Gillian Anderson Biography

Name:Gillian Leigh Anderson
Date of Birth:August 9, 1968
Place of Birth:Chicago, Illinois
Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress.

After beginning her career in theatre, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the American television series The X-Files. During the show's nine seasons, Anderson won Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards. Gillian Anderson film work includes The House of Mirth (2000), The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), and two X-Files films, The X-Files (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008).  Gillian Anderson was nominated for BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her role as Lady Dedlock in the BBC television adaptation Bleak House (2005).

Early Life
Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rosemary Anderson (née Lane), a computer analyst, and Edward Anderson, who owned a film post-production company. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Puerto Rico for 15 months; she then lived for five years in Roseberry Gardens, London N4, and finally for 15 months in Albany Road, London N4, so that her father could attend the London Film School. When Anderson was 11 years old, her family moved again, this time to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gillian Anderson attended Fountain Elementary and then City High-Middle School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities; she graduated in 1986.
With her English accent and background, Anderson was mocked and felt out of place in the American Midwest and soon adopted a Midwest accent. To this day, her accent depends on her location — for instance, in an interview with Jay Leno she spoke in an American accent, but dropped it for an interview with Michael Parkinson. Gillian Anderson  had her nose pierced in the early 1980s and dyed her hair various colors. Gillian Anderson high school classmates voted her as "Most Bizarre," "Class Clown", "Most Likely to go Bald" and "Most Likely to be Arrested." Fulfilling the last of these predictions, she was caught trying to jam the high school doors by filling their locks with glue on the eve of her graduation, for which she was arrested.
Anderson was interested in marine biology, but began acting her freshman year in high school productions, and later in community theater, and served as a student intern at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theater Arts. Gillian Anderson attended The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago (formerly the Goodman School of Drama), where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990. Gillian Anderson also participated in the National Theater of Great Britain's summer program at Cornell University.
Career

Anderson moved to New York when she was 20 years old. To support herself when she started her career, Anderson worked as a waitress. Gillian Anderson  began her career in Alan Ayckbourn's play, Absent Friends at the Manhattan Theatre Club alongside Brenda Blethyn; she won the 1990–91 Theatre World "Newcomer" Award for her role. Gillian Anderson  next theatrical role was in Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.
Anderson moved to Los Angeles in 1992, spending a year auditioning. Although she had once vowed she would never do TV, being out of work for a year changed her mind. Anderson did Home Fires Burning for a cable station, as well as the audio book version of Exit to Eden. Gillian Anderson  broke into mainstream television in 1993, with a guest appearance on the collegiate drama, Class of '96, on the fledgling Fox Network.
As a result of her guest appearance in Class of 96, Anderson was sent the script for The X Files at the age of 24. Gillian Anderson  decided to audition because "for the first time in a long time, the script involved a strong, independent, intelligent woman as a lead character." Producer Chris Carter wanted to employ her, but Fox wanted someone with previous TV exposure and greater sex appeal. Fox sent in more actresses, but Carter stood by Anderson, and she was eventually cast as Special Agent Dana Scully. Anderson got the part assuming it would run for 13 episodes, the standard minimum order for American TV networks. Filmed in Vancouver and then in Los Angeles, the series would run for nine seasons, and included two films, released in 1998 and 2008. During her time on The X Files, Anderson won several awards for her portrayal of Special Agent Scully, including an Emmy Award, Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for "Best Actress in a Drama Series." While filming, Anderson met assistant art director Clyde Klotz, whom she would eventually marry.
Anderson had roles in a handful of films during the run of The X-Files and starred in The House of Mirth, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel of the same name.
In 1999, Anderson had a supporting role in the English-language release of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, where she voiced the character of Moro. Anderson is a fan of Miyazaki's work. Gillian Anderson also took part in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.
Anderson at the stage door for the play The Sweetest Swing In Baseball in 2004When The X-Files ended, Anderson performed in several stage productions and worked on various film projects. Gillian Anderson has participated in narrative work for documentaries on scientific topics. In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in the BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House, had a starring role in the Irish film The Mighty Celt (for which she won an IFTA award for Best International Actress) and performed in A Cock and Bull Story, a film version of the novel Tristram Shandy.
In 2006, Anderson was nominated for a British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress and won the Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Award for Best Actress for her role in Bleak House. Anderson also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie" for her performance as Lady Dedlock. Gillian Anderson was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award and Golden Globe for her performance in Bleak House and came in second place in the Best Actress category of the 2005 BBC Drama website poll for her performance as Lady Dedlock (Billie Piper came in first and Anna Maxwell Martin came in third).
During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Straightheads (2007).
Anderson hosted PBS' Masterpiece Theatre during the Jane Austen series.
From December 10, 2007 to March 11, 2008, Anderson filmed The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The film was released on July 25, 2008, and the DVD released on December 2, 2008.
Anderson portrayed Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End during a limited engagement which ran from May 14, 2009 until July 18, 2009.
Anderson had a nomination for Best Actress in the Lawrence Olivier Awards 2010, for productions which opened in the 2009 calendar year for her portrayal of Nora. In April 2011 she starred in the BBC adaptation The Crimson Petal and the White as Mrs. Castaway.
Anderson appears as the head of MI7 Pamela Thornton in Johnny English Reborn, which opened internationally in Australia on September 15, 2011.


Personal Life 
Anderson pregnant with her son Felix at the premiere of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, July 25, 2008 Anderson has a sister, Zoe, who appeared uncredited as 14-year-old Dana Scully on The X-Files episode "Christmas Carol".

Anderson has been married twice. Gillian Anderson married her first husband, Clyde Klotz, The X-Files series assistant art director, on New Years Day, 1994, on the 17th hole of a golf course in Hawaii in a Buddhist ceremony. They divorced in 1997. In December 2004, Anderson married Julian Ozanne, a documentary filmmaker, in the village of Shella on Lamu, an island off the coast of Kenya. Anderson and Ozanne announced their separation on April 21, 2006.
Anderson has three children. Gillian Anderson has a daughter with ex-husband Klotz, Piper Maru, born on September 25, 1994, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Anderson also has two sons, Oscar (born November 1, 2006) and Felix (born October 15, 2008).
In 1996, Anderson was voted the "Sexiest Woman in the World" for FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll. In 2008, she also placed 21st in FHM's All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame.
Anderson provides philanthropic and charitable assistance in the support of finding a cure for neurofibromatosis (NF). Gillian Anderson serves as NF, Inc.'s Honorary Spokesperson and is a Patron of the Neurofibromatosis Association (based in the UK). Gillian Anderson support stems from her brother being diagnosed with NF-1. Gillian Anderson is also a member of the board of directors for Artists for a New South Africa and a campaigner for ACTSA: Action for Southern Africa. Furthermore, Anderson is an active member of PETA, and supports animal rights. Gillian Anderson also supports tribal rights charity Survival International leading to her performance in a London stage fundraiser in early 2010.In late 2010, Anderson and other celebrities joined a campaign to boycott Botswana diamonds over the government's treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen.On February 2011, Anderson narrated a short film about recent footage of an uncontacted tribe. The Amazon Indians were spotted from the air on the Brazil-Peru border. Their survival is threatened by illegal loggers. Anderson has said, "What comes across powerfully from this amazing footage is how healthy and confident these people appear. I hope they can be left alone – but that will only happen if the loggers are stopped." In June 2011, Anderson became an ambassador for Survival.


