Dania Ramírez

Date of birth: 1980-11-30
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nationality: Dominican
Profession: actress, model


Dania Ramírez (born November 8, 1979) is a film and television actress from the Dominican Republic.

Biography

Early life

Ramírez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. From an early age, Dania knew that she wanted to be in front of a camera. As a young child, she would reenact Spanish soap operas for her family. She was discovered by a modeling scout while working in a New York City convenience store at the age of 15, and was cast in a small part in a soda commercial. Years later, she decided to pursue acting seriously and studied at the Actor's Workshop in New York City under Flo Greeberg. After completing a degree at Montclair State University in New Jersey, she moved to Los Angeles.

Career

She made her acting debut as an extra in the HBO film Subway Stories (1997), where she met filmmaker Spike Lee who later cast her in his film, She Hate Me (2004). Dania appeared as Potential Slayer Caridad in the final episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Callisto in the comic book film (2006), and as Blanca Selgado (A.J. Soprano's new love interest) in the first part of the sixth season finale of The Sopranos. On The Sopranos, she played a single mother with a three-year-old son, Hector. She also appeared in LL Cool J's video, "Hush", which was directed by her fiancè, Jessy Terrero.
Currently, Ramirez portrays the character of Maya on the TV series Heroes.
In 2007, she appeared in the music video for Santana's "Into the Night" (featuring Chad Kroeger) from his album Ultimate Santana.

Bar Rafaeli

Bar Rafaeli

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Bar Rafaeli

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Bar Refaeli (Hebrew: בר רפאלי‎, born June 4, 1985) is an Israeli model, known for her modeling work and for her relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Refaeli was born in 1985 in Hod HaSharon, Israel, where her parents, Tsipi and Rafi own a horse ranch. She began a modeling career at the age of eight months, appearing in commercials. She had to wear braces in her early years, postponing her modeling. At the age of fifteen, Refaeli returned to modeling where she was represented by Irene Marie Models.

Amy Weber

Amy Weber

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Amy Weber Biography

Racing motorcycles as a teenager fed Amy Weber's desire for excitement and her Hollywood career still tries to keep up. An appearance on popular teen show "Saved by the Bell" (1989) launched her acting career and she has since appeared on numerous other series such as "Melrose Place" (1992), "USA High" (1997) and "Port Charles" (1999).

Weber has played roles in numerous television shows including CSI: Las Vegas, Son of the Beach, Saved by the Bell, Melrose Place, Pacific Blue, The Young & The Restless, Baywatch, Jenny, USA High, and City Guys. She also appeared in country musician Toby Keith's video for his song "Whiskey Girl" as the Whiskey girl, and, on December 31, 2004 she was featured in a sketch on the New Year's Eve live episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Correspondent Tom Green travelled all over New York City looking for someone to kiss him at midnight, which Weber eventually agreed to do.

Weber has had lead roles in the movies Scarlet Mirror, Games (a.k.a Forbidden Games), The Bet, Dr. Life, Art House, Kolobos, The Contract, Pumpkin Karver, and Transmorphers.

Amy has had starring roles in theatre productions of Reservations for Two, 110 in the Shade, Apocalyptic Butterflies, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Grease.

Amy Smart

Amy Smart Biography

Amy Lysle Smart was born in Topanga, California. Inspired by her friend Vinessa Shaw, Smart studied ballet for ten years and enrolled in acting classes when she was 16, but began her career as a fashion model, working in Italy, France, Mexico, and Tahiti (Awards-winning spots for Club Med directed by Bruno Aveillan).

Smart's first film role was for director Martin Kunert's film Campfire Tales, followed by a very minor role in the 1997 film Starship Troopers as the co-pilot for (and friend of) Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards). Amy had a starring role in the mini-series titled The 70s, playing a young woman from Ohio. In 1999, Smart played the girlfriend of a popular football player (played by James Van Der Beek) in the film Varsity Blues. Also, Smart appeared in the series Felicity, as a girlfriend of Scott Foley's character. She subsequently appeared in a number of films catering to a teenage audience, many of which were successful, including Road Trip (2000) and The Butterfly Effect (2004). In 2002, she was ranked #27 in Stuff magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" and in 2004, she was nominated for "Best Kiss" at the MTV Movie Awards for her role in Starsky & Hutch.

