In Russia, Alyssa Milano is known primarily for her role as a kind witch from the popular TV series Charmed. However, the actress has many other good works that deserve the attention of the audience.
Biography
Alyssa was born in New York on December 19, 1972 to a creative Italian-American family. The mother of the future actress was a fashion designer, and her father composed music, was a professional music editor and yachtsman.
Since childhood, the girl was short (the growth of the actress is 157 centimeters), but she owes her dad's Italian roots to her very pretty and her bright appearance.
Alissa has a brother who is 10 years younger than her. The family lived in Staten Island for a long time, they professed Catholicism and were parishioners of the local church.
Milano dreamed of becoming an actress from an early age. Seeing the play "Annie" on Broadway, Alyssa began to dream of the stage. At first, the parents did not share the aspirations of their daughter, but she insisted on her decision and at the age of eight she made her debut in the play "Tony's Reward". The talented girl was noticed, and she played in several more productions.
Stellar career
At the age of eleven, Alyssa Milano played her first role in the television sitcom Who's the Boss? She quickly gained popularity, and the young actress moved with her family to Los Angeles. There, Alice was educated at a well-known institution - Buckley School.
In 1985 she got her first starring role. Alyssa starred in the action movie Commando, where she played the daughter of the protagonist Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Then there were small works in the paintings "Dancing until Dawn" and "The Canterville Ghost".
Milano tried herself in other roles. For example, in 1989 she recorded her first solo album, which was released in Japan and became very popular there. After that, the actress released four more albums, one of which even went platinum.
However, Milano's acting career attracted more and in 1993 the grown-up Alyssa began to appear in more explicit films. Among such works were paintings: "Deadly Sins", "Embrace of the Vampire" and others. In between these shootings, the actress appeared in the film adaptation of the famous computer game "Double Dragon".
There is in her career, and very frank shooting in various famous magazines.
Some naughty pictures of Milano, taken earlier, hit the network. The actress filed a lawsuit and won the case. A web designer who posted candid photos without the actress's permission on his resource ended up paying her more than two hundred thousand dollars.
In addition, Alyssa starred in the video for the song "Josie" by the group "Blink-182", and in 2007 advertised the products of the cosmetic brands "Veet" and "SheerCover".
In 1997, Alyssa returned to television, where she got a role in one of the most popular TV series of the 90s of the last century - "Melrose Place". But the real glory was waiting for her ahead. The role of the younger sister-witch in the TV series Charmed has made Milano a world-class "superstar". Viewers all over the world followed the adventures of sorceresses, and girls copied their style, hairstyles and makeup.
The series was a resounding success and aired from 1998 to 2006. The actors not only won worldwide popularity and love of the audience, but also earned quite decent money. The sisters' fees for each episode were quite impressive.
After the end of the series Charmed, Milano starred in several less successful films: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Pathology.
After 2011, the actress actively starred in TV series. Some of them became quite successful (Mistresses, Castle, My Name Is Earl).
Personal life
For a long time, Milano's personal life was full of stormy novels from the pages of many glossy publications. Among her fans were many famous men: Fred Durst, Justin Timberlake, Scott Wolfe and others.
One of the brightest novels that delighted the fans of "Charmed" was with Milano with a colleague on the series - actor Brian Krause.
The first time Alyssa married in 1999, rock musician Sinjan Tate, but the marriage was unsuccessful, and the couple divorced after less than a year of family life.
The next marriage was already serious and deliberate. In the summer of 2009, Millano married sports agent David Bagliari. Before the wedding, the couple met for more than three years. The couple had a son, Milo, and a daughter, Elizabeth.
In an interview with People magazine, the actress admitted that she wants more children. She understands all the age-related risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth, so she is considering the idea of adoption.
Interesting facts from the life of the actress
The actress loves baseball and is a supporter of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Alyssa Milano has been a vegetarian for many years. She actively expresses her position and starred in videos calling for the refusal to eat animal meat.
The actress has a hydrophobia and allergy to soy products.
Milano suffers from dyslexia, a selective impairment in the ability to read and write while maintaining a general learning ability. In order to better memorize the text of the role, Alissa rewrites it several times.
Milano is friends with Holly Marie Combs (Piper Halliwell in Charmed). After the end of the series, the girls even released a line of lingerie.
The actress loves to photograph and devotes a lot of time to charity.
She is a member of an organization that actively fights for animal rights. Milano takes part in various activities and promotes the ethical treatment of animals, both domestic and wild.
Alyssa donated $ 250,000 to the Global Organization for Neglected Tropical Diseases and is currently her ambassador.
Also, the actress received the status of a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Children's Fund from the United States of America. She traveled to India, Angola and other countries for the foundation.
In 2004, Milano launched the UNICEF Imitation or Treatment campaign. As an official representative, selling her photographs, she managed to raise fifty thousand dollars for South African women and children with AIDS.
Now Alyssa Milano is not just a famous actress, but also serves as an example of a responsible citizen who is not indifferent to many of the world's problems.
