Born June 1963, October - Having journeyed from fresh-scrubbed teen stardom to virtual nonentity and then into a full-bodied critical embrace with her portrayal of a hooker with a heart of gold, the blonde, blue-eyed and impossibly wholesome-looking Elisabeth Shue can truly be said to have had one of Hollywood’s more unpredictable careers.
Well-traveled and multilingual — and, of course, unquestionably beautiful — Diane Kruger has just the right blend of worldliness and innocence, as well as romance and realism, to make us sit up and take notice.
Diane Kruger plays the dangerously seductive Helen in the epic blockbuster Troy, and rounds off 2004 with roles in the films Wicker Park and National Treasure.
Daryl Christine Hannah was born December 3rd, 1960, in Chicago, Illinois. As a child, she was diagnosed as almost autistic. According to her sister, actress Page Hannah, Daryl was a “very private, rather dreamy person with a “Please Knock” sign on the door and parakeets and hamsters running loose inside.”
Daryl has suffered from insomnia since a very early age, which encouraged her to escape into the world of movies as a young girl.
Her parents divorced when she was in the first grade. After they remarried, Daryl was eventually one of eight children (including half-siblings and step-siblings), consisting of seven girls and a brother, Don. Her uncle, Haskell Wexler, was a filmmaker who won two Oscars for his work as a cinematographer.
In high school, Daryl played soccer on the boys’ team because there was no soccer team for girls. Before deciding to pursue acting, she practiced ballet with Maria Tallchief. She then switched to drama, studying at Chicago’s Goodman Theater.
When Daisy was three years old, the Fuentes family moved to Madrid, Spain, and finally emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey four years later. While studying communications and journalism at Bergen Community College, Daisy was selected as “weather girl” on WXTV Channel 41, Univision’s New York affiliate. It didn’t take long for the journalism student to move up the ranks, to become news anchor and reporter for the evening news. The Latino television audience took a liking to the talented and beautiful 19-year-old reporter, and soon did a huge network: MTV. In 1988, Daisy moved on to work as news anchor at WNJU Channel 47, Telemundo’s New York affiliate. That same year, she had the confidence to send a demo tape and letter to MTV. She soon retired her news reports for music reports, as host of MTV Internacional, which later became MTV Latino. While hosting and VJ-ing on MTV, Daisy began to develop her acting credits with a role on the ABC soap opera, Loving. She followed her stint on the soap with appearances on shows such as Dream On, The Larry Sanders Show and Cybill.
Courteney Cox might not go down as a Hall of Fame performer, but so what? She is great to look at, she’s a charismatic actress who doesn’t take herself too seriously, and above all, she’s able to poke fun at herself. All worthy traits in our books.
She starred as Monica on NBC’s Friends for 10 seasons, and proved she could take on the big screen with roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and the successful Scream series.
Since 1994, audiences have watched as Claire Danes has matured from awkward teen to one of the most popular actresses of her generation. Whether portraying the angst-ridden Angela Chase on My So-Called Life or trailer park trash in Oliver Stone’s U-Turn, Danes has consistently displayed an uncommon maturity and insight in her performances that belies her relative inexperience. Her ability has won over countless critics and fans and has allowed her the opportunity to work with luminaries ranging from Jeanne Moreau to Jodie Foster and Francis Ford Coppola.