In 2005, Smart co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy film Just Friends, which had a total domestic box office gross of $32 million and a total worldwide box office of $46.7 million.

Smart also had a small role in the American sitcom Scrubs, playing the wife of a coma patient, and was nicknamed TCW (Tasty Coma Wife) by JD and his friends. JD has a short relationship with her following the death of her husband. On September 1, 2006, Crank was released, in which she plays the girlfriend of the lead character, Chev (played by Jason Statham).

Smart was a regular cast member in the short-lived 2006 CBS television series Smith. She also has voiced some of the characters in the animated series Robot Chicken, created by Seth Green.

Amy Smart can currently be seen in her role as "Joy" in the movie Peaceful Warrior starring Nick Nolte.

Smart was the speaker for the Heal the Bay organization; she has also worked with the Humane Society and the "Environmental Media Association", and was named one of Organic Style magazine's "Women with Organic Style" of 2004.

Smart is engaged to actor Branden Williams, whom she has dated for over thirteen years. Her former roommate Ali Larter appeared alongside Smart in the film Varsity Blues and modeled with her in Milan. Smart is also friends with author and animal communicator Amelia Kinkade, and was acknowledged in Kinkade's second book, The Language of Miracles. She is a vegetarian.

Amber Valletta

Amber Valletta was born in Phoenix, Arizona to a mother who worked at the post office. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Booker T. Washington High School. She got her start in the fashion industry when her mother enrolled her in modeling school at the age of fifteen at the Linda Layman Agency.

Amber Valletta has gone on to act in several films, been on the cover of magazines and in advertisements for Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein and Versace and hosted MTV's House of Style with friend and fellow supermodel Shalom Harlow. Valletta was scheduled to appear on Punk'd on Season 6 Episode 3, along with David Boreanaz and Kristin Cavallari, but Kutcher had to move the prank played on Valletta to an episode later to make room for the prank played on Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, which is based on his suspension on November 19, 2005, while playing for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Amber Valletta also serves as the spokesperson for Oceana’s Seafood Contamination Campaign, where she brings awareness of the dangers of mercury poisoning in various kinds of seafood. The decision to join Oceana's campaign was prompted by the mercury-poisoning experience of a friend and the fact that she is a mother.

In August 2006, the New York Daily News reported that Valletta completed a stint at The Meadow rehabilitation facility in Wickenburg, Arizona, for stress and non-substance-related issues. Valletta told People magazine, "As was correctly reported earlier this week, my stay at The Meadows had nothing to do with substance abuse or addiction; I am pleased to say I have seven years' sobriety. But I continue every day to heal and grow as a person".

Amber Valletta started out in modelling at age 15 and made her TV debut as the host of "House of Style" (1995-1996). You can catch her in feature films such as "What Lies Beneath" (2000) and "The Family Man" (2000).

Amber Smith

Amber Smith

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Amber Smith Biography

Born March 2, 1972, Amber Smith's stunning looks and talent have aided in her transition from Sports Illustrated supermodel to big screen actress to WonderBra spokeswoman. Feature films on her resume include "L.A. Confidential" (1997), "American Beauty" (1999) and "Tomcats" (2001).

Amanda Marcum

Amanda Marcum
Amanda Marcum

Amanda Beard

Amanda Beard

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Amanda Beard

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Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California), is an Olympic-level swimmer and model from the United States of America. Amanda Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals, the most recent in the 2004 games. Amanda Beard held the world number one ranking of 200 meter breaststrokers in 2003. In U.S. competition, Beard won three 200 meter breaststroke, three 100 meter breaststroke, and two 200 meter individual medley US National titles.

