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Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano visiting the USS Nimitz, 2003
Birth name	Alyssa Jayne Milano
Born	December 19, 1972 (age 34) Brooklyn, New York, USA
Other name(s)	Lyssie (nickname), Lissy-girl (childhood nickname)
Official site	www.alyssa.com
Notable roles	Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed Samantha Micelli in Who's the Boss?

Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the sitcom Who's the Boss? and on the supernatural series Charmed.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and career 1.2 Later career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 2.1 Films 2.2 TV series 2.3 TV appearances 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links

Alyssa Milano was born to parents Tom (a music editor) and Lin Milano (a fashion designer), and she has a younger brother, Cory (born 1982), who is also an actor. She and Cory grew up on Staten Island. She began her career at the age of eight when she won a part in an open audition for a national tour of Annie. Having gained a reputation, she appeared in television commercials and off-Broadway productions. At the age of 11, she earned her first major role in the television program Who's the Boss?, alongside Tony Danza, Judith Light, Danny Pintauro and Katherine Helmond. She starred as Samantha Micelli, the daughter of Danza's character, Tony Micelli. Her family relocated from Staten Island to Hollywood when Alyssa won the role.

At the beginning of her career, Alyssa was known mainly for her role as Samantha Micelli on Who's the Boss? (1984-1992). She tried to shed her "nice girl" image by appearing in several films targeted at adults, such as Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1992), Embrace of the Vampire (1994), Confessions of Sorority Girls (1994), Deadly Sins (1995), and Poison Ivy II: Lily (1995), where she starred opposite Johnathon Schaech and Xander Berkley. She gained more mainstream success in TV as Jennifer Mancini on Melrose Place (1997-1998), Meg Winston in Spin City and most notably as Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed (1998-2006). Both Alyssa and Holly Marie Combs became producers for Charmed during the show's fifth season. Alyssa played the role of Eva Savelot in MCI's 1-800-COLLECT commercials.

On stage, she 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.

Alyssa is also filming a new movie called The Blue Hour; although very little has been released about the film, we know she plays a grieving mother named Allegra.

In February 2007, Alyssa was cast in an ABC drama pilot about a lawyer cum new mother, Annie Stevens, who moves from Atlanta to her hometown of Savannah, Georgia where her family still lives. [1] The Futon Critic lists this pilot with the title of "All Fall Down". [2]

Alyssa is an avid fan of tattoos and has eight of them. 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, an Ouroboros (a snake biting its own tail) on her right wrist, an "om" on the other wrist, garland of flowers around her right ankle and a tribal tattoo on her neck.

She is a liberal and supported John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Alyssa 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 dedicated to offering a safe way to get the best entertainment information on the Internet.

Alyssa recently became a National Ambassador for UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). She traveled to India, as well as Angola, to work with UNICEF field officers there. In the fall of 2004, she launched UNICEF's pivotal "Trick or Treat" campaign as an official spokesperson. She raised approximately $50,000 for South African women and children who have AIDS by selling her photo work, and that of a school's.

Alyssa is also a supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

She announced on June 30, 2006, that she'll be partnering with G-III Apparel Group and Major League Baseball to create a line of ladies' baseball gear designed for juniors.

Alyssa resides in West Hills, California. Outside of acting, her hobbies include photography, humanitarian work and spending time with her 4 dogs; Ripely, Stella, Hugo, and Lucy. Her other pets are birds and horses.

Enjoys playing internet Scrabble. One of her opponents in the game is Sarah Silverman, who lives in the same building as Milano.^[1]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Old Enough	Diane
1985	Commando	Jenny Matrix
1986	The Canterville Ghost	Jennifer Canterville	TV movie
1988	Crash Course	Vanessa Crawford	TV movie and the movie was also known as "Driving Academy".
	Dance 'Til Dawn	Shelley Sheridan	TV movie
1989	Speed Zone!	Lurleen	a.k.a. Cannonball Fever
1992	Little Sister	Diana
	Where the Day Takes You	Kimmy
1993	The Webbers	Fan	TV movie
	Conflict of Interest	Eve
	Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story	Amy Fisher	TV movie
	Candles in the Dark	Sylvia Velliste	TV movie
1994	Embrace of the Vampire	Charlotte
	Confessions of a Sorority Girl	Rita Summers	TV movie
1995	Double Dragon	Marian Delario/Power Corps Chief
	Deadly Sins	Cristina
	The Surrogate	Amy Winslow	TV movie
1996	Jimmy Zip		Short Film
	Poison Ivy II: Lily	Lily Leonetti
	Fear	Margo Masse
	Glory Daze	Chelsea
	To Brave Alaska	Denise Harris	TV movie
	Public Enemies	Amaryllis
1997	Below Utopia	Susanne
	Hugo Pool	Hugo Dugay
1998	Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure	Frances Ella 'Fizzy' Fitz	TV movie
2001	Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	Angel	voice
2002	Buying the Cow	Amy
	Kiss the Bride	Amy Kayne
2003	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Cyndi
2005	Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone	26	voice
2007	The Blue Hour	Allegra	post-production

Year(s)	Title	Role	Seasons	Notes
1984-1992	Who's the Boss?	Samantha Micelli	1-8
1997-1998	Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	6-7
1998-2006	Charmed	Phoebe Halliwell	1-8
2007- ?	All Fall Down	Annie	?	pre-production

Title	Season	Role	Episode titles	Notes
The Outer Limits	1	Hannah Valesic	Caught in the Act
Spin City	2	Meg Winston	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Spin City	5	Meg Winston	Rain on My Charades
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	2	April Gorlock	Win, Lose & Kaboom!	voice
Family guy	3	Herself	Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington	Ep.3

Year	Title	Label
1988	Teen Steam Theme song from Alyssa Milano's Teen Steam Workout Video Released: 1988 Formats: VHS, Laser Disc	J2 Communications
1989	Look In My Heart First Studio Album Released: March 25, 1989 Formats: Vinyl, Cassette, CD	Pony Canyon
1989	Alyssa Second Studio Album Released: October 25, 1989 Formats: Vinyl, Cassette, CD	Pony Canyon
1990	The Best In The World: Non-Stop Special Remix/Alyssa's Singles Compilation Album Released: February 21, 1990 Formats: Cassette, CD	Pony Canyon
1990	I Love When We're Together Non-Album Single B-side: Step By Step Released: May 21, 1990 Formats: 3" CD Single	Pony Canyon
1991	Locked Inside A Dream Third Studio Album Released: May 21, 1991 Formats: Cassette, CD	Pony Canyon
1992	Do You See Me? Fourth Studio Album Released: September 18, 1992 Formats: Cassette, CD	Pony Canyon
1995	The Very Best Of Alyssa Milano Compilation Album Released: 1995 (Promo Only) Formats: CD	Pony Canyon