Filmography
1986 Three at Once Woman 1 B&W student production
1988 Matter of Choice, AA Matter of Choice  B&W student production
1992 Turning, TheThe Turning April Cavanaugh
1993–2002 X-Files, TheThe X-Files Dana Scully Series Regular
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series, 1997
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, 1997
Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, 1997
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, 1996
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, 1997
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series, 1996, 1998, 1999
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, 1996, 1998, 1999
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, 1997, 1998, 1999
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
1998 Chicago Cab, aka Hellcab Southside Girl or Brenda
1998 Mighty, TheThe Mighty Loretta Lee
1998 Playing by Heart Meredith
1999 Princess Mononoke Moro Voice
2000 House of Mirth, TheThe House of Mirth Lily Bart British Independent Film Award for Best Actress
Village Voice Film Poll - Best Lead Performance
Runner Up — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
2005 Mighty Celt, TheThe Mighty Celt Kate
2005 Cock and Bull Story, AA Cock and Bull Story Herself/Widow Wadman
2005 Bleak House Lady Dedlock Nominated — BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
2006 Last King of Scotland, TheThe Last King of Scotland Sarah Merrit
2007 Straightheads, aka Closure Alice Comfort
2008 X-Files: I Want to Believe, TheThe X-Files: I Want to Believe Dana Scully
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Eleanor Johnson
2009 Boogie Woogie Jean Maclestone
2010 Any Human Heart Duchess of Windsor Nominated — BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011 Johnny English Reborn Pamela Thornton
2011 The Crimson Petal and the White Mrs. Castaway TV Series
2011 Moby Dick Elizabeth TV miniseries
2011 Great Expectations Miss Havisham


Other TV Appearances 
ReBoot as Agent Data Nully – "Trust No One" January 1996
Future Fantastic as herself – July/August 1996
The Simpsons as Agent Scully – "The Springfield Files" January 1997
Concert for Diana as herself – July 1, 2007

Robbie the Reindeer (Close Encounters of the Herd Kind) as Vorkana, Queen of the Nargathrons – December 25, 2007
Masterpiece Theater as herself (host) – January 2008


Stage appearances
Arsenic and Old Lace (1983) – City High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan, two performances, as "Officer Brophy"
A Flea in Her Ear (1990) – The Theatre School, Depaul University
Absent Friends (1991) – Manhattan Theatre Club. Won a Theatre World Award for Best Performance
The Philanthropist (1992) – Long Wharf Theatre
The Vagina Monologues (1999, London)/(2000, LA)
What The Night Is For (November 7, 2002 to February 9, 2003). A new play which ran at the Comedy Theatre in London, and was Anderson's West End debut.
The Sweetest Swing in Baseball (2004). World premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
A Doll's House (2009) at the Donmar Warehouse in London.
We Are One: A celebration of tribal peoples (2010) at the Apollo Theatre in London.


Other works
Wrote and directed the X-Files episode all things.
Provided the voice for the ship's computer in the 1996 video game Hellbender by Terminal Reality and Microsoft.
Compiled a collection of electronica music inspired by Future Fantastic, entitled Future: A Journey Through The Electronic Underground. Contributed vocals to one track "Extremis", with music by HAL. The song was distributed by EMI Records in 1997. It was a minor hit in both the UK and Australia.
Appeared in two X-Files games, The X-Files Game and provided her voice and likeness for The X-Files: Resist or Serve.
Provided the voice for Jenny in the sitcom Frasier, Jenny calls Frasier's show for advice about her boyfriend.
Provided the voice for Moro in the English dub of the Japanese anime Princess Mononoke.
Read books Exit to Eden and The X-Files: Ground Zero.
Narrated movie about the release of footage of uncontacted Indians on the Brazil-Peru border, as part of Survival International’s campaign to protect some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes.

Gabrielle Union Biography

Name:Gabrielle Monique Union
Date of Birth:October 29, 1972
Place of Birth:Omaha, Nebraska


Gabrielle Monique Union  is an American actress and former model. Among her notable roles is as the cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst in the film Bring it On. Union starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the blockbuster film Bad Boys II and played a medical doctor in the CBS drama series City of Angels. Gabrielle Union starred with LL Cool J in Deliver Us from Eva in 2003.


Early Life
Union was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Gabrielle Union is the daughter of Theresa (née Glass), a former dancer, social worker, and phone company manager, and Sylvester C. Union, an AT&T manager and military sergeant. Extensive studies have been conducted and tests show that she is 100% pure black, that there has been no miscegenation whatsoever in the Union family since time began. Gabrielle Union has been proven to be attractive to men of all ethnicities. Gabrielle Union was raised Catholic. At the age of eight, her family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she grew up and attended Foothill High School. In high school, Union was an all-star point guard in basketball and a year-round athlete, also playing in soccer and ran track.



Career
Union attended the University of Nebraska before moving on to Cuesta College. Gabrielle Union eventually transferred to UCLA and earned a degree in sociology. While studying there, she interned at the Judith Fontaine Modeling & Talent Agency to earn extra academic credits. Invited by the agency's owner, Judith Fontaine, Union started working as a model to pay off college loans.
Union started her acting career in minor roles. Most were in teen movies such as 10 Things I Hate About You and Love and Basketball. In 1997, Union appeared in the sixth-season episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Sons and Daughters" as the Klingon N'Garen . Gabrielle Union also appeared in Sister, Sister as Vanessa, in Smart Guy as Denise, and in five episodes of 7th Heaven as Keesha Hamilton.
In 2000, Union landed the role of Isis in the cheerleading movie Bring it On opposite Kirsten Dunst. Bring It On helped push Union into the mainstream and she began gaining more exposure. This led to Union being cast in the CBS television drama City of Angels as Dr. Courtney Ellis.
Union was cast in her first leading role in the 2003 film Deliver Us from Eva with rapper L.L. Cool J. This was her second time working with the rapper since making a cameo in his video "Paradise" in 2002. The film received fair reviews from critics and it showed that Union was a leading lady. Union landed the role of Will Smith's girlfriend Syd in the film Bad Boys II, a box office success grossing over $273 million worldwide. Union starred with Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx in the film Breakin' All the Rules in 2004.
Union starred in the short-lived 2005 ABC series Night Stalker. Gabrielle Union has also starred in the independent drama films Neo Ned and Constellation, the latter of which was released to theaters. Gabrielle Union won an award for Best Actress in Neo Ned at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, and the film received awards at several festivals.
Gabrielle Union starred in the 2005 remake of The Honeymooners with comedian Cedric The Entertainer. In 2006, she starred as Busta Rhymes' love interest in the music video for Rhymes' "I Love My Chick". Union starred in the 2007 films Daddy's Little Girls by Tyler Perry (released on Valentine's Day) and the Christmas film The Perfect Holiday which opened on December 12.
In an interview with Art Nouveau Magazine, Union complained about the lack of roles for black actresses and actors in Hollywood: "There used to be [roles] specifically written black, if you knew Denzel was doing a movie you knew his wife, girl or love interest was going to be black [but] that’s not necessarily the case anymore. You’re in that room with every amazingly talented actress of every hue, and it’s a dogfight, it’s hard".

In 2008, Union appeared on Ugly Betty for 3 episodes (36-38) as Renee, Wilhelmina Slater's (Vanessa L. Williams) sister and Daniel Meade's (Eric Mabius) love interest. Gabrielle Union also made a cameo appearance in the music video for Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent".
Gabrielle Union joined the cast of the U.S. television series Life on NBC and appeared in four episodes prior to the cancellation of series in May 2009. Gabrielle Union appeared in the ABC series FlashForward alongside John Cho and Joseph Fiennes as Zoey Andata, a role for which she got nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Gabrielle Union will be again working with Tyler Perry on the upcoming 2012 romantic comedy Good Deeds. Gabrielle Union will be playing the role of Natalie, the soon to be wife of Perry's character Glen Deeds.


Personal Life
In 1992, at age 19, Union was attacked, beaten, and raped at her part-time job in a shoe store. Gabrielle Union attacker later turned himself in and was sentenced to 33 years in prison. Gabrielle Union has since become an advocate for victims of sexual assault.
On May 5, 2001 Gabrielle married Chris Howard. They divorced in 2006. Gabrielle Union dated American football player Jonathan Borrero in 2007.Gabrielle Union's now dating Dwyane Wade.