Almudena Fernandez

Almudena Fernandez

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Almudena Fernandez

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Almudena Fernandez

Almudena Fernandez
Country : Spain
Height : 174 cm
Measurements : 87-59-87

Almudena Fernandez was born in Benavente Zamora, Spain in 1974. Then Almudena Fernandez moved to Madrid with her family when she was a young girl. In a home filled love, passion and happiness Almudena Fernandez was raised which preceded her assets to the top of modeling world. Almudena Fernandez entered the world Supermodel contest during her senior year high school, The competition pitted Spain's most beautiful teens against each others, finally it was done and she got the second rank. Spanish Elle had sponsored that contest that concludes the recognition for this huge success, she managed to enter the European competition and once again gone to the up runner. Almudena Fernandez's latin beauty has helped her much, that she quickly worked with famous brands and designers like Hermés, lacoste, Olivier Strelli, Aquaflore, organza and Alain Manoukian that set her sights for becoming a model.

Adriana Lima

Adriana Lima

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Adriana Lima

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Adriana Lima

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Adriana Lima

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Adriana Lima

Country : Brazil
Height : 1m78
Measurements : 86-56-86

Adriana Lima was discovered while at a local mall at the age of 13. She finished in first place in a Ford Supermodel of Brazil model search. Lima later followed with a second place finish in the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World contest. [2] Shortly after, Lima moved to New York City, and eventually moved on from Ford, signing with Elite Model Management. Her early career consisted mostly of fashion editorial work (with early appearances in international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire in 1997/1998), as well as runway work (Christian Lacroix, Valentino, and others). Lima's first big break came when she was featured in a Vassarette billboard in Times Square. Her print career followed, and like many other famous names (Claudia Schiffer, Laetitia Casta, Eva Herzigova), Lima became a GUESS? Girl in their 2000 Costanoa and has face campaign.

Lima continued to build upon her entry, doing more print work (Maybelline, bebe, Mossimo, BCBG) and gracing the cover and editorials of more high fashion magazines (Harper's Bazaar, ELLE). Probably best known for her Victoria's Secret work and Angel status (along with Heidi Klum, Gisele Bündchen, and Alessandra Ambrosio), Lima first graced the VS runway in 2000, and was the show opener for the 2003 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

In 2001, Lima starred in BMW Films short, The Follow alongside actors Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, and Forest Whitaker. In the film, Owen's character is hired to follow Lima's, who is suspected of cheating on her famous husband, played by Rourke. The film had a runtime of 8:47 including credits, was written by Andrew Kevin Walker, and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Lima made it clear that acting is not her priority and that she only did The Follow because it was a short film.

Lima is currently the 3rd highest paid model in the world behind Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss. She is represented by DNA NY in the United States, Lumiere Models in Brazil and VIVA Models in Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

Alley Baggett

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Alley Baggett (born July 14, 1973) is a Filipino-American-- glamour model of Filipino and Spanish descent. She was born and raised near Houston, Texas. Growing up in a small town, Baggett was on the cheerleading squad, played basketball and participated in track.

Baggett originally aspired to be a traditional model, but was turned down because of her height (5'2"). Her big break came when she auditioned for well known photographer Harvey Butts (no relation to Seymore). Baggett burst onto the national scene in May 1995 when she appeared on the cover of Playboy's Book of Lingerie. She has since appeared on over twelve Playboy Special Edition covers and has made more appearances in Playboy Special Editions than almost any other model. She has also been featured in British lad mags FHM and Loaded.

Outside of the modeling realm, Baggett has worked on television as a WWF Sunday Night Heat commentator on the USA Network and has appeared as herself on Penn and Teller's Sin City Spectacular, the WB's Unhappily Ever After, Telemundo's The Umberto Show and the Maria Conchita Alonso Show. She has also performed in music videos for Ricky Martin's "Shake Your Bon-Bon" and Third Eye Blind's "Never Let You Go". Ms. Baggett was also featured in a comic book series based on a crime fighting alter-ego, "Alley Cat". The comic books spawned action figures of Ms. Baggett, which are today considered collectors' items. She has also been featured and interviewed in various car tuning magazines.

