Carmit Bachar Biography (1974-)

Dancer and Los Angeles native Carmit Bachar (b. September 4, 1974) is the only member of the Pussycat Dolls held over from the days when the multi-platinum-selling pop group was still just a burlesque act on the Sunset Strip. Choreographer Robin Antin began recasting the group into more of a pop/R&B-styled group circa 2003, and the newly configured…

Solange Knowles Biography (1986-)

Perceptions are not always based in reality, and nobody knows this better than me. With the release of my sophomore album, SoL-AngeL & the Hadley Street Dreams (Music World Entertainment/Geffen Records), I am ready to have every listener step into my very personal field of dreams, minus the preconceived notions.

When you look up the word biography, the Webster…

Florence Welch Biography (1984-)

The bluesy South London crooner Florence Mary Leontine Welch writes songs that occupy the same confessional territory of gossip-loving, genre-bending contemporaries like Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Adele, and Lily Allen, blending murder, mayhem, sweetness, and light into an intoxicating brew that earned the young artist considerable buzz in 2007. Managed by the Camden-based DJ duo the Queens of…

Danielle Savre Biography (1988-)

Danielle Savre grew up in Los Angeles, California and is the younger of two children.  Her parents – college graduates – encourage her to attend college and earn a doctorate degree before heading to Hollywood.  Danielle, however, possessed an enormous passion for acting and convinced her parents to allow her to audition for commercial and print work.  Danielle…

Jane Birkin Biography (1946-)

Jane Birkin was born in London on 14 December 1946, the daughter of Judy Campbell, an actress, and David Birkin, a captain in the Royal Navy. She first trod the boards at the age of 17 and met John Barry, who signed her up in 1965 for his musical comedy Passion Flower Hotel. They married shortly afterwards, and…

Aimee-Lynn Chadwick Biography (1980-)

Born in the small town of Sandwich, MA, Aimee Lynn Chadwick got her start in theater while studying at the Capachionies School of Performing Arts. While there, she landed such roles as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Martha in the Secret Garden, Adelaide in Guys in Dolls (etc) and performed with Jon Secada in the Orange Bowl Half-Time…

Maria de Medeiros Biography (1965-)

Tiny and fairy-like, dark-haired beauty Maria de Medeiros was born in Portugal, the sister of actress Inês de Medeiros. After studying philosophy and acting on the stage, she made her Portuguese film debut in Silvestre (1981) and her French film debut in Paris Seen By…20 Years After (1984). Finding a home for herself in France, she stayed…

Tammin Sursok Biography (1983-)

A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, actress Tammin Sursok moved to Sydney, Australia, with her family in early childhood and projected an intense interest in performance from a tender age. Later, Sursok trained formally as a speech and drama major at London’s esteemed Trinity College, before hearkening back to the land down under and snagging her first major role…

Tammy Townsend Biography (1970-)

Tammy Townsend spent most of her career guest starring and playing the occasional recurring roles on television shows. She was a regular on the short-lived series Divas. Her television credits include appearances on Family Matters, Living Single, In the Heat of the Night, and Quantum Leap. She made her film debut with a small role in Robert Townsend’s…

Belinda Carlisle Biography (1958-)

Musician. Born August 17, 1958, as Belinda Jo Kurczeski to Walt and Joanne Kurczeski in Hollywood, California. Belinda’s father abandoned the family when she was 5 years old. Her mother remarried, and the family’s lower middle-class household eventually expanded to include seven children. As a youth, Belinda was often tasked with babysitting her three younger brothers and three younger…

Kathie Lee Gifford Biography (1953-)

Television personality. Kathryn Lee Epstein was born on August 16, 1953, in Paris, France. Her father, Aaron Leon Epstein, was an American naval officer and weekend jazz saxophonist, and her mother, Joan (nee Cuttell), was a former Naval secretary turned radio singer.

Kathie Lee and her two siblings, David and Michelle, grew up in France and several other…