Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 19, 1972, as Alyssa Jayne Milano the daughter of Thomas, a film music editor, and Lin, a fashion designer.After seeing the Broadway play Annie at the age of 7, I knew I wanted to become an actress. One year later, I made my acting debut as July in the same musical and toured for 18 months. After that time, I left Annie to star in off-Broadway productions and TV commercials. I made my television debut in 1984 with the role as Tony Danza's daughter on the popular sitcom Who's the Boss?, which ran for eight years. And only one year into the sitcom's run, I took a small role playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter in 1985's Commando. While my role on Who's The Boss? continued to garner millions of fans and allowed me to create a best-selling exercise video in 1988 called Teen Steam, I also starred in a bunch of forgettable TV movies, including The Canterville Ghost (1986), Crash Course (1988) and Voices That Care (1991). In 1989, a picture of me served as the inspiration behind Disney's The Little Mermaid and was used to create the image of Ariel in the classic movie.The '90s were a time when I wanted to shed my little-girl image and prove that I was a sexy adult woman. I did so by starring in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) and the sexually charged Embrace of the Vampire (1994) and Poison Ivy II (1996). It worked, as popular men's mag FHM voted me into its 100 Sexiest Women in the World list four times.But I didn't stop at TV and movies. In fact,I also released five albums -- entitled Alyssa (1989), Look In My Heart (1989), Best In The World (1990), Locked In a Dream (1991), and Do You See Me? (1992) -- in Japan, all of which went platinum.
On the big screen, one of my most important roles came in 1996 when I starred alongside Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg in the surprise hit Fear (1996). Also in 1996, I appeared in To Brave Alaska, a made-for-TV flick about a couple fighting for their lives while abandoned in Alaska. In 1997, I returned to television full time as troublemaker Jennifer Mancini in the primetime Aaron Spelling soap Melrose Place. I was cast as a regular for one season and became the enemy of fellow beauty Amanda, played by Heather Locklear.While my role on Melrose Place was hot in 1997, I attended the Sundance Film Festival, where my new movie, Hugo Pool, also starring Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn and Patrick Dempsey, premiered. At the festival, I was given the Spirit Award for women. In 1998, I began portraying a witch on the WB's Charmed, alongside fellow witches Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs (Shannen Doherty quit in 2001 and was replaced by McGowan). I stayed on the show for eight seasons, leaving only when the show came to an end in 2006.In January 1999, on New Year's Day, I married musician Cinjun Tate (lead singer for the rock group Remy Zero), but I divorced him that same year in November.My major role in Charmed didn't stop me from appearing in big-screen projects. In 2003, I starred alongside David Spade in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, and the following year, I did voice work for Dinotopia: Curse of the Ruby Sunstone.I also continued doing TV commercials; I was well-known as the spokesperson for 1-800-Collect and for my very provocative commercials and print ads for Candie's perfume.In addition, I got seriously involved in humanitarian work; in fact, I am the National Ambassador for UNICEF and work with PETA.I appear alongside Rachel Miner in the big-screen drama The Blue Hour.So go see the movie.It was made this year 2007.