Adele Silva

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Adele Silva (born 19 November 1980 in Croydon, London) is an English actress, television personality and sometime glamour model. She was educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and has been on stage and television since she was a child.

Ali Larter

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Ali Larter Biography Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter (born February 28, 1976) is a Saturn Awards-nominated American actress and former fashion model best known for her screen roles aimed at teenage audiences. Larter is currently starring on the hittelevision series Heroes. She has also had roles in successful Hollywood films including, Varsity Blues, House on Haunted Hill, Final Destination, Legally Blonde, and most recently Resident Evil: Extinction.

Ali Larter was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey to parents Margaret, a homemaker, and Danforth Larter, a trucking executive. She attended Carusi Middle School and Cherry Hill High School West. She began modeling with Ford Models at the age of fourteen and traveled the world. At seventeen, Larter settled temporarily in Japan. A year later, in 1995, she accompanied her boyfriend in his move to Los Angeles, California. Soon after, she began taking acting classes, at a friend's suggestion.

Larter is best friends with actress Amy Smart with whom she co-starred in Varsity Blues. The two had previously been roommates before pursuing acting careers. Larter has also lived in Miami and then New York City after the spring of 2002. In January 2007, she moved to Los Angeles to take on the commitment of working on Heroes.

In November 1996, Larter portrayed the hoax model Allegra Coleman in Esquire magazine. The article published in the magazine told of the fictional model's relationship with David Schwimmer, how Quentin Tarantino broke up with Mira Sorvino to date her, and Woody Allen's overhaul of a film to have her star. Even after the hoax had been revealed, its effects lingered, and various talent agencies sought to represent the non-existent Coleman.Larter on the cover of Esquire portraying the fictional Allegra Coleman.

Larter landed her first professional roles in 1997, in which she appeared for one episode in the Brooke Shields' television series, Suddenly Susan, and the short lived television series Chicago Sons. The roles were followed by a number of other appearances on Dawson's Creek with James Van Der Beek, Chicago Hope and Just Shoot Me!

In 1999, Larter began her film career with an appearance in Varsity Blues which re-united her with Dawson's Creek star Van Der Beek, and close friend Amy Smart. Varsity Blues drew a domestic box office gross of $53 million, making Larter's first film a commercial success. Afterwards, Larter appeared in teen comedies, Giving It Up and Drive Me Crazy. That year as well, Larter starred in the horror remakeHouse on Haunted Hill . Made for around $20 million, the movie was panned by the critics but grossed $15 million on its opening weekend and went on to earn over $40 million.

In 2000, Larter starred in the teenage audience aimed horror film Final Destination as the "final girl" Clear Rivers. The following year in 2001, she appeared in the comedy Legally Blonde with Reese Witherspoon, western American Outlaws with Colin Farrell and the Kevin Smith film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. That year as well, Larter performed in the stage play The Vagina Monologues in New York City. The next year in 2002, Larter was ranked #40 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World". In 2003, Larter reprised her role as Clear Rivers in the sequel toFinal Destination, Final Destination 2. The series went on for a third installment without Larter as her character was killed off in the second installment of the series. In 2005, Larter appeared in the independent film Confess and the romantic comedy A Lot Like Love alongside Amanda Peet and Ashton Kutcher.

2006 saw Larter in the biographical film Crazy based on guitarist Hank Garland. As of September 2006, Larter has been portraying Niki Sanders on the NBC Emmy Award-nominated science fiction dramatelevision series Heroes, created by Tim Kring. The show includes an ensemble cast including Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Leonard Roberts, Masi Oka and Greg Grunberg. Larter's character Niki Sanders, who is a wife and mother, is a former internet stripper from Las Vegas who exhibits superhuman strength and an alternate personality who goes by the name of Jessica. After completing half its first season, Heroes had already collected an assortment of honors and accolades, and Larter had been nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" for the 33rd Saturn Awards.