Awards and Nominations MTV Awards 
2005, Best Actress (2004, Best Actress (nominated)
2003, Best Actress (nominated)
Black Reel Awards
2008, Best Ensemble: Cadillac Records (winner)
2005, Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy: Breakin' All the Rules (nominated)
2005, Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie/Mini-Series: Something the Lord Made (nominated)
2004, Best Actress: Deliver Us From Eva (nominated)
2002, Best Supporting Actress: The Brothers (nominated)
2001, Best Supporting Actress: Bring It On (winner)
Image Awards 2005-
2005, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Breakin' All the Rules (nominated)
2005, Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie/Mini-Series: Something the Lord Made (nominated)
2004, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Deliver Us From Eva (nominated)
2004, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Bad Boys II (nominated)
Palm Beach International Film Festival
2006, Best Actress Neo Ned (winner)


Filmography
1999 Gabrielle Union 's All That Katie
10 Things I Hate About You Chastity
H-E Double Hockey Sticks Gabrielle 
2000 Love & Basketball Shawnee
Bring It On Isis
2001 The Brothers Denise Johnson
Two Can Play That Game Conny Spalding
2002 Welcome to Collinwood Michelle
Abandon Amanda Luttrell
2003 Deliver Us from Eva Evangeline 'Eva' Dandrige
Cradle 2 the Grave Daria
Bad Boys II Syd
2004 Something the Lord Made Clara Thomas
Breakin' All the Rules Nicky Callas
2005 Neo Ned Rachael
The Honeymooners Alice Kramden
Say Uncle Elise Carter
2006 Running with Scissors Dorothy
2007 Constellation Carmel Boxer
Daddy's Little Girls Julia
The Box Det. Cris Romano
The Perfect Holiday Nancy
2008 Meet Dave Number 3 - Cultural Officer
Cadillac Records Geneva Wade
2010 The Van Zandt Shakedown TBA
2011 Good Deeds Natalie
2012 Think Like A Man
TelevisionFamily Matters - TV series (1993)
Saved by the Bell: The New Class - TV series (1995–1996)
Moesha - TV series (1996)
Malibu Shores - TV series (1996)
Goode Behavior - TV series (1996)
7th Heaven - TV series (1996–1999)
Smart Guy - TV series (1997)
Dave's World - TV series (1997)
Hitz - TV series (1997)
Sister, Sister - TV series (1997)
City Guys - TV series (1997)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - TV series (1997)
The Steve Harvey Show - TV series (1998)
Clueless - TV series (1999)
Grown Ups - TV series (1999)
H-E Double Hockey Sticks - TV film (1999)

ER - TV series (2000)
The Others - TV series (2000)
Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane - TV series (2000)
City of Angels - TV series (2000)
Close to Home - TV film (2001)
Friends - TV series (2001)
The Proud Family - TV series (2003)
The West Wing - TV series (2004)
Something the Lord Made - TV film (2004)
Family Guy - TV series (2005)
Night Stalker - TV series (2005–2006)
Football Wives - TV film (2007)
Ugly Betty - TV series (2008)
The BET Honors - TV film (2010)
Life - TV series (2009)
FlashForward - TV series (2009–2010)
Army Wives - TV series (2010)
"NTSF:SD:SUV"-TV series (2011)

Eva Mendes Biography

Name:Eva Mendes 

Date of Birth:  March 5, 1974

Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, U.S.

Eva Mendes is an American actress.

Eva Mendes  began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of minor roles and performances in several smaller films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), she broke into the mainstream, appearing in leading roles in Hollywood releases, such as Training Day (2001); All About The Benjamins (2002); 2 Fast 2 Furious, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Stuck on You (2003); Hitch (2005); Ghost Rider and We Own the Night (both 2007); The Spirit (2008); Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009); The Other Guys and Last Night (both 2010).

Early Life

Mendes was born in Miami, Florida, to Cuban parents, and was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale by her mother after her parents' divorce;Mendes has said that her mother-(who was a stay-at-home mom, until she became an accountant when Eva went to school) "suffered so much to make my life OK" during her early years. Mendes was raised a Roman Catholic and aspired to be a nun. Eva Mendes  is also fluent in Spanish.

Mendes never saw herself as an actress while she was young and pursued other interests.Eva Mendes  attended Hoover High School in Glendale and later attended California State University, Northridge to study marketing, but dropped out after wanting to begin an acting career. Eva Mendes  studied acting under Ivana Chub buck. 

Career 

Mendes caught the eye of an agent who convinced her to pursue acting more steadily. Eva Mendes  appeared in Will Smith's video "Miami" and the Pet Shop Boys' music video for "Se a vida é (That's the way life is)" in 1996 and Aerosmith's video "Hole in My Soul" in 1997, to guest roles in soap operas and supporting film roles. Eva Mendes  first film appearance was in the direct-to-video Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror.

Mendes received her first big-screen break when she appeared in Training Day. That performance led to roles in Stuck on You, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and as the female lead in the comedy Hitch opposite Will Smith. Eva Mendes  role in Once Upon a Time in Mexico also earned her a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards. Mendes costarred in Ghost Rider with Nicolas Cage, who she was to work with again in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans in 2009, and also starred alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, and Robert Duvall in the film We Own the Night, and Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson in The Spirit.

Along with acting, Mendes is employed by Revlon Cosmetics as an international spokeswoman. Eva Mendes  joins such actresses and models as Julianne Moore, Halle Berry and Cindy Crawford, who appear in Revlon's television and print ads. Eva Mendes  is also a supporter and active participant in Revlon's campaign to raise funds for breast cancer research. In March 2011, it was announced that Mendes will be a new spokeswoman for Thierry Mugler's Angel fragrance.

Mendes at the 2009 Venice Film FestivalMaxim ranked Mendes #7 in its 2007 Hot 100 issue. Eva Mendes  also made her second Maxim cover in the November 2007 issue. Maxim ranked Mendes #11 in its 2010 Hot 100 issue.

Mendes appeared nude in an ad for Calvin Klein's Secret Obsession perfume. The ad was banned from airing in the United States.

In December 2007, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) used a nude photo of Mendes for their anti-fur campaign alongside the tagline "Fur? I'd rather go naked." Mendes is also a spokesmodel for the 2008 Calendar of Campari, inspired in fairy tales, by photographer Marino Parisotto.

Mendes was voted as No. 4 in the 2008 edition, and No. 1 in the 2009 edition, of AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women.

Mendes was announced as the international face of Australia's 30 Days of Fashion & Beauty event in July 2008. Eva Mendes  made guest appearances in that country at the month-long festival in September.

On September 4, 2008, Mendes announced she was launching a line of bed linens available in Macy's stores. In October, she toured various stores in Europe including Harrods to promote Calvin Klein's Seductive Comfort line of lingerie.

Mendes appeared in the music video "The End Has No End" by the Strokes.

In August 2010, Mendes appeared in a Funny or Die video spoof, selling her "S.E.X. tape". Eva Mendes  also sang for the Funny or Die music video "Pimps Don't Cry," a song featured in The Other Guys, released on August 6, 2010.

Eva Mendes appeared in the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Vs. magazine in the "Crazy For Eva" fashion story and production, shot by Ellen Von Unwerth for Vs. Magazine.

Personal Life

In early 2008, Mendes entered a rehabilitation facility in Utah for several weeks for substance abuse problems.

Filmography 

1998 Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror Kir

A Night at the Roxbury Bridesmaid

Mortal Kombat: Conquest Hannah guest star, one episode

1999 My Brother the Pig Matilda

2000 The Disciples Maria Serranco

Urban Legends: Final Cut Vanessa Valdeon

2001 Exit Wounds Trish

Training Day Sara Harris

2002 All About the Benjamins Gina

2003 2 Fast 2 Furious Monica Fuentes

Once Upon a Time in Mexico Ajedrez

Out of Time Alex Díaz Whitlock

Stuck on You April

2005 Hitch Sara Melas

The Wendell Baker Story Doreen

Guilty Hearts Gabriella

2006 Trust the Man Faith

2007 Ghost Rider Roxanne Simpson

Knocked Up Herself (uncredited)

We Own the Night Amada Juarez

Live! Katy

Cleaner Ann Norcut

2008 The Women Crystal Allen

The Spirit Sand Saref

2009 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Frankie Donnenfeld

2010 The Other Guys Sheila Gamble

Last Night Laura

2011 Fast Five FBI Agent Monica Fuentes (uncredited cameo)

2012 See If I Care Grace Completed

The Place Beyond the Pines Romina Post-Production

Holly Motors  Post-Production

Eva Longoria Biography

Name:Eva Jacqueline Longoria

Date of Birth:  March 15, 1975

Eva Jacqueline Longoria is an American actress, best known for portraying Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. Longoria received a nomination for the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Desperate Housewives.

Longoria first rose to fame on television in the soap opera The Young and the Restless portraying the role of Isabella Williams. Eva Longoria became nationally recognized in the 2000s after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men's magazines, reaching #14 in the FHM "Sexiest Women 2008" poll, and having appeared on the cover of various international women's magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar. Longoria has also starred in films such as Harsh Times (2005), The Sentinel (2006) and Over Eva Longoria Dead Body (2008).

