Selma Blair

Mini Biography

One of our mostexciting and versatile actresses, Selma Blair first gained our attention forher performance in CruelIntentions (1999), a youthfulretelling of the classic novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". Aftergraduating from high school in Michigan, Selma moved to New York City to pursueher goal of being a photographer but found her way to acting classes at The Stella Adler Conservatory and The Column Theatre.

In 2004, Selma starred in Guillermodel Toro's Hellboy (2004) and appeared in John Waters's A Dirty Shame (2004). Her other film credits include Paul Weitz's In Good Company (2004), opposite Topher Grace in PrettyPersuasion (2005), opposite Stellan Skarsgård in wDelta z (2007), in Ed Burns's Purple Violets (2007), in Robert Benton's Feast of Love (2007) starring opposite Morgan Freemanand Greg Kinnear.and Newton Thomas Sigel's award-winning short film, The Big Empty (2005) opposite Elias Koteas.

Selma's upcoming projects include HomelandSecurity (2008) opposite Colin Hanks, Antonio Banderas and MegRyan and is in production onHellboyII: The Golden Army (2008).

Mini Biography

2008 was a busy year for Selma Blair.After Homeland Security (2008) (aka "HomelandSecurity"), Selma returned to the big screen as "Liz Sherman" in Guillermo del Toro's blockbustersequel, Hellboy II: The GoldenArmy (2008). She also starred inan independent film by writer and director LoriPetty, titled The Poker House (2008), starring opposite Oscar andGolden Globe nominee, JenniferLawrence. In the fall of 2008, Selma went to television and shot one seasonwith NBC's "Kath &Kim" (2008), starringopposite Molly Shannon. In thefall of 2009, Selma took to the stage and played "Kathleen" in award-winning playwright Rajiv Joseph's "GruesomePlayground Injuries".

Selma completed two films in 2011. Replicas (2011), a home invasion thriller,starring opposite James D'Arcy,and Dark Horse (2011) - Todd Solondz's latest film starringopposite Jordan Gelber, Christopher Walken and MiaFarrow. Dark Horse (2011) was selected for competitionand is set to have its world premiere at the 68th annual Venice Film Festivalfollowed by the Toronto Film Festival in September of 2011.

2011 also brings Selma Blair's latest project, motherhood. Selma and her"Ever Clothing" fashion designer boyfriend, Jason Bleick, welcomedtheir son, Arthur Saint Bleick, on July 25th 2011.

Emmy Rossum

Date of Birth

12 September 1986, New York City, New York, USA 

Birth Name

Emmanuelle Grey Rossum 

Nickname

Em 
Emmy Grey 

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m) 

Mini Biography

It would seem that 2004, the year of her 18th birthday, will be remembered as pivotal for Emmy Rossum due to her appearance in two very different films, The Day After Tomorrow(2004) and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). Emmy's performance in the latter film gained her a Golden Globe nomination, and should assure that she will be a memorable presence in many films to come.

Being born and raised in New York City provided Emmy with the perfect place to start her professional career. After passing an audition at the Metropolitan Opera when she was 7 years old, she performed in more than 20 operas in six different languages at Lincoln Center, alongside such figures as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. She was directed by Franco Zeffirelli in "Carmen." She left the opera when she entered her teenage years, as she had grown too tall to perform as a child. Emmy also appeared in a Carnegie Hall presentation of "The Damnation of Faust." She graduated from the Spence School, a private institution in Manhattan, in 1996 and then earned a high school diploma when 15 years old by taking online extension courses offered by Stanford University (Education Program for Gifted Youth). She later enrolled at Columbia University and studied art history and French.

In a change of venue, Emmy created the role of Abigail Williams in the daytime soap opera "As the World Turns" (1956) in 1997 and branched out in performances in the made-for-television movies Genius (1999) (TV) and The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) (TV), in which she played the title character as a young teenager. Other television work included "Snoops" (1999), "Law & Order" (1990), and "The Practice" (1997).

