Alyssa Jayne Milano was born on December 19, 1972 in
Staten Island, New York. She is an American actress.
She currently appears in The WB network program
Charmed. Milano was born to Italian-American
parents, Tom and Lin Milano, 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. One of her first acting roles was at
the age of 10 in the television program Who's the
Boss? with Tony Danza, Judith Light, Danny Pintauro,
and Katherine Helmond. She starred as Samantha
Micelli, the daughter of Tony Danza's character,
Tony Micelli. In order to appear in this show, her
family relocated from Brooklyn to Hollywood.
In 1985 Alyssa played the role of Arnold
Schwarzenegger's daughter in Commando.
For the majority of her career Milano was known for
her role on Who's the Boss?, something which she
tried to shed by appearing in many very adult film
roles. Many of these included nudity or very graphic
(simulated) sex scenes. Many actresses do not manage
to escape the stigma of such a career turn, and the
years following Who's the Boss? were rough for her,
but Milano redeemed herself with her success on
Melrose Place and especially Charmed.
Milano is also an accomplished singer and recording
artist, though not in her home country of the United
States. She has released 5 albums that have all
reached sales of over 1 million copies in Japan. She
even appeared in the blink-182 video for the song
"Josie".
In 1989 her image was used for the character
development of Ariel in the Disney movie, The Little
Mermaid.
Milano is an avid fan of tattoos and has several of
them. She was briefly engaged to actor Scott Wolf in
1993. Later she was married to Remy Zero lead singer
Cinjun Tate from January 1st until November 20th,
1999. At present she is dating Los Angeles Dodgers
pitcher Brad Penny. Milano also had a brief fling
with pop music singer Justin Timberlake in 2002.
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