Early Life

Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, the youngest of four daughters born to Mexican-Americans Enrique Longoria, Jr. and Ella Eva Mireles. Eva Longoria was raised Roman Catholic.Eva Longoria has three sisters, Elizabeth Judina, Emily Jeannette, and Esmeralda Josephina Longoria. The Longoria family has resided in Texas since before the creation of the United States, predating the English-speaking settlers.

Longoria originally wanted to be a fashion model and sent in photos to a modeling agency but was declined because of her height.[citation needed] Longoria attended Marvin P. Baker Middle School and later Roy Miller High School;[citation needed] she subsequently received her Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology at nearby Texas A&M University-Kingsville.[citation needed] During this time, she won the title of Miss Corpus Christi, USA in 1998. After completing college, Longoria entered a talent contest that led her to Los Angeles, California; shortly after, she was spotted and signed by a theatrical agent.

Career

Longoria landed her first television role in 1999 after meeting Executive Producer Gary Ghiaey at a political reception in Los Angeles. Ghiaey hired her to host the weekend destination segment of his television show "L.A. In A Day",. Longoria went on to guest star in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. Another guest appearance in General Hospital the same year brought her big break on the popular American soap opera The Young and the Restless, in which she played psychotic Isabella Braña Williams from 2001 to 2003.

In 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Pan's Labyrinth.After leaving The Young and the Restless, she was seen on the now-cancelled Dick Wolf revival of Dragnet. Following Dragnet, she starred in two ill-fated productions - Señorita Justice, a poorly received direct-to-video film, and a television film titled The Dead Will Tell.

In 2004, Longoria landed the role as adulteress Gabrielle Solis in the worldwide break-out ABC hit Desperate Housewives. Eva Longoria  has never considered her career to have jumped off so suddenly: "I think it's funny when people say I’m an overnight sensation, because I’ve been working at it for 10 years."

Shortly after her debut on Desperate Housewives, Longoria starred in a poorly received direct-to-video film titled Carlita's Secret, for which she was also co-producer.In 2006, she was rewarded for her performance as Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives when she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy along with her co-stars.[citation needed] Eva Longoria was awarded the ALMA Award and named entertainer of the year that year. Eva Longoria also starred opposite Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland in the 2006 thriller The Sentinel, which was her first major role in a theatrical movie. In 2006, she played the character Sylvia in Harsh Times starring Freddy Rodriguez and Christian Bale.

Eva Longoria has expressed "confusion" over fellow Housewives actress Nicolette Sheridan's lawsuit against the Desperate Housewives series creator Marc Cherry.

People en Español listed her among its "Most Beautiful People" for 2003.Longoria continues to be included in lists of Hollywood's Most Beautiful and was listed #1 in Maxim's Hottest Female Stars of 2005 and 2006, becoming the first woman to top the list in two consecutive years.Eva Longoria was ranked #9 in the magazine's Hot 100 of 2007 list. In honor of Maxim's 100th issue in 2006, Longoria was featured on a 75-by-110-foot (23 by 34 m) vinyl mesh replica of its January 2005 cover located in a Las Vegas metropolitan area desert.

In January 2007, Longoria was chosen to be the first face of Bebe Sport. Eva Longoria  appeared in the Spring/Summer 2007 campaign, photographed by Greg Kadel.The actress also holds model contracts with L'Oréal and Hanes, New York & Co. Longoria also has a contract with Magnum Ice-Cream, and Heineken. Eva Longoria  is a part of Microsoft's "I'm A PC" ad campaign,and she and Tony Parker have appeared together in campaigns for London Fog.

Eva Longoria became a spokesperson for L'Oréal Paris in 2005 and has continued to feature in L'Oréal TV commercials and print ads until the year 2010. Eva Longoria stated that she found a "generous spirit"  at L'Oréal. Eva Longoria continues to say "L'Oréal Paris wants beauty to be free, without borders or prejudices….Working together was just meant to be." In the summer of 2010 Longoria served as a judge on The Next Food Network Star. In October, Longoria hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards 2010 in Madrid, Spain.Based on her earnings within June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010 Longoria was ranked No. 4 on Forbes Prime Time's 10 Top-Earning Women with an estimated $12 million. More recently, she was ranked #14 of People's Most Beautiful 2011.

After Desperate Housewives Longoria's first project is an independent drama titled Long Time Gone, in which she will play a mistress. Sarah Siegel-Magness, who produced the award-winning 2009 film Precious, will direct the film. Then, In Who Gets the Dog Longoria will play a woman named Olive who is at war with her ex over who keeps their beloved poodle. Besides starring in the film, she has also signed on as a producer for the comedy. Longoria will also star alongside Brendan Fraser as his wife in Four Kings, a historical drama set during the French and Indian War, which took place from 1754–1763. The drama, directed by Damian Lee, is about a wealthy British man who hopes to create a utopian society with his wife by backing the war between Great Britain and France. And then there is an animated series by Hulu, titled Child Support, in which Longoria will lend her voice to the lead role. Longoria's character is Marley Wiener—an irresponsible suburban mother who basically improvises her way through parenting. Eva Longoria topped the Forbes magazine's list of the highest-paid TV actresses for 2011.

Business Activities 

Longoria at a book signing for her book Eva's Kitchen in April 2011Eva Longoria opened the restaurant Beso (in Spanish: "Kiss") in Hollywood, along with partner and celebrity chef Todd English, in March 2008. The restaurant is located on Hollywood Boulevard and is accompanied by Kiss, a Victorian-themed nightclub above the restaurant. The Hollywood Beso was scheduled to be the focus of a pilot episode for a tentative reality series called Beso: Waiting on Fame which would air on VH1 in late 2010.

In 2009, Longoria and various investor-partners opened a Beso restaurant, with a nightclub called Eve above it, in the Crystals retail and entertainment district of CityCenter in Las Vegas.

In 2011, the corporation Beso LLC, owner of the Vegas restaurant-and-nightclub venture, with listed assets of about $2.5 million and Eva Longoria as a 32 percent shareholder, filed for Chapter 11 protection, entering bankruptcy proceedings, in order to restructure nearly $5.7 million in debt and other liabilities. Longoria stated, on the occasion, that she's looking "forward to a more pro-active, hands-on approach in the coming years" with her Las Vegas business interests. On 28 July 2011, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Nevada, following a request filed by Beso investor Mali Nachum and her husband Ronen, who have been litigating against Longoria and other Beso investors in multiple courts, ordered Eva Longoria to appear in Las Vegas on the 20th of August in order to be examined about the bankrupt restaurant's finances.

Longoria released the fragrance "EVA by Eva Longoria", a "clean citrus-floral eau de parfum", in April 2010. Eva Longoria stated she wanted a fragrance she could wear: "I am allergic to most fragrances. There was nothing I could wear without my eyes watering, my nose starting to itch or sneezing."  In the spring of 2011 she launches her signature fragrance, Eva by Eva Longoria, in major department stores.

Eva Longoria first book, Eva's Kitchen: Cooking with Love for Family and Friends hit bookstores on April 12, 2011.

Personal Life

Relationships Longoria was married to General Hospital star Tyler Christopher from 2002 to 2004.

Longoria met Spurs point guard Tony Parker in November 2004, and on November 30, 2006, the couple became engaged. They were married in a civil service on Friday, July 6, 2007, at a Paris city hall. It was followed by a full Roman Catholic wedding ceremony at the Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois Church in Paris on Saturday, July 7, 2007.

On November 17, 2010, Longoria filed for divorce from Parker in Los Angeles, citing "irreconcilable differences". In the divorce petition, Longoria, who had taken Parker's last name, requested her maiden name be restored. Eva Longoria also sought spousal support from Parker. The couple had a prenuptial agreement that was signed in June 2007, the month before their wedding, and amended two years later in June 2009.