Emmy made her theatrical feature debut in the indie film Songcatcher (2000), with her good friend Rhoda Griffis, which won the Special Jury Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000. Rossum received an Independent Spirit Award nomination in the category of Best Debut Performance for her performance as an Appalachian orphan. She played an aspiring songwriter (the title character) in the romantic comedy Nola (2003). Cast as the ill-fated daughter of a small-business owner in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River(2003), she projected an aura of innocence that made her character's tragic death memorable and heartbreaking. This was her first major studio film.

After six months of filming her role as the fresh-faced but highly intelligent teenage damsel in distress The Day After Tomorrow (2004) in Montreal, she returned to New York and screen-tested for the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (2004) in full costume and makeup, and was finally selected for the part by Andrew Lloyd Webber after singing for him at his home. Although she was surprised to be chosen ahead of many better-known and older actresses considered for the part, the combination of her vulnerable, fragile beauty and fine, classically trained singing voice ultimately proved that she was perfectly cast. In preparation for the role, she took ballet classes for two months and started polishing her singing. Emmy has commented that, in her approach to acting, she draws heavily upon her own experiences, so she visited locations in Paris and conjured up what she terms "past memories" to draw upon in making her performance emotionally realistic. She stood on the roof of the Opéra Garnier, where Christine sings "All I Ask of You," and went underneath the opera house, where there is actually a gloomy, dark lake. She studied Degas's paintings of ballerinas in the Musée d'Orsay to learn how to stand like one.

Her next project Poseidon (2006) was a mainstream effort but since its release she has been more true to advice she obtained from Sean Pennwhen making Mystic River (2003) that she should be picky and only accept roles that are fun to do such as Dragonball: Evolution (2009).

Trade Mark

Always kisses someone at least once

Dies or has a near death experience in each film

Trivia

Attended the Spence School in Manhattan, an elite private girls' school that was also attended by Gwyneth Paltrow and Kerry Washington.

Has appeared in 20 different operas singing in five languages.

Had never seen the stage version of The Phantom of the Opera (2004) prior to filming the screen version.

Made her stage debut at seven years of age (she sang "Happy Birthday" for her audition) at the New York Metropolitan Opera. She made $5 a night singing with the children's choir. According to her, "There were horses onstage that were getting $150".

Her father is a banker and her mother is a corporate photographer.

Took cooking classes at Le Cordon Bleu in London.

In preparation for her role in The Phantom of the Opera (2004), she attended a séance at the Spiritualist Association of Great Britian, where a medium talked to her about her late grandmother.

Won Best Young Actress in 2004 Critic's Choice Awards

She obtained her high school diploma online via a Stanford University program.

Has celiac disease, an autoimmune disease in which the body can't tolerate any foods containing gluten or wheat.

Is an only child.

Her favorite actors are Sean Penn (her Mystic River (2003) co-star) and Miranda Richardson (her The Phantom of the Opera (2004) co-star).

Attending Columbia University.

Hobbies include reading, horseback riding, and ballet.

Her favorite book is John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".

Currently recording a pop album for Geffen Records [April 2006]

Cousin is Cecilia Becker, daughter of world-famous designer Vera Wang.

Her favorite designer is Ralph Lauren.

She is a fan of Audrey Hepburn.

Her favorite opera is "Carmen".

Used to be a vegetarian.

Is related to Vera Wang by marriage.

Studied acting with Flo Salant Greenberg of the Actor's Workshop in New York City for several years.

Is very close friends with singer/actress Ashlee Simpson.

Best friends with Leighton Meester, the actress and budding singer.

Was ranked #48 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2010 list.

