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American Actress Jennifer ODell

Jennifer O'Dell (born November 27, 1974; Ridgecrest, California) is an American film and television actress. She performed on the TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, where she played Veronica.

Her initiation into the acting profession began at the early age of eight. She booked her very first audition right out of the gate for a national candy commercial. Jennifer took a hiatus through high school to enjoy her youth, but soon after graduation pursued her dream of a professional working actor. She immediately began booking guest roles on series television, and in 1999 booked her first series regular on the television series The Lost World. It was on The Lost World where Jennifer first achieved fame playing Veronica the jungle-clad female lead. This elevated Jennifer to a different level of her career and opened doors to auditions on today's most popular television shows.

Her most recent film, "The Man Who Came Back", is a period piece shot in Texas with co-stars Armande Asante, George Kennedy, Billy Zane and Sean Young. Earlier this year, director Michael Landon Jr. cast Jennifer in his upcoming film, The Redemption of Sarah Cain. Jennifer stars as the evil and pretentious Madison. The film also starred Elliot Gould. Jennifer also appeared opposite Judd Nelson and Vincent Spano in the independent psychological thriller, "Nevermore". She has acted in numerous television shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Profiler, Charmed and CSI: Miami.

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American Actress, Model Jennifer Morrison

American Actress, Model Jennifer Morrison

Jennifer Morrison Profile:
Name: Jennifer Morrison
Date of Birth: 12 April 1979
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 5?" (166 cm)
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Star Sign: Aries
Occupation: Actress, Model

American Actress, Model Jennifer Morrison

Biography for Jennifer Morrison
Jennifer Marie Morrison (born Apr. 12, 1979 (32 years ago)) is an American actress, model and movie producer, best known for her role as Dr. Allison Cameron on the medical drama House.

Early years
Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Her father, David L. Morrison, is a music teacher who was named Teacher of the Year by the Illinois State Board of Education in 2003 (8 years ago). Morrison's mother, Judy Morrison, was also a teacher. Both have since retired. She graduated from Prospect High School in 1997 (14 years ago) where her parents also worked. During her time there, she played clarinet in the school's marching band, sang in the choir and did cheerleading with the school's pep squad. Morrison also has two younger siblings, Julia and Daniel Morrison.

After high school, she attended Loyola University Chicago where she majored in Theatre and minored in English before graduating in 2000 (11 years ago). She studied with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in movie and TV.

Career
Morrison started her career as a child model, appearing in print advertisements for JCPenney and Montgomery Ward and commercials for Rice Krispies and Mondos. At the age of ten, she was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Kids with basketball star Michael Jordan.

Jennifer Morrison

She made her movie debut at the age of fifteen as the daughter of Richard Gere and Sharon Stone in the 1994 (17 years ago) film, Intersection, and later appeared as Samantha in Stir of Echoes with Kevin Bacon in 1999 (12 years ago). Her first leading role came in the 2000 (11 years ago) movie Urban Legends: Final Cut, and she has since gone on to appear in movies including Grind with Adam Brody, Surviving Christmas with Ben Affleck (7 walls) and James Gandolfini and Mr. & Mrs. Smith with Brad pitt (15 walls) and Angelina Jolie (147 walls) in 2003 (8 years ago), 2004 (7 years ago) and 2005 (6 years ago), respectively.

On TV, she has worked on several hit shows including Touched by an Angel and Dawson's Creek before landing the role of immunologist Dr. Allison Cameron on House in 2004 (7 years ago) co-starring alongside Hugh Laurie. In 2006 (5 years ago), she starred in and produced the independent movie Flourish.In 2007 (4 years ago), Morrison appeared as Kirce James in the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, a character who frequently interacts with the player during the course of the GDI campaign. She was alsoselected by TV Guide for its Top 10 of TV's Sexiest Stars for its 2007 (4 years ago) Sexy Issue. Her House co-star, Omar Epps, wrote a testimonial for her which said, "She exudes a lightness and has a beautiful soul... Whenever she laughs, everyone laughs." Her movie projects this year included Big Stan alongside Rob Schneider and The Murder of Princess Diana, a TV movie based on the book of the same name by Noel Botham. Produced by Lifetime and Working Title TV, Morrison portrays an American journalist, Rachel, who witnesses the car crash which took the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Model Jennifer Morrison

In 2009 (2 years ago), Morrison returned to the big screen, appearing in the opening scene of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek prequel as James T. Kirk's mother, Winona.