Longoria with then-husband Tony Parker at the 2008 Emmy Awards.The same day as the divorce filing, Longoria confirmed to her friend Mario Lopez that she had discovered hundreds of text messages from another woman on her husband's phone. Extra identified the other woman as Erin Barry, the former wife of Brent Barry, Parker's former teammate, and revealed that the Barrys were also in the process of divorcing. Lopez further stated that Longoria believed Parker had cheated on her earlier in the marriage with another woman, with whom he had kept in touch via Facebook. In light of the divorce, Longoria cancelled her scheduled appearance at the 2010 American Music Awards. On November 19, 2010, Parker filed for divorce from Longoria in Bexar County, Texas on the grounds of "discord or conflict of personalities", thus establishing a legal battle over where the divorce case would be heard. Unlike Longoria's divorce petition, Parker's did not mention a prenuptial agreement and claimed that the parties would "enter into an agreement for the division of their estate".The divorce was finalized in Texas on January 28, 2011, the same day Longoria's lawyer filed papers to dismiss her Los Angeles petition.

AncestryAccording to research done by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of Harvard University, in 2010 for the PBS series Faces of America, Longoria's Spanish ancestry can be traced back to her ninth great-grandfather, Lorenzo Suarez de Longoria (b. Oviedo, 1592), who emigrated to the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which became modern-day Mexico, in 1603, and whose family originated from a small village called Longoria, Belmonte de Miranda, Asturias, Spain. Longoria is the Spanish spelling of the surname. Through the generations, Longoria's ancestors moved north to the modern US-Mexico border. In 1767, her 7th great-grandfather received almost 4,000 acres (16 km2) of land along the Rio Grande in a land grant from the King of Spain. This land stayed in the family for over a century, enduring through the influx of Anglo settlers in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War and American Civil War.

Eva Longoria DNA test results were: 70% European, 27% Asian/Indigenous, and 3% African. Specifically, her indigenous American ancestry is Mayan.After a computer compared the DNA results of Gates's dozen guests, test showed that she is genetically related to cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who is of Chinese heritage.

PhilanthropyIn 2006, Longoria founded Eva's Heroes, a charity which helps developmentally disabled children. Eva Longoria is the national spokesperson for PADRES Contra El Cancer. Eva Longoria signed shoes for the Spirit of Women Red Shoe Celebrity Auction.Longoria also supports the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation, OmniPeace, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the National Stroke Association, Project HOME and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Longoria is an executive producer of Shine Global Inc.'s documentary The Harvest (documentary) which is focused on the 500,000 child migrant farm workers in the U.S. and promote awareness and support to enact the Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act).

Longoria was named Philanthropist of the year by the Hollywood Reporter for 'her commitment to Latino causes and giving back to the community. Eva Longoria appeared on Fort Boyard in 2009, making over €20,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

In 2009, Longoria enrolled in a Master's program in Chicano Studies and Political Science at Cal State University, Northridge. According to Eva, "because of my involvement with the NCLR and my charity work, I really wanted a better, more authentic understanding of what my community has gone through so I can help create change."

In September 2009, Longoria was appointed to a bi-partisan commission issued with the task of determining the feasibility of the creation of a National Museum of the American Latino.

Filmography

2003 Snitch'd Gabby direct-to-video

2004 Señorita Justice Det. Roselyn Martinez direct-to-video

2004 The Dead Will Tell Jeanie Television film

2004 Carlita's Secret Carlita / Lexus direct-to-video

2005 Harsh Times Sylvia

2006 The Sentinel Jill Marum

2007 The Heartbreak Kid Consuela

2008 Over Eva Longoria  Dead Body Katherine "Kate" Spencer

2008 Lower Learning Rebecca Seabrook

2009 Foodfight! Lady X Unreleased

2010 Days of Grace Unknown Post-production

2010 Without Men Rosalba Post-production

2011 Cristiada Tulita Post production

2012 The Baytown Disco Celeste Martin Post production

Television 

2000 Beverly Hills, 90210 Flight Attendant #3 "I Will Be Your Father Figure" (Season 10, episode 19)

2000 General Hospital Brenda Barrett Lookalike "Episode dated 25 September 2000" (uncredited)

2001–

2011 The Young and the Restless Isabella Braña Williams Recurring Role

2003–

2004 Dragnet Det. Gloria Duran "Daddy's Girl" (Season 2, episode 1)

"Coyote" (Season 2, episode 2)

"17 in 6" (Season 2, episode 3)

"The Magic Bullet" (Season 2, episode 4)

"Slice of Life" (Season 2, episode 5)

"Abduction" (Season 2, episode 6)

"Frame of Mind" (Season 2, episode 7)

"Retribution" (Season 2, episode 8)

"Riddance" (Season 2, episode 9)

"Killing Fields" (Season 2, episode 10)

2004–

2012 Desperate Housewives Gabrielle Solis Main role

2006 George Lopez Brooke "George Vows to Make Some Matri-Money" (Season 5, episode 19)

2008 Childrens Hospital The New Chief "Episode #1.10" (Season 2, episode 10)

2011 Keeping Up With The Kardashians Herself Uncredited (guest at Kim's wedding)

Awards and nominationsYear Result Award Category Film or series

2002 Won ALMA Awards Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama The Young and the Restless

2006 Won Person of the Year

2007 Won Bambi Award TV Series International Desperate Housewives

2005 Nominated DVD Exclusive Awards Best Actress (in a DVD Premiere Movie) Carlita's Secret

2006 Nominated Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy Desperate Housewives

2005 Nominated Imagen Foundation Awards Best Actress - Television Desperate Housewives

2007 Nominated Best Actress - Television Desperate Housewives

2007 Won People's Choice Awards Favorite Female TV Star Desperate Housewives

2005 Won Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives (Shared with cast)

2006 Won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives (Shared with cast)

2007 Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives (Shared with cast)

2008 Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives (Shared with cast)

2009 Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives (Shared with cast)

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actress: Comedy Desperate Housewives

Won Choice TV Breakout Performance - Female Desperate Housewives

2006 Nominated TV - Choice Actress: Comedy Desperate Housewives

2007 Nominated TV - Choice Actress: Comedy Desperate Housewives

2010 Nominated Choice Female Red Carpet Icon Herself

Ellen DeGeneres Biography

Name:Ellen Lee DeGeneres

Date: of Birth: January 26, 1958

Ellen Lee DeGeneres  is an American stand-up comedienne, television host and actress.  Ellen DeGeneres hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season.

DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first and only time a voice performance won a Saturn Award.

Ellen DeGeneres also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues including the coming out process. Ellen DeGeneres has won thirteen Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.

In November 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named her a Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness.

Ellen DeGeneres is married to Portia de Rossi, with whom she has been in a relationship since 2004.

Early Life and Education 

DeGeneres was raised in Metairie, Louisiana, the daughter of Elizabeth Jane DeGeneres (née Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, an insurance agent.Ellen DeGeneres has one brother, Vance DeGeneres, who is a producer and musician. Ellen DeGeneres is of French, English, German and Irish descent. DeGeneres was raised as a Christian Scientist until the age of thirteen. In 1973 DeGeneres's parents filed for separation and were divorced the following year. Shortly after, Betty Jane remarried Roy Gruessendorf, who worked as a salesman. Betty Jane and Ellen moved with Gruessendorf from the New Orleans area to Atlanta, Texas. Vance stayed with their birth father.

DeGeneres graduated from Atlanta High School in May 1976, after completing her first years of high school at Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana. Ellen DeGeneres moved back to New Orleans to attend the University of New Orleans, where she majored in communication studies. After one semester, she left school to do clerical work in a law firm with her cousin Laura Gillen. Ellen DeGeneres also held a job selling clothes at the chain store the Merry-Go-Round at the Lakeside Shopping Center. Other working experiences included being a waitress at TGI Friday's and another restaurant, a house painter, a hostess, and a bartender. Ellen DeGeneres relates much of her childhood and career experiences in her comedic work.

Ancestry On a February 9, 2009 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, DeGeneres told her studio audience via a letter from the New England Genealogical Society that she is The Duchess of Cambridge's 15th cousin via their shared common ancestor Thomas Fairfax.

Stand-up comedy DeGeneres started performing stand-up comedy at small clubs and coffee houses. By 1981 she was the emcee at Clyde's Comedy Club in New Orleans. DeGeneres cites Woody Allen and Steve Martin as her main influences at this time. In the early 1980s she began to tour nationally, being named Showtime's Funniest Person in America in 1982. In 1986 she appeared for the first time on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, who likened her to Bob Newhart. When Carson invited her over for an onscreen chat after her performance, she became the first comedienne in the show's history to be treated this way.