Kristen Stewart

Date of Birth

9 April 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA 

Birth Name

Kristen Jaymes Stewart 

Nickname

Kris 
KStew 
Ki Ki 
Stew 

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m) 

Mini Biography

Though most famous for her role as Bella Swan in the Twilight saga, Kristen Stewart has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Mann-Stewart, both work in film and television. Her mother is Australian. The family includes three boys, her older brother Cameron Stewart, and two adopted brothers Dana and Taylor.

After a talent scout caught her grade school performance in a Christmas play at the age of eight, she appeared on television in a few small roles. Her first significant role came when she was cast as Sam Jennings in The Safety of Objects (2001). Soon after that, she starred alongside Jodie Foster in the hit drama, Panic Room (2002) and was nominated for a Young Artist Award.

Praised for her Panic Room performance, she went on to join the cast of Cold Creek Manor (2003) as the daughter of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. Though the film did not do well at the box office, she received another nomination for a Young Artist Award. After appearing in a handful of movies and a Showtime movie called Speak (2004), Stewart was cast in the role of a teenage singer living in a commune in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007), a critically acclaimed biopic. A third Young Artist Award nomination resulted in a win for this role. She also appeared in Mary Stuart Masterson's The Cake Eaters (2007) that same year.

Just 18, Stewart took on the starring role in Twilight (2008/I) opposite Robert Pattinson who plays the vampire lead, Edward Cullen. Based on a series of the same name written by Stephenie Meyer, the novel already had a huge following and the film opened to fans anxious to see the vampire romance brought to life. Awarded the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance, Stewart's turn as Bella continued in the sequels New Moon (2009) and Eclipse (2010/I). The final installments of the series start filming in late 2010.

Rocketed into stardom with the Twilight films, Stewart has continually shrunk from the spotlight. She's also taken on a number of indie projects such as Adventureland (2009) (filmed prior to the Twilight series) and Welcome to the Rileys (2010). And she took on the daunting task of playing rocker Joan Jett in Floria Sigismondi's The Runaways (2010) alongside Dakota Fanning. Though most critics heaped praised on Fanning for her poignant performance as Cherie Currie, Stewart also received praise for her acting and musical performances.

One of Stewart's next big projects is the upcoming film adaptation of the classic novel by Jack Kerouac, On the Road (2012), in which she'll star as Marylou. Shooting begins in the summer of 2010.

Stewart continues to live in Los Angeles, California.

Trade Mark

Long Brown hair

Deep Voice

Habitually bites Her lower lip

Often plays characters who are deeply troubled or have suffered an emotional trauma

Trivia

Has an older brother named Cameron Stewart and two adopted brothers named Dana and Taylor. They reside with her parents in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles. Kristen purchased her own home in 2008 and divides her time between there and her parents' residence.

Her father is John Stewart, a TV producer who works at Fox-TV. Co-producing "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" (2004). Since 2010, he has been working with George Lopez at "Lopez Tonight" (2009) on TBS TV.

Born in Los Angeles, California and then spent some of her early years in Colorado and Pennsylvania and has moved back to Los Angeles where she currently resides with her parents.

Supporter and member of the Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet.

Was ranked #17 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list. (2008).

Had to wear brown contact lenses for Twilight (2008/I) because she has naturally green eyes while Bella's eyes are supposed to be brown.

Four times nominated, 3 consecutive years (2003-2005) and in 2008 for the Young Artist Award. She won in 2008 for her acting in the movie Into The Wild.

Named The Movie Fanatic's Hottest Young Actress. (2008).

Has 3 dogs: Oz, a border collie mix, Jack and Lily who are hybrid wolves. Also has a cat named Max / Jella.

Was ranked #9 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).

Her mother is Australian.

Reads novels by Charles Bukowski and Kurt Vonnegut Jr..

Favorite book is "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck. Also likes the book "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.

Mother is Jules Mann-Stewart, a script supervisor who is directing her first film K-11 (2012),.

Was introduced to Vegemite (an Australian spread) by her Sydney-born mum, and names Noosa Heads (a Queensland resort town) as one of her favorite places on the planet. Her Australian heritage also inspired the name of her dog, a border collie named Oz.