Morrison has also appeared in music videos for Nick Lachey ("Shut Up"), The Donnas ("Too Bad About Your Girl") and Jack's Mannequin ("Dark Blue"). She has also appeared on two TV Guide covers with her House co-stars, and has been featured in photoshoots with In Style, Stuff, Entertainment Weekly and Premiere among others. She is currently represented by Abrams Artists Agency. Morrison landed the cover of Health in the 2009 (2 years ago) July/August issue.

Personal life
In Jan. 2007 (4 years ago), People magazine reported that Morrison had become engaged to Jesse Spencer in Paris over the holidays. In a post-Golden Globes interview with E!, Morrison revealed that Spencer proposed on dec. 23, 2006 (5 years ago), at the Eiffel Tower. According to an interview with Spencer and Morrison in In Style Weddings in Jul. 2007 (4 years ago), the couple met for the first time at Vancouver International Airport in Mar. 2004 (7 years ago) when they were on their way to shoot the first episode of House before they started dating in Jul. 2004 (7 years ago). In Aug. 2007 (4 years ago), the couple announced that they called off their engagement. She is now dating Amaury Nolasco known for his role in Prison Break as Fernando Sucre.

Filmography
Intersection
Miracle on 34th Street
Stir of Echoes
Urban Legends: Final Cut
The Zeroes
Nantunket
100 Women
Grind
Surviving Christmas
The Sure Hand of God
Lift
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Flourish
Big Stan
The Murder of Princess Diana
Star Trek
Table for Three
Warrior

TV-shows (series)
The Chronicle
Touched by an Angel
Dawson's Creek
Any Day Now
Dawson's Creek
The Random Years
House MD (10 walls)
Source: en.wikipedia.org

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American Actress, Singer and Fashion Designer Stacy Ferguson

American Actress, Singer and Fashion Designer Stacy Ferguson

Stacy Ferguson Profile:
Name: Stacy Ferguson
First Name: Fergie
Date of Birth: 27 March 1975
Birthplace: Hacienda Heights, California
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 2?" (159 cm)
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown - Dark
Star Sign: Aries
Occupation: Singer & Actress
Music Genre: Electronica, R&B
Special Genre: R&B
Music Style: Dance-Pop, Pop, Pop-Rap, Pop/Rock, Urban
Music Mood: Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Bright, Carefree, Confident, Dramatic, Energetic, Exuberant, Fun, Gleeful, Humorous, Irreverent, Party/Celebratory, Playful, Quirky, Sexual, Silly, Whimsical
Musical Instrument: Vocals
Alternative Names: Stacy Ferguson, Stacy Ann Ferguson Duhamel, The Dutchess

American Actress, Singer and Fashion Designer Stacy Ferguson

Biography for Stacy Ferguson
Stacy Ann Ferguson (born Mar. 27, 1975 (36 years ago)), better known by her stage name Fergie, is an American singer-songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She was a member of the kids' TV series Kids Incorporated, and the girl group Wild Orchid. Ferguson was also a co-host of the TV show Great Pretenders. She is a vocalist for the hip hop/pop group the Black Eyed Peas, as well as a solo artist, having released her debut album, The Dutchess, in sep. 2006 (5 years ago). The album spawned five Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 singles (three of which went to number one) making The Dutchess the seventh album from a female artist to spawn five Top 5 hits.

Early years
Ferguson was born in Hacienda Heights, California, the daughter of Terri Jackson (née Gore) and Patrick Ferguson. Her parents are of Mexican, Irish, Scottish and Native American descent. The daughter of devout Roman Catholic school teachers, she was raised in a suburban area with strict Roman Catholic values while attending Mesa Robles Middle School and Glen A. Wilson High School. She studied dance and began to do and voice-over work, providing the voice for Sally in two made-for-TV Peanuts cartoons. From 1984 (27 years ago) to 1989 (22 years ago), she starred on the TV show Kids Incorporated. All that time, she was a cheerleader, straight-A student and a spelling bee champion, as well as a Girl Scout.

Career
Acting career
As a child actress, Ferguson was on the TV program Kids Incorporated for several years with her TV sister Renee Sands, who became a fellow member of Wild Orchid. Ferguson was the voice of Sally Brown in two Charlie Brown specials: It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984, 27 years ago) and Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985, 26 years ago). She played Ann in Married... with Children (1994, 17 years ago) "Nooner or Nothing".

