankle, and a garland of flowers around her right ankle.

Favorite sport is Hockey.

Plays piano and flute.

Her ex-husband, Cinjun Tate, is the lead singer for the rock group, Remy Zero.

Sixth tattoo: An "om" on one wrist.

(2000) Caused a stir with her TV Commercial for Candies perfume, which featured a black-lingerie clad Alyssa and a goateed man. The "Anywhere You Dare" campaign was rejected by such stations as WB and FOX.

(2000) Caused a stir with 2 of her Candies Print Ads, which one shows a man perfuming Milano's cleavage, the other presents her standing before a medicine cabinet stocked with perfume and condoms. Both ad's were turned down by youth-oriented magazines Seventeen and Teen People.

Attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, CA.

Caused a commotion with her TV dad, Tony Danza, when she posed nude in the 1993 pages of 'Bikini' magazine. "I worried about her, but it wasn't my place to say anything, " explains Danza. "I played her father, but I wasn't her father."

A picture of her was used to create Ariel in the classic Disney movie Little Mermaid, The (1989)

(May 2001) Dating 'Charmed' co-star Brian Krause.

(2001) Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list

Had 5 albumms released in Japan which all went platinum. These were titled Alyssa, Look In My Heart, Best in the world, Locked In a Dream, and Do You See Me?

Lost out to Shannen Doherty for a role in Mallrats (1995).

Has 7 tattoos (November 2001)

Alyssa's favorite saying is "It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice."

"Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?"

Kiss the Bride (2002).... Amy

"Diamond Hunters" (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Tracey Van der Byl

Buying the Cow (2001)

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (V) (voice) .... Angel (speaking)

Women of Charmed, The (2000) (TV).... Herself/PhoebeHalliwell

Blink-182: The Urethra Chronicles (1999).... Josie

Jimmy Zip (1999)

"Charmed" (1998) TV Series .... Phoebe Halliwell

Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (1998) (TV).... Frances Ella Fitz ... aka Gold Rush! (1998) (TV)

Below Utopia (1997).... Susanne ... aka Body Count (1997/II) (video title)

Hugo Pool (1997).... Hugo Dugay

"Melrose Place" (1992) TV Series .... Jennifer Mancini (1997-1998)

Jimmy Zip (1996)

Public Enemies (1996).... Amaryllis ... aka Public Enemy #1 (1996)

To Brave Alaska (1996) (TV).... Denise Harris

Glory Daze (1996).... Chelsea Fear (1996).... Margo Masse ... aka No Fear (1996/II) ... aka Obsession mortelle (1996)

Deadly Sins (1995).... Cristina Poison Ivy II (1995).... Lily ... aka Poison Ivy 2 (1995) ... aka Poison Ivy II: Lily (1995)

Surrogate, The (1995) (TV).... Amy Winslow

Embrace of the Vampire (1994).... Charlotte ... aka Nosferatu Diaries: Embrace of the Vampire, The (1994) (USA)

Confessions of a Sorority Girl (1993) (TV).... Rita Summers ... aka Confessions of Sorority Girls (1993) (TV)

Conflict of Interest (1993).... Eve

Double Dragon (1993/I).... Marian Delario ... aka Double Dragon: The Movie (1993)

Webbers, The (1993).... Fan ... aka At Home with the Webbers (1993) ... aka Webber's World (1993)

Candles in the Dark (1993) (TV).... Sylvia Velliste

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) (TV).... Amy Fisher

Little Sister (1992).... Diana ... aka Mister Sister (1992) (UK)

Where the Day Takes You (1992).... Kimmy

Speed Zone! (1989).... Truck Driver ... aka Cannonball Fever (1989)

Teen Steam (1988) (V).... Herself ... aka Alyssa Milano's Teen Steam (1988) (V) (USA: complete title)

Dance 'Til Dawn (1988) (TV).... Shelley Sheridan

Crash Course (1988/I) (TV).... Vanessa Crawford ... aka Driving Academy (1988) (TV)

Canterville Ghost, The (1986) (TV).... Jennifer

Commando (1985).... Jenny Matrix

"Who's the Boss?" (1984) TV Series .... Samantha 'Sam' Micelli

Old Enough (1984).... Diane

Below Utopia (1997) (executive producer) ... aka Body Count (1997/II) (video title)

"Family Guy" (1999) playing "Herself"(voice) in episode: "Mr. Griffin Goes To Washington" (episode # 3.3) 7/25/2001

"Spin City" (1996) playing "Meg Winston" in episode: "Rain on My Charades" (episode # 5.17) 2/28/2001

"Fantasy Island" (1998) playing "Gina Williams" in episode: "Superfriends" (episode # 1.02) 10/3/1998

"Spin City" (1996) playing "Meg Winston" in episode: "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (episode # 2.11) 12/10/1997

"Outer Limits, The" (1995) playing "Hannah Valesic" in episode: "Caught in the Act" (episode # 1.14) 7/1/1995