Alyssa Milano is the daughter of Italian-American parents
Lin, a fashion designer, and Tom, a film music editor. Alyssa was born in a working class neighborhood in Brooklyn and grew
up in a modest house on Staten Island. One day, her babysitter, who was an aspiring dancer, dragged Alyssa along to a an open
audtion for the first national tour of Annie. But it was Alyssa, not the sitter, who beat out 1,500 other wanna be stage actresses
to snag a role. So at the tender age of seven, with her mother in tow, Alyssa joined the tour as July, one of the orphans.
After 18 months on the road, Alyssa, who had begun to garner a reputation as an energetic and charismatic young actress, left
Annie to be featured in off-Broadway productions and television commercials. Then, in 1983 at age 10, she landed her breakthrough
role on the new sitcom Who's the Boss?(1984) as Tony Danza' s saccharine sweet daughter, Samantha Micelli, a kid whose native
Brooklyn accent rivaled her TV dad's. In order for Alyssa to accept the gig, the Milano family had to uproot and move 3,000
miles to Hollywood.
Had a best-selling excercise video in 1988 called Teen Steam.
She's the 1-800-COLLECT girl.
Awarded $230,000 in a default judgement against a web designer
that allegedly posted nude pictures of her. [December 1998]
Engaged to Scott Wolf but their engagement was broken off
and they are no longer seeing each other. [1993]
Her first role was in the musical 'Annie' on Broadway, she
was 8 years old then.
Wore colored contact lenses in some episodes "Who's the Boss?"
(1984).
Born under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Alyssa has seven tattoos. She has a sacred heart on her behind,
a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, rosary beads on her back, an angel on her left ankle, an Orobous (a snake biting its
own tail) on her right wrist, an "om" on the other wrist and a garland of flowers around her right ankle.
Favorite sport is Hockey.
Plays piano and flute.
Her ex-husband, Cinjun Tate, is the lead singer for the rock
group, Remy Zero.
Caused a stir with her TV Commercial for Candies perfume,
which featured a black-lingerie clad Alyssa and a goateed man. The "Anywhere You Dare" campaign was rejected by such stations
as WB and FOX. [2000]
Caused a stir with 2 of her Candies Print Ads, which one shows
a man perfuming Milano's cleavage, the other presents her standing before a medicine cabinet stocked with perfume and condoms.
Both ads were turned down by youth-oriented magazines Seventeen and Teen People. [2000]
Attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Caused a commotion with her TV dad, Tony Danza, when
she posed nude in the 1993 pages of 'Bikini' magazine. "I worried about her, but it wasn't my place to say anything," explains
Danza. "I played her father, but I wasn't her father."
A picture of her was used to create Ariel in the classic Disney
movie The Little Mermaid (1989)
Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2001]
Had 5 albums released in Japan which all went platinum. These
were titled Alyssa, Look In My Heart, Best in the world, Locked In a Dream, and Do You See Me?
Lost out to Shannen Doherty for a role in Mallrats (1995).
Older sister of Cory Milano.
Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list [2003]
Measurements: Bust 36C
During the animation of The Little Mermaid (1989), her picture
was used to create the lead character, Ariel. Coincidentally, her character on the WB hit TV show, "Charmed" (1998), temporarily
turned into a mermaid at the beginning of the 5th season.
Ranked #5 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World"
(2002).
Her family once suffered a tragic fire. Her dad went back
into the house to save the dog, risking his own life. He injured himself by jumping out of a second story window after the
search for the dog became impossible due to the heat. The dog unfortunately did not survive.
Ranked #28 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
Ranked #28 of "The 100 Greatest Child Actors of All Time"
Holly Marie Combs was a bridesmaid at her wedding to Cinjun
August Tate
Has played two different characters who both rode on a horse
naked, Phoebe in "Charmed" and the mayor's daughter in "Spin City"
Alyssa's favorite saying is "It's nice to be important, but
it's important to always be nice."
"Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have
3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?"
"I've always believed in experiencing everything in life.
When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies."
We were in Brooklyn and we stopped by a neighbor's house ...
there were these dogs there and I guess they had puppies, she was going to keep one but said she may have to put the rest
to sleep if she couldn't find homes for them, so if we knew anyone that wanted puppies to let her know. I asked what she meant
by "putting them to sleep", so I asked and my mom being as subtle as possible said it means they are going to kill them. So
we took home one named Pluto.
Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have
and, you know, if there are people that have compassion, there are very few people that put their money into animal rescue
organizations. And if there is someone that has that passion, animals need all the help they can get.