In 2003 (8 years ago), Ferguson had a guest role on the Rocket Power special, Reggie's Big Beach Break, on Nickelodeon; she voiced a pop music star named Shaffika. In Mar. 2005 (6 years ago), casting for Revolution Studios's big-budget remake of John Carpenter's The Fog was underway. Ferguson was set to return to acting in the role of lighthouse radio deejay Stevie Wayne (a part originated by scream queen Adrienne Barbeau). A last minute conflict arose, preventing her contract from closing and Ferguson left the project. The role eventually went to Selma Blair. Ferguson finally returned to acting in 2006 (5 years ago), appearing as a lounge singer in Wolfgang Peterson's remake of The Poseidon Adventure. She later appeared in 2007's Grindhouse.

singer Stacy Ferguson

In Nov. 2009 (2 years ago), the movie Nine, in which Ferguson has a supporting role, will be released in cinemas.

Music career
Wild Orchid: 1991–2001
Ferguson was a member of the female trio Wild Orchid, which she fronted with Stefanie Ridel and fellow Kids Incorporated star Renee Sandstrom. Wild Orchid released two albums, but after completing a third album, their record label declined to release it, and she left the group shortly thereafter.

The Black Eyed Peas: 2003–present
In 2003 (8 years ago), the Black Eyed Peas were recording their third album, 2003's Elephunk, when William Adams invited Ferguson to try out for a song called "Shut Up". She got the gig and instantly bonded with the trio to record five additional songs on the album.

In the following spring, shortly before Elephunk came out, Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine had offered Ferguson a permanent spot to take over vocal duties and fill the spot left void by background singer Kim Hill, who had left the group in 2000 (11 years ago). When Adams (will.i.am) was asked to sum up his bandmates, he called Ferguson the "body" of the group.

After releasing her debut solo album, she and the Black Eyed Peas released their song "Boom Boom Pow" in late Mar. 2009 (2 years ago) which went to number-one in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Solo career: 2006–present
After two successful Black Eyed Peas albums, Ferguson began pursuing a solo career. She recorded two songs for the Poseidon soundtrack and performed "Auld Lang Syne" in the film.

Her debut solo album, The Dutchess, was released on sep. 19, 2006 (5 years ago). The album's name is a misspelled variant of the former title of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, with whom Ferguson shares a surname and popular nickname. The album is similar in style to that of the Black Eyed Peas, as fellow Peas member will.i.am is the album's executive producer.

The Dutchess, a mix of pop and R&B songs, spawned six hits for Ferguson, beginning with "London Bridge", "Fergalicious", "Glamorous", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Clumsy", and "Finally". "Big Girls Don't Cry" became Ferguson's first worldwide number-one single, and is her most successful single to date. Ferguson scored her fifth consecutive Top 5 hit from The Dutchess after "Clumsy" reached a peak position of number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

In addition to promoting her albums and singles, Ferguson appeared at Wembley Stadium on Jul. 1, 2007 (4 years ago), performing "Glamorous" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" in a concert for the late Princess Diana put on by her two sons Prince William and Prince Harry; the DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) of the concert was released Nov. 5, 2007 (4 years ago).

On Nov. 18, 2007 (4 years ago), Ferguson won the Pop or Rock "Favorite Female Artist" at the American Music Awards. In addition, her song "Big Girls Don't Cry" also earned Ferguson a Grammy nomination for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", which she lost to Amy Winehouse. In dec. 2007 (4 years ago), Blender picked Ferguson as their woman of the year.

During the 2008 (3 years ago) broadcast of Idol Gives Back, Ferguson also performed with Ann Wilson of Heart. The two (with Nancy Wilson on guitar) performed "Barracuda".

Actress Stacy Ferguson

The song "Labels or Love" was recorded for the Sex and the City movie soundtrack. In an Entertainment Weekly interview, director and writer Michael Patrick King stated that "it’s an entirely new song with lyrics, but it has the Sex and the City theme as the DNA — on steroids.”

Ferguson has also appeared on Nickelodeon's show Dance on Sunset. Ferguson has recently released an EP for download on iTunes featuring unreleased singles. The CD version was released on May 27, 2008 (3 years ago).

Ferguson collaborated with Japanese singer Kumi Koda on the song "That Ain't Cool". "That Ain't Cool" was featured on Kumi's single "Moon", released on Jun. 11, 2008 (3 years ago). The single debuted at number two on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts. She also performed a "duet" with Michael Jackson (60 walls) (her vocals mixed with Jackson's 1982 (29 years ago) recordings), "Beat It 2008" on Thriller 25, the 25th anniversary release of Jackson's iconic album Thriller. She also headlined the New Year's Eve party held at The Venetian and The Palazzo casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada on dec. 31, 2008 (3 years ago).