In 2007, Larter starred in the Bollywood Marigold as the title character along side Salman Khan, which was released in August. She also joined the cast of the popular film franchise Resident Evil: Extinction portraying the character Claire Redfield in the horror film with Milla Jovovich. Her role sent her to Mexicali, Mexico for filming from May to late July in which she also dyed her hair a light red for the film. Larter explains on her character Claire, "She became the leader of this convoy. She's incredibly strong, patient. I think she serves a role for everyone within this convoy, let it be a mother to someone, a buddy, a best friend." Larter also attended the 2007 Comic Con International, her second appearance at the event, to promote the film, which was released in theaters on September 21, 2007. This year as well, she will appear in the comedy Homo Erectus. Larter was also featured as #6 in Maxim's Hot 100 for 2007.

In an interview for Resident Evil: Extinction, Larter had expressed interest in producing films in the future, saying, "I definitely have many ideas and different avenues that I want to take as my career goes on."

Ali Landry

Ali Landry

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Ali Landry

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Ali Landry

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Ali Germaine Landry (born July 21, 1973) is a former Miss USA (1996), model and actress. Ali Landry is recognized as the Doritos Girl from her popular 1998 Super Bowl commercial. In 1998, Ali Landry was named by People magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world.

Alison James

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Date of Birth: March 31, 1968 Alison James is a New Zealand actress most well known for her rols as Nurse Tiffany Pratt Warner Marinovich in soap Shortland Street.

Alison Guberek

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Alison Guberek has a mother and a fater and a sister. She is 28 and went to high school in Melbourne.

Alison Eastwood

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Alison Eastwood Biography

Alison Eastwood (born on May 22, 1972, in Carmel, California) is an American model, fashion designer and Hollywood actress. The daughter of swimsuit model Maggie Johnson and the legendary western filmstar Clint Eastwood (and younger sister to Kyle Eastwood), she attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California and Stevenson School in Pebble Beach. Eastwood was a rebellious teenager. When she was eighteen, in 1990, Eastwood moved to Santa Barbara to study acting.

In addition to rebelling against her parents and being arrested for drunk driving, Eastwood also landed some professional acting roles during her childhood and preadolescent years. Her acting in the 1984 movie Tightrope won her some degree of success. She has also worked as a runway and magazine model in Paris, posing for several European fashion magazines and Vogue (U.S. edition). She posed nude in the February 2003 issue of Playboy.

More recently, Eastwood has again appeared on screen. Credits include the movie Absolute Power (1997), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Black and White (1998), Breakfast of Champions (1999), and Poolhall Junkies (2003).

She has also moved into working behind the camera, becoming associate producer for Don't Tell (2005) and she is currently directing the upcoming movie Rails & Ties

Alison Armitage

Alison Armitage

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Alison Armitage

Alison Armitage appeared in Playboy magazine's October 1990 issue, and was one of the lead cast members in the syndicated hit show Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Born in London, England, Alison has traveled extensively, settling for the United States after the Charlie's Angels series captured her imagination.

Alison started her career in Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories, and has since enthralled men all over the world with her elegance and stunning beauty. But, the computer science grad backs up the looks with a sense of humor, wit and intelligence that is hard to find in Hollywood.

Aline Nakashima

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Aline Nakashima Biography

Aline Nakashima (born 1982 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian supermodel who was discovered at a modelling tryout in Brazil when aged 17. She made two appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2006 and 2007. She is also featured in the DVD with six other Brazilian models. She has dark brown hair and green eyes and is 5'9" and dress size 6. Her modeling agency is Marilyn Agency, São Paulo. Nakashima's father is Japanese and her mother is a Brazilian of Portuguese descent.

She has modelled for ALDO, Armani Exchange, DKNY, GAP, Esprit, Kenneth Cole 'Reaction' fragrance, Lycra, MAC, Morgan, Mercedes-Benz, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Playtex, Ralph Lauren, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sephora, Triumph International and Victoria's Secret.

Alina Hazeldine

Alina Hazeldine