Attended Saint Martin of Tours in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Replaced Hayden Panettiere as Sarah Altman in Panic Room (2002) just before shooting began.

After the release of New Moon (2009), Kristen Stewart was called for jury duty in Los Angeles and was accepted to a jury for a case in which the defendant was accused of soliciting sex from an undercover police officer posing as a prostitute. The case proceedings took three days and ended with the jury finding the defendant not guilty.

Was in a relationship with Michael Angarano until early 2009. They met on the set of Speak (2004).

Very private about her personal life. In 2010, many main stream media outlets began referring to her relationship with Twilight (2008/I) co-star,Robert Pattinson, as matter of fact rather than rumored.

Was named "Stonette of the Year" by High Times magazine in 2010 (for her performance in Adventureland (2009)).

Ranked #3 in FHM Online "Sexiest Women in the World" (2010).

Ranked #13 in the 2011 FHM list of "Sexiest Women in the World".

Ranked #6 in the 2010 FHM list of "Sexiest Women in the World".

She loves cats.

Her favorite horror movie is The Shining.

Her favorite city is New York.

Was named Forbes 5th Highest Paid Celebrity Couple in 2011 with boyfriend Robert Pattinson.

Chyler Leigh

Date of Birth

10 April 1982, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA 

Birth Name

Chyler Leigh Potts 

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m) 

Mini Biography

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina and raised in Virginia Beach and Miami Beach, Chyler began her career in front of the camera at age 12 modeling for magazines and catalogues. Her success in print later led to national commercials for Coca Cola and Wendy's, among others.

By age 16, she had already completed several pilots (ABC's "Wilder Days" (2000) and the WB's "Saving Graces" (1999)) at the onset. Aaron Spelling confirmed the young actress's talent when he hired her a few years ago as a series regular in the WB series "Safe Harbor" (1999) after seeing her performance on "Saving Graces" (1999). She also guest-starred on "7th Heaven" (1996) in a powerful three-story arc wherein her character, "Frankie", a young, inept mother had adversely influenced the family.

Leigh made her film debut in the Colombia/Tri-Star hit comedy spoof Not Another Teen Movie (2001), which opened nationwide December, 2001. She originally auditioned for a smaller role, but the producers and directors were so impressed with her performance that they invited her to read for the lead. Leigh was stunned by her good fortune.

By January of 2002, Leigh had already landed a series role on the Fox comedy "That '80s Show" (2002) (from the producers of "That '70s Show"). The mid season comedy series portrayed Leigh as a rebellious teenager on the Fox Network. After the short-lived run, the series was canceled, and Leigh was immediately brought to executive producer David E. Kelley for consideration in his new Fox series "Girls Club" (2002). Three days later, Leigh was flown for the New York up-fronts where she was introduced as one of the new series leads, "Sarah Mickle", a young attorney, on Fox's 2002 "Girls Club" (2002).

After only two episodes of "Girls Club" (2002) had aired, Leigh received a personal phone call from Kelley informing her of the show's cancellation and his desire to bring her forward to his already established series "The Practice" (1997). With only a matter of weeks between shows, Leigh was at work on the set of ABC's "The Practice" (1997) as "Claire Wyatt", a new Series Regular for the 2002-2003 season. In 2004, Leigh was reunited with Fox for their new half hour comedy pilot "Lucky Us". Chyler landed the starring role of the free-wheeling conservative young architect, "Lucy Reed". Weeks later, Leigh made a guest starring appearance as "Kate Spangler", a feisty young ad exec, in Fox's new drama series "North Shore" (2004)".

Later in the season, Leigh took a brief break from Fox to shoot a series lead role opposite Billy Campbell in the WB's drama pilot "Rocky Point"(2005). The series was centered on a young woman (Leigh) living on Hawaii's North Shore who takes in her estranged father (Campbell).