Ferguson will sing on Slash's solo album to be released in summer 2009 (2 years ago).

According to an interview by Ahlan! Live.com, Ferguson is currently making a movie, Nine in London, also starring Rob Marshall, Nicole Kidman (24 walls), Kate Hudson (12 walls), and Daniel Day Lewis. She also stated in the interview that her only present music project is one with the Black Eyed Peas; the band joined her in London to record. After London she is due to give a concert in Dubai.

Personal life
Ferguson married actor Josh Duhamel on Jan. 10, 2009 (2 years ago). They met and began dating in sep. 2004 (7 years ago) when she and her band appeared on Duhamel's show Las Vegas (in an episode titled "Montecito Lancers", which aired on Nov. 1, 2004 (7 years ago)). Ferguson and Duhamel reside in Brentwood, California in a house that they purchased together in 2007 (4 years ago).

In Apr. 2007 (4 years ago), she gave an interview in which she admitted that she went on a sex and drugs spree when she turned eighteen, saying: "I have had lesbian experiences in the past. I won't say how many men I've had sex with — but I am a very sexual person." In dec. 2007 (4 years ago), when asked "Bisexuality and homosexuality are often either frowned or mocked upon in certain circles. Does that bother you?", she replied "No, it doesn’t bother me. I’m just me." In May 2009 (2 years ago), Ferguson revealed that she was bisexual.
Ferguson has stated in several interviews that she is an avid user of hypnotherapy, which she uses to stave off drug cravings and to relax.

Filmography
1984-1989 - Kids Incorporated
1984 - It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown
1985 - Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown
1986 - Monster in the Closet
1998 - Outside Ozona
2005 - Be Cool
2006 - "Instant Def"
2006 - Poseidon
2007 - Planet Terror
2009 - Nine

TV-shows (series)
1994 - Married... with Children

Discography
Studio Albums:
The Dutchess
Singles:
"London Bridge"
"Fergalicious" (feat. will.i.am)
"Glamorous" (featuring Ludacris)
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
"Clumsy"
"Here I Come" (feat. will.i.am)
"Finally" (feat. John Legend)
"Impacto (Remix)" (Daddy Yankee featuring Fergie)
"Beat It 2008" (Michael Jackson (60 walls) featuring Fergie)
"Party People" (Nelly featuring Fergie)
"That Ain't Cool" (Kumi Koda featuring Fergie)
"Just Stand Up!" (with various artists)
"Barracuda"
"Pick It Up" (featuring Will.I.Am)
"Personal (Big Girls Don't Cry Remix)" (featuring Sean Kingston)
"Labels or Love"

Awards and nominations
Presenter
MTV Australian Video Music Awards
MuchMusic Video Awards
Teen Choice Awards
MTV Video Music Awards
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica
World Music Awards
American Music Awards
Billboard Year-End Chart**
Grammy Awards
People's Choice Awards
MuchMusic Video Awards
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Juno Awards
ASCAP
MTV Video Music Awards Japan
MTV Asia Awards
People's Choice Awards
Source: en.wikipedia.org

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American Model Victoria's Secret Frankie Rayder

American Model Victoria's Secret Frankie Rayder

Frankie Rayder Profile:
Name: Frankie Rayder
Born :January 26, 1975
Other names: Heidi Rayder
Nationality: River Falls, Wisconsin, United States
Height : 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye color: Blue
Measurements: 34-25-34 (US)

American Model Victoria's Secret Frankie Rayder


American Model Victoria's Secret Frankie Rayder

Francesca "Frankie" Rayder (born January 26, 1975 as Heidi Rayder) is an American model who appeared in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show four times and in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue twice. She has an extensive portfolio of covergirl appearances for numerous high fashion magazines and was once a VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards for Model of the Year nominee. She has performed in many runway shows and has been featured in numerous print ad campaigns. At the peak of her fame, she was an it girl according to The New York Times and GQ once named her the Sexiest Woman in the World.

She is well known for her print work for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues (including the 40th Anniversary), The Gap holiday ads (along with her sisters), a Godiva Chocolatier ad campaign and the 50th anniversary Ann Taylor ad campaign. She has appeared on the cover of US Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, British Vogue, German Vogue and Vogue España.She is the wife of Michael Balzary, who is better known as Flea from the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom she has one child. After giving birth in 2005, she took a hiatus from modeling until 2008. At first, she only returned to print work, but she has also returned to runway modeling in 2009. In her comeback, she achieved a Vogue España cover in February 2009. She has a younger sister, Missy Rayder, who is also a fashion model.