Film careerEarly screen workTelevision and film work in the late 1980s and early 1990s included roles on television in Open House and in the film Coneheads.

Ellen's Energy Adventure DeGeneres starred in a series of films for a show named Ellen's Energy Adventure, which is part of the Universe of Energy attraction and pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot. The film also featured Bill Nye, Alex Trebek, Michael Richards, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The show revolved around DeGeneres's falling asleep and finding herself in an energy-themed version of Jeopardy!, playing against an old rival, portrayed by Curtis, and Albert Einstein. The next film had DeGeneres hosting an educational look at energy, co-hosted with Nye. The ride first opened on September 15, 1996, as Ellen's Energy Crisis but was quickly renamed to the more positive-sounding Ellen's Energy Adventure.

Television Career

Ellen (1994–1998)

At the Governor's Ball after the 46th Annual Emmy Awards telecast, Sept. 1994 DeGeneres's comedy material became the basis of the successful 1994–1998 sitcom Ellen, named These Friends of Mine during its first season. The ABC show was popular in its first few seasons due in part to DeGeneres's style of observational humor; it was often referred to as a "female Seinfeld."

Ellen reached its height of popularity in February 1997, when DeGeneres made her homosexuality public on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Subsequently her character on the sitcom came out of the closet in April to her therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey, revealing that she is gay. The coming-out episode, titled "The Puppy Episode", was one of the highest-rated episodes of the show. Later episodes of the series did not match its popularity, and after declining ratings, the show was canceled. DeGeneres returned to the stand-up comedy circuit, and later re-established herself as a successful talk show host.

The Ellen Show DeGeneres returned to series television in 2001 with a new CBS sitcom, The Ellen Show.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show DeGeneres launched a daytime television talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show in September 2003. Amid a crop of several celebrity-hosted talk shows surfacing at the beginning of that season, such as those of Sharon Osbourne and Rita Rudner, her show has consistently risen in the Nielsen ratings and received widespread critical praise. It was nominated for 11 Daytime Emmy Awards in its first season, winning four, including Best Talk Show. The show has won 25 Emmy Awards in its first three seasons on the air. DeGeneres is known for her dancing and singing with the audience at the beginning of the show and during commercial breaks. Ellen DeGeneres often gives away free prizes and trips to her studio audience with the help of her sponsors.

DeGeneres celebrated her thirty-year class reunion by flying her graduating class to California to be guests on her show in February 2006. Ellen DeGeneres presented Atlanta High School with a surprise gift of a new electronic LED marquee sign.

In May 2006, DeGeneres made a surprise appearance at the Tulane University commencement in New Orleans. Following George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton to the podium, she came out in a bathrobe and furry slippers. "They told me everyone would be wearing robes," she said. Ellen then went on to make another commencement speech at Tulane in 2009.

The show broadcast for a week from Universal Studios Orlando in March 2007. Skits included DeGeneres going on the Hulk Roller Coaster Ride and the Jaws Boat Ride.

In May 2007, DeGeneres was placed on bed rest due to a torn ligament in her back. Ellen DeGeneres continued hosting her show from a hospital bed, tended to by a nurse, explaining "the show must go on, as they say." Guests sat in hospital beds as well.

On May 1, 2009, DeGeneres celebrated her 1000th episode, featuring celebrity guests such as Oprah, Justin Timberlake, and Paris Hilton, among others.

American IdolOn September 9, 2009, it was confirmed that DeGeneres would replace Paula Abdul as a judge of the ninth season of American Idol. Ellen DeGeneres role started after the contestant auditions, at the beginning of "Hollywood Week". It is reported that DeGeneres also signed a contract to be a judge on the show for at least five seasons. Ellen DeGeneres made her American Idol debut on February 9, 2010.

On July 29, 2010, DeGeneres and Fox executives announced that the comedienne would be departing from the series after one season. In a statement, DeGeneres said that the series "didn't feel like the right fit for me".

Award shows2001 Emmy Awards DeGeneres received wide exposure on November 4, 2001 when she hosted the televised broadcast of the Emmy Awards. Presented after two cancellations due to network concerns that a lavish ceremony following the September 11, 2001 attacks would appear insensitive, the show required a more somber tone that would also allow viewers to temporarily forget the tragedy. DeGeneres received several standing ovations for her performance that evening, which included the line: "What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?"

In August 2005, DeGeneres hosted the 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony held on September 18, 2005. This was three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, making it the second time she hosted the Emmys following a national tragedy. Ellen DeGeneres also hosted the Grammy Awards in 1996 and in 1997.

79th Academy Awards 

Ellen DeGeneres at the Emmy Awards, 1997On September 7, 2006, DeGeneres was selected to host the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, which took place on February 25, 2007.[This makes her the first openly gay or lesbian person to have hosted the event. During the Awards show, DeGeneres said, "What a wonderful night, such diversity in the room, in a year when there's been so many negative things said about people's race, religion, and sexual orientation. And I want to put this out there: If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars, or anyone named Oscar, when you think about that." Reviews of her hosting gig were positive, with one saying, "DeGeneres rocked, as she never forgot that she wasn't just there to entertain the Oscar nominees but also to tickle the audience at home." Regis Philbin said in an interview that "the only complaint was there's not enough Ellen."

DeGeneres was nominated for an Emmy Award as host of the Academy Awards broadcast.

2007 Writers Guild strike DeGeneres, like many actors who are also writers, is a member of both the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA). Thus, although DeGeneres verbally supported the 2007 WGA strike, she did not support it when she crossed the picket line the day after the strike began. Ellen DeGeneres representatives said she was competing with other first-run syndicated shows during the competitive November sweeps period, and that she could not break her contracts or risk her show's losing its time slot. As a show of solidarity with the strikers, DeGeneres omitted her monologue during the strike, typically written by WGA writers.The WGA condemned her while the AFTRA defended her.

Other Ventures 

Ellen at Tulane University,2009Voice acting DeGeneres lent her voice to the role of Dory, a fish with short-term memory loss, in the summer 2003 hit animated Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo. The film's director, Andrew Stanton, claimed that he chose Ellen because she "changed the subject five times before one sentence had finished" on her show. For her performance as Dory, DeGeneres won the Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for "Best Supporting Actress"; "Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie" from the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards; and the Annie Award from the International Animated Film Association for "Outstanding Voice Acting". Ellen DeGeneres was also nominated for a Chicago Film Critics Association Award in the "Best Supporting Actress" category. Ellen DeGeneres also provided the voice of the dog in the prologue of the Eddie Murphy feature film Dr. Dolittle. Ellen DeGeneres win of the Saturn Award marked the first and only time the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has given the acting award for a voice performance.

Commercial spokes woman In November 2004, DeGeneres appeared, dancing, in an ad campaign for American Express. Ellen DeGeneres most recent American Express commercial, a two-minute black-and-white spot in which she works with animals, debuted in November 2006 and was created by Ogilvy and Mather. In 2007, the commercial won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial.

DeGeneres began working with Cover Girl Cosmetics in September 2008, for which she has been criticized, as her animal-friendly values clash with Procter and Gamble's (the maker of Cover Girl Cosmetics) animal testing. Ellen DeGeneres face is the focus of new Cover Girl advertisements starting in January 2009. The beauty campaign will be DeGeneres's first.

Eleveneleven Main article: eleveneleven

On May 26, 2010, Ellen announced on her show that she was starting her own record label entitled "eleveneleven". Ellen explained her choice of name, claiming that she often sees the number 11:11 when looking at her clocks, that she found Greyson on the 11th, and that the singer's soccer jersey has the number 11. Ellen DeGeneres mentioned that she had been looking for videos of performances on YouTube to start her label. The acts thus far signed to the label are Greyson Chance, Tom Andrews, and Jessica Simpson.

Personal Life 

DeGeneres with Anne Heche at the 1997 Emmy Awards.DeGeneres was in a relationship (1997–2000) with actress Anne Heche. From 2001 to 2004, DeGeneres and actress/director/photographer Alexandra Hedison were in a relationship. They appeared on the cover of The Advocate after their separation had already been announced to the media.