Most recently, Leigh has been tapped as a series regular on Fox's 2005 one hour pilot "Reunion" (2005). Leigh will star as "Carla", the quirky good girl who we see transform throughout the emotional, dramatic series which follows her and her five closest friends from their high school graduation in 1986 to their 20th reunion. "Reunion" (2005) from Warner Bros. TV and Class IV Productions was written/created by Jon Harmon Feldman and will be directed by Jon Amiel. The pilot's executive producers include Stephen Pearlman, Andrew Plotkin and Jon Harmon Feldman.

Trivia

Sister of actor Christopher Khayman Lee

The "Stuff" magazine cover she did with Mia Kirshner was the first time that magazine ever featured multiple people on the cover.

Though only 23 years old, she has already been a part of nine different TV series.

Has a son, Noah Wilde, born in December 2003 and a daughter Taelyn Leigh born in September 2006.

Ranked #41 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Expecting her third child, although the pregnancy will not be written into her "Grey's Anatomy" storyline. (People magazine, 29 December 2008).

Chyler and her husband welcomed their second daughter, Anniston Kae, on May 7, 2009, seven days after wrapping the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy. Anniston Kae is their third child.

Has a huge sprawling tattoo located on her lower back. The design is some type of artsy cosmic inspired masterpiece, which includes two creatures, stars and a night sky background.

Met husband Nathan West on the set of Not Another Teen Movie (2001). They married a year later, after he proposed while filming the movie.

Where Are They Now

(February 2003) After only two episodes of "Girls Club" (2002) had aired, Leigh received a personal phone call from David E. Kelley informing her of the show's cancellation and his desire to bring her forward to his already established series "The Practice" (1997). With only a matter of weeks between shows, Leigh was at work on the set of ABC's "The Practice" (1997) as a new series regular.

 

Spencer Locke

Date of Birth

20 September 1991, Winter Park, Florida, USA 

Height

5' 7½" (1.71 m) 

Mini Biography

Born in 1991 in Winter Park, Florida, Spencer began to show an interest in the arts at a young age. When asked in school to draw what she would be when she got older, 6 year old Spencer drew herself on-stage with a star over her head. Two years later, she had enrolled in acting classes and immediately started booking numerous television commercials in the Orlando, Florida area.

With sights set high, 11 year-old Spencer and family set off to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams. Within a year's time, she booked a guest starring role on CBS's "Without A Trace" and a role in Sony Pictures' feature film "Spanglish". Shortly thereafter, Spencer began recurring as "Bitsy" on the Nickelodeon series "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide".

In 2004, Spencer stole the hearts of producers Robert Zemeckis, Steven Speilberg and director Gil Kenan and won the lead role of "Jenny" in Sony Pictures / Imagemovers' feature film, "Monster House". This was one of the first "Motion Capture" films of the time. She was nominated for an Annie Award for her role role as "Jenny". At 14 years of age, Spencer booked the lead role of "K-Mart" in "Resident Evil: Extinction". Her character lived to see the 4th installment, "Resident Evil: Afterlife", which was released in 2010. Spencer has guest starred in numerous television shows throughout this time such as "Cougar Town", " In Plain Sight", "Vampire Diaries", "Cold Case", and "Love Bites". She most recently filmed a movie for Lifetime called "Bling Ring", which airs this summer. In 2008, Spencer filmed an independent mini-series called "Twentysixmiles" which is looking for distribution. Spencer has also had the opportunity to be a part of a couple of independent films such as "Karaoke Man", and has a lead role in Joseph Kahn's "Detention", which has recently been acquired by Sony Films for worldwide distribution. Spencer lives in Los Angeles with her family and looks forward to a bright future.

Trivia

Attended the Maile School. Other Maile School graduates include: Mandy Moore, Catherine Mangan, James Greye, Shannon McGinnis, Arielle Kebbel and Phil Moore.