Career highlights
Rayder made her Paris runway debut on the 1997 fall runway for designers like Chanel, Christian Lacroix, and Dries van Noten. In 1998, she was in high demand and her booking prices were sometimes bid up to $25,000 by clients hoping to pay her enough to cancel other appearances.In 1999, she became the face of Givenchy and Meisel photographed her for Dolce & Gabbana and Versace ad campaigns. In the fall of 2000, The New York Times referred to her and her sister collectively as the famous Rayder Sisters. At the same time, it also described Frankie as an it girl.
In 1999, she became the face of Givenchy. During Fashion Week 1999 in New York City, Rayder was booked solid for four or five shows a day for designers such as Marc Jacobs, Badgley Mischka, Daryl K, Tommy Hilfiger and John Bartlett in typical day. In 2000, she was one of the top-priced models. That season she modelled in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Later that year she was a nominee at the 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards for Model of the year along with Gisele Bündchen, Carmen Kass, Angela Lindvall, and Maggie Rizer, but Kass was the winner after defending-winner Bundchen withdrew to host the show.

In 2003 she became the face of Chanel. Rayder worked New York Fashion Week for top designers for several years. During the 40h Anniversary Swimsuit Issue shooting, Stewart Shining photographed Rayder. Rayder is, along with Cheryl Tiegs and Melissa Keller, one of several models associated with Minnesota who have made a name in the Swimsuit Issue. She has also appeared in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2003 Victoria's Secret fashion shows and a cameo role in the 2001 movie Zoolander. In the early 2000s, GQ named her the Sexiest Woman in the World.

In 2004, she was one of the featured models (along with Linda Evangelista, Patti Hansen and her daughters Alexandra and Theodora Richards, Twiggy, and Beverly Johnson) in the 50-model 50th Anniversary Ann Taylor ad campaign photographed by Annie Leibovitz. Rayder was also mentioned in the press for several months for an ad campaign for Godiva Chocolatier. In 2005, she appeared in ads, which also included models such as Sophie Dahl, and Anouck Lepere, where the models posed lovingly with chocolate goods for Valentine's Day in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle. The promotion was for chocolate products that came with a "lottery" ticket that potentially could give the buyer 52 pairs of Manolo Blahnik shoes, including one custom-designed by Blahnik himself. The ads began receiving publicity in the fall of 2004.

Between 2004 and 2009, Rayder took a hiatus from runway modeling. She returned to the stage in New York in February 2009 for the Fall 2009 show. She had previously made a return to print work in fall 2008 advertisement campaigns for both Stella McCartney and Roberto Cavalli and for the 2008 Gap holiday campaign. Rayder also became part of The Gap's United States and Japan 2009 spring/summer campaigns. As part of her comeback, Rayder performed covergirl work for the February 2009 Vogue España and one of fourteen alternative covers for the September 2008 V magazine.

Personal life
In 2002 Rayder was falsely linked to Nicolas Cage after his relationship with Lisa Marie Presley ended and when she was dating his cousin Roman Coppola. Her relationship with Coppola was widely-chronicled and serious; that year, she was close to marrying the son of Francis Ford Coppola by some accounts. Early in her career Frankie and Missy lived across the street from each other. They were featured together on the May 2000 cover of Harper's Bazaar. The Rayder sisters (along with a third sister named Molly)appeared in holiday advertisements for Gap as siblings in 2003 to the tune of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart". In later years, Missy and Frankie appeared in Gap holiday advertisements as a pair.

In January 2005, she and Balzary publicly announced their engagement. On October 26, 2005 Rayder gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Sunny Bebop Balzary, with fiancee Michael Balzary, better known as Flea the bassist and trumpeter from the band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Balzary's former bandmate, John Frusciante, is Sunny's godfather.

There are a total of four Rayder sisters and they have one brother and her father continued to live in River Falls in 2004. Rayder and Balzary live together in Malibu, California. Some sources state that the couple have married, but no official confirmation is available.

In the September 2010 issue of C magazine, Frankie is featured with a group of women friends known as "The L.A. Ladies Choir" which meets at her and Flea's house in Los Feliz. The article goes on to mention that Flea is her husband and that he joins the women's group playing bass. The choir's group is coming out with their first album in September named "Joyfully."

Rayder is a knowledgeable Boston Red Sox fan, and she is also a Green Bay Packers fan. Rayder has volunteered her time for programs for youth in the arts. Rayder has a tattoo on her back
Source: en.wikipedia.org