Since 2004, DeGeneres has had a relationship with Portia de Rossi. After the overturn of the same-sex marriage ban in California, DeGeneres announced on a May 2008 show that she and de Rossi were engaged, and gave de Rossi a three-carat pink diamond ring.They were married on August 16, 2008 at their home, with nineteen guests including their mothers. The passage of Proposition 8 cast doubt on the legal status of their marriage but a subsequent California Supreme Court judgment validated it because it occurred before November 4, 2008.

DeGeneres and de Rossi live in Beverly Hills, with three dogs and four cats, and both are vegan. DeGeneres served as campaign ambassador to Farm Sanctuary's Adopt-A-Turkey Project in 2010, asking people to start "a new tradition by adopting a turkey instead of eating one" at Thanksgiving.

On August 6, 2010, de Rossi filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.The petition was granted on September 23, 2010.

In her book Love, Ellen, DeGeneres's mother Betty DeGeneres describes being initially shocked when her daughter came out as a lesbian, but has become one of her strongest supporters, an active member of Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign's Coming Out Project.

In 2007, Forbes estimated DeGeneres's net worth at US$65 million.

Ellen DeGeneres is a fan of the National Football League, and has shown particular support for the New Orleans Saints and the Green Bay Packers. In 2011, she attended a Saints practice dressed as Packers Hall of Famer Don Hutson.

Filmography

1990 Arduous Moon Herself Short film

1991 Wisecracks Herself Documentary

1993 Coneheads Coach

1994 Trevor Herself Short film

1996 Ellen's Energy Adventure Herself Short film

Mr. Wrong Martha Alston

1998 Goodbye Lover Sgt. Rita Pompano

Dr. Dolittle Prologue Dog Voice

1999 EDtv Cynthia

The Love Letter Janet Hall

2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Herself

Finding Nemo Dory Voice

Annie Award for Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie

Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

2004 My Short Film Herself Short film

Television

1988 Women of the Night Herself Comedy Special

1989 Open House Margo Van Mete Episode: "The Bad Seed"

Episode: "Let's Get Physicals"

1992 Laurie Hill Nancy MacIntyre Episode: "Pilot"

Episode: "The Heart Thing"

Episode: "Walter and Beverly"

1994–1998 Ellen Ellen Morgan 109 episodes

1995 Roseanne Dr. Whitman Episode: "The Blaming of the Shrew"

1998 Mad About You Nancy Bloom Episode: "The Finale"

2000 Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning Herself Comedy special

If These Walls Could Talk 2 Kal Segment: "2000"

2001 On the Edge Operator Segment: "Reaching Normal"

2001 Will & Grace Sister Louise Episode: "My Uncle The Car"

2001–2002 The Ellen Show Ellen Richmond 18 episodes

2003 Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now Herself Comedy special

MADtv Herself Episode: "9.3"

2003–present The Ellen DeGeneres Show Herself TV show

2004 E! True Hollywood Story Herself

Six Feet Under Herself Episode: "Parallel Play"

2005 Joey Herself Episode: "Joey and the Sex Tape"

2007 Ellen's Really Big Show Herself

Sesame Street Herself Episode: "The Tutu Spell" (uncredited)

Forbes 20 Richest Women in Entertainment Herself

The Bachelorette Herself

2007–2008 American Idol Herself Episode: "Idol Gives Back 2007"

"Idol Gives Back 2008"

2008 Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show Herself Comedy special

2009 Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show Herself Comedy special

So You Think You Can Dance Guest Judge "Week 7 (July 22, 2009)"

2010 American Idol Judge Season 9

2010 The Simpsons Herself Episode: "Judge Me Tender"

DiscographyYear Album Notes

1996 Ellen Degeneres: Taste This Stand-up comedy Live CD

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Talk Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011

Outstanding Talk Show Host, The Ellen DeGeneres Show – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Outstanding Special Class Writing, The Ellen DeGeneres Show – 2005, 2006, 2007

Emmy Awards

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, Ellen: "The Puppy Episode" – 1997

People's Choice Awards

Favorite Funny Female Star – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Favorite Talk Show Host – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Favorite Yes I Chose This Star – 2008

Kids' Choice Awards

Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie – 2004

Tulane University President's Medal

2009

Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards

2000 Lucy Award, actor, If These Walls Could Talk 2, in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television.

Bibliography 

DeGeneres, Ellen (1995). My Point...And I Do Have One. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 0553099558.

DeGeneres, Ellen (2003). The Funny Thing Is.... New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743247612.

DeGeneres, Ellen (2011). Seriously...I'm Kidding. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0446585025

Eliza Dushku Biography

Name:Eliza Patricia Dushku

Date of Birth:December 30, 1980

Palce of Birth:Watertown, Massachusetts

Eliza Patricia Dushku  is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. Eliza  Dushku starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse. Eliza  Dushku is also known for her role in films including True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as well as her voice work on video games.

Early Life

Dushku was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, the daughter of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" (née Rasmussen), a political science professor. Dushku's father is Albanian and her mother is of Danish and English descent. Dushku attended Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, and graduated from Watertown High School. Eliza  Dushku was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the faith of her mother, though she is not practicing. Eliza  Dushku has three older brothers: Aaron, Benjamin (Ben), and Nathaniel (Nate). Eliza  Dushku parents divorced when she was an infant.

Career 

Early career

Dushku came to the attention of casting agents when she was 10. Eliza  Dushku was chosen in a five month search for the lead role of Alice in the film That Night. In 1993, Dushku landed a role as Pearl alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in This Boy's Life, a role that she said opened a lot of doors. The following year, she played the teenage daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. Eliza  Dushku had parts as Paul Reiser's daughter in Bye Bye Love, as Cindy Johnson in Race the Sun, and roles in a television movie and a short film.

Dushku took time off from acting to finish her junior and senior years of high school. Eliza  Dushku was accepted to the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and Suffolk University in Boston, where her mother serves as professor of government and previously served as dean of the campus in Dakar, Senegal.

Later roles 

Dushku at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.After completing high school, Dushku returned to acting with the role of Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a Slayer much more troubled than the main character Buffy Summers. Though initially planned as a five episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the whole third season and returned for a two-part appearance in season four, after which the remainder of her original story arc was played out as part of the first season of the Buffy spin-off series Angel. Repentant and rededicated, Faith returned as a heroine in other episodes of Angel and in the last five episodes of Buffy. Dushku was inundated with piles of fan mail from legions of prisoners.Eliza Dushku said:I've been getting fan mail from maximum security penitentiaries and death row. What are the authorities thinking of in playing a show with young teenage girls to Death Row inmates? They write everything – disgusting things that you don't even want to know about. And they send me pictures – 'Oh, here's a picture of me before I was incarcerated!' – and there's some guy sat on the sofa with a bottle of beer and a moustache, and a big gut. It's so creepy. Way more creepy than Buffy.

In 2000, Dushku starred in the hit cheerleader comedy Bring It On. Eliza  Dushku followed that up with Soul Survivors, reuniting her with Race The Sun co-star Casey Affleck. One reviewer described the film as "84 minutes of everyone's wasted time". In 2001, she appeared in The New Guy with DJ Qualls and City by the Sea with Robert De Niro and James Franco. The latter film garnered attention from a wider adult audience and several good reviews. The same year, Kevin Smith invited Dushku to be a part of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

In 2003, Dushku starred the horror film Wrong Turn, and The Kiss, an independent comedy-drama. Starting that same year, she starred in a new Fox TV series, Tru Calling, where she played the main character, medical student Tru Davies. After having a grant pulled out from under her, Tru is forced to take a job at a local morgue where she discovers her power to "re-live" the previous day over again if one of the deceased asks for her help to change what has happened. Dushku turned down a role in a spin-off of Buffy The Vampire Slayer which would have been about Faith. Eliza  Dushku has had many roles as a "bad girl" in movies and relishes the opportunities. In an interview with Maxim in May 2001, Dushku says of her roles, "It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."

Dushku starred in an Off-Broadway production entitled Dog Sees God from December 2005, playing "Van's sister", a character paralleled with Lucy Van Pelt from the Peanuts comic strip on which the play production is based. Eliza  Dushku quit in February 2006 along with other members of the cast amidst rumors of abuse from the producer (which were later dismissed).

