Friday, May 20, 2011

Elisabeth Rose Harnois

Elisabeth Rose Harnois (last name pronounced Harn-WAH) (born May 26, 1979) is an American television and film actress. Harnois was born in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA, and raised in Los Angeles.[2][4] She attended St. Mel's School in Woodland Hills, Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, California, and graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in film studies in 2001.[2][3]

Harnois appeared in two films at the age of 5 - Where are the Children? and One Magic Christmas.[2][3] She did commercials until landing the role of Emily in Timeless Tales from Hallmark and the role of Alice in the 1991 Disney Channel series Adventures in Wonderland.[2][3] She starred in Point Pleasant, a short-lived 2005 series on FOX, and also landed a role in Pretty Persuasion, portraying Evan Rachel Wood's best friend.

Harnois was nominated in 1987 for the Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Feature Film in Comedy or Drama for One Magic Christmas (1985), and again in 1988 for Best Young Actress as Guest Starring in a Television Drama for Highway to Heaven (1984) for episode Man's Best Friend, and she finally won the same award in 1993 for Outstanding Performers in a Children's Program for Adventures in Wonderland (1991)

Monday, May 9, 2011

Cameron Diaz Charlie's Angels

A tall, strikingly attractive blue-eyed bottle blonde, Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego. She is the daughter of Billie (Anglo-German) and Emilio Diaz (Cuban-American). Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris. Returning to California at the age of 21, she was working as a model when she auditioned for a part in The Mask (1994).
To her amazement and despite having no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead in the film opposite Jim Carrey. Over the next three years, she honed her acting skills in low-budget independent films such as The Last Supper (1995), Feeling Minnesota (1996), Head Above Water (1996), and She's the One (1996); preferring to feel her way effectively into the industry. She returned to the mainstream in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), another blockbuster in which she held her own against Julia Roberts. She earned full fledged star status for playing the title role in the box office smash There's Something About Mary (1998). With three of the biggest hits of the '90s to her credit, her name near the top on virtually every list of Hollyood's sexiest actresses, and firmly established as one of filmdom's hottest properties and most sought after actresses, Cameron Diaz appears to possess everything necessary to become one of the super stars of the new century.