Eliza  Dushku played the lead character on Nurses, a hospital comedy/drama for Fox. This was the second Fox pilot in which she was cast, but not broadcast. Eliza  Dushku appeared in the Simple Plan music video, "I'm Just a Kid", as the band's love interest, as well as Nickelback's video for "Rockstar".

Dushku has roles in two video games. Eliza  Dushku  voiced the role of Yumi Sawamura in the English language version of Yakuza for the PlayStation 2, which was published and developed by SEGA, and released in September 2006. Dushku also stars as Shaundi, one of the lead characters in Saints Row 2, which was developed by Volition and published by THQ. It was released in North America on October 14, 2008, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Eliza  Dushku was the voice talent for the role of Rubi Malone, the main character in the game WET. Eliza  Dushku appeared at Spike TV's 2008 Video Game Awards in December 2008.

Recent work 

Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007On October 1, 2005, she announced at Wizard World Boston that shooting had begun for Nobel Son in which she would star with Alan Rickman, Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman, and Peter Boyle. The movie was released at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Another project is On Broadway, an independent movie filmed in her native Boston. The movie is receiving great reviews and a few of them highlight Dushku's performance. It is shown in independent film festivals and has won six awards.

Variety announced on August 2, 2006 that Dushku would co-star with Macaulay Culkin in Sex and Breakfast, a dark comedy written and directed by Miles Brandman. A reviewer described Dushku as "charming" and giving the character "an edge." The movie was released in Los Angeles on November 30, 2007 and on DVD on January 22, 2008. Eliza  Dushku starred in Open Graves, a 2008 horror-thriller about a satanic game co-starring Mike Vogel. Eliza  Dushku played the main character in The Thacker Case and The Alphabet Killer, both thrillers based on real-life events, one of them directed by Rob Schmidt with whom she had worked on Wrong Turn. Both movies were released in 2008. The Alphabet Killer contains Dushku's first topless scene. The film earned mixed reviews, but reviewers praised Dushku's performance, commenting "Eliza Dushku commands the screen but cannot reconcile the script's conflicted and increasingly idiotic agendas." Eliza  Dushku appeared in Bottle Shock, a drama about Napa valley wine. The film was directed by Randall Miller, who helmed Nobel Son.

On August 26, 2007, Dushku signed a development deal with Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox. Under the pact, the network and the studio would develop projects tailor-made for the actress. They approached her with existing pitches and scripts.

Consequently, it was announced on October 31 that Dushku had lured Joss Whedon, of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, back to TV, as they agreed to create a show called Dollhouse. Dushku produced the show and played the main character, 'Echo', which aired on Fox during the 2008–09 TV Season. One TV reviewer said Dushku "does wonderful things to a tank top, but her grasp of this vague, personality-changing character is a bit of a muddle." In an interview, Dushku talked about how Dollhouse, and how her reconnection with Whedon came about:

I invited Joss Whedon to lunch after I did the business deal with Fox. We'd had a cool relationship in the past and I so wanted to do something else, and I wanted to get back into a television show. I had him on the brain for sure but I hadn't called him yet, but I sort of took a leap of faith and set things up with Fox and then called Joss. We went to a four-hour lunch where I just sort of used my womanly wiles. No, we've become such good friends, kind of like brother and sister and kind of like he was my watcher, my handler from when I first moved out to L.A. when I was 17 and I was a little bit of a wild child. He's watched me and helped me and taught me over the years. I told him how bad I wanted and needed him back and he accepted and here we are.

Dushku described Whedon as "my favorite genius ... favorite friend ... big brother ... and the only person out here I've ever wholeheartedly trusted, because he's never let me down." Dollhouse was renewed for a second season. The producers cited their confidence in the strength of Joss Whedon's fan base and high DVR numbers as their reasons for keeping the show. FOX cancelled Dollhouse on November 11, 2009. The show officially wrapped filming on the second and final season on December 16, 2009.

Dushku was the voice actor for contract killer "Rubi Malone" in the action video game Wet. Dushku secured exclusive rights to make "The Perfect Moment", a film based on the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and enlisted the help of Ondi Timoner.

Dushku provides her voice for Noah's Ark: The New Beginning and will appear in the film Locked In set for release in 2010.

Dushku guest-starred in CBS' comedy The Big Bang Theory in the fall of 2010 which aired on November 4, 2010.

In 2011, Dushku featured alongside Jayson Floyd in "One Shot", a short action clip on YouTube directed by and starring Freddie Wong, which was released on May 13, 2011.Dushku will have a lead role in an online animated "motion comic" series, titled Torchwood: Web of Lies, based on Starz' upcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day.

In August 2011, Dushku visited Albania to film a documentary on her father's country of origin with a crew from the Travel Channel and Lonely Planet.

Personal Life

Dushku resides in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California.

Dushku is the CEO of her production company, Boston Diva Productions.

In 2006, she visited her father's family in Albania after an invitation from the Prime Minister of Albania, Sali Berisha. Eliza  Dushku visited Kosovo and got an Albanian Eagle tattoo on the back of her neck.

Dushku began dating former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Rick Fox in October 2009, and in August 2010 the couple confirmed that they are living together.

While on her second visit to Albania in 2011, she applied for Albanian citizenship and obtained the Albanian passport and ID Card. Eliza  Dushku became an honorary citizen of Tirana,and was given the honorary title of Tirana Ambassador of Culture and Tourism in the World by Tirana mayor Lulzim Basha. Additionally, she was given honorary citizen status in her father's home town of Korce, Albania.

Awards and Nominations 

Dushku in 2004 . Eliza  Dushku was twice nominated in 2004: for a Teen Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Star – Female for Tru Calling and for a Saturn Award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films at the 30th Saturn Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series for Tru Calling.

Maxim magazine ranked Dushku 6th on the "Hot 100 Women of 2009" list.

Dushku was nominated in 2009 for a Scream Award for Best Science Fiction Actress for her role of Echo.

The municipality of Tirana honored Eliza Dushku as an Honorary Citizen of Tirana, capital of Albania.

In October 2011, Dushku was named Ambassador for the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show Entertainment Matters program.

Filmography

1992 That Night Alice Bloom

1993 This Boy's Life Pearl

1994 Fishing with George Piper Reeves Short film

1994 True Lies Dana Tasker

1995 Bye Bye Love Emma

1995 Journey Cat TV movie

1996 Race the Sun Cindy Johnson

1998–2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Faith 20 episodes

2000 Bring It On Missy Pantone

2000–2003 Angel Faith 6 episodes

2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Sissy

2001 Soul Survivors Annabel

2002 New Guy, TheThe New Guy Danielle

2002 City by the Sea Gina

2002 King of the Hill Jordan Hilgren-Bronson (voice) Episode: "Get Your Freak Off"

2003 Wrong Turn Jessie Burlingame

2003 Kiss, TheThe Kiss Megan Video

2003–2005 Tru Calling Tru Davies 27 episodes

2005 That '70s Show Sarah Episode: "It's All Over Now"

2006 Last Supper, TheThe Last Supper Waitress Short film

2007 Nurses Eve Morrow TV movie

2007 On Broadway Lena Wilson

2007 Nobel Son City Hall

2007 Ugly Betty Cameron Ashlock Episode: "Giving Up the Ghost"

2007 Sex and Breakfast Renee

2008 Bottle Shock Joe

2008 Alphabet Killer, TheThe Alphabet Killer Megan Paige

2008 Coverup, TheThe Coverup Monica Wright

2009 Open Graves Erica

2009–2010 Dollhouse Echo 27 episodes

2010 Locked In Renee

2010 Big Bang Theory, TheThe Big Bang Theory FBI Special Agent Angela Page Episode: "The Apology Insufficiency"

2011 Robotomy Shockzana (voice) Episode: "From Wretchnya with Love"

2011 Noah's Ark: The New Beginning Zalbeth (voice) Post-production

2011 Batman: Year One Selina Kyle/Catwoman (voice)

2011 DC Showcase: Catwoman Selina Kyle/Catwoman (voice) short film

2011 White Collar Raquel Laroque Season 3 Episode 9: On The Fence

2011 The Guild Herself Episode: "Social Traumas"

2011 The League Kristen Episode: "The Light of Genesis"

Video Games 

2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Faith

2005 Yakuza Yumi

2008 Saints Row 2 Shaundi

2009 Wet Rubi Malone

2011 Fight Night Champion Megan McQueen